Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1924, Page 38

The Mystery of Lynne Court By J. S. FLETCHER (Copyeight, 1923, by Nerman Remington Company.) Continued from Yesterday's Star.) - CHAPTER 1IV. k4 Who Is Kesteven? When Paquits, smiling and obedi- ent, had.gone away With the nurse, 40 whom she was suddenly us affec- tlonate as if they had been sisters, Hextall retreated into his diniug room and looked at the back of his hand. It seemed to him trat'he still ‘gelt Paquitws warm lips there. He * was afrald to meet his own eyes in the irror over his mantiepiece. And his hands trembled as he picked up his favorlte pipe and essayed to Wght It e d God” he muttered. “Am I iols:olo have softening of the brain And—Tve promised to help her! or " _He had struck several matches and thirown them away before he got the ipe thoroughly golug, and when o ast the tobacco was burning he be- aame so abstracied that it wus quick- 1y out again. At that be threw the .pipe aside with a muttered imprecu- tion and went off to bed. ; “Paquita,” he mused, a5 he lald his head on the piliow. “Paquita is very beautiful—and very dangerous. It gyiil bo well when Paquita returns to nne Court.” yBut in_the meantime Paguita wag close at hand, and be bad to see her at least twice a day. On his next visit he found her much more amen- able to discipline and cheerful in Spirit: it was very evident that the midnight conversation with him had wrought & change in her outlook on life. Evidently of an ingenuous and impultive nature, she lost no time iu letting him see that she huiled him g2 o friend, and Hextall realized that he was being expected to make goo hfs promise. iu true and knightly fashion. " “But we must move warily.” he said, not wishing her to anticipate too much. “You dop’t know where these two are, do you?” . “Oh, yes, 1 do! she answered. »Fowler—that's Darrell's man—told me thix morning. It turns out that Kesteven telephoned to Darrell fast evening from Brighton, and Darrell de an excuse to Fowler and set off there at once, leaving Fowler in charge. Of course he said it was buciness, and he'd be back as quickly as possible, but I know what It means. They'll stay there as long as they're amused, and then thev']] ®o to Lynne Court, and when I re- turn 1 shall find the house full of the usual set. Never mind! I'm sure you'll help me.” Hextall left her. feeling that he had promised ‘more than be could easily perform. To attempt the ref- ormation and reclamation of a young man of the Dagrell Tress type was a Stiff thing, and gt present he saw no way in which to set about it. He was inclined, being a good deal of & utilitarian, to take the view of the lawyers to whom Paquita had ap- pealed, and from whom she had got such &cant sympathy. There was nething novel or striking about the case—it was merely the famillar in- stance of the rich young man falling ongst thieves, with no power of detecting _their intentlons, and no great desire to protect himself. In all these cases there were twp pos- sible developments—Darrell Tress might suddenly sicken of his surfeit of questionable pleasures, pull him- self up, and reform, or he might £o© under before anybody could work & reformation in him. But Hextall knew enough of life to feel aseured ‘that, in any case, Kesteven, If he was the hawi that circumstances seemed o ggest, would do a good deal goward phicking his pigeon before 4t escaped i As he was leaving the flat that #noming Fowler, the wvalet, met him 4n ‘the hall, and looked meaningly” at im. 2 “You want to speak to me?” dasked Hextall, interpreting the look into - & desire for conversation. “A word or two, if you please, =ir," sald Fowler. He led the way into a small sitting room, evidently saecred #o himself, and closed the door. “It's bout what we saw that night, sir,” continued. “I thought I'd better Jmention it. because as you're attend- ing Miss Tress you won't want her djsturbed. said Hextall. You eaw that man who put the money back on the table, sir?” asked Fowler. “The dark faced feilow with the bit of polnted mustache?” “I saw him." “Heo was here last night. I had a mice job to get him away. He wanted Mr. Kesteven. It was just after Mr. Tress went off. I—I'm afraid there may be trouble with that man, sir. “How?" asked Hextall. “He sajd that Mr. Kesteven per- i 1 l ! | So that Miss Paquita wpuld calm down, and that Mr. Kesteven prom- ised he'd meet him at noon yesterday, and give it back to him. It's true that Mr. Kesteven pockeled it after you and the nurses had got Miss Paquita Into her room—I saw him pocket it when he and I began put- ting the place straight. But this man said that Kesteven never turned up at the place they wWere to meet at, And so he came here for him—and a nice temper he was in, too! As I suy, I'd & job to get him off. And —he went off with a threat, sir.” “What threat? _ “Well, sir, he threatened that If Mr. Kesteven didn't hand back that money at once, bed'd g0 to the police about the revolver business, and charge Miss Puquita with threaiening to shoot him. And—I don't know where Mr. Keste: is, sir. * Nor w1‘|7r:h31r_h1‘ress i 2 ught they were at Brighton,” sald Hexiall, il s o, sir! T told Miss Paquita that —1 had to tel) her something to keep ber quiet. Mr. Kesteven went away &t noon yesterday, and_he telephoned. to Mr. Tress ubout 7 o'clock last Dight, and Mr. Tress had a* couple of suit cases packed, and went off in a car somewhere or other to ‘meet him, I expect. But I don't know where they are. What am I to do if this man comes ugain, sir? Do you know him?” asked Hextall. No, sir. T don here's u certain set of ‘em that's come here to play but he's not one of them—he'd neve: been here before that night. I neither knew him mor the other man—be'd never been before, either. Mr. Kest- even brought both of them—the three cume in just after Mr. and Miss Tress had come back from the theater.” “You don’t even know their names?” Don’t even know that, sir. 1 know 2 lot—u big Jot—of genticmen about town, but I'd never set eyes on either of those two before—never.” 2 as it &ny_considerabie amount money that was in question?” ask- *d Hextall. ey e Fowler smiled. “T saw several hundred-pound bank- hotes ameng it before Mr. Kesteven picked it up, sir.” he answered. “They’ve been plaving bigh, sir—very high, indeed—I never saw anything like it, sometimes. Of course, it's not my place to make remarks, but I drawn my own conclusions an@. high time Mr. Tress was protected. “From—whom! ked Hextall. He was hating and loathing all this vordid revelation, and he felt a cer- ain nausea in asking the ‘question— but not far off was Paquita, and the remembrance of his promise to her wus strong In his mind. The valet made a grimace endsshook his head. “Kebteven!" *he said. “Kesteven! He's got hold of my young master, and he's plucking him—like you'd pluck a chicken!” Hextall looked at the valet in si- lence for & moment. He knew that servants of this class were adepts in knowledge of what went on. among the masters they served; Fowler look- ed old enough to be the depository of many secrets. There was a knowing gleam in the eve which he turned on the young doctor as he spoke of Kest- even. and Hextall. much as he dis- liked doing it, could not forbear from tuking the hint, “Since you've said so much,” he ob- served. “I may as well tell you thut Miss Tress hus been complaining_ to me about the influence which Mr. Kesteven exerts on her brother. She seems to think it—-" Fowler laughed a little. “Oh, T know, sir! I've been down “ourt—several times. I've Paguita from thé bottom t. Oh—yes!" u know anvthing of Mr.| asked Hextall. “You say you know a lot of men about town. Did you know him when he came here “Oddly enough, sir—no. I have known a lot of his sort in my time— you know, sir, the sort of men who fasten on to rich young fellows and stick to them like leeches till they've bled ’em dry—hawks, s they used to call "em when 1 wai ounger. But 1 didn’t know him—and what's still queerer. none of my friends know him. We've talked—as gentlemen's servants do talk, sir, whether any- body knows it or not—and none of us know him. We can’t recall him o place him. I've friends who know every man of that sort in the West | End, and I've pointed Kesteven out to them; nobody recognizes him.” Hextall feit that he was in for far- reaching matters by this time, and he began to ask further questions with- out scruple. “Do you know how and when Mr. Tress met him?" he inquired. Vot for certain, sir.” replied Fowler. ‘That is—a# to how_they met. I know when it was. Mr. Tress had just engaged me; he had a suite of rooms at the Cariton Hotel at that days and stayed at Readt didn’t go with him, as I'd & cold. He brought Kesteven and Kesteven's never left him since. That was when they met, to how they met or who known to each other, | oxpect they just picked esch othqs Bp —on the racecourse.’ dare Ay yoU can answer & quee- i tion that Is possibly, very pertinent.” remarked Hextall. “In what condl- tion was Kesteven when he came? I mean—how did he present himeelf 1o you? Wus he well dressed—did he Scem to be in good circumstances?’ The vaiet laughed sneeringly. “He was well dressed enough, sir. he answered, “but it was all the suit he had —u first-class tweed. That and & smart overcost, and & -n:‘l; New Yorker Held in W. pany Draft Frauds suit case, filled with good limen dressing appointments, was sll? he ever brought to us. But” he added. with a wink, “he'd plenty within fortnight -— more than a dozen suit mean —at_Mr. pense?" suggested Hextall. “Just g0, sir—aut BMr. Tress's ex- pense. T know, of course, because tradesmen talk. Mr. Tress took him around to all his tradesmen—tailors. Loslors, shoemakers, hatiers—they all sent their bills to Mr. Tress. bless you, sir!” concluded Fowler, “why, there isn't & man goes down Piccadllly who's better dressed than Kestoven! he's feathering hiz nest—there's no double about that. A cool hand, and a clever one. Likes & good klasa of wine and kn what is gool but never touches a drink between meuls. and never takes more than a very modest amount with his meals. He's not the sort that wants brandy und sodu or a half bot- tlo of champague first ‘thing in morning — China_tea's his mark or When a man's only ex- how to take caure .of his?" sald Hex- tall, smiling. “No man better, sir. He's always got his wits about him. I've noticed that when they're going to play here at nights or down aut Lynne Court, Kesteven never even drinks at din- ner. Not he—a mouthful of mineral water with a xqueeze of lemon in it is all he wants.” “There {s one thing I can't quite make out,” observed Hextall. “I don't understand Lis encouraging Mr. Tress to drink.” Fowler shook his head. doesn’t, sir—I'll say that for him.” he answered frankly. *Mi Paquita blames him for that. but she's wrong. The truth is, sir, Mr. Trees had got onto that game before Kesteven came on the scene. When 1 first came to him he'd been slone for some time in that suite of rooms he had at the Carlton, and I found that he'd got into the habit of having a pint of champagne as soon as he got up. He's got past that, sir—it'e brandy and soda—strong, now. No! that's not Kesteven's fault. My own opinion is—but, perhaps, I've no right to_give ft. suld Hextall. “Say what you think, o1 €0 no farther: “Well. 1 think thaf Kesteven sees how things sre and he's making a for himself as fust us ever he replied the valet. “And that's hy I don't understhnd his bringing those other two men here the other nlght and not eettling up with the dark fellow who camé back last even- ing._1 know all the men wh COUGH OR COLD THAT HANGS ON Chronic coughs und persistent colds lead to serious lung trouble. You can stop them mnow . with Creomulsion, an emulsified creo- sote that is pleasant to take. 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