STATESMAN, Sakm, Ortfeon,
T" nS V "" ' '"fir"' " "'"W
i Pliillip Edson Uest at a night-club
and Oliver Sewell, sportsman and Don
' Juan. Edison presumes that Sewell and
the divorce are to be married. When
. th party breaks up, Edison foes to Se
well s home and. while he is waiting
his return. Is informed Sewell has been
found dead. Inspector Marx begins a
police investigation. He questions Se
well" Russian valet. The elevator op
aerator is also questioned. He did not see
Sewell return. A voting medical exam
iner, with a taste for detective work,
assists Marx. Their search of the apart
ment reveals complete wardrobes for
women In different colors. In a safe
deposit box they find a scrap of paper
bearing the Inscription, "Paid In Full."
The following day a Major Preston,
who has been a sporting associate of
Sewell's Is interrogated. Then Sewell's
widow visits the apartment. She inti
mates that Preston might know some
thing. As toe investigators are stand
ing after Mrs. Sewell's departure, look
ing at a mirror door, it opens, and
Mrs. Edison appears. She relates a
story which the police do not believe.
After she leaves, her lway-r threatens
Marx with political reprisals if the
woman is molested. Then Edison visits
the apartment. As he goes out a Shot
is heard. The Russian butler is found
dad and Kdiaon is arreMed. Mary
Frnnell, whose clothes are found in
the apartment. Is questioned. She Iden
tifies the "Paid in Full" note at her
uncle's, the Major's handwriting. A
diary belonging to the dead butler Is
found. It relates a Story of the famous
Shah diamond which came into his
hands In Russia while Sewell was there.
. Sewell gets possession of the diamond
and takes It and the Countess Kuraso
va to America.
Searching through various pa
pers of Sewell's, I came upon an
interesting memorandum. It is
proofs beyond anjr doubt that he
lied to Nina when he said hed had
teen robbed of the stone. For the
memorandum was a confidential
appraisal of the stone, laboriously
seUIng forth its history and value.
Further, It was suggested that
should the stone be cut for my
: reason whatsoever, it would still
be worth a small fortune, al
though intact it was worlh far
more.
This was the conclusive proof I
wanted. My reason tells me that
if Sewell has gone about market
Ins the stone, he has proceeded
with the utmost caution. It is not
Impossible that he still has tb.3
stone. And if he has it, I shall
take It from hiiu. if it means his
death. Nothing shall stand in my
path. I hare killed men in war.
and nave not liked It. I nave uo
desire to harm a human being.
But for this stone I would com
mit all the crimes in the calendar.
Why? It is not alone that the
money it represents would solve
for me all of life's problems.
Somehow, it is as if one sight of
" the stone fires a man with a pur
pose, good or evil, to possess him
sel fof this stone. I knew I must
fell it. But I wanted to hold it in
my hands once more, even if only
GROUCH IS A RESULT
OF UPSET DIGESTION
When You're Blue and Life Seems Not Worth While,
You're Probably Paying the Penalty of
Indiscretion in Eating, Says Dr. Copeland.
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator from New York. -Former
Commissioner of Health, Vew York City.
jrLUE MONDAY" is famous for its depressing effects. A few
r people appear to have the blues on Monday and every other
- day of the week. They are constantly in the dumps.
To them life seems not worth while. Everything and everybody
OR-OOPtXAND
your knowing you ire going to die. The intestinal fermentation pro
duces gases and toxins which poison the system.
We must not expect to disregard the laws of nature and still
enjoy rood health. You cannot
nerfect functioning of mind and
lunctloning
body. They simply do not mis.
Overeating eating too much of
certain foods such as pies, pastries,
rich gravies or meats, a combina
tion of rich foods, will upset the
aigestlvs system. Ton cannot eat
three regular meals each day and
then eat between meals and before
going to bed. without paying the
penalty.
A headache, perhaps nausea, th
blues and many other symptoms
will surely follow such abuse of the
body organs. The machinery of di
gestion and elimination can break
down jwst as machines of wood and
ovtal will rebel if overworked.
Wast no Urns is correcting the
trouble. Take a cathartic like cas
tor oil. follow this with citrate of
magnesia or milk of magnesia. Then
reduce vour diet to simple liquid
o soft food for twenty-four hours.
Ton win be surprised how soon all
your troubles will disappear. The
blues win fade away and everything
will be rosy.
With this warning from Nature,
correct your habits. Eat less often
and with more Judgment. Take a
short brisk walk- each day. Exer
cise vour muscles. Occupy your
mind with pleasant thoughts seek
"pleasant companions and read good
books. Ton will be surprised how
such a manner of living will affect
your disposition as well as your
health. -
rAnawert to Health Qnrric
H. O. Q. How can I reduce? Are
reducing tablets or preparations
"harmful tn any wsyT
A. If you restrict your diet with
re card to sweets and starches and
taks soma regular exercise dally vou
should lose weight and benefit gen-
sranv. I am not familiar wltn sucn
preparations, therefore cannot advias
you about them.
A Reader. Q. 1 am reducing and
do a crest deal of walking, but as I
am Inclined to have varicose veins
and walking aggravates this trouble
I am at a loss to know what to do
about ft. t am dieting and tn addi
tion taking i after meais.
A. Do not venlo the walking
tkeep your diet well balanced. omit
In t the amount of sweets and
tarchea and keen the intestinal
traet clear. Wearing a rubber stock-
A & dl SMI
for a moment. And then It shall
be the key which shall unlock that
happiness which has eluded me ao
persistently in these sad years.
A Major Presroif' called of Sew
ell today. My examination of Sew
ell's papers showed me that this
individual was or is a partner of
my employer, and so T decided to
listen to their conference. It was
not unlikely that Preston la In
volved in the sale of the dia
mond. Bnt here I was doomed to dis
appointment. Their conference
took quite a different turn.
It seems that Sewell was pay
ing attention to a niece of his vis
itor's and the latter was quite
angry.
I heard Sewell say:
"And what', do you propose to
do about it?"
"Listen," his visitor shouted,
"if you go near her, I'll shoot you
if it means the chair for me."
Sewell laughed.
"I know yon well enough Ma
jor,' he said, "and I don't think
even your lovely . niece would
cause you to sacrifice a minute of
comfortable life."
"I'm giving you warning" the
Major persisted, "end another
laugh out of you cow and I won't
wait." ;
CAFTKR XVII.
The Major held a revolver In
his hand. But Sewell promply put
on an attitude of wronged inno
cence, . and assured his angry vis
itor that he was only joking. But
the Major was not appeased. He
turned to go and then suddenly,
he said:
"You owe me thirty-eight thou
sand dollars on that last deal.
Yon'd better pay now, and then
we're quits."
"Very well." said Sewell, and
sat down to write a check. The
Major signed a receipt. Sewell put
the receipt in the safe. Then the
Major left.
Two days have passed. I have
listened in on the telephone. I
have watched every move that he
made. I am trying to formulate
a plan whereby I can trap him
into giving me the necessary in
formation. But back of my mind, however,
Is the feeling that the mysterious
second person in this apartment
has a definite bearing on my wn
quest; This person, whose food I
prepare, but neer see who is
he? Where is he?
Today, when Sewell left the
house, I made a thorough search
of each room. But nowhere do I
find a trace of the existence of
seems to be working against you. An early
death or an asylum of some sort is thought to
be the only thing left. Life is a failure!
If you ever had the blues you know the
symptoms. The funniest joke will not bring a
smile on the contrary it seems stupid to you.
You do not enjoy contact with, family or friends.
All you ask is to be let alone, to die as soon as
possible.
Isn't this a dreadful picture? Yet how many
times you have gone through just such an ex
perience. When the cause of these spells commonly
called the "blues," is established they will not
seem so serious. Nine times out of ten an upset
digestive system la the root of the eviL
' Indigestion, constipation and the resulting
eiotreine of the system, are the real reasons for
have an unclean intestinal tract and
the daytime will help the varicose
veins.
J. 8. Q. Would tt be sdvisabls
for a man of 29, having a heart mur
mur to have his tonsils taken out
under a general anaesthetic?
A. This depends upon how wen
the heart is compensating; I would
advise you to be guided by your doc
tor's iudgment In the matter.
M. O. B. Q. -Is it advisable to
give a four-year-old child raw fruit,
sucb as peaches and pears? Should
a child of this age eat raw tomatoes
without strainipg?
A- Tea. The tomato Juice should
be strained and given one hour be
fore meals preferably.
T. D. R. Q. What should a girt
weigh who is 22 years old and 6 feet
t Inches tall?
A. For her age and height sht
should weigh about 142 pounds.
H. Q. What Is the cause of
cold hands and feet?
A. lou are probably troubled with
a circulatory condition. Build up
your general health and you wiu
benefit generally.
A. 8. 0. Q. What causes hyper
acidity? A. This Is usually due to faulty
diet and poor elimination.
W. N. 8. Q. How nruch should a
girUajred 11. 69Amches tall weigh?
2. How can I gain weight?
A. Eh should weigh about 10
pounds.
-1. Add to your diet milk, cream,
eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Drink two or three glasses of water
betweea meals. Mak sura that the
bowels eliminate properly. Exercise
freely tn the fresh air and practice
deep breathing. Take cod liver oC
after meals as a general tonic,
. : , . -.- - -"Friend.'
Q. What causes cramps
la the feet and legsT
Aj This -nay a iu to
erttoa r poor ctavulatioB.
SSkA 4BS
this second person. So I wait until
Sewell arrives, and then, under
various pretenses, I follow him
about the apartment. At night)
my vigilance is rewarded. I hear
a voice a man's voice and it
is not Sewell'sj I listen intently.
But I hear nothing.
Stunned, I wait a moment.
Then I run into the room. But i
see nothing. Frantically I search
the apartment.
I mast have been dreaming.
An hour later I see Sewell. Now
I am sure I have been dreaming.
And yet today, after a sleepless
night, I am convinced I was not
dreaming.
Sewell has left the apartment.
Again I search, and again I find
nothing.
Weary of my search" I leave and
visit some acquaintances in Eliza
beth. I return. I enter the living
room.
I find SewaU seated in a chair,
murdered.
The police have come. I am
questioned. JVhat can I ssfy?
Tonight in the apartment I
heard voices a man's voice a
woman's voice but as I listened
they seemed to disappear. I make
a search of the house. All as
still.
Today something happened. I
have the key to my problem
and to the murder, but "
"What's this?" demanded the
doctor, as he fingered the torn
end of a page of manuscript.
"That," said Marx, "is where
someone stepped in and tore off
the euts of his story."
Marx's face was gloomy.
"And that." he concluded, "Is
why our friend, the simple but
ler was bumped off so suddenly.
He knew too much."
The doctor placed the
script carefully upon the
manu
desk
Marx watched him.
"Well" said Marx, "what
you think?"
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" "Do" you tnut my judgment to
sncn an extent!" he countered.
"No," said Marx, "but you're
tot beginner's luck, and I'm su
perstitious. What do you make
out of -it?"
The doctor picked up the man
uscript once more and began
thumbing it.
"There are," said Marx, "three
distinct lines of action in this
diary, which may or may not con
verge. First, we have the dia
mond. This was all that the rath
er stupid, dazed young man was
interested in. Although he lacks
eloqnence, even the phlegmatic
manner in which he devoted his
life to the recovery of the stone
was all the passion that he conld
muster.
But he did keep his eyes and
ears open. And what did he find?
First, that a second man lived up
in the apartment. A highly mys-
terlous man who never permitted i
mmseii 10 oe seen oy anyone ex-
cept Sewell, The why and where
fore of this phenomenon remains
unexplained. Then we have our
old friend, the Major. Beyond any
doubt now, the Major and Sewell
quarreled, and quarreled violent
ly. We come back to our old puz
zle the receipt . .Paid in fulL
You will observe that the butler
says Jhe Major signed this re
ceipt. There was no signature on
the receipt found. What does that
suggest to you?"
"Someone rubbed the signature
off," said Marx.
"Exactly," agreed the doctor,
"and we can make sure by hav
ing one of your expert gentlemen
study that receipt carefully."
"All right," said Marx. "I'll do
that."
"And if this is the case, and we
are both sure that it is, who was
the person who removed the sig
nature and why?"
'The Major did it," answered
Marx, "because he was hiding
something."
"I don't know," the doctor
shook his head. "That's one expla
nation, and not a very reasonable
one. But well .'leave that for the
moment. We have the second man
J the Major, and now the stone. If
I you know anything of the Shah
do diamond, you know that it is lit
erally priceless. Sewell had gotten
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-STORIES
By Max .Trefl
Knarf, as a Giant Shadow-Boy,
Creates a Disturbance.
I'M TIRED of being as small as a
pin." said Knarf one evening
as he was sitting on the edge
of a match-box with air, nor,
Hanld and Yam, the other little
shadow-children. They looked at
him gravely.
"It. you're tired of bein as
small as a pin," they said, "what i
do you want to be?"
I want to be as big as a giant.
And what's more I'm going to
make myself as big as a giant this
very minute.
And with that he suddenly
stretched himself out just as all
shadows can, and became so large
that he cached half-way across
th. i11ne Thf, ,oom was much
loo small for him.
"I'm going out," he said, start
ing to leave through the window.
"Make yourself small again,
make yourself small again!" cried
the others, "Something is sure to
happen.
Instead of heeding them, he pro
ceeded out of the window. When
he reached the street, he stretched
himself a little more. Then be
sat down on the roof of a house.
He was now so large that even
though he sat so high up, his
feet touched the ground. Every
thing seemed small to him. The
houses were like doll-houses, the '
I people were tfny. The teleplrone-
poies. that ne used to think so
tremendously tall, looked no big
ger than toothpicks.
He took a walk. He covered
half a mile with each step. When
he came to a church steeple, he
leap-frogged over it. At the river
he didn't bather crossing the
bridge but taking a short run.
easily jumped to the other side. J
-wen. saia ne to himself, "I'm
a pretty big shadow." And he pat
hold of it through various arti
fices, and of course, wanted to sell
it. Now let's put ourselves in Se
well's place."
(To be Continued Tomorrow.)
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ted himself on the chest. But big
as he was no one noticed him. Who
cares how big shadows are,r. for
that matter, how small they are?
This disappointed Master Knarf.
He would have enjoyed being
noticed.
Nevertheless he felt very proud
of himself. Finally, he decided to
return home and show his master,
Frank, what a big shadow he had.
No sooner decided than done.
Knarf reached home in two steps.
The window of little Frankie's
bedroom was open. Getting in was
no easy matter. It was like squeex
ing through the eye of a needle.
At length be managed it. The
room was much too email for
him. He felt like a Jack-in-the-
He Leaped over die Steeple.
box. The ceiling was so low that
he had to bend himself across it.
His arms spread over two walls
and his body filled a third.
The little boy was asleep. Knarf
touched his eyelids lightly with
the tip of one finger. Instantly his
master opened his eyes. On be
holding his tremendous shadow,
he uttered a gasp of surprise.
"Its me, Knarf your shadow,"
he said to the boy, smiling genial
ly. He expected him to be very
pleased. Imagine his consternation
to find that he was so frightened
that he pulled the covers over his
head.
"Humph," said Knarf, with a
sigh, "he's afraid of his own
shadow." And with that he made
himself as small as a pin again.
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Home-Making Helps
By ELEANOR ROSS
As a first aid to cutting down
cleaning and laundry bills, com
mend me the oil cloth. No to men
tion the fact that it makes what
ever cleaning has to be done so
much easier. If you look around
kitchen, bathroom and dressing
rooms, it's amazing-how much in
the way of work and expense can
be saved by introducing oilcloth
coverings.
Years ago the very thought of
Oilcloth was something use on
Oilcloth was something used on
kitchen tables because it was so
easy to clean and because repeat
ed lavings a dozen times a day
were necessary. White oilcloth and
the checked variety were the only
kinds known for years.
Eut the oilcloth producers, fol
lowing the color fads, have not
only introduced much more cheer
ful patterns, but they have ,-oEe
fi'ither. Nowadays you can buy
oilcloth so cleverly vov.-i i:i
tinted that it resembles ti'n-L-s.
Waterproof textures are wa'er
proof in action, but to the eye
many of them look like linen.
Do your tables in b:u if 001.1 cr
bedrooms get messed up with
powder lotions? You can ob
tain very good-looking scarfs and
runners and squares that are im
pervious to liquid and which can
be wiped free of dust and greac
in one sweep of the hand. Those
waterproof fabrics ccnie in til t'.o
colors of the rainbow and tue
shades and tints in between. You
can get fabrics that look like Ms
en or cretonne and some with a
silky finish. Some of the heavier
varieties are even converted into
grty shower-sheets.
They are excellent, too, for
curtains in rooms where curtains
get soiled so quickly. At kitchen
windows or bathroom windows, or
windows in the children's rooms,
these waterproof fabrics are a
great saving. They can be wipid
every day with a damp cloth, just
as you wipe the window sills,
here's never that period of days
during which curtains look a bit
dingy, because they're on the
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verge of a trip to the laundry.
Waterproof curtains can be kept
clean and bright constantly. And
they wear just as .ell as nets cr
cretonnes or other fabrics some
times indeed even better.
There's nothing like these oil
cloth fabrics as linings for draw
ers or shelves. In the kitchen they
can be used to give color as wtd
a3 to insure cleanliness. Oilcloths
for the kitchen coma in gray
chintz patterns, both for table
coverings by the yard, and alo
in varying lengths to suit shew
ing. Drawers to hold kitchen
equipment, lined with these wa
terproof materials iusure cleanli
ness. It's so little of an' effort to
wipe off any small spots with a
dr.mp cloth no need to change
th-i lining because of au.innj
vtrtant smudge, as one has to ilo
very often when ordinary panr
is used.
For table service there are ex
tra special types of oilcloth. Tiiey
are Just the thing for those fin
icky women who don't like the
lcok and feel of paper for table
fccrvice, even .though admitting
th labor-saving qualities and de
siring exceedingly to save them
selves labor . especially on warm
days. These oilcloth, fabrics made
up in the tablecloths, runners und
r.apkins afe linen to the eye
indeed, some of them are so clev
erly made that even handling is
deceptive and they fell like linen
too. They have as fine patterns
as damask, and wash more easly.
All you need to do is wipe off as
soiled. "Oertsinly this is an im
provement oyer the forced econo
mies of households where t!uy
just won't use paper for table
service and yet can't afford to
hare clean freh linen on the ;a
ble at every meal.
Oilcloth and tile are the liual
for' the kitchenwalls, from the
standpoint of sanitation. But if
this is impossible, squares of this
oilcloth material, put over sink
and stove where splashings are
rujst frequent, will give good
protection to plain painted wails.
By CLIFF STERRETT
By RUSS WESTOVER
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