Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1929, Page 25

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C,; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, Death Treasure By R. A. (Copyright. 199, SYNOPSIS. Sanctuary in Belgium! Tom Gren- ofen and Somerfield flee to London, where they are disappointed by Mrs. Fafrfazr’s lack of knowledge about Veronica, but she does give them an address in Bruges, Belgium. The next day they visit ‘this address and find Miss Vandenessen, Veronmica's former teacher. But Miss Vandenessen cannot «—or will not—tell where Veronica can be jound. The two fugitives are at their hoiel, when suddenly they espy a Jamiliar figure on the street—il i.lpld.b ton, the detective, who has a warrant Jor Grenofen's arrest! They tmmedi- ately plan an escape when an ominous voice booms out behind them—Laxton's ~they are captured! CHAPTER XXXIII. AN IMPORTANT DATE. {4 HAT a smell place the world is!" said Laxton, grinning at the two most astonished men in Eur- ope. I never heard that fatuous platitude with more disgust. “Who'd have thought of blowing into ® restaurant in Bruges and finding two | lost_friends like you?" “Don't overdo the irony, professor,” said Somerfield. “And don't draw out the agony.” “Tut, tut! Irony—agony? What words | through Mrs. Fairfax.” to describe a pleasant meeting! Is there any place here where we can talk at our ease, Mr. Grenofen?” 1 opened my eves wide at Laxton's tone. Whatever police job he had to do he was going to do it like a gentleman. Quiet conversation was the last thing you could get in the Lion d'Or. “Well, suppose we go round to my hotel? Would you mind?" “Very nicely put, professor,” said Somerdleld. “Ill do without the compliments, thanks,” Laxton observed. “I'll take a truthful answer to a question instead. Mr. Grenofen—did you bring a certain black bag with you from England? Or the things it had contained?” “Is it still in England?” T hesitated to answer this. Somer- field broke in. “Yes, professor, it's still in England.” *You might as well put me out of my suspense,” sald I. “Are you going to ar- rest me?” Laxton looked me up and down. “It would be & pity to arrest so fine a ung man. But it all depends. Mr. renofen—it all depends! Follow me, gentlemen. Laxton had taken up quarters in a big Botel near the raflway station. He led us to_his own room, and there he read s a long and severe lecture. ‘We were, according to this account, very decent but very foolish fellows. We had, probably without intending any harm, committed an enormity. We had t a spoke in the wheel of Scotland ard and brought the machine to a standstiil. What could be more repre- hensible than that? Incidentally, we had connived at the escape of a convict, and in the procsss had complicated the job of discovering the perpetrator of a very wicked murder How about it? . . . We listened to this, admitting and denying nothing. He supposed we would not contest the fact that the murder of Pell was a %lbflllcnl thing. We might have disliked BIL . | ¢ I remarked that I did not dislike Pell: I rather liked him. ~ In that case, he said, I ought to have given all the aid I could in.discovering and punishing.the murderer of Pell in- stead of trying to hoodwink the police. We had obstructed the police at a Wyie when, for reasons we did not J. Walling ‘Wm. Morrow Co.) | they could not very well prevent it. But we had got. a convict away. And we had removed or concealed vital evidence. Whereas_ if the police could have laid | their hands on the convict and the evi- !drnce the murder of Pell would have | been cleared up by now. And that was | where we were. i He had in his pocket a warrant for | my arrest which could be quite well ex- ecuted—even in Belgium. And he would be quite justified in clapping the brace- lets on Somerfield as well. So—how about it? | 8Somerfield leaned over to where Lax- | ton sat on a hard little armchair, and held out his hands. | “Put 'em on, professor,” said he. “But | you won't! You want to do a deal, I'll “Now, Mr. Somerfield,” Laxton said, pushing his hands away. “I do want to do a deal_but on my own terms. You | see, I have the trump in my own hand.” “That's & bluff,” said Somerfield. ‘e hold the straight flush. We know where the boodle is—and you don't.” Laxton smiled upon him indulgently. “You forget that you've committed an offense, and there's such a thing as law, Mr. Somerfield. But if Mr. Grenofen will answer A few questions, I'll make a proposal. Why are you in Belgium?" “I came to see a lady,” said I. “Miss Vandenessen? Yes, I know— tell you. You want to know—-" o “But how did you know anything about Mrs. Fairfax?"” “As soon as it was evident that Miss Seabroke had been mixed up in your escapade in the boat we had to find out everything that could be known about Miss Seabroke. Naturally.” “Then you didn't track Somerfield and me?>” “Only to the end of the wood. And, | by the way, I've got some property of | yours. You are careless!” | And Laxton pulled out my bundle of | notes and handed it to me. Somerfield | burst into a laugh. | “Shall we tell him?" he said. | We did. Laxton listened to the ae- | count of our temporary burial with mixed amusement and astonishment. Then he repeated his question. “Why have you come to Belglum? | Not for the beautiful eyes of Miss Van- | desomething—don't tell me!” 1 wondered how far I might go with- out compromising Veronica. “Come—candor!” said he. “In ex- | change for candor I'll drop the little | business of the motor boat escapade, | Mr. Grenofen. That fellow's got off |into Europe, and to scarch for him | would be like looking for a needle in & | haystack. You have the proceeds of | the burglary—" | “What burglary, professor?” Somer- | field put in. “The burglary at Mr. Fotherbury's. | That's the one T'm thinking of at the | moment. If you know of another——" “I'll ask you another question. Has Fotherbury missed it?" Laxton kept silent for a moment, then he said “Why do you ask that?" “That's answer enough,” said Somer- |~ field. “Fotherbury hasn't missed it. | Fotherbury doesn't keep stuff like that at Newplace if he owns it. Museum stuffl—old stuff. I'm no great judge, but I'll give a quarter of a million dol- lars for it. You know something about it. professor. Candor for candor, you know.” Free Proor that you can relieve Acid@; Stomach —7 with a Tasty Tablet ‘K: An upset stomach is often due to an excess of acid. Thereisa simple way to neutralize all this excess acid, and everyone who ever experiences any after-eating distress, any gas, or whose stom- ach ever pains or is sore, should know about Pape’s Diapepsin. 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The other to try to strike the track of the mystery of Pell.” And T told him how we had worked out our plan, the suspicion we had of coercion applied by Seabroke to Vero- nica, the certainty that the puzzle of the tragedy in Newplace Abbey could only be solved by discovering the iden- tity of Pell, the nature of his previous relations with the Seabrokes, and the reason why they all found themselves in Blackwater. Laxton listened attentively. He did not speak till I had done. Then he said: “If you could get at Miss Seabroke you think you could find a light?’ “We might. That is—if . . .” “If there was no danger to her pet refugee? I see. Well now, Mr. Somer- field, you shall have candor for candor. I did not learn of the burglary from Mr. Fotherbury. I worked out the burglary from data, and I had no idea of its re- | sults till you kindly obliged me with | them just now—-" ell——!" Somerfield exploded. "Il tell you how my attention was first drawn to Pell. 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