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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-18

the thick Obscurity on the other side
Of the revolving doors, was probably
the last he ever uttered on earth.
Left alone, the girl began to shiver,
as though suddenly cold. She turned
around and glanced hurriedly back
into the restaurant At that moment
she met the steady, questioning
as though transfixed. Then came the
sound which every one talked of for
months afterward, the sound which no
one who heard it ever forgot-the
death cry of Victor Bidlake, followed
a second afterward by a muff1ed re-
port. A strain of frenzied surprise
seemed mingled with the horror. After
ward silence.
There was the sound Of some COM
motion outside, the sound of hurried
footsteps and agitated voices. Then a
terrible little procession appeared
SOmething-it seemed to be u shape
less heap of clothes-was carried in
and laid upon the floor, in the little
space between the revolving doors and
the inner entrance. Two blue-liveried
attendants kept back the Mortified but
curious crowd. Francis, vaguely rec
ognized as being somehow or other
the few people allowed to remain
whilst q doctor, fetched out from the
dancing room, kneeled over the pros
trate form. He felt that he knew be-
forehand the horrible verdict which
the latter whispered in his ear after
his brief examination.
Quite dead A ghastly business !"
Francis gaZed at the hole In the
shirt front, disfgured also by scorch-
ing stain.
"A bulletf" he asked.
The doctor nodded
Fired within foot of the poor fel
lows heart" he whispered. The muir
derer wasn't taking any chances, who
ever he was
The doctor rose to his feet
Nothing more can be DONE" he
pronounced. Keep the people out Of
here whilst l go and fetch my hat and
coat. Afterward, I'll take the body to
the mortuary when the ambulance ar
rives."
An attendant pushed his way
through the crowd of people on the
inner side Of the door.
Miss Daisy Hyslop, young lady
who was with Mr.. Bidlake, has just
tainted In the ladies' room, SIR" he an
nOunced. Gould you come?'
'I'll be there Immediately" the doc
tor promised.
The rest Of the proceedings followed
a normal course. The police arrived
took various notes, the ambulance fol-
lowed little later, the body was re-
moved, and the little crowd of guests,
still infected with a sort of awed ex-
element, were allowed to take their
leave. Francis and Wilmore drove al
most in silence to the formers rooms
in Charges street.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-18
CHAPTER VII

1t was after leaving Miss Daisy Hys-
lop's fiat that the event to which Fran
els Ledsam had been looking forward
moro than anything else in the world,
happened. 1t came about entirely by
chance. There were no taxis In the
Strand. Francis himself had finished
work for the day, and feeling disln-
clined for his usual rubber Of bridge,
he strolled homewards along the Mall
At the corner Of Green park he came
face to face with the woman who for
the last few months had scarcely been
out Of his thoughts. Even In that first
moment he realized to his pain that
she would have avoided him If she
could. They met, however, where the
path narrowed, and he left her no
chance to avoid him. That curious Inn.
pulse of conventionality which opens a
conversation always with cut and
dried banalities, saved them perhaps
from certain amount of embarrass-
ment Without any conscious sugges-
tion, they found themselves walking
side by side.
II have been wanting to see you very
much indeed" he said. IT even went
so far as to wonder whether I dared
call"
why should your she asked. "Our
acquaintance began and ended In
tragedy. There is scarcely any pur-
pose in carrying 1t further"
He looked at her for a moment be-
fore replying. She was wearing black.
but scarcely the black Of a woman who
sorrows. She was still frigidly beauti.
full, redolent, in all the details Of her
toilette. Of that almost negative per-
fection which he had learned to expect
from her. She suggested to him still
that same sense Of aloofness from the
actualities of life.
II prefer not to believe that II ID
ended" he protested. Have you SO
many friends that you have no room
for one who has never consciously
done you any harmf"
She looked at him with some faint
curiosity in her immobile features.
Harm? No! On the contrary, l
suppose I ought to thank you for your
evidence at the inquest"
Some part Of 1t was the truth" he
replied.
II suppose so," she admitted dryly.
you told 1t very cleverly.
he looked her in the eyes.
MY profession helped me to bs q
good Witness" he said. "As for the gist
OF my evidence, that was between my
conscience and myself"
Your conscienceT she repeated.
Are there really men who possess
such thingsi"
L hope you will discover that for
yourself some day." he answered.
Tell me your plans. Where are you
living3"
For the present with my father In
Curzon street"
With Sir Timothy Brast3"
She assented.
You know him?" she asked lndiffer-
entity.
VERY slightly" Francis replied. 1--WE
'oiheu loselner, some nights ago, at
Soto's restaurant. I am afraid that I
old not make very favorable impress
sion upon him. gathered. too, that
ne has somewhat eccentric tastes"
Il do not see great deal Of my ia.
ther,' she said. "We met, few months
ago. for the first time since my mar
rage, and things have been a little
difficult between us-just at first. He
realiy scarcely ever puts In an appear.
ance at Curzon street. dare say you
nave heard that he makes a hobby Of
an amazing country house which he
has down the river"
The Walled Houser' he ventured.
(TO BE CONTINUEDl
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-18
Latest Type of Window
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One should be chosen whictt draws
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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-18
SYNOPSIS
Illustration by Irwin Myers

CHAPTER Francis Ledsam defends
oliver Hilditch, powerful business man,
In murder case and succeeds in get
ting him off. only to be told by young,
prepossessing woman, who says that
she Is oliver Hilditch's wife. that Hill
ditch Is an arch criminal and that Led
sam has turned loose a dangerous man
to resume his preying upon society.
CHAPTER II-Ledsam. dining with
his best friend, Andrew Wilmors, meets
Hilditch and his wife and Is invited to
dine with them at their home.
CHAPTER III-At dinner with the
Hilditches, oliver shows Ledsam how
he killed his victim and says his own
death the same way would make his
wife supremely happy Returning
home, Ledsam receives a phone call
from Margaret. saying oliver has been
murdered.
CHAPTER IV-Ledsam gets the cor
oner to set divers death down as
suicide. Later on he admits to Will
more that he has developed a keen In
terest in Margaret. He meets her IA
ther, Sir Timothy Brast, the evil shop
herd. who tells him crime will be
committed before they leave the cafe.
mitted and Shopland, a Scotland Yard
detective, asks Ledsam to interview the
girl in the case.
"Right-oh 7! he replied, which illu-
minative form of assent, a word
spoken as he plunged unwillingly into
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-04-18

70 "Right-oh p he replied, which illu-
minative form of assent, a word
spoken as he plunged unwillingly into
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07

Highest prices will be paid by
H. P. Babcook for beef, veal and
pork. Also hides. H. P. Bah
COCK, Phone Red 1873, vashon.
1924 IF
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07

PUREBRED Jersey Duroc Boar
service. Fee $3.50. Kinnic-
kinnicls Ranch. East Of Center.
11-21pd.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07

evidently he met some little ES-
liimo Sheba,
FOR SALES parts of 4.
good car, Kenneth Lamoreaux.
Clyde Dills: AT the Vashon VS..
Burton game: On his football
outfit: Il want some paper to
cover up the nail in my shoe"
Miss Shipley: "llere, take Lii
lian's old English theme"
Mr., Parkes: Gin English I'D
Kenneth, what is monologue2''
Kenneth Rivers GA mono
loguc is conversation between a
man and his wife"
Mrs. Jensen: Injecting her son
at the door,: "What time is il,
Oge?"
Oge: about one o'clock.
just then the clock struck
three.
Mrs. Jensen: "Mercy. When
did that clock commence to
stutterl'
Miss Shiplcy: In first year
Domestic Science class :"What is
the alimentary canal Margaret.
Margaret Passig; cit is the
wind pipe where the food goes
down"
Mr.. Haley: What happened in
Athens between the end Of the
Persian War and the appearance
of Alexander the Create"
Delmar Cole: "Do you mean
what he looked like?"
A terrible draught has been felt
in the Assembly since Steve
Church has been doing SO much
talking.
And Conrad "chawed on"
Editor for week-Tom Faul
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07
BURTON LAFsALoT'

Revealing some Of the fun at
Burton Iii, this column will be
published occasioally, because
we have been so serious in our
news items for the last few weeks.
We have come to the conclusion
that we would like to show You
that Burton Iii has fun along with
her seriousness.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07
WASHINGTON STATE
Brief NEVIS ITEMS
Principal Events Of the Week
Assembled for information
of Our Readers.
The covlita county tax rovy for 1925

ed at meeting Of dairymen at &ak-
ma,
Lower Naches held its sixth annual
community fair in the GRACE hall at
Eschbach
o. b. Sweet of Cashmere is dead
as the result of an automobile acct.
dent at Cashmere
The 18th annual convention of the
pythian Sisters district No. 3, will be
held at Endicott November L..
The combined Vancouver school and
port election will be held December 6,
the same day as the city election.
Total registration in Walla Walla
county is 1O94S. This is 35S higher
than the previous high record of 1920.
Fire, believed to have been started
in an ammonia plant, RACED half of the
business section of Dryden, Five build
ings were destroyed,
Kelso need raise only S5S,OS4.24 by
taxation, and 10 raise this amount the
city will have a 1926 levy of only "a
mills for all purposes.
Apple picking is about completed
in and around Wenatchee, but Manson
and Peshastin ranchers still have
about two weeks of work.
The state tax on gasoline has yield,
ed S2,2S4,19O in the first nine months
of this year, according to a report Of
State Treasurer BabcoCk.
Three miles of new concrete paw
ing Immediately south Of Spokane on
the Inland Empire highway was
thrown open to traffic Sunday.
Material for a new hangar, 66x140
feet in size, with a capacity of from
eight to twelve ships, has arrived at
the Vancouver barracks aviation field
H. w. Wager, aged 6S, candy
maker set fire to his home in Spo
kane, took dose of poison and then
hanged himself to tree in his yard
Following a petty quarrel in Sc,
attic lodging house. William C. Krueg
err. 80, coal packer killed his wife
Jennie, %; his daughter Louise, 2, and
himself,
P. H. Carlyon, state senator, de
feated in the primaries for the repub
lican nomination has announced at
Olympia, that he would be ''sticker"
candidate
A meeting of county commissioners
from counties in southeastern Wash
ington will be held in Colfax Thurs
day. State highway maintenance will
be discussed.
Cash receipts of the state land Of
flee for the biennium closing Septem-
Der 80 last amounted TO $3,395,SOS,
according to c. V. Savidge, state land
commissioner.
A farm sale involving $4,000 was
uoseu a. ui-i,'' con "nsn ole" -
rouge purchased o@y S'res. tNe "iu
w n Torgant
), -, rtassas'is' Ns"u or ,ne iiO,
er.y inea'fe company d. Neiso' mas
anIouneVu pisns iot 'Ne e.ee''oH u q
'ne"'ei puiiuins' iVV " tV' ''e' III
Mts' nsl.ie D. OieNe'anu pioneer
iaco'i' fesiusH'' NSS anHoUHeeD Aei
sen as d s'''NeI t"n''!u"se LOT con
$50 - ,ie a.'''' "a ''''s ''s''s I oin
'A1 INN ~ ~
hsss a. ~ 0,il's uo19H pfoNeu
moie i"Iu'r - '"Ops'S VI " e'o,
cei' e1Uie ~ a1o'-." qua" hioues ~
one oaSn iesiS.ei ne 'uoOsiS 'ooA
'V uONeH essS nun 'iie store
FOR the week ehaing october 10
receipts OF the state treasury were
S6S2'42S'SV and eNpendiiures by war
.antS pau %O"-''VO.iO' ','y'nS si,e
so.a- ,rs" O"' u ~ iui''S ~
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07
cHERR1Es-oN MAHALEB (Dwarf)

or year 31a-5 feet 75c each $50 per 100
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07
Senior Glass Garden of Paradise

Clifton Morris, as our ONLY
postgraduate, is cabbage
head"
Myrtle Calhoun and Wellona
Smith turn up" their noses at
the sight Of work.
Ralph Dumas is the only one
who uses his "bean.
Dougas McClinton used to run
a whole "garden truck"
The Editor is a poor "prme.
Martha Jensen is the "apple"
of her fathers eye
Oge Jensen thinks Minnie o.
son is a peach erino."
We wish there was more
"kale" in our treasury.
"Let us" cease.
Mr.. Leggett: ''All great men
are conceited,"
Ralph Dumas: ooh, l don t
know. I'm not
Jimmy Smith; "Bill Odion
goes around with chip on his
shoulder"
Joe Hof: ''That's nothing.
Clifford Petersen goes around
with block o nhis shoulders. ("
SCANDAL! The other day
some one found a love letter in
Kenneth Rivers geometry book,
with postmark of Alaska and
signed Nooky- Skowma- Hooknin.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07
BURTON HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
BY Senior English Glass.

Evidently he met some little Els
kimo Sheba,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07

And Conrad "chawed on"
Editor for week-Tom Faul
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07
Lambert
Royal Ann

Black Republican
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07

A terrible draught has been felt
in the Assembly since Steve
Church has been doing SO much
talking.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07
C7.ASS1yXED AE25 z:ls zs5yyVg.5 /

WANTED-Someone to board
two horses through the winter.
State terms. Phone Red 70. 31-2
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07
ADVERTISING RATES

10 cents per line for first inser-
ton; 5 cents per line for each adj
ditional insertion.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07

R. B. HAYES of Portage is in the
market for beef, pork and veal.
Phone, Black 772, 43t7p
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07

WANTED TO BUY-Logging
team. BERT G. HOTALTNG.
R. R. l, Box GO, Burton. 19-31-1t
Evening star., 1924-03-25
LIBERALS IN QUEBEC
OPPOSE JOINT CANAL
Claim st. Lawrence Project Would
Prove Too Expensive for
Dominion.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
OTTAWA. March 25.-The plan to
develop the St. Lawrence waterway
project as joint arrangement with
the United States would set a bad
precedent. ]. Archambault, liberal
member. declared in the house yes
terday. If any canal were built il
should be the Georgian bay canal. he
said.
Archambault asserted the project
was too expensive and would be of
no benefit 10 Quebec. Even an in
quiry into the po$s BILE cost would be
toe expensive. he added.
The member referred to report
made by w. l. Cooper. an American
engineer. who. he said. estimated the
cost at $1.450, 100000 and said that
during the winter months the canal
would be but 40 Ter cent efficient.
Archamhault said that including
cost. of operation and the annual
charges on the construction cost.
there would be yearly charge
against the Dominion for the canal
of Si7.000,000. 1t would he danger
GUS, he declared, for Canada TO enter
into a joint agreement with the
United States on this subject.
Dr. II. j. Manion, conservative. said
that engineers of the intern ational
joint commission had estimated cost
of the waterway in the :ptS-rna tfo- ~
section of the river at S252 900, ,000
including waterpower development.
Their report had stated that the re-
turns from electric power might pay
the interest charges en- the cost Of
the international section. Dr. Manion
said he thought the St. Lawrence
scheme would be more satisfactory
than a Georgian bay canal. because
1t would cost less.
f. A. Lap ierre, liberal. said he was
confident that the findings of the
waterways commission would JUS
tify the attitude of the western
provinces in opposing the scheme
Just now on grounds of economy A
Georgian bay ship canal, he said,
could supply all the necessary DOW
er much cheaper than the St. Law
renee sch ame.
Evening star., 1924-03-25

FAVORS WORLD CURB
FOR SALE OF ARMS

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 25.-The disarma.
ment committee, meeting here under
the auspices of the league of nations
TO find n substitute for the st. Ger
main convention controlling private
manufacture of arms and their sale.
began discussion today, article by
article, of a report on the subject
presented by NJ. Dupliez of Belgium
and Maj Hills Of Great Britain. The
report speaks for consolidation OF
divers projects OF the main features
of the ST. Germain convention regu-
lat!ng traffic in arms, and in conclu-
sion suggests that the convention
signed at St. German ought to be ex-
tended in its application to the whole
world instead of solely to the African
countries.
4 sort of mixed organization for
controlling traffic in arms is suggest
cd, under which plan the non-mem-
bcrs of the league would be dealt
with through non-league institu-
tion. while league members would be
dealt with through league commits
SION.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
Map Publisher Dies.

CHICAGO, March 25.-James Nc
Nally, vice president of the Rand
McNally Company. publishers died
yesterday in Pasenda Calf. of pueu-
monia, according to advices received
here. Mr.. McNally was boru in Ire
land in 1874. Two sons and a daugh-
ter survive
Evening star., 1924-03-25
Good, Heavy
Screen Doors
$3.50
S sizes-fixtures included.

S sizes-hxtures included.
These are good. heavy doors,
made of selected pine lumber;
sandpapered and finished with
two coats of high-quality warm
ish. They have raised mitered
mouldings and are filled with
14mesh, galvanized wire cloth.
4-inch stiles, Us inches thick.
Screen Doors of zs-inch pine
lumber, natural varnish finish;
filled with black wire cloth
fixtures included; 5 sizes.
Each, $3.75.
Screen Section, Fifth floor.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
2 MORE STATE BANKS
IN MINNESOTA CLOSE
Rosewood and Twin Valley Insti-
tuition Suspend Operations,
Official Says.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 25.-Two
more state banks connected with the
Merchants National Bank of Crooks
closed yesterday, a. J. ViegeI, state
superintendent of banks, announced.
The institutions were the Farmers
State Bank IF Rosewood, with a cap
ltal of $4,000 and deposits aggregat-
ing $4,000, and the Securities State
Bank OF Twin Valley, which had a
capital of $4,000, and deposits ag-
gregating S250,00u
Evening star., 1924-03-25
Japanese
H0nd-EnbrOidered
Silk Kirnonos
Respond to the Tailored
Fashion

Crepe de chine, satin and
habuta silk kimonos, made in
the regulation Japanese style
with loose pocket sleeves,
b e1ted with wide sash,
edged with silk fringe. In
lovely shades of rose. copen,
violet, also navy and black.
Simply or elaborately hand
embroidered in roses, cherry
blossoms, chrysanthemums,
wisteria, birds and butterflies
in colors.
Also included are Mandarin
Coats with slashed skirts fast
ened with frog and daintilv
hand embroidered and braided.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
$12 to $40
&c Section, Third door.
Embroidery and Lace
Trimmings for
New Glove Silk
Underthings

Tailored Vests with shell top,
in pink, orchid and peach. SO,
Step-ins to match. $3.50.
Vests, in pink, are trimmed
with Va1enciennes insertion
and eyelet embroidery in col
ors, Venise medallions and en-
broidery. $3.50.
Hemstitched Vests, picot
edged and embroidered in
oriental designs. $3.50.
Matching Step-ins, $3.50.
Step-in Chemise, trinity tai
lored, embroidered or trimmed
with filet or imitation Irish
insertion. in pink. $3.50.
Knit Underwear Section, Third floor.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
Athens Cabinet Upheld.

ATHENS. March 25.-The national
assembly yesterday gave a vote of
confidence in the government, by a
majority of nineteen. The vote was
27S to 259
Evening star., 1924-03-25
fashionable SeparatePie ieces
Add Interest to Living Rooms

An Apartment Book Case
in brown mahogany,
which requires less than
one square foot of floor
space. $3.50.
Excellent Solid Walnut
Hall Chair in wool irni-
tation needlepoint. SOS.
Very new and in correct
style is this Lacquer Wall
Cabinet in fine raised Ori-
entail decoration. 500.
For reading and loung-
ing, a low-seated Coxwell
Chair in mohair and We
lour combination. SIS.
An End Table finds many
living room. This one in
decoration. SIS.
Furniture Section, Sixth floor
Evening star., 1924-03-25
Easter Cards

Booklets and Post Cards;
Easter Table Decorations;
Easter Favors and Novelties,
shown in great array.
Stationery Section, Fir.t noor.
Evening star., 1924-03-25

Chinese and Oriental Rugs with their soft. mellow
coorings, deep, resilient pile and extreme durabi
ity are just made for living rooms Chinese Rugs
of finest selected yarns, 9x12, $275 to $377.50.
Oriental Rugs, sx12, $375 to $3.50. Complete as
sortments of smaller sizes. 9x12 Wilton Rugs in
Chinese and Persian patterns, $S5 to $50.
noo
If New Shades and Draperies are to be put up, you
will find our Interior Decorating Studios capable
service that will have the proper shades and dra-
peries made UP and hung as desired.
Mirrors for the Living Room include hgh-grade
inante mirrors in beautiful finishes $40 and $135.
While Colonial Mirrors are $45 and $85; others,
$40 to $50.
and Mirror Sections
Silver Now Popular in the Living Room, repro
ductions in Sheffield plate, include Flower and
Fruit Baskets, $10.75 and SIS, and Vases, to II
inches, $1.25 to 81.
snverwsre
Evening star., 1924-03-25

Berkey & Gay Solid
Walnut Refectory Table,
$135. Long Bench to
match, $50.
A Solid Mahogany Daven-
port Table OF Phyfe in
spiration, strikes a fash
ion note. $50.
Solid Mahogany Nest of
Tables affords Individual
convenience and saves
space. $3.50.
A different, new Coffee
Table in combination ma
hogany. $40.
ces and uses in the modern
alnut has carved Egyptian
Evening star., 1924-03-25
Window Screens
CSC to $1.25

Adjustable Metal Frame e
Screens now ready in all sizes.
They are substantially made of
pressed steel frames with black
enamel finish; very good, ad-
Unstable screens.
1888 30x37
24x33 30x43
24x37 32x43
Buy them early-get ahead
of the fly
Screen Section. Fifth noor.
Evening star., 1924-03-25
SpeciaL-TOnOrrOD
! Lb. Writing Paper
, Pkgs. Envelopes
$4.65
Your Monogram Stamped
on the Paper

on the Paper
4 special offer; fabric c-tinish
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choice OF white, violet. buff and
blue. stamped with your
initials in colors. You may
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naoer, 2 packages of envelopes,
$4.65.
Special. Linen-hnish Paper
made by one of the leading
manufacturers; white. gray
and blue. 4oc lb. Envelopes
to match, l8c pkg.
Stationery Section. First floor.
Evening star., 1924-03-25

Powder blue granite gray the best suits this spring
Most of them have stripes retiring disposition nvisb they're
caed) For comfort avoid the trousers with high waband that
require suspende The suit sketced wdespaced 3buton
model after the English the American cousin
English Lounge Other Styles other color prefer them
showers Gray browns and overplaid also the
conservative oxords Chevo and shetands durable good
looking easyfng, loosely draped mode-coect detail
Clothes secondF