Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1929, Page 41

Death Treasure | =4 (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) SYNOPSIS. Roger Pell was killed in the full view of seven men and mot ome of them could—or would—tell who fired the shot. Two of them were his friends, including Tom Grenofen, who secretly loves Veromica Seabroke. Bit< ter enemies were the other five. especially Parson Marling. Prof. Lazton failed to ap- ear at the library to give his opinion of uried archeological treasures, which lured | Pell to Blackwater and death. Pell suddenly turned ‘on his ememies and was about fo produce a_“ghost” for the bemefit of the rembling parson. Seven men heard a shot, saw Pell fall dead. Inspector Wayne is dumbfounded by the story of the seven spectators. charges collusion. A rap at the door interrupts him—another man lies un- | conscious, perhaps dead, in the corridor. | CHAPTER IX. ENTER THE PROFESSOR. HE whispered words almost | echoed in the stiliness of the library: “It’s a man—I don't know 1(‘, he's dead!” | ‘Wayne snapped an order to the con- stable: “Go and see what it is, Sanderson; and report back here alone. Nobody else :s to enter this room.” ‘Wayne faced us across a high moun- tain of suspiclon. If this was a trick, he seemed to say, the tricksters should discover that Wayne was not a man to be played with. But it was no trick. The constable came back within a minute, and said THE EVEfi NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D." C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1929. to take me to the library and WALLING ms!ble for Laxton's nruasl con- ‘Wayne had a plateful, a murder and seven men any one of whom, in his suspicion, might have done it. And now an unconscious, unknown man, apparently the vietim of another out- ng.me dismissed the footman and turned to Eastley. “What do you make of him?” “Nothing serious, I think, He’s taken a hard uppercut fair on the chin. A basin of water and a teaspoonful of —and that's thaf.” the door, and we were back again in sture of suspicion and de- fense, with the form of Pell on the floor before us and the old oppression clos- ing down. Quite clearly Wayne did mot know what to do. 1o 8 Hiees o whiing paper out of ed a plece o per_out something to Wayne. The inspector A They carried a heavy body into the room. passing the paper to me. I handed It answered: | “Very well, I'll go. Keep guard, San- | taple except me, and I remembered that derson. These gentlemen are to s S | Laxton had asked me to keep his visit they are—Dr. Eastley, will you please | on Sunday night secret. I forgot that come with me?" | as I had met him a week before at the The minutes went on—two, four, five. | British Museum my denial must be con- There was a scuffle of footsteps out- | founded whenever his identity came out. side. Wayne's voice called to the police-| But I looked calmly down on Laxton's man to open. Wayne came in first, | features and shook my head with the walking backwards. He carried the| rest, shoulders of & heavy man. Eastley ap-| Eastley worked over the man with d holding him under the knees.| feverish haste, the inspector standing by ey lifted their burden to the table|fidgeting with a button of his coat. Pres- and stretched him out. ently he spoke to the constable. “There aren’t two corpses on our| “Sanderson, go and fetch the butler.” hands,” sald Wayne, as though to_re- All of us save y were looking lieve us. “This man’s not dead. He's| at the door when the butler came in—a & bit of concussion. He was found | middle-aged man in black, extremely a small passage off the corridor out- | scared. side, leading to & wine cellar. How he| “You're the butler?” said Wayne. got there the servants don’t know. Your | “Tell me what happened. Do you know butler stumbled over him. And nobody | this man?” But the butler did not know seems to have seen him before. Do you | him. . ere did you see him this after- know noon “Lying in the passage leading to the wine cellar? It's rather dark just there, knew the man on thell fell over B X on. Wayne read it. Well? Go on. “What's the little game?” he asked. “I picked myself up and went and written, ‘He's forgotten the switched on the light. Then Isaw him. | keyhole’ What d’you mean by that?” Thought he was dead. Ran out and just that. You've forgotten the key- called the footmen.” , 1d, “and nobody “And S«hen you called me, I see. Now, Carter, how did he get Did the footman see “Ferris says, ‘No.” Nobody came into B L the avme wl you ant e a2 || - Responsibility ‘The butler had no else to tell. e ‘Wayne guided him out of the room. ‘The footman could tell the inspector Ul‘ T e Ot TS e Yellow Cabs He had been on duty in the hall all ZieR EgEs - spect an( €0l 3 em, S Dobody, The dast before them was Black and te . Peil. 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