New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1923, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DATLY HERA™D, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1028, THE GREEN-EYED ACCOMPLICE RY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 1922 Arrgt Copyright by E. Phillips Oppenhelm o NEA Service, Ine e e e Nir Norman Greyes, formerly of Seotland Yand, is devoting his life o tracking down an arch orimis nal of many aliases and disguises, but known 0 him as Michacl Rayem. Among Sayers' sevret Abodes was A cottage near an English golf conmse where he was swved by A housemaid, Janet Soale, and livixl as My, Stan. field,” One day while Sie Nors man, a guest at the golf club, was playing the coumse with feld,” 3 shot and kil police officer who had NS 0 the spot, The maikl professed (0 her master and o Nir Norman complete ignorance, but later confessed to “Stanfield" and became his accomplice, as s told in the present story by Sir On the evening of my return from the Riviera after a three-months' holiday, 1 was accosted in the lounge of Marridge's notel by a middle-aged man of inconspicuous appearance who had been seated In a corner alone, It ‘Was some few seconds before I could recall him to my memory, but curi- | ously enough a crowd of unpleasant associations gathered themselves to- | gether in my mind even before I had | recognized him, | “You haven't forgotten me and our golf down at Woking, Sir Norman?" lie asked. 1 knew all about him then, “Mr. Stanfield, isn't {t?" I *No, I haven't forgotten.” 1 was a few minues carly for my| gparty, and I accepted the offer of a cocktall from my golfing acquain- tance. “That was an extraordinary inter- ruption to our first game,”” he re. marked. “I never fancied my little house much afterward. 1 gave it up, in fact, within the year.” “I heard you had left,” I told him. “You had no luck in your investi- gations, Sir Norman?” he inquired. I shook my head, The subject was still a sore one with me. “I bad no luck at all,” I confessed. “I came to certain conclusions which carried me a little way along he road, | but all the clues ended abruptly, Yet| I don't despair. I always have the | fancy that some day or other I shall solve that mystery."” The waiter brought the and we raised our glasses. “I drink, then, to that day, Norman,” my companion said. “1 am with you,” 1 declared heartily. We talked idly of various matters for a- few moments—principally of golf, which I had been playing regu- larly in the south of France. There | were several dinner-parties being | said, cocktails, | Sir raging about two years ago seems to have broken out again with exaetly the same results There are four un» detected murders and five great rob- BUT YOU GYEYES? ARE HE “EXCUSE ME, SIR NORMAN ASKED, beries up to the debit of your late de- partment . Your people believe that the same person is at the head of it given in the restaurant that evening, and some very beautiful women were | in evidence . One in particular at-| tracted my attention. She was tall, | slender, slim, beautifully made, Her | complexion was perfect, although a little colorless. Her strange-colored eyes had a nameless attraction. Her | hair, beautifully coiffed, was just the shade of brown which appealed to me. | £he bowed to my companion as she | passed, and joined a litle group at the farther end of the hall. The last| thing I noticed about her was her| wonderful string of pearls. “That is a very beautiful woman,” I remarked. *Do you know who she | is-" “A South American Mendoza, her name is.” “You know her?” “My humble apartment is on the same floor as her suite,” my com- panion replied. “She is gracious enough sometimes to remember the widow—De fact that we meet occasionally in the | lift.” My friends arrived ,and I made my adieux to my erstwhile golfing ac- qguaintance. Somehow or other, my meeting with him had left an un- pleasant impression behind it. Tt had forced my thoughts back to the hu- millating recollecton of the fact that the murderer of Richard Ladbrooke still remained undiscovered, and that | the man who had called himself Pugsley had walked away from detec- tion under our very eyes and had mever been heard of since. Among my fellow-guests was ofticial of the Home Office, and conversation naturally drifted into the subject of social order. “Your connection Yard having long since ceased, Norman,” he remarked to me, will not be oversensitive as to The epidemic of crime which Covers.. an 8ir “you facts, was t and —swallow small pieces VA Over 17 Million Jars STOP!! Every winter you have one of those terrible colds which hang on for weeks and weeks —break it “F at the start with Williams’ Syrup of White Pine, Honey and Tar. ; ; You will be amazed how quickly thiz fine old-fashioned remedy will stop that dry tickle in the throat, loosen up that congested condition and re- lieve the hacking cough. A day’suse | will usually break up any ordinary cold if taken in time. 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In Kibbe's lime drops, lemon droj assorted drops, spearmint leaves, and many other delicious candies. lassine bags at Sc are: — Tom! | THOUGHT | HEARD SOMEBODY TRYING To BREAK whe planned all these robberies cighteen months ago and escaped ar vest by shooting the inspector. | 1 affected to take only a easual in. |terest in the information; but matter of faet, I was considerably | moved If the man whe had last concealed his identity under the name of Pugsiey, but whom 1 +strongly suspected to be the notorious Michael Hayers, had really come out inte the open ence more, life would certainly | possess a new interest for me during | the next few meonths, We'were a party of six that even. ing—a eelebrated criminal lawyer and his wife, my friend from the Home Office, with his wife and sister-in-law, |and myself, The ecriminal lawyer, whe was eur host, heard scraps of our conversation and leaned forward, “You did well to leave Scotland (\'nrd when your reputation stood | high, Sir Norman," he said, “A new era of ecrime has dawned, and the struggle is no longer equal, Tt isn't the riffraff of the world today who take to murder and burglary, The |skilled and conscienceless sclentist | Pas taken their place, The eriminal (of today, In nine cases out of ten, is of higher mental caliber than the de. | teetive who is opposed to him." | "T'he struggle should be the more linteresting,” I remarked vaguely, | It was a fancy of mine that my (continued interest in my profession [should remain as little known as pos- sible, and T talked for some time on indifferent subjects to the lady who | was seated by my side, We admired (Mrs, De Mendoza and her gorgeous rope of pearls, My host intervened, “It is women like that' he com- mented, “who choose to deck their bodies with jewels of fabulous value, who encourage crime, necklace is worth - eighty thousand pounds, If it is really true that Pugsley is once more at work, what an opportunity!"” “A woman must be very brave,” my hostess declared, “to run such risks' Think of it! How about some of t chocolate-covered cherries? are nougatines and creamy caramels. Or, perhaps your weakness is for chocolate pep- permints, or maybe nut creams? Just ask the candy man to put some box. choice. Wherever good candy is sold DOINGS OF THE DUFFS i) [} as al “Roughly speaking, T dare say tlmt‘ Forty different delicious varieties to choose from. Tally-Ho Choco- lates are your own personal selection. He fills it with pieces of your own “The jewels are probably in the hotel safe most of the time,” I sug- gested “I don't suppose she goes out in them. " Our host smiled, |1 ean imagine Pugsley finding & [few minutes in the hotel guite suffi- clent,” he observed, “He or his sue- vessors, whoever they may be, weuld think little enough of human life by {the side of, say, 50,000 pounds Wy| [killing at sight they eertainly in- crease their chances of escape." That closed our conversation upoen the subjeet We sat about in the lounge and drank coffee and liguers, |danced for & time and smoked a few | clgmrettes, The party broke up as |the lights in the lounge were being lowered, 1 was the only one of our little gathering remaining in the |hotel, and I was talking for a few moments to the head porter, who was |an old acquaintance of mine, when a mai made a somewlat hurried en- |trance through the swing-doors and seemed on the point of preceeding to the office, As he saw me, however, {he hesitated, and turning aside, ad- idwd me, “Excuse me, but you are Sir Nor. |man Greyes?" he asked, | 1 admitted he fact, “Can ] ask you to give me five minutes of your time on a matter of urgent business?" 1 looked at him with some sur- prise, His volee and address were |good, and in appearance he differed in no respect from the crowd of diners who frequented the place, He drow a card from his pocket and handed it to me, I stepped underneath one of the electric standards and looked at the | card—"Mr, Stanley Delchester." | Underneath was the name of a fa- | mous Insurance company, 1 mo- tioned him to follow me Into the de- serted lounge, and invited him to take a chair, “Many years ago, Sir Norman,"” he reminded me, “when you were offi- clally engaged at Scotland Yard, you hose big, juicy Then there in your Tally-Ho Midnigh WHAT TH SAM WIS T AL ABOST 77" saved our firm great loss In the -ll-l ter of the Hatton Gardens emeraid | theft,” “I remember it quite well" I M-I mitted. “We understand,” my visitor con- tinued, “that you have now resigned from the Force, but we hoped that you might be inclined to undertake a commission for us. It came to the €ars of our chief quite unexpectedly that you were staying here, and he sent me after you at ence.” “I ean at least hear what the busi- ness 18" T replied, “There is staying in this hotel, the insurance agent proceded, “a Mra De Mendoza, the reputed widew of & fruit merehant In Huenos Alres, She is the possessor of a very wonderful pearl necklace, which she has insured with our firm for & hundred thousand pounds. Our acceptance of the policy was a grave error which we recognized almost immediately afters ward ., We know nothing of the lady, and under those cirdumstances it is against our business poliey to aceept the risk, We have done our best to protect ourselves, however, Hince the policy was issued, we have kept in constant touch with her, and have been in daily communication with the hote! dtective, By tonight's post, Fowever, wo had Ao message from the latter to say that he was at home ill, and that during his absence his duties would be taken over by the night watechman, The poliey has only one more week to run, and will not under any conditions be renewed, We want to know if, for any fee which you care to name, you will do your best to guard the necklace for us during that week?" (Continued In Our Next Issue) "KEEP STRONG One bottle of pure, emulsified Norwegian cod liver oil takes now, vdoywm'od&nnduhhcm hence. 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