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HOUSE OF HATE

By Isabel

CHAPTER XVIII

Serena watched the doctor momt the stairs, with his little black in one ‘hand. Presently, she him trying various keys in the lock- ed door of her mother-ln-lawfls room.

Then, he leaned over the banis- ters and called d to her, "It's all right. The key to the linen closet has done the trick."

She sat down to wait, prayim that he_would flnd nothing amiss --that. his examination of the dead woman would prove Paul wrong.

A few minutes later. the front door opened and Alan came in.

"Hello. Serena. There's a saddle horse tied to the porch out there. Did somebody come?"

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us as reha spo e, lvliss Peas- rey came back into the hall from ‘l the kitchen.

"Alec Harry has come?" she ex- claimed. "uh, thank goodness! Where is he?”

“Upstairs in Mother Oomstocki room"

“I ' suppose Thurber sent him here?’ said Alan.

"Well-yes." Serena confirmed. "But, for some unknown reason, Thurber failed to tell him what had happened. He simply said there was trouble up here."

she went on to tell exactly what the doctor had told her.

“That's queer." said Alan. frown- ing. "Yet, surely Thurber must have notified the police, since Paul in- structed him to do so. They ought to be along any time now."

“Oh, I do hope Dr. finds

that Mother Conistock Just died of- 1n

oi heart failure or something," Ser- ena said. fervently. “If he does. then the police won't stay, will they, Alan? I mean, there'll be no need for an investigation."

"I shouldn't think so. Where's Paul?"

"out somewhere." ‘gut? was he sober enough to go on n Miss Peasleyi eyes widened. Why, what do you mean, Mr Leighton? Why should Paul be anything but sober? My sister never_ permitted anything but wines this house."

Alan made a wry faca. "when I

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mlde which I prescribed for her - but 1 do not behave she took that bromide last night. I believe she took an overdose of a. strong nar- cotic. However, as l said before. an autopsy will be necusary be- foio--"

Just then, Estelle! voice called from the upper hall.

“Dr. Harry! Will you come up- stairs a minute. please?"

Miss Peasley glanced swiftly at Selena. and Alan, then but her hand on the toi-‘s arm and raised herself on tlptoes to speak close to his ear.

"Alec-did Serena tell you about

— the arsenic?"

“What arsenic?"

"Dr. Harry!" Estelle called again.

"Yes, Estelle-I'll be right up," he

. n. in a lower tone, to

"I guess l'd better see

l wants. You can tell me a."

go up with you." she said fllilrckly- "The poor child may be

When she and the doctor had de- mltled. Serena stood looking at ‘"80 she was murdered?" Jfiilndnnxligltsoffi think th ona a Fstelle——-" s t "What does it matter what any of us thinks?" Alan broke in_ al- most harshly. "We shouldn't any of us leap to conclusions. The first thins to do ls to find out what nar- cotic was used and where it came from. Look, Serena — Mrs. Com. stock said last night that th seda- tive she usually took was a liquld I- EIBGII bottle. you know whether she ever took anything in tablet or capsule form?"

Why. yes. I think so. There were two or three little bottles of 519691113 medicine in the cabinet be-

de he bed."

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“Then the strong drug that Dr, Hlrry says she took could have been in one of those bottles, put there by the same person who tampered with her liquid sedative. She discovered something wrong in the latter case because of the change in color but, if her other slee n tablet

and cut down runs! | last. saw your two nephews, Miss dgtg

Adlpln L“ all" "c" wad ‘i Beasley, they were engaged in put- lceeps stocking threads e-l-a-s-t-iI-c ggwvmfigytg-le better pa“ or i‘ quart marble‘; Llgegostrlezcl; atmdcr strain IHLWDJSKGYX Where did they get PD rig n o runs. l

It removes perspiration acid "Mmderm I benw" u m9“ "9 ~ suiwly it-at a handsome profit." that rots rill: threads, causes runs A1911 ill-Tiled bu‘ Y0 sorely; ..

. '. “vs- f 6/” ’ 0M - s“. - 5w "Wait!" said Miss l stairs and set his bag on the table

and holes when left in stockings think in better go and look for chad went after him." "cnao was. if anything in a. Poaslsy, v ing her hand. "here comes the d1,” W”, ’

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J over-nigh Sostart tonight». liaul. lie was really in no condi- illlfflldy’ worse CODIHHOD. ‘I think ur. Harry came slowly down the without speaking. Bis lace draw i; LIVER rsonucr

1 "o: Aleo—-" murmurod Mil

"PM; othuets ‘I Slave you mads.tests

Peasiey, eyeing him anxiously. "l-low are you, Lieona?" he mum- tblecihbut he seemed scarcely w no- ioe er. * Serena introduced Alan to him. i -» - "its. no "he - > w you " AMornlrlgsmllé He stood for a moment ‘ __ his beard. _"I cannot, of course. give s final opinion until after an au- -~-~ ,,., m, M lttsistmmed- s" " " I a -- ‘ “oaths” theater's" " " ire-she ey. a Serena and Alan made no ' m..." ormovemcnt. for eon- “Yes. livery time rm in the bath Mm." mflmwt m‘ 4",, l wo seem o n ca . o V331 DU"- the rest of you didn't see than be- cause they were hidden by the high find ft ra/Vher dull neck of her nightgown." “Strangledl" exclaimed Alan.

Wm.» tl-l t the R.A.F. pilot. "But-but there weren't any of the "sinplymzgiotging to do at all," other signs of strangulation. I

‘shed m, pllog, "we Just. play mean, her face didn't show it.’ (lens do the crossword puzzles in “That, I believe, was because she ' drgp g 19w was drugged first, which would ‘Dd, go greatly simplify the strangulatlon._ She was in the habit of taking s sedative at night-a. harmless bro-

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“Oh, Alan. it's all too hideous!" said Serena. I just can't. believe that any one in this house could have drug ed her and then-then strangled er! Yet who else could have done it?"

I dontknow. 1 think we'd bet- ter round every one up and talk mints over. We'd better try to get a little order out of things before the police et here. I'll go out now and see if can find Paul and Chad."

(To bl Continued)

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iDorothy Dix Says-

WOMEN HAVE NO LIFE PLAN BEYOND THEIR WEDDING DAY

It Is Their Fault If They Are Lonely After Children Leave

Taking them by and large, women appear to have no plan of life for themselves that goes farther than their wedding day. After that they leave everything to luck and let Nature take its course. If their mar- riages turn out prosperously fine and dandy. If they are failures, well, it is Just too bad, but they live along in sodden misery, or else get a div- orce.

Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but it is a fact that the average married women seems to take no interest whatever in her own future, or to make the slightest effort to safeguard it. She is 0mm thus enough about her husband and children, and she lies awake at night

. - » v - devising schemes for their betterment and for their betterment and for their protection against the vicissitudes of fortune, but she doesn't. lift a ‘finger, or give a thought to securing her own happiness. She acts as though what hapspens to her in marriage ls Just Fate, and there noth- ing she can do about it.

This strange quirk in feminine phychology is illustrated by the attitude that women take to- ward the three major calamities they most dread-losing their husbands’ love. being left lonely when their children leave home, an hav- ing no way to make a living if their husbands should dle or be disabled. These misfortunes hang over them like a pal! that darkens their days and wets their pillows with tears, but they do nothing to attempt to dispel it,

Every wife knows. for instance, that recipe for keeping a man-who was enough in love with her to assume her board bill and shopping ticket for life-still in love with her is as simple and unfailing as the rule for making cup cake. She knows that she has only to feed the brute, make him comfortable and make her home-brewed flattery to strong it will make other women's weak and tasteless, and the trick ls done,

But do wives cash in on this knowledge? Look about you and you will see that the great majority of them make no effort whatever to keep themselves glamorous in their husbands’ eyes._ They don't bother to dress up for them. They don't try to be entertaining and amusing. They vent their temper and their nerves and. their frustrations on them, and they say things to them that make you wonder that wife-murder isn't a more common crime than it is. Practically any wife can keep her hus- band lf she will take the trouble to do so.

SECOND BREAD I8 LONILINESS

The second dread of women is being left lonely when their children grow up and go about the business of lite for themselves. The sound of their wailing is to be heard in the land everywhere you go, and the sana- toriums and doctors’ ofiices are filled with women who ave had m ster- ious nervculs breakdowns Just after Clarice married, or John got a ob in a distant c y.

Well, if a woman ls lonesome when her children leave her, it is her own fault, because she didn't. keep close to her husband and establish a. comradeship with him that was s0 intimate and dear and all-sufflcing that it made other society unnecessary to her. '

down. Generally some other woman has gotten it. Anyway, it is lost to her,

Every woman knows that at most the average mother has her child- ren for only about twenty years. Then. if they are any good, they fly the nest. This being true, she could save herself a. lot of grief if she would do a little flgurlng and see that it is a better investment to hol husband whom she will have for the long pull, instead of putting her in the children whom she will have so short a time.

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at every domestic woman, except thl

would ha pen to her if her husband.

ft her without money. She has ust been u housekeeper anc

home-maker and baby-tender. She can't compete in the business world

with pretty girls just. out of commercial schools. and she grows cold with fear as she thinks of her helpless situation.

It doesn't occur to her that from the very day of her marriage she should make a profession of domesticity and make herself such an expert cook or seamstress or child specialist hat she would be able to support herself if the necessity should arise. If she does, she will always have a mone the homel things for which

always will ng to pay. More houses and running mllllriery acting in the movies.

What a pity that women don't realize that marriage isn't the end of life for them. It is only the beginning. They have a future for which they should prepare themselves.

Victory Gardens

There has been a. good deal of publicity in the newspafirs and ov- er the radio this ut Victory

Man dlans are

vegeta les for the first

lme- ite a lot of this publicity originates ln the United States. and wh le the information is highly sult- able for the States adapted to adian conditions. careful in list

Late Plantlugu

In most parts of Canada the aver- age garden will now be planted with the earlier types of vegetables and flowers. This does not mean, how- ever. that it is too late to make s start. As a. matter of fact, most authorities state, the average be- ginner makes a mistake in ceasing planting too soon. If one desires continuous bloom througout the sea- son or a. continuing supply of really fresh vegetables, p anting should be continued right up to the 1st of

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y. This !.s especially true of vege- tables, articulariy the semi-tender have not been tested and approved things lke beans, carrots, beats. by Canadian government authori- com cabbage, etc. Most vegetables ties. are best when they Just reach first ty. and if one wants to con- tinue eating the finest carrots. corn. , ans, peas_ etc., all through the season then planting should be continued at intervals o! from two to three weeks right from the time the sol! is first ready up to about the first week in July. with flowers. it ls still not too late in most parts of Canada. and only early enough in the colder sec- emles get their offensive underway. tlons. to plant nasturtlums, gladioll, It is a simple matter. for in- dahllas, and to set. out well-started stance, to dust potatoes. and if done bedding plants of cosmos, sinnlas. just as soon as the second set of alyssum. etc. obtainable from the leaves develop. and followed again nearest seed house. nurseryman or at intervals of two weeks during the enhouse. These started plants in earlv erlod o! growth. there will K51. vegetables and flowers will al- be no rouble. The some Is true with low one to have blucmlng flowers mildew on roses and other plants. or maturing vegetable gardens in a with attacks of anhlds. wllt and the few weeks . . various insects that prey on so

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Weeds, insects and disease are the natural enemies of the garden. If countered quickly by continuous cultivation. some quick-acting com mercial fertlliur and various sprays and dusts. there will be le trouble. The main thing is to start the counter attack before the en-

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