J 2 PAGE FOUR sMerably larger than symmetry allowed, sat at hla desk in the police headquarters building on Center Street and tried to fix his attention on a stack of reports. There was a saur, fretting look on hla face. Now and then he made a petulant jab with a peneil. He did not like to read these report He did not like any of the administrative functions connected with his position. If Captain Summera could have followed hla Inclination be would hare been out hunting criminal The Picaroon, for IntUace. Sitouners nursed a special grievance against the Picaroon the slippery and -elusive aotcap who amused himself by pftndertaf people's safes and who al ways left a sard behind bun stating , that Use victim could recover his valu able upon paying 10 per cent of their value to a certain philanthropic society. Time and again Summer had accepted the challenge, but aomethlng had always gone wrong. On several occasions he had maaouvred the Picaroon Into a tight corner, but the Ptearoan had always pipped out. It wa the ambition of Summers' life to eateh htm some day. That day, when It same, would heal all the wound his pride had (Uffered. But It was difficult tak he had set himself. No one aeemed to .know anything about the Picaroon except that be had a penchant for annexing other people's valusMee and a special talent '"for avotdtng capture Somehow the rumor had got abroad that he was wealthy and luxurtou person who at on time bad suffered grievously from ooe of the law's mistake, but this was only 1 surmise on the part of th public and th newspapers. Information of a more definite character was Ifi Summers' possession, hut he kept It rigidly to himself. Many little details and numerous t lining oosunnces, each of no Importance when ' viewed by itself but cjntte atgxUfiaasA in the aggregate .had focused SwamerV suspicion on a cer-W tedlrtual, That Individual was Martla Da, a leisurely, cultured and wet! -to-do gentleman whose good looks, easy manners. ' resdy-emlle- and brewajy chatter had made him a favor-It everywhere Msrlln Dale Oaptstn 8ummera wa almost certain that this Martin Dale waa the Maarooo. but o far he had been usable to prove it. Strangest of all, he Itked Martin Dal. They often lunched together. Summer n)oyd Dale's pungent aneo-dote about life In clubs and society, and Dale relished the captain's observations concerning crime and criminal. Ooeaslonally the coaveraatlon veered round to the subject of the Picaroon, and then Dale would look very Innocent, and Summer' reddish face would dose up like a poker player's. Yet. much a Summer liked Dale, he would not let friendship Interfere with duty If his chance to capture the Picaroon should ever com. There waa no particular reason why be should be thinking about the Pic aroon' this morning, yet hi thoughts Thrilling Mystery Story In 30 chapters Sjrnopt.1 Adl OasU hM Just had the wrtrd- ii HEAMAN LANDON DaJt bad many other llktalI trait It wu really odd how 8ummn could eat adventure of her life. She has betnso thoroughly like a man who alter taken toy a mysterious Miss Conway to meet Dr. Moffett, whom ahe meet but doea not see. For as ahe enters the room of an old house In a part of New York, ahe doea not recognise, aba la met by a green light through which be obaenrea the vague outline of a man. He telle her he know her father if the "Mr. Oravea" whom police seek aa the aatoelate of Daniel Forrester, who died after getting 110,000.000 by fraud. He claims to have papera which. If made puttie, would result In Mr. OoaUe going to jail Ato! aalU nn hr fsth.F vhn t11 : ego he was determined to put In jail It waa a psychological phenomenon that be had never puzzled out. The door opened and a uniformed attendant announced that Mr. Alexander Ferryman wlehed to aee the captain on Important bualneaa. A tall gentleman entered. He waa fastidiously dreased and carried him-self with an air of distinction. He her Dr. Moffett demands 100.000 fori "l haTe mthln tbr curious to his alienee, though Mr. Castle profited ! "P u' saw ai jerkin. - but !!tu by Forrester's operation. :nT sound Insignificant to you but It worried me great deal. I have whteh h. rfiri not rtiuwver w iiimi-Mi unUl after th, lattert death. On hesitated a long time before finally to bring the matter to th reaching home Adeie find a note re-:wtoe ferrtng to the color green and making "entkn of the police. It concerns an appointment for the next day In Central Park. It la algned "the Pica roon." INSTALMENT SIX MR FEItltYMAN CALLS Captain John Summers, itocklly built, sturdy of Jaw, with -a reddish cemplexlon and a skull that waa son- wa lean and straight, looked about 60, carried a allver-knobbed cane, and wore glasses on a ribbon. Ferryman's Story a iiiuiuon uiai may result ill some very unpleasant, not to aay tragic, developments. "Well?" -aald Summera tartly "I must explain a few thing In order that you may understand the situation clearly. I am a retired business man. I own two adjoining house ob Bank Street, No. 260 and No. 2S3. They are old houses of the comfortable kind that were built two generations ago. Unfortunately that kind la rap-tdly pawing out of existence." Mr. Ferryman signed. Captain Summera looked bored. "Until four year ago," Mr. Ferryman continued, "I lived with my wife at No. 263. I had done everything to make It comfortable for her, furnishing the house In the very beat fashion I could afford. I waa deeply devoted to her, and for a tune we lived "Then my wife began to snow signs of restlessness. She waa much younger than I only a tittle more than half my age. Naturally ahe waa more active than I, and ah craved more pleasure and more youthful companionship Perhaps I didn't try to understand her as I should. I reallxe now that I was not the right sort of companion for her. I couldn't well, to cut a long and distressing story short, my wife left m four yeara ago." "With another manf Summer bluntly suggested. The visitor bristled. He tapped hi cane against the floor. "You have no right to make such an Insinuation. I resent it. I will not have my wife calumniated." Keep cool." Summers advised, "and try to use ahorter wordi. It will aave time. And dont wear out my floor with that atlek." Mr. Ferryman seemed oartlv main. f-d. "I keep forgetting that stranger cant feel a atrongly about the matter a I do. My wife simply went away, without any explanation whatever. I waa heartbroken. I waa very much In love with her. and I am still . If you could realize how beautiful ahe wa you would understand. Thli will give you a faint Idea." He snapped th back of his watch open and exhibited a small photograph. Summers looked at It. observed that It wu Indeed a beautiful face and, a was his habit, filed away an Image of the features In his mnld. "Of course this doesnt do her Jui. tic," said Mr. Ferryman, shutting th wn ana putting it Into his .pocket. "It may help you to understand, however, why I am so passionately . d-voted to her. After ahe had gona I movea next .door, to No. 8oQ. I couldn't endure the' former ' associations. They reminded me of her and added to my grief. But I left every, thing aa It wa in the Id house. I have a caretaker there, a faithful old fellow named Axelson, who keeps everything neat and clean and In rs-oalr. When the come back" and Mr. Ferryman sighed wistfully "t want her to find everything a tt wa when sh left." flrrcn Light Again "You're sure ahe will com back?" "I feel It I feel it In here," Mr. Ferryman touched his heart. "8om dy aheU come back repentant, and then we shall begin life at No. 202 all over again. Every night I alt at my window watching for her. Kvery tnonung "But you are not Interested In that nave maae inee explanations to that you may understand what follows. Beveral times within the last aix or seven months, Axelson has rtrayed occasionally from the report com to m-and reported that sttang before him. The Picaroon had not been active for several week. That meant nothing, however. Probably h was planning some particularly brilliant ex plolt. The Picaroon waa fullof bruT Hint Idea. Oh. well. thers'wa auchl a thing as being too brilliant, In Cap tain Summers' estimation. Bom day the scamp would go a little too far. aqd then Th eaptaln moistened his lips aa it contemplating som particularly aavory mental morsel. The, Picaroon had humiliated bun time and again. Friend ship or no friendship. Summer would jive no quarter when the great day arrived. And he knew Dal would ac cept none. He would take hi pun Isament with a smile and like a thoroughbred sport. things are going on at No. 22." ii tun. ume. you What, for tntane?" Summera as sea, suowing Interest for the'-first ruruans you will unlla whMli.ii said Mr. TVrrvmsn lv: umrVTif. - , . XT - - ' 'tffiHbPvW""- lldent tone. "You see. the old house 1 acred to m and It la poolbl that I ttefi undue Importance to what hap- pen mere. "So far nothing very sensational has happened at least. It may not seem very sensational to you. Axelson has "ported to me that minor articles he-v disappeared from time to time. He haa also discovered evidence of trespssseea In various part of the house Now and then, he tell me. he a shrug hears footfalls In the night." Summera looked bored ataln. "I'd That waa one of Uie things he liked advise you to hire a better watchman auuuv uaie, ni sporismansnip . Ana ana put new locks on th door 'Oh, Axehoh I efficient enough, bul these thing seem to be beyond him. Gut I haven't told you the strangest part yet. Twice, upon hearing these footfalls In the night. Axclson has gut out of bed to Investigate. The sounds seemed to come Isom the library, so he went there. On each occasion a strange green light has been flashed In bis fsc th moment he entered." "Yes, a green light. Where It comes from Axejson can't Imagine. It lasts only an instant, he tells me, and then It's gone. He has searched thoroughly, but there seems to be no explanation,' "Did he hear anything when he aaw the green light?" i "Yes, footstep moving about the room. But after the green light had i gone out and he had turned on the electric light, there waa nobody In the room." Summers thought for a moment "Doea Axelson drink?" "Not drop. And I am positive he Is not subject to hallucination of any sort. Now. I don't like the idea of such thing going on In a house owned by me, and especially one that hold' auch Intimate associations. It seems to me that the matter requires an Investigation." i Summers gave his visitor a narrow and sot fery complimentary look. "I think you are exciting yourself oven nothing." he declared. "Axelson Is probably a drunkard or a dope addict. Just by looking at them you cant al ways tell what they are doing when' nobody is watching." , "My advice to you Is to take Axel-son's cock-and-bull stories with a 'grain of aalt. Take two grains for good measure. And next time be tells you ore of three yarns send him over to me' 111 " The telephone on Summers' deak rang. He answered, listened with an indifferent air for a moment, then Jerked up his top-heavy head and was all alertnes. He drew a pad to him and wrote something on It. Then he turned to Mr. Ferryman with a curious look In hla eyes. I "What did you aay waa the address ' of the nous you formerly occupied with your wife?" "No. 282 Bank Street." Mr. Ferry, man lifted hi fcrowj aa If at a loss to know what the question meant. "I am now jiving at No. 280." , "Queer," aald Summer, looking uown at the pad on whtafa be bad written. "I've Just had a report that a woman's body has been found at No. 282." Mr. Ferryman started, then sat In stunned silence "Body my houaeH he stammered at length. "Do you mean there has been a a murder?" "It look that way," Summers picked up the telephone again and snapped a few order into th transmitter. "Better come with me Mr. Ferryman." be aald when he had finished. Th visitor pulled himself together and followed the captain from the' office and down the atalr. Ills car! waa at the curb, and they Jumped ln! and drove to Bank Street. The house; In question was one of two murky,, old-fashioned buildings with green shutters and a fanlight over each; door. Summer entered first and wai SI," Pceman standing in the vestibule. The Inner door was opened by a gaunt, elderly man. stoop- fowuoerea ana white-faced. "Whsfe happened Axelson?" Mr. Ferryman asked excitedly "Murder. I'm afraid, air." The servant pointed a shaking finger up the stairway. "I happened to go up there aoout an nour ago. and that'a when I found the body. If terrible, slrr To Be Continued Tomorrow PARENTHOOD PREPARATION IS IMPORTANT Paper Before lirltUh AatoeUllon Kay It I Knllrelj Neglected Today INTELLIGENCE TESTH London Inspector Kays' These Teats Are, of (Irrat Value In Kl urat Ion CAPETOWN, South Africa. July 29 Educational seienss has. mad ..tremens dew striae' allien the lut nwlliu nf the British Association In South Africa ! In IBM, aald C. W. Klmmlna. M.A.. D. Sc.. chief Inspector of the edu- ( cstlonal department, London County Oauncll, In his presidential address to the educational science section of the British Association for the Advance-: ment of Science today. Discussing modern movements In' education. Dr. Klmmms aald one of the most signlfioant change In educational science since 1B0S wa the change in the attitude toward th very young child, particularly in ln-i tell Igt nee testa, which he endorsed. Dealing with the question of the! child of under alx year he aald: "The difficulty Is that although parenthood! i the most important profession In the world, there Is at present no specific preparation tor It and there Is no Immediate propeet of a higher standard of parenthood. Yet It 1 clear that In dealing with the young Child ther Is a distinct need of ex pert guidance. If, however, th home and the nursery school work together the problem of children who even-' tuilly bnoome a burden upon the1 state will raoldlv decrease in number ! fTher cantos no dguSL whatever that ' with a well organ lrd nursery school system there will be a significant advance in the mental, physical and social welfare of the children." World of Child Discussing some of the psychological peculiarities of the very young child, h pointed out that a remarkable difference exists between the world of th child and the wvrld of th adult which difference presents very serious difficulties in the study of young children. Too often Oi the past there haa been Insurance on the child' adoption of the adult position before ,tti appropriate time )i hi mental THEKDAILY-NEWS Saturday. "lW.iu, growth had "been reached.' One of the mort Interesting and at the same one of the most Important features in the world of the child was the vivid j Imagination- peculiar to the yeara of VIUJUJHAJU, "This Is at the stage when the Invisible friend or other childish phantasy make appearance." be said. "It took him a long time to fully recog nize himself his environment. nt . At At three three year year fully recognizes that the teddy bear and the golliwog In whom he confided had no power of understanding or of effective response and then the visible Inanimate was replaced by the Invisible Inanimate of childish phantasy." HtiMlr or Ape Some of th most Important discoveries of the nature of th child's response to educational method had been made through a study of the capacity for acquirement of facts of chimpanzees snd other authropoid forms. It waa found through these experiments that modes or behaviour that have become a matter of course with adult humans may he expected to appear In a more plastic form In the lit of the ape and the simplest i'l 7 8 acts of Intelligence oan In this way be brought under scientific observation. The data thus obtained was Invaluable to the investigator of childish psyshology. "Apart from the new attitude to the pro-school child the most important movement slue 1000 1 the coming of the intelligence teat and Its Incorporation as an essential element f Prrte sXJftWB rfA,lrW ,., education, he i Probably more research ha been car ried out In recent years m connection with teat for Intelligence than In any other department of educational ac tivity. Even it only rough approximations could be secured in the meas urement of natlv ability, nevertheless the advantage of such a discovery would naturally max very strong appeal to the mind of progressive vducattonsliatt. 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