Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1929, Page 29

THE RAGGED | = | PRINCESS Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News SEEM to have come at an awk- ward moment,” said Dora Elton in & metallic voice. She met the blazing fury in Marshalt's eyes without flinch- ," she said. ZAudrey had struggled to her feet; and, thering ‘her wrap, walked unsteadily fl!«' her sister into the hall and to the ©pld. clean air of the night. “Not a word was spoken till the thud af the front door told them that she Mas gone, and then: +“I'm not going to ask you for an ex- slanation, because it is fairly obvious,” #§id Dora. % He poured out a glass of wine with a Mpnd that shook and gulped it down Igfore he spoke. "I asked her to come to dinner and sde got a little fresh—that's all. There s nothing to it,” he said. *She smiled. =“I can't imagine the gentle Audrey ‘getting a little fresh’ but women are leer creatures under your magnetic fluence, La ‘Then she went off at = tangent. “Bunny knew I was here tBe other night—the night I was sup- to be at the concert.” =“I don't care what he knew,” growled e man. “If vou get so rattled about what Bunny thinks and what Bunny ¥hows you'd better give up coming Te.” I!Agnln she smiled. “And you would like the key, of course? Bunny would find it handy. It opens the back gate and the conserv- gjory door and this dear little sanctum ctorum. Bunny has rather a pas- for pass key “I don't want you to think there was #hything between your sister——" "She is not my sister, but that doesn't matter. And as for there being any thing between you, Lacy, you beast!” 2 The air of amused indifference had ped from her. Rage shook her from Yead to foot, bereft her of speech for a while, though presently it came in full shd spiteful flood. S“T've risked everything for you. and deceived. oh, you vile thing! Pve always hated her. God, how I hate :r now! And you want her to take v place? Tl kill you first! I'll shoot You like a dog, Lacy.” « “You shoot me every day,” he inter- fupted with an angry laugh. “Either or your husband. I'm a human rget for the Eitons. Now be sane, 2 ; He took her by the shoulders and 'w the head of the sobbing girl to Mis breast. £ “If you think I'm in love with that d you're mad. I'm going to make a m{e&xflt‘on and you've got to believe me ¥ She murmured something that he 1d not hear, but he could guess and smiled over her shoulder. 2 “Well, this is the truth—for once! ere’s one man in the world I hate forse than any other, and that man is g;x“drey Bedford's father, That makes I've jump!” i & ““Her name is riot Bedford,” she said with a gulp. She was drying her &yes with a little handkerchief. & “You're right. Her name is Torring- , though yours was not. Dan Tor- and I are old enemies. I've got big score to wipe off and it's not eared yet.” « “Her father is a convict.” There was a sob in her voice, 2 Lacy nodded. s “He’s on the “breakwater at Cape wn, serving a life sentence,” he said. f my gun had thrown straight he'd ve been a dead man. He was lucky; got his leg and lamed the swine. If detectives hadn’t claimed him at t moment I'd have been dead, I s “Then you had him arrested?” she #eid, looking up in surprise. % He nodded. = “Yes, I was running the secret serv- @ for the Streams Diamond Mining rporation, and I discovered that Dan orrington was engaged in illicit dia- fhond buying. I trap) him, and that's jbout the whole of the story, except t hg, got his extra time for shooting- jt_me. ¥ She pushed herself clear of him, and, omanlike, walked to the mirror above fhe mantelpiece. ¢ “Look at my eyes,” she said in dis- y. “Oh, what a fool I was to come! ¥ don't know whether to believe you: or ot, Lacy. 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He nodded. “That w “But—] marr: He pointed to a chair by the table and she sat down. “Here's a siory that sounds as if it the general idea.” you sald you would never “When Torrington was buying dia- monds from the natives he was the owner of a farm called Graspan. There are thousands of Graspans in South Africa, but this particular Graspan stood on a river, one of those after which Fourteen Streams is named. He had hardly been sent down to penal servitude before a big pipe was dis- covered on the farm, and by ‘pipe’ I mean a diamond pipe. I never knew this till a short time ago, because the property has been worked in tne name of his lawyers, Hallam # Coold. In fact, it is called the Zaallam & Coold mine today. Dan Z&~Ington is a mil- lionaire; he is a¥» a dying millionaire. Ever since I'"Z been in England I've had one of the wardens on the break- waters send me a monthly report about the man, and the last news I had was had been taken from a book,” he said. | sen: that he was slowly sinking.” E “Then if you marry Audrey—" He laughed again. “Exactly! be an extremely wealthy man.” She looked at him puzzled. “But you're rich now.” The smile left his face. “Yes, I'm rich now,” he brusquely, “but I could be richer.” A tap at the door arrested him. “Who is that?” he called sharply. ‘The maid's voice answered. ‘A gentleman to see you, sir. says his business is urgent.” “I can see nobody. Who is it?” “Capt. Shannon, sir.” Dora’s mouth opened in an O of hor- Tor. 80 “Through the conscrvatory and ou the back way, the way you came, snapped Lacy. He had hardly pushed her into the s walked He was in evening dress and there was a look on his face darkened library and returned to hi: room before Dick Shannon through the door. that was not pleasant to see. “I want to speak to you, Marshalt.’ “Mr. r. or_Marshalt, with you tonight.” “*You're a Friend of Mr. Malpas, Aren’t You?' Said Dick” T A light dawned upon the African. “Suppose the lady invited herself to | dine with me?” he said coolly. “You invited a lady to dine with you | tonight and you offered her the dead- liest -insult & man.can offer to any | woman.” "My dear fellow,” drawled Marshalt, | “youre a_man of the world. Do you | | imagine this girl came here with her | eyes shut to—to—possibiliti For a second Dick Shannon stared at him and then he struck the man across the face with the back of his hand and Marshalt fell back with a roar of fury. “That is a lie which must not be repeated,” said Dick Shannon in a low | voice. If I marry Audrey I shall sald | i He “He musn't see me. Where can I on Marshalt,” snarled the other, | Us just the same | You invited a lady to dine “You call yourself a policeman. Is that part of your duty?” screamed Lacy. “1 know the duties of the police very well” said Dick, sternly. “They are carved over the face of the Old Bailey. Remember them, Marshalt! ‘Protect the children of the poor and punish the wrongdoer.’ " shalt’s house a little cooler than he had been when he entered. Glancing up (an almost mechanical act) at the next house, he saw a slit of light in one of the windows, and, despite his_absorp- tion in Audrey’s wrongs and his_own murderous feelings toward Lacy Mar- shalt, he was so struck by the unaccus- tomed sight that he crossed the road to get @ better view. He had been ut and literally ran into him, and there had been no sign of life then. Some- body was peering down through that slit; he saw a vague movement and then the light went out. the door, but there was no answer. Waiting, his mind still occupied with the tearful Audrey, he thought he heard a faint sound in the hall. Was the mys- tery man coming down, after ali>? He took a step down to the pavement and drew a little fiash-lamp from his pock- et. But i? the uncouth Mr. Malpas had intended coming into the open, he changed his mind. For 10 minutes Dick Shannon waited, and then gave up the vigil. He wanted | to see Audrey that night and get from Dick Shannon came out from Mar- | xamining the house when Audrey came | Crossing the road again he tapped on | SPIRIN her a statement in greater detail than the incoherent story she had told him. Walking to the Baker street side of the square, he glanced left and right for a taxi. There was none in sight, and he looked back along the way he had come, Was it his imagination, or did he see a dark figure emerge from the mys- tery house and, crossing the road with a curious limping gait, hurry toward tha far end of the square? The figure was real enough. The question was, were his eyes tricking him to the belief that it had emerged from the home of Mr. Malpas? He walked swiftly in pursuit, his rub- ber-soled shoes making no sound. The quarry was making a circuit that would bring him to the Oxford street end of the square, and had reached the corncr of Orchard street when Shannon came up with him. “Excuse me.” ‘The limping stranger turned a keen, thin face to the detective. Behind the gold-rimmed spectacles two searching eyes scrutinized the newcomer, and al- most imperceptibly his hand dropped into the depths of his overcoat pocket. “You're a friend of Mr. Malpas, aren't you?” asked Dick. “I saw you coming out of his house.” Shannon experienced queer flashes of telepathy at odd times—he was con- scious of one such manifestation now. As the man looked at him he read his thoughts as clearly as if he had spoken. The stranger was s g “You were a long way off when you | | first saw me? otherwise you would have | overtaken me before. ~Therefore you | are not certain as to which house I came from.” In actual words he said: “No, I don’t know Mr. Malpas. The fact is, I am a stranger to London and was trying to find my way to Oxford Circus.” “I didn't see you in the square until a few minutes ago.” The spectacled man smiled. “Probably because I came in from this end, and, finding that I was go- ing wrong, retraced my steps. There is a certain amount of amusement to the idle stranger in being lost in a great city.” Dick's eyes never left his face. “Are you living in town?” “Yes—at the Ritz-Carlton. I am the president of a South African mine. By the way, you will think I am rather foolish to give this information to a chance acquaintance, but you are a de- | sigh. tective—Capt. Richard Shannon, unless | houses, I am mistaken.” Brown. met_before, you.” chagrin. “Let me put you ing Oxford Circus; to Regent street.” ‘The old man | captured. Remove Dick was staggered. “1 don't remember meeting you, Mr. ~—2"" he paused expectantly. ‘My name cannot possibly interest you—my passport is in the name of The colonial office will supply you with particulars. But I happen to know Dick had to laugh in spite of his in the way of find-| a taxicab is the quickest method of reaching the place. 1 will share one with you; I am going inclined his head courteously, and at that moment a dis- engaged taxi came into view and was “The apparent prosperity of London astounds me.” said Mr. Brown with a “When I see these platoons of each inhabited by who must enjoy an income of £10,000 a year, I wonder where the money came from originally.” “It never struck me that way,” said Shannon. With the help of the street lights he had taken & good look at the man. There was little about him tnat could be regarded as sinister. His hair (which was plentiful) was white, his shoulders were slightly bowed, and al- though his thin hands were knotted and gnarled like a manual laborer’s, he had the appearance of a gentleman. No, we have not stopped. and the old man alighted painfully. “I'm afraid I'm rather mls," he said good-humoredly, “T! you, Capt. 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