.iv: PAGE FOUR -THE DAILY J&WS r lit i ' 1 '( T 3V. r;.'.:li ..u' sVt - r.' 6'-' ' 40 1' ' S.i I 1 t r Seven A -Dials Mystery By Agatha Christie Copyright by Public Ledger INSTALMENT IV. THE STOUY THIS FAR There's a house party on at Chlm-nS. an estate ou tilde London, oe-oupld Ijr the present on lease by Sir Oswald fld Lady Ooote. Oucats are late to fcmkfast, especially Jimmy Theelger sad- Oerry Wade, much to the annoyance of Lady Ooote. Rupert Bateman, secretary to tir Oswald, luffests an alarm clock V; way of .miring that Wade in particular gta up nest morning at a more reas-onaMe hour. They plan to place eight clocks in Wade's room once he Is asleep. Bateman, known as "Pongo," place the decks, and yet next day at noon Wade is still in bed. At 12:20 be ia found dead by a servant. Dr. Cart-wtlsht declared death due to an over- dose of sleeping powder. Seven clocks.' not eignt are round lined up in Wade's room. Thestger and Bonny Devereux motor to Oerry ' borne to Inform a sister, Lorslne Wade, of her brother's death. SOW COXTIME THE 8TOKY By Promise Bound He was glad to have something to do. Ronny's manner puzzled him. What did he know or suspect? And why had he not voiced his suspicions, if he had them, to the doctor? Presently the two friends were skimming along in Jimmy's car With a cheerful disregard for such things as SDeed limits. "Jimmy." said Ronny at last, "I! suppose youre aoout the best pal I have now." "Well." said Jimmy, "what about it?" He spoke gruffly. 'There's something I'd like to small girl,, very fair, dressed in shabby old tweeds. Not at all the girl that Ronny had expected to see. Not, in fact, Jimmy's usual type. Holding one dog by the collar, she came down the pathway to meet them. "How do you do,' 'she said. "You mustn't mind Elizabeth. She's Just had someipupplesmd she's very suspicious." She had. a supremely natural manner and, as she looked up smiling, tne iaint wild rose flush deepened in her cheeks. Her eyes were a very dark Diue like corn flowers. Suddenly, they widened was It with alrm? As though, already, sue guessed. Jimmy hastened to speak. "This is Ronny Devereux, Miss Wade. You must often have heard Oerry speak of him." "Oh! yes." She turned a lovely, warm, welcoming smile on him. "You've both been staying at Chimneys, haven't you? Why did you not bring Oerry over with you?" "We er couldn't," said Ronny, and then stopped. Again Jimmy saw the look of rear flash into her eves. "Miss Wade." he said. "I'm afraid I mean, we've got bad news for you. She was on the alert in a mo-, ment. "Oerry?" "Yes Gerry. He's " She stamped her foot with sudden passion. "Oh! tell me tell me " She turned suddenly on Ronny. "You'll tell me." Jimmy felt a pang of Jealousy, and, in that moment he knew what up to now he had hesitated to admit to himself. He knew why Helen and Nancy and Socks were Just "girls" to him and nothing more. A Plucky Girl .He only half heard Ronny's voice saying gravely: "Yes, Miss Wade, I'll tell you, Oerry Is dead." She had plenty of pluck. She gasped and drew back, but In a minute or two she was asking eager, searching questions. How? When? Ronny answered her as gently as he could. "Sleeping draught? Gerry?" 'Seven instead of eight," said Jimmy, frowning. "I wonder why." tell you. Something you ought to know." j "About Oerry Wade?" "Yes, about Oerry Wade." Jimmy waited. . . "Well?" he Inquired at' last. , "I . don't know that I ought. to,' said Konny. "Why?" "I'm bound by a kind of promise." "Oh! Well. .then. Derharjs you'd better not." There was a silence. "And yet, I'd like- You see. Jimmy, your brains are better than mine." "They could easily be that," said Jimmy unkindly. "No, I can't," said Ronny suddenly. "All right," said Jimmy. "Just as you like." After a long silence, Ronny said: 'What's she like?" "Who?" "This girl. Gerry's sister." utes, then he said In a voice that had somehow or other altered: "She's all right. In fact well, she's a corker." "Oerry was very devoted to her, I knew. He often spoke of her," "She was very devoted to Gerry. It lfp going to hit her hard." "YA6, a nasty job. They, were silent till they reach ed Deane Priory. Miss Loralne. the maid told them, was in tha garden. Unless they wanted to see Mrs. Coker Jimmy was eloquent that they id not want to sec Airs, coker. "Who's Mrs. Coker?" asked Ron ny ns they went round Into the somewnat neglected garden. The oJd trout who lives with Loralne." Itonny Meets Loralne They had stepped out Into a paved walk. Af the end of It was a girl wth two black spaniels. A 'The incredulity in-'her voice was plain. Jimmy gave her a glance. It was almost a glance of warning. He had a sudden feeling that Lor alne in her Innocence might say tooimucju.'.'. . . in nis turn he explained as gently as possible the need for an inquest. She shuddered. She de clined their offer of taking her back to Chimneys with them, but explained she would come over later. She had a two-seater of her own. "But I want to be be alone a little first," she said plteously. "I know," said Ronny. 'That's all right," said Jimmy They looked at her, feeling awkward and helpless. 'Thank you both ever so much for coming." They drove hack In silence and there was something like constraint between them. "My God! that girl's plucky," said Ronny once. Jimmy agreed. "Gerry was my friend," said Ronny. "It's up to me to keep an eye on her." "Oh! rather. Of course." They said no more. On returning to Chimneys Jimmy was waylaid by a tearful Lady Coote. "That poor, boy she kept repeating. 'That poor boy." Jimmy made all the suitable remarks ho could think of. , Lady Coote told him at great length various details about the decease of various dear friends of hers. Jimmy listened with a show of sympathy, and at last managed to aeiacn nimseu witnout actual rudeness. - . The Seven. Dials He ran lightly up -the stairs. Ronny was lust emerging from Gerald Wades room. He seemed taken aback at the sight of Jim-, lny. "I've been in to see him," he l said. "Are you going In?" "I don't think so," said Jimmy, i who was a healthy young man, I with a natural dislike to being re- j minded of death. "I think all his friends ought 1 "Magic For Marigold" Is the Latest By Author of "Anne oi "Oh! do you?' 'said Jimmy, andL,. --r.reen Gables'' registered to himself an lmpres-l sion that Ronny Devereux was damned odd about it all. "Yes. It's a sign of respect." Jimmy sighed, but gave in. "Oh! very well," he said, and parsed In, setting his teeth at little. There were white flowers arranged on the coverlet, and the room had been tidied and set to rights. Jimmy gave one quick, nervous glance at the still, white face. Could that be cherubic, pink Oerry Wade? That still, peaceful figure. He shivered. As he turned to leave the room his glance swept the mantel shelf, and he stopped in astonishment. The alarm clocks had been ranged along It neatly In a row. He went out sharply. Ronny was waiting for him. "Looks very peaceful- and all A LETTER FOR tORAlNE "Inconsiderate, that's what call It.' said Lord Caterhara. (To Be Continued Tomorrow) Women's Rights Is Live Topic in Parts of $ ranee Debates Being Carried on Br, In tellectual Leaders as to Country and Town Girls HEROINE IN NEW VOLUME " Marigold Leslie ' lives at Cloud of Spruce, the old Leslie homestead, on Prince Edward Island. and unless one knows Marigold it will he impossible to believe that the Island gave shelter to (mother girl as dear and sweet and funny as was the well be loved Anne or ureen uaoies. She Is an only child, this Mari gold, In a family of grown ups and has more than bcr share of relatives, the kind of revives that hold family councils our every event in the family, poor Marigoia was almost destined to go through life as "it," or "her," so difficult was it for the widely differing clan to aeree upon a name for the wee fatherless baby whose mother was Judged as much too young and much too inexperienced in the matter of babies' names to have voice In the selection. But I ?n W JiJnta to Uncle Klon who knew Thpn ho mm- nothing either about it, Marigold "I say. Ronn,: who arranged all: SS$ .ZrJlit. t.,o.- "Mthat belongs to Uncle Klon and the servants. i I iT suppose. ha ,r i,a i tu. if "The funny thing is." said Jim my. "that there are seven of them. of the L. M. Montgomery stories. it Avion is a atui story j with n iiit Kiiiuutubiciii grandmothers . . . , , . , , not eight. One of them's missing. m lta truly fascinating old w.u juu nuiii-c um. erandmother wtin reveal herspir Ronny made an inaudible sound. : and her youtn most amazingly to Seven instead of eight, said Marigold, and as a young grand-Jimmy, i frowning.-"! wonder why." mother, who struggles desperate- iiy hard in this changing world to I keep up the traditions . that from Itlme Immemorial have governed (grandmothers. Then there are He spoke in a gentle, nlaintlve I R.2S?.e. A.in.f?faer.wn"em voice and seemed pleased with the 1- ,nH, nJir snf nrfwtivo , v,,h f.,, es and have queer and funny "YeU d&lncUy Inconsiderate. HU I d. smJ' often find these self-made men!"' "c 22 ria"i5 ire inconsiderate. Very possibly ::"h y" Jf Sran Jane , t0 th the end i 01 tn6 that ii whv thfv y amis! sucn snehi tarV- frh.n j chapter. And there are uncles- t?f jnntoS n,,fii t 8U sorts of uncles and all devoted He looked out mournfully over to the e one one sma" small child cnim of 01 thp ine ram fam-his ancestral acres, of which he jy -'..S?1.. Ma.rlgoId is not lonelyrhowever. Z""VZiV',J' : 'or first, and foremost there Is to her friends and known society s,lvia or he makeelieve klne-In general as "Bundle," laughed. hI. KLTv "You'll certainly never amass a fh.. , ni .umv.. r liFPnWPie . ceoterl Svlvla as a "nrctpnH" nrln. ftLMr,'c only t0 nd o5t at te end 'MSa "h of the,r K0 tlmes that "aUy and .Y. with a -nnoflfLi11; red square face and.tn-iy princesses are Just as ,fey.haV enchanting and nor- - V.v u, 1 . 4W'WC1U' t;a""rimai as really and truly Prince Ed- allty. The kind of a man you'd get ' ward Island girls if a steam-roller were turned Into: Marigold.' falls In and out of'ad- T" r.e . B' ventures; some rather pathetic. i r, "Rather Urine? sueeested Bun-1 nthor lanhohi l8.S'SetW i. . ,! tragic as Jlfe Is tragic when we ' "Frightfully tlrlnsr. full of all an vr vnnr Th. - v, tlw most depressing virtues like story is that it' is real and poa-sobrlety and punctuality I don't jible, and that the younger raid- nuuw wi.iuu ttic me wur&i, power- ers win like it every bit as much f& Ptr,nalle or earnest poll- as will the mothers and grand- UclaKspttdo so prefer the cheerful mothers who have perhaps forgot- inefflclent.' ten how serious life is when one Is ..-"Ai. cheerful inefficient wouldn't about 10 or 11. in between the have been able to pay you the times when one Is sure that the price you asked for this old maus- world was mnrip oenf.iaii oleum." Bundle reminded him restlne" for VOllth nnrt vnnth Lord Caterham winced. ! alone. "I wish you wouldn't use that Marieold nt rimirt r cnr,,.. word, Bundle. We were lust get-; "made magic" which many others mvi uuj,i nui cjjjuv. una we win not oe me . . ...d?,nt Ee?. wny you re 80 ony readers who will move this frightfully sensitive about It." said i charmine storv of a rhiM m h Bundle. "After all, people mus: ! side Anne of Green Gables glvlne die somewhere." : It a place of honor as th h.t ! thing that L. M. Montgomery has 'done since she gave to Canadian literature precious and unforget- table Anne. 'Good Old Hymns' Still Favorites ! Manchester Guardian Finds They Retain Popularity Against More Modern Music PARIS. Jan. 3: WhetheV coun-' ' timtiom t -.. ..-w Frpnrn mte ieetua.1 leaaer.i. ierr " oo m many Mllle, novelist and editorial writer, other matters. This conclusion Is thinks they do because he believes forced upon one when one surveys "S8,k?&21, thVesult 6f amon t. him- i rentiers conaucteo Dy me Man. Madame Maria Verone, one of Chester Ouardlan for the six best the first woman lawyers and pres- English hymns. For the first five asHtahtf wSSSl1 rthiE ?laces there was reay n chai isn't any real difference between Jenee t0 Abide With Me," "O, farm and city girls, but her chief, God, Our Help" "When I Survev." attention was given to whacks at "Rock of Ages" and "Jesu, Lover a woman's place is in the home ' . and that "obev" is the most im.! These, of course, are hymns of portant part of a marriage cere- the "good old" type. It Is rather w.?; . . , curious that hymns of the "good Mllle has been having aulte a!npw.. v,,,, iy. , vni, ha rather n a bit of correspondence with men ,tyPe struggle of the old school who think mod-lto make any showing at all In thu ern girls altogether too "uppity." table of preference. Some people He agrees with some of them that, mentioned Blake's "Jerusalem. me provinces sun auora a man and few .okp ,, ,. fnp w. ror He Who n some chance of finding a good . . . I:.w..spoyup. housekeeper who knows- how tOiVVOUJCl vanani ue." or course play second fiddle. Marame Ver- neither of these hymns are "new- fJl0wir,i.?:t0llh that f'in the sense of having been wrlt- &lkeaSth UWnm'ten in rent times, but they a equal and that while she allows him to Imagine he Is of much Importance, she never for a minute consents to recognize her husband as "master" of the house unless "new" in- the sense of having first been Included in really popular compilations within the last generation or so. The Moody and " w....,, Sankcy type vjisv of w.v.. mv . w ojvav. utc ijudvicaa. i All this Is Still a live tonic ln'h'ymn was almost entlrplv nmcorf S mSntvesS; ".f"" with little chance of gaining the Bot a very poor vote whlch forU" vote until several old senators re-!les one hx'the belief that It tire or die. The chamber of de- rfcver would have been popular fffn ruchfwy,tnn K JSS&U lBm't pie. twice has passed a Umlted vans stlrrlnB( tune. "The Son of vote bill which the senate Ignored. Qod 0e forth to War," which Is a very much finer " hymn of the same type, fared hardly better.. It seems as if pacifist sentiment will be triumphant in future I hymnology. Hardly anybody had a" kind thought for the "seasonal" hymns, such as we use at Easter, Christ mas and harvest-time. "O Come, All Ye Faithful," for example, was mentioned very rarely. This is curious in a way, for it is doubtful If any hymn Is more commotio congregations of every crccfi than is "Adeste Fldeles." It sung with equal fervor by the Catholic, the Methodist and the Salvationist. The same cannot be said even of such songs as "Te Deum" and "Magnificat." The old style, emotional type of hymn also suffered eclipse. There were few votes, for instance, for "Nearer, My God to Thee," or even for Newman's "Lead Kindly Light." "Hark, Hark My Soul," which used to be considered "so lovely," was entirely neglected. : . ; i . ; ; l i ; - ! , ; ! . i I ; i I I ! ! i ' THE WEATHER Prince Rupert Overcast, ealm; temperature. 28. Terrace Snow, calm, 28. Rosswood Snow, calm, 28. Alice Arm Cloudy. north wind. 22. 23. Alyansh Light snow, ealm, 19. Anyox Cloudy, calm, 20. Haysport Cloudy, lieht snow. Port Simpson Cloudy, calm. 27. Hazel ton Cioudy, windy, 19. Smithers Snowing, calm. 22. Burns Lake Snowing, calm. Vanderhoof Snowing, calm, 16. Quesnel Cloudy, calm. Eighth Cabin Snowing, calm. AtUn Clear, north wind, 10 below. Whltehorse Clear, calm, 24 below. Carmacks Clear, calm. 54 below. Selkirk Clear, calm, 68 below. Ogllvle Clear, calm, 65. Dawson Foggy, light south wind, 53 below. ' ) , n j i. J -Friday,, January j, , 4 3 HENNESSY COGNAC BRANDY This advertisement is not published or displayed by th Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Richmond's Louvre THIRD AVENUE, PRINCE RUPERT, IJ.C. 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