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Tve a pretty good Idea as to whom we
shall find upstairs.”
“ Who?” asked Crole. “ Lady Loeke?"
“ No— but her nephew, Malllson,” re
torted Maythorne.
“A thousand to
one on I t 1 Come In 1”
W e went upstairs. One of the girl
~B y~
clerks came forward as we entered the
outer office.
thinking hard. H e looked up at last.
It," answered Crole, promptly.
“I t
“M r. Malllson— w aiting to see you,
" It seems pretty clear— now !— that
won’t be contested, either. Everything
sir,” she said.
Mazaroff wasn't murdered fo r the sake
that M azaroff died possessed of be
by IRWIN MYERS
We went forw ard to Maythome's
longs to M r. Mervyn Holt. So— "
of those diamonds,” he muttered, as
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private room. There stood, examining
“So I owe M r. H o lt one hundred
If somewhat dissatisfied at the new
W. N. U. Service
a
picture,
the
young
man
whom
I
had
and seventy-live thousand pounds,
turn of affairs. “In that case— what
“W h a t are they running about In
seen M azaroff talking to a t Hunting
was be murdered for?— what was the said Arm lntrade w ith a laugh. “ Very
that wild fashion for, do you know?”
CHAPTER VII— Continued
don and at York. H e turned sharply
motive?”
good!— shall I send the check and the
asked Miss G ray C at as she watched
—12—
as we walked In, and a flicker o f his
“ He’d other valuable property on
papers along to you, M r. Crole? Just
some people on a tennis court.
“ You think that, Maythome?" I
quick
eyes
showed
that
he
recognized
him, you know,” observed Crole. "And
so— It shall be done at once. Glad
“T hey call th a t a game of tennis,'
naked as we paused at the door of the
me.
He Instantly picked out M ay
there are other people to question
you've found the w ill."
said Mrs. Black CaL
“T here have
elevator.
thorne.
“Oh—
er—
M
r.
M
aythom
eT*
W e all rose.
For the first tim e
when we've done w ith Armlntrade.
been times when I have entered Into
“O f course!" he exclaimed. “Doesn’t
he said. “I — er—Just dropped In to
Maythorne spoke— addressing Arinin
Eccleshare, for Instance, and that man
th a t game.
need h alf an eye nor an ounce of brain
see you, don't yon know— this M aza
trade.
Parslave."
“Yes, once In aw hile, I w ill admit
to be dead certain o f t h a t ! She knows
roff
affair.
Queer
business,
ain't
It?”
W e entered Courfhope’s bank to
“You didn't think it necessary to
that I have liked the game o f tennis.'
— knows! And, as I said In there—
"W
h
a
t
do
you
know
about
it,
M
r.
gether and sent In our cards to A r give evidence at the Inquest?” he sug
“Can you use one o f those funny
who Is It? H ere’s one thing certain.
Malllson?” asked M aythom e. “W e’re
gested.
mlntrade.
He took small notice of
bats?" asked Miss Gray.
H o lt— If she won’t speak, I ’ll have to
anxious
to
get
any
inform
ation
we
M aythom e and m yself; his attention
“W hat evidence had I to give?”
“O f course not, my dear, I can’t use
tell the police. But between now and
can.
And If you con tell us any
gave Itself to the solicitor.
asked Armlntrade. “My affairs w ith
one o f those rackets, as they are
tomorrow she’ll have tim e to reflect.
thing— "
“ W ell, M r. Crole?" he began. “W hat
M azaroff had nothing to do w ith his
called, but I can chase a ball, you
And In the meantime— ”
Malllson sought Inspiration In his
can I d . fo r you?”
murder."
know, and catch IL
l i e broke off abruptly.
We went
cigarette.
“You can give us some much-needed
"H ave you any theory, yourself,
“Sometimes I go near the net and
down and Into the street, and In si Inform ation, M r. A rm lntrade,” replied
“Oh,
well,
I
—
I
scarcely
know
any
about his murder?” continued M ay
make a fine Jump fo r the ball.”
lence walked quickly down Edgware
thing
at
all
1
”
he
said.
“O
f
course,
Crole, promptly. “ You are aware, of
thorne.
“W here did you learn the g arnet'
roed. I knew what he was a fte r—
met M azaroff In Park lane, and I saw
course, that, having acted as the late
" I have had two. One was that he
asked Miss Gray.
Cottlngley. And Cottlngley suddenly
one of the blue diamonds, and heard
M r. MazarofTs solicitors here in Lon may have been followed from London
“I t Is natural fo r me to play with
appeared before us in Praed street, as don, I have employed M r. M aythom e
about the pair o f 'em— the other was
by somebody who knew that he bad
I f he had shot out of the earth.
In the hands of a chap named Arm— balls, and sometimes to catch them,*
to Inquire Into the mystery of his
the second blue diamond on him— he
something— not Armstrong, though— a said Mrs. Black.
“H e ’s come!" said Cottlngley. “Alone.
murder.
Now, we have ascertained
was a very careless, thoughtless m a n !
“T o get them between my paws and
T hey’re both In the house, now. All's
banking man. And between you and
from M r. Herman Kloop o f Cape
—the other that It was Just a com
arranged." Uaythorne nodded; they
me. Lady Loeke was Jolly keen about have a little game a ll by m yself Is
Town, a close personal friend o f Maza
mon, vulgar murder for the sake ot
whispered together a moment; then
getting hold of the pair, though she something I like.
roff’s, now In London, th a t Mazaroff
robbery by one or other of those men
"Ah, yes, when I would get hold of
M aythom e and 1 turned away.
didn’t say much about It Just at the
possessed two extremely valuable dla-
whom he had been treating at the
time. But I know, she was all for Sir a ball I ’d have my own little game
"Did he mean that Eccleshare had
Woodcock.
For Instance, where is
Samuel buying 'em there and then. of tennis.
come?” I asked.
“And that— they'll
that man who disappeared— Parslave?
T wouldn’t pay any attention to the
T h a t’s what I gave M azaroff the tip
watch him?”
So far, I believe, the police have failed
regular rules o f tennis, which, to be
about
when
I
met
him
as
I
was
going
“Eccleshare. of course," answered
to track him. Possibly he murdered
frank w ith you, I never knew.
north.”
M aythome. “Who else? W atch him?
Mazaroff, robbed the body and cieared
“And I don't suppose I ever will,
“I see!” said M aythom e. “You were
— Aye, they’ll watch him— they’ll watch
o u t Anyhow— he's vanished.”
both going north about the same time, fo r I really don’t w ant to learn them."
both o f 'e m !"
“Then I don’t suppose you w ill,"
eh? To be sure. And what were you
I went back to my rooms thorough
CHAPTER VIII
said Miss Gray. “I t ’s not a cat's na
going north for?”
ly muddled in mind by ths day’s
“Inspect some shootings," answered ture to do something she doesn’t want
events. It seemed hopeless to try to
Malllson, promptly. “Looked over a to do, unless sometimes when we run
Fresh Links
piece them together, and yet I could
lot while I was up there— both sides out o f some one’s way who doesn't
W e took our departure— silently and
scarcely refrain from the attempt.
want us around.”
the Tweed.”
unceremoniously, as I f we had been
And underneath everything lay an un
“Just the way It was. I didn't have
“Capital Id e a !" agreed M aythome.
very ordinary customers, doing very
comfortable suspicion, which forced
to learn tennis, and so I didn't want
‘And
you
met
Mazaroff—
accidentally?
ordinary
business.
But
outside.
In
Itse lf upea Die however much I fought
A t Huntingdon, first; then at York. to learn tennis, and so I didn’t learn
Mincing lane, Maythorne halted, and
agakast it— was Mrs. Elphlnstone an
Exactly.
But— did you ever meet tennis,” said Mrs. Black.
looked questlonlngly at Crole.
acceerory to Mazaroff*s murder, and
“I played It the w ay I wanted to,
him again?"
“Satisfied?” ho asked.
I f so, ftfter or . . . before? Out
‘Oh, yes,” replied Malllson. “I met but I ’ll tell you a great secreL”
“As fa r as that goes— yes,” replied
of all speculations one clear fact
“ W hat, purr, purr, what Is the
him at Gllchester.”
Crole. “T here’s no doubt about the
emerged— she had come Into posses
Do tell It to me.
I love
‘A t Gllchester, eh? T h a t’s the m ar secret?
option— th a t’s clear enough. No get
sion o f that w ill, which, without doubt,
ket town fo r Marrasdale— a few miles secrets," said Miss Gray.
ting past MnznrofTg own handwriting
was hi Mazaroff's pocket when his
"This Is a fine one, too,” said Mrs.
from the Woodcock.
How did you
and own term s!”
murderer shot him.
Black.
come to meet him there?’
“ Very well— I f you’re satisfied,’’ said
A ll this was still seething In my
“Then don’t keep me w aiting for
•Accident! I ’d motored over from
Maythorne. H e moved forw ard a few
mind when I met Maythorne next
Jedburgh to look at a shooting near It,” begged Miss Gray.
yards and agnlnst stopped. “I wish
morning, at Crole's office. We were
“Although I didn't know any of the
we knew a bit more about Mazaroff’s Gllchester. I went Into the hotel there
shown Into Crole's private room at
to get some lunch, and stopped a bit
movements on the day following his
once; there, by Crole's desk, sat M r.
arrival nt the Woodcock," he mut afterw ard. M azaroff came In— we had
Herm an Kloop. H e gave us a know
drink or two together.”
tered. “I t ’s all vague, shadowy, un
ing look as we walked In, and Crole
“You met M azaroff at Gllchester.
certain— and yet bits keep coming out.
nodded at him, as much as to say that
Did you talk about the diamonds
W ell— the next Job Is Eccleshare and
whatever was to be said first was to
again?"
Parslave.
I
f
we
can't
get
some
light
come from the diamond merchant.
W a W ere 8hown Into Crole's Private
“O f course! H e told me what he’d
through those two . . .”
“N ew s!" remarked Crole, laconical
Room at Once; There by Crole’s
H e paused, looking round for a tax i done. He said he'd seen this agent of
ly. “Another development I”
Desk Sat M r. Herman Kloop.
cab; as he signaled to one a little dis his— A rm — something— ”
We sat down and turned on Kloop.
“T he man's name Is Arm lntrade.”
monds, one of which was In his pos tance away, Crole spoke.
“I came round to M r. Crolé as soon
"That's It I— Arm lntrade.
H e said
session when he went north, to M a r
“My Impression is that Eccleshare
as I had breakfasted— to tell him," he
he’d Just seen Arm lntrade, who was
rasdale,
and
the
other
o
f
which
had
will
have
as
straight
a
tale
to
tell
us
said. “Now I tell you. It Is what I
shooting In the neighborhood, and
been In your keeping, as Mazaroff's
as we’ve heard from Arm lntrade," he
learned last night— late. From some
they’d come to an agreement. M aza
agent, for some months. Kloop tells
exclaimed. “W e’re off the track, M ay
of my friends In our trade. MazarofTs
roff had given Arm lntrade an option
us that you have sold these two dia
thorne!—or,
rather,
we’ve
never
p air of blue diamonds have been
— for a hundred and seventy-five thou
monds to a syndicate fo r two hun
been on IL I ’ve got an Intuition that
soldI They have been sold to a syn
sand. H e believed Arm lntrade would
dred thousands pounds. Is that cor
neither Armlntrade, nor Eccleshare,
dicate of three well-known dealers.
take It up. But, I f he didn’t, then,
rect?”
nor
Parslave
know
anything
about
nor
A fancy price, too !" he added, w ith a
Mazaroff said, Lady Loeke should have
Armlntrade,
whose
smile,
sardonic
have
anything
whatever
to
do
with
chuckle.
the pair at the price first named— a “I Played It the Way I Wanted To.“
and Inscrutable, had never le ft his
Mazaroff's murder.”
“ W hat price?" asked Maythorne.
hundred and sixty thousand.”
eyes, nodded. “Q uite correct I" he an
“I t Is said— and I dare say It's quite
“A ll the same, we're going to have
“That corroborates Arm lntrade," re rules o f the game o f tenuis, they wers
swered.
correct — two
hundred
thousand
things out w ith Eccleshare and Par-
marked Maythorne In an aside to Crole always a fra id o f me, those players.
“Do you mind telling us all about
pounds,” Kloop replied
“O f course—
slave," answered Maythorne.
"W e
“M any and many has been the time
and myself. "W1BI," he went on, turn
It?” Crole asked. " I gather the whole
they’re worth th a t— and more. Suf
may get a h in t; a bit of a clew ; any
ing again to his caller. “I ’m much when they've been a fra id I would win
thing
Is
plain
enough—
when
ex
ficiently more to give the buyers a
thing. Perhaps," he added, as we set
everything.
obliged to you for calling."
plained.”
nice big profit— when they sell. As—
tled ourselves In the cab, “perhaps
“Then they have offered me milk
That's
all
right,”
replied
Malllson,
equally o f course— they w ill.”
I ’ve got a pretty good Idea of how
“Plain as a pikestaff," replied A r
artlessly. “Thought I ’d Just drop In, at the back o f the house to get ms
“Well?” Maythorne asked. “B ut—
things are, myself, Crole— but I want
mlntrade, w ith a laugh. “I have acted
you know— always glad to be o f help.” away from the tennis court.
who sold?"
as agent or Interm ediary, or w hat all the contributory Inform ation I can
“Is n ’t that a fine secret— to think
H e went away presently, and the
Kloop laughed, glancing at Crole.
g et And I w ant to know why Par-
ever you like to call It, fo r M azaroff
three of us looked at each other. Crole that they had to offer me m ilk to get
"To be sure!" he replied. “A per for some time. Well, now, as regards
slave has been lying safely hidden In
me out o f the way?”
spoke first.
tinent question! Arm lntrade sold. No
Doctor Eccleshare’s house In London
these blue diamonds— great rarities.
“Yes," said Miss Gray, “but per
As you said Just now, Maythorne,
concealment about that. Arm lntrade
ever since this affair happened.”
I have had the first In my hands for
that corroborates Arm lntrade,” he re haps they were a fra id you would take
— the bank man."
some time. Tho second he handed to
A t M aythom e’s bidding we got out
marked. “And I ’m beginning to think away th e ir balls so they couldn’t play
me personally at Marrasdale the day
"Arm lntrade only returned from the
at the corner of Conduit street and
that this Is a simple case of m urder at all. Do yon think they were afraid
a fte r he arrived at the Woodcock."
north last night," said Maythorne.
walked along to his office. Outside his
of your winning the game? Are you
fo r the sake of robbery."
“
Ah
1
—
you
met
him
there?”
“ Where and how wag this deal carried
door stood a line, obviously braDd-new
That's no new theory," observed sure th a t was the secret reason why
“Certainly I met him there!"
o u tr
Rolls-Royce car. Crole smiled at the
Maythorne. “ I t ’s the original one— they offered you the milk?"
“ Well? And what happened?"
sight o f IL
“Yes,” answered Kloop. " I can tell
“Q uite sure o f IL ” snarled M rs
but It may have a ll manner of varia
“W e discussed the sale of the dia
something of that, but not precise de
‘One of your aristocratic clients, eh, tions. W ell, nqw— Eccleshare and Par- Black.
monds, and came to an arrangement.”
tails.
I should say— by correspond
M aythom e?” he observed chaffingly. slave! T h a t’s the next— "
“ W ell, you’re not playing today, are
“May I ask what It was?"
ence.”
“A duke or a duchess at least— what?"
The door opened Just them—a girl you?" asked Miss Gray.
"Certainly
1
H
e
gave
me
an
option
Maythorne looked at Crole: Crole
’ On the contrary. If you want to
“I told you th a t It waa because 1
clerk appeared.
on them."
shook his head.
know,” answered Maythome, who had
“Sergeant Manners and Detective was so sensible and wouldn’t play when
“A h i I see! An option? Just so.
“W hat concerns us,” he remarked,
given car and chauffeur a sharp
Sergeant Corkerdale to see you, sir," I felt lazy.
You were to have them at a price?"
“Is the fact that Arm lntrade sold these
glance, “that's Sir Samuel I.oeke’s car she announced.
“I don’t say I need the exercise the
“O f course. But I'll show you the
things— Mazaroff’s property. We know
—o r one o f 'em— and his livery. And
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
way they do when I ’d ra th e r not take
terms. In Mazaroff's handwriting. He
that Arm lntrade was In possession of
any exercise!"
had brought me this, already w ritten
what we'll call Blue Diamond Number
and signed— there you a re !”
One, and we nlso know that Mazaroff
PUZZLES
H e produced a sheet o f letter paper
had Blue Diamond Number Two on
him when he went north. So— M aza and handed It to Crole, who took and
W hat Is the most difficult thing to
read It attentively. “I seel” he said,
roff must have met Arm lntrade and
kinship o f man w ith nature. Through hold in the world? Your tongue.
T he ax Is a tool of romance. In
handing It bark. “He gave you the
banded over to him the second dia
Its medium one captures the spirit of
almost every age It has played a
• • •
option for one month o f buying the
mond. They must have met— unknown
the forest, one senses that feeling o f
m ajor part In man's struggle for ex
W hy are clocks like the schoolboys
to anyone— at Marrasdale."
diamonds for a hundred and seventy-
satisfaction which comes through aid at d rill? Because they m ark time.
istence.
five thousand pounds. And— you have
M aythom e turned to Kloop.
ing the growth o f majestic trees, by
From earliest history, oa down
• • •
“ Armlntrade's name was openly,
taken It up. Then— what about the
the removal o f deformities, weak
through the Stone age, the Bronze age
W h at Is the worst thing you could
freely mentioned to you In connection
option money?
Which, of course,
specimens and fire hazards— Peter do to a Junior farm er? Tread on
and the Iron age, and more especially
with this?" he asked.
"W as M aia-
should and would have been paid to
McLaren, America's champion chop h it corn.
during the time of America’s early
Marazoff."
ruff’s name mentioned?"
per, In the Ax Manual.
pioneers— the ax has been the Indis
• • •
“Oh, to be sure!
As the source
“E x a c tly ! The money Is at the dis
pensable friend of man.
W hat Is the dirtiest le tte r In the al
from which the diamonds came.”
posal of the late Salim M aiarofTs
W ith the building o f prim itive log
T he Easiest W a y
phabet? O, because It baa been twice
M aythom e got up from his chair
rightful heir or heirs, beneficiaries,
cabins went the building, too, of
Too many people are absolutely In placed In aooL
and began to button his overcoat
residuary legatees, or whoever has a
• e •
strong characters and stout muscles.
different to work. They take no In
“T here’s only one thing to be done,"
proper and legal right to IL"
Washington. Boone. Lincoln, Roose terest In doing It exactly rlghL In
A knight o f eld had a p ain ; when
be said, glancing a t Crole. “You and
Crole pointed to me.
doing It quickly, or getting It out on and where did he have It? In the
velt, Gladstone o f England, and many
I and Holt must see Arm lntrade at
“M r. Holt there Is Mazaroff’s re
once. W’e want an explanation. As
other great names In history are as time. L ife to them Is Just one long- middle o f the knight (n ig h t).
siduary legatee,” he said. “H e cornea
• • •
drawn-out dresm of “getting by" In
In fo r— everything!"
fa r as I'm aware, those diamonds,
sociated with the ax.
the easiest way, and w ith as little
since the moment o f MazarofTs death,
W hy may a boy playing “bllndm an’n
Arm lntrade laughed, and gave me a
No other tool promotes the same
exertion as possible, o f either mind buff.” be railed sympathetic? Because
have been the property of Mr. Holt
shy smile.
or body. T h e ir Ides seems to be “T o he feels for bla fellow creeturee.
here. Isn't that so, Crole?”
“Lucky for Mr. Holt t" he remarked.
e e e
Let George l»o It." Again, there are
“ Yes,” answered Crole, laconically.
“But— are you sure of that? I under
Sanity la ik e Madkeaae
H e got up from his desk, crossed over
stand that the w ill made at York Is
W hy would an aw l be offended It
I should Imagine that a madhouse others, splendid examples o f those
to a safe In the com er, and unlocking
lost?"
would be an excellent place to be who know what te do. and have the yon called him a pheasant? Because
It, took from some inner receptacle an
rapacity and willingness te do their you would be making game o f him.
“The will Is here!" said Crole, hold sane In. I'd a long sight rather live
e • •
part. All such are great factors and
oblong envelope.
“ Here's the w ill,"
ing up his envelope. “You can see It
In a nice, quiet, secluded madhouse
forces In making a business go and
be said. “I ’ll take It with me. But I
and read It."
W bat Is the difference between a
than In Intellectual clubs full o f un
think Arm lntrade w ill be found to be
Arm lntrade’s face
underwent
a
groom and a repairing tailor? One
Intellectual people, all chattering non grow.— New Albany Tribune,
all right. By that I mean that he will
change as he took and reed the will.
sense about the newest hook of philos
lends the mare, and the other mends
have acted within his rights. How, I
He gave a long, careful look at the
th e te a r.
ophy; or In some of those earnest, el
Must H ave U s !
a a a
don’t know. But—corns along."
signature; another a t Crole as he
bowing sort of Movements that wsat
There are several ways o f acqelr-
W s parted from Kloop In the street
handed back the paper.
you to go In for Service and help to
W hat la the difference between an
Ing books, but tho conunon practice
outside; Crole, M aythom e, and I got
“ W hat." be asked, “what do you, a
take away somebody else’s toys,— Prom
la either to bay or borrow them, both elephant aad a flea? T he elephant
Into a taxicab and set off for Court*
solicitor, say about that w l l l F
“T he Poet and the Lunatics,” by O
ran have fleas, but the flea can't have
methods conferring
hope's bank M aythom e veemed to be
“T h a t nothing whatever can upset
K. Chesterton.
elephanta.
session.— Brand Whitlock.
The Mazaroff Mystery
J. S. FLETCHER
Humble A x Revealed as Instrument of Romance
Thursday, June 26, 1930
Always Better to Plug
With Brain Than Body
ONE PRESCRIPTION
MADE FAMILY DOCTOR
FAMOUS
“W e hear a great deal about the
success that comes from plodding
and plugging,” said Charles M.
Schwab. “ I do not deny that this la
so, bnt on the other hand, the man
who plugs w ith his brain Instead o f
his body Is bound to go the farthest,
“A wealthy friend o f mine had
been forever bragging about his son
who had gone into the fam ily factory
and worked eight hours a day as
mechanic. ‘Both feet on the ground,
yon know,' boasted the proud parent.
So when ( met the lad, I said:
“ ‘So you’re the young man w ith
both feet on the ground. W h at do
you do fo r a living?’ T o which he
rep lied :
“ *I take orders from a man w ith
both feet on a desk.’ “
U n w arra n te d Criticism
D r. Isadora F a lk of the University
of Chicago, who has discovered the
Influenza germ, said a t a dinner
p a rty :
“Am erica carries on more research,
disinterested and unselfish, than any
other country In the world, yet we
are continually being abused fo r oar
materialism.
“Yes, Europe Is continually declar
ing th a t our American philosophy Is
summed up In the raw :
“ ‘Don’t go gapin’ around wonder
in’ why a black hen lays a w hite
egg.
G it the egg.’ ’’— Springfield
Union.
E a rly A q uatic Sports
In 1713 an Englishman named
Thomas Doggett instituted boat
races among the fishermen on the
Thames. T he first English regatta
o f which we have evidence took
place on the Thames off Raleigh gar
dens In 1779. T his was modeled on
the Venetian regatta. The first race
In the United States occurred In 1811
between two barges, the Knicker
bocker of New Yo rk and the Invinci
ble o f Long Island, the form er being
the winner.
F ig h t T h a t M ade H is to ry
T here were 130 Spanish vessels In
(he Spanish arm ada that undertook
the Invasion o f England under Qneen
Elizabeth. The English had 197 boats
that took p art during the battle.
However, many were small boats
o f little use. T he fighting was done
almost entirely by the large boats on
both sides.
Seldom has any single act been
o f greater benefit to mankind than
th a t o f D r . Caldwell in 1886, when
he w rote the prescription which has
carried his fam e to the fo u r cor
ner« o f the earth.
Over and over, D r. Caldw ell
w rote the prescription as he found
men, women and children suffering
from those common symptoms o f
constipation, snch as coated tongue,
bad breath, headaches, gas, nausea,
biliousness, no energy, lack o f appe
tite , and sim ilar things.
Demand fo r this prescription
grew so fast, because o f the pleas
ant, quick w ay It relieved such
symptoms o f constipation, th a t by
1888 D r. Caldw ell was forced to
have It p ot up ready fo r use. T o
day, D r. C aldw ell’s Syrup Pepsin,
a« I t 1« called. Is always ready a t
any drugstore.
L ittle Black B aby
In ebony In fa n t sitting proudly
in the scale— a fa m ilia r w elfare cen
te r scene the world over— Is the dec
oration on a recently Issued Belgian
Kongo postage stamp. K ing Baby
thus usurps the place usually occu
pied by the political ru le r o f a coun
try. T h e stamp Is sold fo r ten cen
times, its postal value being five cen
times, the ex tra cost being a volun
ta ry contribution to work o f the Bel
gian government or the decrease of
In fa n t m o rtality In the Kongo.
1R \ILIOUS?
I
> M
IM
Scen ery
“Do you select a road on account
of Its beauty?”
“Oh, yes 1” answered M r. Chuggins.
“T h ere’s a p articu lar route my w ife
and I always prefer, because we
thin k It has the prettiest cigarette
advertisements In the world.”
A r tis t o f H ig h R ank
W inslow Hom er was the first to
be generally acclaimed the first out
standing marine painter In this coun
try and many critics regard him aa
the best o f the Am erican m arine
painters.
C m d a n ’a G ro a t W o rk
Alexander Cruden published his
B iblical Concordance In 1737.
Another trouble w ith most hus
bands Is th a t they are too mach like
husbands and not enough lik e lovers.
■
Take MATVBB’S BEMBDT j
U —H l— tonight You’ll bo "lit J
aad f i n s ” by m o rn in g — j
>
tongue dear, headache gone, ,
’
appetite beck, bowels acting :
pleasantly, bilious attack forgotten.
For constipation, too, Better than ,
any mars laxative.
At «bwzzfa tr-only 25c. Make the test (oalfkl
JZB£ M I X MSLUOH, T A K E
M?
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TO-NIGHT
TOMORROW A LR IG H T
W. N. U , Portland, No. 2S-1930.
Immense Slice o f E a rth
Europe and A fric a could both bn
placed w ithin the boundaries o f Asin,
w ith about 2,000,000 square miles to
spare.
H o aay Production
T h s average production o f a colony
o f bees Is about 50 pounds, but un
der favorable conditions 100 pounds
m ight be produced.
Keep Insects
A w a y O utdoors!
FIiriiaoMonty
fl» dui yellow
can w ith ths
black bdhdi
Flit 'contain» a special insect repellant.
¿ 4,—.
* h e W orld's
S e llin g In sect
R e la tiv ity
Professor Einstein is said to have
hired a secretary to give the follow
ing explanation o f re la tiv ity to hi«
visitors: "W hen a p re tty g irl alts on
your lap fo r an hoar. It seems like
a minute. W hen yon alt on a hot
ito v e fo r a m inute ft seems like aa
hour.”— Am erican Magaalna.
• two«
W o rld W a r Ralie
A crosa of wood, which stood a t
Rochlncourt cemetery, France, to the
memory o f B ritish soldiers who fell
a t the b attle o f Oppy Wood In 1917,
baa Just been added to the In te rio r
decorations o f SL Andrew ’s church,
Stockwell, England.
cloud has a stiver lining,
and every old suit baa Ita ahlny aide.
A fte r m arriage, many an old-faah
loned girl paints to please her bos'
band. .
M oat poeta are poor, probably be-
eauae there are so many poor poets,
In looking backward a
only the bright spots In the pasL
Enjoy the charm o f a Healthy
Skin use
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O IX ÏM E N T
SOOTHING