Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1929, Page 17

4 A4 ] FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1929." : 17 & o ¢ 5 ] i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, The Treasure House of Martin Hews Synopsis of Preceding Installments. Beatrice Essiter is kidnaped by Joseph. the leader of a eang of ves. while she | ple treasures have made him many enemies. the aid of Inspector Bloor of tells Bloor that he thinks an ced Beatrice and at club—a man named Leopold -"is one of Joseph's agents. Bicor and Owston _visit the club, and while they are el %o taunt them with | . Then the hotel to | ne to execute the com- | by th the thick | a mm‘v‘"n R Sppeared i Tome. _(Continued_Prom Yesterday's_Star.) TWENTY-NINTH INSTALLMENT. the supreme moment had d. I knew from Martin nd Bloor and also from | t on of this man’s | making up and | personalities, but I 1 was confronted by a stranger when I glanced toward the tall man in a well cut, but rather habby, dinner suit, who stood with his ack toward a roaring fire, His black ir, no longer sprinkled with gray, rushed smoothly from his brow. cheeks were hollow to emaciation. It was not until he smiled that I was able to trace the slightest resemblance 15 the man whom I had fashioned in my_though! “Well, Major.” he grecfed me. “Wel- come! T thought I could count on you 1o take the r We meet for the first time under our proper personalities. Here I am for what I am—Joseph.” “I didn't come to see you," I told him bluntly. “You are no use to me under my parole, I wish to see Miss Esciter. “That,” he admitted, “is part of the bargain, but vou can imagine that I did not take the trouble to send for you simply to afford you an interview with the young lady. ~ I have business with you myseif “Ts Miss Esiter here?” I demanded. he is. You will see her before you leave this place.” And, in the meantime ‘what is it you want with me?" “One thing, and one thing only. I| want one interview with Martin Hews.” “For what pur “For sixteen yvears, Martin Hews and | T have been bitter encmies. The first | cause of our quarrel lies behind the | curtain. Since then we have come into the open. We have ransacked the world | for its treasurcs and sought to acquire | them. But there was this differenc between Martin Hews and myself: Whatever 1 stole came back _into markets of the world. What | Martin Hews grabbed was for his own T asked, | overdue between us. By / E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM [ _—— ] Coppreg 108, Kdh g\rmnnn N aper Serve some friends in a carouse. You read the report of the proceedings in the Police Court_next morning. All wrong, my dear Beatrice. All, believe me, part of one of those little schemes to which I sometimes have to resort. The idea of that angers you, perhaps, but see how ready I am to put things right- when it is possible. Maj. Owston has devoted all his time since that unfortunate af- fair to hunting us down; he has neg- of llected all his other duties, he has run | greater risks than he knows of. He | Joined in ng carouse that night. His comparativesilence in the Police Court was a very clever move on his part, I am sorry to say, to deceive and take our iriend, Leopold. gainst you, he is blamal, ed no drink in the club.’ Sh> Iooked at me, and I saw in her changing expression the turmoil into which Joseph's wolrds hn(:ll tivown her. 1 meless, ex- cept that I ought to have known better than to have accepted Leopold’s invita- tion at all,” I answered, looking her in the ey went into the secretary’s office merely to sign the book. The world came to an end with me there in a second. I woke in a police ce!l. They engineered everything that happened between.” The rush of relief to my heart as I watched her was one of the happiest scnsations of my life. I saw somet! | more human shining out of her eyes. “But 1 am ashamed,” she acknowl- dged. I raised her fingers to my lips. T re- fused to allow it place, but notwith- standing the joy of this meeting, some- thing of that hauntlng and terrible fear still lingered in my heart. I had not the courage to put it into words, and she did nothing to help me. Our mo- ment had passed, and I felt that I had failed to take full advantage of it. ‘My dear Beatrice,” Joseph continued, “I want you to use your influence with Maj. Owston. I have already told you that Joseph is on_the point of disap- Ve Before I go, I want e ‘Besides what?” “I don’t think it would be good for either of you. You would quarrel.” “On my part, there would be mno quarrel, I can assure you,” Joseph de- red. “There are a few words long ‘They should be spoken. I have come to the conclusion that the only person who has any in- fluence over your uncle is Maj. Owston. Why should hs not persuade him to see me?” Beatrice shook her head. y uncle will never consent to see she declared. hy not?” He is far too frightened of you, for one thing. His nerve has been giv- ing way for years. I do not believe that there is any person who could induce my uncle to let you inside the house.” For a single moment I fancied that I saw_something of the old dangerous light flash in Joseph's eyes. His man- ner, however, remained unchanged. He greedy longings, his own gloating eyes and his alon: selfish j Shall I ask you to choose between us? I fought for what I could win. cd my life many a time, my liberty all the | time, the chance of being accounted a | common thief from beginning to end. | “And what did Martin Hews 2 | He sat in his chair, with all of science to protect him | Grudgingly, with stingy | paid a gang of robbers o t mine, to steal mine | olen, to acquire by cun-| ‘Wolves would have torn | Nothing. fight agail would ha ning what m: with their teeth. Then there came— it was inevilable—Donkin’s downfall. | There is no one left for us to fight | My men are fat with gain. I| m; am weary. I have credits at the | banks of every capital in the world. I| have money enough to satisfy | Cristo. I have quitted the has the courage to strike for. I ask bofore I leave the f half-hour alone with him. What of | that, Major Owston? | “But,” I persisted, have been in Martin’ Hews' employ only a few weeks. fluence over him. Why our interview and have ,” was the reply, “I perhaps know Martin Hews better than you do. You have been with him, as you sa: only a few weeks, but you are the only man he trusts. Thanks to you, he has attained his ambition. With the pass- ing of the Buddha into his possession, he has the greatest collection of trea- sures in the world, and he sits there, shivering and afraid. He knows very well that many of_those treasures have heen acquired by bloodshed. Many of them, cunning as he has been, have | passed into his hands illegally. Very few of them have been bought in the open market. By degrees he has estranged the sympathies of every one who might have helped him. He now sees the writing on the wall.” “All this may be true,” I conceded, a little impatiently, “but Martin Hews never, pretended to be a philanthropist any more than you have done. I sup- pose I am stupid, but frankly I don't | sce what you're getting at. Tell me what it is you nt from me? Do you want me to ask Martin Hews to see you? He won't do it. He is more terrified of you than of any human be- ing *a the world. I should be just as likely to persuade hi to make me a | present of the Buddha as to let you willingly cross the threshold.” | “There might be a consideration,” Joseph murmured. “You forget that his niece is her: For a moment I saw red. “You want me,” I said, “to propose | to Martin Hews that he see you for half an hour, in return for which you promise to hand over his niece.” “Precisely.” “‘As against that,” I reflected, “in 12 | hours after I leave this place, my parole will be up. There is nothing whatever to prevent my sitting outside your gates llnfll"lhfll time and taking Miss Essiter - “Nothing whatever,” Joseph assented, with a faint smile. “You say that Miss Essiter is here?” I challenged him. “Naturally,” he drawled. “Leopold, perhieps you'vouldn't mind ringing the It all came about so naturally that for the first few seconds I could ssarcely believe in its reality. A brief mcssage confided to the butler, and a moment or so Jater Beatrice crossed tae threshold and came into the.room. As heér eyes met mine 3 sudden flame crept into them. “My dear Beatrice,” Joseph an- nounced, rising with lazy courtesy, “I conceive that it has become my duty | to remove a small misunderstanding.” | She and I were no longer lay figures i1 the drama of our meeting. Joseph's eareless use of her Christian name had maddened me, and Beatrice had cer- tainly ceated to be the indifferent atelaine of Breezeley Mansion. She ooked at me with anger in her eyes. “Major Owston hes been engaged for gome time” Joseph explained, “in a quizotic search for you.” . “He might have spared himself the trouble,” she laughed, with a very dis- tinct note of scorn in her tone. Joscph held out his hands in protest. “My dear Beatrice,” he expostulated, “hear my confession. Maj. Owston did not desert you on that memorable night at the Blue Skies. He was in my way, and I removed him.” She looked from one to the other of us. Leopold wheeled up a chair, but she ignored it. “You removed him?” shrugged his shoulders. “Then, since you will not back me up here, Beatrice,” he said, “I will ask you to spare us another 10 minutes while I finish my business with Maj. ton. Where shall we find you?” I shall be in the billiard room,” she said. I never could understand why every one obeyed Joseph without hesitation. Beatrice rose, and rather avoiding than seeking my eves, she left the room. The disturbing question remained unasked. That terrible uncertainty still existed. | Joseph came back to his place. He stood looking at me grimly and doubtfully. “The world is no place,” £ is no place nowadays for Uncomfortably, my dear enemy. You e in the direst straits when Martin took Quite tru kept something worth having. “Melodrama,” Joseph sighe dier of honor! You're warning me off, Owston.” “I'm hoping you're not going to offer me a bribe,” 1 admitted. “It's hard enough as it is to remember my parole.” “I was thinking about it,” he ac- knowledged. “If money does not tempt you, something else might. What about Besamoe?h‘l‘n i omething his manner of speech, his icy insolence, maddened me. “What is she to you that you should are to dispose of her?” I demanded. ‘Answer me. I insist upon it.” Again he smiled, but this time there & measure of contempt in his ure, 'You poor simpleton!” he scoffed. “I could see what you were thinking; 80 could she. Beatrice is my sister. 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