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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT PublsiUed Every Ev«niu< Except Sunday by C<E DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. bttered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter, J. H. Heller President A. It Holthouse. Sec’y & Bus Mgr. Dick D. Heller.. Vice-President Subscription Rates Single copies . I -02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier..... 15.00 One month, by mail .35 j Three months, by mail SI.OO I Six mouths, by mail 1.75 One year, by mall — 3.00 One year, ad office—■ 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver Representative i SCHEERER. Inc. 115 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, i Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. I The greatest thing in the world is true frienshlp. Cultivate it dur I ing the year and enjoy the satisfac- ; tion which comes from it. The wrath-r mat promises a more moderate brand over the: week-end. which will be appreciat-j ed by the fellow who has been shoveling coal the past few days.! — From now on daylight lengthens out a minute longer each day. The long evenings will soon pass and | before wc know it we'll all be' wondering what the old Groundhog is going to do. The public appreciated the way the streets were lighted during the Christmas season and city officials, spurred on by this encour agement are determined to make next year's display a little better. We’ve heard of drunken car drivers, but the Mattoon, Illinois.! fellow wins the berry spoon, for getting on a “bender" and taking a railroad engine out for a ride. And further it takes a fool for luck— he was not hurt. Let's get going on the Centennial celebration. Finances must be raised, the time and manner of holding the observance, and other Important matters must be decided. It requires the united cooperation of the community io make it a real success. —— There's still a few days left in; the old year so we don't want to j crow too much, but up to date, De- ( eatur has had a low fire loss in 1935. This record is proof that the people have been careful and keep an eye on the hazards which might create a disastrous blaze. Most people would not trade places with Colonel Lindbergh. Although rich and famous and having entree to most any place in the world, the peace and comfort which the average person enjoys in the safety of hir, own modest home is i more than the hero.flier can pur-; chase. This running away from! fear is worse than siekuees and no; doubt leaves the Lindberghs in a distraught state of mind It would be a tint thing it the schools ( ditch a column or two of items each week for this paper. We respectfully call attention of the sc.hco! autljoritie: that the columns of the Daily Democrat are open for ihi- ; rpose and that the management would be glad to work with them and the pupils in publishing a column of school activities and news of the class every ■week. If the offer sounds interesting, let s get it going after the first of the year I'he council is following a wise course in lowering the power rales for industry. Decatur is unique in having a couple industries that use more electric power than some; municipal plants produce. Each re-] Auction given heretofore has re-1 suiM'ia an increased use of elec-

trie current and in View of the prospects for next year whatever reduction is given now, figured on 1935 production, chances are the industries affected will step-up their consumption of power. With the schedule dropping as low as one cent and three mills per klllowatt, other Industries should be attracted here because of the low power rate. Another six months has slipped by and students are arriving tor the mid-winter term of the Reppert Auction school, which opens next Monday. Decatur is always happy in having the privilege to entertain these men. They come from all parts of the country and as "good neighbors’’, it is our duty i to help make them feel at home. After all that's easy. A friendly hello goes a long way. The school. I founded 15 years ago, is one of : the few of its kind and headed by, I Colonel Reppert. world famous auc-| | tioueer, offers students the best I training found anywhere in the] I country. PITILESS REALISM When a leading newspaper of a | large city eunounced. a few weeks ' ago, that four of its residents were i to be killed outright liefore New ; ; Year's readers were jogged out of their complacency to read ■. further. They discovered that the ■ four citizens "marked for death” . were to meet their end in a hor-1 rible form —on the highway. The news writers had been on i the "beat” that included the mor- ' 1 gue He was sickened by what he ; had seen. He had visited hospitals and had witnessed the slow suffer-, ing of the maimed. He had been to the homes of victims, had beard piteous tales of children left without a father or mother, or compelled to look after themselves as well as the injured member of the ! family Th- reporter wrote simply. . but fact •'.ally. He predicted from ! th' statistics of what had happened that four more persons were to be killed in motor accidents—and he guessed with a deadly accuracy. "Safety First” has been dinned into the public ear so long that it j has lost much of the effectiveness ■ it once had. But stories of almost revolting realism, such as "An" Sudden Death” which appeared originally in “Readers Digest", short circuit the route between comprehension and action. Scaring people to make them drive safely is justi- ' fied by a mounting accident toll wherever automobiles are known. ■ In the United States, for example. 1 more persons lost their lives on; highways in the past IS months! than were killed in battle during ■ the similar period when that coun-. try was engaged in the World War. —Rotarian Magazine. o Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two * * 1 Charles river 2. Wife of Zeus, queen of Heav1 en. | 3. W’oodson. 4. Thomas Hobd. 5. English mathematician and astrologer. 5. Louisiana 7. A congregation of men, comprising priests, seminarists and lay auxiliaries. 8. Hamilton, N. Y. H. They arc appointed by the President with the approval of the United States Senate I'.’, Eminent American journalist. I. Peru. 2. A contract in writing, sealed and delviered by the party hound to the party intended to benefit. 3. A wild goat of the Causasut. 1 French politician. a BostOfi. Maas. 6. Pont teal Beieuoe. I A person against wfcm pro deeding* are instituted :r directed; one who Is called upon to answer in legal proceeding 8. ISO. I*. British v l iter uu fiaaace, and founder of the Batik of England. | P). Ph. D. 0 Hay Edwards of Bloomington ie a 1 guest at the residence of Mrs. Catherine Kauffman,

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DISPELLING THE FOG By Charles Michelson Director of Publicity, Democratic National Committee

Tha troubles of the Republican National Committee appear to be multiplying. The controversy between Senator Borah, whose • nomination the f Republican High Command must | veto, because tne fellows who are . yiayiiMt iw bills are deathly afraid, of him, and ex-P esident Hoover, I whom they cannot nominate, much; as they would like to because the Western delegates will not stand for him. is alone enough to give Chairman Fletcuer a very severe neaaache. Because of the deep rift between, the old-line Republicans and the other fellows, nobody of conee-j quence in the Repuolican Party will express preference at this, time for any individual candidate. ■ So the campaign is perforce lim-; ited to telling tne people how terrible the Democrats are and how; Franklin D. Roosevelt is leading; this country straight to communism, fascism, socialism, or just plain bankruptcy under any or all of these systems. However, suspicion is being a-1 roused that somebody in the Na-; tional organization is violating the I truce. Republican Western headquar-1 ters are located at the Palmer ■ House in Chicago. Col Frank! Knox's orgtinization. which pro- ; claims itself on its letter-heads as; "Frank Knox for President Com-1 mittee.” is located at the LaSalle Hotel in the same city. From both 1 proceeds, a vast output of propaganda. The recipients of the twin campaign literature have noted; that the same matl that brings them the passionate pleas of Director H. E. Spangler, of the Western Division of the Republican Nationel Committee, for adherence to G. O. P pTTnciples and ahhorence for everything connected with) the New Deal, also brings them' such tales as “The Eventful Life of Frank Knox," invariably de-1 scribed as "Illinois faverite son,”; This might be just a fortuitous! circumstance, just a happy break tor Colonel Knox, it so happens that the coincidental propaganda eatne in large volume to Governor Landon’s bailiwick. They mus* be rather suspicious people out there, for they noted not only that the two streams flowed simultaneously but that there'was an interesting sameness about the print paper employed, the type" used, the language setting forth lite Republican politics and the lllihpw candidate's excel!-1 enc Ku. Tile letter to newspaper, sug-l gentles that they pubijeh the mt *eria! in each case enclosed a bus!ne«s reply card The face of the t»'O cards is identical. The cards themselves are (he same in size dltffi texture. Each proclaim:, that lhe 'siltne ifislUi'tion will pay the postage under first class permit number 3365 (beotkiH bld P L & R.) Chicago, 111 Except that one carries the address "Colonel Frank Knox Committee. Chicago, III." and the other "The Republican National Committee, Palmer House

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oi'Chicago, Ill.' the wording is almost exactly alike. The arrangement of lines to be filled out makes it apparent that they were printfed front the same type and tne ad- ' dressograph used in both cases is (apparently the same machine. Naturally the Landon folks are i a bit restive of this evidence of ; close communion between the patty organization and that of the Chi cago candidate. They would like to see some differentiation so that the sum of the Chicago argument would not strike people as meaning “here is your doctrine and here is your Presidential candidate to i carry out that doctrine.” There are both smilarities and , differences in the pniiosophy of ■ the Chicago Colonel and the Kan- ! sas Governor. The differences Iles jin she circumstances that while - the Colonel makes a speech whenI ever he get - ’ a chance, even if he ' aas to make the opportunity, the Governor is inordinately shy of public addresses. Tne similarity is ; that both the Colonel and the Gov ernor are as vague in telling wnat they stand for as a summer mist. ! They agree that government by ! executive arder is all wrong and I subjection of the legisl a t i v e ■ branch of the government to the 1 will of the Executive is scandalous. I But that's about as far as tney go. It was not always thus. Before somebody mentioned to him tnat the Republican presideni tial lightning might strike him. Governor Landon was quite a freeFebruary 11. 1933 tnat lioverner ; spoken executive. It was only on; Landon addressed the Association of Young Republicans at Kansas City, Mo. On that occasion he said: I "Dictatorships have been estab-’ lished all over the world. I do not | view the granting of additional powers to President-elect Roose- ‘ velt as belonging in this class. I do' not believe it would endanger our ; democracy because, in *he first ; place, we are at war. The effects : of the last three years. have been and wltt be for a generation to eotne. as vital and drastic as those from any war in which this country ever has engaged ‘ A dictatorship, established by the overthrow' of constituted aiith ority, indulged in (or backward and uneduca'ed people is one thing, but tc _,rtlut in a constitutional way all the power possible’within the limits of our constitution to our President in time of peace, jw;t ns we would in time of war. : does not. in my opinion, endanger I otH- government by ah intelUgent I educated and enlightened people.' He even had a good word on that eeeasion for the Congress whose subjection tp the Erxeenfive , he depleted In the one speech he ■ has made recently. For in Kansas City he said: "Personally, I do not think a fatter mere otMWeientious ffrdUp of men can be found auy wliere iff this (iouKtry than in our State Legislature mid in-the Con- . gross." Either Governor Landon has t changed his viewpoint entirely or ; he is today an apostate from the

' creed of Chairman Fletcher, the Liberty League—sometimes referreu to flippantly as the Lobbyty League—Wm. Randolph Hurst. Ogden Mills. Hamilton Fish, Senator Dickinson and every one of his competitors for the Republican nomination. These may be doubtful or at least hesitant in expressing an opinion on the A A. A. and be hazy as to anything else in the campaign, but they are united in declaring that whatever is wrong with the counfry is the fault ot Iratiklin D. Roosevelt, and whatever is right in tne land is extant in spite of him I Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE « o Q. When a w oman is g. ing to observe an “at home” day, at what ; hour should she be ready to receive ' her callers? A She should be prepared shortly i before 3 p. att. It fa far hotter to be | ready a half hour before time than ; to be compelled to hurry at the last minute. Q. Should tie use a high centerpiee on the dinner table? A. ;7o; the centerpice should never be high enough to obstruct the view of the guests who are opposite one another. Q. What is tbs French expression for 1 re letter? A Billet doux. or billet d'artnour. —o PREBLE NEWS * » 4 Mr. and Mrs. Claud Foreman and daughters of Decatur visited Mr. and Mns. Clarence Smith Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Heller spent ! Monday at Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Cable and daughter Joyce spent Monday in De- ; catur. Mr. aud Mh. Otto Dilling and fa- , mily spent Christmas as the guests 'of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spade and | family at Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman and family had as their guests Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Earl 'Straub and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sehliekanuu and family of Spencerville, Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ylemenstall (and daughter of Magley. w Mrs. Mary Werling spent Sunday veiling Mr. and Mrs. John Witte and family o( Hoagland and Mrs. Scheuler at Fort Wayne, Miss Clara Linnemeler of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Will Linnemeler spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. , Otto-Kaeheman and family, Mr and Mra Richard Bogner and trit of Decatur sperfl Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shady and daughter. I Mrs. Kate Linnemeier and sen I Rudolph and Martin Bentz had Sttheir gttest* for sup;er Christmas. , Mr. and Mra. Fred Lontneier and i sous of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs, . Fred Linnemeier At Fort Wayne. J Mrs. Pearl Brown of Peterson spent Chrietmaa with Mr. and Mrs. i i Orville Helfer and family. . I Mrs. Mary Homeier us Fort • Wayne spent Chrfatinas with Mr, 'and Mie..William Frielug and son ; Robert and .ilarlyn Hoffman, II Mr. aud Mr«s. A. Stolp aud Mrs. I Slolp's mother visited Mrs. Mary i Werling Thursday

BOOK NOTES By Ruth Winnes “Mary Quean of Scotland and The Isles” by Stephen Zweip To all the admirers of Stephen Zweig’s brilliant and charming biographical skill, to the thousand readers of his internationally famout MAR.-L ANTOINETTE. It must be an occasion tor rejoicing that this author now presents in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND AND THE ISLES a work which he describes as the “sister book' to his famous work. With the psychological insight, the same wise sifting of evidence, the same clear and dispassionate analysis of a strange and disturbing career, he gives us the life of Scotland's tragic queen. Os his heroine the author says: “The subject of Mary will always be tdscinating because of a certain quality of mystery and secrecy about her. As so often happens in life, this woman had one great moment of passion. All the tragedy of Mary's life was packed into two years of her forty-four—-two years of great passion with Bothwell." Mary's career was one

"HIGH SCHOOL TRAGEDY’ MAXINE CANTY —

CHAPTER XXIV Allen's confession about the pen and telephone call cleared up two of the most puzzling features of the case. His dramatic announcement startled us all, but the Inspector did not change his plan in regard to his letting him go home with us. Dad was afraid that Mother would have to be told, in case some enterprising reporter should get the story for I the papers. Allen went directly to his room and I to the kitehen, where I tried to help. It was a sorry dinner table conversation. Three of us were dreading the necessity of the talk afterward, and Mother felt the strain in the air. Every topic she brought up seemed to be connected with the murder, and none of them drew any response from us. We ended in silence. I did the dishes while Dad told Mother about it 1 heard her crying a little, then she went upstairs to Allen’s room. Os course, I never knew what they said to each other, but when I saw Mother next morning, she gave the effect of holding her head high. She always fussed a lot I it, as Dad said, she always came through. Allen was unable to attend school, and I was not very eager to go. The day dragged away with my mind mostly on the new angles of the case that we alone knew. Now that Allen had solved the mysterious phone call, that was no longer a clue, unless one took Allen as a suspect, which I did not. He had left in the panic he had described to me, reached San Francisco by train and boat, had time to calm down somewhat and to realize what a foolish move he was making. He determined to go back to St. Joseph by the next boat. The thought of Connie lying there murdered was maddening. He knew that something must be done about it; so the telephone seemed the only solution. He made the call from the booth as soon as the boat was docked, then drank several cups of black coffee in the station restaurant, and returned by the next ferry. Although excellent cases could be built up against any one of the six possible murderers, taking their stories at face value, most of the important clues were disappearing. It was no problem now to wonder about the possibility of Mrs. Carrington’s having an accomplice to make the caL. if one were working up a*>case against her, one would take Alien’s story as he told it, and still leave Mrs. Carrington to have done the murder alone. Allen made the call, Allen closed the door after Hym, Allen took the pen. Since I was counting Allen out, someone who visited her between nine and nine-thirty was still to be found, unless one concentrated on Hym and Mr. Perkins. All these thoughts were baffling and tiring. Besides, I was racked by worry over my brother, over the fact that others would not count him out as I did, over the fear that the newspaper might headline us any morning. I mado several mistakes in the attendance report that afternoon. I finally decided to brave Mr. Perkins’ office and ask to use his adding machine. He kept it in there so that we wouldn’t use it, I think. I never could sec any other reason for it. “Is Mr. Perkins in?”l asked the regular stenographer. “I don’t think so. He went out half an hour ago. I haven’t seen him come back, unless he went through his other door.” I knocked softly, opening the door as I did so. My rap must have been too feeble to be heard or else Mr. Perkins was intent on the paper he was reading. As I entered, he whirled to face me, his face wearing a startled expression, his hands hastily crumpling a sheet of pale green paper. “What arc you doing here?” he almost shouted. "I am sorry,” I responded in a trembling voice, seared by his manner. “I knocked, but you must not have heard.” “You were mighty careful that I didn’t! I think you ate too quiet, Miss Martin. I see no reason for your sneaking around here in this fashion.” I had been accused of sneaking enough, first by Allen and now by the principal. I was fired, too, and highly nervous. Although 1 despise girls who cry, those reasons seem sufficient to account for the tears I , couldn't restrain. "Crying now, eh? Well, i’ won't <!n you any good. I ha’ no use for , g'>4s who try- to sob their way oAt ' of difficulties when they are caught.

long and acTlmonlotis dispute with Elizabeth, of whom Zweig gives an equally fascinating portrait. In the end it brought her to the block, but the reader may well wonder whether Mary's death acene was not also the scene of her greatest triumph. “It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewie In these rich ipagea la a changing picture of our times and tlie years to come; a novel to stand with BABBITT and MAIN STREET on the shelf of great American novels; a furious and inspiring story that probes deeply into the troubles of our chaotic modern world. t TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY i From the Daily Democrat File • , « Dec. 28—Pref. G. W. A. Luckey of Lincoln. Nebraska is here. J. B. Holtbouse goes to Chicago to consult specialist. .lasaac Chronister and a crew of eight are cleaning the streets after heavy snow. Ljuis Goldner is enjoying the winter at Tampa, Fla. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana-

1 have seen a good many of them in my career. Now get cut!” I was weeping uncontrollably, and yet I was so angry that 1 hesitated, hoping I could manage my voice to tell him how unfair he was. As I still on the threshold, he suddenly took a step toward me, grasped my shoulder and thrust me through the door, banging it behind me My desh hurt where he had [ touched it. I was shaking with the turn.oil of the whole scene, and the tears were still flowing. The stenographer led me to a chair, wiped my face with her handkerchief, and talked in low soothing whispers, her eyes on Perkins' door. “There, there, Julie, don’t cry. He’s been all upset like this ever since the police got him up for questioning. lie takes it out on anyone who happens to be handy. He’ll forget it by tomorrow. Dry your eyes now and go on home." “What’s the trouble?" asked Dicky coming through the door. “Hush!” cautioned the girl, “Julie’s feelings have been hurt. Perkins scared her. Take her home, will you?” “Well, the big bozo—” I rose, drying my smiling at Alma, the girl who had helped me, and guided Dicky into the hall. “Wait until I get my hat,” I whispered. We sort of tiptoed down the hall to my locker, where I made what facial repairs I could, and then we slid out the side door and got into his car in silence. Once there and the quiet completely destroyed by the engine, I told him what had happened. Dicky was properly aroused and used his jazzy vocabulary to describe Mr. Perkins in sizzling terms. He was all for reporting the incident to my father at once. But I had a better plan which I decided not to divulge to the boy friend. I believed I had discovered a clue important enough to carry to Inspector O’Brien himself. Perkins had acted very much as Allen had— Jumpy, defensive, abusive, unreasoning. In both cases I had surprised them, disrupting their poise. In Alien’s case, he really was guilty of a secret which I had oartially found out The same could be true of Perkins. I had startled him by finding him reading a letter—one written on a sheet of pale green paper. All his reactions were those of a man guilty of something. I felt I had stumbled on the guilty secret whose revelation he so feared. For the sight of that paper solved a question I had been worrying over for weeks. I knew now where I had seen the spidery handwriting in black ink on a green background. It was the end of a letter lying on Mr. Perkins’ desk two months before —just the last lino my eye caught as I passed by, a last line which read: "I rnurt »ee you! "Anna" * ♦ ♦ My opportunity to visit the Inspector did not come until the following afternoon. I was so excited over this new clue of mine that I ceased to worry over Allen, at least temporarily. I was sure that my memory of the paper was valuable. No doubt my experience with the unpleasant Mr. Perkins had prejudiced me against him. I was going to get a big kick out of telling iny news to the Inspector. I did not go to the office to work. So far as I knew, I was never missed; I guess Mr. Perkins had enough on his mind without giving me another thought; Alma must have made up my usual report... I almost flew to the detective s office. O’Brien saw me at once. “Another clue, Miss Julie?” he greeted me. “Yea. One 1 think is important.” "Good! Tell us about it. “Well, you know you told me te keep my eyes open at the school. I did and I think I saw something." "Yes?” Then I told him the story. He frowned a lot, especially when I told him of being thrust out the door. When I eame to the part about Mrs. Sardoni’s writing, he was noi. so very much impressed. I was frankly disappointed. He smiled. "Weil, Miss Julie, you keep right on doing this good work. Perkins is a strange character. Hie treatment of you is bad business, but perhaps the school board situation and all the notoriety have shot his nerves to pieces. We'll give him the benefit of the doubt on that.” “Yes, sir." "As to the letter and the handv.riting, I am afraid it is not so imP'jftant as it would appear at first, glance. In the first place, you do I not know that the letter he was

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reading yesterday was frn m Mn bnrdoni. The color was similar- tl. is all. In the second place, even if i were true that he receives corn spondence from the Italian w on £ it would not necessarily be a elwh the murder case.” ’ u “But I thought you said ev~ t |’! n F , was important in a ca-n lii this ?” “To be sure it is! Don’t think f« one moment that we are going t 0 jj nore this information. Miss Julie* don t want you to be too elated ove it, for frankly, I think the wm blows m another direction than Peking.” r " I knew he must mean Bruce Ucrd who had returned some davs befa. You mean Bruce,” I said sadlr. I do. So far, we have kept ou questioning and checking him faifli quiet The papers know he is hen and that is all. But we are advanc mg there, Julie." “And what about Mrs. Carrin, ton?” "Nothing there. She is still to ill to question, but the doctor prom ised I could see her tomorrow. Mel vm is seeing his old pals again something may turn up there. Wi haven t a fool-proof case on anvon yet, little Miss Watson, but I can tel you confidentially that we are con eentrating on your blond friend Bruce Lloyd.” I wanted to ask what he though about Allen’s part. Although I h* some reason to feel on pretty go« terms with O'Brien by now, l ira not quite bold enough to ask that. "Well,” I sighed, "I still thin! Mr. Perkins is mysterious." O'Brien smiled at me. "You wil be glad to know then that wc han not been entirely idle there. Yow surmise of an acquaintance betwea him and Mrs. Sardoni did not rar prise me so much because we hsn been looking the schoolman up a bit He came here from Toledo, Ohio three years ago, highly recommend ed. He was in California a year be fore he camo to St. Joseph, doing some very common and unexciting work in the Department of Ednation at Berkeley. He has been principal here two years.” "I know,” I nodded. “Now the part that will interest you is this: Mrs. Sardoni also can* from Toledo about three years ago. coming directly to St. Joseph. It» quite possible that they knew each other, at least that they had a speaking acquaints? ee in Ohio. Naturally, they might have renewed it here. Perhaps Mr. Perkins even helped her to rent her apartment’ to teachers.” I was excited about this. ’‘lnspector," I cried, “I am sure there is something in that to investigate! It’s awfully funny that she didn't see Mr. Perkins come and go when she was so positive about the others!” “I am inclined to believe her story of going to bed early. She didn t sec Hym or Allen either, you know, and they came soon afterward.” , I was somewhat dashed, but M* entirely. "I don’t see why it’s not important.” I was conscious of an almost pooling tone, and I feared at once tha had been too bold. But the Inspects was most serious. “We each have our pet .heone’ and clues, Julie, and it is up to nw to investigate all of them. You e. quite right. Mr. Perkins traced morecloseivand we to find out sometning more ao - the mysterious Mrs. each time you walk into the pr opal’s office, don’t shudder bee«»J you imagine you are walking the murderer's den!" ( He was teasing me, ■ k. - laughed with him. , . “You see, even if he has »J’ 1 , friendship for Mrs. garden!. h« upon Miss Sinclair still aee« as casual and innocent as he - No motive for his killing h. been established ” :„„,elr "That is true,” T agreed , "if we could be sure a " were in our hands „ „ The Inspector rose «« 'J, working hard to unearth the Julie, ft is discouraging; at tn I’ll send a man over to see can get out of the °tne about Perkins ' isits to the Mayb» we can dig U P little more facts. You’re a good rl He patted my « J home happily K the me and that I had ‘ u ' t . if J tention from Allen for »■ - j had accomplished nothing ( grew sad again. th° u £"'. e ’ e( m! ized that the Insps'” • pect was Bruce Lloya. ( To w corrrusi. ms. xinr r«i»”-