Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1924, Page 13

" RIPPL G RUB A Thrilling Mystery Story By J. S. F Copyright, 1924, by G. LETCHER P. Putnam's Sons. T BIGUS (Continued from Yesterd “Well, the fact of the case was, you were drugged,” he replied cooll; “You'll maybe remember. he gave y a drink—to keep the cold out—: before you started. Well—doped understand s, though: disposed of me | eh?" T said. | place—the trainer's old Manson well daughter now, t damn _smart girl un! Yes. we put comfortable—wit in your pocket Bit of comp, dred pound lad! you were “Temporarily, Mr. Qua said. “Only for the time bei why did you run that car over the edge of the old chalk-pit” The damn_thing b down—hope- Yo h “Holliment, he couldn’t . 50 we took off , - e. ‘and all that, and ! i heather ~they ~ ther v vou hit on the right sp ind me, we shoved the place is—and a | e 15, and a clever | u down there. all a hundred pounds D of a note “We | g 4 her Then—this damned Chink_turns up, 1 feared he would, and he's done Holliment A r. Quartervayn said T You're so certain that this Chi murdered Ho don't | with your story promptly nes with those and never will! Let —mever had ha: 2 work!—no help em do their own o tell them all T | ‘em—nothing!” he clared. | “And how could T fell one Chi { from another? Like as two two Chinamen—yellow fac s—can't tell Ching from “This man's name is Chuh Sin, ac- carding to you,” I remarked. “T reckon a can_change his name as easily as an English- man” he - might be 1o Ping or 2 I'm go ing to have no truck with any police I'm fed up here! G c first thing tomorro of Hollana You come—we'll go to Flushing or Middleburz. T'll pay vou well as my clerk—I can see | You're a smart chap, and no doubt a | good scholar. 1 ain‘t—never had much schooling “I'm much obliged to you, Mr. Quartervayne, but I'm not going,” I said m not afraid of th terious and elusive Chinaman, T won't deny that from vour of the whole thing there seems to he some ger to anybody who's been unlucky enough to get mixed up with Holliment. But there are one or two more questions I'd.like to ask you. And first—are you aware under what circumstances Holliment's dead body was found” He gave a sort of involuntary shudder and blinked his eyes rapidly. “I know where he was found. and what had happened to him!” he mut- tered. “Them da Chinks—a knife'—ah, don’t they know how to use one! Ugh!" “P'm not referring to that" “Do you know that Holliment's watch —worth _at le fifty pounds—lay by him on the path; that he'd three or four hundred pounds in ready money on also thrown carelessly aside— clothes had been ripped likely that any | in the paddin mys hough ~count id T vayne? what for? Come now!" But T knew as soon as ever I had put the direct question, that I was not going to get anv straightforward answer from Quartervavne. How- ever nervous and exci be. he was sufficiently m self to control his fea big, moon-like face and impassive. He lifted his pudzy fingers, stroked his chin, and shook his_head. “Can't s " he answered. Ways o' them eastern chaps are beyond me —don’t understand ‘em!” “Perhaps—but vou've sufficient knowledge of human nature to know that to eastern or gold watch and thr pounds in cash when vou've nothing to them!" 1 said, still eveing him row “And’ you know jolly well, Mr. Quartervayne. that this was no ardinary murder! sn’t the work of a footpad, do. f hat he could get from his vietim. Whoever it was that ~murdered olliment—and it | mayn't ha e thi Chinaman, | when all's sa done—-" | “Who else could it be?" he demand- “Who else?” have been an English- “I don’t know vou don't know. But as T w —whoever did it was after s that he believed Holliment to have on He searched rapidly and fran- for it, throwing all else aside—" “Look vou here. my lad!” he inter- rupted. “You're damned clever, no doubt. but there's other theories than yours' There's this—the Chink was interrupted before he could gather up the watch and the money! He heard somebody coming—and hopped it “Tell that to the marines. Mr. Quar- tervayne 1 exclaimed. h ory that's full of holes! 1t won't hold water for one minute. He'd time to rip up Hollimen's clothing. ‘o cut into the padding at his shoulders, to ex- amine and s h waistbaad, to find out if he w vearing a béit under his shirt! No—he was after some- thing. Now what?" “T tell you 1 don’t know!" rerted. “1 know nothing “Very good,” said I u know a man named Neamoré—Percy Neamore?" He started as if T had held a re- volver at him and his big face paled. “What do you know about Nea. more?’ he demanded. “When—" “Never mind!" I retorted. “Do you know him? I think vou do, Mr. Quar- tervayne, and I'll teil you why. Holli- ment and Neamore were in the War- rington Hotel in Maida Vale very late last night, and when they left together they went to see somebody in Dela- ware road, close by—and not far from the scene of the murder. Did they go to see you, Mr. Quartervayne? Be- cause I saw you in Delaware road this very afternoon in a tixicab! Now come—who is Neamore " He stared at me hard for a minute in silence; then suddeniy rising, he made straight out of the room, Be- fore T could follow he had walked out of the hotel and into the night. CHAPTER XL The Train Goes Out. T 1ay awake for a long time that night endeavoring to think things out. It seemed to me if one was going to get at any clear view of the entire, utter puzzling situation, one had to go back as far as possible—at any rate, to some definite point at which these present matters began. And as far as I was in possession of facts, the thing seemed to have had its beginning with that astute, watch. fu1. inscrutable old Chinaman whom 1 had seen at the Langham Hotel— Mr. Cheng. I tried to get the events into sequence—figuring, of course very largely on probabilities. I put it in this way: Mr. Cheng is a wealthy Chinese financier. He comes to Ku- Tope on some business or other; he has secretaries and servants Wwith him. ' During his stay in Paris one of these followers robs him of som: thin, alre was the murderer searching bit tempting, » but pocket | to - Tearned; the mawm is"one Chuh | precise xact; from what I have | 2 Chuh Sin, having robbed his master of this something, escapes to England. He turns up at Portsmouth —Perhaps he struck there from Southampton, having traveled by way of Havre. He puts himself up at Holliment's Temperance Hotel, and after a time, being taken ill, goes to hospital, leaving all his effects in Holliment’s hands. Coming out of hospital unexpectedly, he finds that Hoiliment has appropriated that somecthing. He goes for Holliment— he gets a gang of loafers together and conducts an attack on Holll- tore. Holliment flies. and Sin somehow gets on his_track. Probably Chuh has English friends in Lo ¥ some- body murders ent and turns Rim inside out, as it were, in a fran h for that something. All seems plain, straightforward, And out’ of it queer questions. What is the something Why won’t Mr. Cheng tell the Eng- rise some Holliment, Quartervayne and partners in the appropria- tion i plain language—the stealing of it? Neamore sell the something to re for £10,0002 mere to Mr. Pennithwaite? t-this thing murder and all sorts of hor- and unpleasaniness—now safels < Mr. Pennithwaite's safe s lnn Fie while a Chinaman, shielded, no by some English associates, is wling about on a relentless search r itY It séemed to me as I lay there, wide awake, staring into the blackness of my room, that I knew more about the whole thing than anybody. And the question forced itself again and again upon me—Ought 1 to tell all T knew to the police, to Jifferdene, at once? I didn't know how to answer that estion. 1 didn't want to bring Lady ardsmere into this business—at any rate, until I had seen and talked to her. If only Jifferdene would let me go back to Renardsmere 1 could tell Lady Renardsmere all I knew, all T had found out about Neamore, Who- ever he was, and about his undoubted with Holliment and Qu would beg her to ¢ police herself. at time that friends recover certain Sin and his English stick at nothing to something, and we might be having murder done at Renardsmere House. Tell Lady enurdsmere the whole story 1 would'—as soon as I could get at her. And Peggie Manson too—perhaps Peggie first. For 1 had =fen enough of Peggie to know that if ever there was a young woman who had a headpiece screwed on straight and tight, Peggie was she. But there was that infernal inquest. ny fore either judge, magistrate or cor- oner. 1 didn't k what they mightn't get out of it. I supposed— being wholly ignorant of the pro- | cedure in their affairs—that the police | would have at any rate something to do with it; perhaps—nay, probably— Jifferdene ‘would have already sug- Zested to the ner that 1 Knew a lot. T was afraid of having to in- troduce Lady Renardsmere's name— altogether. I didn’t know with what questions T mightn't be faced. ~And if I let things out, about Lady Ren- ardsmere and Neamore, Jifferdene would turn on me and want to know the devil T hadn't told him all Yes. certainly, 1 said to my- d and’ tumbled about, ous lot more than Jif- ferdene knew that I knew—and I heartily wished T didn't rather overslept myself, out of sheer weariness in the end, and it was past 9 o'clock when I went down to the coffee room for breakfast. Half way through it, and while I was read ing an account of the Holliment mur- der, a very guarded and concise one, obviously inspired by the police, and suggesting more mystery in the affair than I knew it to possess, I was called to the telephone. Jifferdene was at the other end. He said that he was busy about the opening of the in- quest on Holliment at Paddington that afternoon and couldn’t get on to see me for two or three hours—would 1 be in the hotel between 12:30 and 1?7 1 promised that I would—and then asked him a question “Any developments?” “No' he answered. hear of one or two by noon. here—you keep quiet till I don’t go wandering round; the word!” " (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) “But T may Look come— mum's LEXANDER R. Erskine, president of the Stude- baker Corporation, at- tributes the great progress of the Studebaker business to the expenditure of 36 millions for | adequate plant facilities. Great biinesses _grow by great it Hearst’s International, for instance, like the Studebaker, is backpe:ulz a com{mny that s lavishly to improve its product. Its great re- sources make it possible to give value in unac- customed measure. “The Boob” by Walter gz Leon for instance in uly. eqrsty International STUDEBAKER Just Drive It; That's All Camp With Comfort Whether you' go into camp for an extended stay —or are just taking a little run_in the auto—there is equipment you should take that will make them both the more enjoyable. Tents—Cooking Outfits, Camp Chairs, Stoves, Cots, etc. é We are headquarters for the best makes of all camp- ing and tourist equipment —and can supply exactly what you need—always at the price that's most mod- erate. R. C. M. Burton & Son 911 E Street N.W. which bids fair to | | | i | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1924 Continuing the Sale of Dainty Handmade Undergarments Our Regular $1.95 and $2.95 Values Sale Price $1.65 These undergarments constitute one of the most remark- able values we have been able to present and women who are planning their vacation wardrobes or trousseaus will benefit by delving far into their accounts and purchasing just as lav- ishly as they possibly can. Gowns—Chemise—Vests—Step-ins Every picce entirely made by hand and hand-embroidered in elaborate or simple motifs. All made of fine nainsook in the Philippines and Porto Rico, and the vests and step-ins finished with colored bands. Exquisite underwear fit for a princess in the July Sales at only $L6S. Sizes, in gowns, 15, 16 and 17; some extra sizes, 18, 19 and 20. Chemise, step-ins and vests, sizes 36 to 4. Each garment, THIRD FLOOR, LANSBURGH & BRO. White Middy Blouses $1.50 Fine quality Lonsdale Jean in all white, trimmed with three rows of flat braid. Smart yoke model with straight or cuff bottom. All sizes from 6 to 22. FOURTH FLOOR What Luck for Boys A 69¢c Sale! Boys' Khaki Knickers, of serviceably finished khaki, thoroughly well made, strong- ly sewed and nicely trim- med. Sizes 8 to 16. 69C Boys’ Wash Suits, in middy and button-on styles. Wide choice of smart color combinations in the most attractive of practical styles. This is a sure 'mough get- ggady;fo;-vasasion special. izes 2, 3 an years. Limited quantity.... 69c Boys’ Sport Blouses, khaki, white and tan pongee or striped percale. Speort collar, short sleeves. 69 Sizes7t0 16.......... OIC Boys’ Play Suits, a sturdy one-piece style in ;ilthdcr kfi;k; or blue denim. ade with drop seat. Sizes 2108, Cratce - 69¢ Boys’ Cloth Knickers, made of fast-color, washable crash, in durable play-resist- fng_ manner. Sizes 7 to 16. Choice........ 69c Boys' Blouses, in cool, comfortable collar-attached style, yoke back and open cuffs. "Made of high-count percale. Sizes 7 to 16. Choice 690 Boys’ Bathing Suits, in popular California style. Choice of navy, maroon and in a range of serviceable fab- . black. Sizes 6to 14. rics that will stand rough Special Tuesday, 69(. play. Sizes 8 to 1 69c Choice B T et L .Ch.ox:ge Small Lots Bedwear Reduced for Quick Selling (6) Fine Silk Comforts—wool and down filled; formerly $30.00 to $37.50. July Clearance $25 @5) Beacon Blankets, Indian, travel and com- fortable styles; light and dark colors; $3 85 splendid for summer use. Each,..... . (4) Colonial Candlewich Spreads, handmade, single and double bed size; lavender only; regu- $4 95 larly $6.50; sale price.......oooeeveennnn. ‘o (14) 36x50-in. White Plnrt-wo?l Cgsglnnkeu. blue i g rice .90, and pink borders; regular p: $2.50 (16) 90x96 Barbara Fritchie Crinkled Bed Set, blue, rose, gold and natural; note the size; regu- $7 50 £ KX E .95, Sale price. ..........: ok i PR Tiou, LASISURGR & 3RO AR AR AR AR RAR AR AR AR AR AR AR AR AR AR AR 2R A2 LANSBURGH & BrRo. Otorewide July Clearance Sales Off to a Flying Start ONIGHT thousands of women who at- tended this great July Sale inaug- ural today will broadcast the news of the phenomenal savings to be made. We heard many expressions early this morning approv- ing the many wonderful offerings. Tomorrow and every day during this semi- annual event will find equally as important val- ues. We have a task to accomplish—the back- ward season has left us with stocks entirely too heavy—and they must be cleared. And then, the expansion into our new addi- tion early in October, in preparation for which much fixture moving in the new arrangement of our present store will be necessary. The less merchandise on hand, the easier the task. Yes, there are good reasons why this sale is going to break July records—now is the time to supply every summer want. July prices are here—even lower than you expected. And the lion’s share always goes to the early shop- pers. Lunch Trays 7-Pc. Glass Water Set July Clearance Price 97¢ Set Beautiful, clear-cut glass—optic blown glass- ware, with dainty design. Extraordinary value. Light Cut-Glass Handled FOURTH FLOOR (v Pennant Sheets— July Sale Priced Pennant sheets are of excellenf, long-wearing, full- bleached sheeting, free from dressing—perfect in every respect—cool coveringd® for summer beds—at very low prices: 81x90 and 72x99 Pennant Sheets v 81x99-inch Pennant Sheets .......... $1.39 . $1.49 Gold Medal Pillowcases, 29¢ Sturdy quality cambric-finished muslin; choice of either 42x36 or 45x36 inch sizes. 36-Inch Cambric Muslin, 18¢ Yd. 36 inches wide—a good quality for princess slips, petti- coats and many other uses. THIRD YLOOR, LANSBURGH & BRO. Model Fade-Away Bust and Back Reducer $5.00 A fashioned reducing brassiere shaped top and bottom and specially made to conform to the figure at every point. Hook back and shoulder straps of dainty ribbon—removable and adjustable. Sizes 38 to 46. Flesh color Para rubber. ‘The Fade-away reduces you without diet or .drugs in the effective, natural way, takes off fat at the very point where it interferes with a shapely figure. THEIRD FLOOR, LANSBURGH & BRO. Sleeveless Flannel Jacquettes $2.79 A timely value—attractive model with binding of fiber braid, in colors such as red, jade, marigold, gray and black—also black with white bipding. Sizes 36 to 4. o 5E00¥D rFioom Special— Cool Cotton Blouses $1.98 Dainty, new styles in white and colored voile, dimity, broadcloth and novelty voile. Peggy, V and collarless— choite of long or short sleeves. Sizes 36 to 46. g SECOND FLOOR Daihty and Cool Summer Dresses $13.95 The frock you have been wanting and waiting for is here tomorrow in this extraordinary offer- ing of delectable summer frocks of —Georgettes —Flowered Georgette —DPrints —Roshanara —Tub Silks —Crepe de Chine —Rodier Crepe —Linens A list of styles in the various smart silhouettes that defy description. These are some of the smartest, most gracious frocks you or we have ever seen at $13.95. Simple boyish affairs for the miss, debutante and her mother. ~ Frocks variously trimmed employing all the artifices known to modern designing with beauty and adaptability wholly in mind. Sizes for women and misses and extra sizes, too, at $13.95. SECOND FLOOR A Whirl of Excitement! Women’s New Style Shoes AT LESS THAN AVERAGE COST TO MAKE $2.95 The low price is such an outstanding factor in this offering that it needs but little dwelling on— suffice it to say that $2.95 is practically the cost of making. We bought in large volume and got them at the price we wanted. Tomorrow you may save substantially on shoes whether you buy one or six pairs, and we advise buying the latter. Sale Being Held on Balcony, Second Floor Our regular shoe section is entirely too small to care for the throng that will seek to purchase these shoes and therefore this sale will be held on the second floor—balcony. The variety is very wide and you may choose from this assortment, sizes for women and grow- ing girls. ANKLETTES ONE.STRAP TWO-STRAPS CROSS-STRAP PYMPS WALKING PUMPS WALKING OXFORDS CUT-OUT OXFORDS SANDALS BLACK KID SPORT STYLES RED-AND-WHITE STREET STYLES KID EVENING STYLES COMBINATIONS Balcony—Second Floor BLACK SATIN PATENT LEATHER WHITE KID WHITE CALFSKIN AIREDALE SUEDE GRAY SUEDE BLACK SUEDE 1 ~ 2 AR AR R AR AT AR RN AR AR R R I \ 3