Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1924, Page 36

36 R (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) 1 CHAPTER XIIL I The Annotated Chart. Amid the buzz of excited excla- mation which ran round the crowded Toom the telegram was passed from band to hand among those sitting at the table, and presently Smith and Hextall bent over It together. “From the police inspector at Lynchfield,” muttered Smith. “Lynch- field? Ah, that's on the Hampshire border, on the way to Southampton. “Man answering description of Tickell 1s lying unconscious from bicycle ac- cident at cottage near here. Send some one to identify. Ah, you see, Hextall, he's been making his way to Southampton to get out of the country. Now, what are these fel- lows about?" 2 The legal gentleman from London, the coroner, the foreman of the jury and a police superintendent were ‘whispering together at the end of the : table. Presently the coroner looked up. “Under the circumstances,” he said, T think we had better adjourn untii this week day. It is very probable, gentlemen, that much more impor- tant evidence will be placed before you." The excited audience made its way out of the room to swell the throng athered in the schoolyard, and the officials and witnesses left behind formed groups and began to talk. And Darrell Tress came up to Smith and Hextall, looking more nervous and alarmed than ever. “I say—I say!" he exclaimed. “Do +—do you really think that is Tickell— do vou?’ The police superintendent, bustling forward, overheard Darrell’s words. “We want you to go along with us, Mr. Tress,” he said. “I suppose plenty of your servants could identify him, but it will be far better if you go Yourself. I've my car outside, and I and the inspector are going at once. How soon can you be ready?” Darrell looked at his two com- panions. It was plain eno that he had no taste for this expedition, and once more Hextall felt himself vaguely puzzled and concerned by his attitude and behavior. But Smith took Darrell by the arm and led_him to_the door. N “Your car's outside, too, Tress,” he said. “Come along—Hextall and I are going with you. How long," he added, turning to the superintendent, “how 'long will it take us to get to Lynchfield?” “Lynchfield? Oh, a little over an answered the superintendent. about twenty miles across The two cars, the police officials in one, Darrell and his two companions in the other, sped off through the ex- cited crowd which had gathered in the village street. Darrell shrank away from the prying eyes and lean- ed back in the car, wiping his fore- wish to_God I'd never seen Kesteven, nor Tickell, nor any of the infernal crew!" he growled as they got clear of the village and took the road which led across the hills to- ward the Hampshire border. “And 1 wish Tickell had got clear away, 30 I do, by gad! 1 do, indeed, so that 1 couldn't be bothered with all this infernal business, And, by gad! as soon as vou'll let her go, Hextall, T'll take Paquita and the youngster, and we'll go abroad somewhere— Egypt, or India, or somewhere—and keep out of the way until it's all over.” “Bad time ¢f the vear., Tress, for cither Eevpt or India.” remarked Smith coolly. “And I'm afraid you'll be wanted durmg Tickell's trial. You'll be ahout the most important witness they'll have you know.” Darrell showed renewed signs of temper and impatience, and Hexta]l, who saw that his nerves were seri- ously upset, hastened to soothe him “You don't know that there'll be any trial, Smith” he said with a meaning glare at the barrister. “You've got to commit a man for trial, 1 helieve, and Tickell hasn't even been hefore a bench of magistrates Besides that, if Tickell's had a yet. bad accident, he mayn't recover, We mizht find him dead. Darrell started in his seat, and snapped out an exclamation which Hextall knew to be genuine enough. 3 1 wish he may be dead!" heard since—since vesterday. There'd be an end of all this, then. Do you think it's 1y7" he went on, turning eagerly to Hextall. “Do you, really>” “I don’t know whether it's likely or unlikely,” answered Hextall, again conscious of a vague uneasiness raised by Darrell’s strange manner. “But the probability is that he met with the accident referred to in the telegram at some time vesterday morning, and if he's heen unconscious lanlwenly-fuur hours he's badly urt."” gaThe two cars went on, up hill, down e, noon struck they pulled up before a Ppolice station in the wide street of a pleasant little market town, which stood in the midst of a lovely, much- wooded country. A couple of officials came out and exchanged greetings with the police from Lynne, and Dar- rell and his companions left their car and went over to them. The Tynchfield superintendent had already bezun his story when his confrere from Lynne interrupted him. “Stop a bit" he said. “This is Mr. Tress of Lynne Court. and these gentlomen are his friends, Tell him what you were going to say; they're all concerned.” “There’s, not such a lot to tell,” remarked “the local superintendent. “Of course we heard from your peo- ple first thing yesterday morning, giving a description of this man, and we kept a smart lookout in our trict all vesterday, because, you see we're between you and Portsmouth and Southampton, and we thought h mizht be making for the coast. How ever, we never heard nor saw anv- thing until about half past 7 this morning. Then a laboring man came in here and told a tale. He's a man %ho lives in a by-lane that runs be- tween this road and another high road, two or thren miles out of the town, going west; his is the only cottaze thereabouts. He said that yesterday morning about 7 _o'clock, after he'd gone to his work, his wife went up their lane to fetch water from a spring. T know the place he was talking about: there's a sharp fall and a sudden twist in that lane. and near the spring there's a disused quarry. The woman heard groans coming from the quarry. and she went there and found the man I wired to You about—Tickell, dead certain! ¥e'd evidently been thrown from his clean through the railines of this quarry, and he was badly hurt—sort of half-conscious when the woman found bim. She fetched some water and brought him round, and after a time she managed to get him 10 her cottage. Then he became un- conscious, or fainted again, and he was like that, coming to and then going off again. all day. They're oldish people Wwho live at this eottage; there's no one near them, £nd the woman didn't know what to do. She wanted to go for a doctor during the day, but the man wouldn't et her: he kept assuring her that he would come round and be all right, He seemed better when her husband Teached home at night, and he said again that he would be all right if they wculd let him rest there until this morning. But when the mom- ing came round they found him un- conscious, and evidently worse than ever, so the man came in here for a doctor, and the doctor advised him to call and tell us. Of course, we im- mediately thought of Tickell, and we went off to the cottage at once. And there's no doubt the man is Tickell. He's a lot of that money on him.”" Darrell Tress started and became very pale and Smith broke in with @ question which transferred interest to_himself. “How did had_what you call that money on him?’ he asked. e L&:ne inspector answered: e circulated & report that Tickell i ¢ | ! The Mystery of Lynne Court By J. S. FLETCHER (Copyright, 1923, by Nermsa Remisgtes Company.) “It would be the best news | across the hills, until just as| you know that 'l'lcke"! AR might be in possession of = large sum of money in French and Eng- lish bank notes,” he said. “And he has ‘em cxht:nueld he local superintendent. “At least, he's for™0F it - Between £3.000 and a £4,000, I should say, in Bank of Eng- land notes. There are no French ones, though. We searched him. And that’s about all that there is on him; no papers much beyond a queer sort of map or chart which we couldn't make out But we'd better go on there—I left two of my men at the cottage, and there's a doctor there, oo, “What did the doctor say?” asked Bele-llL “He 1d he was very bad, sir— internal injuries as well as a dam- aged skull,” answered the: superi tendent “They're doubtful If they be able to move him to the hospital.” They all got into thelr cars again, the Lynchfield police with their con- freres from Lynne, and, proceeded through the little town. A couple of miles farther along the high road they came to a narrow lane which turned sharply away from the main road and . suddenly twisted off amongst overhanging trees. ‘There the police got out of their car and | the whole party went down the lane on_foot. “It's a perfect marvel to us that this man should ever have tried to ride down this lane,” remarked the Lynchfield superintendent. “You can see for yourselves, gentlemen, what it's like—madness to ride down it The only thing we can think of that | induced him to do it is that from the road we've just left you can see that other road ‘there in the valley and that this lane makes a short cut to it. Then, of course, you can't see that it's 50 steep until you come to this corner.*Any way, there’s the place where he was thrown into the quarry 1 —you see, he crashed through those rails—and _yonder's the cottage Where he's lying. Of course, we may find him dead—it's possible. Hextall, who was chiefly occupying himeelf By watching Darrell Tress, caught a_gleam of hope in his eyes— it was abundantly plain that nothing would give him such rellef as to know that Tickell was silenced for good. He was pondering over this strange conduct when they reached the cottage door and encountered the doctor and the constable who were coming out to meet them. The doc- for shook his head as he met the in- quiring guze of the Lynchfield super- intendent. unconscious,” he said. I don't, know whether we shan't have to arrange an operation—I must have further help and advice.” “This gentleman {s a doctor,” said the inspector from Lynne. “Dr. Hex- tall—a London doctor, 1 believe, Sir?" The two medical men went outside and talked, and the police superin- tendent turned to Darrell. “Just come inside, Mr. Tress, and see if this man is Tickell” he said. {“It won't take you a minute, and it can’t do him any harm if he's uncon- sclous.” arrell entered the cottage with every sign of distaste, Smith following closely at his elbow. e_injure losely at his elb The injured man lay in the house place on an im- provised bed, at the side of which sat a constable.’ Darrell gave one quick | glance at ‘the white face and turned away. “That's Tickell, of course,” he said. “Is that enough?” He turned sharply and was walking out of the cottage when the superin- tendent called him into another room. a little parlor on the opposite side of the small entrance porch. He pro- duced a Norfolk jacket, and from an inside pocket took a note case held together by a stout elastic band. “Here's all that we found on him," he observed, lookink at Smith, whom he evidently conceived to be a person of some responsibility. nothing more beyond a watch and chain, & ring or two, and some small things. Now, look here, Mr. Tress— are those bank notes part of the lot we've heard about? They are? Good! They fotal up to about what I said— getting on to four thousand pounds. Pretty good proof that of who killed Kesteven, that! Now here's the only | scrap of paper we found on him—and what it is I'm shot if I can make out. Looks like a bit of a map or_a chart, or something of that sort. What d you make of it, sir?" handing a much-crumpled and folded | half sheet of note paper to Smith. I | hear you're an expert in these mat- ters.” | teGnith took the paper into his hand and looked carefully at it. Upon it 1+ was roughly drawn, in almost oblit- erated pencil lines, a diagram which was something like a leg of mutton | hing lik 1 f in shape; across this various lines were traced: at certain points along | these lines figures were inserted. Be- | neath the diagram were what Smith took to be explanatory notes. These were puzzling enough. Against the 5ngure 1 appeared the letter W; | againt 2 the letters PP: against 3 { more letters, KNof D: against 4 one letter, C. Beneath ali this were two lines 'of writing: one, “Any evening 12th—18th, 834 ‘the other, Endeavor; C—Accomplishment." “If you've no objection,” said Smith, “I'll make a copy of that document. Then I can perhaps get at its mean- . With the Apartment Business - DONT !zxpems-ymnnwuaorrn- “There was | he went on, | Mr. O. G. Announces His Connection ROBERT E. HEATER Specializing in A THE PATENT LAW BILL' | | tecting Practice of Re- ligble Attorneys. MANY COMPLAINTS MADE Present Administration of Office ! IsPraised. Emphatic testimony in favor of the Cramton bill to restrict practice be- fore the patent office on patent appli- ations was given yesterday by Willlam W. Dodge, chairman of the legislative committee of the American Patent Law Assoctation, and Harry E. Knight, as- sistant to the Attorney General in charge of patent legislation. At the hearing before the patent committee, of which Representative Florian Lampert of Wisconsin is chairman, Representative Sol Bloom of New York émphasized the fact that under the Cramton bill a man once disbarred from practice before the patent office could not be hired even as a janitor by a patent attorney firm. Mr. Dodge said that his association was formerly the Patent Law Asso- ciation of Washington. It has 510 members and a recent referendum { showed that 234 members were in fa- vor of the law, 24 favored a modi- fication and 14 were opposed. He has been a practicing patent attorney for | fifty-two years. Have Many Complainta. Patent Commissioner Robertson said { the complaints against “shyster” pat- ent attorneys and associations which cannot practice before the patent of- fice are very many and coming in all the time. |, Mr. Knight said he had been with the Department of Justice as special agent six years and in charge of the patent law branch three years. He described the conditions in England and sald he wished that in this country there was similar respect SUNDAY ST 2| TESTIMONY FAVORS. | i for the law. He sald a patent attor- ney now is subject to so much criti- clsm he hardly dares call himself by his proper name. He deplored the tendency to take every wild-eyed inventor and exploit him to the limit and even to insti- gate applications for inventions which have already been patented. He described the safeguards thrown about the medical profession which inspired confidence, and thrown about other industrial, chemical, engineer- ing and electrical professions. He urged that a patent attorney should have qualifications to fit him for the position, that he should know the law in al] its branches, should have a wide acquaintance with industrial activity 1and should know foreign languages. ‘The Americn patent office is admired and envied throughout the world, |ana there has never been a breath of suspicion against any patent com- missioner in the history of the nation, he said, and paid a high tribute to the present commissioner. DOLLAR GIFTS TO 1,000 TIED WITH CHARITY ‘PLEA { if They Need It Worse Than | Children’s Shelter. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, March 15.—One thou- sand New Yorkers rubbed their eyes when yesterday morning’s mail brought them a gift of a dollar bill, with permission to use it if they needed it more than the children be- tween three and thirteen years of lgz"al the Bronx Day and Night Shelter. 1f they did not need the money they were invited to return it, with one or many more, to be used in building a new sheiter. The names were taken at random from a tele- phone directory. —_— ling in my leisure It has a meaning, of course.” “Much obliged to you, sir,” said the superintendent. “Glad of any ance. 1 don't suppose that he"—here he nodded at the other room—“would tell us it he were able. Well, Mr. Tress,” he went on, turning to Dar- rell, 'who stood sullenly watching Smith, “that's the man, you see, and you can look on him as being a sure starter for the gallows, sir! 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