SYNOPBIS: Nicholas Trench lust has
been acquitted of the murder of his old
schoolfellow Osborne. Somewhat shaken,
ha retires to a tea room Dear the prison
to read a letter from his cousin. Sir Bcy
xnour; he does not feel that the letter
compensates for his cousin's silence
throughout the trial. A man and woman
enter the room, and bealn discussing the
Trench trial, which the man has attended.
Chapter Four
NICHOLAS' PROTEST
For the moment the conversa
tion was Interrupted by the re
turn of the waitress. I sat In grim
silence while plates chinked and
sound of retreating footsteps came
my male neighbor's Cockney ac
cents. "JLooked a simple enough busi
ness to start with. There wasn't a
doubt that the night of the mur
der Trench had been round at the
house. Osborne must have let him
In himself, because the servant was
out.
"What happened no one rightly
knows, but the next morning Os
borne was found lying on the car
pet with his head hammered to a
pulp The safe In which he kept
his papers was open and empty.
He'd drawn five hundred pounds
In notes from the bank the day
before, and that was gone along
with the rest."
"What's he like?" Inquired the
girl. "Trench I mean. An artist,
CUNDOWN'
PRESENTS
By Mary Graham Bonner
But Just as Top Notch had cried
for help he moved In such a way
that he was no longer caught in
the doll's house. He hurried out
and walked with great dignity
through Santa's work shop.
In a moment or so Willy Nllly
came runnng In.
"Did you call for help, Top
Notch?" asked Willy Nilly. Top
Notch paid no attention to the
question.
"Very handsome toys here, eh,
Willy Nilly?" he asked. "I've been
admiring them. Such a great, great
many, too. Well, I suppose there
must be a great many toys as there
are a great many children, cock-a-doodle-do."
From the way In which Willy
Nilly looked at him Top Notch felt
that Willy Nilly knew that some
thing had happened. So Top Notch
went on talking In his cackling
voice :
"For the rooster life of me I must
gay I admire Santa's work.
"I hear Santa now!" exclaimed
Willy Nlly. They rushed outside to
greet him, and now all the Puddle
Muddlers came around to help San
ta as he tied up presents, as he
made bundles of small toys and
piled oranges high.
As Santa worked he kept talking:
Elaine said she wanted a doll
with blue eyes and golden hair, and
a little ring for herself.
"Betty said she wanted a doll's
bed and a toy bear.
"Billy said he wanted a pair of
skat ps and a hockey stick.
"Peter wrote me that he wanted
a pair of sklis. Well, they're nil
here. It seems as though I'd never
get through In time, but I know I
Will. Santa must never be late!"
Tomorrow "Packing The Sleigh.'
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By VICTOR BRIDGES
Isn't he or something of the sort?1
"He's a sculptor ud that funny
lookin' statue outside Victoria Sta
tion. Great big hefty chap make
two of me. Cosh, he's a lucky
devil if ever there was one."
"Why did they let him off?"
"Ask me another! I'd have taken
my oath he hadn't an earthly. Why,
when they arrested him there he
was with the notes in his pocket.
Bunked off down to some little
place In Essex and trying to get
hold of a yacht so as he could slip
across to the Continent."
"How did he explain that?"
"Said he was acting as Osborne's
agent. Pretty thin sort of a yarn,
wasn't It?"
"Well, the Jury must have be
lieved him, anyhow."
"The Jury! I tell you they were
hypnertized by that fellow Barrett.
He didn't half make a fine speech
fairly knocked 'em off their perch.
If it wasn't for him, Mr, blooming
Trench would be swinging In a
rope, and between ourselves, that's
Just where the blighter ought to
be."
A sudden unreasoning anger
swept through me. Who was this
dirty little skunk, and what right
had he got to call me a murderer?
I jumped to my feet, upsetting my
tea-cup In the process, and almost
before I realized what I was doing
I had thrust aside the screen.
Two people spun round and two
startled faces stared up into mine.
One belonged to a weedy looking
youth In a blue suit, the other to an
anemic damsel with bare arms and
heavily rouged Hps.
I took a step nearer.
"You know a lot about my prl
vato affairs, don't you!" I said.
The young man shrank back. His
jaw had fallen and he gaped at me
in a kind of petrified terror.
"It's him!" he whispered.
With a squeal like a frightened
rabbit, the girl flung up her arm.
"Keep him off, Perce," she gasp
ed. "Don't let him come near me."
I laughed a short, vicious laugh
that broke from me almost uncon
sciously then turning round and
collecting my belongings, L retraced
my way to the desk.
It was obvious that the honey-
haired cashier must have overheard
everything, for she took my bill
with a shaking hand, and pushed
across the change as though I were
suffering from the plague. By this
time, however, I had more or less
recovered my sanity. I picked up
the odd coppers without even
second glance at her, and walking
quietly to the door began to des
cent the staircase.
To tell the truth I was already-
disgusted at my own foolishness. If
there was one thing I wished to
avoid It was any further public
notoriety, and yet here I was, like a
complete Idiot, thrusting myself in
to It at the first possible oppor
tunity. Why on earth hod I paid any at
tention to that garrulous little
worm? Why couldn't I have sat
tight and finished my tea, instead
of making a ridiculous scene, which
would doubtless be discussed and
exaggerated all over London?
The more I reflected upon It the
more fatuous my conduct appear
cd; Indeed I was so annoyed with
myself that It was not until I
reached the pavement that the most
disturbing and significant aspect of
the whole affair suddenly presented
Itself.
Was this Incident In any way
typical of the sort of atmosphere
I must be prepared to face did
It represent the general Impression
which my trial and acquittal had
produced upon the ordinary man In
the street? Mr. Cresswell had as
sured me that public agreement
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42. Prepare for
publication
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44. Unity
45. And not
46. Kefora
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brick
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disavow
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author
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Died Of Thirst
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This photograph of Alfred Ru
dolph Lorenz of Paris and Charles
island In the Galapagos group was
found among papers on his thirst
ravished body which fisherman dis
covered on uninhabited Marchena
island, 100 miles from Charles. (As
sociated Press Photo)
ATE CURBSTONE LUNCHES
Springfield, Mo. (LP) Curbstone
lunches are frowned upon by sen
ior high school authorities. The
practice was introduced after a
ruling that students could not
lcrtve the school grounds at noon.
Pupils then stood on the curb bor
dering the school grounds and
were served by employes of a lunch
wagon across the street.
with the verdict would be practic
ally unanimous, but It was quite
possible that in expressing this
opinion he had merely been at
tempting to cheer me up. After all
that pasty-faced youth had sat
through the case, and there was
no reason tot supposing that he
was any more stupid or malicious
than others of his kind.
If he had come away in the con
viction that I was guilty, and that
I had only escaped being hanged
through the eloquence of my coun
sel, what grounds had I for expect
ing a more charitable attitude from
the majority of my fellow men?
With this disquieting question In
my mind I emerged Into the crowd
ed traffic of Ludgate Hill. A
Neighboring clock showed me that
It was twenty minutes past five,
and, after hesitating for a second,
I decided that as I could hardly
avoid an Interview with Seymour,
I might as well go down to his
flat now and get It over.
He had told me In his letter that
he would be at home until seven
thirty, and since there was there
fore no particular hurry, It struck
me that the outside of a bus would
be the most agreeable method of
traveling.
To catch one for St. James's
street, however, It was necessary to
cross the road, and I had Just done
so and arrived safely on the op
posite side when a raucous-voiced
newspaper boy came bawling along
the gutter. "Bvenln Standard
Murder Trial Ree-sult all the win
ners' I caught sight of my own
name In large letters, and hastily
producing a coin, I stepped for
ward to intercept him.
To be Continued)
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL.
A ANSWERS TO
Ja iQUESTIONS
By Frederic
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K.M.C.
A. Known as hurly In Ireland,
hockqy was played on the beaches
In Galway as early as the 15th
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1839 a Strangers' Hotel In New Or
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Q. How long has It been since
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ernor? V.R.
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Is the first .'.-mocrat to be elected
governor oi rue Commonwealth In
44 years.
Q. What Is the name of the poem
read by the Prince of Wales during
the Armistice Day broadcast? C.C.
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Q. How many tourists visit the
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C? H.M.
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3000.
Q. What Is the origin of the
word, clue? C.R.F.
A. It is from the Old English,
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of life, which according to the
fable, the Fates spin for every man.
The figurative meaning, a piece of
evidence leading to discovery, is de
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7
ANNIE -
AN OTHER THING- '
I'VE ALWAYS READ
IN STORIES 'BOUT
HOW FOLKS WITH A
LOT ARE ALWAYS
DECENTI
STINGY, &UT HOW
-
THOSE WITH MIGHTY
LITTLE ARE ALL
. GENEROUS
it 1 HfcOPLE- I THOSE WITH MIGHTY
LITTLE ARE ALI .
ASK HIM THIS OhjE.,
AQGIE'. 'WHAT IS IT
THAT HAS FEATHERS
BUT CANT FLY?
HE'LL NEVER THINK
OP SAVIN' A
NOSTRICH
1
who was guided through the laby
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Ariadne.
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ticularly of the ears, lips, and nails,
and a cessation of breathing. '
Q. How Is the alcohol content of
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A. A sample is placed In a flask
and distilled. All the distillate is
collected and specific gravity meas
ured with a hydrometer.
Q. Was bread ever kneaded with
the feet? J.G.
A. Herodotus said of the ancient
Egyptians, "Dough they knead with
their feet, but clay with their
hands." The practice of using the
feet for dough kneading also per
sisted for many years in Scotland.
Q. How many widowers and wid
ows are there in the United States?
R.E.N.
A. The 1930 census enumerated
2,025,036 widowers and 4,734,207
widows.
Q. Is the architect of the Lincoln
Memorial at Washington, D. C, liv
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A. Henry Bacon, who was the
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WELL, MAYBE
THE RICH
GET RICH BY
BUT THAT'S
ALWAYS SO- I'VE BEEN
notion Lately -
BEING STINGY
PLENTY O' FOLKS WHO
AND THE
POOR GET
AREN'T VERY
SURE TIGHTER THAN
THEY HAVE TO BE,
AND LOTS O' FOLKS
WITH PLENTY ARE
POOR BY
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PHILOSOPHER
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