Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1929, Page 21

REAL ESTATE. Death Treasure l By R. A. J. Walling [ (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) SNYOPSIS: Amazement and surprise are stamped on Tom Grenofen's face when he first sees Veronica's fugitive, whom Tom's mother has named Cousin John Merryweather. But Cousin_John's ragged clothes, hair cropped close to his head, unshaven features, de- mands for utmost secrecy and his mysterious black bao are mot comparable to the shock Tom receives the following dav. For the morning paper carries an astonishing head- place. Three men walked slowly in front of me down the avenue, in close converse. Marling, the cub, and Prof. Laxton turned off by the church and went into Marling’s house before I reached them and without seeing me. But not before I had overheard two sentences—a ouestion and an answer: line. ‘Daring E~rnyve of a Convict’” and a “ » 4y Gavcrintion That lepes ‘mo dount as 1o his| ‘Most remarkable,” said Laxton; “and guest's identity. More disconcerting is the | you've no idea where he wen ices that the convici's ccomsiices tnelu: | T cal't be sure, because I was a bit Feronices "anerplained absence Jrom the | foxed.” said the cub, “but I'm pretty CHAPTER XVII. THE CUB TALKS. home of a friend, whom she was visiting. JESDAY was a nasty day. Be- ginning with the shock of dis- covering the identity of Cousin John, it included the fussy busi- ness of the coroner’s inquest on Pell, and it ended with two very dis- turbing_incidents. 1 had been on very good terms with Mr. Fothgrbury, He liked my drawings and 1 liked his grand seignorial style; it amused me, and he was such a strange figure in the part. He interested my eve and tickled my humor. When the long Inquest was over and the jury had given the police a clear field to run in anybody they chose, Mr. Fotherbury took me aside into his study. I thought he was a shade more formal than usual. “Mr. Grenofen, do you know my son>” he asked, looking at me coldly. “Yes—and no,” I replied, feeling some embarrassment. “The truth is, Mr. Fotherbury, T hadn’t met your son till last night, and then we had a— well, a rather unfortunate introduc- tion. “I've heard about it. I am told the eause of it was a quarrel between you over Miss Seabroke.” 4 “Perhaps it might be so expressed,” said. “He is a fool to quarrel with any- Body over Miss Seabroke. I do not ap- rove of any advances by him to Miss broke. Il be quite candid with | you, Mr. Grenofen. I've not a word to #ay agamnst the young lady. Iam aware that she has no part in the scheme— content he went off along the clift path THE EVENING STAR, **|OFFICER IS READY out giving any specific reason. seemed greatly diuppolnud I found it hard di Prof. Laxton was, but perrectly llmple to divine he was not a professor of archeology. Some day I would discover his read profession. The scene in the cloisters on that Sunday night and the subsequent hobnobbing of Prof. Lax- ton and Marling, when put together, gave me an uncomfortable feeling that llaeht.d been fooled to the top of my nt. In the same three days I saw a good deal, also, of Cousin John. In the quietude of the guestroom at Woodcot, he underwent a rapid change. He lost some of his ferocity. He civilized his appetite. He softened his voice, When he had discarded the tramp's outfit in which he arrived and put on some of my clothes, Cousin John was a relative I need not have been ashamed to display to the whole village. But he firmly refused to be displayed to any- body except by mother and me. He would not leave his room. He asked for books, and read a good deal He asked me to buy him a pipe. He smoked my tobacco. He was glad to talk WASHINGTO TO FACE BRIBE QUIZ Detective Lieutenant Believes He Was Named in Secret Graft Indictment. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 19 —Stating that he believed himself the man named in a secret indictment returned by the grand jury investigating an alleged pollce graft ring, Detective Lieut. E. D. “Roughhouse” Brown announced him- self ready to surrendér today and post a $10,000 bond. Brown sald he was informed the in- dictment returned yesterday charged he had accepted a bribe of $400 from J. B. Westman, confessed bootlegger, whose story of police corruption resulted in indictment of 15 persons on charges of bribery and conspiracy. ‘Westman, who confessed to running a bootlegging place, charged that he had paid the profits of a $500,000 busi- ness over a period of five years for police protection. A jury of nine men and three women was sworn in last night to try Police Detectives W. E. Evans and Miles H. Ledbetter on charges of accepting a $750 bribe from Westman. Thomas Washburn, a patrolman, recently con- victed of accepting a $600 bribe from Hertzog yesterday sent the delmtuy back to their homes to brood over the | warning he gave them, along With the | Test of South Africa. that economic depression probably would sweep over the union within the next 18 months. e prime minister feared that 1930 | might be the worst year South Africa | has experienced for & long time. [ | More than 90,000,000, incandescent lamps were made in Germany in the past 12 months. the bootlegger, has been sentenced to | from 1 to 14 years in San Quentin Penitentiary. WARNS OF DEPRESSION. | Prime Minister Fears for South Africa in Next Year. BLOEMFONTEIN, Union of South Africa, October 19 (#).—Closing the Congress of the Orange Free State Nationalist party, Prime Minister J. B. j#not seek out Veronica again. toward Hollam Bay.” ] * Kk K K Perhaps it was not surprising that by the second day I had acquired a certain distaste for Cousin John. I detest fur- tiveness of all sorts, and Cousin John made me furtive. People learned— through Laxton, I suppose—that we had a relative staying with us, and re- marked that they hadn't seen him. I lied glibly about the unfortunate in- fluenza that had kept him in bed. Laxton never saw me, but he asked after my cousin’s health. This lasted three days. 1 saw Veronica only once during those three days. She said that as I had & Visitor staying at Wodcot, I must nec- | Gousin John had been living with us essarily be much preoccupled, and sald | 3" century and was likely to be there it with a certain undertone. I did|for s millennium. But the total duration of his visit was only three days and & bit. It had gun sensationally; it ended in & burst of excitement far more intense. to either of us, and would talk in- telligently about everything but himself. On his own identity, on his past, on his intentions for the future, he was &s dumb as & turnip. The only spark of light I struck out of him by accident came when he let siip the fact that he knew Blackwater and the district very well. Having seen that I chewed this over, he tried hard to confuse my impression by displays of willful ignorance. He asked for the newspaper each morning, and studied it thoroughly, If he read the speculations which it rinted about himself, he made no al- usion to them. It seemed on the third day as though | Hot-water heat. But I saw far too much of Prof. Lax- He haunted Woodcot on any and | every pretext. On Wednesday he was | there twice. On Thursday he left us alone till supper time, and then sud- denly appeared with an invitation for me to take an excursion with him on Friday to London. T politely declined his suggestion with- DUPONT TONTINE ton. (Continued in tomorrow's Star.) reasonable terms. NS, 1418 Eye St. N.W. Copper, manganese and sulphur are mined in Argentl whose author I need not mention—for | making her the heiress of Newplace 8o that you will not misunderstand me | when I say that I deeply regret and | gesent the violence you used !owlrd My son last night.” The mere sententious words cmwey 80 real idea of the air with which the | old gentleman made this pronounce- t—it was nothing less. I told hi g\, could hardly expect me to desecri the details of the encounter or to ad- mit I acted wrongly from my point of view; but I was quite willing to say| how sorry I was that his own feelings had been injured. 5 He answered with ineffable dignity. | “I put it all aside, Mr. Grenofen. 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