New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1923, Page 12

THE MYSTERY ADVERTISEMENT RY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Copyright, 1922, by Arrgt Vendetta begins betwec | MICHAEL SAYERS, noted criminal, and SIR NORMAN Scotland Yard tiful housemaid, JANET, him Norman by shooting dead an officer sent to | arrest him Ayers rescues Lord | Kinde v and his daughter, Bea- trice, when their auto runs wild and they take him hanffeur Boulogne Michael learns that to wed Sir Norma attend the wedding reception Dis- Ruise he steals a pear! Junet by 8ir Norman, 1 detective is in- vestigating, tor Michael to leave I that he Michael ves the who ret GREY when once of yers' beau- Save from Sir Ja about fdes to ot is 50 de as Colonel scombe, necklace giver Whilc Beatrice asks permission with her on the fric Deatr I is old 'l 1o Janet pea ns them to It has always bec a notorious and criminal, to give Luilding up of a new my success in the varions imperso- nations I have attempted has enabled me for many years completely to puzzle that highly astute body of men leagued together under the | auspices of Scotland Ywurd After my br but successful reer as Colone of the dian Army, I determined upon a com- | plete change characterization and circumstan I established myself in modest roomsa at the back of Rus- sell Square, at the top of a in Hol- burn, had printed and a brass made a fresh metropolis of my Sidney I jobbing s I cannot say that | my oper: much im- | pression upon which T had | thousand | nomy much-songht-afte special care to the identity Tt is custom, as | which ca- | Bscombe In- I office fancy as Ationer iekross, trade erred a to my credit at a well wrote myself h I opened and re- very trans pounds London bank, 1wy, seve whic office, sallied out with | on after ten, and | cisurely hour the rest | seclusion a small bl with the exception of a | my midday meal. spent time in the Museum | hobby In| which the profession been f:l’:-} 1 instance, that | in the per- contained, eyes they utterly dif- Ifor having ts of paper and far of safe re-established @ new 1 Ao inters: spasmodic had enta einated by the knew quite well, half of the a rtisemer sonal column of t to the person for were intended, a me ferent from their ol example, one alters wasted a score of an imme amount of ingenuity, 1| was able at last to find the real mes- | sage conveyed under this absurd med- | ley .0f words | Charles. What be found in Lyes bids you have idleness my ways t itios ad subject of ¢ s one. after cquire Laughing Bring may 1749 courage. word of the cipher . 1 looked upon it trinmph when T/ from this rubbish | With only at first clear as somcthing was able to ex the foliowing “Lady in 1 dinner | and white tie, I'rascati's S o'clock| Mon . Wiil bring documents, | Have currency.” | The an ement interested me. | It these documents were worth money | to the pe 1 to whom this invitation | was addr the: probably worth 1 o me i decided, | without nt's hesitation, that I would meet lady in green and the geutleman dinner coat nl\\l‘ white tie on Monday at 1'1.;*!-.1!\'".l to n " were mom the in a fotwithstanding the shock to my torial instincts which the costume of the latter was likely to inflict. | My| enly trouble was not to clash with Vh"“ person for whom the advertisement | was really intended, At this T could | only make an attempt I inserted | 5% 1In 48 hours after leaving the shell the chick is ready for Conkeys the Original Buttermilk Starting Feed Feed it for 8 weeks, Conkey's is low in fibre ond just right in protein, scientificaliy correct. Does not injure or overtax the sensitive digestive apparatus. Conkey’s is the Original Buttermilk Starting Feed. It is made by the Conkey Original Process, in which Semi-Solid lg\mermilk is thoroughly incorporated with other ingredients. Conkey’s Poultry Book free. vor Sale NEA Service, Inc | done ( of | {in a bold, flamboyant sort |out demur, E. Phillips Oppenheim the following advertisement in the personal column of the Times on the lollowing morning: “I"rascati's 7 not 8" The upshot 1 was leave to fate, 5 At ten minutes to seven on Monday evening I arrived at the restaurant in- dieated, T ordered a table for three and the best dinner the place could offer. The moment I stepped back into the reception room T recognized, beyond a shadow of douht, my pros- pective guests, The man was a powerful-looking fellow, with large, clumsy limbs, a mass of untidy hair, o bushy brown mustache streaked with gray, a somewhat coarse com- plexion and bulbous eyves, He wore, gracefully, the costume which the ad- vertisement had indicated. The woman in green had sormewhat over- her colo “heme, here w n plush in her hair, and she an evening n of the same cut very low 1 distinguished neral air of tawdrine; She compelled to ar by a WITH ONLY ONE WORD OF THE TPHER " FIRST CLEAR TO ME I RACTED THE MESSAGE. 1 was, or rather had been, good-looking | of way, and she had still a profusion of yel- low hair., They both stared at me when they saw me looking around, | and with a little inward shiver, T took the plunge. I went boldly up to them and shook hands. | “I have ordered dinner,” 1 an-| nounced. Wil you let me show you | the way | They accepted the situation with- and - viewed the gold- topped bottle in the ice-pail, and the other arrangements for their enter- | tainment, with considerable satisfac- | tion. H “I musi say vou're not quite the| ort of chap we expected to find—is | he, Lizzie?" the man remarked as he | seated himself heavily and performed wonderful operations with his napkin. | ‘I thought all your lot were water- arinke 1 smiled. ‘We are often ventured. We settled down and took stock of | one another. The woman looked ap-| provingly at my tie and studs. T} have made it a rule never to be with- the right sort of) lothes i “I'm sure, if 1 may say so, it's] mueh more agroeable to do business | with a gentleman,” she remarked with | sidelong glance at me. “Makes | one feel so much more at home." | ‘(‘ocktails, too!” her companion ex- | claimed cheerfully as the wine-waitet | approached with a silver tray. “You're doing us proud and no mis- | take. | I howed and drank to their healths. misunderstood,” out a sgupply of a | lenguishing glance. | ¥ | short of it. {as the drink was concerned; never see him | band.” | ceedings for divorce,” she {appealing to her Your Grocer Sells Lipton’s He knows that the popular demand for it is no mere chance. Quality, flavor and freshness have given LIPTON'S TEA Largest Salein the World A cordial but cryptic silence seemed to me to be my best role. I had al- ways the fear, however, of the other man arriving before the business part of our meeting had been broached, So as soon as the effects of the wine had begun to show themselves in some degree, 1 ordered another bottle and leaned confidentially forward. “You have brought the documents | with you?" I asked, . “You don't think we are out to make an April fool of a gentleman like you!" the lady replied with a “But T would like 1 to understand this, Mr.— Mr,—" “Martin,” T suggested. “Mr. Martin,” she went on: 2 b would never have rounded on Ted if he had kept straight. He and 1T didn't get on, and that's the long and He was all right so far and 1 look at another wo- man in his life. All the samse, Mr. Martin, for a woman of my tempera- ment, he was no fitting sort of a hus- T feit a moment’s sympathy for Ted. The lady, however, had more to say. “When first he started those pro- went on, dropping her voice a little and adopt- ing a more intimate manner, ‘T was knocked altogether silly like. You know that, Jim, wasn't I?" she added, male companion. “Same here,"he growled. ‘T'd have btroken his blooming ‘ecad if TI'd thought he was ’'aving us watched.” “And it'’s a broken head he'll get, the way he's going on, if he’s not careful,” the woman continued trucu- lently. “Talk about making him a Cabinet minister, indeed, and me left without a penny just because he got his divorce! I'll show him!"” ““To revert for a moment documents—"1 ventured. The lady touched a soiled, shabby hand-bag, opened it and gazed inside for a moment. “They're here, all right,” she an- nounced in a tone of satisfaction. “Mixed® up with my powder and rouge and what-not. You shall have them presently, Mr. Martin.” “That is, if you are prepared to part,” the man intervened. “'Cash down, and no humbug about it."” “Part? Of course he's prepared to part!” the woman declared sharply. “Wouldn't be here if he weren't That's right, isn't it, Mr. Martin?" “Naturally,” T agreed. “I have brought a considerable amount of money with me, quite as much as 1 can afford to part with, and the only question left for me to decide s whether the documents are worth it.” “You talk as if you were doing this | little job on your own,” she remarked, | looking at me curiously. “I have to be as careful as though I were,” I replied. “T am sure you can understand that.” Her escort laughed coarsely. “] guess you'll see there's some pickings left for yourself,” he ob- served. “You know what T heard | your bBss say at Liverpool once.” to the DOINGS OF THE DUFFS / ( I'll. DO THIS WHILE HELEN IS TAKING HER \__ NAP- HOWDYA LIKE MY NEW LD, GUZZ ? - ONLY SET ME BAK $10,T00 TEY ct&m 5»20 ?dnxr AINT \JORTH n@%n SHAME A STORE. WILL AS TAT AND “That will do, Jim," the woman in. [secretary to New York state conserva- terrupted Impatiently, “Remember | tlon commission, 4 we are here for business," 7:45 p, m-~Musical program by I returned to the subject Tabernacle Baptist church orchestra mecting, and Baldock Male chorus, “1 think," 1 suggested, “the time has arrived when you might allow me to glance through those documents' The woman looked across the table at her companion, He nodded as- sent, “No harm in that ,so far as 1 can see,” he observed, “There's all in them as T promised, and a trifle more, Emough to cook Tel's goose, and his swell friend's," The woman opened her hand-bag and produced a dozen pages of type- written manuseript, soiled and a little tattered, of our (American Tel, and Tel, Co, N. Y.) 7:30 p, m.~8olos by Chas, Mertens, baritone, (American Radio & Research Corp, Melford Hillside, Mass.) G p. my—Late news flashes—Early sports news, 6:15 p. m,~Weekly review of con- ditions in the Iron and Steel industry, | courtesy of the “Iron Trade Review.” 6:30 p, m.~HBoston police reports, Boston police headquarters, Amrad bulletin board, 6:45 p. m.-~Code practice, | number 31, 8:30 p. m.~—Evening program, 1, Weekly business report, by Roger W. Dabson, 2. “Fight for Fuel,” Prof. ! Alfred Church Lane, Ph, D, head of | dept, of Geology and Mineralogy. Auspices of the Tufts college lecture programs, 3, Concert by the choir of the Sacred Heart church, of East Cambridge, Parker Phinn, director, PIMPLES ON FACE FOR SIX MONTHS Skin Had Muddy Look, Festered and Annoying, Cuticura Heals, *1 had considerable trouble with pimples on my face, and my skin always had s muddy look. 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