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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder f6IE fdIE

defaced and mutilated with a knife That is my own photograph she said. He sent it to me in that state, with his curse, upon my wedding morning.
 Well. said I, at least he has for his property to your son..
 Neither my son nor I want any thing from Jonas Oldacre, dead or aliven she cried, with a proper spirit. There is a God in Heaven, MT Holmes, and that same God who has in His own good time. that my sons hands are guiEt1ess of his blood
 Well, tried one or two leads, but could get at nothing which would help our hypothesis. and several points which would make against it. I gave it up at last, and off I went to Norwood.
 This place, Deep Dene House, is a big modern villa of staring brick. standing back in its own grounds, of it To the right and some dis tance back from the road was the tirn!oer-yard which had been the scene of the fire. Here's a rough plan on leaf of my notebook. This win dow on the left is the one which opens into OIdacre's room. You can look into it from the road, you see. That is about the only bit of con solation I have had today. Lestrade e was not there. but his head constable did the honors They had just found a great treasure-trove- They had spent the morning raking among the ashes of the burned wood-pile, and besides the charred organic remains metal discs. I examined them with care, and there was doubt that they were trouser buttons even distinguished that one of them was
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
TODAY'S INSTALMENT.

When the detective departed. my friend rose and had his preparations for the days work with the alert air of q man who has a congenlal task before him.
 My first movement, Watson,'' said he, as he bustled into his frock-2oat. must as I said, be in the direcion of Blackheath.'
 And why no Norwood 2"
 "'Because we have in this case one singular incident coming close to the heels of another singular incident: The police are making the mistake of ting their attention upon the second, because it happens to be the one which is actually criminal But it is evident to me that the logical way to approach the case is to begin by trying to throw some light upon the first incident-the curious will, so sud denly made. and to so unexpected an heir It may do something to sim plify what followed No. my dear fel- low I don't think you can help me. There is no prospect of danger, or should not dream of stirring out with out you. I trust that when l see you in the evening, I will be able to report that I have been able to do something has thrown himself upon my protec- .ion.''
 turned, and I could see. by a glance at his haggard and anxious face, that the high hopes with which he had started had not been fulfilled For an hour he droned away upon his Vio- lin, cndeavoring to soothe his own ruffled spirits. At last he flung down tho instrument, and plunged into detailed account of his misadventureS
 Its all going wrong, Watson-ail as wrong as it can go I kept a bold face before Lestrade. but, upon my soul, I believe that for once the fel-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
Care In Placing Shelves And Closets Saves Steps

In planning the storage places in the kitchen and pantries the main factors to be considered are to keep each article near the place where it IS most frequently used and to place the closets, shelves, and drawers easily kept clean, where they will not be in the way, and where, when pos sible, they will utilize space other wise wasted.
 To insure cleanliness, storage places should be made of good wood, free from holes, knots. or other roughness likely to catch dirt and harbor i'm sects further help in making small space, say half an inch wide, between the back edge of the shelf and the wall.
 Corner closets provide an excellent method of utilizing space which may otherwise be of little value. The triangular space is not very conv0nient for dishes, but serves well for a. broom and cleaning closet. Narrow shelves than wide ones, for all the articles on them can be easily reached whereas on the wide shelves either part of the shelf room is wasted or the things in front must be moved to get at those behind, United States De- partment of Agriculture specialists suggest. A shelf not more than 4 inches wide will conveniently hold spices. IdVOT1nB extracts, baking powder, and materials of this kind.
 Fitting deep shelves with shallow boxes or trays Gight wooden boxes with sides about i inches high and with a knob or handle on the front end so they can be conveniently moved) is often worth while. These shallow boxes can be filled with bot ties, cans and other small articles neatly arranged. To take out the tray is much more convenient than moving a large number of things about on the shelf until one finds something which may be near the back. It also leaves the articles in much better order Such a device as this has been tested and its useful ness proved It can easily be made at home
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low is on the right track and we are
 on the wrong. All my instincts are
 one way, and all the facts are the
 other. and I much fear that British
 of intelligence when they Vill give
 the preference to my theories over
 Lestrade's facts"
 Did you go to B1ackheath?'' ?''
 "Yes, Watson. I went there, and l
 found very quickly that the late la
 erable blackguard. The father was
 away in search of his son The moth
 CT was at home-a little, fluffy, blue
 eyed person, in a tremor of fear and indignation Of course, she would not ad init even the possibility of his guilt. But she would not express either surprise or regret over the fate. of O1dacre. On the contrary, she spoke of him with such bitterness | that she was unconsciouSly consider ably strengthening the case of the po- | lice for. of course. if her son had heard her speak of the man. in this ! fashion, it would predispose him to- ward hatred and violence He was more like a malignant and cunning
 ape than a human being said she, | and he always was, ever since he was | a young man.
 You knew him at that time?' said ! I.
 "'Yes, I knew him well. in fact. he
 was old suftor of mine Thank Heaven. that I had the sense to turn away from him. and to marry a bet ser. if poorer man. I was engaged to him. Mir Holmes, when I heard a shocking story of how he had turned a cat loose in an aviary. and I was so mortified at his brutal cruelty that I would have nothing more to do with him. She rummaged in a bu- reau. and presently she produced a photograph of woman. shamefuliy
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
By A. Conan Doyle

marked with the name of 'Hyams,'
 who was Oldacres tailor. l then
 worked the lawn very carefully for
 signs and traces, but this drought has
 Nothing was to be seen save that
 some body or bundle had been drag
 ged through low privet hedge which
 is in a line with the wood-plle- All
 that, of course, fits in with the oHi-
 cial theory crawled about the
 lawn with an August sun on my back,
 but I got up at the end of an hour
 no wiser than before.
 well, after this fiasco I went into
 the bedroom and examined that also- swears and discolorations. but un- doubtedly fresh. The stick had been removed, but there also the marks were slight There is no doubt about the stick belonging to our client He admits it. Footmarks of both men could be made out on the carpet, but none of any third person which again | is a trick for the other side They were piling up their score all the time, and we were at a standstill-
 "Only one little gleam of hope did l I get-and yet it amounted to noth- l ing. examined the contents of the safe, most of which had been taken | out and left on the table. The | papers mad been made up into sealed envelopes. one of which had been 1 not. so far Gs I could judge. of any great value, nor did the bank book show that MT Oldacre was in such very affluent circumstances. But it seemed to me that all the paprs were not there There were allusions to some deeds-possibIy the more valu- able-which I could not find This of course, if we could definitely prove it. would turn Lestrade's argun ent again5t himself: for who would steal
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ture, and for this very reason they are often re1egated to certain region of fond desires pending the affordins of the purchase, but only one may make a good looking dressing table fo ra song following the picture of to- day.
 The ideal way is to have a carpenter build the frame, which should be con- viently shelved, but any handy hus- band might be inveigled into produc- ing one equally fine. Failing the practicability of either method packing case can be made to serve
 The open top should be placed so that it will face the knees of milady she sits in front of her dressing table; that Is, the box is placed on
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
APRIL 29, 1921

I faced her. There wasn't much sympathy in my soul, so none could have expressed itself through my eyes. I wasn't sure that Val was sincere in what she said. And even if she was l am too much of a Puritan to accept doctrine that Love justified every thing. VaIs narrow Egyptian eyes almost closed as she sent back a gleaming gaze to baffle me. But some of the insolence had gone from her voice when she went on. She seemed almost to be begging me to understand her.
 You can accept Evvy Mason, who just for spite - manoevred Neal away from little Phoebe, when the child loves him and he adores her. You don't like Evvy, but you think she's socially possible. But I, who took my own from a creature whose mind is dead-I am a Pariah to you, Anne Mason. You think it's trage- dy for Lane to be tied to a woman like me-don't your"
 Do you love him enough?' I questioned, wondering inwardfy all the while who had appointed me to be the judge of Val Cosby.
 'Enough?' asked Val earnestly. Enough for what?''
 To make up to him for his own conscience-to make up to him for whatever the world chooses to say?"
 His conscience won't bother him when he sees I'm happy" Val replied SecuTeIy- W hat threw big brown bear into a blue funk was how I'd take it if l found myself socially ostracised because a Earbled version of the story got out Of course I wouldn't have liked that. What's the use of all Lanes money if it doesn't lard me in Newport or Bar Harbor some day?"
 She sighed luxuriously at the mers mention of t-oSe two magnificent places. And again I found myself r11 nSfT oTr,rr h@,- whether it was Lane or Lanes money she loved.
 And now what treasures your" asked, probing mercilessly.
 Val laughed Then she rose and stood swaying mockingly befor me-
 What makes me sure that won't be boycotted?" she said slowly. Well l know the Jimmie Harrisons will stand by Lane- And I know Tom Mason will stand by me, and handle Miss Evelyn if she isn't too busy ex- blaming her second broken engage ment to care to take on any more trouble. Libel suits, for instance"
 T think you're right I said slow ly- Jim and I know the truth but we'll probably never be compelled to publish it in order to counteract Ev- vy's version. If we're ever needed we'll be there. This closes the mat ter, doesn't it?''
 'Yes," yawned Val e1aborat y. NOW you quite understand that I'm as much in love with my Lane as you are with your Jim, and that my feelings are to be respected accord ingly. And this brings us back to where we started.
 What are you going to do about those two proud young things who love each other and probably won't see the path back to each other un- less some one points it out to them ?r
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
The Married Admirer.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
 l have been going around with young man for about a. year He is twenty-three years my senior. He has introduced me to his parents, his sisters and brothers. I like them very much, and they seem to care for me.
 Only lately I have learned that he is married, but hasn't lived with his wife for two years, and that he is get ting a divorce.
 Is it right to continue seeing this young man or would you advise me to give him up until things are settled :? I care a greal. deal for him. He is very good company and always has treated me with the greatest respect The only wrong he did was not tell ing me about his being married but thought everything would be settled soon and then he would confess.
 EDNA
 The circumstances you relate are unusual. In view of the fact that you are on friendly terms with the mans family and considering his re- spec for you, why deprive him and yourself of fine friendship that can hurt no one and may have a promise of great future happiness I am counting on the dignity and mutual respect on which you have based your relations He should have told you the truth, but. since he has conducted himself so admirably otherwise, can't you afford to be generous about this
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
BY ANN LESLIE.

II see by the papers, said Val Cosby, walking in on me unannounced a few days after the startling events at Mason Towers, that Mamma and Papa Mason announce that the en- gagement of their daughter to MT. Neal HylanC has been dissolved by mutual conSent-or words to that eff f. ct.''
 I looked up uneasily from the bas- ket of Jim's socks I had brought into the living room to darn in the bright, clear sunlight of the big windows. Val's long amber eyes were fixed on me with that unwinking gaze of hers that seemed imported from the Nile. l This was our very first encounter since that memorable night when Lanes story had been poured out to me in agony. And now-in marched an insouciant Val, ready for a dis l cussion of my brothers broken en- gagement. I replied wearily:
 "Oh! so it's in the papers. May I see?
 'I brought it along in case your conservative sheet had omitted it. folded to display the item. And as l read she sank down Iazily on the couch to which I had neglected to in vite her, and went on in her voice of cream. So now, of course, brother is free to go back to his first love-" Meaning?' I said with frozen dig nifty.
 Little Phoebe Harrison" said Val smoothly ''Oh- don't start or pre- pare an elaborate denial, Anne. Evvy herself told me all about it the time she asked me to pour at the tea that never came off. Rather by way of boasting-or to prove to me how ruth less she could be. She hinted at a bit-and then l got the rest out of her. I like spicy gossip. But l really didn't of her methods and I had to tell ner so. Maybe that's what turned her against me-
 You didn't approve of her meth ods?" I gasped, astounded at the consummate impotence with which Val judged Evvy. You didn't ap- prove of her taking a man away from another woman if she could;'
 wanted to add: And that wom- an, well, sane, able to make some sort of fight for her own. While you stole Lane from an invalid-a poor insane creaturer! But VaFs indolent voice took on a note of eagerness and poured out in sort of thick torrent before had chance to commit my self by an expression of what I real ly did think.
 Its shameful for woman to take 3 man away from another who loves hirn-who has everything to give him. told you once that I took what was mine- Any woman has a right to that-to the man she loves. Love isn't to be denied"
 +tYou think love is the biggest thing in the world ?'' I questioned, and then I sasped: And yet you flirt with every ttractive man you meeti"
 You are frank?'' aren't you Anne?" asked Val, eyeing me 1azily. Well, I'll be frank, too-brutalIy SO Lanes my man. I love him. I couldn't see him tied to a living corpse So I went after him. Loret- ta wasn't sane. She was spelling Lis life. He WAS mine-that,s alI,,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
FRIDAY
BEAUTYCHAE By Edna Kent Forbes
YOUTHFUL NAILS.

Youthful nails help to keep the hand young looking, and a young looking hand has much to do with the youthfu1ness of your appearance. You cannot seem to be in your tvven- ties, even with a wonderful face, if your hands are thin and the nails ragged and full of ridges.
 In a way, the same rule that ap- plies to keep the hair young and the face and figure young. applies to keeping the nails smooth. This is by means of nourishment and stimu- lation. You would soon die if you did not nourish your body even if you used up no energy. Yet many women go year after year, taking energy out of the nails, and giving them nothing. l mean, they let the nails soak in hot water, fill them with strong, drying soap, change them from hot to cold by plunging and never think that they are ab- sorbing the natural oils that nourish the nails, that they are Literally starv- ing them into premature old age
 Feed the nails oils, vegetable oils that they will absorb. Keep them as nice as possible by clearing away dead cuticle and by keeping them filed so they will not break
 And buff them, every day. This alone will do more than anything else to StlululdIe IneIns since the 1rlctlOn of the buffer will bring up the blood to the nails and under the nails, and will keep them pretty and pink. Buff ing alone will not do away with the ridges in every case, neither will con- stant massage and oil treatments. But these things help amazingly, as know from personal experiences. And in some cases, such treatments will do away with ridges.
 Anxious-The shape of a nose may be altered through surgical opera tion, though most people prefer to improve their appearance in other ways. If you will refine the tex ture of your skin, your nose will be less conspicuous. A red face, with a redder nc SC and coarse pores, all indicate internal disorder-most like ly sluggish digestive system with an impacted colon. Increase the quantity of water you are drinking each day, when will help you elim-
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it's side, one side resting flat on the floor, the opposite side forming the top of the dressing table. Shelves may be fastened in the upper part of the open front before the draperies are adjusted
 Over the top and hanging down in a nicely shaped valance there should be a. plain colored cover of linen or silk. Underneath, and run on a thin curtain rod, there should be ere tonne flounce reaching to the floor; Ehis should be arranged so that it may be easily pulled aside, allowing free access to the shelves. Candlesticks and an attractive mirror finish the dressing table and make it beautiful as well as useful.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29

Many women love to femove from the bureau those personal aids to beauty that clutter up the top bu reau drawer and are apt to struggle uninvited over the top of the bureau itself, giving the whole room a care less appearance. But when a dress ing table is devoted to the rites of the toilet these objects, many and small, have a home of their own and are less likely to get mixed up with more important things, many of them kindly forming units of decoration, such as the handkerchief box, the scent bottle and the powder boxes. So many women have found it.
 Dressing tables are just as expen- sive as any other pieces of furni-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
TIPS FOR TYPLsTs

In order to succeed in the business world one must have something more than speed in typewriting and short hand. Of course, 120 words a minute are very good qualifications. They are essential to the good secretary, but it takes more than these two things make the ideal stanographer.
 There was once man who adver- tised for a, capable secretary.
 At the end of the day he was ner- vous wreck. He was tired and com pletely worn out. The result of his efforts came to nohing. His opinion of the average business college was not very favorable
 This is what he said when a, friend asked him about the girls who applied
 "Oh! Some of them could have handled the work all right. They were capable enough. Some were very competent and had all the nec- essary qualifications. Filled all the requirements in their various schools, but you should have seen them. Ye gods!" He threw up his hands in de spair at the trick fate had played freaks, I couldn't have stayed in the same room with some of them for two minutes. I may be old-fash- toned and all that, but
 T had one girl here today. She did the work all right, but she had lets, I think Imagine trying to die tate to something with four bangles one one wrist. Made me think of a, jazz band.
 And another one fused with some thing she had around her neck. Some kinda of a locket- Had a picture in it. She kept fooIing an fussing with it. Slipping it up and down o1 the long chain she wore Then, she'd open and shut it between pauses in my letter. I thought I'd go wild!
 And the next one kept fussing with her hair She'd pat it or pull it. Loosen it or tighten it. Take a hair pin out and put it back again. Man alive: I wished she was bald ed
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ficient nerve force to carry out the purpose you desire, but conserve the rest for your own physical needs. Don't exhaust your supply This means a nervous breakdown.
 Learn to relax whenever possible. Rest properly and sufficiently.
 There is nothing charming about a woman who is tired and languid. It takes vitality. vivacity to attract. And you cannot force it with any degree of success There is a differ ence, a vast difference between excite ment and a bright happy spirit.
 Cultivate calnnpsSs. It is very soothing to those around you and is a charming social attribute.
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or wore wig before that letter was finished And she'd fuss with her blouse every now and then in the most distracting manner
 Anothe- girl I had here sat and Hstlessly polished her pink nails on 8 convenient palm the minute hes itated in my dictation.
 ''As a. general rule, I'm not nervous, but l couldn't stand any of them around all day.
 It is these annoying ntte things that are responsible for the failure of so many girls in the business world. The office is not a happy ''primping''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-29
DON'T WASTE
 YOUR ENERGY!

American women are wonderfully energetic. They have a purpose in life and in many cases q great am bftion to accomplish. But in trying to fulfill their desires they are too free with their nervous force. They To not appreciate its value and there fore take no pains to conserve it.
 One must have energy and nerve force in order to do anything success fully. Both of them are splendid assets and essential to the ambitious man or woman. Try to use only Suf-
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a thing if he knew that he would short ly inherit it
 Finally, having drawn every other cover and picked up no scent, I tried my luck with the housekeeper Mrs Lexington is her name-a Iittle dark silent person, with suspicious and side1ong eyes. She could tell us some thing if she would am convinced of it. But she was as close as wax. Yes, she had let MT. McFarlane in at half-pa-c nine. She wished her hands had withered before she had done so. She had gone to bed at half past ten. ler room was at the other end of the house, and she could hear nothing of what passed. MT. McFarlane had left his hat, and to the best Cf her belief his stick, in the hall. She had been awakened by the alarm of fire. Her poor, dead master had certainly been murdered. Had he any enemies? We'll, every man had enemies, but MT. Oldacre kept himself very much to himself and only met people in the way of business She had seen tse buttons and was sure that they belonged to the clothes which he had worn last nigh The wood pile was very dry for it had not rained for a month It burned like finder, and by the time she re: ned the spot, noting could be seen but flames.
 Sue and all t. f-remen |. elled the burned flesh from inside it. She knew 7othing of the papers, nor of MT. Old acres private affairs.