Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1929, Page 27

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It was about that “T have never been so upset by any- thing in my life,” said Mr. Molloy. "By pure luck, Dolly and myself went over to Birmingham after dinner to see a show, and in our abseuce the outrage must have occurred. I venture to say,” ing into his’ eyes, “that if only I'd been on the spot the thing could never have happened. My hearing’s good and I'm pretty quick on a trigger, Mr. Carroll— pretty quick, let me tell you. It would have taken a right smart burglar to have gotten past me.” ““You bet it would,” said Dolly. “Gee! It's a pity. And that man didn't leave a single trace, did he?” “A fingerprint—or it may have been a thumbprint—on the sill of the window, honey. That was all. And I don't see what good that's going to do us. You can't round up the population of Eng- land and ask to see their thumbs.” “And outside of that not so much as a single trace. Isn't it too bad! From start to finish not & soul set eyes on the ‘es, they did,” said John. “That's what I came to talk to you about. One of the servants heard a noise and came out and saw him going down the stair- case.” If he had failed up to this point to secure the undivided attention of his audience, he had got it now. Miss Mol- {loy seemed suddenly to come all eyes, jand so tremendous were the joy and jrelief of Mr. Molloy that he actually | staggered. “Saw him?” exclaimed Miss Molloy. “Sus-saw him?” echoed her father, scarcely able to speak in his delight. “Yes. Do you by any chance know a ! man named Twist? “Twist?” said Mr. Molloy, still speak- ing with difficulty. He wrinkled his fore- Ihead. “Twist?” Do I know & man named Twist, honey?” “The name seems kind of familiar,” admitted Miss Molloy. “He runs a place called Healthward Ho, about 20 miles from here. My un- | cle stayed there for a couple of weeks. It's a place where people go to get into condition—a sort of health farm, I sup- pose you would call it.” “Of course, yes. I have heard Mr. | Carmody speak of his friend Twist. But—." “Apparently, he called here the other day—to see my uncle, I suppose—and this servant I'm speaking about saw him and is convinced that he was the burglar.” “Improbable, surely!” Mr. Molloy seemed still to be having a little trou- ble with his breath. “Surely not very probable. This Twist, from what you tell me, is a personal friend of your uncle. Why, therefore——. Besides, if he owns a prosperous business—.” John was not to be put off the trafl by mere superficial argument. Dr. Wat- son may be slow at starting, but once started he is a bloodhound for tenacity. “I've thought of all that. I admit it did seem curious at first. But if you come to look into it you can see that the very thing a burglar who wanted to operate in these parts would do is to start some business that would make people unsuspiclous of him.” Mr. Molloy shook his head. “It sounds far-fetched to me.” John's opinion of his sturdy good sense began to diminish “well, anyhow,” he said, in his solid way, “this servant is sure he recognized Twist, and one can't do any harm by going’ over there and having a look at the man. I've got quite a good ex- cuse for seeing him. My uncle’s hav- | ing a dispute about his bill and I can | say I came over to discuss it.” “Yes,” said Mr. Molloy, in a strained volce. “But—" “Sure you can,” sald Miss Molloy, with sudden animation. “Smart of you to think of that. You need an excuse if you don’t want to make this Twist fellow suspicious.” “Exactly,” said John. He looked at the girl with something resembling approval. = “And there's another thing” pro- ceeded Miss Molloy, warming to her subject. ‘;Don’t forget that this bird, if he’s the man that did the burgling last night, has a cut finger or thumb. If you find this Twist is going around with sticking plaster on him, why then that'll be evidence.” John's approval deepened. “That's a great idea,” he agreed. What I was thinking was that I wanted to find out if Twist has & cold in the head.” “A kuk-kuk-kuk—?" said Mr. Molloy. s You see, the burglar had. He was sneezing all the time, my informant tells me” “Well, say, this begins to look lke the goods,” cried Miss Molloy gleefully. “If this fellow has a cut thumb and & cold in the head, there's nothing to it. It's all over except tearing off the false whiskers and saying, ‘I am Hawkshaw, the detective!’ Say, listen. You get that little car of yours out ard you and I will go right over to Healthward Ho now. You see, if I come along that'll make him all the more unsuspicious. ‘Il tell him I'm & girl with a brother been whooping it up a little too / for some time past and I want to make inquiries, with the idea of put- ting him where he can’t get the stuff for a while, I'm sure you're on the right track. This Twist is the villain of the plece, I'll bet a million dollars. As you say, a fellow that wanted to burgle heuses in these parts naturally would settle down and pretend to be something respectable. You go and get that car out, Mr. Carroll, and we'll be off_right away.” | John reflected. Filled though he was | with the enthusiasm of the chase, he {could not forget that his time today | was earmarked for other and higher things than the investigation of the mysterlous Dr. Twist of Healthward Ho. “I must be back here by & quarter to he said, T must” “Well, that's all right. We're not going 10 spend the week end with this guy. We're simply going to take a look at him. As soon as we've done that we | come right home and turn the thing | over to the police. It's only 20 miles. | You'll be back here again before 12.” “Of course,” said John. “You're per- fectly right. Tl have the car out in & couple of minutes.” He' hurried off. His views concerning Miss Molloy now were definitely favor- able. She might not be the sort of girl he could ever like, she might not be the sort of girl he wanted staying at the Hall, but it was idle to deny that she had her redeeming qualities, About her intelligence, for i was, he felt, no doubt whatsoever. And 'yet it was with regard to (his intelligence that Soapy Molloy wasyat sr | How's it all righ rolling | I wanted to see | | gone, you jump to the ‘phone and get | went on Mr. Mollgy, a stern look creep- | MONEY FOR NOTHING | » c v (Copyright, 1939, by North American Newspaper Alliance and Metropolitan Newspaper Bervice.) this_very moment, entertaining doubts | that this bird gets a taste of 1t.” of the gravest kind, His eyes were pro- | “I get truding a little and he uttered an odd, strangled_sound reverence, but. nevertheless, “It's all right, you poor sap” sald |tinged with doubt. Dolly, meeting his shocked gaze with a ‘ admired his wife's broad, it confident unconcern, outlook, but she was apt, | Soapy found speech. to_overlook detalls “All right? You say it's all right? said, “is this wise? If you hadn't pulled | all that stuff—." “Say, listen! going to wake he? an awful holler?” up pretty soon, said_Dolly urgently. B on y ‘Where's your sense? Nothing we could have done would have headed him off that, would it? And he'd noticed Chimp had & cut finger, without my telling him, wouldn't he? All I've done is to | make him think I'm on the level and working cahoots with him What's the use of that?” “INl tell you what use it is. T know what I'm ‘doing. Listen, Soapy, you just race into the house and get those knockout drops and give them to me. And make it snappy,” said Dolly. As when on a day of rain and storm there appears among the clouds a tiny gleam of blue, so now, at these magic words “knockout _drops,” did there | flicker into Mr. Molloy's face a faint suggestion of hope. | today. “Don't you worry, Soapy. I've got | about this thing well in hand. When we've assistants and all like tell him to tell them that that that wants looking aft and brother has got to be gi: S n a somebody an injury. That'll get the stuff and clear out. now, Soapy. collect rapid_action the Chimp on the wire and tell him this! See?” guy and I are on our way over. Tell you, pettie!” Mr. Molloy’s man- | ner was full of a sort of awe-struck was He had always spacious sometimes, “But pettie,” I mean, supposing u'do put this fellow to sleep, he's isn't | And, when he does, won't he raise “I've got that all fixed. T don't know what sort of staff Chimp keeps over at that joint of his, but he’s probably got Well, you there’s a young lady coming over with a brother ping draught and locked away somewhere to keep him from getting violent and doing him out of the way long enough for u~lm‘ t's Now that|of my poor brother?” Chimp gummed the game by letting | little “sigh, and there came into her himself be seen, we've got to move | hazel eyes a look of pain. quick. We've got to make our getaway | So don’t you go off wandering fields ‘picking daisies. after T've gone. You stick round that ‘phone, hecause I'll be calling you before long It was about an hour later that Sergt.-Maj. Flannery, seated beneath a shady elm in the garden of Health- ward Ho, became aware that he was in the presence of youth and beauty. Across the lawn was walking a girl who that is embraced by the word “pippin.” Her willowy figure was clothed in some clinging material of beige color, and her bright hazel eyes touched in the sergeant-major's susceptible bosom a ready chord. He rose with easy grace, {and his hand, falling from the salute, { came to rest on the western section of his waxed mustache. “Nice morning, miss,” he bellowed. It seemed to Sergt. Maj. Flannery that this girl was gazing upon him as on | some wonderful dream of hers that had unexpectedly come true, and he was thrilled. It was unlikely, he felt, that she was about to ask him to perform some great knightly service for her, but, if she did, he would spring smartly to attention and do it in a goldierly man- ner while she waited. Sefgt. Maj. Flan- |nery was pro-Dolly from the first { moment of their meeting. | “Are you one of assistants?” asked Dolly. | I am his only assistant, miss. Sergt.- Maj. Flannery is the name.” “Oh? _Then you look | patients here?” “That's right, miss. “Then it is you who will be in charge She uttered a he Dr. Twist's after the “Your brother, miss? Are you the Idy . . " “Did Dr. Twist tell you about my brother?” “Yes, miss. The fellow who's been ‘Honey,” sald Mr. Molloy devoutly,| He paused, appalled. Only by a hair's him I'm bringing the kayo drops and| "I always said you were the brains of breadth had he stopped himself from Tl slip them to him as soon rive, something to drink handy and to see!myself in a million years.” as I ar-|the firm, and I always will say it sands of extra miles. T'd |using in the presence of this divine Tell him to be sure to have|never have thought of a thing like this | creature the hideous expression “mop- ping it up a bit.” ERESTONE LEADERSHIP now brings you the greatest improvements ever built into tires. Tongher Rubber—Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires have the toughest, strongest, greatest wear resist- ing tread rubber in the world. Toughness which keeps the safety tread still on your tires for thou- Wider Tread—The improved, wider, deep, rugged tread means safety against skidding—sure-footed traction at all speeds on all roads—longer wear fell into that limited division of the uxi “Yes,” sald Dolly. “I see you know about it.” “All I know about it, miss” sald Sergt. Maj. Flannery, “is that the doctor sald he was expecting a young lady to arrive with her brother, who needed attention. He said I wasn't to be surprised, if I found myself called for to lend a hand in a roughhouse, be- cause this bloke—because this patieng was apt to get verlent.” y brother does get very violent sighed Dolly. only hope he won't do | you any njury. Sergt. Maj. banana-like fingers and inflated his powerful chest. He smiled a complacent smile. “He won't do me an injury, miss | T've had experience with . . .* Again | he stopped, just in time, on the verge of shocking his companion’s ears with the ghastly noun “souses” . . . “with these sort of nervous cases he amended. | “Besides, the doctor says he's fiolng to give the gentleman a little sleeping- draught, to keep him ’armless till he Wnkc‘s( up and finds himself under lock ey see. Yes, that's a very good idea.” 0 sense 'in troubling trouble till | trouble troubles you. as the saying is. | miss,” agreed the sergeant major. “If you can do a thing in a nice, eas ctful manner, without verlence, then why use verlence? Has the gentleman been this way long, miss?” “Four years." “You oug home sooner. ht to have had him in a But he always get out. That's why I'm so worried.” “He won't get out of Healthward Ho, miss,” “He's very clever.” It was on the tip of Sergt. Maj Flannery's tongue to point out that other people were clever, too, but he refrained, not so much from modesty as because at this moment he swallowed Flannery twitched his “I have put him into dozens of homes. | some sort of insect. When he had finished coughing, he found that his companion had passed on to another| “Iknow. But I would rather you had aspect of the matter. |it. You see, I'm afraid my brother may “I left him with Dr. Twist. T wonder | give you a lot of trouble.” if that was safe.” | “Trouble’s what I'm here for, miss, “Quite safe, miss,” the sergeant major | said Mr. Flannery bravely. ‘“Trouble’s assured her. “You can see the window's | what I draw my salary for. Besides, |open and the room's on the ground| e can't give much trouble when he's | floor. If there's trouble and the gentle- | ynqer lock and key, as the saying is. man starts any verlence, all the doctor's | Don't you worry, miss. We're going to | got to do is to shout for ‘elp and I'll | make this brother of yours a different | climb in and lend & hand.” T e & His visitor regarded him with a shy | “Gh1” cried Dolly. admiration. .| . A head and shoulders had shot sud- “It's such a rellef to feel that there's | genly out of the study window—the someone like you here, Mr. Flannery.|head and shoulders of Dr. Twist. The T'm sure you are wonderful in any kind | vojee of Dr. Twist sounded sharply | of an emergency.” above the droning of bees and insects. “People have said 50, miss.” “Flannery.” “But what's worring me is What's| «On the spot, sir.” going to happen when my brother | “Come here, Flannery. I want you.” comes to after the sleeping-draught| «you stay here, miss,” counseled and finds that he is locked up. That's Sergt. Maj. Flannery, paternally. “Thes: | what I meant just now when I said may be verlence.” he was so clever. The last place iy | he was in they promised to see that he (To be continued.) | stayed there, but he talked them into | letting him out. He said he belonged { to some big family in the neighborhood | and had been shut up by mistake.” | | " “He won't get round me that way, | miss.” | | " “My brother is sure to offer you| | money to let him go.” “How much—how much goo Sergt. Maj. Flannery carefully, he think that’s going to do him?” “You wouldn't take it, would you?" “Who, me, miss? 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