Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1929, Page 40

THE RAGGED PRINCESS Edgar Wallace Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News .(Continued Fromi Yesterday's Star.) CHAPTER LX. €« ACY MARSHALT!” squeaked Steel. “Good God! It isn't possible.” “Where did you get this?” asked’ Shannon quickly. “A boy in Spa road give it to me and asked me to take it. Well, he wasn't exactly a boy, sir, he was a young man.” “You don’t know his name?” “No, sir, He said a gentleman had pushed it up through a grating near Dockhead ‘and said that, if it was took ;o C:pt. Shannon, he'd pay me a pound or it.” . “Why didn’t he bring it himself?” ‘The boy grinned. “Because he Kknows you, sir—that's what he sail. He’s been over the hills.” “Over the hills,” in the argot of the class Dick understood best, meant penal servitude, and the reluctance of the un- known emissary was understandable. “Fould’s wharf? Do you know where 1t is?” “Yes, sir, it's near Dockhead; it is a wood wharf. I've been fishing there lots of times.” “Very good, you can show us the way. William, get the car out, take this lad on the seat beside you and gmn(ect him! Here's your money, my 0y.” He passed a pound note to the youth, who clutched it eagerly. The car stopped at the yard to col- lect as many officers as were available. It stopped again when they crossed London Bridge, and picked up a local detective sergeant Who knew the place. “Yes, it is -a whar{ attached to an old warehouse—one of the few stage wharves on the river.” “What do you mean by ‘stage wharf'?” asked Dick. “It is builf out over the water on piles, and hasn't, as is the case with most wharves, a stone and brick front.” They traversed a dismal road, the dock, where the high masts of sea- going ships showed over the wall, and once they sped under a huge bowsprit that topped the wall, spanning the narrow street. Presently the detective leaned across to the chauffeur. “This is the place,” he said. “I think we can dispense with the boy now, Capt. Shannon.” The small boy, to his bitter disap- pointment, was dropped, and the men, passing down a steep declivity, came to an old gate. which they had no culty in scaling. They were on an untidy cart track that led by the side of a building, and ahead Shannon saw the glitter of the river. Turning the corner, a cold, northerly wind made them pull their coats tighter. “The wharf proper is to the right.” ‘The detective sergeant indicated a dreary expanse of wooden staging that thudded hollowly under Shannon’s feet as he walked to the edge of the crazy structure and looked down at the water. “There’s nobody here; we'd better try $he_warehouse.” : “Help!"” ‘The voice was faint but Dick heard. “Where did that come from?” he “It certainly didn’t come from the warehouse,” sald Steel. “It sounded more like somebody shouting from the | from river.” They stood for a moment. listening, and presently they low moaning, and then: “Help! For God's sake, help!” “It came from underneath the stag- ing,” sald Dick suddenly. 2 He ran to the edge of the wharf and looked down, The tide was rising; it was only a few feet below him. A little to his right he saw a boat, and feeling | with the his way over the side, he dropped into the bottom. s “Help!” This time the voice was nearer. Peering under the stage, he:thought he saw a movement in 'the black depths. “Where “I'm here! It was Lacy Marshalt’s voice! There were no oars in the boat, and, untying the painter, he pulled himself along by the aid of the staging until he came opposite the point where the voice had sounded. With his hand- lamp he began to search, and & second it rested upon the ghastly face of Marshalt. The man was up to shoulders in water. His hands. which were held above his head, seemed to be fastened to the pile. “Put out your lighi—he'll get you!” he screamed. Dick snapped back the button. As he did so there were two quick re- ports. Shannon’s hat flew off; he had a burning' pain in his left ear. and for a moment he let go his hold on the staging. and ' the boat drifted. Drop- ping down to his knees, he paddled it back with his hands, and the. next moment Steel came over the edge and was by his side. “Get out your gun and put your light on,” said Dick as he guided the boat forward amid the labyrinth of rotting props. “And when you see a head shoot!” In another second they were up with Marshalt. A chain was padlocked about his waist; his wrists, fastened by rusty bhandcuffs, were fixed to a staple high above his head. It was clear that if he were left in this position another )t‘en minutes nothing could have saved im. “A handcuff key, quick! Have you one, Steel?" “Yes, sir.” 2 In a second the cuffs were loosened, and then Dick turned his attention to the padlock. He had to work in the dark, while Steel searched the dark- ness with his lamp for the man who had fired the shot. 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He handed it to Steel without E“word. “‘Malpas is here, somewhere,” whis- pered the detective, and looked round nervously. “I think not,” said Shannon quietly. “Olillx; friend only takes one shot a s+ . you can get Sunshine Soda Crackers which readily split in two without crumbling He glanced up at the ladder-like heading to the upper part of the “I hardly think it is worth while searching upstairs. Il ask the ser- geant to do so tomorrow morning.” ‘The man who stood by a gap which had once been a window in the upper part of the building heard this decision with relief. It saved him from the risk which would follow a jump in the dark. He gave Dick Shannon a very good start before he felt his way downstairs, and peeping caltiously forth to see whether an officer had been leff on duty (a disconcerting habit of the po- || lice), he went up to the edge of the||| staging, peered down, and with some ||| reluctance lowered himself into the || boat and pushed into the cavernous!| dark. 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