New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1923, Page 10

“What do you want?" she foundation of an alr mall servi breathlessly, throughout the Empire, there wi “To help you,” I answered, “I [ great deal of ‘serious talk about flying saw y?ul :hhhlmnrulnx. and you possibilities by speakers who knew scemed In trouble,” their subjects, whether technical or Bhe smiled at me gratefully, but a| political, All of them emphasized the moment later her face was clouded [absolute necessity of England's main- with anxiety taining a pace In aviation equal to “It 18 dear of you," she sald, “but|that of any other nation, both from you must go away at once, ""“ are | the point of view of commercial fly- z‘ulmlnl w terrible risk, S8ir Norman |ing and the part aerlal tactics will reyes Is in the house. He s with | play in future military affairs. lll)'"‘l‘l'r'wln now, il Phrases such as '‘regular 12-hour IM"d'\:! is he doing here?” T de- pn;nNnr ‘l'wr\l'(lce T"\lv"“ nl.o;dm: Raced, an ew York" and ‘“large fleets o m"i\’llx h"ol;;h‘ !«;;::: l'l.h':n'!::flse:{n":: electrically directed airplanes carry- | Vendetta begins between He shrugsed his shoulders, trouble | ‘T ORIt Know WhaS 16116 US| ol s Spos e LAVElliy pithollt MICHALL SAYERS, noted criminai|, "We never bargain” he maid.|miSilie save that It means ruin. | bo s thomSnc, harfectly ient both and “There is no standard value for such At the 'l{otxnlxl of the near 'pren- as to thelr propellers and' engines, 8IR NORMAN GREYES, once of|600d8 as you offer. The question 18| a0 o AGIRYC IO I8 B O ore | Carrying death to any town on which | Scotland Yard, when Sayers' heau. | Whether you want anything in ad-|poc Gamed to stiffen " Yet, alas, the they might descend, were used as' tiful housemaid, vance weakness remained! . h ' e et T A )k .‘-I JANET, saves him from sir Norman| “No, thank you I answered, v11|pdt SMECL, - o oyay does | Ulstance In aorlul development, Thene by shooting dead an officer sent to | DAV the whole amount on Wednesday | vour gistress mean? ~ Has your uncle | TEUments wore advanced no . less arrest him, Greyes falls in love |afternoon, or the documents back '.Iw“' been good l’u you? ““1s it for strongly by government officlals than | with Janet and proposes marriage, |#4€ain. T think that it will be the [}, "oy Cnat vou are unhappy?” by prominent technlelans shd persons Michael disguises himself as|MONCN." . | “Entirely, ‘she answered without| V1o might be Intcrested in any gov- Colonel Escombe and attends the| “T trust so my two editorial|yogeation, 1 know that a great | CrRMent subsidy that may be decided wedding reception He steals a|friends replied in fervent unison. many p(\o’pl? call him hard and un-.|YPO™ pearl necklace, the gift of 8ir Nor- | & A scrupulous. To me he has been'the man tohis bride. Later he returns| On Wednesday morning the Kin-|goppeg narson in the world, It them indirectly to Janet, Michael |Jersley Shipping Company shares| oy oo heurt ache to see him answers a cipher message published | 8t00d at three and three-quarters, and | foeo Lo, in a paper and buys from the di-| notice in the Times an-|""rtol 000 at my watch. vorced wife of a politician a bundle | “Very well,” 1 said, “give me five|Mean magnitude, and there has been of manuseript, evidence against the minutes to get clear away. When 1| considerable rivalry between the woman's former husband and his am gone, give him this message. Tell Royal Air Force and the Admiralty as asked Lo T annt X "o X eV 1 THE MYSTERY ADVERTISEMENT BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Copyright, 1922, by B, Phillips Oppenheim Arrgt NEA Service, Inc. e >~ P8 e e s BEGIN HERE TODAY 10,000 pounds?" [T S NN Two Obstacles in Way There are two principal obstacles in the way of aerial development on a large =scale; the government's a brief budget is full of necessary items of no confederate, Lord Kindersley. Michael calls at the residence of Lord Kindersley and is granted an interview. Sayvers offers Lord Kin- dersley a four-day respite in which to secure his financial safety. After that time the letters are to he given for publication in the newspapers. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Michael Sayers Continues: Next morning there were sensa- tional paragraphs in most of the fi- nantial papers, Shipping shares all reacted slightly, but the slump in Kindersley's was a thing no one could account for. They had fallen from Bix to five within 24 hours ,and as I reached my offices in Holborn, 1 re- cefved frantic messages from Mr. Younghusband, imploring me to close with a profit of over 20,000 pounds. There was nothing whatever wrong with the shares, he assured me, and they were bound to tened to all he had to say, gave him positive instructions not to disturb my | operations in any way, and disregard- ing his piteous protests, rang off and made my way to the great news- raper offices, where my business of the morning lay. It took me an hour to get as far as the assistant editor. I told him my story and showed him the documents. He. went out of the room for a mo- ment and returned with the editor. They both looked at me curiously. “Who are you, Mr. Buckross” the editor asked. “A speculator,” I answered. “I bought those papers from Rendall's divorced wife. She has a spite against him.” “How can one be sure that they are genuine?” “Anyone who studies them must know that they are,” I replied. “If you want confirmation, I told Lord Kindersley yesterday of their exist- ence and forthcoming publication, and advised him to sell us many of his shares as possible. Your finan- cial column will tell you the result.” “What do you want us to do with these documents, Mr. Buckross’" the editor asked. “I want vou to give me a very large sum of money for them and then publish them,” I replied “You know that there will be the devil of a row?"” “That will be your lookout. genuineness will be your justification,” The editor looked thoughtfully out the window. His face was as hard as granite, but he had very gray, hu- man eyes. “We should have no compunction about bringing the thunders down upon Rendall,” he said. Lord XKindersley it is a little differ- ent. He is a considerable and reput- able figure in society.” “He might survive the disclosures,” 1 suggested. ‘“After all, there was a certain amount of justification for hia conduct. He averted a national dis- aster, even if the means he used were immoral.” “A case can be built up for him, certainly,” the editor remarked mu- gingly. “What is your price for these cocuments?"” “Ten thousand pounds, and they must not Le used before Thursday,” 1 replied. “Why not before Thursday’ | | “I have given Lord Kindersiey so much grace.” “You will leave the documents in our hands?” the editor proposed. I considered the matter. I could think of nothing likely to aiter my plans, but 1 was conscious of a curi- him that Buckross has changed his to which ;should hold the dominant rally. T lis- Their | “But with | | BAID, IVE MINUTES TO GET CLEAR THEN GIVE THIS MES- rounced that His Lordship was con- fined to his house in South Audley Street, suffering from a severe nerv- ous breakdown. Some idiotic im- pulse prompted me, after I had paid my brief visit to my office, to take a stroll in that direction. A doctor's carriage was waiting outside Kinder- sley House, and as I passed on the | other side of the way, the front door opened and the doctor himself stood on the threshold. The thought of Lord Kindersley's sufferings had, up |to the present, inspired in me no other | feeling than one of mild amusement. | By the side of the doctor, however, Beatrice Kindersley was standing. I knew then | career must be close at hand. T was weakening. My nerve had gone, The instincts of childhood were re- |turning to me. The morbid curiosity .which had brought me to the house! had been gratified with a vengeance. |T had received a psychological stroke. | The girl’s drawn and tear-stained face had disturbzd the callousness which 1| had deemed impregnable. A new| scheme was forcing its way into my mind. There was only one redeeming | point about it all-—I walked for the| next few hours in peril of my life. | . s I At haif-past two that afternoon | Beatrice Kindersiey hastened into the Little morning-room on the ground |floor of Kindersley House to receive lan unexpeeted visitor. Her lips | parted in amazement as she saw who {it was. I held up my finger. | “Colonel Iiscombe,” T reminded her. | “You!" she exclaimed. 1 knew that there was not a flaw in my make-up or deportment. 1 was the Colonel Escombe who had attended Norman Greyes' wedding, | and whose presence tiiere had led to some slight question concerning a | “GIVE:| for me. |like a fool. that the end of my | quicting featurc of it all was that 1 BRITAIN SEEKS T0 'Will Devote More Attention to It pearl necklace. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS position In the development of such mind and that he will hear from new schemes. him before 5 o'clock.” “What have you to do with all| Besides, as was pointed out by Sir this?" she asked wonderingly. Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for | “Never mind,” 1 answered. “Be | Air, there is the obstacle of “after-war sure to give me five minutes, and confusion in the world.”. He had ref- don't deliver my message before Nor-|erence particularly to the fact that man Greyes." Germany is not a signatory to the air She svalked with me to the door,|convention, which has control over but when I would have epened it,|civil aviation in European countries, she checked me. Already her stép|and until there are amendments to in- was lighter. She took my hands in | ternational regulations governing hers and 1 fey her soft breath upon|commercial aviation, there will be my face. limitations to its development. These “I am: going to thank amendments are expected to be ef- whispered. fected very shortly. It ?\'ns an absurd interlude. One of the main factors on the gov- e LA ¢ ernment's aviation program, as was Both the editor and the assistant| revealed at the conference, is a plan ",'“‘""“"i“‘i}'f'{"222".5'23?&5! ;:":5 for }t]helnl'ulning of reserve pilots and down on n J mechanicians. change my ‘mind. They offered me Strong arguments were advanced practically a fortune. They hinted. | rrom the point of view of economy. even, that honors might be obtained | commander Charles Denniston Bur- They tried to appeal ';‘, MY | new, member of Parliament for Mid- pa;floll!m.flflxflig:d;y pl;g:el;v';" '";:‘d)esex. pointed out that 16 airships not one of wh ¢ | could he produced for 'the cost of he el o';t::'flw 'h“‘mf":‘;‘:‘t‘;‘&' ane_battieehip, (hat cnine. airahips addr i i could do the work of 60 cruisers, K(nderlle)‘.“bol.lgh‘-”: i’“;:; h:m'i:‘ec!rf thereby saving the sum of §1,000,000 :ng:‘r“:oy;oo:"l::’ s i the: taxioaby pounds sterling, and that per square and saw them delivered at Kindersley :;‘:Id Zf fr?f:o:\pol;s(,a:‘l}cfl, ::"fith‘! Meéise, Lk lc;_ 011 25 8 ings w “v t That night I spent in my room, w?‘xixo ake 77 pounds to do wlu! taking stock of myself. ~On the CEMACED: credit side, my deal in - Kindersleys A had brought me a profit of something | Chinese is spoken by nearly féur like 30,000 pounds, likely. to be con- hundred million people. siderably added to, as T had bought/| s again at four. Further, I had ab- etained from becoming a blackmailer, and 1 had knocked Mr, Edward Ren- dall down. On the other hand, I might easily have made a hundred thousand pounds—and T had behaved Perhaps the most dis- you,” she was satisfied with the deal. «The Great Elusion,” Eleyenth story of this remarkable series, will begin in our next issue. Safe instant o it CORNS One minute—and the pain of that corn ends! That's what Dr. Scholl's Zino-pads do—safely. They remove the ceuse—fric- tion-pressure, and heal the irritation, Thus void infection from_cutting your or using corrosive acids. ;ane ic; waterproof. 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