Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1924, Page 24

And, all unsuspecting that I was within a few feet — literally — of them, they sat down on a bank just behind the hedge where I was hid- den, and they talked. A good lot of What they sald was incomprehensible A Thrilling Mystery Story £ h“fi"*:él”'::";uf‘“}“?fi% = 3"23’““;’?: By J. S. FLETCHER D oritae staryithatore entrap her secretary that very night, and were going to waylay him Jjust above as he returned from a fool's errand to Winchester on which So that was their t let's get down to \lal- d hear all ubout it. Peggie!” sms so." answered Peyton. CHAPTER XVIL “What?" she asked, as we moved | Well, I heard enough to know that {away down the lan vou and Mlss Manson were in danger. Hands Out! | Do you feel quee. , with | They wanted to question her, T could have velled—danced, too— | IMMER that came about Lady Rengvdsmere. E 3 3 she an . rly, instead of sitting in one place for sheer joy as the scoudrels in front | i & all the time, they got up and began of usx, completely taken unawares, % ming! 1 said. "’“"“‘”'"lo stroll around a bit, Fortunately, threw their arms skyward, with a % . left my wheel on the other sir;: shoufad Walker, { the grove. So I stole quietly readiness which made me certain that mething—only soniething—like N ot Wonacetts they were well acquainted with the | BiS usual volee. “Difficult spot -and 1 got that wheel down the side turn in, though If you and & hadbé und thto:a romd and I Manson'll walk down to the road: three p of hands went ith | We walked down to the road | made tracks for the nearest age. f up with walked down to the road I'd the luck to hit on a policeman military precision—und remained up! s we turned Titur and remained up « nIn uth, | {here that was ght smart man. o g0t on the telephone to the police hand and pointed forward | Station at Mallant, a few miles away other. There, in the middle | and within half an hour that sergeant itinued from Yesterday's Star.) strict rules of their own game. The No wonde ith five stalwart men ont and sfdes and five ugly look- | 4 volvers in close proximity to nd S, And of the three only wer put b utraged feeling words e were ort and | seured in the shadow of a'g Yenomon | h towered between him e | * we just came up her ay! “Iannation! Trapped” i There was crystallization of everything that « bamled devil could Peyton! down this way and I've got an idea Spit out of his black throat in those -nt right ahead: we shook | “Well, and what is vour idea?’ 1 two words—hatred. despair, hopeloss with him, solemnly: although | i ness. impotent raging. And the next 1s already lead over heels My idea is that those three are sound that broke the stillness of the | love with her, I woaldn't have cared up with these rdon mur- saw called out 'ch are? Because I've been reading the quict night came as a ver - | \ if Peggie had thrown her ders, answered There were | freshment That was the vo arms around his neck tof the five big men « o after the inanner of Angl I suddenly recognized a ce axon Toik. before wither o wart nolice ‘ an army ' word, he and [ pulled out uur pi R near | filled and lighted them with apparent | rn, and fell to smoking. through the Burton! Mu\r; might introduce us, Jim!" any one of you |said Peggie. suddenly and i 1 introduced the with more cere- ed his re- | mony was necessary, and with « e 3 iS Deccssary, and with |l topped. us. IR TR I for ‘my lack ‘of good |SSOLUCL S0 he agteed. “T'm certain speedy. Within stich a tine as—as that” T]Of it. too! But, as I tell you, I'v 1ute— he Aded. janners are apt to go by the read your newspapers closely which board d followed up these c and. | Peyton nodded towards the gaunt that these three are mem reference in their talk—I «me mentioned.” t name hat was the first man | Who was murdered. don’'t think there's the least [njuub( that these three fellows arc |members of the gang” T said. “T've ruins high above us of the gang, there’s now a big | “Pretty hot time up there, 1 question strikes me. Does it strike | ! | guess™ “he questioned R om the pol - | Hotter than we cared for—for « “l should want to know what it is out! Q ) while,” I_answered. “It's a wonder | hefore I could answer that” I said.| aring. as |our chauffeur isn’t a raving lunatic! | “What is the question?” dropped | But—you seem, -from what the ser-| He looked from one to the other of | d shoved out their |gent said, to have been our savior! and_in the moonlight his keen re gleams of some- | How did it come about? ¢ took on a keener expression moonlight: there stopped behind, now, to tell s the Chinaman?’ he said. sharp metallic clickings { vou,” he said. “It struck me that as Eandcufis are no joke. once on'—and Burton:” | that they'd got a uurd of foul geant. “Let's | pretty determined and well-armed | {Fii00 thos in spite of a | duace Mitcndance hny Jonger, though |, " aiker liud come up with the car. the still (L1 certainly go down with vou to He was plainly impatient to be off. too, wanted to | this Mallant the sergeant spoke o X I have already |How did it come abou he want (had its terrors for him ver again there was one man whom 1 |on. “Well, it came about because |Yould Walker come round about the thought might be a Chinaman. But | your humble servant is a bit of an |Admiral's Folly if he could help it Bur deftly t way the | ornithologist, and had never his |He was nervous still and suspicious ps of clott saw there was no |life had the luck to hear a nightin- [0f Peyton, and he made so bold as to an there: all three were white That's how it came about— |nudge my elbow. Peyton saw the ac- And the der was a hand- tion and turned on him fellow. with good. well-bred all " ex-| “Make vourself easy, my friend, <. and a look of braininess | cla v had in |he said with a laugh. “There are no Lut with the most sinis- ale to do with it mo 1 had ever seen. The ser-| - he replied with a ent close and looked at him, laugh. “After Mr. Cranage tnerc bottom of all this. The Chinaman's behind those fellows. They're ® * * ttle instrument in my hip t would quiet them. Look ) looked back and sud: | taa shown me over Renardsmere the |, er ~v your car mice #nd | a nis s | other day I went wandering about | Loitly dow bottom of that dip Aol aid in a low, |country, a bit aimlessly. And in an [You'il sce a grove of trees there. My “You never saw me | inn that I struck early this even | wheel's just inside the gate. Put her hefore:™” somewhere away down there. T 80U |uhoard Your car and we'll join vou in 4 good deal of you in my | talking to a man who was. like my- (3 niinute. L e cwanit 0% as thg ¢ yme, 1y ladi—for a while!™ | self, a bird-lover. He told me that {(hauffeur promptly obeyed orders orted (he sergeant. He turned to- |away up here in this valley, just be- | ipas what | say, Miss Manson an about the Chinaman. haven't seen the London evening pa- bad, stood a man, E ong in a fast car with the| . and all well armed. And| i {moon. We both paused; b Who do you suppose those fellows rizht ahead, Mr. Cra apers more than usual since I came Iy.n sure of it from the moment they | uman who broke into Holli. | the police relaxed three | fellows ~were —pretty |ments store at Portsmouth and com: | htly handcuffed —one of * your | pjetely disappeared immediately after? [policemen told me that these new | poct s GeaRPedred iminediately af the | | | | | and I knew why. That neighborhood | [f s about, and if there were | »n and You | low that old ruin there, there were | N s = Cranug nightingales to hear. in plenty. So | qhr CTanage JRLeigithe: Ghins man quite sufe. sergeant, thank |as it came dusk, I wheeled up thrf (d I. “Buf it's a wonder! | had a look round. put my machine |/her t c ellows— T Safe place, and hid myself in & |the boss Your police lliave got fite ver mind them, now, Mr. Cran- | grove of trees, meaning not only to [but he's at large. And as long interrupted. We've g0t |hear but to see a nightingale and he’s at large—eh ks te Mr. Pevton here.|observe his little ways. Well, with- | “Just so I agreed. as we that ,ur car that’s |out going into over much detail, |followed Walker down the hill down E isn't_it?—we found it, | those three men came along. in a car. |Chinaman is without doub! the b ments—partners—factotums—but he's We came up. We've got another, stopped at my grove. They |tom of it. But you seém to know | bottom of the lane. These chaps that car—I know where it is. |more about it in some ways than h'\\ one somewhere about, but we'll trou to ask them where it n. just now: the thing at pres -Jk'wK ‘em under lock and ke ke ‘em off right awa; and follow in your car to Mal- ar how we came to be ¥ get down there to the police-sta Now then, you three, marchi—and remember here are five armed men round you, and that if ghtest tempt to et e 2 3218-14 ST. move on alght to (he'bu.llnm of Col. 2511 SorPloas o In_anothe r o 3 v i th - , = " : e it e 1t "the Don’t let yout marketing bother you during the hot shudows. and we ThES LerEl inexe weather. Just phone us your order—at either store—and it ;\"r:v"v} rhegan to say his yers, or will receive our prompt “and careful attention. You'll get fo miter s S ink that |[[| the same service and choice produce by phone as though Cohrdrd ifke devour woras. But 1[Il you called in person and made your selections. roused him out of that ! “Walker! 1 said. n you start that car? Or is it— fe Gamped like « cat as T laid my | hand on his ulder; 1 veritably be- Wad forzotten the car. car anage, the car. Ol can’ start th Fresh Fish for Friday Our fish are carefully selected to insure uniform quality heau Irher onty made | fl Trout ... "> 18¢ | Halibut . v 40c O e strCher. But (- Butterfish ... ™ 20c | Bost. Mackerel. . ™ 20c is ere no |l Croakers ...... ' 15¢ | Crab Meat 65¢ o rights!” T said L e on o ‘—pull vourseif t | R htfully sweet ther—we don't want to keep Miss | S oke‘i H cligh 1 B amson standing here all the rest of 1141 AMS _red Ham that vou oy C thointgnt GEEat 1L e sanses will like—serve it for He suddenly Tecover his s S suppcr_Bmll)]b_ Gites and shot off to the car, and T turned o phiEi | W' Siood silentls look ing a ach other for 00 m LGS el E Hot Bread and Rolls for Supper ! F'WI“ s e Especially baked for us and delivered daily hot from the cpnowrr oMU ovens at 4 o'clock. Just in time to take home Hot. s this real, Jim?" she said at| “Yes" she said. "Tha}'» H:[ Thfi!. < Just how [ {sell Bhow! LN Box Bread, Vienna, French, Whole Wheat, wondert™ 1muttered. 1 won- {fll Graham and several varieties of Rolls. Berens’ hen we stood silent agal i Jemow wiiat o i (| Rye Bread, in one and one-and-one-half pound 5 can man, Peston. vack thens” 1l loaves, with and without the seeds. no time tell nie, then. But didn't | you see him &ive a nod and a = e they went off? And did )nu‘ Iced or hot P-K Tee how e watehed those fellows— offee . i blend that . C and that nasty-looking revolver of ; L his—and the biz tattoo mark on his vou'll most enjoy. wrist? And—I suspected him for - bit, after he'd been to Renardsmere PURPOSE NO. 6 Eliminazes Carbon Those three fellows are his instru- | AMOCO-GAS I, for example, I didn’t know that |est publicity Is the only thing, and |them lay a_ miscellaneous collection 80 much had come out to the Public |they're enlisting the press in theft |of articles. 1 guessed what they were service. Oh, there's no end! 1 tell |before the sergeant spoke. He paused, looking at me in aston- |you, the tale's told from your doings | ‘“These are what we found on them, with Holliment in Portsmouth right |Mr. Cranage” he sald. he exclaimed. “You |up to the last murder. Well, I guess |ready money, as you ushered us straight into a private wnThat and a lot more.” he replied. | office, where we found the sergeant e exclaimed. I've two papers in my pooket “Hot: anw two other men, evidently supe- 2 dently, your police see that the wid- | rior officials. On the table in izone of During July and August we are opén until 2 pan. on Saturdays Climax of Clearance of Mode Suits We’ve made another very drastic reduction of our Three-piece Spring Suits. The span of grades—from $35 to $75 are in two assortments—now Suits that were Suits that were $35, $40, $45 and S50 $55, $60, $65, $70, $75 24 ‘39 Of course, you will keep in mind the excellence and distinctive type of Mode Suits—which make these reductions the more impressive. There will be no charge for alterations. Special Special Mohair Suits Pajamas S Crepe and Madras brf:t'el; m:zfl_wle Pajamas—some _stripes; mostly plain shades— Were $20 and $25 Were $2, $2.50 and $3 §1.59 Half Price for Straw Hats All the Stiff Straws are included—Henry Heath (London), Youman’s, Borsalino (Italian) and Mode Specials. The'$7'Hats: . ....................$350 The$6 Hats. . ...................$300 The $5Hats. ....................8250 The $4 Hats.....................S2.00 Thet§3Hats. .. ..........oo.. .. STI50 Clearance of Mode Shirts and Cravats Replenishing time for those who realize what an opportunity this seml-nnnunl sale offers in Mode-types: Mode Fancy Shirts—Some neck- 51‘39 The Cut Silks band, some collar attached; and some separate self collars.. $1 and $1.50 Scarfs 79c Were $2 and $225 "3 for $4.00 Russian Cord and Imported English Glos-Striped Broadcloth Shirts 3 for $2.25 Plain colors: some collar attached; and Madras Shirts ne‘ifi?:fl?":;a‘;ta:g;‘t others neckband style. $2 and $2.50 Scarfs with separate self-col- Were $3.00 $2 39 $1.29 lars. and $3.50.. 5 3f Were 250 §1 .95 3 for $7.00 TEEE and $3.00 . .. 5 Striped English H tmpegiensis $3, $3.50 and $4 Scarfs Sk Broadcloth and Imported Madras $1.95 Finest of Mode Shirts P = Silk Shirts . . Many of them with or $5. Radium, Crepe, Jac- collar attached; others quard, etc.; some with with' neckband; still | The Knitted Scarfs separate collars to others with separate match. self collars. Pure Silk, in the best W 0, Were $3.75 ¢ $2.50, §3 TSt $659 NPT $295 | o e = 3 f 3 for $19.00 or $8.50 $1.95 prmemsis Y Off | (S Famous Oxweave Shirts—Made by the Metric Co.—plain white—collar attached or neckband. $275 and $3 grades re- $l.95 o s e S U I e R S SR s O R The Mode—F at Eleventh here’s another chapter tonight—those | watches—personal appolntments—all then? No? Well. I bought some | three fellows are (he. Chinaman's that sort of thing. But at seven o'clock at Mallaut railway | complices, or some of ‘em. But * ¢ ¢|thing’s this” he went ,on, as 1 passed it. Your police|where is he? For, so long’ as he's |picked up a tiny pocketbook. headquarters in London—Scotland | alive. was on the leader. There are entries Yard—have resorted to publicity.| He made an expressive gesture,|in here about Holliment, There's the whole story there—you're |and we looked inquiringly at him. vayne, Neamore—addresses i1 it—from start to finish. The Chini ‘What?" asked Peggle. don. ' There are some man is a fellow named Chuh Sin, who | “There'll be more murder!” he an-|about all three which Wwas secretary to a swell compatriot, | swered. “For craft and subtlety * ¢ ¢ |made out vet, and some entries which one Cheng. and he's supposed to have |but let's get down to this Mallant |refer to you-and Lady Renardsmere stolen some extraordinarily valuable (place and hear If the police have got|And there's no doubt these three have object—jewel, maybe—from Cheng in lanything out of those three men.” -n concerned in those London mur- | Parls and escaped to this country with | Walker, fearful of every shadow in | and had it stolen from him, and [the moonlit road, ran us down to| “lI think you may be now he and a gang that he's got to- | Mallant in half an hour. The little said 1" “I've been sure of it for Ecther are after the stolen thing and |town was fast asleep. There was not t two hourx., But who.ure| stopping at nothing to get it back. |a footfall in its deserted streets, and sin—a Chinaman who's lost [the light had long gone out in the " may ‘be sure they'll the lobe of his left ear!” windows of its quaint old houses,|us that, Mr. Cranage,” s said, remembering Mr.|But there were lights in plenty at|With a grima smile. ‘That’ll have to Cheng's tardily given information to |the police station, and uniformed men | be found o Of course, they refused Jifferdene and myself at the Lang- [enough in the corridors and pass: to give namee and addresses. “So that's in the papers, |One, immediately on our arrival, |Unknown to him, the leader's already memoranda he answered R R A R R R AL DU PONT = | We Save You Cash ENAMELS - ahno —on all Paint Supplies through NISHES » N o ’ - - . SPECIALLY LOW PRICES, and are always ready to offer you expert GARAGE suggestions on your ' redecorating PAINTS - - 2 - ANDiAUTS problems, whatever their character. 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