Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1926, Page 30

The Law of the Talon By Louis Tra-y SYNOPSIS. Jim Parke. Hudson Bay Co.s agent &t Moose Lake. 1s greatly disturbed by a | news item in an English baper announcing | marriage of Alistair Spencer g to the presumptive John Bridg- Lake | ried < mars (mmediately | ix aunt. Lord | Eiléen that | to forgive him. Eilee: htie with Alistair as him that she will not hix wife until the matter on. ot, ar- rive itter of in- troduction ¢ living at Wimbledo im y with 't ir . 3 i ween drused b{! i day e Tetused | 1 iis ‘men out of the trenches. hix it of 'information o Call f meeting Scotl Mount- i Fren- | | Bis dnsistant, Fumeaux: M | i T the Probate Court, ads letters which come from John er and to Alistair, and she is con rmed in_her belief of John's innocence. She aquarrels bitte John. ask . presum- icions are | | disturhe the neigh- | foun™ dead on' the | has been ton_is suspected of the crime and s his dog. Spot. to trace the - arch party finds the dog guard- n. who'd been injured in his police whistl Alistalr 15 boathouse pier. and presumably murdered | d_from Star) INSTALLMENT Connington Senses His Own Folly. HE procurator fiscal had found a kindred spirit in David Leslie. The two had fraternized al- ready, so there was prompt agreement as to the course to be followed during the next few days. At last Furneaux raised his diminu- tive body slowly out of the depths of a comfortable chair by a careful bal- ancing act in which both hands and ared equal vawn I may dislocate my jaw,” All incautious movement might ris very joint. No man has ever been more tired than 1 and sur- vived it. Please don’t reckon on me for active service until the day after Nevertheless, after a few hours’ rest the little detective was himself again. Ho avoided the inquest, it is true, but was ready for the fray when a serious message frém Dr. Stevenson warned Mr. Dingwall that Connington’s depo- sitions should be taken, since there was_every indication that he would not last out the day. He was already showing marked symptoms of a sharp attack of pneumonia; his heart was in a bad state, too, and the real danger lay there. Furneaux suggested at once that John should attend with the represen- tative of the law. Panton is the only person who ade Connington to reveal al facts,” he urged. ““No mat- ter how willing, the man himself can- not judge the true value of his in- formation unless the very officer he tried to ruin is before his eyes. He is sure to ramble a good deal, and try to palliate his actions by putting a gloss on them. In Mr. Panton’s pres- ence, however, he will be constrained to tell us just what took place in France, and that is the one thing of vital importance now.” Mr. Dingwell was surprised. “Important enpugh,” he said, “but I hardly agree as to its relative im- portance. Surely what we want to know first and foremost is how Mr. Alistair Panton met his death.” “But we know now, don't we?" “Most certainly, I don’t. I assume that Connington struck the blow which proved fatal. But what was the im- mediate cause of the quarrel? How did the two come to meet at such a late hour in a secluded place like the landing stage? What was the object of their meeting? Were threats ex- changed? 1 cannot understand. Mr. Furneaux, why you say we know these things, because we do not.” Tt cost_the detective a real effort to refrain from pointing out that the dramatic scene by the side of the lake was a human document writ 8o plainly that those who ran might read. Those two men shared a secret which, if re- vealed, involved both in ruin. He knew, {ust as surely as though Alistair Panton had told him, that the fatal deviation was made when Sir Rignald Lansing announced his forthcoming departure. Panton then lost his tem- er. Beaten and rebuffed at every turn, he decided to wreak vengeance on the poor dupe whom he had bent so easily to his will in France. But the dupe had grown desperate, and had never been a physical weakling, as his army carcer proved beyond ic nd that was Alistair Pan- undoing. He played his ow The Hecht Co. The Hecht Co. Wednesday’s Star Beg US “atent Ofies. hand, and gave no thought to that of his adversary. Mr. Dingwell, however, might not appreciate an analysis of motive trans- lated into action which would almost savor of necromancy to one not aware of Furneaux’s peculiar genius, so the disappointed artist sighed. fou're right. of course,” he said sadly. been the bane of my professional c reer. Had I conquered the habit e in life I might now have been mayor of Puds or chief constable of Mid- . | dlesbroug The procurator fiscal had a sense of humor; it warned him once again that Furneaux hardly ever said what he meant. He saw clearly, howeve that if Connington meant telling tI whole truth John's presence wus es sential. Fortunately, too, Sheldon was an expert shorthand writer. A dying man's depositions have to be put on paper at the time, read to him, 8 it possible, signed and attested’ A record of the proceedings in short- hand is a different thing altogether, and might prove invaluable when the whol r was submitted to a court of nquis When th “Jumping to conclusions has | the rcom he turned slightly, and his unnaturally brilliant eyes passed from | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, LANSBURGH & BRO. There's a small table, with pens, ink and paper, by the bedside, but I dared not bring in more than a couple of chairs, Don’t troop after me:. Drop| in quietly—John and you leading, Mr. Dingwell.”, | Connington’s bed stood between the door and a window which was not in the center of the wall but nearly op- posite the pillow. Betty and the nurse would have changed its posi- tion had he not begged to be allowed to look out. He would not even let them lower the blind when the sun shone directly on his face. There was a pathetic_significance in_the whim, and they did not gainsay it. He was lying on his back, of course, owing to the broken limb, but his head and shoulders were weil propped up. When the newcomers entered one face to the other. “Good morning, sir,” he said to John in a weak but distinct voice, just | as he would have addressed his com. ! by commander off parade in the old " “Good morning, Connington,” said John. “I'm sorry you're so badly crocked.” His kindly tone, the utter absence of rancor, the smile of the wartime leader for a known and trusted soldier —those_perfectly natural traits in so far as John was concerned seemed to have an alarming effect on the stricken man. His sallow skin showed a more extreme pallor, and he began to swear at himself in unmeasured terms. Obviously, he was not so much moved by remorse as by a sense of his own folly. Betty Bridgnorth put an arm under his shoulders.and lifted a glass of brandy and water to his lips. “Come now, Ferdinand,” she said cheerfully, “that’s no way to speak before a lady. Pull yourself together, my lad! Here are some excellent peo- ple come to see you. Tell them what you have told me, and you will do my cousin John a lot of good while it won't cause you a ha'porth of harm.” (Copyright. 1926, by Louis Tracey.) (Continued tomorrow.) YaMillion More Septeniber 4 At Wa shington’s most popular — farm they Bridgnorth. The doctor’s diag- She thought that John's interests de manded her constant presence, and a district nurse from Mallaig was only too glad to have the help of such a thoroughly efficient assistant. | “You must contrive to make this| business quite informal,” she advised. | “Connington’s nerves are in a very | bad condition. If he gets too excited | he may relapse into delirium and die without recovering consciousness. The | one thing he cannot endure is the barking of a dog. Ferguson has ban- ished every cur in this house for the day, and Police Constable Campbell, stationed in the road, is trying to stop the yelping of passing mongrels “Is the man willing to testify, do you think?" inquired Dingwell anx-| fousl were received by | I think I have convinced him that he ought to play the game, even at the eleventh hour. He is under no delusion as to the gravity of his state, and wishes now he had fallen in France, as the intervening years have brought nothing but mis: S b Are you all ready? Performance alone is considered Anyone who can afford to afford Kleen-Heet. LEMON JUICE BEST | TO WHITEN SKIN ¢ The only harmless way to bleach the skin white is to mix the juice of two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White, which any druggist will supply for a few cents. Shake well in a bot- tle, and you have a whole quarter-pint of the most won- derful ~ skin. whitener, softener and beatifier. 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