Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1929, Page 6

The Treasure House of Martin Hews Synopsis of the preceding instafimen Hews. a lecless cripple. lives hogar R M o8 0 e HiE a7t treasuses are ‘higden from the worid. ~The place is £l ‘of _mysterious electrical devices, and | JHews "gets about 1n an electrically controlled | chair. ‘Wai, Owston. who telis the stors. is a sol- | . aas been hired as Hews' first_night there the | i By " gencerous sans of | Gon thieves under the 'leadersnip The purpose of the attack is | JosPPin A beattiral £irl named Rachel, who hsion under Hews' protection. | laced a wire charged with elee- epproaches (o his desolate fis. apparently acting | lon. avoid it. - Owston | 61 the Thouselioud in defense %nd is wounded in the fight- | i and, fir_ | {B§ from cover ol dariness. shoats and kills | Bis own butier. Miles Wwhen Owston relurng to his room siter ink. Beatrice Essiter. Hews 3 Diesses by, wou Suddeniy & car siops dresses g, woun ; Sutside. ~Serne ot Beacrice exclaims. be wanted.” | “¥You will (Continued From Yesterday's Star.) 00 3 FIFTH INSTALLMENT. HEN I arrived in the library, | the police inspector had departed for the grounds to take a note af the casualties, and Martin Hews was leaning back in his chair, “New sort of fighting for you, major, he remarked, his eyes, more beady ihan ever, seeming tal grctrud! from under his inflamed eyelids. “It was an undisciplined sort of scrap,” I acknowledged. “We had the best of it, I think, but we ought to dP better next time with a little method.” “Every one of my men, as you doubtless observed,” he continued, “has been a fighter. I watched you, Owston. I am satisfied with my bargain. As usual, T was right in my judgment. It is really an amazing thing how seldom I make a mistake.” “What I cannot understand,” I told him, “is why they all cleared off so suddenly. I won't say that they were getting the best jof it, but they were certainly pushing us very hard when they chucked it.” Martin Hews nodded. “I can tell you why they went,” he said, “I know Joseph’s methods. They had a man near Bringford police station, and directly the police got the message and started out, he sent a warning: They go away at precisely the right moment. But for an act of treachery, major, there would have been many more of them who never got away at all. We should have filled the cells of Bringford police station.” “Treachery?” I repeated. His eyes held mine. “Miles.” he explained simply. “He went up to London during the afternoon, and I thought it as well to have him watched. He was lost in Shoreditch within a hundred yards of Joseph's headquarters. There isn't the slightest doubt as to the nature of his business there. Joseph arrived tonight with a plan of our defenses. If his men had attacked as usual, in a semicircle, | Martin Hews snapped. By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Copyright. 1929. by North Amer- ican Newspaper Alliance_and Metropolitan Newspaver Serv- ce. |am a wealthy man, and I choose to be x| well served by those who can help in | such a situation as tonight's.” “The ordinary householder,” the in- spector observed, “is as a rule content to rely upon the police for protection.{ If he has exceptional treasures, he does not bring them to such a lonely lmiI out-6f-the-way neighborhood.” ‘I am not an ordinary householder,” “This house suits me—its locality suits me, and with all due deference to you, 1 claim the right to make such gements as I think necessary to protect my own property. 1f we had waited for you to answer our call tonight, you can imagine what might have happened.” The inspector left to question the servants. 1 was not asked to testify and I went back to bed. It must have beer a quarter to 3 when I woke with a violent start. I touched the electric switch of the lamp at the side of my bed and I received a shock. There was no re- sult, Stiff in every limb, I tumbled out of bed and tried the other switch. Still no result. Then, as I stood there, I heard a soft tapping. I threw open the door. A figure, at first un- distinguishable, was standing there, holding_an electric torch. Directly she spoke, I realized that it was Beatrice Essiter. “What's wrong?” I asked. “I can't tell” she confided. *“For one thing the whole of the electric in- stallation seems to have gone wrong. ‘There isn't a light in the house. The secret doors won't open, nor will the telephone.” “That's queer,” I muttered. “Could any of Joseph's gang have got at the engine?” “That's what I have been wonder- ing.” she replied uneasily. “Jenkins, the electrician, never appeared after the fight was over, and I fancied just as I was getting into bed that the lights ‘were becoming fainter.” I struggled into some clothes. “The police searched the whole house,” I remarked. “Did they visit the engine room?” “I believe they did. I remember how surprised the inspector seemed to be at the size of our engine. Jenkins must have been on duty then, or they couldn’t have got in without breaking u);ee door down—and there's something clse™ She paused and listened again. From where we were on the ground floor to the roof, the great house seemed al- most ominously silent. “I was just going off to sleep,” she went on, “when I fancied that I heard voices in the room where that girl Rachel is. It was then I found out that the lights weren't going, and I am afraid I made some noise in grouping about before I could find the torches. Anyhow, she was alone when she opened the door to me.” “Do any of your secret passages v EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. TUESDAY, JUNE 25. 1929.° connect apartment with any other portion &“ the house?” “Yes. If she knew where her door was, and had a plan, she could find her way almost anywhere. The only thing is that none of the switches that open the concealed doors are working now, as the power has broken down. missing? that he had stolen it and sold it to Joseph.” I reflected for 8 moment. “You are sure the inspector actually visited the engine room?” I asked. “Quite certain.” “You haven't communicated with your' uncle, I suppose?” “I tried to get into the library,” | she confided, “but I couldn't open the | door. ‘There is another way, of course, but I thought I had better come and find you. I don't know why" she concluded, with a little tremor in her tone, “I am not nervous as a rule, but at the present moment I am absolutely terrified.” “Much better to come for me” T | told her—*especially if you were feel- | ing jumpy. I'll go up at once.” I loaded my automatic quickly and | slipped it into my pocket. Then | followed her out into the now deserted | hall and mounted the stairs with her. | We paused first when we arrived at | the third story outvde the door that | opened and closed cnly by the electric appliances from Martin Hews' desk. I pressed the button, but nothing hap- pened. A thin stream of light was just visible under the door. “Where is the other I | whispered. | She led me a few paces down the door?” corridor and directed fingers on to & small, ordinary dw:{nnb “Open it and go in,” she enjoined, ‘and make some excuse to uncle if he is alone. If there is 'anything wrong, I will go and fetch help.” I gripped my automatic with my right hand, turned the handle with my left, and looked in from the thresh- old upon a queer and thrilling sight. It was a matter of seconds only be- fore my appearance was discovered, but those seconds were quite enough for me to take in every detail of that downward upon the table, . protuberant, his mouth a little open. He was watched over by the inspector, still wearing his uniform, but with the upper part of his features now con- cealed by a black mask. He was only a yard of two away from my cm- ployer, whom he was covering with a | viclous-looking automatic. In the middle of the room were two large kit bags, one of them already filled and strapped, ready for removal The rosewood-rimmed show-case: which contained a collection of gol medals and some priceless, uncut pre- 1| clous stones, were already empty, and the taller of the two policemen, aiso in & mask, ‘was in the act of cutting a small Corregio that hung over the door from its frame. The third police- man had lifted his mask for a moment while he held an exquisite pink pearl up to the lamp, by the light of which they were working, before finally ap- proving of it, and seated on the.back of & ditsis, facing me, with a cigarette in the corner of her mouth, was to another life have I looked upon n that dimly lit three men, with their black masks, Martin Hews, his face dark with terror, his eyes almost starting from his head, and the girl lolling there, with a cigarette dangling from her red lips. . . . (To be Continued.) KIWANIS GROWTH URGED. Never in 50 d | International Chief Recommends at Convention “Quantity of Quality.” MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 25 (P).— | Convinced the time has not arrived for | the establishment of Kiwanis clubs in forelgn nations other than Canada, O. 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As it was, they came in single file, feeling for the wire, and only one man got_it. ‘De mortuis,’ you know, ! major! We'll let it go at that, but it is a very curious thing—traitors pay. ‘They always pay. Miles, you see, is our only fatal casualty—the man who turned informer.’” “So that was the reason,” I muttered. “That was the reason,” Martin Hews assented suavely. “I ran no risk of a mlshkfi.‘ I put him in the chair, and when had done shrieking, he con- fessed. You are a soldier, major. You understand the treatment of spies. The death of Miles was an ethical act of justice. It must be regarded as such. trust that you agree with me.” |~ He had the air of one who has been the witness of some agreeable spectacle. His face, with its little dab of pink color, was unruffied. There was not 2 gleam of nervousness in his manner. He was evidently well pleased with himself, and apparently with me. The 'inspector returned—apparently & much graver man. There wis a studiously official ook upon his face, and I felt at once that he wished us to understand that his attitude to- ward the household and the whole happening had undergone a change, “This is a more serious matter than T had imagined, sir,” he announced. “We have found a dead man outside, shot through the back, and three or four others, dangerously wounded.” “The dead man is my butler,” Martin Hews scowled. “I had just trained him into my ways, and his loss is a great inconvenience to me. As for the mis- creants who tried to storm my house, the only regret I have is that every one of them wasn't badly wounded.” ‘The inspector listened without change of expression. One gathered that his attitude toward us was not particularly sympathetic. “I notice that your house, sir,” he Property Owners If you own property that you would like to exchange, see me. I may have listed just the class of property you want. Over 25 years’ experi- ence specializing in exchanges. A. S. 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