Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1923, Page 18

Fascinating Romance of Wrongly Aocused Hero and Loysi Sweethoars BY J. 5. FLETCHER =~ . ~ Author of “RaynerSlade Amalgamation, eic. (Cantinued from Yesterday's Star.) WIO'S WHO IN THE STORY. SIR ROBERT MANNERSLEY, nobleman of on which valu. He is mys . his beutitul daughter, s Lady ' mibing . com- i in lose with, and believes i wild oats, de. nt of the forgery o h he cannot _convinee from prison and Is with his murdered and charged with the . Lis old murse, who belleves innocent, his Tostebrother, who' 1 o somewhat miner. QUINTON, austere executive typs of nager of the mines and aspirant for 12’y hand NWORTH, ambitious police official, An Eyewlitness. 6 B will leavo those reasons at present. You have had for somie days knowl- cdge that he was In this v did you obtain that knowl- rom a man named Lioney Moore, & ner. “And from this information you made certaln observations and in- with regard to the prisoner's abouts?" were only partly success- | Call Lioney prisoner looked expectantly at man who entered the witness Lioney Moore wns a little, wizened man, with ferretlike ey and a sharp ne wnd his face was much blackened ‘with the obvious results ne explosion of bygone years. He was the most unconcerned man in | court and placidly chewed & h of straw are Lioney Mo residing in i and you rosecuting solicitor, “I'm Lioney Moore. and 1T am a when there's naught bet- nswered the witness non- nights at midnight, at Dead Man's Cr in the L 1 was, What were you doing there?" sud oly interpolated one of the mugi 4 upon whose land Dead Ma ‘telllng him sooner. Only T went home to get a bit of a sleep and something to eat and I THE EVENING ch a grave effect upon him. " - ¢ “You are Mark Valentine Quinton STAR, WASHINGTON, 'D. faking off his glasses and lpalkllfl in - his usual easy fashion, ‘you tol and for about two years have been |the cnurt‘ll think, that when you w nnersiey Main Col- e, i ouwere on intim teemis—I of & friendly and social nature the late Bir Robert?” VT Was “And visited & great deal at th castle?” “A great deal “In fact, 1 may take it that you had the tun of the house? s, ) “You pald a visit there last night. ell the t what took place as re- overslept myself, and it was late in|&afds tha the afternoon when I told the in-- spector what I'd seen, and he gave “b::mm'h" 1 went up to the cn-u; y -in-to for not | &) . T e Jare g e smayer I | Dauncey, the butler, who admitted kept eye on Jim Britten. “You meant you watched Britten's movements?" “Yes. 'Cause 1 knew fomething !water-color was up.” “I had occasion to see Sir Robert twenty minutes past me, told me_that Sir Robert was in his' study. I was golng there, but on my way met Miss Mannersley, who invited me to look at some drawings which her father had recently purchased in “Well, ‘what did yow seo of Brit- | London and had arrived yesterday. I ten with relation to this case?" went with her to the drawing room “Why, at breaking-off time, in-[to ses them and was there perhaps stead of going home, as he generally twent%hmlnulea, perhaps a_little long- er. does, Britten he went up the castle en 1 went to Sir Robert’ way and meets his sweetheart, that|study.” 1ass of Riley's as is Misa Phillipa's maid, and 1 & him give her a letter [plan of the —leastways it looked like one. They |“Look at it. The: talked for a bit, just there by that |trances marked there. ow, here is a rough sketch or study,” sald Parke. are three en- se ex- little gate as opens into the castle !plain them to thelr worships. grounds, and ®he went in and Jim went away homeward.” “What {8 the relevancy of this par- Damning Evidence. s Quinton pointed with his forefinger ticular plece of evidence?” asked the |t0 the large sheet of paper which an chairman. attendant held up. “That, your worship, 1 shall pro- “The study,” he unld.I “is bullt at ceed to show in due course,” answer- an angle of the hou t has & large ed Mr. Parke. “You can stand down, | bow-window facing the lawn. The Moore. Your worships, 1 now- At this juncture some commotion , door on the left hand—that is, re- garding the interfor of the room from was caused at the rear of the court)the window—opens into the library. by the entrance of two men, one of ¢ | That at the rear opens upon the cor- whom was Immediately recognized by | ridor, which runs the whole length some of the magistrates and functiona- | Of the ground floor. Tife door on the ries as Mr. Miller Stanford, a lead-|Flght hand opens into the garden— ing criminal barrister of that circult; (the grounds. A large screen Atands the other a local barrister. Stanfor forced his way to the table. “Your worships,” he said, pardon for what may seem an inter- ruption, but I have only just been instructed on behalf of the prisoner. I understand that the hearing has scarcely begun, but that your wor- | ships have decided to hear the evi- dence which the prosecution will offer?” Rowland Parke, waiting with ob- vious impatience until the‘chairman had ahewered Stanford’s question in the affirmative, turned to the usher. “Call Mr. Mark Clinton.” It was already well known to those who packed the court to its last inch before it. The desk which Sir Robert used stands between this screen and crave ! the door at the left.” “From which door did you enter night?" 5 entered from the corridor.” What did you see?” Quinton's eéyes contracted and he | frowned slightly. “Immediately on entering the room 1 saw Sir Robert, lying across his desk, motionless. 1 .saw blood on the papers on the desk. By the screen Wwas a young man, who wae retreat- ing backward from the room. I had never seen him before. I seized him instantly, and as I did so I noticed that there was blood on his right of standing room that Quinton had |hand and on the white cuff of his actually apprehended Sir Clinton Mannersley in the murdered man's room and there was a busz of ex- pectation as he made his way Into the witness box. shi ou did not know him?" “I certainly did not know him.” “You called for help?” “Yes, and Dauncey almost immed e nt to whom |ately came, with n footman, and Mr, oL o e thare s | Marshail Stead, who had just entered one there who did not marvel at his | the house. Dauncey, at sight of the appearance. The usually vigorous, | Young man, exclaimed ‘Mr. Clinto: forceful, self-assertive man, a picture | Then I knew who it was I had of health at all times,s lookes he had gone through shock. His face was white some terrible | and | mi & as it | selzed.” “The prisoner in the dock Is the | laid hands on?” drawn, there were heavy circles about ;¥ his eyes; the eyes looked as if they could not shut out some appalling |ford rose. sight. And though men knew the before, one of the most awful scenes on which human eyes can look, the | Rowlana Parke sat down, und Stan- It was a sort of house- (hold proverb ‘in that part of the i manager had seen, only a few hours | country that Stanford had got more ! men off than any barrister living, and |the pitmen at the back of the court | wondered, knowing him for a man of | craned their ne iron ne that it should have had aMr first he prisonéf he was near the {‘e‘ria n, retreating hackward?” f g ‘What was his exact position—was he retreating upon the screen, or at the,slde of the screen or what?” was retreating in the direction of .t 8¢ n. A { or two more and he would have hit upon it."” “Oh! Whereabouts would he have hit_upon it? B Full in the center. n the center? How dld the pris- oner's attitude strike you?" Quinton did not appear to compre- hend the question. “] say how did his attitude strike you?” repeated Stanford., “Was it that of a gullty man?" “I did not consider at the time.” CONTINUED TOMORROW. (Copyright. Printed by arrangement with the oyt P aeer Byadicate). LOSES HOME FOR 80 YEARS Man Ejected From Cottage in Fam- ily 200 Years. LONDON, October 8. suppose the law is the law, and I t go. But 1 am eighty-four and have lived all my life in the cottage -iccupied by my ancestors for 200 years.” These were the words of Wil- Toughby Sharpe, a pensioner, of Cole- orton, Lelcestershire, to the Coalville maglstrates who granted the colllery owners' application for ejectment of tie man. A lot of us would be surprised If the living the world owes us did not turn out so good as we would like. SAY “BAYER” when you buy. 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