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THE TRIBUNE — TUESDAY, Ai'KIL lath, i«37.
BACKED HEART CHURCH <J—0—0—-0—0— 0—0—0—O
Tuesday, Mass at 7 a.in. SICK LIST,
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Mass at 7:^5. Friday tne Norman Lumpkin, 5-yea r-
Mass will be lor Mrs. Joe'old son of Mrs. P. Castellow
A. Grahmann, deceased. of Ezzell, underwent an op-
Sunday, Mass at 7:30 and oration for Empyemia at the
10 o'clock. Alter late Mass, Dufner Hospital Sunday,
meeting ol' both Bohemian | Mr. o. T. East, of this
societies. . _ ! city, is ill at his home.
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SOUTH TEXAS FARM ! lau, is in the Renger Hospi-
WOMEN AND CLUB *—*---4
GIRLS IMPROVE YARDS
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Members of South Texas
home demonstration clubs
and 4-H clubs have been im-
proving their home surround-
ings by planting native and
nursery shrubs, Home demon-
stration agents from that
section report.
A trip to the woods re-
sulted in 5 coralberry, 2
youpon, 3 native cedar and 2
mountain laurel being plant-
ed around the home of Mrs.
W. P. Ward, yard demonstra
tor for the McCrosky home
demonstration club of Mata-
gorda county. The beds
were spaded deep and well
rotted manure had been ad-
ded before she went for the
shrubs, so that a few minu-
tes after she returned, all
the plants were set out.
tal for treatment.
Jim Slavik, of Schulen-
burg, is being treated at the
Renger Hospital.
Miss Christine Klimitschek
of near town, is confined in
the Renger Hospital for
treatment.
PRINCIPLES INVOLVED
IN COOKING
VEGETABLES
Vegetables cooked tender
in the shortest possible time,
in a small amount of water,
at a simmering temperature,
and then seasoned with care
are so appetizing in both col-
or and flavor that these prin-
ciples are worth our atten-
tion, according to Miss Helen
Najvar of the Brown Home
Demonstration Club.
The following suggestions
were found valuable by Miss
“I used cape jasmine, pri-; Najvar in cooking vegeta-
vet, native cedar, youpon, al-'bles:
thea, crepe myrtle, and wild j 1. Cook vegetables whole
peach as tall planting for the i when possible, then remove
corners and large wall spaces the pealing afterward. This
of ray house,” said Mrs. E.
R. Nolan, of the Salem-Ez-
zell home demonstration club
of Lavaca county, in discus-
sing the foundation planting
around her home. "These
are faced with lower grow-
ing plants such as lurks' cap,
lantana wild crepe myrtle,
and wild hydrangea.” Mrs.
Nolan now has 47 shrubs in
her planting and has 225 cut
tings in her cutting bed.
Club women and 4-H boys
and girls of Bexar county
recently made a field trip to j then cover the bottom with
the ranch of Frank Huntress, > about an inch of water,
who had granted permission | Bring this water to a merry
to study native plants and j boil ; then add the salt—one
to secure specimens. Tne half teaspoonful for every
withholds the vitamin and
material cantent.
2. Scrape vegetables rath-
er than pare them because
much of the mineral content
is near the skin.
3. Baking is the best met-
hod for conserving food
value. The next best met-
hod is steaming. Such vege-
tables as beets, carrots, par-
snips, lend themselves to this
method. Choose one of
your sauce pans that hold
the vegetables comfortably;
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FUNERAL
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Mrs. Alvin Appelt.
Just a few hours alter she
was suddenly stricken ill
Mrs. Alvin Appelt closed her
eyes in death at her home,
southeast of town, late Sat-
urday night. Mrs. Appelt
Had apparently been in good
healtn, collapsing while at
work during the day, Satur-
day. A physician was sum-
moned but to no avail, all
medical assistance proved use
less.
The funeral procession left
her late home Monday morn-
ing at 9:00 o'clock and ser-
vices were held at the Sac-
red Heart Church at 9:30,
Reverend G. Kuratko, ol
Sweet Home, officiating. In-
terment took place in the Ca-
tholic cemetery.
Mrs. Appelt, nee Sobotik,
was born in this county in
the year 1898 and spent her
entire life here. In the year
1923, on November 5th, she
was married to Alvin Appelt.
This union was blessed witn
three children, all of whom
are living. At the time of
her deatn she had reached
the age of 39 years, 3
months and 10 days.
She leaves to mourn her
going, her husband, three
children, Dorothy, Forest and
Charlene; four brothers, Jul-
ius, Robert and Louis Sobo
tik, of Hallettsville, and Ru-
dolf Sobotik, of Schulenburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Alois Ha-
vel and Mrs. Paul Henneke,
of Hallettsville, and Miss Ag-
nes Sobotik, of Dallas.
Pallbearers were; Louis
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PERSONAL
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Hemy Hermes returned
home after serving 6 months
in the tree army in Colorado 1
Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Van
Wagner returned to their
home in Mathis, Texas, after
visiting here for several days
with relatives.
J. N. Cook Hy. Pospisil
and Attv. Durell Miller, all
of Yoakum, were business
visitors here Monday morn-
ing.
Co Judge Paul H. Fertsch,
Co. Clerk J. F. Bozka and
family and Co. Treasurer J.
G. Konvicka and family were
among those who attended
the Shiner celebration Sun-
day.
Mrs. C. T. Dufner and
Miss Alienia Lay spent Mon-
day in San Antonio.
Mrs. D. A. Paulus, of our
citv, in company with her
son, Dist., Atty and Mrs. Hy.
Paulus, of Yoakum attended
the Shiner celebration Sun-
day.
John Lamar Stavinoha, of
Houston, arrived here Fridav
evening to visit with his par-
ents, Judge and Mrs. C. L.
Stavinoha.
Carl Hemmi, of St. Mary’s
University at San Antonio,
was a week end visitor here.
Z*T- USE THE TRIBUNE'S
CLASSIFIED SECTION TO
GET RESULTS. TRY IT I
WANT ADS
Quality Baby Chicks
White Leghorn baby chicks
from our birds. Will sell
them al .special discount in
May and June, if you book
order now. You are welcome
to visit yuv farm, or write
OLD SWEET HOME
WHITE LEGHORN FARM
/ Rl. 4, box 226
/ Hallettsville, Tex.,
1 I'iione 907-21 (24-4w)
(2c.|>er word first time, lc every subsequent
insertion, paid-in advance,)
- IToinisnrv Notes with XT' Rosenberg’s Store llal-
Mortgage clause lor sale at, .tfaville bundles everything
the Tribune tiffifce. ! staple and fancy groceries,
-------. ■ i , • candies, sodawaters, cigars,
BABY CHICKS I tobaccos and cigarettes. Pay
„ash lor eggs, chickens and
Specials On Baby
Chicks
Several
citizens were arrested and
fined for violating the Liquor
Laws. Lucas Rehment of
____Moulton for maintaining a
Menking, Hy. Hessler, Oscar common nuisance pled guil-
Read our bargains on
chicks.—All chicks Blood-
tested for B. W. D. (Bac-
teria White Diarrhoea) Selec-
ted for size and quality will
be sold for $6.00 per 100
while they last. This spe-
cial is lor a short time only,
therefore take advantage of
this oiler and book your or-
j der today by mail or tele-
Lavaca County Phone or call at hatchery.
H 1 N E R
SEVERAL ARRESTED
FOR LIQUOR VIOLATIONS
Strong* healthy, fine qual-
ity chicks from leading
breeds for April and May,
deliveries;
Book your orders for
chicks, and custom hatching
of chicken and turkey eggs
in advance.
Also cairv a full line of
Red Chain feeds and Gold
Chain Flour.
Al*) poultry remedies.
Cash buyers of eggs, chic-
kens, and turkeys.
Buv and test cream on
Wednesday and Saturdays.
Rainosek’s Hatchery,
Sweet Home, Tex. (24-3)
country produce. Try us! x
IW-Old windows lor sale
cheap, various sizes, large
supply f-om old building.
At the Tribune office.
Ugr* Want to trade or sel).
If you have anything to tiade
or’sell or buy, put your adv.
’to this larger classified sec-
of The Tribune. ,
.JF* Marik insurance Agency
All kinds of insurance, live-
stock, cotton, fire, windstorm
casualty, farm dwellings,
barns, feed. J. I. Marik & C.
. Marik, East Bernard, Tex
‘Baby Chicks—High qual-
;:i; j ery every Monday at reduced
j jty baby chicks at the hatch
GLASSES FITTED
Diamond—Watches
Jewelry
JOHN II. BEKNING
Jeweler & Optometrist
fc 123 E. Main Cucro, Tex |
’XT’ Stop llmf itching. If you
re bothered by the ilclling
!’ Athletes Foot, Efczema,^
itch or Ringworm, MalleUs-“
•’tile Drug Store, Hadettaville
t’exas, will sdi you a jar of
-lack Huwk Ointment on a
Marantee to lull the itch,
.•rice 50c and $1.00._(x
Help Your Kidneys. If
.unctional Kidney or biadder
disorders cause getting up *
nigttls, backache, disturbed
deep, dizziness or rheuma-
tism pain, Hallettsville Drug
Store will sell you a box of
Turner’s Juno Tablets on a
guarantee. Price 50c. $1.00 (x
mr-Protcct your car’s finish $
by having it waxed. Have P
done at the Humble Service
Station where satisfaction is
guaranteed. 1 gal. Flit, bulk,
without can $1.80. Flit spray
wilj oof stain. Cheap enoug.i
.o use it on Dairy cattle.
HUMBLE SERVICE STA.
Clias. Hrneir, mgr.
Hallettsville, Tex.
ft i
IP
jM prices. Pedigree white leg- .lave your eyes examined an 1
$ | horn chicks from hens with glasses correctly fitted by
g; individual trap nest records II. R. THULEMEYKR
' of 250-324 eggs yearly. Bring The Optometrist of
custom/liatching on Satur-' Flatonia, Texas
davJSflers Hatchery, Halletts [Charges Reasonable and sat-
viikC Texas. isfaction guaranteed.
Einkauf, J. G. Konvicka, Jno.
Ijeopold and Frank Klekar,
Jr.
300 persons present repre-
sented 25 women’s and girl’s
clubs. Some 3,000 plants of
47 varieties were dug
balled to plant.
cup of water used—and next
the vegetables. Put the
cover back on, quickly bring-
and ’ing the water back to boil-
ing. Let simmer until just
A demonstration on mak- tender but no more. Too
ing rose gardens was the (vigorous boiling will destroy
subject of the meeting of I minerals and vitamins as well
17 Bexar county home dem- [ as ruin the texture,
onstration clubs. Among 4. Steaming is not So satis-
the points stressed in the!factory a method for cook-
demonstration was location j mg green vegetables because
of the garden, which should the color is affected,
Mrs. Ben Arnim
Relatives here received the
sad news, Monday morning,
of the death of Mrs. Ben Ar-
nim, of Houston, a former
Hallettsville resident.
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ty in two cases and was fin-
ed in each $10 and costs of
court. Liquor charges filed
against: Grover Ponton of
Ezzell manufacturing of
liquor: Jos Welfel of Shiner,
possession of unstamped j
liquor; Otto Renken of Shi-!
ner possession of unstamped
liquor; Ed. E. Mikulik of I
Moulton, possession of un-
stamped liquor; Frank Rose-
nauer of Witting, maintain-
ATCHERY and
0ULTRY FARM
W. L. HENKHAITS
Shiner Tex. Phone 57
THE GARDEN . By .
MURDER CASE s. s.v.nDin.
Copyright S. S. Van Dine
WNU Srrvire
FARMERS MEETING
SOCIAL
The annual Junior-Senior mg a common nuisance,
banquet of the Hallettsville
High School was held at the
k ink hotel, Saturday night /ji the farmers of the Bila
a ^ m‘ , | Horn school meet on Thurs.,
The program lor the even- A . 15, and those of Rab
ing was as lollows: Toast ol ,Switch vicinity at the Rab
Welcome by Joe Goode, mas-! glitch' school house on Fri-
ter of ceremonies; Toast lo,dav Ar. 16 _ There will
Seniors by Adele Rutji Poeh|be onjy une meeting at these1
and response by Evelyn resoective schools, so don't
, • .u' • j , . 15 When boiling1 vegetables fimm. Entertainment was. wait for a later one. At these
be in the side or back areas; D0111!11f vegetables, (funushed by Almi Louise1
except strong flavored ones’ JU11Ushecl >,v , , “°luse meetings vour 1937
v.,w ---— — — i- - cepe si ig lav iea ones,^ j QUitta, song and tap dance; Liu,foa wjji piiiod
ferred, a rich sandy loam; use only a small amount >f L song bv bthe Melody Trio,'S,leet3 W1" ° '
■ /\C v/\nnn aliiin/l 4a ! V\ dlCF} 3llCl USfci LlUS Wcll/Gr* 1 1 If T~» . 1. t
the type of soil to be pre-
varieties of roses suited to j
the locality; study of roses'
from colored charts; arrang-
ing roses in the bed so that
the foliage will shade the
I ^ Tb A ! Paula Marie Poch, Virginia
left in making soup and Tjmm and Lillian Moore Al-
len; seleclions on the trum-
pet by Claude Eissler. All
sauces.
6. Strongly flavored vege-
tables and green vegetables
roots; planting and pruning as cabbage, caulillower,
the roses to three or four
vigorous stems; and care of
the rose bed.
VARY THE WAY
OF PREPARING
CANNED GOODS
A new reripe used by Mrs.
Henry Van Dyke of the Wen-
zel-Pilot Grove Home Dem-
onstration Club caused much
favorable comment from
members of her family.
Mrs. Dyke placed a layer
of canned string beans in a
greased baking dish. Over
this she sprinkled a layer of
bread crumbs. Then she
poured over this mixture a
tomato sauce. Layers were
added alternately until the
baking dish was full. She
baked the mixture for 15 or
20 minutes in a moderate
oven and served it hot. Her
tomato sauce recipe was as
follows:
1 can tomatoes, 1 tsp. salt,
4 tbsp. fat, 1 small onion, 14
tsp. pepper, 1 tbsp. flour.
' Cook tomato, onion and
Reasoning 10 minutes. The
JJjfomatoes may or may not be
Strained. Proceed in making
a White sauce using the tom-
ato juice in place of milk.
and turnips are best boiled
with the cover off.
were accompanied by Mrs.
Jimmie Strole on the piano.
William Eissler and Rosa-
lie Renger acted as host and
7 Greens mav bo cooked e renger acteu as mum anu
in the water which clings toihostess at this Sala affair ut
the leaves in a tightly cover-
ed vessel.
8. The addition of soda
to vegetables to hasten their
softening or to preserve the j 11 —WEDDINGS—
color causes destruction of
which over folly students
and teachers were in atten
dance.
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causes
the vitamins unless as small
amount as one-eighth tea-
spoonful] is added to one qt.,
of water.
As examples of the length
of time necessary to cook
vegetables, greens mav be
cooked in 5-8 minutes, snap ____________ ....
beans 20-30 minutes, cabbage (at 8:30 o’clock.
(quartered), 10-15 minutes, | Witnesses were Edward
I]
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Schott-Lux
Miss Ottilia Lux, of Schu-
lenburg, became the bride of
Louis Schott Jr., of this city,
in a quiet wedding ceremony
performed by Reverend Leo
Goertz at the rectory in
Schulenburg. Saturday night
young carrots 15-20 minutes,
and fresh peas and okra 10-
20 minutes.
WHY A COVER
PROTECTOR
COOKING SCHOOL FOR
HOME DEMONSTRATION
CLUB WOMEN
On Tuesday, March 13, at
2 P. M. at the Methodist
church annex, in Hallettsville
there will be a cooking school
on interesting meat cookery, _____
savory vegetable dishes, milk j with a small rolled hem^bv
hnd egg products, and serv-1 machine. She tacked the
ing of various fruits in a protector on the ton the
variety of ways. Four mem-, blanket, letting the same a-
bers and the president are to1 mount extend over the top
attend. Other rmmivrs are ns underneath,
vto.i' l so. j ‘ When this gel' eri. J
Having a cover protector
on your comfort, blanket, or
quilt certainlv saves much
hard washing, according to
Evelyn Berger, bedroom dem
onstrator of the Charlotten-
burg Girls’ 4-H Club. Cover
seldom gets dirty except
where it is pulled up around
the neck, and a small piece
ol cloth is much easier wash-
ed than a heavier piece of
cover, she said.
Evelyn has made a protec-
tor to go on her blanket, by
using a piece .of sack ma-
terial eighteen inches by sev-
enty-two inches, the width of
her blanket. The sides with-
out salvages were finished
Lux, brother of the bride,
and Miss Edna Haidusek.
Following the ceremony a
lunch was served at the
home of the bride’s parents.
The young man is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schott,
Sr., of here, while the young
lady is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Lux, of
Schulenburg. She was at-
tractively attired in a travel-
ing suit of smoke blue rough
crepe with accessories to cor-
respond.
The newlyweds are making
their new home in our citv
in the Roznovsky place, north
of town. — The Tribune ex-
tends hearty congratulations
and best wishes to the happy
couple.
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BIRTHS
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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J.
Morisak, of Sweet Home,
are the parents of a baby
girl born Sunday evening.
work
out.
Bring your 1936 measure-
ment sheets, if you had your
farm measured last year and
your 1935 contract, if you
had any. If you don't pre-
sent your work plan for 1937
now you can’t get it in lat-
er. There is nothing com-
pulsory about it. If you
don't comply with the work
sheet this year, there is no
penalty, so you have nothing
to lose. But you may expeci
benefits if you comply. —
Your Committeeman, Fred
Henneke.
CARD OF THANKS
Our heartfelt thanks to all
of you for so many expire,
sions of sincere sympathy
with us when death so un-
expectedlv deprived us of our
beloved wife and mother.
Our special thanks to Rev.
Fathers Bauer, Kuratko, Leo-
pold and Mtirski for the ser-
vices, sermon. prayers; to
the Choir/ for singing an i
the Christian Mothers So-
ciety for the prayer and at-
tendance,) as well as to all for
the floral offerings.
Your kindness and love.
in the hour of our unspeak j F'hom
able sorrow will always be
remembered together wii h
the sweet nemories with
her beautiful example >f
Christian wife and mother-
hood left to us.
—Joe A. Grahmann and
children.
Tired? Worn out? "Half
fciA”? Try l’ursang. It con-
tains copper and iron com-
pounds that help build red
blood corpuscles.
Take l’ursanp a few day*
Bnu see how much better you
feel. In a week or more you
will nardly believe you are the
saline person.
kAhANEK & RENGER
/ DRUG STORE
/The Rexall Drug Store
Hallettsville, Texas.
CHICKS
Reduced prices on a day
old and starter chicks of all
leading breeds. All from..
blood-tested flocks.
Bring your eggs for custom
hatching ON MONDAY it
THURSDAY.
Sflieher Hatching &
Breeding Farm
SCHULENBURG, TEXAS
can take it off, wash it, press
it, and tack it hack on,” said
I v pi' r .
INSURANCE FOR OLDER
PERSONS
Ago Maximum
nearest Benefits
birthday (up to)
6 mo. to 10 yrs.-----$500
10 to 50----$1,000
51 to 60------85' i
61 to 70 -:--$250
The fee is $5.00, registra-
tion fee $1.00, contributions
$1.00 monthly. No medi; i j
examination required. If in-1
terested write to or sec J In |
A. Fabian. I*. O. Box 73,
lliillelts* illi Texas
847-F2 Phone
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TERRACING
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BLAINE & BQLECH
Yoakum, Ut. 2
2 miles north of Yoakum
on Iliway 72.
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w CHAPTER X—Continued
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"Tukc this, Sergeant, and have
it gone over carefully for finger-
prints. But if, as I suspect, the
same person that killed Swift han-
dled it. I doubt if there will be any
telltale marks on it. However . .
"This was a dastardly thing
Vance," Siefert burst out, his eyes
flashing.
"Yes. All of that, doctor. So was
Swift's murder . . . How are you
feeling now, Miss Beeton?"
“A little shaky,” she answered
with a weak smile. "But nothing
more." She was leaning against one
end of the settee.
“Then we'll carry on, what?"
"Of course,” she returned in a low
voice.
Floyd Garden stepped out from
the hallway at this moment. He
■ coughed.
“What's this beastly odor in 1ho
hall?" he asked. "It’s gotten down-
stuirs. Is anything wrong?”
"Not now. No,” Vance returned.
"A little bromin gas a few minutes
, ngo; but the air will be clear in
: a little while. No casualties. Every
I one doing well . . . Did you want
to see me?”
Garden looked round at the group
on the root with a puzzled air.
"Awfully soryy to interrupt you,
Vance; hut the fact is, I eamo for
the doctor." His eyes rested on Sie-
(ert, and he smiled dryly. “It’s the
usual thing, doe,” he said. "The
mater seems almost in a state of
collapse—she assured me that she
hadn't ar. ounce of strength left."
A worried look came into Siefert \s
yes
"I')l come ai once, of eoutse,” he
-aid He. looked at the nurse and
then lifted i,is gaze to Vance. ‘ WMl
you xeust me?"
Vane bowed. "Certainly, doi.-
ior. Hut niuk Miss Beelon had
better cm ii,. here in the air io-
■ while i iiigei."
iiefn ieft ,ht not iehieta.itij,
,/ith i iciai i iollowing hii■
Vm, 'v,ached then, unid they
(timed fi i ,i out.r i r the pi.,-
gewi, ( ■ he spoke io tit i nrse.
‘ Pleas: . i here ev» vein,
vliss ton. j want o have a tulK
.vith i1 a:, dot h st. V‘i !ik<- ■.
u two ith Mr. Hctniinl,
. Tht nurse nodded her assent mo
.at tiny. . lit.ti . .vo ily *4 h, «.i-
tee.
Vance beckoned u u i t i y to
Hummlc. "Suppose wc go inside
for ft moment."
Hamtnlc rose with alacrity. *T
was wondering how much longer
you gentlemen were going to s.eep
me here."
Vance led the way into the study,
and Markham and I followed be-
hind Hummlc.
"What were you doing on the loot.
Mr. Hammlo?” asked Vance. "I
told you some time ago, after
our brief interview, that you might
go."
Hamrnle fidgeted. He was pat-
ently upprehensive und wary.
"There’s no crime in going out
into the garden for a while—
is there?” he asked with unimpres-
sive truculence.
"None whatever,” Vance re-
turned cusually. “I was wonderin’
why you preferred the gardens to
going home. Devilish things have
been happening in the garden this
afternoon.”
"As I told you. I wish 1 had
gone. How did I know—?”
"That’s hardly the point, Mr.
Hanin lo.” Vance cut him short.
"It uoesn’t answer my ctucstion."
"Well now, look here." Hummlc
explained fulsomely; "I had Just
trussed a train lo Long Island, and
it was more than nn hour un*il the
next one. When I went out of here
and started to go downstairs, I sud-
I dcnly said to mysplf. Tt’H bo pleas-
anter waiting in Ihc garden than In
the Pennsylvania station. So I went
out on the roof anil hung around.
And here 1 am." _
Vance regarded the man shrewd-
ly and nodded his head.
“Yes, as you say. Here you are.
More or less in evidence. By the
by, Mr. Hammle, what did you see
while you were waiting in the gar-
den for the next train?"
"Not a thing — absolutely!
Hammle’s tone was aggressive. "I
walked along the boxwood hedges,
smoking, and was leaning over the
parapet ,by the gale, looking out at
the city, when I heard you come
out carrying the nurse.”
Vance narrowed his eyes: it was
obvious he was not satisfied with
Hammle's explanation.
"And you saw no one else either
in the garden or on the terrace?”
"Not a soul," the man assured
him.
"And you heard nothing?"
"Not until you gentlemen came
out.”
Vance stood regarding Hammle
for several moments. Then he
turned and walked toward the gar-
den window.
"That will be all for the mo-
ment,” he said brusquely. "But we
shall probably want lo see you to-
morrow."
"I'll be al home all day. Glad
to be of any service.” Hammle shot
a covert look at Vance, made his
adieux quickly, anil went out down
the passageway.
Vance returned nt once to the
garden. Miss Beeton drew herself
up a little as he approached her.
"Do you feel equal to a few ques-
tions?” he asked her.
"Oh, yes.” She smiled with more
assurance now, and rose.
As w< crossed iht garden to the
balustmde, Miss Heeton took a deep
breath and shuddeied .lightly.
You'd better have your coat,"
Vancf suggested. He etumed to
tn<. stud) ..ria brought u out o hei.
When iie had helped her into it she
turned sudder.1] rid looked at hir..
r.qulrmgly.
wh wa.- «i/ coa brought to the
iudy?” she asked.
Varna on. w, ; esuiiriuii. W«.
1 r 11 y o . - n.. 1 ■ cxpl.iii.ition. You
tv 1 lev ilvei.) tigurct if .ivvitt s
death. One of tman ve ail s»’ ' on
l la: oof i.ult —Lila 1 v*aS the OI1L
Pi vhicl tne (hap was killed Hi.t
no .tie to> list r ue. m .11,: iiui
bet ause ihe p >01 fellow rnet nis end
in rOofes or tit den’ii ; t..reror in
v lull—"
"Ah! That war why yon wanted
to know it the key ... , i-j ii» place."
The girl nodded,
"The shot we ail heard,” Vance
went or,, "was tired from nother
revolver utter Swift's oi dy had been
catried from the Vault and placed
in the chair out here. We were
naturally anxious to find that other
weapon, ind Sergeant Heath'made
a search for it . .
"But—but—m>* cout.'" Her hand
went out and uhe clutched at
Vance’s sleeve as a look of under-
standing camu into her frightened
eyes.
"Yes,” Vance said, "the Sergeant
found the revolver in the pocket of
your top-coat. Someone had put it
there as a temporary hiding-place.
She recoiled with a sudden intake
of breath.
"How dreadful!" Her words were
barely audible.
Vance pul his hand on her shoul-
dor.
"But it's loo terrible! . . . And
then this—this attempt on my life.
X can’t understand..I'm frightened."
"Come, come,” Vance exhorted
the girl. "It's over now, and we
need your help."
She gazed directly into his eyes
fot several minutes. Then she gave
hifn a faint smile of confidence.
"I'm very sorry," she said sim-
ply. "But this house—tills family—
they've been doing queer things to
my nerves for the past tnOhtb. I
can't explain it. but there’s some
thing frightfully wrong here ... 1
was in charge of an operating room
in a Montreal hospital for six
months, attending as many as six
und eight operations 11 day; but
that never affected me the way this
household does. There, at least, (
could see what was going on—I
could help and know that I was
helping. But here everything goes
on in dark corners, and nothing I
do seems to be of any use. . . .
But please don’t think I am not
ready to help—to do anything J can
for you. You. too, always have to
work in the dark, don’t you?”
"Don’t we all have to work in the
dark?" Vance murmured, without
taking his eyes from her. "Tell
me who yon thhik enuld have hoen
guilty of the terrible things that
have happened here.”
All fear and doubt seemed lo have
left the girl.
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CHAPTER XI
"Woode Swift's death wasn’t at
all the sort of thing I would expect
to happen here,” the nurse said.
"I wouldn't have been surprised at
some act of impulsive violence, but
this premeditated murder, so sub-
tle and so carefully planned, seems
alien to the atmosphere here. Be-
sides, it isn't a loving family, ex-
cept on the surface. Floyd Garden
is saner than the others. His in-
terests are narrow, to be sure, but.^
on his own mental level. He's de-
pendable, too, I think. He has al-
ways taken the course of ignoring
the existence of those qualities
which have caused friction between
the other members of the house-
hold.”
She paused and fitWIleJ.
"As for Mrs. Gulden. I ter} that
by nature she is shallow and is
deliberately creating for herself a
deeper and more complex mode of
life, which she doesn’t in the least
understand. That, of course, makes
her unreasonable und dangerous. I
hae never had a more unreasonable
patient. She has no consideration
whatever for others. Her affection
for her nephew has never seemed
genuine to me.”
“And Professor Garden?"
"He's a researcher and scientist,
of course, and. therefore, not alto-
gether human, in 'he 1 onventlonal
sense. 1 have thought ; ometimes
that he isn’t wholly ration*: "
1 What is your Impression oi the
guests who were present today 1"
Vance said.
“I don’t, feel competent io pass
judgment >n (hem," the girl re-
plied seriously. l can't entirely
understand them. Bui each, oneM
strikes tne as dangerous in i.is owc.^
way. They art ill playing 1 game
—and it seems io be a guinc with-
out rules. To them ihe outcome
justifies Ihe methods they us,.” ■ )'
"Yes, quite. You have elt-a." vi-
sion.” Vance scrutinized the girl
beside him. "And you took up
nursing because you arc able to
face the realities. You arc not
afraid of life—or of death.”
The girl looked embarrassed.
"You're making too much of my
profession. After all, I had to earn
my living, and nursing appealed to f
me." .>
"Yes, of course. It would.” Vance
nodded. "But tell me. wouldn't you
rather not have lo work for your
living?”
She looked up.
"Perhaps. But isn't it natural
for every woman to prefer luxury
and security lo drudgery and un-
certainty?” . (
"No doubt,” said. Vance. "And
•peakin’ of nursing, just what do
you think of Mrs. Garden’s condi-
tion?”
Miss Beeton hesitated before she
answered:
'Really, I don’t know what to say.
I can’t understand it. And I rather
suspect that Doctor Siefert himscll
Is puzzled by it. Mrs. Garden is
obviously a sick woman. She shows
many of the symptoms of that nerv-
ous, erratic temperament exhibited
by people sullering from cancer.
Though she's much better some
days than others, I know that she
suffers a greut deal. Doctor Siefert
tolls me she is really a neurologi-
cal case; but I get the feeling, at
(lines, that it goes much deeper-—
that an obscure physiological condi-
tion ii producing the neurological
symptoms she shows.'t
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