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used to it. Well sir. your bunch is
a right one. l do know something.
though whether it's of any account
or not, I can't say. But seeing you
are what you are. and sent out by
the club and all, l don't see why
shouldn't tell you. In fact. I'd have
told it before If I'd known who to
tell. I don't altogether cotton to the
police. They're so high and mighty.
and they can take what you tell EN-,
and then twist it all out of killer
until it's no use to them or anybody
else"
That's so. Mrs. Prentiss." Cum
ningham's voice was deeply sympa-
thetic. Now. If you are to tell me,
I'll promise you the information will
not be wasted"
"All right. I'll tell"
Whereupon, Mrs. Prentiss detailed
anew her watch of the night before
She told accurately and just as she
had told her nephew at breakfast of
the strange appearances, disap-
pearanceS and Temperatures OF
lights in the Heath studio.
1T is a most Interesting story"
Cunningham said, when she had fin
ished And l am sure it is of the
utmost Importance. Were it only
concerning the main lights of the
room. it would not be so peculiar.
but the appearance of the two small
sparks which were doubtless the
candles left there, makes it all
strong piece of evidence, which,
however. needs Strengthening out
and unraveling to get it's meaning.
Let us try. Mrs Prentiss. to recon-
struct the happenings. Keep check
on me and tell me If I &c wrong
Now. say the complete darkness at
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NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV

We'll you're philosophical. to
say the least, = Anderson told him.
But go ahead, old chap. Quiz the
pretty little glrl-I'd like to see that
charmer-and put the he-cousin
through a course of sprouts. My
choice is for him. He's the only one
can see who has motive, which,
I've been told. is the first thing to
look for"
Il suppose Inman may be said
to have had motive" Cunningham
said slowly, but know him. and
though I'm not an intimate friend.
l can't seem to see him brutally
numbering his beautiful cousin to in
herit her property"
why not?' said Anderson. IT
mean, granting the brutal murder,
somebody must have done 1t. And
presumably somebody in the house,
if the stories of the careful lock.
ing up are all true. | don't elm.
mate the possibility of Heath's guilt,
but I can't see how he could get
away afterward. He could, Of course,
have gone away before the crime, if
the cousin did it,
well I'll go there this evening,
if they'll let me in; if not, I'll in
sist on an interview tomorrow. 1
shall say l represent the Country
Club, which feels it has a right to
use every effort to locate one of its
members who is mysteriously abb
sent"
Yes. that's a good way to put
it," commended Black. You must
get something, Cunny. AS you say,
that doddering coroner got no.
where"
Its outrageous the way such
cases are handled by incompetent
and ignorant officials!" Anderson de-
clared "By the time a clever or
experienced detective can get busy
on them, the important clews have
been obliterated. And not only that
but the bungling operatives are so
cock-sure and self-suff1cient that they
persuade the public Of their own eff
ficiency when they have none at all. ="
That's right, SAM" Black agreed.
well. get busy. Cunny. Hunt
down Heath, If you can. Get all
the information you can from the
people at the bungalow and let's
cover the Country Club with glory
by solving the mystery of the muir
der of Myra Health
Heath will come back of his own
accord" Anderson said, insistently.
And you'll find clews or evidences
pointing to Larry Inman as the per.
petrator of the crime. OF course.
this is pure surmise on my part, but
all the evidence seems to lie In that
direction"
Maybe" Cunningham said.
thoughtfully. I'm not sure you're
not right. But innocent or guilty, it
ought not to be hard to find Heath.
Men can't drop out of sight so
easily. I've heard the department
has, already put detectives on his
track, but I've heard of no response
as yet. Though, of course, it's too
soon to expect it. 1 don't know
Heath awfully well, after all. Do
any Of you fellows know anything
-er-unsatisfactor about him."
Shady, you mean?" asked Black.
"Yes-or queer-peculiar. Eccen-
trio. Anything. in fact, out of the
ordinary. The sort of thing a chap
wouldn't tell of an acquaintance, ex-
cept in such circumstances as these
we're now facing. If any one knows
anything detrimental to Perry
Heath, I hold 1t is his duty to tell
n -
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FOR ITCHING TORTURE
Use Antiseptic Liquid Zemo

There is one remedy that seldom
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skin irritation, and that makes the
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Any druggist can supply you with
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Ask your druggist for small size 60t
or large bottle observation-disclosures.
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ability. put in place to represent flu.
neral candles. Now that must have
bene done after the lady was dead
Then. having arranged things to his
satisfaction, the murderer snapped
off the big light, and left the room.
whether he left the house or not"
But there were more lights on
and off after that"
THAT is the most important of
all. If my belief is the truth. that
the crime was committed just before
the candles were lighted. then who
ever came into that room afterward
saw the candles. saw the dead wom-
an. and has. so far. kept quiet
about it."
Ito Be Continued)
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The time he spent in doing her work
was needed for his own. She de-
termined to find the road to better
health.
She writes: II think Lydia z.
Pinkham' Vegetable Compound is
simply wonderful. My health is bet
ter than it has ever been. / am get
ting strongerand gaining in weight"
The Dyers live at Redlands, Calf,
Route A. Box 1873.
How often does your husband have
to do your homework? No matter
how willing he Is, no woman feels
comfortable about it. Perhaps you,
too, will find better health through
the faithful use OF Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
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CHAPTER XVI

NOW, AL Cunningham was not an
Adonis for looks, but he had an in.
gratiating way with him. which
added to a discreetly f1attering
tongue, sometimes made astonishing
lnroads on the confidence of middle
aged or elderly ladies.
He passed the Heath house and
beaming his most debonair smile he
deliberately walked up the garden
path and up few>steps of the porch
Of Mrs. Prentiss.
Teddy Buck looked round IN
surprise, then rose, to greet
supposed friend OF his aunt.
But Mrs. Prentiss showed no rec.
ognition of the caller, and CUNNING.
ham, taking all on one bold move
held out his hand to her, as he said
You'll forgive me. know when
you hear what I've called about"
His smile faded and gave way 70
mysterious air, and his lowered
voice promised thrilling revelations.
Emily Prentiss couldn't resist this.
and she graciously bowed and point.
ed to nearby chair.
Cunningham, thus encouraged
tacitly took Todhunter Buck also
into his confidence, and began by
saying:
I m Al Cunningham, a Gardens
man, of course, and l saw you two
at the inquest this afternoon. Mrs
Prentiss, l felt sure that you knew
something about the affair but as
you were not called upon, you
couldn't-or didn't tell It,"
well, 1 declared cried the aston.
ished woman. Now, however, did
you guess that? Here / was Just
discussing with my nephew whether
or no I ought to tell somebody, and
along you comet It's Just providen-
tial, that's what 1t is. You a detec.
tive, Mr.. Cunningham"
well, I am, but not profession.
al one. AS a matter Of fact, I'm a
rank amateur, but I'm working in
the interests of the Country Club.
Mr.. Heath was a member, you
know, and some of the men think
they ought to look into the matter
of his strange disappearance And
they've put the work rather more or
less into my hands. So. as I said,
have a bunch you know something
oh, beg your pardon. forgive the
slang!"
mo harm at ALL" Mrs. Prentiss
beamed on him. my nephew here,
uses the most atrocious slang, so I'm
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RECORD FAIR ENTRIES
Secretary Barker Says 1926 Greatest
OF Airline.

Exceeding by thirty the total
entries last year, this years State
Fair promises a greater variety Of
exhibits than ever, according to E.
]. Barker. secretary treasurer of
the State board of agriculture.
Check of the entries for the 1926
Fair. completed today, showed 1.136
exhibits, as against 1,112 last year
This does not include club work ex-
hibits, which also show a consider
able increase. Barker said this years
entries have established record for
all-time.
Swine from seven States, besides
Indiana, win be on exhibition.
Seventy more art and culinary ex.
hibitors than last year have entered
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The VANITY CASE !"
A Tale of Mystery and Lone
By CAROLYN WELLS

I II agree with that" Anderson
spoke decidedly. Personally,
know nothing. I'm not very well
acquainted with him. but when
learned he was to be a rival candi.
date for the club presidency, l nat
urally looked up his record"
"Where'd you find it?" asked Gun
ningham, eagerly.
'Oh. I don't mean in official files
I just asked few club members. 1
found out nothing definitely against
him, and not much definitely for
him. He seemed to be rather color
less. I thought"
Eyes, that's Perry" said wally
Forbes. Good enough all-round
sort, but nothing startling about
him. If he committed this murder,
it's the first exciting incident of his
life, I'm sure. He loved a good
time. he is out-doorsy, and he's
genial chap. I think it was his gen.
eral placidity and good nature that
made the Gardens people choose
him for their candidate. Most Of
them are so tempermental, they are
untitled for such a post as president
Of a club
Hes welcome to the election. II
he'll come back for it," Sam Ander.
sond said. speaking with obvious
sincerity. "I don't care a rap for
II. dunno whatever made me consent
to run"
"There are others" vouchsafed
Black. "Garrison's favorite."
Hope he'll get It, then" Ander.
son said, but his tone was not quite
so genuine now.
Cunningham departed, with
CHEEKY word as to his own success.
and from the clubhouse. he wandered
back. over the bridge to The Gar
dens
AS he went. he unused on the
dinerence of atmosphere in the two
sides Of Gaybrook Harbor.
And 1t occurred to him. that
though on the Park side, the house.
holders were rather formal and a bit
stiff, on the Gardens side, there was
far more camaraderie and what
might be called neighborly SO
liability.
This led him to wonder IL any.
thing might be learned from the
neighbors of the Heaths.
AS he neared the bungalow. he
noted as he passed. the house Just
before 1T, and he saw no signs of
OCCUPANCY Clearly the l,o,,so 49,
at present untenanted. So moth.
ing could be gained from that side.
But on the other side, the side to.
ward the sea. he saw a pleasant
bungalow. and on it's small but
cheery veranda, a middle aged
woman and a young man sat
chatting.
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helped her with
m NC h of her
homework. Be-
cause she was in
i'll h e alt h for
five years, 1t was
often necessary
for him to do
{ h | s. But 1t
bothered Mrs.
Dyer. She felt
that he had to
W o r k h a r d
nnnlICh ANYWAY
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DETOURS IN ILLINOIS
More Than 300 Miles of States Hard
Road System Out.
BIZ United Press

SPRINGFIELD, HI, Aug. 2s.-<
There are more than 300 miles OF
detours in the Illinois hard road sys-
tenn at this time, according to the
department Of public works. A great
part Of the mileage will be open to-
motorists before winter.
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SHOULD
HUSBANDS DO
HOUSE WORK?
How Mrs. Dyer Solved the
Problem.

Mrs. Mildred Dyer was lucky. She
had a good-natured husband who
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Childbirth
Here is q wonderful message to all
expectant mothersI

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MIR. FIXIT
Trees Subject of Neigh
borhood Quarrel,

city officials He is The Times repre-
sentative at the city hail. Write him
at The Times.
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Banking, Newspaper Advertising,

Banking, Newspaper Advertising,
Promotion of Sales Campaigns, Fl
nancing Business Enterprises, Life
Insurance, are among the subjects to
be discussed by experts in the Busi-
ness Building session.
The influence of Negro migration
upon Negro business in its various
aspects will be discussed by Mr.. Rob-
ert L. Vann, editor of the Pittsburgh
Courier; Mr.. II. Arnold Hill, industrial
secretary, National Urban League,
New York City; Mr.. John c. Dancy,
executive secretary, Urban League,
Detroit, Michigan; DR. Harold l.
Kingsley, Cleveland and DIR. c. "
Roman, Nashville, Tennessee.
Chandler Owen, editor Of the Chi
cago Bee will discuss. Opportunities
in Journalism and there win be in
teresting reports from active state
leagues.
Roscoe c. Dunjee. editor of the Black
Dispatch, Oklahoma City, John L
Webb Of Hot Springs. Arkansas;
George w. Cox, Durham, North Caro-
lima and III. L. Price Of Cuney, Texas,
are among the presidents Of state
leagues who viii be present and speak
Addresses of welcome on behalf oi
the Cleveland colored citizens win Be
delivered by Miss Jane Hunter Of the
Phyllis WheatIey Association, Council
man Thomas w. Flemming and Mr.. j
Waiter Wills, Sr.
From present indications the attend
ance this year at Cleveland viii set :
new record. This is due In a larg,
measure, says Secretary Holsey, &
the fact that there has been unusua
interest manifested IN National Negrt
Trade Week campaigns, the unusual,
large number Of local leagues whirE
have been organized or revived and Il
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WHITE MAN INDICTED AS DIG.
.TATOR IN DOUBLE KILLING
preston News Service)

Macon, Ga, Aug. 13.-Bars Davis,
held in connection with the staying OF
Miss Hilda Smith and E w. Wilson
on July 10 last. was indicted Tuesday
by special grand jury on charge OF
accessory before the fact and Of prin-
cipal in the second degree.
Each indictment contained three
counts. The first, having employed
Ed Glover, Negro. to commit the slay-
ings, having been present when the
crime was committed and having CON-
mitted the staying himself and with
out assistance from any one.
Glover, confessed slayer, has been
convicted and sentenced to die in the
electric chair Sept. 9.
Davis will be placed on trial this
month. Solicitor General Charles H.
Garret said.
Wilson and Miss Smith were shot
to death with a shotgun and their
bodies thrown into swamp a few
miles from the city They went riding
on Saturday night. July 10, and were
not seen again until their bodies were
discovered the following Monday aft
ernoon.
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was much more in proportion than was
contributed by the members and
friends of Quinn Chapel.
1t will be recalled that Col. Abbott
would not publish one line for the
benefit of the Old Folks Home and the
amateur minstrel show in the columns
of his greatest newspaper in the world
unless he received his money for ad-
vertising in advance. This newspaper
was the only newspaper in this city
which published its announcements free
of charge and it filed the Eighth Regi-
ment Armory to overhowing.
Notwithstanding this fact, Col. Abb
bott feels his oats to such an extent
that he labors under the impression
that all of the colored people in the
United States must fall down and wor-
ship him as the new Moses or the
King of the Colored People residing in
all parts Of the world.
All of the foregoing seems to indi-
cate that Col Abbott is horsing for
publicity some way or other all the
time; that he would not be adverse
to cough up five dollars to any one
who would have the brass nerve to
present him before any public meeting
and proclaim him the only simon pure
colored man on the face Of the earth.
AT that time or at the time the
Amateur Minstrel Club wanted him to
do little free advertising for them,
Col. Abbott claimed that he was toe
poor and money was too tight at that
time for him to aid the Old Folks
Home in any manner, shape or form
AS long as he entertains such narrow
ideas and will not assist the poor old
folks either directly or indirectly, he
does not represent the better class oi
colored people in Chicago, for the best
class of colored people in this city are
filed full of race pride and they firmly
believe in supporting the Old Folks
Home. $asss iM
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NEGRO SEAMEN IN ENGLAND
MARRY WHITE WOMEN

New York-The National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People has received from London a
clipping from the Spectator in which
a correspondent reports that Negroes
employed in British merchant ships
are marrying white women in British
ports Although the writer deplores
the tendency she states that her in
vestigation disclosed the white women
were well satisfied with their lot. The
Spectators correspondent writes:
The writer once asked a gentle, re-
fined woman with three children Of
various shades Of color, all with woolly
hair, how she -ould have brought her
self to marry a black man, and what
sort of future she expected for her
children, and this was the answer:
They make good husbands, those
men They are SO thankful to US wo-
men for marrying them that they treat
US like queens They give us plenty
Of money; they don't drink; they are
good to the children; the pay is regular
while they are away, and they always
come back to us. There's many
woman with white husband worse
Of. The children? Wen. there are
such a lot of them now that nobody
seems to think much about it; they
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PROMINENT SPEAKERS ON
BUSINESS LEAGUE PROGRAM

Tuskegee Institute, Ala.-Proninent
speakers of both races will address the
twenty-seventh annual session of the
National Negro Business League,
which meets in Cleveland, Ohio, Au-
gust lS, 1o and 20, according to an
nouncement made here this week by
ALBION L. Holsey, Secretary Of the
National League. On the opening
night Of the session, DR.. r. r. Motion,
President of the league will deliver his
annual address. Senator Frank B.
Willis of Ohio will speak at the same
meeting.
The program provides for series OF
special sessions at which the following
problems will be discussed: The Or
panization and Function Of the Local
League; Business Building; Negro Mi
grafton and its Relation to Business
and Health. There viii be one meet
inc known as an A1l-Ohio session
The trophy cups offered by Mr. K
W. Emerson, secretary Of the National
Cleanup and Paint-up Bureau for the
National Negro Health Week viii be
presented at the Friday morning ses-
SION. August 20, by Miss Virginia R
Wing, director of health education Of
the Cleveland Health Council. AT the
same session DR.. Algernon 3. Jackson
director Of the School Of Public Health,
Howard University, win deliver an ad-
dress on sThe Need Of Public Health
Education Among Negroes"
Home ownership and home building
viii Be discussed BY successful real
estate men including Mortimer a
Harris Of Washington. D. c. Logan
H. Stewart Of Evansville, Indiana and
others
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BULLETIN NO. 6o-FOR YOUR
SAFETY
BY Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins

Twelve people were killed and three
hundred and twenty-six were injured
as a result of automobile accidents for
the week ending August 9TH, 1926.
This is an alarming increase over
the figures for last year. From Janu-
airy lst to August 9TH this year-4l3
were killed and 7,724 were injured
through automobile accidents. For the
same period in 1886 were killed
and 1886 injured.
These figures show wanton careless
ness. Ninety per cent of these acci-
dents were avoidable. A careful analy-
sis shows that the major portion OF
these accidents were directly due to a
violation of the law. If car is under
control at all times, accidents will be
curtailed ninety per cent.
Remember, there is nothing as
precious as human life. Don't speed
Don't drive recklessIy. Always drive
slowly when children are seen in the
street.
Watch the signals and obey them
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If there are no signals use common
sense. Never turn a corner faster
than eight miles an hour Never drive
more than ten miles an hour in con-
gested sections. Twenty is plenty in
outlying districts.
Pedestrians should not cross in
middle Of block. Do not walk from
behind a street car without being on
the alert for traffic from the opposite
direction. On rainy days be particu-
larly careful Trying to save few
seconds time may cost you your life.
Don't speed, always play safe; the
other fellow may not Aid and assist
US to prevent these murders. 1t is
the departments most serious problem.