Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1929, Page 33

' 'The Wolves of the Waterfront By Edgar Wallace. (Copyright, 1029, by North American Newspaper Alliance and Metropolitan Newspaper Service.) Synopsis of Preceding Installments. tor John Wade of the London po- Yice. while engaged in trying to run down a known as the india rub- avey, gorgeously dressed and in the com- Pany of an eiderly man. He tracks her to & deserted house, where she resumes her Cinderella role. Later a Chinaman, seen By Wade in tre same house. is murdered @ india_rubber men descended on Wade and seize a ring found on the dead man. A minor matter takes him to a ship. the cap- tain of which was attacked by a mysterious woman named Anna, He recognizes the captain as the man who was with Lila Smith, and is satisfied that there is a con- Mection between the ship and the india Tubber men. (Continued From Yesterday's Star.) _ SIXTH INSTALLMENT. OHN WADE came back to the po- lice float to find the three Scot- land Yard men awaiting him. “I don’t know what we can do,” said the chief, after he had fin- ished his narrative. “A search warrant would probably reveal nothing. We can't connect this ship with the india rubber men. She’s registered at Rio and sails under the Brazilian flag. I'm getting her checked up; probably the Teport will be ready when we get ba to the Yard.” It was a thorough report that the clerical department had prepared. The Seal of Troy, once a unit in the Seal Line, had been purchased by a Bra- zilian named Dumarez 10 years before, She had certainly been in London, and in New York, when the india rubber men had been active, but many crimes attributed to this gang had been com- mitted when she was thousands of miles from the scene. However, one thing was proved. "Though she might be on the other side of the Atlantic when a crime bearing the mark of the india rubber men was committed within reach of Marselile, she invariably called at Marseille within #wo_months of the robbery.” All that night the police kept the Bhip under observation, and, when Lord ! Biniford landed in the morning he was shadowed back to his flat in St. James Streel t. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the ship went slowly down river. At Gravesend it was boarded by a medical officer. Information had come from London, the officer said, that there was a sus- ted case of infectious disease on companied him to the companionway and nodded a grim farewell. “I'm. afraid you won't have very much to tell Scotland Yard,” he said, and the “medical officer” smiled cryp- ically. On the fourth day after her departure John Wade received a radio message from the ship. “When I come back to London, I ‘would like to have a little talk with you. AIKNESS.” “That tells me a Iot,” sald John Wade. “What an artist!” But he did not explain his meaning. Instead, he decided to call on Lila Smith at the Mecca. He found the place very ‘waited a while and then a new servant appeared. “Lila about?” asked Wade. ‘The girl looked at him suspiciously. “Miss Lila’s upstairs,” she said. Miss Lila! Nobody had ever called her that. “Will you ask her to come down? ‘Where is Mrs. Oaks?” “I don’t know. I'm not supposed to talk to anybody. Mrs. Oaks said I wasn't. Are you Mr. Wade?” John Wade nodded. “Walt a minute,” said the girl, and ‘went out. John Wade waited more than a min- ute before Lila came. Then he stared in astonishment. No longer was she the down-at-heel menial; Cinderella ‘was remarkably well dressed and shod. “Hullo, Lila—" he began, but stopped ‘when he saw that she had been weep- “Don’t stay, please!” she said in a low voice. “Mrs, Oaks is out. I'm hay- ing a very nice time and I'm going to school to learn French and German.” She said this quickly, almost me- :g:ulully. Hi‘m '.lhe impression that was Tepeating a lesson. “Where?"” he asked. “I don’t know—I think in France. ‘Mum’ made me promise I wouldn't tell u, but I had to. I told the girl to me know when you came. You saw me the other night?” He nodded. “Lila, what is it all @bout? Who is Mr. Brown?"” She shook her head. “I don’t know. Mrs. Oaks says he's a fFelative.” ‘John Wade thought quickly. “Is it possible to see you alone? If I ®ame up one night to the wharf——" “No!” BShe was almost frantic in her refusal. “You mustn’t come here at night.” “Can you come to see me? Do you know where I live?” “Yes.” She looked him straight in the . “In a little house that stands by itself. You can get into the house over the flat roof of the kitchen, and there’s an old well at the end of the garden. COAST TO COAST PITTSBURGH ... $ 7.00 CLEVELAND .... 10.25 DETROIT . .. CHICAGO . . 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He saw, too,| His first call was at Freckley Heath, | valuable information. One man fold him Guard Against Him and ks der.; it had been covered with stout oak | that she was very tired. where he found the couple who had |of having sold petrol to the driver of You'll Save Many a planks and turfed over by his father.| “You sat up until quite an early | worked for his lordship. a large car—a car that had a crumpled Repair Bill oA I cn Who had been prowling about his home, | hour this morning,” he hazarded, “Very and how had Lila learned the things bad for your health, Mrs. Oaks.” she had just told him? He ordered the launch to go half a |you're listening to people. mile up-stream, and here he went |one of the gentlemen who was here |agent and had no difficulty in getting ashore and strolled back to the Mecca |told us a lot of stories.” and asked to see Mrs. Oaks. “Why is Lila going away?” he asked | ample,” said Wade. when she appeared. “She’s going to school, somewhere in |know Lord Siniford well?” the north of England—her father| “I don’t know him at all” she an-|outside, but he was more concerned : wishes it.” swered sullenly, and Wade laughed and | with the evidence offered by the gravel ||| axles. It prevents noise, and de- Brin o - “When do you expect Capt. Aikness |walked away. drive and the little patch of lawn be- ||| STORE ROOM livers long, satisfactory service. | sk Ii“*‘_}’:’“" next roll of film. You'll be certain ~* to_be back?” “We're borrowing you for special |fore the cottage. ‘ 17x62 Feet e best prints your negatives can produce. She did not express any surprise at|duty, John,” said the chief when Wade hearing the name. “Not before three months, perhaps |spector Elk is doing the routine work.|had some difficulty in turning. Wade not for a year.” “So Li north of England, is she?” he mused. e 1421 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. Phone Metropolitan 5314-5315 R A AU TS| . » TN AN LD S f s 0 UNy.. D). 5 RIDAYS APR The entrance to the cottage was along | who sat with the driver. The descrip- | the rough clothes of a navvy. On his‘wude: he certainly nearly dropped a narrow lane that led into a road. The |tion fiteed Golly exactly. Moreover, the | head was a large, new cap. He was clean | pansies when the ylnlp'cwyr tapped & “I don't know. That: hat I wheel tracks were very distinct here. | mechanic recalled that the third occu- | shaven, with a weak chin, and he |on the shoulder. : at's just what I|At one place they led to the edge of |pant of the car was a woman—a tired, | wore gold-rimmed spectacles. Presently, | “Hullo!” he said. “What's the game?” want to find out.” a_ shallow ditch, although there was | worn-looking woman. his purchase complete, he paid his ullo, Golly!” said Wade, cheerfully. “By the way, we've found Siniford's | plenty of room on the road for even a| Wade reported his findings to Scot- | money and turned into a dark side | “How’'s the old seadog?” armry go'u“'hr:ndld the chief. “It's largiI Xcsr. Wlde"knew Lord guéfll(gd's‘;:md Y}-{rd and P w;u;ad g:ndh his | street. e — me——" ween Bourne End and Maidenhead. | machine—a small two-seater, but these | home. His way tool im ough one | He may or may not have noticed Jo! (To Be Continued). “Tell me one thing, Mrs. Oaks. Does |A very small affair on the river, He |tracks were not made by a light car. of those busy little markets that clut- - -4 . Capt. Alkness know ”thn Lane is a|took a lease two years ago, and the| When he entered the bungalow, he |ter certain thoroughfares in London. visitor at this place? 5 Tent has been paid, and there has been | found two boxes bearing the name of a | At one of the stalls a man was buying “Why, I don't know, Mr. Wade,” she | no trouble with the tradesmen, as there | firm of women’s outfitters in Maiden- | pansies, choosing them with the great- said haltingly. “I never talk about |used to be in the oid days.” head. He noted the name and address, | est care. people’s business. Mr. Lane doesn't “Has he a housekeeper? asked Wade. |and went to the shop, where he lear He was an undersized man, dressed in often come here and I always treat| “No. He had a man and woman who |ed that a woman's dress, hat, sho 4 & g ; The Little Demon —he's been a steward before, and [who jumped her ball? Does she come they were short one” And then: “I |yneo jpo» hope Mr. Wade, that you've taken no . offense at what I said the other day at Scotland Yard. I was upset, and ! what with being badgered by the police i and knowing that you didn't like Snapshots of Your him as a friend.” 5 lived nearby. Both were fired a week |and stocking had been sent to the co “Not cause and effect, T hope?" ago. One of our men saw them, but |tage less than a week before. The order He stared thoughtfully at the fire- | they could give no account of Anna. You | had come from Lord Siniford himself. himself. There Wade went to several garages and “No, we're not working for him now,” | mudguard. Wade asked for a descrip- sald the man, “The cottage has been tion of the driver, and, although the “It's funny how time passes when |let, or it's to let—I don’t know which.” | reply was vague, his informant remem- His—he— | Wade called upon the local renting |bered very clearly & queer little man Friction '(metal rubbing nst metal) wears out gears! . B It's the little demon that surely and quickly destroys any car. Demand Ebonite-T for™ th transmission, because it makes gea shifting easy. Demand Ebonite-R for the rear Bring them here 4 Jor finishing of the better sort Snapshots of your children will be priceless in years to come. They deserve the best finishing possible. the keys of Reach Cottage. It was a - - — = “I hope you won'tw )folgow his ex- ;prawllng bungalow, about fifty yards “What you are go- | from the river’s edge. The lawn was ing to say was ‘his lordship.” Do you |unkempt, the garden neglected. He made TO LEASE an inspection of the house from the ||| 14¢h Street nr. 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