The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1922, Page 2

PAGE TWO MYSTERY ¥y AAMILNE (©_922_5 DP Dutton Company (Continued From Our Last Issue) j" Antony gave Bill a smile and was silent for a little, thinking, “Is there another inn at Stanton— fairly close to the station?” “The ‘Plough and Horses’—just at the corner where the road goes up to the station—is that the one you! mean?” “That would be the one. I+ supe pose you could do with a drink, couldn’t you?” “Rather!” said Bill, with>a ay “Good. Then have one ‘at. the ‘Plough and Horses.’ Have two, if, you like, and talk to the landlord, or landlady, or whoever serves you. I want to find out if anybody stayed; thereon Monday night.” “Robert?” said Bill eagerly. “I didn’t say Robert,” said An- tony, smiling. “I just want you to find out if they had a visitor who slept there on Monday: night. A stranger. If so, then any particu- lars you can get of him, without let- ting the landlord know that .you are interested—” ‘Leave it to me,” broke in Bill. “I know just what you want.” “Don’t assume that it was Robert —or anybody else. Let them de- scribe the man to you. Don’t in- ffuence them unconsciously by’ sug- gesting that he was short or tall, or anything of that sort. Just get them talking, If it’s the landlord, you'd better stand him a drink or two.” “Right you are,” said Bill: confi- dently. “Where do I meet you again?” “Probably at the ‘George.’ If you get there before me, you can order dinner for eight o'clock.’ Ahyhow, we'll meet at eight, if not‘before.” “Good.” He nodded to Antony and strode off back to Stanton: again, Antony stood watching ‘him’ with a little smile at his enthusiasm, Then he looked: round slowly, as if in search of something, Suddenly he saw what he 6wanted. Twenty yards farther on a lane wandered off to the left, and theré was a gate a little way up on the right-hand . side of it. Antony walked ‘to the gste, filing his pipe as he went. Then he lit his pipe, sat on the gate, and took his heads in his hands. “Now then,” he said to himself, “let’s begin at the beginning,” It was nearly eight o’clock when William Beverley, the famous. sleuth- hound, arrived .tired and’ dusty, at the “George,” to find Antony, cool /and clean, standing bare-headed at the door, waiting for him. “Is dinner ready?” were Bill's first words. “Yes.” “Then T’ll just havea wash. Lord’ I'm tired.” “I never ought to have asked you,” said Antony penitently. “That’s all right. I shan’t be a moment.” Half-way. up the stairs he turned round and asked, “Am. I in your room?” “Yes. Do you know. the way?” “Yes. Start carving, wilk: you? ‘And order lots of beer.” He dis- appeared round the top of:the steir- case. Antony went slowly in. When the first edge“of tite had worn off, and’he‘ wi to"spare a. little ‘time: between:the mouthfuls, Bill gave:.an account ‘of his adventures... The landlord: of the “Plough and Horses” had: been sticky, decidedly . sticky—bill beer unable. at first. to get anything: out of him. But’ Bill had‘been tact- ful; lordblessyou, how tactful he had been. “He kept on. about the inquest, and what a queer affair it had been, and so on. Then I said: carelessly that it must be very hard to-remem- had} 3 In the morning there was a letter for him. CHAPTER XX “My dear Mr, Gillingham, i gather ~ from your letter that you have made certain discoveries which you ‘may feel jt your duty to communicate to the fottee, and that in this case my arrest on:a’ charge of murder would inevitably fol Why, in these circumstances, you should give me such ample warning of your intentions I do not under- stand, unless it is that you are not wholly out of sympathy with me. “But whether or not you symps- .thize, at any rate you will want to know—and I want‘ you to know— the exact manner in which Ablett met his:death and the reasons which made that death,’necessary. If the police haye to be told anything, I would rather‘that they too knew the whole story. hey, and even you, may’ call it murder, but by that time I shall"he out: ofthe way. Let ‘them call it what they Hike “I must\by by. tal ‘you back toa sumigr day fi years ‘ago, when I was a boy thirteen and Mark a young’ man ‘of twenty-five. His whole‘life was make-believe, and just now he was pretending. to: be a philanthropist. -“He sat in our little drawing- room, flicking his gloves again back of his left\ hand, d my, mother, good. soul, taought what a noble young gentlemah he was, and Philip and I, hastily washed and crammed into collars, stood in front of him, nudging each other and kicking‘ the backs of our: heels and cursing him-in our hearts for*hav- ing2interrupted our’ game. He had decided to adopt one of us, kind Cousin Mark, Heaven knowa why he chose-me, Philip was ‘eleven: two years longer’ to’ wait.’ Perhap' that was why. “Well, Mark educated me, I went to a public school and to’ Cambridge, and I became his secretary. Wel ‘much’ more than’ his secretary a! ‘your friend.'Beverley perhaps . has told you. Mark could never live alone. There must always be some- body. td listen to-him, I think in his‘ heart he hoped“I should be‘ his Boswell. He told. me one day that he had made me his literary execu- tor—poor’ devil.. And: he ‘used™ to write. me the, absurdest long letter: when I was away from’ him, letters which I read once and then tore up. The futility of the man!” a “It was three years ago that Philip got into trouble.’ He‘ had “hur- ried through ‘a* cheap’ grammar school and into'a London’ office; and discovered’ there that there was not much fun to be got in‘this’world'on two pounds a‘ week.’ I-had‘a frantic letter from him: one da: he must havé a hundre he‘ would be ruined, and Une Mark. for the money. “Only to borrow it. you avaers stand; he gave me a good ‘salary. and I could ‘have paid ‘it back in'*thre jonths. But no. ‘for himself in ‘it, I suppose; :no platse, ho iration. Philip's gratitude would ‘be:to me, not to - | him. “T begged, I threatened, :we® ar- ber anybody whom you had just|% Z seen once, afterward, and he agreed that would be ‘middlin’ hard then—” “Give meé three guesses,” ‘inter- rupted Antony. “You asked him if he remembered anybody: who came to.his inn?” , “That’s it. Bright, wasn’t it?” “Brilliant. And what was the re- sult?” “The result was a woman.” “A woman?” said Antony eagerly. “A woman,” said” Bill impressive- ly. “Of course I thought it was going to be Robert-so' did you, didn’t you?—but it wasn’t. It«was Came quite: late‘on”Mon- day night in a‘car—driving herself— went off early next morning.” | { “Didvhe ‘describe her?” “Yes, ‘She was middlini’,. Middlin’ tall, middlin’ age, middlin’ color, and. so as to identify him it and so on, Doesn't help’ much, does ‘it? | 5 He ‘saw’ nothing’ gued; and while we were arguing, Philip was arrested It killed my mother—he. was always her favorite p—but Mark, as usual, got-his f. ction out of it. He preened: him- self on his judgement of. character in having\ chosen’ me and not Philip twelve years before! ! “Later on I apologized to Mark for the. reckless- things I--had-said to him, and he played the part of a magnanimous gentleman with hi accustomed “skill, but, though out- wardly.we were as. before to each other, from that day forward, though his vanity would never let him see it, I was his bitterest enemy. “If that had been all, I wonder if I should have killed him? To live ‘oh terms of intimate friendship with man, whom/you ‘hate’ is dangerous work for your friend. Becayse of his belief in.me his admiring and grateful protege’ and: his ‘belief in himself as_my benefactor, he was now utterly in my power. I could take my time and. choose my. oppor- tunity: Pehaps°I should: not have killed him, but I -had.sworn to have my ‘revengé—and there he was, poor vain. fool,'at my mercy. I was in no hurry, “Two years later, I had to recon- sider my. position, for my revenge was being taken out of my hands, Mark began to drink. Could I have stopped him? I-don’t think s to my immense” surprise” I myself trying to, Insti getting the better’ of 're: r I reason it out ‘afd ‘tell ‘mysel: if he drank himself to death, 'I ‘should | lose my révenge? Upon my word, I cannot: tell’ you; but for whatever motive, I did genuinely want to stop it. Drinkiig‘is such’ beastly thing, anyhow. ‘continued in ‘Our Next Issue) Abount this newly invented pneu- matic bathing suit, do you blow up after yout sink? ,BISMARCK TRIBUNE. Retirement Fund: © Cost. Is Slight , Total administrative cost of the North Dakota Teachers Insurance and Retirement fund for'the year ‘ending. June 30, 1922, was $1,347. This in- cludes-the pay .of the secretary, the. expenses of the. office’ and, the ‘treyel | expenses. of. the board members-in. attending. different’ méetings. The fund is administered by a board mado, up o' 8 Fanny C, Amidon of Val- ley City, P: 8. Berg, retary of, Dickinson, Miss’ M, Beatrice John- stone of Grand, Forka, and the state treasurer and state superintendent as. ex-officio. members: The anfual report of the secretary was received at.a mieeting at the state capitol this ‘week. With such ‘a cont for‘ administta- tion, the teachers rétirement fund! had a balance on hand of $351,152.8: at the end of the fiscal year, about $60,000 of this being in cash and one of the actions of the board in its meetings was to invest in money and some added to it‘ sincé’ the’ first of the fiscal year in school bonds, about $100,000 being invested in 'the paper of North Dakota school districts. Forty-eight former.) teachers ‘of | North Dakota are on the list of an- nuitants; These received $18,131.85. Teathers who have discontinued teaching in the state received §$2,- «765.70 in the withdrawal of their in- terest in’ the insurance and one re- fund of 310 was made, making the total withdrawals-from'the fund for the’ year: $22,254.64. The fund. received, from county tuition, a jessments of teachers, $103,082.00, Cashing of some certi! of deposits amounted to $26,- Cleaning, Dyeing: Repalring: Pressing at new-low prices, Mail orders looked after‘promptly. We pay. pointe one way. ” Eagle altering & Mat Works Opposite P. 0. Bismarck ; Crewsky Shoe Repair: Shop, 4 a St., Bismarck, N, D. i rom; Van Hora Hotel. |] We:give mail orders prompt care attention. : We'Have Buyers for Houses. What. Have You for Sale? HARVEY HARRIS. & CO. " PHOND 61 J.P. JACKSON: Manager Offer the Greatest Values for TE TAQ TIE OTE TE Laskin Block UNCAT TAT AT TAP TAIZ AE ZAC AETAE TN Our. Fall and. Winter atock is is very onteplete and:you: know. the Fair Store i is always the great’ bargain center. To. open the- season with a, rush and: to: make. buying. But still—a woman. Does that upset |’ ‘your theory?” iy Antony shook his-head.. ~- “No, Bill, not at all,” he said. “You knew all.the time? At: least you guessed?” .: “Wait till tomorrow. -I'll. tell you = everything tomorrow.” “Tomorrow!” said Bul in great dis- appointment. “Well, I'll: tell you one thing to- night, if you'll promise not to ask any more questions, But you prob- ably. know. it already.” “What is it?” “Only that Mark Ablett did not kill. his brother.” “And Cayley did?” “That’s. another question, Bill However, the answer is that Cayley ‘didn’t, either.” “Then who on earth—” “Have some more beer,” said An- ‘tony-with a smile: And Bill had to be-content with that. They. were early to bed that eve- ming, for both. of them were tired. Bill. lay awake, wondering. Whit was happening at the Red House now? Perhaps he would hear in the morning; perhaps he would get a letter. He went over the whole story again from the beginning— was there any. possibility of a mis- take? What would the police do? Would théy ever find out? Ought he to have told them? Well, let them find out; it was their job. «Surély he couldn’t have made a’ mistake this time. No good wondering now; he would know definitely in the morning. lively we offer unusual bargains. Study the special prices quoted ‘for Dollar Day. XN - LADIES’ WEAR. Lad peer | G1 Petticoats. All colors’... .. Sateen Bloomers. All colors::... 062... .c 00s Full length Hose.. White, brown, black: 8 pair.... ; Large’ as= - sortment on sale at very. special Ladies’ Underwear: prices. SKIRTS Any Skirt in the store will go. on AB Many: of them are worth ‘twice Dollar Day for .. this price. Outing Flannel. 5 yards ....... grade. 36 inch. patterns. Crétonte. All colors:and 5 yards:..... Crepe. Plain and flowered 3 yards... Piaid Cloth for school dresses; 4.yards...... patterns. colors. “PIECE GOODS: White Crash Towelitig. : 10 yards ........ Faricy, Outing Flannel, 27: inchés wide. 7 yards: eee White Outing Flannel: Good grade.: 5 yards Percale. 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