Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1928, Page 43

The cAmazing Chance Y By Patricia Copyright, 1927, by * (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) —— INSTALLMENT XXIV. IR HENRY PROTHERO let his per rustle down upon his nee. He caught Manning's hd inquired placidly: ‘Did you tell him Cotty was said _Sir -Cotterell. sharply. '—tell him? Well—" ‘T just wondered whether you'd had the opportunity—Cotty rang up so late, But perhaps yui had a talk after the Gaunts had gone.” “Perhaps I'd nothing of the sort,” snapped Sir Cotterell. “Considering he made off almost before they were out of the house, I don’t quite see when I could have this ‘talk’ of yours. 1 suppose I might have sat up till all hours, but I didnt. Xo doubt I ought to have done o, but I didn’t.” “And you haven't seen him this know Cotty was coming, and he's gone off somewhere. Lake says he’s taken a suitcase. Sir Cotterell's face changed pain- fully. He put a hand on the back of the tall chair by which he stood. *Treats my house like a hotel,” he muttered; “like a damned hotel. Goes off without a word—goes off when he knows that Cotty's coming down.” ‘There was a short trying pause. #Cotty'll say he funked meeting him— he'll say he funked this new evi- dence—he'll say—" Sir Henry glanced at him with con- cern. _. I think we may take it that he didn't know Cotty was coming.” Sir Cotterell stared back at him angrily: “Tell Cotty that! Tell him—and go on telling him. Do you think he’ll be- ve you, Henry? Do you think he'll beliy any of us? I tell you he'll be- lieve the fact—and so would anybody else. And the fact is that he's gone. Cotty's coming down with fresh evi- dence—and he’s gone.” The hand that rested on the chair pushed it so violently that it fell for- ward and struck the table. With a sharp oath Sir Cotterell went back to the window and stood there drumming the pane. Presently he said: ‘Where's Evelyn?” , don't know,” said Manning. vou seen her? Has she van- fshed, too? “She had breakfast and went out ‘before any of us were down. Lacy ‘went to look for her, I'll see if they're Manning was glad enough of an ex- cuse to leave the room. Scenes were abhorrent to‘:lm. nlnd life at .p.‘nnn; appeared to be one long succession of scenes endured, just averted or im- pending. - He met Evelyn coming up the gar- den, bareheaded, in the sunlight. She Jooked pale and young and rather pit- ful. He was reminded, without knowing | i why, of a child who has received an unjust punishment. She smiled at him, -and he ‘was aware of effort. The child was trying to be brave, and finding it rd. She said, “Has Cotty come?” And when he shook his head the line of her lips relaxed a little, and she aipped a hand inside his arm. _*“Monkey, I'm so nervous. Pinch me, or beat me, or something. I don’t want to disgrace myself before Sophy.” *You won't.” :Iln mfl-n'ck .old 3! am, up, E ey met Lacy in the hall. Evelyn walked past her into the library. Lacy stopped short, flushed scarlet, and met her husband’s searching look with an “Mopkey, she's furious with me. “8o 1 sec, my child, Perhaps you'l explain why.” Lacy dabbed at her eyes, which were wery bright and not at all wet. “She’s furious.” He nodded. “You've said that already. . Besides, T can ses it for myself. The question is, why is shg angry? ‘What have you ‘been doing? “Of course, it's me.” *Well, isn't it?. What have you been &oing? Butting in?" “L didn’t b-b-utt.” * “What did you do?” *I only told him—TI mean—r" Monkey’s hand shot out; bis very strong,” leam ~fingers - took Lacy’s in a most compelling grip. Wentworth J. B. Lippencott Co. got something definite to show. me. All right, Cotty, let’s have it. “Only I warn you now, as I warned you the last time you came down, that 1 won't have the matter harped on and raked over continually, and nothing but suspicions and gossip and a lot of hearsay tales to show for it. I just want to make that quite clear to every one. “8it down, Evelyn, my dear, have a chair. Sit down, every one. Now, Cotty, what- ever it is, get it off your chest and let’s have done with it.” Sophy Abbott sat down stily. She unfastened her coat and let it trail a regal length upon the floor. Her cheeks were unwontedly flushed; her pale eyes bulged a little more than usual. Lacy took a chair between her father and her husband. Every now and then she stole a look, half daring, half frightened, at Manning's grim face. He was still angry, he was still dread- fully. angry. But perhaps he was angry with Cotty, and not with her. She looked past him at Evelyn, who sat at the foot of the table leaning back in her chair. Evelyn was angry, too. It was simply dreadful to have Evelyn and Monkey both angry at the same time. Cotty Abbott opened his dispatch case and took out a folded paper. He opened it, tapped it, took out a pair of pince-nez, cleared his throat, and tapped the paper again. “Before 1 pass this paper round,” he began, “I would like—er—to pro- test against the manner in which my efforts to elucidate this case have— er—been received.” He cleared his throat again. “As every one here is aware, I was not satisfied as to the identity of the per- son who has claimed to be one of my uncle's grandsons. I was not at ail satisfi I said to Sophy that same evening—I mean the evening of the— er—day, the—er—last occasion that we all met—I said to Sophy on that very evening that I was not satisfled. “Sophy was not satisfled either, and Sophy, won't you? Tom Mendip-flollinton, who was pres- ent, agreed with us that the evidence as to his identity was, in point of fact, not evidence at all. Those were, I may say, his very words. He gave it as his considered opinion that the evi- dence was not really evidence at all. Sophy and I agreed with him.” Sir Cotterell leaned forward. “If you've merely come here to re- peat your brother-in-law’s opinions, SOy “He hasn't,” said Sophy Abbott, in an unpleasant voice. She opened her coat a little farther, and fanned her- self with a fur-lined glove. “Perhaps,” said Sir Henry Pro- thero, “‘perhaps we could cut out these preliminaries.” His tone was very urbane. “What's this paper you've brought down, Cotty?” 8ir Cotterell flung himself- back in his chair. “Cut the cackle and come to the horses,” he muttered. Cotty looked about the room, frown- n 5. “I imagined that the person most concerned would have been present. Is it n:-l intended that he should be pres- ent?" Sir Henry made a bland gesture, “Laydon is, unfortunately, away,” he said. “He was here yesterday.” Cotty's little eyes stared at him suspiciously. Sir Henry made no answer, and Sophy Abbott thrust in with: “Most extraordinary! Why, it looks —it almost looks as if—" She ‘paused, coughed meaningly, and added: ““Well, perhaps we'd better not say what it looks like.” “Suppose you tell us what's In that paper, Cotty,” said Sir Henry rather sternly. *R'S & ‘statement.” Cotty rustled 1t with an air of triumphi. “They might say what they liked, but he had got the woman's signature, His voice rose a lt}llm “It's a statement signed by the woman, Pearl Palliser.” % “A statement!" Sir _ Cotterell nmwt the words. His hand tift on the arm of the chalr, ‘A’ statement,” said Cotty Abbott, by her in my own presence, and witnessed by Tom Mendip-ffollin- ton. It declares that she recognized lh'l.‘l man as her husband, Jim Fleld. ‘He went to see her the day after my uncle had accepted him as his heir, and she immediately recognized him to be her husbarid, James Field. ““Her exact words were, ‘I thought Beautiful 4-Piece Bedroom Suite Just as illustrated with 8 imum service and nicely attractive Bow.end Bed.s . 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Frame top and base finished in ma- comfortable hoganv. Regularly overstuffed suite are $159.00. $5 DELIVERS THIS SUITE { 3-Piece Bed-Davenport Suite A remarkably low 35 Chair, upholstered in price for ‘such a fine $9 . fite quality Velour. suite. Bed - davenport, ; === Adds sa extra bedroom. Armchair and Wing Regularly $129.00, $5 DELIVERS THIS SUITE ““You butted in after 1 told you YoU | I'd geen a ghost.' weren't 10" | He sed 1 vey e er e { paused and surveyed the circle of L1 d-didn't. Y, Whae | [ACe8—8ie Henry very ; < ‘;'y;".‘; 2,;‘::%,“"09: with it! What | trowningly tncredulous; Sir {!«:fi:‘r’e‘fi o only la—Aonkey, you're hurt-| :':;h J::wl::'k./or A man struck hard me dreadfully’” | 3 $1.00 Down $1.00 Down He saw Lacy, bril- liantly flushed, her mouth open as if say?” seald she'd always cared for mp He 3 ‘He has. Packed up &t dawn and Srekked into the biue.” “Monkey!” Lacy’s tone was frankly He pulled her round to face the t. “Look here! You haven't told me everything. You must have said some- thing to make him go off like that. ‘What did you may®” looked scared: her color | h “What 4 you may? What's the good of not telling me? You hnow you'll have 10.” e bent a horrible frowning gaze upon her, and all of a sudden she pressed nearer to him. “Monkey—Monkey, darling—I didn’t mean any harm—I only wanted to heip—] can’t hear it when Evelyn looks unhappy.” “What did you say?” ] said—she'd slways cared for Jack—and 1 knew he was Jack—and why didn’t they make it up—and be e Manning’s frown disappeared hefore & ook of such cold anger that Lacy for once in her life really feared him. Bhe eaid “Monkey!" with a littie gasp, and then volce and face changed sud- Gen)y, ““The Cottys!” she maid, gave him a viclent push, end turned to meet Bophy Abdott, Even in the midst of his sriger Manning felt a spssin of ad- miration for her presence of mind. “What a lovely dey for a drive! But, my dear Bophy'—Lacy’s volce was 1nost sweetly flutelike—'my dear Bophy, aren’t you bolled? 1've been turnine out cotton dresses and Monkey's in a most frightful temper Pecause hes ouly brought Winter things.” Bhe shook un milingly with Cotly ws whe epoke, and ignored by's offended siny b the Abbotis wore an sir subtly lended of siffness and triumph mi was Wispped in the messive coat. L reached to her snkles and, perhape meicifully, concealed As & concession 16 1he May sunshine she had assunied & wuail close LOGUe componed ent o Farma violets, end wore over It b1 sinple dark green motor vell, whirh was tied in & very Jarge bow under second chin, Cotty carried u slch come The whole pri1y caue intg 1he ibra- wy together. Hiv Henry put down bis r and chsie 19und the table et in con- able “How : Well, Cotty? Another MaTe’s niest, eh? Hvelyn was wtanding by the hearth, her hiead back 1o the ety fiepls. Bhe nodded, and wiiled rather vag Bir Cowerell went 10 the head of 1 Qabje, pushed back s chsir, end set o wot 3t over,” he said. 1 take what you said on the tele last that you think you've ;:::::‘k: m;d Etl'filynd-mln; back in r quite still and pale, one hand lightly clasped at her l’I:rnn mnl strange little smile on her lips, ng got up, came round £4 her, spoke. low and ursentiy ta 8" sacs meant only for her: % g ;hE:ollyn, “'lb.‘flll. far enough.” urned her e; on hi) slow wonder in th::.‘ ek ;‘Hw did you know?” can’ 4 Bir Cotterell was trying to speak. He looked at Cotty, put out & .?3.‘...."..‘ and, and waid: ve me—the paper.” velyn Kot up. Bhe rested her left hand on the table and leaned a little | forward. She did not quite know what she was going to say, and she found herself repeating Manning's words: 1 think—this has gone far enough,” A look ‘of relief and satisfaction crossed 8ir Henry's face, He sat back ‘-’:.m'a chair. The Abbotts turned and .‘.r‘o. at Evelyn. 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