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Gust refresh your memory with that,
my dear r," he drawled.
saw he was watching Smiths face
with an intent scrutiny while the bound
man perused the list of names, and ]
knew that he caught as / did, the
despairing look which flashed into
Smiths eyes as he came TO one particu-
lar name heavily underscored and
marked in Lillian's whimsical phrase
ology:
"Chief OF underground railway"
But the training in self-control which
was Smiths heritage from his former
exalted position, and which only his ar
rogant temper ever disturbed, came TO
his rescue now, and when he lifted his
eyes to Allen brakes face there was no
trace in them of the look which we had
caught.
"You are pleased to dream, my good
man." he said with superb arrogance
"And ! am growing very weary of all
this nonsense. If you mean to kill me
or imprison me, please hasten to your
task
"You are too impatient" Allen Drake
admonished him gravely. "You proba-
bly, will have both little formalities at
tended to later. But just now we have
another trifling ceremony on hand.
''Chief," turning deferentially to my
father" would you mind unpinning this
very disreputable bandage from the gen.
tleman's brow? | would be glad to
valet him, but fancy he may turn a bit
FESTIVE under the process, and wish to
stand ready right in front of him."
ITO be continued.)
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one for each day of the week, that
she might change the jewel and still
wear the ring.
Many hundred workmen had been
put TO work building the marble and
silver tomb, so 1T was not long after
Prince Carlos wicked act took place
that one night when the moon was
bright Princess Della wearing the ring
with the little pellet in the setting stole
out of the castle and unlocked the silver
gate to the marble tomb.
As she stood gazing at Prince Rollo
she placed her hand on his head and
drew it along his cheek. As she did
so the little white pellet rolled out OF
the setting and rested for a second on
the lips of the Prince.
When the Princess with a little cry
tried to rescue the pellet she only sue
ceeded in pushing it between the lips
of the Prince and to her astonishment
she saw his throat move as If he had
swallowed it, The next minute before
her astonished eyes Prince Rollo 8
closed lids lifted and he sat up
In few minutes he had told her
all that had happened on that dreadful
UlOIllllR dllQ Nutli buc L iA1Scoo LcoA "a
about the little pellet her lover had
been forced to swallow she knew that
the one she had saved had in some
way broken the spell that held him
| in its power.
Across the garden of the Castle in
the moonlight ran the Prince and
Princess hand in hand and in very
short time everyone WAS awake and re-
| joicing that the Prince they all loved
was alive.
No one doubted the truth of Prince
Rollo's story and they saw at once
that Prince Carlo had really been the
thief, though they were never TO know
the whole story or the part Thorny
Witch had played in it.
He shall never become King,
cried his father, when Prince RollC
had finished his story. Where is my
unhappy son? Bring him before me.
But Prince Carlo was not to b,
found. He had seen his brother a!
he came from the tomb with the Prin
cess and for the first time since h,
had received it he remembered tn,
second little pellet.
In some strange manner he knew
his brother had swallowed it and hi
treachery would soon be known, s.
without waiting for more to happen h
ran into the forest, not knowing wher
he was going.
In the morning he saw scattered il
a straight line some of the gold tn
witch had carried away. Anger an,
a longing for revenge hlled his soul
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doubt the day on which he was so per-
turbed WAS the day when he had seen
of the. release n the newspapers"
Quite so. His talk about n burglary
was the merest blind"
But why could he not tell you thisP"
well, my dear sir, knowing the
vindictive character of his old nsso-
ciates, he WAS trying to hide his own
identity from everybody as long rs he
could. His secret was shameful one,
and he could not bring himself to
divulge it, However, wretch as he was,
he was still living under the shield of
British law, and l have no doubt In
spector, that you will sec that, though
that shield may fail to guard, the sword
Of justice is still there to avenge."
Such were the singular circumstances
in connection with the Resident Patient
and the Brook Street Doctor. From
that night nothing has been seen OF
the three murderers by the police, and
it is surmised Mt Scotland Yard that
they were among the passengers OF the
Inflated steamer Norah Creina, which
was lost some years ago with all hands
upon the Portuguese coast, some
leagues to the north Of Oporto. The
proceedings against the page broke
down for want of evidence, and the
Brook Street Mystery, as it was called,
has never until now been fully dealt
with in any public print.
The End.
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amcs are Biddle, Hayward and Moi

names are Biddle, Hayward md Moi
fat"
"rhe worthington bank gang" cried
the inspector.
Precisely" said Holmes.
"Then Blessington must have been
Sutton"
Exactly" said Holmes.
"Why, that makes it as clear as
crystal" id the inspector.
But Trevelyan and hooked at each
other in bew ilderment.
"You must surely remember the
great Worthington bank business"
said Holmes. Five men were in it
these four and fifth called Cart
wright. Tobin, the caretaker, was muir
dered, and the thieves got away with
seven thousand pounds. They were all
five arrested, but the evidence against
them was by no means conclusive. This
Blessington or Sutton, who WAS the
worst of the gang, turned informer. On
his evidence Cartwright was hanged
and the other three got fifteen years
apiece. When they got out the other
day, which was some years before their
full term. they set themselves, as you
perceive, to hunt down the traitor and
to avenge the death of their comrade
upon him. Twice they tried to get at
him and failed; third time, you see,
it came off. Is there anything further
which ! can explain, DR.. Trevelyan7'
al think you have made il all re-
markedly clear" said the doctor. ''No
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-30
My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrison's New Phase Of
Revelations of asWife

taurant near the reservoir" / said posi-
lively, 'and his voice is the one ! heard
near the dying state trooper. / could
swear to itSin any court"
Smith uttered no syllable as finished,
but if his look could have been clothed
with an action would have been writh
ing in torture at his feet.
Thank you, Madge," Lillian said.
"Have you got it?" She addressed my
father and Allen Drake. There goes
another coffin mai"
IF may be permitted to remind you,"
Smith addressed Mr.. Drake directly, and
his tones were silky submissive, that
it is useless to pretend to me that the
young state trooper Is dead. / know to
the contrary ] have my own means Of
communication with that section"
Refresh Your Me mory."
1--WE are perfectly aware of that little
fact" Allen Drake. assured him. 'But
what do you not know-yet-but which
| will now generously inform you, and
charge you nothing for the kindness-is
81 don't believe it," The words came
slowly from Smiths twisted lips.
What discourtesyp Allen Drake
Knocked. Mrs. Underwood, will you
oblige me by exhibiting to this gifted
gentleman before us the list of people
we discovered on his payroll in the
Catskill mountains, every one of whom il
being Swallowed"
Lillian extracted folded paper from
packet which he held loosely in hel
hands, and handed it silently to Mr.
Drake The government agent unfolded
It and held it where the bound man
could see every scrap of writing upon it
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-30
WHY THE EYES OF SMITH
SWIFTLY BETRAYED HIM

At Smiths furious threat against
me, my father and Lillian made a
simultaneous movement toward me,
while Allen Drake strobe menacingly
toward Smith
Another word like that, he said with
slow venom, "and your mouth will be
stopped with something less pleasant
than cigar"
The bound man glared at him, but
obeyed him, while, with what patience
could muster, listened to the reasur-
ing words my father and Lillian were
uttering.
Remember, / am right beside you.
drughter, dear" he murmured, as if i
were again frightened. child in need Of
his fatherly protection.
Hes absolutely harmless-now," Lii
Ian whispered significantly. 1--WE have
him at last by the short hair"
81 Don't Believe"
/ threw my head back with gesture
which came perilously near being an
angry one. / knew that had Smiths
threat been made against Lillian no one
would have had the temerity to whisper
encouraging words to her. She would
have been too busy attending to the
man herself. But Allen Drake had
voiced the very threat i meant to utter.
and it was with thwarted little feeling
that / stepped forward, looked cody,
scrutinizingly at the mans wrath-dis-
torted face, and his bound figure, as if
my only thought were the identification
Lillian had asked of me.
He is the same man saw in the res
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father into believing that he had strug-
gled with his brother in trying to save
the chests of gold.
On that morning when the servants
were carrying Prince Rollo away from
the treasure house the eyes of the
Princess had looked about the scattered
gold and in one far corner she spied
the little round white object. What it
was she did not know, but something
told her it in some way had to do with
the unhappiness that had come to her,
so she picked it up and hid it in the
setting of ring that had secret
spring which released the stone that it
held and about which no one knew
but the Princess and Prince Rollo
who had given it TO her.
With thus ring the Prince had given
Princess Della seven precious stones,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-30
Efficient
Housekeeping.
HELPFUL CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM HEADERS
BY Laurn A. Kirkman-

These splendid letters have come ia
to me containing directions which other
column readers have requested
Mrs T.. C.. II saw in your column,
some time ago, request for the fol-
lowing Ruche for fady's Bedroom
Slipper Cast one nine stitches. Two
rows plain. Third row: Knit one.
wind wool round finger and needle
three times, knit as one stitch, kni. ono
plain between each spot; four spots on
row. Three rows Of spots Of dark and
light alternately, till you have six
stripes Of each. Sew ruche 20 Slipper
Mrs. J. &. H.: Here are my direc-
tons for Rose Beads: Put Through .
food chopper (using the not grindcr)
four quarts Of rose petals and broken
up piece Of coperas the size Of largo
pea; put this through nine times, when
it should be a PUPPY mass, almost Ike
butter and dark-colored. Now add To
it a few drops Of glycerin, 70 harden.
Take lump OF this paste Just 'wre the
size you want the finished bead 70 be,
and roll il in the palms OF your hands
till round. Half this bulk - allowed
for shrinkage in drying. Place these
little balls on plates 20 dry overnight.
in the morning roll them again-this
time on q plate, 20 obtain perfectly
smooth surface. The longer thev are
rolled this second time, the better the
result, as it makes them shrink evenly.
When finished rolling, insert a tooth
pick in each, TO form the eye OF tbs
bead, then stick the toothpIcks upright
in something with the beads upon them
Before removing the beads let them
dry thoroughly. Then string them on
o thread, put IN q small bag TO rub and
polish. When polished, let them stand
in olive oil overnight and in the morn
ing polish again. Resting and wear
Mrs. c.: Here are the directions for
Rose Beads: Put rose leaves through
the meat grinder several times morning
and afternoon, and let them lie in an
iron vessel between grindings, to make
them turn black?--whlch nothing bur
iron will do. After many days OF this
treatment, they will become firm
paste, like dough, and can then be
moulded into beads, as follows: Have
ready q clean board about one foot
SQUARE, and plenty of pins. Break of
q bit of the paste the size YOU want for
a bead, and roll 1T IN the palms of your
hands till IT 10 round. stick q PIN
through it and run the pin into the
board. taking care the bead does not
touch the board and so fiatten and spoil
it's shape. Leave the bead on the pin
till dry. II you wish to polish them.
take a tiny bit of petrolatum IN the
palms OF the hands and rub the hands
together until only suspicion OF tho
grease shows Now take a bead from
one of the pins and roll it between
; your palms until every particle OF pc
trolatum has disappeared. If you WISH
dull finish, however, leave the beads
Just as they are when taken from the
pins. These beads are pretty when
strung together with small gold, silver,
or Jet beads. Many women make rose
: beads from the roses in their bridal
bouquets, while others make beads OF
flowers gwen them on their wedding
anniversaries or birthdays"
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TODAY'S INSTAIMENT.

Sherlock Holmes prophecy was soon
fulfilled and in n dramatic fashion.
Al half-past seven next morning, in the
first dim glimmer of daylight, found
him standing by my bedside IN his
dressing-gown.
There's brougham waiting for us,
Watson said he.
What's the matter, thenY"
"Thc Brook Street business"
ANY fresh news"
Tragic, but ambiguous" said he,
pulling up the blind. Look at this-a
sheet from a notebook, with For
Gods sake come 1T once--P. t.
scrawled upon it in pencil. Our friend,
the doctor, was hard put to it when he
wrote this. Come along, my dear fell
low, for it's an urgent call.
In "A quarter of an hour or so we
were back at the physicians house. He
came running out to meet us with n
face of horror.
''Oh, such business, he cried, with
his hands To his temples.
What then2'
"Blessington has committed suicide@'
Holmes whistled.
Eyes, he hanged himself during the
night"
We had entered and the doctor had
preceded US into what was evidently
his waiting-room.
Il really hardly know what | am do
ing" he cred The police are already
upstairs II has shaken me most dread
fully"
When did YOU find it out?'
"He has a cup OF tea taken in to him
hn "A
entered about seven. there the unfor-
die of the room. He had tied his cord
used to hang. and he had jumped of
from the top Of the very box that he
showed us yesterday"
Holmes stood for n moment in deep
thought.
with your permission" said he at
last, II should like 10 60 upstairs and
look into the matter
We both assembled, followed by the
doctor.
1t was n dreadful sight which met US
rs we entered the bedroom door.
have spoken Of the impression of fab
biness which this man Blessington con-
viewed As he dangled from the hook
it was exaggerated and intensified I'm.
I'll he was scarce human in his appear
ance. The neck was drawn out like 1
plucked chickens, making the rest Of
HIM seem the more obese and un
natural by the contrast. He was CLAD
only in his long nieht-dress, and i,
swollen ankles and ungainly feet pro
truded starkly from beneath it. Be
side him stood smart-looking police
inspector, who was taking notes in s
pocketbook
"Ah, Mr.. Holmes, said he, heartily
as my friend entered, IL am delighted
to zee YOU"
"Good-morning, Lanner," answered
Holmes; you won't think me an in
truder, / am sure. Have you heard o
the events which led up to this affair."
Eyes, ! heard something of them"
Have you formed any opinion?"
"As far as l can see, the man has
been driven out Of his senses by fright
The bed has been web slept in, you see
There's his impression. deep enough
It's about FIVE in the morning, 20,
know, that suicides are most common
That would be about his time for hang
ing himself Ii seems TO have been
very deliberate affair.
II should say that he has been deaC
about three hours, judging by tn
rightly Of the muscles, said l.
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The Resident Patient
ny SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
hcMcCurc Newspaper
Part Three
The story 80 far:

DR.. Percy Trcvalyan, author OF
monograph on obscure nervous LESSONS,
put the following case before Sherlock
Holmes. lie had promising career in
medical school and wished to establish
orders, but had not money enough to do
SO. One morning total stranger MIR.
Rlcsxington came ~ him, and offered to
set him up in practice rs an investment.
Mr. Blessington was to take house,
pay the maids and furnish pocket
money TO the doctor. In return DIR.
Trcvalyan was to give BlessinUton two
+ thirds OF the money he made. The bar
gain was struck, and Mr.. Blessington
went TO live with the doctor as n resi-
dent patient, Us he had bad heart.
DR.. frevalyan prospered, and every
cvering Mr.. Blessington took three
quarters of the days earnings. He
soon became rich. OF late Mr.. Blessing
ton had seemed much distraught, telling
DR.. Trcvalyan that he feared burglary
from band of burglars mentioned in
the papers. Then one day the doctor
received as patient a man who said
he was n Russian nobleman, victim
Of catalepsy. His son accompanied him
To the Office, but was so upset at his
fathers condition that he could not WIT
ness the doctors examinations, but wait
cd in an adjoining room. After their
second visit Mr.. Blessington, returning
from walk, called DIR, Trevalyan to
his room to show him fresh footprints
the day was rainy--on the carpet,
footprints obviously made by the son
of the Russian noblcman. Holmes and
Watson went home with Trevalyan, and
found Bless:ngton much agltated. How
ever, a. he refused to divulge his real
fears, Holmes gave up the case. He
predicted, however, that they would
hear further in the matter.
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He followed the Offering guides bop
ing To find Thorny Witch.
But the thorn bushes pptSetsd ~
homo and ss no became sptAn6ed -
their cruel grasp b. heard ~ crsek-
ling laugh Of Thorny Witch. Poe
Tborny Witch il the Evil that y Al
ways on tho lookout for those who ere
led by greed and envy 70 become be-
victims.
Prince Carlo was never sesn ~
heard Of again but tho diamond star
was found hanging on y thorn bush
one day when, some time after his
wedding, Prince Itollo was hunting IN
the forest with his servants.
Prince Rollo became the richest king
in all the land, and he and Queen Della
were beloved by all their subjects.
Greed and envy did not enter their
hearts and they lived 20 > good old
age and found happiness in making
others happy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-30

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-30
OLD THORNY WITCH.

Part v.
If Prince Carlo had known where
Thorny Witch lived he would have
sought her help, for as the days went
by her began to lose hope OF win
ming the Princess. She would not listen
to his lovemaking and cast upon him
only glances Of suspicion, for in some
way, she felt, he had brought about
her unhappiness.
Prince Carlo would have felt still
more uncertain if he had known that
in the jewel casket of Princess Della
there reposed the little white pellet
that Thorny Witch had given him and
which he had quite forgotten, 1t had
fallen from his pocket on the morning
he had torn his clothes to deceive his
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Little Benny's
Notebook.
By Lee Paps
The Park Ave. News

nc IaTk AVG. NEWS
Weather. The same.
Siss;ety. Mr., Sam Cross had unix-
pected company at his house last Sat
tiday and Sundey SO he had to sleep
on the setting room sofer, not injoying
it mulch on account of rolling off SO
often
Intristing Facks. About Intristing
People. Ed Wernick finds more things
than all the rest of the fellows put to-
gether, amung the things he found last
week being locked paddock without
key, 10 diffrent size rubber bands, a
box of safety matches that wouldent
strike at ferst on account of being wet
and wouldent strike Afterwards on ac-
count of having bin wet, 81 ordnerry
pins and A safety pins, 2 tickets for a
movie but he cant find out wich movie,
bottle of red ink with some still in
it and tack litter.
Pome by Skinny Martin
The Werst Itching Place
0 jest wen you're feeling lovely
And your thowts are noble and grand,
Its too bad if mosquito bites you,
Espeshilly on the hand.
Exterl Serious Axsidentl Vile eat
ing peetch and thinking of something
elts last Thersday Sid Hunt swallowed
the stone but nuthing has happened to
him yet from it, saying he feels better
insted of verse.
Lost and Found. Nuthing.
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This was practice which could
,.r,.a ,he meaning and signincsuce Of
s,rv1cal ,cleaullpess But ~ Is not tol
he nasscd over now that wo know tho
s,nrcry and Causes OF infection,
20 simple thing a. n cfnder rnay
bronk tayc4 surface OF Tho eye. and then
tho sppsscntion Of anfimpscmcnt Of any
.ortsmay carry germs which VIII invNsj
,.rfousi fu6Qnrrnr1ftpn. n not tho scfuab
lo.s u4sadAt
r. ynr 1n 1eavs cnssye -@icne o. prso-
TO- that >roo<i old rufc. rub tho otnsrl
,r.- m f8uw OF fearss win In, rnowt
:, ser,, wash gxwny tho 3oH ending sub
fnnce.
n. this dpes not ser ~. and the forsagn
BODY scxn 30 ~scen. II my be brushed
awav win the corners of. a clean ihand :
kercfsief.
eorstirr~s tho Tending srJbstnncc~ WI
wash out II yuu MI giAss evcn-fun
with c1cnn wntcr. clap your fnco ana
ayo into tho water and wink vigorourdy.
fully open ming md cio~fng the eye.
Have your doctor show you show;to
urn tho upper M Itffs 'efmuasethYnI
,os do. and no WIN gladly 'tsnch yon
crvcr woody should knhw ROW tosdosft-
Itsis n common, thing; tp-hsve a sffny
! af,scxl hide itsrif under the lid, 'sard III
NAV b sfnpper6bies to remove' IL without
| turning tho Id
Nevcr ,ss,s amy ttnd OF atoofsto' rrno~e
an embodied object. Thsre s.ynsest sibe
sterilization OF tho s9instrur,ont', evsr
.ncnsia; Tho hnnds eoffa' doctors or*tsou-
bic nsaysfoi,uw
| Tsinsa no. chnDc >s@ontyvv--~cyss-gs You
x,xhf IN pRieessss posscsstou- Yos
.box,,d uuts trust any s~ne to torch Jour
-upae~s-Y,s has Known, SKIN nDd sgoss
sfser sbe annoying particle IN per
focftys rlr.n and thoroughly PROFESSIONS,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-30
YOUR HEALTH
WHAT TO DO WHEN SOMETHING
REALLY "GETS IN YOUR EYE"
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. d.
Commissioner Of Health. New York City.

O ONE persons have eyes which seem TO possess
- real. affinity for, dirt Perhaps you such
person.
Big eyes and, eyesrwiths wide-oponaIds eyes which
do not close at thesesst hint OF danger al sei-eysa
pick upscirrs particles Of carbon dust and dirt Of
every description.
Then, OF course. some occupations prcdhpos> n,
thu sort of accident
For years have protested against thorprsct3ee
prevailing in most factories where
has peculiar knack of removing from
the eye He~uses toothpick, nail. Tie of