Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1930, Page 24

The Wrist Mark Copyright, 1930, by North American Newsrape: FIRST INSTALLMENT (Continued). 1 *No, sir, I do not! I'm quite sure there | aren't any, either. I've been super- intendent of police here for nine years, and 1 know everybody, more or less. | This district is remarkably free from | crime, Mr. Engleden—that is, I mean, from the more serious forms. It's vel very rarely that we ever have a col mittal to the Assizes, and_there’s pri clous lttle to do at our Quarter Ses- sions. No, sir, there are no ex-con- | ur neighborhood! You | “I thought it possible that there might be a man of that sort who che: ished some grudge against Col. Engl . Had there been, I'm sure it would have been groundless, for a kinder and more humane man—' | “I know, I know Engleden! I've heard of your uncle's reputation at Southmoor—things get round, sir. No— it's not that! We've no people of that | sort_anywhere about here.” | " —what do you think?” asked Engleden. “There must be some ex- planation!” Mallison shook his head in a fashion that denoted his perplexity. | “At first” he replied, felt sure he’d met with an accident at the castle. He told the porter at the hotel that he wanted 1o see the castle by moonlight. | Well, there are dangerous places at| the castle: the authorities have been asked time and time again tc have some protection made, but up to now nothing has been done. But I had all | - those places searched—in fact, every| inch of the castle and its ruins and surroundings have been gone over. Then I turned my attention to Wraisby Abbey. There are places there where one could get a bad fall. But nothing materialized there. The same remark applies to every part of the town that he might have gone to. To sum up, Mr. Engleden, I've combed out every bit of this place and for some miles round it—fruitlessl; “Well,” said Engleden, “but you said in your first telegram that you feared foul play! Now—wh “Ye: admitted Mallison, “I did!| reason for i lthough this | is, as I've said. a very law iding com- munity, we have one-quarter—or, I| should say, to be correct, one-sixteenth, | perhaps—of the town in which there are some questionable characters. That's the district, a very small one, that lies between the market square and the castle. It's poor, squalid, mean—a slum, to be truthful. There are two or three common lodging houses in it, resorted to by tramps and their like. Now, Col. Engleden would have to pass through the very thick of that district | to reach the castle. He may have beeq | followed.” “You've made inquiry in that district, ©of course?” asked Engleden. | “Of course! And without the slightest result. I've learned nothing that's of a suspicious nature. Still— A knock came at the door police- man looked in. “Mr. Sadler’s outside, sir,” he an- n&unoed. “He'd like to see you & min- ute.” “Bring Mr. Sadler in,” replied Mal- lison. He turned to Engleden. “Thi is the tradesman I mentioned,” he said. “The man Col. Engleden called on Monday afternoon. I beliéve he's the only man in the town with whom Col. Engleden had any talk.” Engleden turned eagerly to the door. A man came in quietly, stepping softly as if he were entering a church or a court of justice. He was an elderly, gray-haired, clean-shaven man, prim of e and watchful of eye. Engleden noted that the superin- tendent rose from his chair and made the newcomer a polite bow, as to a rson of consequence. He turned Teos ' t0 the young barrister. “Mr, Alderman Sadler, Mr, Engleden,” be said. “This gentleman is Col. Engle- den's nephew from London, Mr. Alder- man,” he continued.” “He’s made a very burried journey to get here. ‘The man bowed to Engleden with a mixture of something between conde- scension and faint interest and took the chair Mallison drew forward. He ave you any further news?” he in- quired, in a voice as precise as his ex- lon, “None? Ah!—I purposely waited up in order to come round and inquire.” He turned to Engleden, looking him | over more closely. “Permit me to offer | my sympatlLy, sir,” he said. “I am| much grieved that this should have oc- curred in our town. And I fear that I, | myself, am very much to blame! 1| 1 am very greatly concerned | that fear.” ~May I ask what you mean, exactly?” p inquired Engleden. “I mean this, sir,” replied Salder. “I gave Col. Engleden advice he evidently took. That advice was to view Bxlrowl- t was “I don't think you need worry your- self about that” interrupted Engleden. “In ordinary circumstances, Col. Engle- @en was quite qualified to look after his By J. S. Fletcher Newspaper Alliance and Metropolitan r Service. own safety by night or day! But I should like to know how you came across Col. Engleden and if he said | anything that has any bearing on his | disappearance?” “Col. Engleden called at my estab- lishment on Monday afternoon,”, said Sadler. “I am the leading jeweler in this town, and I have a watch and clock | repairing branch of my business. | Engleden had experienced a slight mis- hap with regard watch: 4 THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1930. wanted it made good. I told him the thing was only an affair of a quarter- | of-an-hour or so, and he waited while I handed over the watch to one of m; workmen. I gave him a seat in my | parlor, and we proceeded to talk of the antiquities of the town; I am presi. dent of our local archeological society. | 1 discovered that my visitor—whose | name, of course, I did not know—was | enthusiastic about antiquities, and we | spent a very pleasant half hour chat- ting about our local monuments of th past! the castle, St. Firbold’s Towe: Wraisby Abbey, and the like. And, parting, I gave him the advice which now deeply regret—to see the castle by moonlight.” “It was very natural advice, marked Engleden. *But—do he came to harm at the castle?” Mallison broke in there, before Sad- ler could repl: “I itive he's nowhere in or about the “We've been over he affirmed. square foot of it. “I do not know what to say,” said Sadler, disregarding this bold state. ment. as he sa lously careful search of the castle and its environments. But he does not know the castle as well as I, as a local an- tiquary who have had a long experience of it, know it. There are underground passages and places at the castle, which, to the ordinary sightseer, are impossible of access, but might be discovered, ac- cidentally, as it were, by persons Who, like Col. Engleden, have a knowledge of medieval military architecture. I fear he may have sirayed into some such passage or place and possibly fallen into, say, one of the old wells—of which they would be many in a stronghold of such immense area.” “That means a still more search,” said Engleden, point these place out, sir? “Unfortunately, no!” replied Sadler. | “I do not think any one could point them out. They are known to be there —{rom ancient manuscripts and_charts —but the mode of access to them is xhaustive | not known. My theory is that Col. En- gleden may, accidentally, have come across such a means of access and have rashly ventured on an exploration. From what I saw of him, I should say he | was a bold man—devoid of fear.” | “He was certainly th: said Engle- | He looked from one man to the | “Is there anything I can do?” . “I'm horribly anxious!” llison got up from his desk. ‘The best thing you can do, Mr. En- Free Parking Accommodations to Patrons of Our F St. Flower Shop Eslablished 1589 Shut-In Friends —or relatives derive cheer and happiness from a_bouquet or basket of Gude's Flowers—order today. GUDE Bros. Co. Four Stores for Your Convemience 1102 Conn. Ave. Tel. Dee: 3146 Members of Florist elegrap Delivery Association gleden,” he said, “is to get some rest ! at once, in preparation for a stiff day's work. The (,?utll,e Hotel, as you know, is close by, But if you'll accept it, T've a spare room here in which you'll be not only quiet but comfortable, and Teady if any news comes in during the night. Which shall it be, sir?” E"&ltden accepted the offer, stipulat- ing that if any information arrived he should be called at once. 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