The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 11, 1929, Page 2

T one Th: WO( size Sweaters so we ¢ our error. Genuine Wearwell Sheets, sheets you can buy. soft, ready for use. and 45x36 cases. SYNOPSIS: Cousin John re- turns! But this is the real Cous- in John Merryweather, coming at Mrs. Grenofen’s urgent re- quest to amaze and dumbfound the professor-detective, Laxton, Cousin Jochn spends several days with the pseudo-archeologist, visits the Fotherbury excavations with him and finaliy leaves Lax- ton thoroughly puzzied. .Tom has another opportunity to see Veronica but learns nothing neither of the mystery fo Rog- er Pell and her ward, the es- caped conviet, nor of her en- tanglement with them. She re- assures Tom, however, that no moral wrong is involved in their thrilling escapade and he is sat- icfied to ask no questions. The serenity of Woodcot is disturbed _the next day when a visitor is announced—to Tom’s surprise— Parsons Marling. Chapter 27 MISSING EVIDENCE As I was showing Marling into the studio, very wary of him, I no- ticed that he was paler, more sol- emn, more owlish than when he last sat in his room. *1 seemed destined to meet you anly on unpleasant business, M. ‘Grenofen,” he began. The last meeting is all washed out by what's since,” said I ‘#Could we be just candid?” said “It might be better. I've| gome under a strong sense of— compulsion, I'll say I have a pure- friendly motive.” T made some sort of acknowledge- ent of Marling's friendly motive put on a double guard of cau- Fair Week Specials In the store during this week are to be found many of the things you need, at a great saving. 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A quality that usually sells at 30 cents and 35 cents the yard. 5 yqrds for $1.00 are going to let you profit by one of the best Absolutely no dressing, Full size 81x90 sheets Have you selected your new Fall Coat, Dress or Hat" You will need a new outflt for Fair Week---Let us help you. W £ = N - 0., Inc JUNEAU'S L EADING DEPARTMF NT STORE —_— faced the question of the black bag—for the same reason that I you were in it from'the first” me. In 10 minutes after his T looked steadily into Marling's ‘arrival he had departed. eyes as he spoke, wondering why| Then I did not stay to ponder jwould ask Veronica nothing. A he had come to me with this Marling’s statements. I wentivague fear of her answers held me straight to my mother to ask her!'back. I had the same feeling about You'll admit, padre” said Iiwhat she had done with the the bag. I wanted to believe that “that on the face of it I'm fustified ‘clothes Cousin John wore when he | Veromica would not deceive me and Why should |arrived. |T wanted to believe that the black “Oh, you can't want those rags him if he had stayed away. But |what I told you about Pell \va:wln being skeptical. lr\ght Now, Mr. Grenofen for| Laxton of anybody else attack bag contained no eudcnce of de- {some reason you have got yourself | me about the death of Pell rather said she. “They were put in my |ceit. mixed up with a complicated than any other man who had any- jincinerator the day after and | “But I was afraid. I made Som- thing to do with Pell?” they're now supplying potash to “I don't know that it's 8 good imy apple trees.” reason; but I know the reason such| I stared at her for a moment. as it is, Mr. Grenofen. You con-| “¥ou saw—" cealed a man for two or threef “¥es' she nodded. “On a shirt.” days in conditions which suggests| “¥ou think of everything,” I said that it was the man who killed}At least no telltale prison marks Pell. You helped him to esca; rémained to supply Laxton with the “The man we had here was In-[bft of evidence he wanted. { troduced to Laxton on Sat ' After lurich I went actoss to Pas- evening — mother's cousin, John|sage and saw Bomerfield. i Merryweather.” ; 1 told him about Marling's visit.| “Yes, I know, I'm mllna His eyebrows went higher of Veronica.” the theory,” said Marling. “And I “Veronica? Yes, I suppose you're simply want to warn you that they “Yw‘ve got a first-class moth- 'ruht. Somerfield.” are looking for a certdin plece of{er* He remarked. evidénce before they #ct. Let us{ “Yes, isnt she?” \ suppose for a minute, for thz sake works by electricity. But 't been making contact,' n, or you wouldn't be here | |erfield come into the studio with me. tion. “It's in there,” said I, pointing to ithe little wall safe in the wall, hat shall we do with it? “Do? take out what’s in it and bum the wretched thing.” Oh—but it's a trust for Miss Seabroke.” “You mean to say we've no right to open it? Why—for the very sake ' |and very dreadful business, which | |does mot stop at the murder of | Pell. And what I came to tell you, | | Mr. Grenofen, is that you yourself are in danger.” “In danger of what? And from whom?” 1 fired at him. Marling hesitated. I watched him closely, this man who had probably escaped death only be- cause Pell stopped the bullet in- tended for him, who seemed to be at the base of the whole mystery of Roger Pell. He was greatly disturbed, in deadly earnest. His eyes burned in his palé face. ! “You stumbled into this,” said he. “You have no real responsibil- ity. I came to warn you.” “Of what, or of whom, padre?” I repeated. “Of an arrest—at any minute: Of whom? Of several people, but jof Laxton in particular.” Why should anyone want to ar- rest me? And Laxton, of all peo- ple!” I said, Marling made a gesture of wear- incss. “We needn't beat about the bush, nced we?” he asked. “You must have realized what Laxton is and Iwhat he wants.” | “To discover who killed PelL” “But my dear padre, you forget that Laxton was interested in New- place before anybody thought of |killing pell. He promised me to come to Blackwater days before,” Marling shrugged. “I told you, Mr. Grenofen, that |you stumbled into this. I can'tj and concealed under al " he left behind him Any plece ‘evidence which would enable them | to establish his identity—wefl, I needn’t go on with the rgument. In that hypothetical case, if the ev- idence was not here they could not get hold of it, If you were not here, they wouldn't arrest you.” mmgsmamwrululsldm s, hlack bag?” i very deliberately, was MW did.” | He literally sweated over it. I} “And as he'd never seen any, '=f{cousin at all, he must have known about the black bag. Let’s get on with it quick. There must not be any black bag for Laxton to find at Woodcot—if he hasn't been there already.” | | | | “You've said nothing about the plece of evidence Laxton's after the black bag! Didn't you say that, when Laxton said he thought he'd met your cousin, he mentioned Remington Western wondered whether Mazling was ing a trap for me, whether Mar- ling was easing his own con- science, whether he was fishing for information. I concluded that he was easing his col “You know,” said I, “all this is most extraordinary. I you -mun a padre—" i (“Geod lord!—he wouldn't break | upan my safe, Somerfield!” “You think not?” sald Somcr- His company was a fortifica- | WE HAVE THE WINNING COMBINATION FOR THE HUNTING SEASON tell you the origins of it—but Lax- signed to him to go on. ton—well, he won't arrest yoy him- 1 was wrong in supposing thsclsw but hell have you arrested, Il would evade the meeting at'simply because he doesn't believe wplace,” he sald. W lor‘,vou stumbled into it. He thinks you in peril and wants tb Nb-lnfll‘ you.” Somerfield pulled me across in I could get no more out of the punt and walked up to Wood- and he scomed to wani nothingjcot wilia me. I had never rea‘ly’ : 4 | Juneau Young Hardware Co. “If I's Hardware We Have It” | 1 locked the studio door, opened | the safe and took out the bag. It | was extraordinarily heavy. That weight, when I first handled it, had | contributed to the fear I felt. I | lifted it to a table in the window. | Wm. Morrow Co.) | (Copyright, 192 | ! 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