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as nonchalantly as If 1t had been
package of peppermints.
Camberwell'S impatience, perhaps,
would again have been severely tested
if he had seen the psychologist, several
hours later. placidly stretched on the
chaise Tongue and apparently concen-
trating on the production of the series
of perfect smoke rings which floated
ceilingward. No one would have sus-
pected that recumbent figure of pre-
occupation with crime.
Nevertheless, DR.. Cavanaugh had
spent busy two hours, during which
the Florentine leather desk appoint
ments had been relegated to the floor.
and their place taken by a sheet of
! glass. The desk, oddly out of keeping
with the rest of the furnishings of the
room. became laboratory table, where
! DIR. Cavanaugh. his big fingers moving
| with delicate precision, made a num-
Der of smears on series of small
| strips of glass, projected each one with
covered glass, and marked 1t with a
| redbordered sticker, labeled in the
doctors neat, minute hand writing.
His face was impersonally calm and
intent as if the small objects which
he manipulated with rapid eXpertneSs
belonged to the routine of a classroom
experiment instead of holding a mean
ing heavy with life and death, and
tragedy and crime. He sat almost mo-
tionless, hunched over the microscope,
occasionally removing one slide to insert
another, taking notes on the pad of
paper under his hand without remov-
ing his eye from the lens. At last,
with a faint sigh he shut the micro
scope once again into it's wooden case
and restored the desk fittings to their
accustomed places. Even the sheets of
| family penciled notes were thrust caSu-
| ally into a drawer. Stretching himself
comfortably on the chaiSe Tongue, DR..
| Cavanaugh devoted himself to watching
| the procession of smoke rings through
drowsy, half-shut eyes. To all appear
anceS, body and mind were alike re-
laxed in the aimlesS revelry that pre-
cedes sleep. But the air of somnolence
which hung over the quiet room was
| illusory. DR.. Cavanaugh was thinking
hard, slipping ideas and differences into
place as precisely as he had slipped
| the slides under the lens of the micro
scope. Suddenly he heaved himself up
from the chaise Tongue and moved to
| the telephone; then returned to his
former position to await, with his usual
| Quiescence, the ringing of the Office
| door bell.
Fifteen minutes later the door banged
open and Don Ellsworth rushed in be-
fore the doctor had time to put his
feet to the floor preparatory to answer
ing the single sharp announcement of
| the bell.
you've found out something!" The
momentum of his entrance carried Don
half way across the room before he
paused. The words were half a ques-
ton, half an exclamation.
| Copyright, 1928. by the Bell Syndicate, Ipc)
(To Be Continued.)
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diameter, with perhaps half dozen hairs
clinging to it. And that hair not only
belonged of course, to only one person
on earth, but from. it we can describe
that person, and even, if we have the
basis of comparison, can identify It's
possessor as absolutely as If the one
who placed her there had obligingly
left for us full set of her fingerprints.
We are very ignorant, after all. Dr.
Cavanaugh turned the box idly in his
hands and looked meditatively into the
distance. at has taken thousands OF
years for us to discover that the skin
of the fingers, and the hair, and the
markings on a discharged bullet are
unique and individual. Perhaps in a
few more thousands of years we shall
know that of a million pebbles on the
beach, each has marks of identification
which makes it different from every
other.
THAT would make the keeping of our
records even more complicated" CAM
berWill smiled He rather hoped the
reference to his own work would bring
the doctor back to the matter in hand.
But Dr. Cavanaugh's mellow voice roll
ed steadily on.
"Hegel. whom perhaps you have never
read, called it the uniqueneSs OF the
real. A dime, for instance, he main
tains, has what he termed AN infinite
number Of distinguishing marks, even
though million dimes were stamped
with the same die and minted with
the same machinery. We can never
construct in our imagination any idea
or image of a dime, or hair, or a
bullet which is as infinitely complex
as the real object. Hegel is considered
old-fashioned now, but he would have
agreed hole-heartedly with your new
science of forensic ballistics."
An acute observer might have har-
bored the suspicion that DR.. Cavanaugh
was drifting along the current OF this
irrevelant discourse with the surface OF
his mind, while his real attention was
elsewhere. Under cover of these me-
anderings, he appeared to be gaining
time for some hidden line OF thought,
reaching some inner decision But Cam
berwell was not psychologist He
twisted uneasily in his chair-with SO
much to be done, he was in no mood
to listen to lecture on philosophy!
Slight as it was, his impatient move
ment did not escape the dreamy, in
attentive eyes of DR.. Cavanaugh. He
shook off his absorption, and laid down
his cigar, as If that small and definite
act was the symbol of his decision.
I'm as bad as Hamlet's grave digger.
He'd never have been allowed to finish
that soliloquy if one of you detectives
had been PRESENT." he said with the
smile which revealed surprising mo-
bility of expression in the large, deeply
chiseled features. However, promise
not to waste any more time. I'll take
this home with me, where can take
a squint at it under the microscope, and
give you a report in the morning."
"You think you can identify it?"
Camberwell asked eagerly.
"At least I'll narrow the range of pos
sibilities." And DR.. Cavanaugh slipped
the gruesome little box into his pocket
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object which Camberwell held
out on the extended palm Of his
hand was a small fiat jar of
L glass, with a tightly fitting screw
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TRAINED ATTENDANTS
FOR DIVERS DEMANDED
Need of Special knowledge by
Those Engaged in Navy Yard
Work Pointed Out.

Trained attendants for civilian divers
engaged in Navy yard work were asked
Of the Navy Wage Board of Review in
the final hours of its annual hearing
which closed yesterday afternoon.
The request was made by Thomas w.
Wood of the Norfolk Navy Yard, repre-
sentative of Navy riggers and divers.
AS the Navy officials of the board
pointed out that every attention is
given civilian divers when they go
down, Wood maintained that the at
tendants should be civilians who have
been especially trained in signals,
operation of air lines and telephones
and safety equipment.
The board, which reviews the recon-
mendations of workers committees and
the local wage boards of the various
Navy yards of the country, late yester-
day completed one of the shortest hear
ings on record. 1t will present its
recommendations for the yards wage
scales for approval of Secretary of the
Navy Wilbur.
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glass, with tightly fitting screw
top.
"Fire is always freakish thing" he
unused. with the brush dry as tinder,
as it is at this time of year, it was hot
enough to burn nearly all the flesh off
this woman's bones. OF course, If it
was murder, and the fire was not ac-
cidental. there is the possibility that
the body was drenched in some in
fiamable substance first. Yet this one
little scrap was left. A flame that
veered in q puff of wind, bit of earth
less dry than the Test-well never know
the how and why of it, but here it is. y
DR.. Cavanaugh deliberately flattened
the burning end of his cigar against
the side of the ash tray before reaching
for the jar. He was capable of rapid
action when necessity arose, but he
never hurried without reason. His only
sign of eagerneSS was the agate harden
ing of his brown eyes change OF ex-
preston which Camberwell was quick
to note and appreciate.
II told you 1 didn't bring you here
for nothing" he said. You can bet
one of those nickels with yourself that
you'll find this interesting"
DR.. Cavanaugh gravely selected a
nickel from a handful of loose change
and laid it on the corner Of the desk.
Then he unscrewed the lid of the jar
and walked to the light of the big
window.
Him" His only immediate comment
was a noncommittal hum, but when he
returned to the desk after somewhat
prolonged scrutiny at the window, he
pocketed the nickel.
"This goes to the elephant" he said
But it was hardly fair bet. I ex-
pected to lose. Your finds usually are
interesting, you know.
EYES," he added, "I can doubtless
do something with this not everything,
but something"
"It'n be plenty" Camberwell assured
him, 80 long as you're really willing to
take it up. You begin where I leave
off, you know. It's too much for me"
Its only a matter of physiology,
which is in my line as medical man.
You started me on this track of investi-
cation in the first place, but it happens
to fit in with my previous training. You
have here,"-he tapped the lid of the
jar lightly with thumbnail" irreg-
ular patch of scalp about an inch in
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CHAPTER XI.

Continued From Yesterdays Starr
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STRATON FILES SUIT
! ONL|QUOR CHARGE
Asks 100000 Damages for
Allegations Rum Was Sold
in His Hotel.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, october 26.-The Rev.
John Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church, has caused papers to
be served on the New York World in a
suit for 100000 damages for articles
published saying that liquor was sold
over the bar in a hotel owned by DR..
Straton at Greenwood Lake, N. Y. An
nouncement of the action was made at
the church Offices
DR.. Straton acquired the hotel prop
erty shortly before the time last Sum-
mer that he charged from his pulpit
that Gov. Smith was the most bitter foe
in America today of the forces of moral
progress and true political wisdom
Numerous reporters went to Green
wood Lake to interview the minister
about an apparently impending public
debate between him and Gov. Smith
The World reporter told his paper that
he found liquor was being sold openly
over the bar of the hotel owned by Dr.
Straton and the pastor was quoted as
saying in reply that "the liquor inter-
ests" were seeking to embarrass him in
his controversy with the governor.
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cut. off f.om the world on Wrangel
Island since 1926 is causing much worry
here.
The stnsmer Stavropol, assigned to
carry the colony three-year supply of
food, fuel and medicine, failed to break
through the ice and recently returned.
Orders have come from Premier Ry-
koff that other measures must be taken
to reach the island, since help next
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(To Be Continued
Joke Is Discontinued.

BUFFALO, N. Y, october IS (R-A
source of humor for rum runners had
been dried up. 1t has been the prac-
tice of Canadian customs officials to
ascertain the consigners of liquor
cleared for export, then give the names
to American customs officials. Since
the exporters often named officials of
the Anti-Saloon League, the Canadian
officials have discontinued forwarding
the misinformation to this side.
Abbot Van de Cruyseen, an eminent
Belgian Catholic priest, was formerly
captain in the Belgian army.
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THE 1'ULE .,
NNA NANCY
MARSH MURDER ss71rr sass
THE STORY THUS FAR
Copyright. 1928. BY Bell Syndicate, INC

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Evening star., 1928-10-26

Don Ellsworth's wife, formerly the IA
nous actress, Sheila OShay, disappears
leaving no trace. pr. Cavanaugh. the great
criminal psychologist. learns that their mar
ried life has been very unhappy.
Peter Piper, a reporter on the Herald,
tries to get an interview with DR.. CaVa-
naugh. Instead, he meets Barbara Cava-
that she was ENGAGED to Don Ellsworth be-
fore his marriage.
An unidentified body is found in the tule
by a fire in the marsh until it is entirely
unrecognizable except for the fact that 1t
is a woman. DR. Cavanaugh is called in to
help with the identification.
(COntinued From Yesterdays Starr
Evening star., 1928-10-26
Gets Many Proposals.

OFFENBACH-ON-NT Germany,
October 26 6P).-Helene Mayer, II, who
won a fencing championship in the
olympic games, gives her girl friends at
high school a lot of fun by showing
them the many letters she receives from
various youths Offering heart and hand.
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Summer might be too late. An airplane
that set out on the same mission as the
ship also was compelled to return.

After the last case had just been
heard in a police court at Buckingham,
England, recently. it was found that all
the witnesses had been taking the oath
OIL a prayer book instead of the Bible.
Evening star., 1928-10-26

For three of the first Indian stamps
ever printed, dating back to 1854, and
found in the back of a family Bible,
12-year-old Henry Wilson of Newton
Abbey, England, recently received $225,
record price.
Evening star., 1928-10-26
ISLAND FOOD LOW.

Russia Ponders Problem of Gstting
Aid to Wrange1.
LAURENCE BAY, Siberia, october 26
LD.-How to get food to five Russians
and fifty-five Eskimos who have been
Evening star., 1928-04-16
BEDTIME STORIES y rSsssEs' gsssG:s

believe I've ever heard Of that fellow"
Then ite high time for YOU to learn
something about him." retorted Scrap
per. Every one In the neighborhood
where he lives knows Shelly the Arina-
dillo. I guess good many envy him,
"why should he be enviede" de-
manCed Peter.
scrapper replied By asking a question
who" he asked. "bensides Prickly
Porky the Porcupine, findS protection IN
his coatr He is one Of your old friends,
"Spotty the Turtle" replied Peter
promptly. "Prickly Porky and Spotty
the Turtle are the only ones with coats
good for anything except to keep them
warm"
well" replied Scrapper, now you
know of some one else. Shelly the Ar
madillo has lust such protective coat
only much more handy one. 1t IS a
good thing he has, too, for he certainly
cannot defend himself. He can't bite,
for he has almost no teeth at all. He
isn't big enough 10 do any damage
with his feet, SO It is good thing
that he has that shell coat"
Does he curl his tail around the way
Spotty the Turtle doeS2" Peter inquired,
ne doesn't have to-" retorted Scrap
per. His tail--and his tail Is quite
iong-is covered with shell clear to the
tip. Even his face is protected In that
way"
''Huhl" said Peter. "r suppose he's a
slow mover, like the members OF the
Turtle family"
Not so you'd notice It," replied
Scrapper. when he's in q hurry or Is
dodging some enemy he can get about
in a way that would be 4 credit to q
member OF the Rabbit family. And, by
the way. Peter. he lives in a hole in the
ground"
Does he dig 1t himself3" inquired
Peter.
Scrapper nodded.
Yes. indeed" said he. HE digs IL
himself and he spends a good deal Of
his time in It, He likes to come out
late in the afternoon and roam about
But he takes pains not to set too far
from that hole"
What does he live on3" demanded
Peter.
"O-oh. different things" replied
Scrapper: ANTS and worms and insects
and graSShoppers. There's one thing I
like about him, and that is that he
minds his own business. I know Of no
one more given TO minding his own
business than Shelly the Arrnadillo."
gCopvriEht 1881
Evening star., 1928-04-16
Biography.

The lives Of great men always form
0 high and valued branch Of art: such
chronicles are bound 70 warm the
cookies Of q readers heart. The youth
fsll student reads such books. portraying
genius In It's rise, and he remarks:
Gee whizI Ga6Gooksl !, too, shall
strive TO gain . prize" But nowadays
the wise and great have no monopoly
81 Lives; biographers choose frenxaed
skates who noui1siae6 guns and butcher
knives. Bold Billy, who WAS called The
KID" becomes the hero Of . book, and
~ the gs1assly things be did and all the
lives he hereeiy took become the subject
Of q tale that Teeks with carnage fore
ard aft, that makes the gentle reader
quail and wonder AZ this Bfily's graft.
And Wild Bill Kicock also struts, ma
1estic. through ringing book: upon bis
guns were many cuts, each standing
for q life he took. ] turn from Glad
stones moral Life" 70 old Calamity II.
Jane. who was the boaxder'g common
wife, exulttng IN her list Of slain. The
Earps and pale Doc Holiday nov figure
IN an epic tome. describing how they
went 70 siay. when there was naughi
% do 81 home. The floors all swept,
the dishes washed. ad0wn the Tomb
stone streets they swung. and IN red
blood they gayly sioshed Until the curfew
bel wAs Fl1ng. There is = deluge Of
sueh books, exaiting gentlemen who
slew IL they dislikec q paAseT's looks,
his ghtskerk or his necktte blue. VIII
they teach children 10 be mild and let
the tools cf strife alone? VIII they In
splre the ardent child 70 60 forth gun-
ming when hes grown7
WALT MASON.
fE0bxraRht 5a9a9
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LITTLE BENNY
nv LEE rAPE.

Ne and pop was taking q wawk BE-
fore suppir and pop sed, BY the way,
It seems to me your mother asked US
70 get something or other for her vile
We were out, dident she9
@. that's rite, Sed.
wat was 1t? pop sed, and sed. ]
forget.
You haevnt got enYthing on me, pop
Sed. Meening he forgot too. and he
sed. Well nov lets see, Suppose We Illus
trate the power Of mind over matter,
sippose we calmly and intelligently re-
cali the name OF the desired object oy
meens Of our ever present put seldom
used reasoning ability, in other weruS
by the process Of deduction and elimi-
nation.
q. like Sherlock Homes? sed,
That's one way OF ixpreSsing It. pop
sed Now for tngtantS Ill mention the
basic human needs 70 see II We are re-
minded OF the article In question, ferst
and foremost, was II something TO
eat he sed.
Gosh, It mite of bin, I sed, and pop
sed, Naturally. IL mite OF bin enything.
but IL wasent, II was something, was
It something to drink. think OF bottles,
glasses, cups, was II something 10 wear,
clothes, shoes. pins. buttons. do eny Of
those remind you Of enythlng7
+ No sir, sed. Do they remind youg
sed.
On the contrary they leave my mind
a blanker blank than 1t Was before,
pop sed. And ferthermore 1t duzzent
AFFORD me the slightest sattisfaction "a
have you keep stepping on my feet,
how offen do you haf to be told that.
how meny times? he sed, and sed,
@, pop, that's II.
watts its pop sed. and ] sed. Times,
time, she sed for us 10 be sure and
bring home the correck time because
al the clocks are either stopped or
wrong and your watch Is at the jool.
ers.
BY gollies I knew we could do It.
shake, pop sed.
And he shook hands and kepp on
wawking and forgot 70 And out wat
time Il was after al.
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Shelly the Armadillo.
From tin OF nose 10 end of tail
I'm e1iariea by = coat OF mail
shelly the Arm adillo.

Peter Rabbit arrived quite out OF
breath at the place Bobby Coon and
Prickly Perky the Porcupine had been
listening to scrapper the Kinghird and
Boomer the Niehthawk as they told Of
some Of the queer folk they had seen
on their travels to the faraway Tropics.
Yes" said Scrapper. watching Peter
from the corner OF one eye, that GER
tainly is a handy coat"
Instantly Peter Rabbit sat up and his
two Ions ears stood up like two interro-
cation points.
Whose coat Is handy9" he demanded.
Evening star., 1928-04-16

''Shelly's," replied Scrapper.
shelly, Shelly2" exclaimed Peter,
hooking very much puzzled. Who Is
Ghelly2"
why, Shelly the Armadillo, OF
course" declared ScTapper IN . tone
which suggested that he was surprised
that Peter didn't know.
Peter scratched one long ear with q
lorr hindfoot. Then he tried with the
other long hindfoot to scratch the other
long ear.
Say that again." said he. II don't
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I'm glad my daughter had q college
career fer me { look back on. fer II
wux tn happiest an most restful period
q my life" said Mrs. Lib Pash. tday.
Tiiford Moots' nephew. veteran o.
tn worid War an Chicago primary,
dropped Ia on him t'day.
GCeeyraKht 1881
Evening star., 1928-06-21
Continued from Yesterdays starr

"Sproot tells me. doctor" said Mark
ham, that you did not hear the shot
fired in ReX'S room"
moi" The fact seemed both to
puzzle and disturb him. II can't make
1t out either. for Rexs door into the
hall was OPEN"
You we're in Miss Sibella's room
were you not?" Vance had halted, and
stood studying the doctor
Won Blen lifted his eyebrows.
II was. Sibella had been complaining
about"
"A sore throat or something OF the
kind. no doubt" finished Vance But
that's immaterial. The fact is that
neither you nor Miss Sibella heard the
shot. Is that correct?"
The doctor inclined his head. II
knew nothing of 1t till Sproot knocked
on the door and beckoned me across
the hall"
And Miss Sibella accompanied you
into Rex's room?"
She came in just behind me. I be-
lieve. But told her not to touch any,
thing, and sent her Immediately back to
her room. When 7 came out into the
hall again I heard Sproot phoning the
District Attorneys. Office. and thought
I'd better wait till the police arrived.
After talking over the situation with
Sibella / informed Mrs. Greene OF the
tragedy, and remained with her until
Sproot told me of your arrival"
You saw no one else upstairs, or
heard no suspicious noise?"
No one-nothing The house, In fact,
was unusually quiet"
DO you recall II Miss Ada's door was
openP"
The doctor pondered a moment. II
don't recall-which means it was prob
ably closed. Otherwise I would have
noticed it."
And how is Mrs. Greene this MORN
ing?" Vances question. put negligently,
sounded curiously irrelevant.
Won Blon gave start.
She seemed somewhat more COM
Portable when first saw her, but the
news OF Rex'S death disturbed her con-
siderably. When left her just now
she was complaining about the shooting
pains In her spine"
Markham had got up and now moved
restleSsly toward the archway.
THE Medical Examiner will be here
any minute" he said: and I want to
look over Rex's room before he arrives.
You might come with us doctor. And
you. Sproot, had better remain at the
front door,"
We went upstairs quietly: think 1t
was in all our minds that We should not
Evening star., 1928-06-21

pyx. Mol Wait minute~-I'll keep you
company Pyxl" He took Sproot
by the arm and fairly dragged him from
the room
few moments later he returned,
crestfallen.
Empty" was his laconic announce
ment.
But don't give up hope entirely just
because your cabalistic diagram has dis
appeared" Vance exhorted him. Il
doubt II 1t would have helped you much.
This case isn't rebus. IT'S a complex
mathematical formula. Rex himself
might have solved II II he hadn't been
showed off the earth so soon" His eyes
wandered over the foom And I'm not
ut all sure he hadn't solved II.
Markham waA growing impatient.
wed better go down ia the drawing
room and wait for Dr Dofemus and the
men from headquarters" he suggested
We can't learn anything here"
We went out into the hall, and as We
passed Adas door Heath threw IL open
and stood on the threshold surveying
the room. The French doors leading to
the balcony were slightly aJar. and the
wind from the west was Tapping their
green chintg curtains On the light
beige rug were several damp diScolored
tracks leading round the foot OF the bed
TO the hall door where we stood. Heath
studied the marks for n moment, and
then drew the door shut again.
They're footprints. all right" he re-
marked Some one tracked In the
dirty snow from the balcony and forgot
to shut the glass doors"
We we're scarcely seated In the draw
ing room when there came knocking
on the front door. and Sproot admitted
Snitkin and Burke.
You first. Burke" ordered the SER
geant, as the two officers appeared,
ANY signs OF an entry over the wall?"
Not one" The mans overcoat and
trousers were smudged from top to bot
tom. II crawled all round the top of
the wall. and I'm here to tell you that