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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
BUYING ORDERS
FORCE FUTURE
TRADES HIGHER
Bullish Reports and Crop
News Sends Wheat
Options Up.
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 81. Wheat
jumped sharply higher on the Board
Of Trade at the opening on buying
inspired by the strong foreign mar
kets and the constructive statement
made by Premier Bennett.
Trade was light but few selling
orders were in sight. Liverpool was
very firm, largely on the higher
market and exchange rate in Ar
gentina.
Southern hemisphere conditions
continue bad, with heavy rains de-
laying the harvest and injuring the
crop quality. Corn was buoyed up
by the lighter pressure and ad-
vanced easily. Oats we're very dull
and quiet but firm.
Liverpool Higher
At the opening July wheat was
IA cents higher, the old crop
months being Il cent lower to Is
cent higher; corn was n cent to
rs cents higher and oats we're 1s
cent to y cent higher. Provisions
were steady.
Liverpool was higher than expect
ed and advanced to rs to 1Ac
higher at mid-afternoon. Buenos
Aires closes at noon today and was
&c up shortly before the close.
Winnipeg July and Kansas City July
sold on even terms Tuesday, putting
the latter on an export basis. This
leads many traders to believe that
the turn in the long decline has
come.
Corn Stronger
Premier Benefits statement Tues
day night was viewed as conStruc-
tive, at least as far as Canada was
concerned. It centers on a COM
bine of moneyed interests to estab-
1ish a revolving fund for the use
of the farmers. No fixed level WAS
set, Premier Bennett stating that sit
would be unwise to fix a price as
Canada could not hope to absorb
its surplus on a purely domestic
basis"
Corn has strengthened on the
continued good cash demand and
the light receipts. Local industries
which have been out of the market
for the last few days are expected
to return after the turn of the year.
Oats trade has been dull and the
fluctuations wholly guided by the
trends in the other pits.
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Births
Girls

GIFTS
Daniel and Mabel Morarity. 1854 West
Thirteenth.
Raymond and Efie Carter. Christian
hospital
Emanuel and Mary Lorian, 61s East
Market.
Glider and Florence Horton. 1923 North
Mount.
Milton and Mary Allen. 211 Spring.
James and Adele Leeds, 1921 Wade.
Boys
Ernest and Beatrice Huber 400 West
Raymond
Kenneth and Louiene Sever, 2112 Wood
lawn.
Donald and Ethel Nield, 1861 Harvey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
City's Air Future Bright
Tinted Press

By Untteu fTo80
CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. g.
Testimony of aviation experts that
charleston is located ideally as a
proposed American terminus of a
transatlantic air mail service and
also is at one end of the shortest
air line across the United States,
san Diego being the other termi-
ms has resulted in dreams of this
citv as the aerial crossroads Of
America"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31

World lead production amounted 10
145,107 short tons in November against
1896 in October and 14S,506 in Sep
TENDER. according to American Bureau
Of Metal statistics.
Third Avenue Railway November net in
come $12.079 after taxes, changes and full
interest on adjustment income bonds
against net loss S40,059 in November. 1929.
Five months net income 500, against
net loss s17S.836 in like 1929 period.
United States Freight Company omitted
quarterly dividend of rs cents due at this
time.
New York Federal Reserve bank made
NO announcement on rediscount rate which
is per cent.
During week ended Dec 81 Wabash Rail-
way handled $1,000 revenue cars against
1895 in preceding week and 1924 in like
1923 week and Frisco handled ii 3l9 reve-
nue. cars against 1927 in previous week.
October automobile financing totaied
$S1, 5OS,844. advanced on 201. 458 cars by
49e automobile financing organizations
against $50, 466,172 on 219.677 cars In
September and S126,59O. 900 on 27S,25S
cars in October. 1929. commerce depart
ment reports.
Value of all manufactured products in
1929 was 500 All, SIS 28. an increase of
1917 per cent over 1927 last preceding CEN
Sus year commerce department reports.
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By United Press
In the Air

Weather conditions in the air at
9 a. M:
Southwest wind, IA miles an
hour; barometric pressure, 1908 at
sea level; temperature, %; ceiling
unlimited; visibility, 10 miles;
field, good, one inch snow.
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By United Press

CINCINNATI. O., Dec. s1.-Butter steady;
creamery in tub lots according to score
27@30c; common score discounted, 2@3c;
8. 1Oc: butter fat. 2S@25c. realistically;
cases included; extra firsts. SIC: firsts, 26c
seconds. csc; nearby ungraded. acc. Live
at heavy. discount: fowls lbs. and over
18c: lbs. and over. Ice; lbs. and over
13c: Leghorns. lbs. and over, 13c; roost.
ers. 13c; capons. lbs. and over. 30c;
under 8 lbs. 26c; slips. 21c; stays, lac;
colored fryers over 3 lbs. 22c: over lbs.
22c: broiiers colored 1K lbs. and over 2Ic
15c:. roasting chicks. 4 lbs. and over 26c
black SpringerS, 15c.
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By United Press

:. CHICAGO. Dec. sl.-Eggs !. Market
seconds 12@15c. Butter-Market. easy;
receipts. $3.50 tubs; extras. 27lsc; extra
firsts. 26h@27c; frsts. 25@26c: seconds
24@241sc; Standards, TIC Poultry-Mar-
ket, weak; receipts cars; fowls. lac;
springers. zoe; Leghorns.. lac; ducks. ale;
geese. tic; turkeys. 25630c; ROSTERS, 14c
16s4c; Potatoes-On track 143; arrivals
AZ; shipments. 1853; market. steady; Wis
consin sacked Round Whites, .55@1.70:
McClpres, branded. $2@2.05.
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By United Press

CLEVELAND. Dec. 1-Hogs-Receipts.
1900: followers. II; bulk. mostly 15@25c
lower; light lights and pigs $50; 16o-25o
heavier butchers downward to So and I'M
der; rough sows mostly $6.75; stays. S..
Cattle-Receipts $50; market. low; steers
part of decline; common light steers. $7.l0
M8: fat cows around $5Q6; cutter grade
around $3G4. mostly: Receipts.
@i3.50; common to medium. $10112: culls
downward to SO and under; Sheep-zRe-
upward to $S75 and SO on better grade
lambs: most throwouts, $7@7.50: merely
good fat ewes. $3.50.
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Other Livestock
BIZ United Press

S 55o esSon pea ar,cs .5g ,5ssse
weights above 400 lbs. lighter weights, is
case lower: top. 1910; bulk. 10000 lbs.
s:77ssSSgs: 2 1880 lbs: $s7a3g6o@5sa5; Rigs:,
g s t sSt @eS Sf $3.50 Hd choice iced ssS
$50 lbs. good and choice. s74o&s: heavy
weights. 250-350 lbs. good and choice. $40
@7:6O: packing sows. 275-500 lbs. medium
and good. s6;35Q6.s5: slaughter pigs. 100
Receipts. $500 calves, 1000; about
steady on fed steers and yearlings and
she stock: bulls, weak vealers. about
steady; best yearlings. Sl3.. and weighty
beeves. $12. Slaughter cattle and vealers
iS s SSoGSS IBIS IBIS good AND AND s chOcs
ss5o@i4 IS: isoo-15oo lbs. good and
choice. $9@13.75: 600-13oo lbs. common
and medium; $6.25 10; heifers. 55o-S50
medium. s5Gs: cows. good and choice.
s5.25Q7;25; common and medium s4d 5.25;
low cutter and cutters. S3M4: bulls. year
lings. excluded good and choice beef, $5Gl
6.25: cutter to medium. SAC 1855: vealers,
milk fed. good and choice, slo@l2s so
1880 stocker and feeder cattle--SteerF,
mon and medium. s5.5O@7 sheep-Re-
ceipts. 1000; fairly active: mostly strong
lambs: early sa@s: 10; TOP: ss;sss;. some
ewes. s250@3.50: lambs. 90 lbs. down. good
and choice. s7G8.4o; medium. 1907: all
weights. common, s4.75M6: ewes. 90-I50
R S med dS an t c ehHSs s2GsS feed
ing lambs. 5o-75 lbs. good and choice,
$6.75G7.50.
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1858; Amsterdam. 1909 italy. e2.7S5;
Berlin, 20.395.
General Tire g. Rubber Company year
ended Nov. 30, profit S7S2,597 after
charges, but before federaI>taxes agains.
$1,97O,O00 in previous year. Declares
extra digidend of 81 on common payable
Jan. 1. record Dee. 20.
New York Westchester and Boston No
vember deficit after changes SIZE, 45),
against $3.50 500 in November. 1929. Eleven
months deficit. $1,ss,3ss against sl'724'eSo.
Walter P. Chrysler estimates 1881 auto
output at 1000. 900 cars against 3,o0Ooo
in 1890. Estimates stocks OF new cars on
United Aircraft and Transport effective
Jan. l. will reduce passenger rates TO
OF S.3 to 10 cents.
Gulf Coast Lines .eleyen months net $I :9
share against $6;78 snare In nrs1
eleven months OF 1879.
international Great Northern eleven
months net loss s509.347 after taxes and
fixed charges. but before adjustment bono;
interest. against net income $609 $50. equal
to 3.58 per cent on $l1,Ooo OoO. per c ceno
adjustment income bonds In Ike 1879
period.
Engineers Public Service Company year
end Nov 80, net S2.74 a share on 1872
lis. average common share outstanding.
against 1884 a share on l,624,s49 shares
in preceding year.
Stock of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Inc.
in hands of brokers on Dec. l6. amounted
to less than 100000 shares out of total
capital of slightly over $4,000 shares.
Domestic crude oil production in week
ended Dec. 27s averaged 2: l26. $50 barrels
daily. lowest point since July. 1929, and
and 480 $50 below like 1929 week, Ameri-
can Petroleum Institute reports. Case
line stocks increased 10000 barrels to
80. 1913. 900.
Paper and Paper products exports In
1890 estimated at 20 per cent below 1929,
but expected TO surpass five-year average
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
( Local Wagon Wheat

City grain elevators are paying sec for
No L red wheat and &C for No. hard
wheat
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Other Livestock
By United Press

EAST BUFFALO. Dec. s1.-Hogs-Re-
mostly to. slippers: generally steady; de-
sirable. 10000 lbs. s8.75dS.S5: weights.
SISSY asosoo srR bsS ssio6s25 pa aoS
ing sows. $6.50G7.25. Cattle-Receipts,
325: nothing done on steers: COWS, fully
Steady: cutter grades. $22564. Calves
Receipts. $50; vealers. unchanged, $3.50
down. Sheep-Receipts. 500; holdoyers,
500: lambs. generally Csc under Monday s
average good to choice. native and fed
westerns. S8.5098.75: mixed offerings. $50
835; medium kinds and strong weights,
SITS; throwouts. S6.75.
By United Press
TOLEDO. Dec. S1.-Hogs-Receipts. 300;
market. steady to 10c higher; heavies,
$7.5o@7.75; mediums, $4,000: workers,
ceipts, light; market. steady; calves. re-
ceipts, light: market, strong. Sheep-Re-
ceiptS, light; market, slow.
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Average Stock Prices

Average of thirty industrials for Tues
day was $1,000. up 2.93. Average of
twenty rails was 96.05. up 2.61. Average
age of forty bonds was 94.72. UP .13.
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Net Changes

By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Closing
prices and net changes on principal
stocks traded today on the New
York Stock Exchange follow:
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swine MARKET
OFF Is CENTS
AT CITY YARDS
Slaughter Classes Steady in
Cattle Mart; Veal
Prices Up.

Hogs showed evidence of slight
demand today at the Union Stock
yards, prices being generally 5 to
Is cents lower. The bulk, 100 to
300 pounds, sold for $3.50 to $3.50,
the latter figure holding as the
early top. Receipts were estimated
at 5000; holdovers were 140.
Slaughter classes were about
steady in the cattle market. Re-
ceipts numbered TOO. Vealers were
so cents higher, selling at $13 down.
Calf receipts were 500.
Lambs were strong to Is cents
higher with an early top of 1925
recorded. Receipts were 800.
Chicago hog receipts were $1,000,
including 5000 direct. Holdovers
numbered 1000. Asking was around
10 cents higher than Tuesdays
average. Few sales and bids on light
lights around steady. Some 100 to
2o0-pound weights $3.50 to $50.
Best light lights held higher. Cat
tie receipts were $500 and calves
1000. The market was steady.
Sheep receipts, 5000; market strong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
DOzU-JOneS Summary

London, New York cables opened at
4.85 1892. against 4.85 9-16; Paris checks
1858; Amsterdam, 1902; Italy. 92.735;
Berlin, 20.395.
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according to commerce department. Figures
So, 948,261.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
BIZ United Press

q 100: Sow. 55Gs5c Sc lower; soSs Soc Oh:
10000 lbs. $S.5oGs.s5;' 2oo-24o lbs.
s8.25Gs.5o:. 240-3Oo lbs, $s@s,25; good
sows, $6.15@7. Cattle-Receipts, so;
steady; common to medium steers sos;
low cutter to medium COWS, S2.50@4.5o:
calves, receipts, 1855; fully steady; choice
vealers, SIS freely; medium to good kinds,
S8612. Sheep-Receipts. $50; steady; good
to choice fat lambs, $8@8.75; aged wethers,
$4.25 down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
Bank CIearings

NEW YORK STATEMENT
Dec. 81
Federal Res. Bnk. Cr Bal ... lo4 ,oo0, 900
TREASURY STATEMENT
Dec. 81
E EsI 6dianSs for Dec 3a9
Customs. reefs. month to date 29,203, 498.2
CHICAGO STATEMENT
Dec. 30
Clearings ...,....... se4 400 ono
Balances Observation-Disclosures. 700 mn
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BIZ United Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-Flour-Dull and
P035sEsMiDSll:+ mess $500 sdo i steadS
Steady. special to extra, 4K@4Iac Pota-
toes--Firm; Long Island. $l.75G4 barrel
southern. s5@7;5o barrel; Maine. s3@3.75
7Oc@Ss75 barrel: Idaho sacks 45cG5.
Sweet .potetoes--Ffrm: southern baskets.
$160@2; Jersey basket. 75c@$2.5O. Dressed
chickens. goa sec: capons, 25G44c; fowls
14@27c; ducks. 13@23c; ducks. Long Is.
land, 21@22c. Live poultry-Firmer:
37c;. turkeys. $50 40c: ROSTERS. 146l5c:
chickens. 21@29c; capons. % q Acc: broilers.
35@47c; Cheese-steady; state whole
milk, fancy to specials, 19@22lzc; young
Americas. l7A@2lc.
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BIZ United Press

CLEVELAND, Dec Strawberries
poultry. no market today. Potatoes-Maine
Green Mountain, $3.50 few $3.50 per 100
f00-lb. sack
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By United Press

Receipts, $4,000: market. weights below 100
lbs. steady to 15c lower; little action on
others; most 12O-170 lbs. s8.25@8.35; few
835: sows. $64Om675. CattleMReceipts,
1000: calves. 1000; market. sters slow.
barely steady; yealers steady to Csc lower
at Sl325; medium bulls strong: other
classes steady; few steers. s7.75G8.65; top
sausage bulls. $3.50. Sheep-Receipts.
1000; market steady: bulk. lambs. to pack
common throwouts. 5$@5.5o: fat ewes,
S3.75 down.
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Produce Markets

Eggs tCountrv Runl-Loss of delivered
in Indianapolis. zoe: henery quality No. /
Csc: No. %. 15c.
Poultry iBuving Pricesl-Hens. weigh
ing 5 lbs. or over. TIC: under S lbs, i5c:
Leghorn. hens. lie: springers. lbs. or
over. Ice: or under S. lbs. 15c: ducks.
full feather fat white, lie: geese. lie.
These, prices. are for No. top quality
quoted BY Kingan q Co.
2. 30@3lc
Butterfat-27c.
Cheese Wholesale selling price per
oundl-American loaf. 31c: pimento loaf.
Sec: wisconsin flrsts. 27c: Longhorns. sac:
New York Limberger. ACC.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31
En- Times Special

LOUISVILLE sNyI! Ky; Dee: sl. +!
SITS; 175-s25 lbs. $835; 130-l75 lbs.
$40; 100 lbs. down. $780, roughnss. $50:
ket steady prime heavy steers. $s.5O@
1880: heavy shipping steers. s7.5o@8.50;
medium and plain steers, $e@7.5o; fat
$4@5.5o; medium to good cows $4,000:
cutters. $3@3.50; Gamers $2@2.75: bulls.
s3.50@5: feeders. $6.50@7.50; stockers. "a
higher: good to choice. S9.50M1050; me-
diums $7@8.so: common to medium, $3.50
M650. Sheep-Eeceipts, so; market steady;
eve and wether lambs. So: buck lambs. 81;
seconds. SIS down: clipped sheep $2@3.
Tuesdays Shipments Cattle. none: calves.
none; hogs. 14s; sheep. none.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-31

New York Westchester and Boston Nc
yember deficit after changes $216, 45j,
against $3.50 500 in November. 1929. Eleven
months deficit $1,ee,393. against 81, 724, $780,
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Bu United Press

CINCINNATI. Dec. s1.-Hogs-Receipts.
slow. mostly ioc higher on I5o-22o-lb.
averages at $500: heavier weights very
uneven: mostly steady to weak some 220-
So; 3OO-lb. averages around SITS; l20-140
lbs. mostly $8.25; sows steady to weak;
spots Csc lower at $3.50 to mostly $6.75.
steady: odd lots of lower grade steers and
heifers, $6@l7.75; more desirable kinds up
ward to SO; small lot of well finished
yearlings $11.50; most beef COWS. $5@6;
bulk low cutters and cutter cows. $3.50
AIS; bulls. Sc down vealers. steady; good
and choice, $11.50@12.50; lower grades
slI down. Sheep-Receipts 250 mostly
steady: some weakness on heavy lambs
better grade handy weight lambs. $500
medium. s6.5o07.50; fat ewes, s2@3.
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By United Press

By United Press
ket. steady; ioo-i4O lbs Sc; i4o-16o lbs,
S8:15: 16o-1so lbs. So; 10000 lbs $3.50;
oo-225 lbs, $780, Co. 22 rs lbs, $7.65; 2Soo
lbs. $7.25; roughs. 1928: stays. $3.50
calves. $12.5o; lambs, $3.50; no market
Thursday.
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Walter P. Chrysler estimates 1881 auto
output at 1000 900 cars against 3,50O0o
in 1880 Estimates stocks Of new cars on
hand at 35 to 40 per cent below year ago.
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Stock of Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Inc;
in hands of brokers on Dec. Is. amounted
to less than 100 600 shares out of total
capital of slightly over $4,000 shares.
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Engineers Public Service Company year
end Nov 80 net S2.74 a share on 1892
lis average common share outstanding.
against 1884 share on l,624,849 shares
in preceding year.
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United Aircraft and Transport effective
Jan /, will reduce passenger rates TO
1910 cents a mile from previous range
OF 8.3 to 10 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
Strength of Oil Shale

THE quantity of oil in Oil shale seems to
have a direct effect on the tensile strength
of the shale and, strangely, the greater the
content of oil the stronger the shale seems
to be-
Tests carried on by Federal experts in Co
operation with University of Colorado experts,
indicate that when the oil content runs
around 40 to As gallons per ton of shale, the
shale breaks down under pressures between
1900 and 1900 pounds per square inch.
Shales containing around IS gallons of oil
failed at pressures around $4,000 pounds
On the other hand, an Australian shale
yielding $50 gallons Of Oil failed at $1,000
pounds pressure. or approximately the average
of the 4O-45 gallon shale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01

IDENTIFY makes-er-a collection Of marble shaw
tngs Nothing in her pocketbook?"
only the bank-notes: they have the stamp
Of the Central Bank on their backs We should
be able to trace EN- easily
Mr. Reeder returned to his Office and, locking
the door, produced a worn pack OF cards from
drawer and played solitaire-whch was his
method of thinking intensely. Late in the
afternoon his telephone bell rang, and he rec
ognized the voice of Sergt. Mills.
The notes were issued three months ago to
Mr.. Teller" said the officer without preliminary
land they were given by him to his housekeeper,
Mrs. Wexford
oh indeed?" said Mr.. Reeder softly, and
added, after reflection:
And is Mrs. Jackeon' that lady?" he asked
Eyes, Telfer-peor little devil-nearly went
mad when told him she was under remand
dashed up to the Jail in a taxi to identify her.
The magistrate has granted bail, and she'll be
bound over tomorrow. Teller was bleating like
a child-Said she mad Gosh! that fellow
is scared of her-when I took him into the
waiting room at the jail she gave him one look
and he wilted. BY the way, we have had hint
about Dillingham; that may interest you. Do
you know that he and Telfer's secretary were
very good friends.
"Really?"
1.-THE chief has put Miss Belrnan under gen.
eral observation; there may be nothing to it,
but in cases like Billingham's it is very often
. matter of cherchez la femme!"
Dear me!' said Reeder.
He was not in court when the marble stealer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01

IT>EFERS Trust was in the hands Of the
hquidators, and the first meeting of credi-
tors had been called Sidney had by all &C
counts, been confined TO his bed, and from that
safe refuge had written a note to his secretary
asking that "all papers relating TO my private
affairs" should be burned. He had scrawled
q postscript: Can possibly see you on bust
ness before go?" The word go" had been
scratched out and retire" substituted Mr..
Reeder had seen that letter-indeed, all cor
reSpondence between Sidney and the office
came to him by arrangement with the hqui-
datorS.
1t was dusk when a big car drew up at the
gate Of the house. Before the driver could
descend from his seat, the door opened and
Sidney Teller almost out He carried
a suit case in each hand, and Mr.. Reeder rec
ognized the grip in which the housekeeper had
carried the stolen marble.
Reaching over, the chauffeur opened the
door of the machine and, f1inging in the bags,
Sidney followed hastily The door closed, and
the car went out of sight.
Mr.. Reeder crossed the road and took up
position very near the front gate waiting.
Dusk came. The house was in darkness, no
flash of light except a faint glimmer that
burned in the hail. no sound The woman was
still there-Mrs. Sidney Teller, nurse, COM
panion guardian and wife, Mrs Sidney Teller,
the hidden director of Telfers Consolidated,
Inasterful woman who, not content with marry
ing weakling 20 years her Junior, had applied
her maSterful but ill-equipped mind to the
domination of business she did not under
stand, and which she was destined to plunge
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was sternly admonished by the magistrate and
discharged. All that interested Mr.. J. G.
Reeder was to learn that the woman had paid
the mason and had carried away her marble
chips in triumph to the pretty little house where
Teller lived
She was the relict of college professor, and
had been left widow after two years of mar
rage. She had then entered the service of
Mrs. Teller, the mother of Sidney, and had
sole charge of the boy from his fourth year
When MRS. Teller died she had made the
woman sole guardian Of her youthful charge.
So that Rebecca Wexford had been by turns
nurse and guardian, and was now in control
of the young mans establishment
The house occupied Mr.. Reeder'S attention
to a considerable degree. It red brick
modern dwelling consisting of two floors. Be-
hind and beside the house large garden
which, at this season of the year, bare
of flowers. There was a long greenhouse be-
hind the garden.
He was leaning over the wooden fence, eye
ing the grounds through the screen of hedge
that overlapped the fence with a melancholy
woman come out. She was bare armed and
wore an apron. In one hand she carried q
dust pan, which she emptied into a concealed
ashbin, in the other was long broom.
Mr. Reeder moved swiftly out of sight Pres
emily the door slammed and he peeped again.
There was no evidence Of a marble path. All
the walks were Of rolled gravel
There was no sign Of Mr. Sidney Teller,
though the detective knew that he was in the
house.