New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1923, Page 11

THE WINDS OF DEATH BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Copyright, 1922, by E. Phillips Oppenh: Arrgt. NEA Service, Inc, Vendetta begins bétween Michael Sayers, noted criminal, and Sir Nor- man Greyes, once of Scotland Yard, when Sayers' heautiful housemald, Janct, saves him from Sir Norman by shooting dead an officer sent to arrest bim, Janet becomes Sayer's wife and accomplice, In many exploits . Michael oescapes arrest by taking desperate chances. Janet is an able assistant, but, be- cause he greatly admires the many nood'qnllltlcs ho recognizes in her Sir Norman deals, with her leniently, In the ILeeds bank robbery Michael uarrowly escapes capture and IS forced to flee the country, Janct .dres out to a wealthy widow living at the Magnificent Hotel at Brighton and plots to steal her mistross' diamonds. Her plans, however, are frustrated by Sir Norman, who tells this episode: 1 know nothing of psychology, or any of the mental or nervous pre- nromena connected with the study of this abstruse subject. What hap- pened to me during the autumn fol- lowing my visit to Paris remains in my mind unexplained and inexplic able, I shall just set it down, because it becomes a part of the story. A strong man, in the possession of vigorous health, living an out-of-door Iife in a quiet country neighborhood, I suddenly became afraid. T had the strongest conviction that some terrible disaster was hanging over me. Lvery morning when I ‘took up my gun for a tramp or stepped into my car for any sort of excursion, I felt a _chill presentiment of evil. It was not that I lost my nerve. 1 was still shooting and playing golf as well or better than ever, I drove my car and went about the daily pursuits of life with an even pulse. My fears were not analyzable, and it really seemed as though they reached me through the brain rather than the nerves. I felt €vil around me, and looked .always for an enemy. 1 woke often in the night, and I listened for footsteps, un- afraid, yet expecting danger. I al- tered my will and sent it to the lawyer's. Several matters connected with the letting of my farms I cleared vp almost hastily with my agent. 3 was conscious of only one enemy in the world, and it was practically im- possible that he should be in England. Yet T expected death. T was living at the time at Greyes Manor, the small but very pleasant country house which had come 'to ms with my inheritance. '~ My establish- ment was moderate, even for a bache. lor. There wus my housekeeper, Mrs. Ifoulds, who had been in the service of my uncle, an elderly lady of 64, who had lived at Greyes all her life, was related to half the farmers in the neighborhod, and was-a pleas- ant, high-principled and altogether estimable person. Adams, her néphew, was my butler and personal gervant, There was a boy under him, also of the district, a cook and three thaidservants, whom I seldom saw. The only other member of my lousehold was Miss Simpson, a secre- tary engaged for me through a well- known office in London, to whom I aictated, for several hours a day, ma- terial for the work on crime which I had made up my mind to grite, di- rectly 1 had relinquished my post at Beotland Yard. She was a woman of ahout fifty rs of age, small, with gray hair parted neatly in the middle, the only sister of a clergyman in Cambridgeshire, an agreeable and unobtrusive person, whom I invited to dine downstairs once a week, but whom I otherwise never saw except when cngaged upon our work, or in the distance, taking her daily bicycle ride in the park or the lanes around. Out of doors there was DBenjamin Adams, my gamekeep the brother of my Butler; and Searle, my chauf- feur, who came to me from a place in Devonshire with excellent refer- ences, a simple-minded and almost overingenuous youth. These com- prised the little coterie of persons with whom I was brought into con- {act day by day. Not one of them could possibly have borne me any ill- will; yet 1 .tved among them, waiting for death! NEW ROSES FOR LITTLE CHEEKS RE your children Pale and thin, A weak and languid? Build them up for the long, hot summer with Gude’s Pepto-Man- gan. It will help them put on solid, glowing flesh, bring back the roses to their cheeks, the brightness to their eyes, and the health, vigor and vivacity which “spring fever” have taken away. ', Your druggist has Gude’s, and will . tell you that for years physicians have prescribed it as a reliable, effective tonic. Liquid or tablets, as you prefer, Gude’s epto-Mangan Tonic and Blood Enricher Z =< Use It Instead eofapoultice orthe old-fashioned i Cluas vosthing caay 3 9ol 18) a) d tos omslicl Suuitios " Fave made Minard’s Liniment the favorite in thousands of homes One morning—I remember that it was the first of November—I set out for a long tramp, accompanied only by Adams, the keeper ,and a couple of dogs, We were on the boundary of my land, looking for stray pheas- ants In a large root-fleld’ On my right was a precipitous gorge which extended for about half a mile, thick- ly planted with small fir trees, 1 was walking, by arrangement, about 20 yards ahead of Adams, when 1 was suddenly conscious of a familiar sensation, There was the zip of a bullet singing through the air, a re- port from somewhere in the gorge, a neat round hole through my felt hat, “Gawd A'Mighty!"” wyelled Adams, “What be doing?" I showed him the hole in my hat. He stood with his mouth open, look- ing at it. There was no further sound from the gorge except the sumbling of the stream down at the A'MIGHTY!” YELLED ADAMS, “WHAT BE DOING?" 1 SHOWED HIM THE HOLE THROUGH MY HAT. “GAWD bottom. * It was an absolutely hope- less pface to search. Adams complained sometimes of his rheumatism when 1 walked him too fast ;but on this occasion he was a huniired yards ahead of me when we reaghed the lane, On our home- warfl way he was voluble, “There be James Adams, my nf‘pw\\‘,"' he said, “and William Cro- contbe, who‘do farm them lands. The; .Jto harmless folk, if ever such {werdh % Some' lad, I reckon, got hold of a rifile.” ‘Do either of them take ists?" I asked. Adams was doubtful. That after- roon I motored over to make . in- quiries. Neither ot the farmers ac- cepted tourists; neither of them had een a stranger about the place; and as regards rifles, the only one I could discover had obviously not been dis- charged for a year. I'drove on to the county police station and left a message for the inspector. He came over to see me that evening, solemn, ponderous and unimpressed. I dismissed him after the usual re- freshments had been proffered and accepted. A few further inquiries which I myself made in the neighbor- hood led to nothing. I took my little two-seater out to call on a friend, a few afternoons af- terward ,and found the steering geer falling to pieces before I had gone a mile. I was thrown into a ditch, but escaped without serious injury. 1 scarcely needed Searle's assurance to convince me that he knew nothing of the matter ,but even in its damaged in tour- BUSHEL OF POTATOES- A SACK OF FLOUR SALESMAN $AM NE NN LV Serve the beverage that is served round the world LIPTON'S TEA There is quality in every leaf Largest Sale in the World e state it was quite obvious that the pins had been wilfully withdrawn from the pillar. 8. ¥ . 8 The fact that I was competled to be a prisoner in the house for several days from an injury to my knee, and workd at unaccustomed hours, was responsible for my accidental discov- ery of Mrs. Simpson's diary, 1 came into the room unexpectedly and found her writing. It never occurred to me but that she was engaged upon my work, and so I looked over her shoulder. She was writing in a diary, completing her entry for the day before, N. G. worked for two hours, prac- ticed golf in park, lunched in, took out two-seater in afternoon. Met with accident, but was able to walk home. Said little about his injuries, which were not serious. Accepted invitation shoot Woolhanger Manor next Tuesday at eleven o'clock. Prob- able return across moor at dusk. Miss Simpson was suddenly con- scious of my presence. She placed Ler hand over the page. “This is my private diary, Sir Nor- man,” she asserted. “So 1 gathered,” I replied. “What is your interest in my ‘doings, Miss Simpson?” A personal one,” she assured me, “I appeal to you as a gentleman to let me have the volume.” I confess that I was weak. An al- tercation of any sort whatever, end- ing, without doubt, in a struggle for the possession of the diary with this quiet-looking, elderly lady, was pecu- liarly repugnant to me. 1 rang the bell. “I shall order the car to take you to Barnstaple for the five o'clock train, Miss Simpson,” I said. She rose to her feet, grasping the book firmly. “What is your complaint against me, Sir Norman?” she asked. “During this last wek,” I told her,|ache, neuralgia, lumbago, DOINGS OF THE DUFFS TWO L RIGHT, MR DUFF. / DOZEN BANANAS, FIVE POUNDS OF SUGAR - ‘SOME CELERY AND HEAD LETTUCE - FOUR CANS OF CORN- A DOZEN OF ORANGES AND A FIVE DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1928, “two attempts have heen made upon ny life, I am naturally suspicious of people who keep a close necount of my personal movements," Bhe stood for a moment looking at me through her gold-rimmed spec- tacles in a dazed, incredulous sort of way, Then she turned and left the room, I never saw her again, It was that very afternoon on my return from the village, where 1 had gone to mail a letter with my own kande, that T found a gray limousine touring car, covered with mud, out- side my front door, and Adams an- nounced that a gentleman was wait- Ing to se me in the study, To my surprise and infinite satisfaction, |t was Rimmington, “I have this moment posted a let. | ter to you,” I said, as we shook h: “Anything doing down here?" asked quickly. ‘Too much for my liking," 1 swered, ‘I have come straight through from Basingstoke,” he explained, “The Chief rather got the wind up about you.” “Tell me all about it,"” T begged, “I wish 1 could,” Rimmington re. plled as he accepted a cigar and lit it, “You read the papers, I suppose?"” “Regularly.” “You've scen what a hell of a time they've been having around New York? FEleven undiscovered murders in ten days, and several million dol- lars stolen, The New York police have heen working steadily for some time, and made their coup la: They made half a dozen arre: the head of the gand escaped “A known person?” I asked, nds, he (Continued in Our Next Issuc) an- | . | committee, according NINE MILLION DOLLARS | DISTRIBUTED BY JEWS | More Than $5,000,000 Toward Non- sectarian Relief in Russia, | New York, March 16.—More | $5,700,000 has been contributed I American Jews toward non-sectariap [ rotief in Russia, and a further $3, 1800,000 mostly for their own people [ through the American Relief Admin- | istration during the year 1 cording to a report of the Ameri (Jewigh Joint Distribution committec, | he report was made by Felix M, | Warburg, James N. 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