Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1926, Page 34

The Law of the Talon By Louis Trazy bed Al Spen rrng o tha pro- proaumDUYe | s otn Bridg- . disapneaced 3 dénth 1= T srmipatbetic | encouraacs her * | helpful during the next and Mount e Court. and nigh the faith is unshaken. Alistair walks down to is hardiy out a police whiat Alistair in INSTALLMENT LIIL A Strange Thing. e heen an outrage if | Lield up to general | » potential murder moment he met his again after a long ble separation. So o gagged and bitted. tly to the | very e promotivn. was amenable But he must not be | Joked with. Not, inde for Furneaux ing the next few minutes. Alistair's death was s 1t that the scrutiny and catal of his personal be. longing: sbed of certain re- voiting ‘hed to these firat duties ¢ ce in all cases of sus- ter how long the remained un- agreeabie task ny call | s dur- feld. however. was noteworthy spects. The dead man car- ot of 10 5-pound notes, done elastic band. This sum ! to a few pound notes and copper coins stuffed purse and was sig- nifieant only by reason of the locality, where a fairly large sum of money could hardly ever be in instant de- mand. Then, in the right hand pocket of his dinner facket lay a small but thoroughly e automatic plstol—- an even mor able possesion than the bu of notes in a place cuments. too, were inter. - signed “John Bridgnorth uld only be the famous let- ich Alistair depended for his cousin’s enmity. A ncking date, 58, OF Sig. nature other than a hieroglyph which ent the initials “F. C.” riter's regret that Alistair, should e south.” Panton ter on ntimated you," T ¥ | changed all that. N to | Was sentence which ran vou will Why not now?" attempt, however, to letter carefully. He was| ile Campbell ticles. This | was lifted into the | stretcher and carred up the hill. In the old days such a cortege would have heen lighted by flaring torches. the beems of electric ective though less eless, the pass- procesgion had a The three wom- m the terrace, and sought ing room. Lord iald went to the there awaited the ar- | alr's body they were descending the stairs Lansing. prompted thereto by lis wire, offered to postpone their de- parture “I don’t like pretense of any sort,” he expluined. “so T want to tell you now that 1 have noe really urgent call o town. We were going because we felt we were in the way. Everything seemed to point to a period of con- “Sooner have to face the He did read either nrepa enum done, ated the variou the y Nov Picture-Taking Made Easy BROWNIE 32.00 CAMERAS e Printing Enlarging QUALITY Washington Home uf the Koduk HARRY C. GROVE, Inc. 1210 G St. A Pint Jug | with proper amount of water added | makes a gallon of - Six Flavors Orange Raspberry Strawberry Lemon Grape Lemon and Lime Water Try our new carbonated drink ZA-REX Freit CHAMPAGNE B Reg U8 atent Oes tinued family jars, and at such « time n become a positive nuisanc poor Alistair death ha d 1 and the kiddies will go or s just as you That 18, I think we ou £ only s far as Of course, may decide. g I3 { our presence here girls we'll st & “I'm sure the girls will value Mar presence,” said the older w experi- man of the world like vou may days. k that you We remain for my own guldance. from | 1s likely 10| - to you and the two | ove most | 1| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 17. 1926. Iy hushed when he heard the nature of the burden even then within a few paces of the main entrance. much later, his presence was He and some of his serv- ants had caught the distant gunshots. A gillie dispatched on a bicycle to the Head of the Loch to muke inquiries had come back thoroughly scared. In ‘(he first instance, as he was travers- ing a level strip of road close to the water's edge, o man loomed through trurried furtively across the » and disappeared up a little 1o leading to some rocky pas- the foot of the moor. The messenger would not have given a second thought to the folly of a stranger in tuking such a track at night were it not that the shooting had come from the north side of the loch, ‘while this mysterious person must have crossed soon afterward in o boat. | The gillie believed that he self had neither been seen nor haard, as the moment he was riding on the turf against a background of flvs, so he alighted noiselessly and listened, thinking he might determine the seem- Ing fugitive’s direction and learn whether a boat was coming in pursuit. { Faillng the mtter. he meant to re tures ', POWERFULLY BUILT ANIMAL, WHICH IIE DESCRIBED AS A WOLF, CREPT UP FROM THE LOCH. You spoke to your son & few minutes since as though your attitude toward him had changed comple! If that {1s your decision I am heartily glad of it “Yes. which seem to prove that he has been treated most unjustly by all of us. I, unhappily, as the chief offender. I cannot speak positively ) 1 can only say that my confidence in Alistalr ken. Tomorrow-—"" s shoulder T have heard things today has an almost un men’s motives, and although she met John today for the first time she de- clded instantly to champion him as against Allstair. What it’s all about 1 don't know, and don't want to know unless you wish to tell me. But I hate opposing my wife in these mat ters because 1 am invariably wrong.” Lord Oban wrung his friend’s hand | in silence. drive and Col. in loud inqu! NEW and USED “ | Office Furniture | | Save 50% and More ‘ i H. BAUM & SON 464 Penna. Ave. Main 9136 N ALSO RENT IT A car had dashed up the to be even more quic irant’s voice was raised | mount, stop at the mouth of the lane, and shout an inquiry as to why the shots had been fired. If the unknown were an honest man he would reply. If he kept silent, something definite at least as to his whereabouts could be communicated to any one searching for him. Then the watcher saw & ghostly ob- jeet, which startied him so greatly that the real purpose of his mission fled from his mind. A gaunt, power- fully built animal, which he described pt up from the I 3 EL .00 Look for the Sch Clock halted in the middle of the road, glured at him, and sped on into the lane. Now the only four-footed wolves in Scotland are buried there, unless in the rare case of « menagerie traveling through the country, and it happened that this particular gillie was & raw youth, who had mnever gone farther afleld than Inverness to the east and Oban to the southwest. But for ail that he knew a good deal about the ways of wild natare. He would have felt no alarm had a stag royal peered at him over a hedge, while the sight of a stray dog Iate at night would have led him to give close heed to its type and markings in case a sheep were found dead pest day. It was therefore a strange thing that he should huve been frightened 80 tho! Loch In cited Col. 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