New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1927, Page 4

Love’s Embers Adele Garrison’s Absorbing Sequel to s “Revelations of a Wife” Beginning a New Serial———————/ Madge Wins in Her Plan to Call on the For 1t was curious—and amusing to watch the diff ons o the group on th proposal that the noxt day nelghl taken country before two! peaple their reply WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE | acquaintances, and she Death strikes arrett Folsom | also nover loses an opportunity to | While bathing with a party at Ocean sincer Junior's absence from any | Town, N. J. At the Hotel Majusaca, | cursion where he might be in the | Where they had been guests, an in- | ¥ quiry is begun, after a doctor, per- | functorily examining him on the " Leach, pronounces him dead. ! ‘olsom’s. companions had heen Neville, Mus. Ielen Barnaby | lita Valdon. It fs estal ished that Folsom, just before his h, had been standing nest to Ned Barron, known as the copper | King, | Folsom's sister, Anastasia, is sent for in New York. Then the startling | announcement is made that Folsom 1 been stabbed to dcath in the | no place n | water. Ross, his valet, is questioned, | ] was plan- | but no light is shed on the | Anastasia Folsom, cccentric .| mastertul, takes command. and Mary 1. questions Ned Barron and his wife, . and Titus Riggs and Robin, S listening, balicves she already tertains suspicions. NOW GO ON WITH making new abs veranda to iy th 1 hook her Junior and 1 she said where the smiling. 1'L possibly i him we'd | speckled hen has | Roger nd then we have | and Carm ey all go call on our find sto! ho wou Was pron 1 him, would 1 Indecd, Dicky h - cwn n coln's law said ea 1 or Zen W tion of his o name, Bu E two Mary thrille THE STORY CHAPTER NIV | Riggs and Robin Sears thought | on so | one S, Golsom in the water, and had per-, matter of questioning the willing h heard him speak a few words | witnessce, they kept a supervision to his companions. | of the affalr in their own hands Others told of seeing-him on the ' and made a list of the oncs whom beach before he entered the surf, | they wanted to talk with later. but none could tell of any ont it pleased the sister of the dead who might have attacked him with | man to feel that she was in charge murderous intent. of the solution of the mys of ‘Al right, all her brother's death, th wer would suy to the more garrulous willing it should le so, especially his isn't an inguest. I'll|as it seemed to them that help take your name and if wanted you | might come through just that ar- will be culled for." | rangement. It really seemed as if many gave | their scant evidence from a desire to gzt called to the inquest and by that route reach the desired goal of newspaper publicity. As Miss Folsom and her com- | panions entered the room, Jepson was talking to Mr. and Mrs. Tracy, V. re, &s Many witnesses as- near Mr. Folsom when not holding the right,” Jepson | nesses were welghed and more often | than not found wanting. stories were vague and unccriain, | thetr tmpressions were imaginative and sometimes fictitious, , their statements were contradictory and unverified. So, after & morning's work, a mere handfnl of wlitnesses had | heen finstructed to present them- selves that afternoon at the in- quest. It would that afternoon, but som's percmptory verated, died, though Mr. within all a stone’s throw of him. sir, a stone’s thro “Yes, as close as that!" hls wife Tracy declared, what you might Yes, | not have been helg i that Miss F orders could And so the procedure continued. | | one after another the voluble wit- ! Thelr | there being two scis ple here at once, wh boen one of 1h here ever befor Katie says wides ! sclt traipsing down ther those fol surprised Ma “It wasn't at her sugges explained with resol v good humor e how loncly t says she e i of her estior 1 on,” if we neighborly.” “Oh, go on Alother C has a really kind glanced appe winsome wife, answer before She 1 spoke to call on detests ply. and were suddenly brought | corroborated. “We wer ttention the decided tones | first, but a big wave came—" Miss Folsom,” as she said: | “That was the “Well, the ask vou, Mr. ! him under,” Tracy Barron, and vou, 1o go Mre. Tracy said: {with me once to and | 0. it wasn't a wave took your depositions. under. He was stabbed, - from the glance of | knov.—" that she meant l,ro)-i “Yes,” and Miss Folsom turned nd not his son. | her plereing eyes on the -peak Robin, eager for the oppor- | “that’s what 1 want to know. You of secing the ation | saw him stahbed 2" on, said, quick “Come | *Mercy, no!” I'm going with you.” . frizhtened 1. of course,” Tit: Riggs | *'Course 1 didn't which left only Madeline | stabbed then! But ica Fair behind. | for that's when he let go er g0 up to your and went under. I saw hy put in, 10 rounterfe ystory she's him at Tt tunity carried a. almost scrcamed My Tracy. know he was he musta been, the rope him go Be returned a queer little glint in t and there spoke. said, glaneing at ! under, but at first T thought noth- | when | fford to pa of | hiis wife. along Maddy, and I'll be thers i take Angel with you. sh collar and » |1 will, Ned there | hold of the rope we grab for ft and a shave an’ [as soon a5 you can got away.” | agnin, But he didn't seent o grab 1N Isom scemed to marshal | for and then, next thing T knew, | Fer crowd along the way, and led | he was being brought up by the them to 1 3. where 2| life guards and by some men who Lerowd w 1g the door. ! stood near. Tite Ttiggs and Robin Sears 201 | wyvpar men? Who2" asked Mi hind 4 the clder man 8aid | pojsom, sharply. “Come, madam, is certainly on the war-|q,¢ witn §t! Was your husband houldn't care to be 1he | oh0 of the men who assisted?” biect A she s hunt- | Tlxg Ty wasn't,” Tracy spoke up i .. ifor himself. “I had my wife to o daging onill 1‘””’ "f]"} look after and there was down and conviet him betore she | 0 o)y anout if the man was in ing of it. We all go under | a big wave comes, and if we lose + rest, but all and the conscious that queer | hushand’s eyes. she Peter, Sees Striped Coat By Thornton W. Burgess r you have, of this by have less and somc ‘Wha Bome fol more. 3 ha —Old Mother Nature Peter Rabbit and Slephant had fricnds in th cireus. At firs to envy his t fr his size and strength. leoked at the great fastened My Lord the a great and realized t and all his Elephant was a Ienger was envious. had som thing that was better than and strength, and that was fre “You said that all the peop the jungle bowed before the I phant folk and none dare to tor My Lord vory tent of was mi end b Jut wi ch: I become anima Petel t it with all his gth My TLord prisoner He the | good | ake driven in the ground th Peter no | | size dom. is “llml any danger.” | ut Mr. her own. do that all on | returned. will have Barron? as tense, Miss Fol- “Diq you assist th q “No,” replied Ned Barron. 1 fo ad ¢ wife i y ge [ sister reminds me much of one of | TNt FelaX my Mol on her arm. )”“ fingles; Folsom, but 1 took no part in it. some- | ‘ Young rs smiled. “T've heen ! ST be fud ‘I be jury, I(;'fi_}'mm"“;":]:lT]_.‘"‘r“' i) |Had; my help’ seemed! necessary, X O oo eauss and | should, of course, have offered it. e T | But with two able life gus b cveral quite evidently helpful by “Somchow Miss Iolsom seems L L > very like eunning old Fury LR U DU 0 that just expresses her. weh interested to see what s out of the mystery.” They entered Room J to find it almost filled with would-be wit- nesses, It was amazing to see 1d suddenly bothought | of knowledge th 1 concerning the heh: | Garrett Iols while in “Where were you, Mr, Scars?"” and Miss Folsom looked directly {at Croydon Sears, | “Swimming about,” he returned in a disinterested voice. “I was not far away, but not near enough o hear any words that were said. { So. though T saw a sort of excite- {ment there, I had no reason to bathing | think of any tragedy until T saw | them carrying Mr. Folsom out to the beach. And then I assumed that it was a case of cramp or something like that.” v how many I Jepson and the hotel | detective, Dixon, were at their wits' end to decide which ones LW Important to be listened to | “You knew my brother? which should be summarily | words were shot at him almost | dismissed with scant attention. | cusingly. Men and women hoth, nearly all | “I had met with an air of mysterious knowl- |business. I never met Mr. | edge, thronged the place and more | socially.” was looking at the [or less insistently tried to pour | *“No, but Tiger, If Peter had been frightened | forth their stories. | you have written hin of | When he first looked actaolnhrcn | Tite Riggs was deeply interest-| “Yes?” The monosyllable was | when he first looked at My ed, and found himself a place near {a mere murmur of courtesy and | the Elephant, he was more fright- [ the intcrloentors, where he might | carried no invitation to further The ac- - him a few times tn Folsom T have some letters nearer at wave that took | but | vou | plenty ds and and | not he disregarded without ex- ceeding difficulty. “Have the Inquest,” she or- dained. “Then, if you don't get anywhere, you can always adjourn for further investigation.” So it was set for two o'clock. and at that time the coroncr's of- fice was filled to overflowing and any disappointed would-be audi- I tors were turned away. | CHAPTER XV | The first witness called w course, Doctor Manning. Te testified that he was in the losean " for his daily salt-water "bath. That he heard acommotion | near him. ¢ | i what the |tlon2* tho coroner asked. { scribe 1t, please.” | “It's not casy to describe,” Doc- r Manning said, thinking deepl or the roar of the surf drowned | most other noises or distorted {them beyond discernment. But, s nearly as I can recollect, T heard two or three people scream in what seemed to me a different | way from the hilarious shouts of the bathers. Then, as T looked {toward the noise T heard, T saw {two of the life guards swimming | vigorously that way. They seemed |10 he intent on some errand, so I watched them. They “l)"lowm'd the rope and diving he- | neath the surf came up immedi- ately, bearing what seemed to be the unconscious body of a man. | Though naturally somewhat inter- sted, T paid little attention to it. But a moment later one of the { gnards came down to the edgoe of was commo- ‘!n . the water and called out: | “'Doctor—is ~there a doctor | here? “Reallzing the need for imme- | diate medical scrvice, 1 hurried to e beach and found the man who | had been carrled there wrapped in | a blanket and lving on the sand. I saw at a glance that he was dead. | T felt his heart and his pulse and (hen, assured that Mfo was entire- Iy extinct, I told them so,”and, as there no further request for my services, 1 went back into the ccean, Then, after my bath, as 1 had a luncheon engagement, 1 went away and did not return un- | til late in the afternoon. Then the management of the hotel asked me for a certificate of death. This, of course, neccssl- tated a more thorough examina- tion, and then I discovered that death had followed a stab in the \abdomen of the deceased man.” “With what sort of a weapon, ner | “So far T can judge it was a long sharp-bladed knife or dag- ger. T should say a knife because | the incision that it made is wider “De- | went direct- | Doctor Manning?" asked the coro- | Lord “ | | ened now. Although Striped Coat|get the drift going on. He was surprised at handling of the erowd by the perienced Jepson, whosc knowl- cdge of the value of testimony en- nbled him to dismiss a few words, and hold while he put leading questions them, But, after all, little was told of | y real help to the investigation. | of the reports were merely | from these who had seen Garrett | S0 it even Shiged , of the examinations ¢ Tiger. Who is Striped Coat what is he like?" inquired Peter. My Lord the Elephant gathered together some straw with the tip of his trunk, then curled it up and Jegiein oD oHTS DGl | Peter turned and ran. He ran with- Coat the Tiger,” said he he | ont looking to where he was | only one dares dispute with Si inninga is a dangerous | the Lion the claim to being the King | jine 10 o « ), of the animal world. truth 18, | {jeularly in 4 s nefther of them is King over the i Elephant folk.” “But I don't know the Lion is,” said Peter. “I never scen him on the Meadows or in the Green Fore My Lord the Elephant chuckled No,” said he, don't think yo have and I don't think you ever will, and T don’t think you will ever | want to. Like the rest of us he | / comes from a far-away land, Di vou hear a terribhle nc 1 | mighty thunder last night?” Peter shivered should i said 1 body on Their Sickness Banished by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound the deft others | to | (Cop) " Burgess) | who Simba Tor 185 of hon more pep on hot day root b ur grocer for Willinms: Yy made Ask o Root Green Meadows and in the Gy Forest heard if, anl afrald. Reddy Fox and Old Coyote were so no hunting. “That was the Baid My n 1f it had no for your s 1 could s done a it yuld hay Mather 4 me of Lydia Pinkham's tabl rvewd in different papers what it had done for dif- s ferent women. #d behind iron bars i e ol me v i, 8o my mder the nt, and not far from him is § Coat. e also was taken small, He never wiat it is to run in Nold on, wh « m going over renlied 1 across the this time 1 eved that all (1 tent wera Iy cage an siide 1 ) v know jun i for Nl not eleep ni four aor | read und and r taking cight lle to do all her ero and is quite Longe now 2" s, re are 3 IS} ndable Vegetahle Com a houzehald word in then ) The fourth ron \nimal arning m's Vegetable Com- | medicine has helned | men. why shonldn’t it help your drugeg and forth, back and fort) ¢ N TS 1) tinnally looking ant 7 hars, Peter knew who it was ¥ out heing told. You his %20 striped yellow and black | throngi £l you? At e WOULD-BE. WITNESSES ex- | plain those let many with [at the beginning of this conversa- THEY ENTERED ROOM J TO FIND IT ALMOST FILLED |at one end than at the other. This he so good as |incision is rather more than an and ex- |inch, proving a sharp instrument, {whose blade was a little over an |inch wide. The incision is a clean, straight cut, but one end of it 18 perhaps an eighth of an inch and the other of no width at all. This apparently, & blade like a m!: : iselosures | was behind great iron bars he look- 4 And | go ficrce thut the mere sight of | him was fearsome, When he saw | Peter Striped Coat stopped walking ik and forth and glared down at | Peter with such a hungry look that will the inquest 5. You to appear at sald Croydon S had looked up anxiously “Certainly, Robin tion, but as he noted his father complete indifference to the re- | shows. marks of the lady, he breathed | knife blade, with only one cutting freely again and returned his at- | cdge. Not like a dagger tention to the acene bhafore him. which has two sharp sides.” Although the detectives gave; “Could this Jave been the in- Miss Folsom precedence the |strument of death, Doctor Man- ng?" The coroner held out long sharp knife, much the gize and shape of a carving knife, & small one, such as is known as a steak carver, Doctor Manning took | weapon in his hand and examincd lit closely. I he said, “that is precisely the kind {of knife that would make the in- |cision T giscovered on the man." A breathless audience, ; “This knifs" the coroner pro- ceeded, “was brought to me a few noments before ghis inquest was | opened. Tt given me by a man who is now before me. /. Will you tell of finding this in / to him a dead silence fell on the was little embarrassed, stepped forward. [the man to whom Miss Folsom had talked that morning, but who then had said nothing of the knife. | "I stood near Mr. Folsom when |he went under yesterday." Tracy said, “and not long after that I | felt something on the sand under {my feet. T stooped down and | picked it up, and it was that knife. T didn’t turn it in at once, for at first there was no thought of the gentleman heing stabbed. [Then later, when I heard what {had happened to him, T thought— I thought that might be the weapon that was used. It's a—a carving Knife, T suppose.” “No, Mr acy,” Jepson fn- formed him, “it 18 not a carving knife. At least, T have never seen a earver of that kind of stecl, or with such workmanship. And the [ handle, or hilt. It you notjce [ will sce that it is of ivory, curved Lwith a design and inseription, Carving kniyes not like that. | This weapon, Tracy, s | pichaq.” YA pick ax!” | dered witness, “Ne. &ev of rarity and value, from some Stephen He was | | M, cried the bewil- WITH blade, | the ' So far as I can judge.” | you | A pichad, which ie & dag- | { Persian or Turkish country. There was a stir in the back of the room, and a man rose in his he said, in o ask if the will fit this a low, clear volce, pichaq in question scabbard?” Stepping forward, he handed to e coroner a scabbard of metal and covered with worn velvet of a violet color. The pichaq, as it was called, fitted it so perfectly there could be no doubt they werc made for each other. James Hubbard, the coroner, ex- pericneed a decided fecling of sat- isfaction as he inserted the wicked- | looking blade into the ornate scab- | bard and found them a perfect fit. At last,” he thought to him- {gelf, “we have a clue.” . Aloud he sald: | | Wil you give me your name, I sir “Certainly,” returned the man | who had groduced the scabbard. 1 am Everard Mceker,- of Portland, | Me. 1 am staying at the Victoria in Gcean Town. T have been here a fortnight or 80." “And where did you get the | scabbard you have just handed found it in the ocean yester- day soon after Mr. Folsom had been carried ashore.” “Near where Mr. Folsom en standing by the rope? “Not very near that spot. iaps a hundred feet away.” Mr. Mecker was a fail, portly gentleman, with the general effect | of a prosperous business man. He Ihad a pleasant address and a ge- I nial twinkle in his eye. Although he seemed fo realize the gravity | | of the situation, le also seemed to | | enjoy the mild sensation he was | creating. Ilis interested gaze swept !'the crowd of attentive facés as he { stood with one hand on the coro- Iner's table. “ou found this In the occan?” “Yes. 1xhanced to step on it in | much the same way, T suppose, as | Mr. Traey stepped on the Knife that helongs to it. As has been said. Mr. Coroner, that knife or dagger is the | weapon known as a pichaq and is of | Oriental manutacture, Now, person- ally, T can tell you no more of the | matter than that, except that T ean ! tell you where that dagger came | | trom | “Please do so, Mr. Merke | A hush fell over the }as they waited the first | formation regarding the weapon that, in all probability, was the on¢ {that had killed Garrett Folsom. Miss Folsom stared at the wit- | ness, until it almost scemed her Leyes would bore into his very soul. he looked like an avenging fa s her strong, stern face set linto an expression of accusation. | | Yet it was obvious that the Mecker, could not have heen | implicated In the erime, or he! would not have offered the scab- | bard of the weapon as evidence, | “It came,” FEverard Meeker slated, “from a shop on the hourd- walk. It was sold there Thui cvening. at an auetion of Oriental ! fcurios. T was at the auction as 1| |am. in a small way, a collector of | rare objects of art, and especlally | Interested in Oriental metal work.™ “And you know this d its scabbard, together, wer there that night?” Hubbard eagerly | tnquired. | “I know it in the. collection that was sold that night. T ex-| amined the whole collection be- | fore the sale, and T remember per- | foetly well that pichag, with § carved ivory hilt and its worn violet velvet scabbard. A pichaq, as you may or may not know, is a | weapon shaped almost exactly like a small carving knife. It has straight blade, not curved, and is a type made in India, Persia or | Turkey in the eightecnth and nine- | teenth centur| Any collector of arms would recognize it at once, | but to the lay: looks . ston- ishingly like 2 2 | “Your information, Mecker. | Have you any fdea who hought | this—er—pichaq 1 N “No, it was sold after T left the | 1 went there for the | express purpose of acquiring an Indian parade dagger, that I de- sired. 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