Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1923, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 192 entered the 1littl arden, d she | this h tell 1 - -y emesiatery eamarea e’ pray e (ke BTy, sirange, feler, 48 <% | WILLS FRIENDS FORTUNE. [s1y n nis time, on duty or oft, wes| GET ALLEGED EMBEZZLER, |s7e bis namo ts w. a¢ watson, bt . but who'll do it till he can be spent sbout the big hotel and he be admits that he came here from Hous- /\/ part of falthful watchdog, which | DOV, ! | CE Lioad Haa Tonrul oy ichdog, WhIch | moved? And I'd like to know who came one of ite best loved characters. | o et don, he 1s, an’ ali?’ Clerk Leaves $40,000 to 40 At-|Named as beneficlaries of his will w v was a big and brawny woman of | '“upy g 2 2 — ot g Ward, according to the detectives undoubted muscle i1 at, ma'am, is 'xlareclsely what I bellbe ;s 't a _ eputy sheriffs and private detec- obtained $100,01 ™y 4 scle and sinew, and she | ;1 ‘here to find out,” said the detec-| taches of Big New York Hotel, |elevator men, 0v8, poriers 909" |tives have arrested a man who they | tlona Bank ‘L:“?ré.’.’éi’;n“iif‘{«’a‘y"& Fascinating Romance of Wrongly Accused Hero and Loyal Sweetheart | |planted her hangs on her hips and tive. “And as to your being paid, you men and others. Fowler, who was sev- 1s WL e < glared at the detective as he cam 8 y NEW YORK, October 24.—Arthur H. By am M. Ward, wanted in |falsified warehouse receipts for cot- 5 the path, Tebblee c"',mlw; needn’t distress yourself about that.” | powlor, for twenty years alerk and | énty-four yars old, came from Epgland | Houston, Tex. on charges of em- |ton. They alleged also that he ob- 5 ot Kaand| when & young men. He was at one |besziemc® Involving $435,000. The | tained $325,00 e BY J. S. FLETCHER oot aay, CONTINUED TOMORROW PP, Hhoatictel \Waldort-Asto- | flime & prominent tonnis player. | prisoner Uenies that he s 'WArd and | by ‘the ‘e matheq’t QiTerent time sl bttt e A A L e S A e e e L L A e LR L 00d-day, ma'am,” he sald, with ria drug store, died last week and when s AT d th ST 35 hee darly twontlas; Misa| agha H6 hat 165 ob oy '«'ué' 0t 3 L - “ 'Day,"” responde o ardian in her early twentles, ss | found he eft an estate of ,000 to Aushor of “ReynerSlade Amalgamation” etc. with asperity, = ‘Wan Ying Hsleh, a Chinese student at | forty of his fellow employes of the ho- * ave, I understand, a man|Wellesley College, has written four | tel. ° 1_ym¢ln.n who 1s 11,” said Inspector | volumes, two in prose and two in| For many years his friends around (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) ‘lha exception of one object, he had telyou. verse, together with numerous con-|the hotel and his work had taken the ° found nothing. The desk was o ‘'Well, and what If I have?" de- |tributions to Chinese journals. place of a home and relatives. Virtu- d Another Mystery. model of neatness, and whatever pa- |, d Mrs. Hardaore. ‘what bystf- | —m—m—m—m—m—m——— - pers were in it were all docketed and 1a it of yours, T should like to 2 # 2 l HE woman in whose house |arranged in the most precise order. |} ot o Stead lodged—an old-fashioned | Fjut those papers threw no light on | “lagerely,” replied the tnspector, i oty e suming s more profetaional tont. ne of the few the few ancient abodes left in | There were private letters from | Merely, ma'am, that I have called to friend: there were receipts for ac- *he valley—looked askance at Inspec- | (SRGSS there, Were Fecelple, [0F 100 | | Mrs. Hardacre snorted with den- or Cortelyou when she answered his | relating to church and Sunday school i knock at her front door. matters—everything was of this sim- T, . e o His rusty tall hats his unnsuatly | 218, 01t There was nothing that ) wherever you came from, 'cause you ve hi) y . g old-fashioned garments, his Mrs.|“The object which he thought |VGLt 8¢ him. ‘There! Jamplike umbrella, made her consider | Worthy of attention was the deer- 18 o hee N HEN you watchrobust menand him a susplelous character, and she | Stalker hat. of which Stead himselt o o il ¢t work or at play, does only opened the door to the ®lhad told him. He looked it over, etective officer Trom Scot- y ~ o P play, A © the extent of |and found that it corresponded ex-|ang “Yarg it ever occur to you that their strength 1 very few inches as she inspected |actly to Stead’s description of it. , he began, “and it 1s my - pesetly ou and health are largely due to the kind . “Good morning, ma'am.” sald the de- | ame which he. hed mentioned " | Scotland; you're not coming Into my of food they eat? tectiveiblanaly eralaantaiy) i is A house!” exclalmed Mrs. Hardacre. B £ its nutriti ti heautiful morning. Mr. Stead, of | “Hg fold mo the truth ther tient. *And here's the doctor coming Grape-Nuts and milk supplies com- . Decause ol its nutiilive properties, course, Is not at home?” this blessed instant, and if you don't bal d ish £ thi its crisp texture, and its easy digest- Ak OO #o_he'll make. you. plete and balanced nourishment of the lady Then he looked around the room. | . Inspector Cortelyou turned with highestorder. Thisdelicious dish pro- a al food fo 4 old “Just so. ma'am.” sald the Inspector. | With the exception of a sldebourd | aireaqy knew, driving up the lane vides theyvaluable wheat and milk anced cereal food for young and old. 10 Dok tas thome Worie ool the & y in his dogeart, and he at once went proteins; the “food minerals,” phos- en used as an ingredient in other : ; 3 ) When used asanii ient in of assertion. Mr. Stead [y not at home. [POthing but the usual silver, glass|), gyry i i ium; i The fact fs—though 1 don't want to |2nd china n IEakeT IRty 1 St ey s phorus, iron and calcium; also the fo0ds, it adds remarkable zest and an't,"as I see yu are a sensible | YOU approached one signs of surprise, resulted i woman—the fact 15, Mr. Stead is|Windows and looked out. two men approaching her. will gladly be furnished on request. The landlady looked her scorn and |things were looking the doctor. ' * ) L ” . disbelief, and made as if she would Promising. He passed spector. 8§n.13§‘$' T "ard. SAY BAYER When you buy" W"fl.e face. But th o chard with a tumbledown wicke! \r g " face, Bt he ot eebive arkor s Fash: | Shar : ledann, Visket: | me o he e patients 0 ! When you see the “Bayer Cross™ on tablets you are insinuated himself as far as the door jErown grass and an old draw-well, | o N easiatil] ehowed Mgny . h . Ba o ) mat, and the woman, suddenly seeing | Surrounded by a low, moss-covered 10 againat orders, doctor sne| ~ GEttINg the genuine yer product proved safe by i hm’determined, drew 3 wall, sal i B e . el % Gon't berieve 1017 she exclaimed. | “Bretty place. pretty old place.” | Jd Erumblingly, "Mr. 'Stead mave| mjllions and prescribed by physicians 23 years for him, ust the thing that Stead sald | “u gon't care if you're the Duke of ath, Oxford stree 'And you're not going to se¢ my pa- laid the hal aside to take away with as . ibility, Grape-Nuts is the best-bal- rellef to see Dr. Hibbert, whom he n the form of a question, but as an |COUld be hidden, and that contigned |i; ‘meet him. A short colloquy at essar. ook Yot et it want | In deep thought cc itami iti i ¥ nerves, and 1 am sure I Zor! the young doctor to show 1 vitamins, valuable nutritive elements. Recipes Tookeniut. upon @ kitchen garden prle el o] UL shut the 'door in Inspector Cortelyou’s | Window; that ope D Httle Of7 |1 am going to take him upstairs with as you know “The mere idea of a highly respect- | mused the Inspector; ut I'm doing ery well, that th ! oThe m of & highly Sl bk vell, ere wasn't nobody | oo 1 pE— ' i arl‘.xs%r;‘u_.:n?gunri;e‘Xr.dwl‘fda PeIE | N St tnco the passage and | TRASYEr to comeln to'sco this man| Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago . 2 THE BODY BUILDER “Ah, my dear lady, I've s a|called for the landlady, who at his 5 ol Sl up o' Stead's bed- | pud I Afraid Mie Stesa came we| Pain Toothache Neuralgia Rheumatism E - “There’s a Reason” sal the detective. “Yes, and clergy- - s men, too. Mr. Stead, my dear madam s : e s | is arrested and is locked up at the | looked inta drawers 1 . ” Accept only ‘Bayer” ) R 2 polico station till be can be brought |and came out no more enlightened = ACCE oIy e ac!(a 2 x = - Sold by Grocers Everywhere! before the magistrates, and, in the |than when he went in. o el iy | which contains proper directions. BStors ithe maxis: 'nich | Savlng wood day €5 the lunalagy, | e exclatmed Tiwell. and fm none Tindy “Birs® | bas ot 19, iebiske = _Z Made by Postum Cereal Company, Inc., Battle Creek, Mich. you can See if you % and taking the deer-stalker hat with | jurbrised jafter his mysterious go- 4 o . | his rooma in your house. Tm Inspec- him, he went oft to the cottage where | 185 ony 1oV par* e ln Alire, 1| i Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. or Cortelyou of Scotland Yard— |Stead had told him the man whom ! a tie trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacia here’s my card. he had rescued from the quarry was | Should like to know, for keeping s landlady sank: into a chair|lylng ill. He was revolving certiin close by and grasped her apron con- | problems within his own mind as to vulsively. “You're the detective, then, | that matter, and he wanted to find that—that came down about the—the | out two or threo things for himself. murder?” she sald, gazing at Inspec- | From his first observations there tor Cortelyou with frightened eyes.|was no doubt that Stead had told him “You-—you don't mean that he's ar- |a true story with respect to the bes rested for that?" ginnings of this second mystery. The inspector gave her a keen 1ook. { For here was the deer-stalker hat in “Why, is he anything to you?" he |his hand, and there was the quarry asked' suddenly. from which Stead sald the man had No," she said, shaking her head, |been carried. “no—nothing. But I knew his mother | He went to the edge at the spot —I served under her at the castle. Oh | where the broken fence was, and ir Robert was |looked over; it was a fairly doep drop to the bottom of the quarry, and it seemed to him a wonder that the man had not been killed out- Cortelyou r' V. | right, until he espied an outgrowing “He's arrested for forgery, that’ bush of bramble, which had doubte And, of course, ht get ol on the event, and v 3 A really did find the at his rooms, there's a = library at the castle, he went The woman led him along the hall middle cottage in the to a sitting room at the rear of the |little row of three house—a room of some size, from Inspector Cortelyou had found it which two French windows looked 4 sy task to enter 7 out upon a garden and an o d. It he found it a very di was a pleasant room. furnished after | one nto this cottage. r the style of an old-fashioned farm- | Hardacre happened to be standing house parlor, and had little attempt |the open door of her d at ornament or decoration. . There were a few old steel engrav- ings and some older colored prints on the walls, and a few books were ar- ranged in a glass-fronted bookca in one corner, but the detective looked in valn for any particular signs of personality or for things which a | bachelor itkes to gather about him. | Everything was very neat, formal | and precise. | “1 expect everything in here is your | property?” he said, turning to. the woman. who stood in the doorway holding the corner of her apron to her mouth, and watching him won- 3 : % deringly as he looked about him. g o SFurniture and so on, L m R ANSEER CGOANGT] “Oh, yes, sir.” she answered. “At| A least. ‘all_but that desk there in the corner. Mr. Stead brought that with him when he came. All else is ou v husband's and mine. Then I'll look at the desk,” said Inspector Cortelyou. “And as T see | it's your washing day, I won't detain vou. T'll leave the door open, 80 that 1 can call you if I want you." The woman looked at him wonder- ingly again, and went off down the passage. Inspector Cortelyou drew out a bunch of keys, which had been taken from Stead’s pocket during the search, and approached the desk—an | American roll-top desk of good make and some capacity, which was fitted with a patent lock. He found the key and threw the top back, and began his search. At the end of an hour Ins Cortelyou, relocking the desk a Bad to confess to himself that, Helping Solve the Parking Problem Whese is your protection | For patrons who drive their own cars when the paint washes off? s = i it e et . v € Route and waslies off or blows away. Pt doesn't take long for a film of paint which street entrance of our store, from the opening of the store, 9:15 AM., L e an to the closing hour, 6 P.M. Depart from G st. entrance and protaction is gone and the beauty. . : proceed— P st b oo 3 Everyone knows the difficulty of finding parking space when they FAERIN oo B v come down town. 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