Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1929, Page 37

Synopsis of -x-\ ll - Jonds ..;.:":,‘.:‘m'..f’ vl T LTS Nt 'y ‘ h “ f l i u to s motor von 5 urned’ on and n are having a friendly at in Owgton's sitting room when the new butler. Johnson, comes in with a card announcing, “Detective Inspector Bloor.” (Continued From Yesteraay's Star.) SEVENTH INSTALLMENT. by~ nfi'm"""“ enity e ev] y S T e o prepare for lor flmfilt simultan !urehllrlndflu.'-hwwln(lmulo the door. Johnson followed | 90 me from hur with a glance of sumy dluppmv-l “Take & chailr, please” I invited. “What ean I do for you?” ‘The inspector accepted my invitation, but declined the cinrette 1 offered. He was {n plain clothes, a man of medium efiht, 'flh exceptionally full eyelids tha nvc him at times a rather sle is voice was unex glmn hh cautious and veu- upon me 'Il C fon he produced aullf:zuonhln fl- o may the need for great elml- P may nure ptre rom ‘card, major,” he &hnflnuntho detective ’urvl Scotlaind Yard. Yuvulmoh’m“!utlln questions eoncerning the Tecent hap- “Go shead!” I invited. “I have been through it all with thn l-l pnuno, bul Jou can have 1t all over again wan! “You oecupy some post in the house- here, I believe, May I ask what * “Well, T Enow been rescued from starvation, or from from his friends—which is trifle worse—isn't very particular what he does, 5o long as it's on the level. When this scrap came along, !'ul‘l.enlymoflunk! to be of any sympathet- 'Veri.nttunl—very natural indeed. stin,” went on, “it seems unreason- ble, Major, that you shouldn't have asked yourself, ‘what manner of a job is this I'm taking on? What am I expected to do to earn my money?' " “Under conditios 1 dare say you're right” I agreed, ‘ must remember that first of all I was too grateful to get any sort of job at all to worry much about what my duties would be, and secondly this scrap has disorganized the whole household and driven everything ‘else out of my thoughts. I imagine that presently Mr. Hews will take me a little further into his confidence. Then I shall have a idea of what he expects from m il B, g were never in the intelligence dowu ment yourself, were you, during the “Nevertheless,” the inspector con- tinued, “Capt. Joyce always spoke of you—your name cropped up often in our conversation—as a n of com- mon sense. 1 put it to you, as they say in the law eourts, that you must have been struck by certain mysterious things concerning this household.” “In a sense, of course, that is tflu,‘ 1 “On the other hand, into the habit of min his own business. If I'see ‘I__und.lund. I don't worry it ‘This—er—network secret: mummynm hiunkfi.. ummfl the oo\mfiryndn "oty Feartin. “’u"'&‘."“mu, 1 pointed out, “is s 'fim :a-:tm ml'n i’:mh valuable of I shoul un 1t for granted that he was justified in any means he to protect himself.” mwr: p:yl{lud e:!;mln h!l"fllg oice, “are rellly not so much all, as a means of protection. falled him, for instance, the as because the whole show away by a member of the }ho wn;d in league with the the wiiole system is being and a successor to the un- electrieian who was murdered . Now I should like mn are pombflm\s of every sort, and go far as I have thought the matter at all, I have re- that Mr. Hews, like a great le, 18 probably of a !fi 28 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, IX C., THURSDAY; THE TREASURE HOUSE of MARTIN HEWS By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Copyright, 1999, by North Amerisan Newspaper Alllance and Metropolitan Newspaper Service. tect her?” he lnqulre& I dare say you know, of Donkin, the leader of the ris of hooligans, until & few days ago.” “Mr. Hews is upstairs” 1 replied. why not ask him such a question for yourself? Hfi has not taken me into his confidence.” “But it was you,” my vis-a-vis per- sisted soft! “who _aided in to escape. You knew, I presume, t! was a criminal?” “I knew nothing sbout it at sll” I insisted. “I hadn't been in this house more than an hour when Donkin ar- rived. I saw him into a motor boat. That was A “Alding and abetting & criminal to escape!” “How was I know that he was & criminal?” “You were merely an agent, without a doubt,” the inspector allowed, “but Mr. Martin Hews knew all about it. Now one is driven to ask oneself, why did a gentleman in Mr. Martin Hewsi sition take such interest in Jim Don- in as to t him to esca) Justice und give shelter to compan mm whn T heard of the conversa- tion, inspector,” I told him—a little maliciously, I confess—"T gathered that it was .Youn from whom Donkin was anxious to escape. He dldn" expect the police for about a week.” “Touche!” my visitor admitted with 8 smile. “But you must remember those fellows naturally knew more about one another’s movements than we did. Iam afraid I am wearying you a little, Major. I am sorry, but we are up against a very ugly problem at Scot- land Yard, and somehow or other it has to be solved. We want .vo-ph— we want him very badly.” "Ymn can't 'lnt him out of m WAy Efl. then Mr, Martin Hews does "rh-t statement of yours, Major,” he inspector declared, mtchl.nc out hhhmdlvrhlslm, “opens up the way for a suggestion on p.n ! gropou that we should wm-{ ou manul.mw.:rof'.hahn:, md am the “:rmnuun of the law. Wn are oq y concerned in the war And, beliove me, e he d, rising to hll feet, and luddlnly looking st me with Bite nd brigh “Joveps and ue an t, “ will be discovered ml;il! and brought to justice. Pay nu 0 Mt some time at Scotland Yard. I will show you some of the statistics. It is an amazing thing how seldom & crimi- nal in the long run escapes. The law wins, Maj. Owston. Try to-bear that you at Bcothnd Yard whenever you feel incling We shook hands. ‘The fellow had an e indescribably sttractive nlnn'r, and somehow or other, although his ques- tions embarrassed me all the time, I felt, Lhnt lt wu impumble to dnukz him. helm bn( X mllht flnd% ™ The yd.la' ulwhm tinkled shortly after his ure, and in obodla:ee to its summons I mounted to the third floor and presented myself in the library. Martin Hews motioned me to TROPICAL FLANNEL SUITS 25 . EISEMARS, Tth & ¥ from |, is lady the chair by his side, sometimes oc-| hour for eupied by his niece. ls—u no laulr lor you. I thlt 1 was ruhl am. A brave mu'n; adapt him< self to a difficult situation, A trifie expansive with our friend Inspector Bloor, perhlpl, but you were taken by su ngner. I approved of your reticences. Bloor was disappointed, I think.” “You overheard then?” “Naturally. It was very important that I should overhear. I was within & few feet of vou on the other side of the wainsscoting. It interests me very much to learn that Scotland Yard is becoming suspicious about my house and my manner of living.” My momentary annoyance vanished. This was, after all, part of the game. “It is 20 years, Owston,” my employer Mflecud “since I first committed an of- fense against the statutory laws. I think I may safely say that until this time I have never even been suspected. 1 can see, however, that from now on those things will become more difficult. ‘This_may affect arrangement between us. From tomorrow you will find your- self in possession of chambers in town, where you will spend the greater part of your time. The work you will haye to ‘do there will explain ‘itself as the . _On the whole, I liked your | Af m:mmwtlhmn ith the have at zlm-lnt.he it been of nuz assistan 8. r::n!; henceforward it is flnl!hed Mth them. It is too dan- ly, of Scotland Yard. broken up naturally, with the flight of its chief; Joseph’s I shall destroy. terwards, I shall conduct all my ations myself. I have no longer any oper: need of either of my disreputable | allies.” ‘There was the usual signal to which apparently he replied favorably, for a moment later the door opened, and Beatrice Essiter came into the room. She did not even glance at me. She stood before her uncle with her fingers upon the table. “There is a serious matter to speak of,” she told him. I took a step toward the door, but he check!d ‘me promptly. “Proceed,” he directed. “Here is a telephone meu:sa that came from a call office in Piccadilly.” Martin Hews took the slip of paper in his hand and he read it aloud, partly, I believe, for my edification: “A car will wait at Breezeley Station unti} 10 o'clock tonight. If it returns empty, there will be more trouble.” (To be continued.) 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