Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1923, Page 34

THE DOUBLE CHANCE | Fascinating Roménte of Wrongly Accused Hero and Loyal Swsethoart BY J. S. FLETCHER Ausor of “Rayner-Slade Amalgamation” etc. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) P E followed Dr. Hibbert up the I I chamber, where the whom Stead had came forward to meet them. raised her hand. “He's sound asleep, doctor,” she sald. “He'd a restless night, but he's Leen sleeping beaptifully since noon.” “Let him. sleep as long as he can’ aid the doctor. “Has he spoken of remembering more yet?" “No, sir,” replied the nurse. Dr. Hibbert signed to the detective to go up softly to the bed. Inspector 1 went there with the soft- ness of a cat, and gave the patlent a wift inspe Then, beckoning to the doctor, he went downstairs again to the garden, where a moment later Hibbert joined him. “Well?" asked the doctor. “Yes. that's Dr Jullus Steinthal,” ;ald Inspector Cortelyou. “I recog- nized him at once. He' was once called as an expert in a case in which 1 was concerned. I'll wire to His peo- ple at once. Now about his loss of memory: what is it exactly? A tem- porary los: “Exactly,” replied the doctor. “A temporary loss caused by some sud- den violent shock.” “Do you think that fall over the quarry caused it?” asked the im- ctor. c 1 don't know, because the injuries to his head were slight, very slight in- d-ed,” replied the doctor. “It may nurse secu-ed She have been the result of a great mental ', shock."” “In either spector. will come back to him?" “Yes certainly.” replied Dr. Hib- L “I fully expect that it will come suddenly as it went. A k_might possibly restore But it will come " case,” asked the In- ch. and make them see that they must communicate with you staircase and into the bed |- “‘do you think his memory | o sign of the return,” said Inspector Cortelyou. He then said good-day to the doctor and set off toward the village. But he had scarcely crossed the waste | land on which the cottage stood when (he saw Perret running toward him. | At & fow yards' distance Perret cried | his news: | “Come to the station as quick as you can, sir!” he exclaimed. “Steat's| made his escape | the cashier of Mannersle: STAR, WASHINGTON THE EVENING ing of a key, was suddenly ofehed, roulsfl know mzlmln ne' hu.l:ir :;A;m- nd & young constable, whom §tead Ing for a while. He wo g remembered as a boy, looked In/4pon | back o Tast> Stend heard nis foct o him somewhat shamefacedly. Stead the flagged floor of the passage. & T e took up a position behin e e e o o g | door, and braced up all his nerve and amazement an: er 10, find | girength. He heara the rattle of mine’ the - glass and silver on the luncheon tray; church warden of Mannersley Church, e heard the key tu 'ned In the lock A e knew that the of locked up like'any common drumk OF i tho key in the- lock, and that. being casual criminal. Indeed, froms force | {ncumbered with the tray, he was of habit, the policeman touched whero | pushing the door open :n:p&g:_m;n + In another instant he — h“.‘,[:‘:;";‘ :::“:? ’“‘;’: :"':“'.,hm the 314 In that Instant Stead leaped upon ~don, g m, sent him and the tray rolling tofask Seutie oo GHIL Am it Ke s (o boRciary atisusion (R Re ANOL o8 ordered’ in from somewhere. T could the Tork snd I bhcthes ninate was slip across to the Grapes, sir. and g€t outside the rear of the police station youa chop or something, if you like." . e stood for a moment to regain his hand T Bis pocket, in which tey Nad hic seual cool And Lalme mnner, and ckes, In " s usual cool and calm manpner, }:I‘;; hm:i such cash as he had about following out the plan which he had oy ot KA TIA IR determined upon, he deliberately S rhould like a chob and po- ! turned the corner of the police st nd a little cheese and a €lass tion, and, emerging into the main et yourself a drink with the A;urou.l w;lkedh boldly m]md lhhc 1ittle i jlocal bank, which occupled the next (ak"if’;\;!;‘fw)"?‘\‘x,hpss{r, said the officer, building. Just as he had surmised. Mr. Marshall Stead, left to himself and his own thoughts in the solftude | of a not too spacious or comfortable cell, felt that the situation in which |he now found his hitherto confident | personality placed was one which had | | great disadvantages. i | Until that moment he had never: |upon any occasion known what it was | to be nonplussed; full of resource his life he had invariably conve: | every situation to his own zo~d { was sure now that he could make |something out of this, if only he could | regain his liberty. But the walls of | his cell were as thick as those of the old castle, to all appearances The | window was & mere pane of dull glass | covered with iron bars. The door |looked as if it would never open again under any circumstances. Ob- viously, Mr. Stead was in what is vulgarly called a tight place; but | being philosophic, he sat down on his stool—which was all that was pro- vided to sit on—and considered mat- ters. And, after all, he reflected. with a species of interior mirth, they could | not get at his money. He had ways had too much sense to keep a considerable sum of money in any local bank. Beyond a sum of about |a hundred and seventy pounds lying 1in the bank not twenty yards from where he was sitting. o | captive, All his worldly wealth was in London and elsewhere—in other names. if he could only get out and get away from Mannersley, He felt in- clined to curse or to kick himself for not clearing off immediately after the scene with Phillipa. But how could he know what was coming? Even 10w he could not understand how these confounded people had found out. | While he sat there meditating, the So°ry to see YOU . there was nobody there but a clerk, in this place Mr. Stead.- he added, ' who sreered him in ali Innocence with & clumsy attempt at.sympathy., “Good-day.” said Stead, replying to “It's all a foolish mistake, for which ' the youth's salutation. “I want some somebody will gold, and 1 find T've forgotten my rep ied check book. Just give me a blank Iling: form. please.” His hand was quite steady as he wrote out a check for £150, and he chatted pleasantly to the -clork as that sum was counted out and handed over. . He dropped the two paper bags into which he had directed the xon to be put into his pockets and with a_quiet farewell walked calmly out of t‘I\(v bank and into the main street again. e to pay heavily,” “By the by, is' Mr. orth anywhere about?’ No, sir,” said the officer. “There's obody about just now but me and Constable Stevens in the office— they'll all gone to dinner. Is it any- thing Stevens could do, sir? swered Stead. “I only wanted t. ask Mr. Illingworth a question. Pl gee him this afternoon.” The young officer went away, prom- ising to br.ng the chop as soon as possible, and Mr. Stead resumed his meditations. What a thing i “Lucky for me it's dinner time." he b. thought. “That's step number two, Was &.firm bellever in the saying that [survey a scene which. if not abso- | Now for number three. Mr. Stead’s step number three was to walk around the cormer of the bank, and to make a sharp turn into a cul-de-sac of red brick cottages which lay at its rear. There was not a soul to be seen in the forlorn lit- tle street, and without a moment's hesitation he went straight to one of the first houses, and, dispensing with the ceremony of knocking, opened the door and walked This cottage was one of ral which belonged to Stead in Man- nersley. It was a typical miner's cot- tage, having a Wing room in front. a kitchen at the back and two sleep- ing chambers upstairs. Such & cot- tage, in the hands of home-loving and careful tenants, not overburdened with children, could be kept neat and clean. as was the case with the great majority of the cottages in Man- nersley. But this cottage was tenanted by one of Mannersley’s greatest me'er- | do-wells—a miner Who was known by no other name than Dogger Tandy, | probably because, whatever the state of hLis worldly affairs might be, he i could always show a good greyhound, | vhica he fed on mutton chops while (his unfortunate wife munched a dry crust. And Dogger Tandy was In Stead's debt. and was d and his cottage was hand; | i Pledged to Quality as, he nd yet | e:ence | If only he could | door! | And then a sudden thought came | to Mr. ad, which made him jump | from his stool and begin to pace the | narrow confines of his cell with rapid | strides. He knew the exact geog- ! raphy ‘of the police station, for he | thought, to be 50 ne’r .iber:y so far from it, and what a di a locked door made! get outs.de that YOI CAN QUICKLY LOCATE IT IN THE DUSK { was friendly with the architect who | built it, and had often been @ver it with him in the process of bui'ding. | He knew that the cell in which he | I aced was the last of &l ar in a passage which :iminated with a door at the back | of the police - station: if he eould once get out of his cell into that pas- sage the opening of the door would simple matter. 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