Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1930, Page 28

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Mark ° @apyTight, 1990, By Werth American Newspaper Serviee. ) SYNOPSIS. “Col. Bngleden, formerly gevernor of Bouthmoor prisom, {s murdered. Sefton Bnoleden, ¢ nephew, with the aid of his daw clerk; loarns tA& during the colo- Mel's ¥me at Southmoor ‘fuwo prisoners, Bnelling end Hardle, é5caped. The theory 4 tNat the colonel had found the “@scaped comvicts and that they killed Nim. A former prisom warder, Mill- waters, engaged to aid in the investiga- #ion, is murdered. Mallison, superin- fendent ©f police, arrests two soldiers, Who edmif ‘having robded the colomel's Body, dut_demy eny knowledoe of the __murder. Meanwhile & description of the @scaped convicts is obfained from Capt. &horeham of Southmoor. Smelling had . & dirthmark on his right wrist. Engle- @en recalls that Sandersom, on whose estate ‘the colomel's body was found, wears @ steel dbracelet on his ripht wrist, The question arises, Is Samderson Snell- ing? Johnsop Shinks he is qnd that Ais dutler, Rewitt, i3 Hardle. Mai. Anatie of the Home Office savs he had a latter from the colonel saying that he Aad located all the persoms concerned in he prison escape. When an attemst is made to prove the identity of Sanderson and his dutier it is - found that they Rave fled. Sandersow's cheuflewr, John Oates, tels of taking hs employer and @nother man on a mysterious drive the wight of the murder. Franeis Silverstein #ugpests to Johnson that the colomel was killéd pecause he knew facts that threat- oned -the safety of certain persons. He savs lat Sanderson is the head of a eongern that is rpetrating ¢ Anancial ewindle and that, if he were recognized dy the colomel s am ez-comvict, the murder of both the colomel and Mill- waters is ezplained. He also believes #hat @ fermer who seemed to know * Benderson very well is one of the prison warders who aided the two convicts to escape. . Copt. Shoreham sees the man end gmakes & positive identification. TWENTIETH INSTALLMENT. HE four men were standing close m.ocmunmoxuuom -cmu when Johnson lpfll & sudden movement ulhdmupuwgov- By J. S. Fletcher Newspaper Alliance sné Metropolitan a g:lnnnl w it. said. “You Johnson looked ro quiet-looking tea shop, “I'm going in f.hen, f it. Then come to me at that tea- .!hop with the lad you're talking abou But, on your way, show him the ma He turned on his heel and made for the tea shop, in a corner of which Sil- versteln found him half-an-hour later. Johnson looked up to inspect Silver- stein’s companion, a yeun. man w| brilliant eyes took in lervh::‘tly as Johnson's critical gaze took in “He'll do,” muttered Johnson. “Look “you order here, my lad,” he went on, “ Well?” he continued, llfihzl.ld hastened to do his Mwnl “Your bit?” “The man’s name is Beckett, He's a working farmer at Starrick, along the dale: his place is called Starrick Priory—it's & queer old spot that was once a religious house, monastery or nunnery. He's been there a good many yun—-xo or 11. Lives there by hlmselr blclfl “How far away is this place?” asked Jol “About five miles northwest of Barows- burgh. Straight up the dale for the first four; then you turn off into a very wild country and you find Starrick Priory in a sort of narrow ravine that opens into the dale.” “No village near?” “There is a village of the same name —Starrick—further up the dale, a mile or so beyond where old priory. They call it a vflhn. it’s only a collection of tant.” 'nlzruapollcmnmu yes—his cottage has the usual constabulary sign | son, on it. You're t.hlnk!n‘ of going out there? xumyouwnnmyeu'" mhglm are what he's to do" Silverstein smiled his uqulueenu “You think you've made an important Johnson looked round. Behind them | with was an open door, evidently leading another part of the market. “Come away!” he said. "!'vo seen him and that’s en r:ed n the peace! ll'mfl', l.l Settle, who now, calling him- self ett, herds sheep instead of men! came come—the wholc thing s & bit obvious.” "701\; make of it—what?” asked Sfl- . {session of the truth abouf of Col. Engleden and Millwaters!”™ And you mean to have it out of "1' mean to try. And—but your young man’s finished.” Silverstein’s posite his own. "Bt _down, my I over the fable. he said as “Now listen. in | Silverstein pointed out a man to lo!d“ noa‘flveml;x;‘ a!rhuv and, ding & so; Ty fa: Shoreham and firem led his new confidant aside. fewer the table was -indlnt, housek i immacu- et e geod he house perfectly warmed, electrically lighted and attractively furnished, you'd write GALEN HALL for iliaatrated folder and rates l‘--lu- “’fi‘ whers bo ity i 4 JusTt m'm CHY Fireproof. Baths & showers thronshout Your sesshore home— occupies emtire block on Boardwalk—nearly every room faces ocesn — Americsn I:: Europess , | §0od look at him ““Americw's | Premier = Year- ‘round Re, th _its world-renowned White Sul- B, pusers sud weinks lers you censtructive re; and upbullding, with every outdoor sport ‘and indoor fim{an Wonderful goi, holes. in fine condition; now o Mareh B S0 avernight 1045 ».m. daily—C. & O. Ry. aily 7 R JOHNSTON (o just now in the market and you ) ? Now, I want you to the attention of its proprietor, he drew EUROPEAN TOUR Inclu Passion Play of [ 'RGAU 52 dlylv $600.00, lllll.n: on 8. 8. ica July 2nd, “n( Hamburg, Bcrlln Munich, Cologne, Brussels, Ttalian ex! Fore Georgetown University. illustrated booklet. Pe: , Grand clnyon. Algelu, clleo Yosemite, S8an thna, tle, Vancouver, Yallow- Park, ew infe lormation 'Hu or teleghane c-flhl Tours, in 39 Days The epportunity il not come again for 10 years to see DAY Summer Vacation Tripc of All Time ileations rece ompan: pa Ask now for dnmmr- hoolrl t. H. Phone l hm B Warional Dat ln Sccept & few more Ty tour ' Dersonaily septiocd, Top tan 2 InE s Passion Play side-trin s Oberammergau at no extra cost (OnateyqMediterranean, one’ -mmu and Nortn Amer year our ti ‘nlu‘lbl! that Ihl"" ¥ i nians nd phone for my m.'muz‘t" i COLIN TRAVEL BUREAU 212 Colorado Bulldl 14th and G S‘t N.! Phone, Nat. find out ihic man's mame and the rest Cow, Johnson as ob- md another !| there, tmlnmthelhmmd THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, the by the side door—and there accompanying. nice | aosisted n er hospitalities uring Beown Pdor! he was going—and where, in the -mnn parlor in which he had talked with Sil¥erstein the night before, he pmd the map over the table and benn & careful ex- amination of it. he wanted— the direction of a path that gh the climb of half a mile, and he came out on!.h-maolmmoonmduthh face toward the sinking sun. (To be continued.) gl{ehu' at once what he Wwhich was a route whereby he could rnch Starrick Priory without travers- ing highroad W. C. T. U. Notes North Star Unfon held its mgetl.nl at the home of Mrs. Francis Browne. As- sistant _hostesses were Mrs. H. C. Neill, Mrs. E. C. Rice, Mrs, Alonzo Tingley, . John Patterson, Mrs. Harry B. Green, Mrs. A. J. Bell and Mrs, James Fox. The devotion was led by Mrs. H. C. McNetll, 3 int evan- gelistic director. Mrs. Norwood, the presidgn! pmlded mwrra were read by Mrs. Harriet B. Ports, record- t | ing secretary, and Mrs. W. M. Hurley, treasurer, Mrs. C. W. Shaw gave a sketch of the work she was g as chairman of the L. T. L. Mrs. Zelan “white-ribbon recruits,” told of would be on the moo; Mg ol m above uwn nothing to do but !ollvw the mooflmd tracks indicated on the map; they ooty el e, "Rt TS obvi sol a int Starrick o overlooking nod ohnaon nlted So far, so patiently un'.ll 7: o'clock strucl as it struck the ?fll‘fi. of eye as ever, -:.?m olnmuud importance. Johnson beckoned him to his_side. “Well?” he asked. “Say on!” e et T S mister,” 26 e boy, “ not till 10 minutes since. y.fle "K-' the sheep market when I left you and the guv'nor, and I've kep him in view ever sang since. Well, he was in the market some | several solos, accompanied by Mrs. W. time; I made out he was selling his (C. Evans, musical director. The fol- sheep, not buying. At last he went ln-mg new members were enrolled: away, and I followed. He went to one A. C. Jordsn, Mrs. Laura B. hops first; one was the iron- and Mrs. J. W. Cranford. monger’s; another the chemist’s. Then |The District quarterly convention will ltcocloclhe'mltom P!-lbyl, hlull:ADrfllllthEWluth E. A streets, at 10 a.m. "amppm( ueml" hnmd Joh.n- ln.n mzwxmmumm&m street. Big bills in the windows there— 'ell_"i m“g you think of, to all parts of ‘world.” “Well?” said Johnson. “He .went there, did he?” “And there he s a jolly lonj time, mister! I continued to take look through the window and I saw him and Passaby. Passaby was writing out what looked to be tickets or somet of that sort. Of course, I couldn’t hang round too close; I crossed the street then and watched from a doorway in the churchyard. At 20 minutes to 7 he came out and went round the corner I saw him in Farmer, or two sl nces Willard. Columbia Union met February 28 with at the Presbyterian t. Mrs. C. P. Grand- . The union voted $5 to 'oman’s Council of the Washing- ton of Churches for the annual ingathering for the Juvenile Court, Mrs. E. C. Dinwiddie having presented the request. Mrs. 8. W. Mor- ris spoke of the treasure chuu for the Philippine Islands, and the union voted to fill a chest. Mrs. Barnard Braskamp and Mrs. Helen E. Gervais were pre‘ sented as new members. Mrs. N. M. Pollock, District president; Mrs. George A. Ross, District treasurer, and Mrs. Annie R. Thomson, as well as many of the ladies of the home, were guests. Mrs. Andrew Mccnmpbeu' ve an d!n!e‘;‘- em:‘ talk prohibition _an beneficial effects on American life. Miss TOURS. erams/zzp tickels ,N,!?YR““ ASIA* SOUTH AMERICA Alllh--l m'l'olulpywchoooe.mwdl ffl“. lete data as to { ‘The: “Stop & M~ el Jobmson. “A trap, say?—not a car. 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