The evening world. Newspaper, September 28, 1915, Page 17

. ——— hc enemmeneememegmenmameneet — . “= neniad : — te ccc The Evening World Daily M 7 seep oe agazine, Tuesda ‘ September 26. 1915 Diplomacy # <u. By Maurice Ketten = 00 -—e—-— Stowmarket Mystery eaten bs ; f We BENEEIT oe he Nor } mit TT ONE | A New lype ot Detective Scory by the SUP CHicnen Hone STED § | |) Sow hea haces Bese CI | Author ot “The Wings of the Morning” ee _—— . rave tae \\ OnE \ | | By Louis Iracy ———e “HA) | som See : hing appears oo the hands of the ae ot ime J ° ef , oul ! } 7 ree ergs ce rebines cosrrees Nuge’'e Turn! Sacumetion” | mt “Iks''i* vince winaee” tes ‘ssmsa Sooames ie Sean _ he | Sp vor _senowstion er esas aede nr foes rr om & e = rs ba a Why 60 ov eap ‘ertting oun’? “ier Ghaseh: 616 cot tall yoo Ohad ‘ au’ ae | How Sone one Cimtinews heme sfeicnee meanel” ingused the wie “Very well Mage kim about | “pare? Oe Ont owe 7 oem vane inner |Aian’s remark | gave the beastiy Guile posi CHAPTER WV. they ne aasromes Wome (erelied ia" Japecese veress’ Goring S270, Oma 68 Camwerd | lowe Mr iret our, Fou Will reeoliedt Parpowe can i serve ele of someining carved ia Joper more than Atty years age, of the very least? aed ot we ( evetations that happeued after tue murder? UME was too ears ~serventee “te Prolonged vete-a-tete with an bour alter hie Deioved to barvor malice — The inet any person He om the detective #ot slong com fortably once the ice was broken. They set out on the drive tw Btow Ray three-quarters o' . : — ar" | ~ hie remark on Hume | r neunced tite bee piace we to see that Ko-Katena, o,f a4 you meet at Mirasiil Bot Oe ~. itm very stupid but I beve oot the Joon it mand the finding of Oka- ki more imuur ant } . rye “To & certain extent. We want to 1 “No. 1 told her | might Chance te Love everything explained ounk man lauehed, “Heleo you hinting at? ririving hard ty govern / ILL SEW ( market, Hrett sitting beside the groom poor ae are ( Ten To HIM \a arte ou! in that direstion about ve Mave everything eaplaine’®. Am going over (he case in bie min t Mine We igenen ; “Dear ine! You ware mot at ail cer * really definite evide $$ wu lea M ) afier Bir Alan's body bad been ed by the doctor?’ | “Oh, dame it, man, how did you) “This im the most curious inquiry Layte 1 was ever engaged tn.” be communes, — # “Winter, of course, will fasten on to FE)" Tes history Exc lent! Then my orders are ‘horoughly estabtished.” ax lady att? Who made it? Whose crest i 4 ihe y does | bear? What does motte Capeiia like a horse leech when he goeeriain tuat?” groaned Hume yo every powatble occasion. You took & 4 va this knowa the facts, Yet Capelic is ¢ but | did net} her for a drive? You éo aot would you use, this toy? ee neither « coward nor an ordinary vii terial tot. + | Mi gare tn aR OU G0 0% aot the sword iteelt employed?’ manila ‘ ted Wo keep the poor lain. For some ridiculous reason t Ady's hame vat of the afar | Dave & sneaking sympathy With HIM ay fur ay possible. 1 did not want Mad he stormed and biuetered when | suggest (hat she wae an accessory pitehed into him to-day | would have “fer (he oF thought lees of him, And his wife! | Hulme was vushing like @ school- What mysterious workings of Fate pul ye burrmier hae st pulug Drought those two together and then arate desiKue in be wud vile Huge. | digunited them? They veoume tas- ory we, aby few i CUMsee. einaved one with the viher wo MEAL Uisuppenre BOW, fhe UiUIwed vu, Hrethers core 4 for the young ina wae bon vexed bepeath that verrble 1 Od monies ‘ 4d nig, % married, with not Unrcasonanie MMeOr phe retuy ‘f] te, but uo sooner do tuey reach Moubt she hed vevaved toolminy In; Beechcroft, a house of evil import if efeeung & scene, She pul on @ cloak, | “That etrin, f questions leaves me , ¥ uninformed, | ng Whe had aot quited the OMY anawer the last one, ‘The overt say anything of import ooane upon our inquiry, T rectory since we came away Fasked \ Intended for suicidal purposes, the Ter ee ip ans village gossip Ko-Katana for an enemy, ‘This le a about the poupe at the Et diet Case Of murder, not suicide.” lus Know at (ne earliont tit am munpect Olasaki!”” jan warded it ae valuable in apy y dear fellow! Okamaki is, aay Gan five feet notny The murderer is nat) wan thoughttur of you: A five feet too inches in height, “Jape Javeat deal may bappen there at eny Fal people but they are | mument They partes. But « fi knocked aod entered, He. “ 7 « fow hours later nasded a letter to Hume Winter called on Brett with news that " saa vavid pasty, Capella had Just stirted for Naples, tHy!Nou Loon AMAZINGLY DYou Bot FS Be a ar pre and wortar had such a changed ber shuns, anu slipped oack ope and pore — Urett began to pace the room. He , are driven agun- 46@In to Airs, Bastham's, where she _ could not make his charac Aney are driven « Tet Alan just county aware” onal | YOUNG M& JOHN For A MAN i Cab i ‘ used a nnort note, whew be gave to Gown Dok make up Rie fang to visit pcg Taga pie i ain me te con goad a hi WHO HAS MADE SUCH A Brett erect i have just henge GC Bet sonek Hatlan, | But Cabal ‘asked to luke up the tangle rginod for Aa, or “housemate luwed. deeded 1m ffaach tay be sad to ext, It conduct, and promised to do the same | CREAT SUCCESS IN LIFE } from Jane, oUF eet iOS aid, upon a courne of action. fee dittoull, perhaps an iinpusaible, to me when we mot, He explained eieialimeana racemes that Mr ‘Landon by an early ‘Wiater,” he said, “do you know a undertaking. ei if | have done so that other matters had upset his tem- ial for “ crow, Jane ‘walke [49 we can trust, an Italian, or bet~ eee ieita'e vaist, and Se ill an Kaliat-epeaking Kagan wo? Tell ar, Bret 1AM iggion md can underuako ‘come = Eastham to t lor wat” Holden is the man for the job,” for the school Wita «*#elared Winter, tJ And so it was Lik. comet, 8 an ©x-delective sergeant, was note! Inquiged the Beg ugbe Lia tony ne picked iA evening and meet Capella on ar- tia ‘ May, what may hot happen ver hat day, and he haa momentarit: fae torumgnt! J Pen Yilded tO an. Irritated belief thet Lonw afierwards, recalling that everything was against him | Helen solloquy, he wondered whether of Watched him enter the park; she pre not, Were he suduenty enduwea with tended that she was going in to Mrw. tha Rift of propaccy, be would, never- Eastham's theless, have pursued hws quest tte he could see the lighted windows ever could teil of the library, ana she wondered why i is gong wo help BM nolect priae books treat lo-morrow at love, ¥é “Who br - he 10 fr Fival a Sapiens Winter y intrenched in @ priv- he did not go inaiue, bur linugined Hume frog Ms A ner would \ele~ tuberous of the Stowmarket that at the distatice she migut easily up agg trons wieagill, sir. Any ro. 8 ph the fact of the Itahan’a de- arcure uecording to programme. criainly. Tell bim to wait in the loldea Was HOt LO BpAre expense in : 2 ® empioying local assistance taproom at ny. expense.” He com wry He Was vo report Ste eet to Write, poh bets i 2 vane wane” Lorry Breit, meats, about Capelia’s move: “Y Give sins Layvon my come ak panihe Maske i pliments, aad say ft regret W hear The visitor chanced “- Tahoe Poot Jane 8 in tear®, Ask or—-Mie® cousin, Kovert, who had just retu Layion. to get Jane to find out (rom to England, Brett idly mquired ined haywilet woat train his master Wi this new couain. David repied: ; travel by . on wis in ie nary. Pry veing of vi rremome disposilion, Was court- Jecause ft will go by on earller marualied for sume at pots Hotel, the three wen began Lo discuss be mistaken, At leat she ran on to crime and tovacco, the rectory, Again she lingered in Mr. Winter commenced by being the garden, devoutly wishing that all confidentias and profesmonal, might be Well between Alan and ime “OW, ALE, ALU," He Ba Then she became conseiwus that und. 'stanu.nxs have been cleared, to something unusual had taken place. nome eatent, by Mir, Brevc's remarks, Owing to the lights and comawtion Twill, with your permssaion, ask you For « long time sho was at a loss to @ few question conjecture what could lave happenet "Pare away At last, yielding to curiosity, she “in the tet place, your counsel came back to the lodge tried to prove—wAd prove, in fact — “The gate were wide open, Mrs, that you Wuiked straight from the @dstuauim dunce waa still in’ prog ball-r: a to the Hall, sat down in tne rene, She la not a tunid girl, C He would . ; , one, 0 no! library, and did mot move trom ae she Walked boldiy up the avenue unui scoundrel! And eightecn moains of this unexpected appearance. There turned and canuuned against Hume, Hu Buuady waned the murderer - th fa " out om Confound it, and res.aned prey org bey) chair until Fergusson, bargin she met Forgusson. the butler, who have eiapsed, This is posilively mad- may have been « strugsle. “here!” cried tne later, emus Koad Lame MAL omained father died, and Bob went to South you how be had found Bi ¥ was then going to tell Mrs. castham, dening! Phen che Ane War scat home with the ot. ies and gel me a horse Winter Was wearcuing BUF "Neo meet Miss Layton at eleven. Awerioa. | have never heard of him on tue law When she pours big, sic aie was ook here, old chap,” suid Hume, such singusdr snitl t “Exactly. 00 shocked to credit It, and asked still smarting under the recollections 4 "4 - Ulex LT give you two shidings: Continued: “Bo if A man comes forward now him to bring me. 1 caine, by that of Brett's caustic utteranc ay YOU tention, aie rdurer made of cown “Talk avout makine money! gasped — “Wuvie is rergussun and swears that ne watched you for time L was beginning to realize that forgive me for keeping that thing the avenue, but hu was far too cold- the walter, as be few downstal nearly ten minutes slunding in the J might be tuplicuced in the air, buck, There is nothing else, beleve blooded to run away anu encounter “thts le coinin’, shadow of the yews ou the lett of the and 1 begged ner to return home at me. It was for Helen's sak unlgreseen dangers, No; he waived are in @ hurry house, he will not be telling the once, alone. She did so, Subsequensy — “Rubbieh!” cricd the barrister, “The among the trees to ascertain What Brett unlock wruth ?* > only wonder is .hat you are not jong would happen w at the Victim fell trap. 1s they are ready in two min- HUKMOIe MEMO, Le bar Ho wo, my dear follow, But come to mince, & know very little about my : Do no, my devsw evening Winter Uncles household. indeed, the oovas é “ . ‘ we Jaimea @nl Lmay want you sion recorded by the photograph wus uae ar radi arity exclaim Mo the detective sent another tele- the last time the old men met im But, by gum, they Huine, “Ho iw my Lathers buuer {e Gecain that dress sult, and friendship. ‘There was a dispute about old aus. Uwe a ‘ on - 2 It the book of sewepaper out: Hut taae urders iow wa italian. i quered bis dleciina’ left by , whe ai me not to refer to the fr nohis victim wal ” J randfathel two hat is putting it midly.! capade, for obvious reasuns, It was 4 since assimilated in quicklime {8 4 duwouvered, und frame his plane ace Uns. Wits Line 16Le ucucivus trou Ket oles cant Ghaslen dduasecireae “¥ot there is such 4 witness In ex- woman's itt Brett, and I prison grave. You are alt cracked, 1 cordingly. | it Was then thut he 84 “An! he maid, after a rapid glance Gh OUOK, BO iy Laaier EFOURIE . Giod puor man, having lost his for: detence, and 1 am Hh, OBEADOLLOG 10 aeR Ne aed Cunk—iiving spooks, human Marek Helen Layton and David Hume. a at bis concluding notes, “I thought to gur Seovcu pume at Uleo CHAPTER VI. tu speculation,” : wr ‘ “a aay 3 Ou, er. Buon as the news of the murder go. fy ie what { wrote when the !¢cuan. “ve you seen your Cousin Rob- Brett und Hume ejaculated the bbe ric iad oe aS CECI LS See rapldly to and fro atong Shiead Sbroad the dance broke UD. affair was fresh in my minds * “Aen yuur futher must send nin The Black Museum. ert?” Da he resembie Alan and yout? . ‘ ly; the one sur- “That is ull, wir, except the way in the length of ' ing Amidsy the wondering crowd, wuwiy Why were no inquiries made at (0 dwuuuu, fe uidy be very Usytul. INTER, who had never eon “We Were all as ike as peas. Peo- was Lowen rely Been etal whieh | heard ue Alice Lavionie tests ioe sunctat, SE re faethe AONE disper na in their © ar rar we could Stowmarket to larn what, If any, ¢ Uhue: be Waw VOY tbwdy uae es Capella, was so Well posted pe may that our house is remarkable » be A - . poi d ali easily slip aWay Unseen, Lor Lhe pol t a ¢ a f ” " for the unchanging |; ts ie Avinter wan in matters of fact, the inK Pact er ne LORE RES And concentrated oyes, ‘The others of course, were sure hut David Hume yrungers were In the town on New at, must’ i wan and ier mabe A uy Grett as to his personal line. ‘That is readily eaceutened be other indignant at ths weoming disbe- eee Me old cho ta ea oan te ie at Le ae nee: poy Kilied his cousin, Don't you see, WiN- soy minute investigations Puts it.’ appearance that he experi- the family portraits. You have not . i » r 0 ‘or : t ich ce wANtlemen,? appealed the wax, He seems to think that a Hur Mi aay! * tert® should be pursued with Fence to Wee Wu-iMorroW aid bring Diu enced no diMfcuity in pick- been In the dining room or ploture, five secretly, grated by tho Frazer must die a violent death ou “Now you will hear something. Phe inspector did not see, Margaret Huwne-lrazier’s frieads aud ‘ (OW, Me Gan siuy at your novel. . ray alighted Rullery at Beechcroft or you must see he caused, "walt unt & Side that library window, und if tho You are making up a one tie, MP ascciates. 1 Wik HOL Keep Bit long, Just yue Ine out the Tuan w * have noticed this instantly. eeu Suu Ue from the train at Liverpool Street — Brett flung himself into a chair. AnyLOK 61K Station next morning oe ne Arpeatinel” be muteared. @A fave Anished, If | did not fully ac- CAUHe Of the trouble is another CHAPTER V. Bisa Basan tote your reasons ys, Hae Ferguson ever been asked if sousoiun nice school for @ ‘quarrelsome’ Hume ; ~ Hume-Frager, it is their own bioom- his master received any visitors on Your futher wept, Mr. Brett's views on this fe. ine business, and no other person's, The Ko-Katana. ing i the 5 the day of the murder or during the “4y 4! that sword?” o conduct bimaelf Ike _ markablo cage, | would not be Mink ose extraordinary old chap, Have ‘No, of course not. Eighteen months Ute. % “L fear nul, Admiral Cunning. Capella did not cond Fraver. Here this minute. (Aly conscience Mee iat L HINKING aloud rather than ot et tied Gonviction wre not ty be pigeraing week? If so, wao were , 21 fY Ss” | furtive villain, He jumped into « ‘ He had calmed suMotentiy to roach would not perinit | “No, Inc Tam only just beein- addressing his companions, “spelled tn an instant. But, accept “L guens I'm the authority there,” hanson. His valet followed in four- fF his cigarette case when Smi “Bo virtuous, Winter, but not (09 inc to hear the correct details of the Mg palpi a Ril my theory. ‘This man, the guilty man, , “What la the praclso purpose of the brows in Winter, "l wu. to kooW all wivuier with the baggage, In each entered with a note, delivered by « Virtuous,” broke In Brett drily. tory.” : ean aga must nave resided in Stowmarket tor Knifo attached to the Japanese avour it from Str, Okusaki,” nena Mei Macc boy messenger, I ‘phere you go again, sir, question "TT. winced, but passed no re- “The man must have had some hours, tf not days. Miny people SWOrd? It appears to be too small to “and who, pray teil, in Mr. Oka- Insiance the address given to the ft was from Winter 1 fog my motives, But fant of a for mark, some place in which to S#W him, He could not live in the 3 Ped o S ceaere. i Fe C888, gaki?” driver was that of a well-known Weat | “Have found Okasaki, His name is 4 giving Clsposition. Now, there cannot “wei, my information came change his ciothes, for he would not Mer Village of Bicugili, where even Jit Utara seb tire Mal wre, "A Japanese gentieman, who came Rnd hotel gow humegewe sir, Ve and ere. be the elightest doubt thas a poacber iy rough' an anonymous letter.” 4 the village dogs would suspect him, suitable place to carry an auxiliary io {oywich to bur ihe Wrst (rial, te ey” Jiro live at No. 17 St. John’s Man- named John Wise, better known 44 ““syoy don't say «0! How intereat- °°UF* attention by walking about In Hut the uduie-heuded police, ready to Weapon, to European ideas. Was inverested i the case, owing to The detective's cab kept pace with sions, Kensington.” 4 Rabbit Jack,’ who resides in thls ine: Mave vou got it?" evening dress by broad daylight, He handeuft David Hume, never though: "Now. I wonder If Fergusson te still the’ curious tact that & muruer ina Capellas through Old Hrdad Street, or 4 town, choseythat Now Year's Eve a8 1 brought it with me, for a reason met ond spoke with Alan Hume- A Os Ra al 1S pa ad a all? The other matters must jie Wagiien Village sou ve cum- Quen Victoria street and along the CHAPTER VII. | am excollent time to net the meade other than (at which actuates me Frazer that afternoon, The result {howe Aba Ment at Stownarnet i2 ivinter returned about: the mame Milted, with euch a weupen, ao be Embankinent. At the Mansion House, M behind the Hall, He Fd abOUL naw, 1 must confess.” Was UneAtIAtRCtOry, “The OLTASeT Pe eee aoe ero ee as Hure, frett and the Intize came down to listen to the evidence, aud again at isluck{rinre, Loney halted ir. “Okasaki. i Mrs, Eastham's dance, an@&new that yy produced a small envelope, soared dd . eee A ooe ae a4 of fe Intier Ang, by the way, be took # barmaid sido by side, and Winter noticed that N FIFTEEN | Gn such a night the estate keepers rrayod ut the cdges, and closely com. Solved to visit him again at night— to & country policeman, It hag & dressed for dinner, and the adroit back with him, There was rathor @ his quarry Was looding IQto space minutes Bane ia ould have moro liking for fun WIth jrevsed. Tc bore the typewritten ad- the night of the ball. In a country MATKe\ day, an occuslonsl drunken deinative, nor to be Dette perro med sensation with sullen, vindictive eyes, was bowling slong Kalghte- ! the coachmen and maids than for Grens, “Pollce Office, Scotland Yard,” yittage on such an occasion a swal- Fortunately, the propio have meme: telesruphing to London tor ‘bie a ‘The Japa are very entorpriving. “He meats muchief to nomebody," bridge in a hansom, Pres: | Kaine-watching. Ho entered the park and the postal stamp wan “West A P vee pe +a telegraphing to London for bis OWD What did he tell you about ihe Was Winier's summing up. “I won- tis he Hoon after midnight, and #aw a Strand, January 18, 9 P.M." low-tail coat was a passe-partout, as ores. At that time you did wear a clothes, eworage dor if ie intends to koife Dinos?” Bar ently reached Ne. 17 ant fleman walk ap tho avenue towards Within, a small sip of paper, also Many gentry bad come In. from the beard, Hume.” ia During the progress of the meal the ““Iiy” detective produced a note lireit had given his professional con~ was ushered into the presence 4 the nouse, He waltud a few minutes, typed ave the messase:— surrounding district.” No," was the reply, “though 1 little party scrupulously refrained yook. trere w syuopsin of ail that happened Of ® large blond woman, who was 1 and crept quietly along the side o€ 7" out stowmarket. David Hume nveg that is 40," broke in Hume, — “eYSt fold you that: from divcussing business, an excely S40 iy all hore” he ald, turning before Wey inet, and of bis subse- rocking a half-breed Japanese baby, the hedge—in the park, of courae. Prager killed cousin, Cousin tatk= 4 if course you told me, many times. lent hablt always insisted on bY over the leuves, “A Japanese Sais quent couversation with the “happy “L wish Mr. Jiro,” ] Being winter time, the trees and ed girt in road. Girt waited wood, Brett momentarily looked through Did not your acquaintances fall to Brett. or geatieinan, in foriner diya carried coupio” in Keecucrott Hall es bite eerite gral. | ] brushes were bare, and he was star David Hume Frazer met girl dn bim, and the detective snook tis head revownize you? Had nor Mra, Capella — They had reached the stage of cof- two swords, one long blude for uve When will you come to the Black "DUC Permit me to apologize for mak- RY tled to see the same gentieman, wi wood after 1A, M.” to deprecate uny further interruplion, to look twice at you ‘ore she knew fee and cigars when a walter entered againgt lis enemivs, and «& shorter wscua?’” Winter assed Brett that '# euch an untimely call, As be is 7 Ped te puttoned up, standing in the — Vrett Juntped up in instant excite. “He could not enter atrs. Buachums You? Now, Winter, atart out. Ascer- and whispered something to the polioe one for committing sulgide if he was day not at home f must not trouble you shade of the yews close to the Hall. mont. He placed the two documents house, for there everyoody knew tatn, in each hotel in the town, if they offleer. . beaten or diugraced, ‘The sword Mr. “At once, if you like, But before beyond inquirin, Likely hi * Mange ee naturally thought he ona table noar the window, where the everybody else. He could not enter had’ any atrange gueste arout the Rabbit Jack* Is here," exclaimed Hume ave his cousin was a sori wo set out L want to discuss Mr. UIE Sa SNORT ROG? 0 ‘San had been spotted afternoon sun fell directly on them, tho library of the Hall, because tha period you may learn something, De- Winter, one, und the knife which accompanied Okasiki with you. What sort of per- Mt to-morrow,” He gripped his lurcher's collarand — “Writien by the murderer!” ho footlaan was on duty for several scrive Mr, Hume without a beard, “Capital, Tell him to walt” it ts called the Ko-Katana, or Uttio gon is he?” He siniled so pleasantly that the ly ten minutes. erjed he TURUIE Of varuhing: the vOurs not that so?” : and hint at a rewara if informtaion When the servant had left, Brett sword, As well as I could under- — "A genuine Jap, small, lively, and !44¥ became more complaisant, o 4 to him that he was word, As well a Ho had not been seen, so off towards the plantation Wy ih Dutaie eavlaitinerarecerian ten ls forthcoming, Money quickens the detailed his proposed test. fe and PO Rueainin hatore: ike tearine hen he Was compelled to hang agricultural intellect.” Hume would go into the hotel gai es! The production of an tiliterate #bouC the avenue, watching bis op- The detective, doubting much, den, after donning overcoats and & Jap uses this oval fuved. His eyes are like tiny .“Bere be Ia, : al faoed 4 eyes are y sbe announced; an@ {no ae a queer sits in a water melon, aad when be MF. Jiro entered, Ie he slaya a jiuchs his grin Koes back to his ears.” | “Over & year ago," said Brett, He Js a firat- knew neither the use of a hyphen portunity=-bis opportuaity for what? obeyed. Hume, asking if there was deer-stalker hats, for Hume told him Katana be- wiouily, Wincer, 1 did not eredit “YOu were in Ipswich,” ys works alone he correct word to describe the Not to commit a murder! He was any reason why ho should not drive that both his cousin and he himself tween the other fellow's rite, of IBtO you with much a fund of picturesque instantly a severe’ ebill fet upon AK 3 oe was alarmed by a iue! Not wholly exact either, it unarmed, or, at any rate, bis impie- back to Sleagill for an hour before had worn that style of headgear Bie ean. ape leaves \t there, Imagery, Would) you know bim his hearers, policeman’s lantern tg BAG OE of the your story be true, Hume. eat Was a baphas d caoice, soieet ner, wae arcastically advised to 4-14. 4 would wane with aay Be oPhat ti Would enn teh teens again?® Brett took from his poeket-book nda after th murder, you #ee— " HMy tory ih hel on the spur y! moment, He go a good deal farther, Indeed, the hidten, beneath the trees, and Win . Would y oe can't be certain. All J © the drawing m Ma mrounia Atiit, He entered Stowmar- wi) Palit sou wand tor onthe Mt saw David Hume leave the dance, sight of that tiny typewritten’ slip ter was to bring the poacher towart the Ko-Kotana that killed Sir Alan? athe te eee Be Bahee She Black Wea will tell it you, word for word, "This is me Where ie it very much alike, to my thinking, but um, end banded it to the Japanese, useum at Seotland !f | heard him talk 1 would be almost : "Yq om “In the Black ket on the far side of the town, and and walcied nis brief talk with the had stirred Brett to volcanic activity, them, after asking bim to piek out t important. Look at into 4 poligeman’s arms, bio Oe the butler, He correctly interpreted He tramped vackwards and (ore the man who rorembled the person Bg Meg at sure. Why do you ask?" Would you mir N Pe fomeht twenty TINUE, “Tho See OTD ea ee ncn in eat Hume's preparations to await bis wards, cuvaloped in wmone, Once ne he had aeen standing in the avenue “Ard. L will take you there” i will -auewer your question by ‘Meaning of that pe telling aie ties P. C. won and ‘Rabbit Jack’ got 91x of gear, and does not register ac ‘ousin's arrival. Did Hume's sieeple jalted and tore at the bell. at. Reecheroft Ing thin sain Okasaki. Hupposing wa another, Why was v9 #0 Interested — Jiro screwed his queer little eyes months’ hard labor for being in UN- rtely.' Do you noie the irrewular ReS$ suywest the crime, dite A waiter camo, The tent WAR MORE BUCO TN eee oy gurther Peoee wa in che Ko-Katana? upon the scrawling characters, the lawful possession OF wee ane ne gpacing in ‘market,’ ‘Frazer? ‘talked? probable xplapalion? | weriapa. | "Go to my room, No. 11, and bring wee jack” Instantly selected Pe en aia curious topie, can .."7 ily what I told you, me hods of writing in the Far East, pauiting tie puiic sequently RE You gor that } and yot Cabot determine that po OW me a leather dreasiag case, marked H1me ‘ F 6 Indu nd to be in- being pictorial and inexac! ° ver heard a ayllable about the you did not teat every. Remington Avsurediy it gave the opportunity to ‘R, B." Run! | give you twenty wec- its wiher dhe chap hinnweif ve Yeu And bis? - Few mee te eae 4 ¢. But now Iny af the al ‘helere vane ‘Stowmarket Mystery.’ as this affair typewriter in London, commit a theft. Somerbing W4s onde, After that you lose sixpence @ 4¢94 spit,” wan the poacher’s dictum. 4 7 agsume he hus not gone back to ink of it, did ask me sentence can be correctly interpreted, : was called by the press, unt Tong "Oh, of course it'a my fault! stolen from the secretaire in ihe lie second out of your tip. Then he was cautioned to keep bly Jinan. t him see the thin, Tho Hitle man made no trouble Mate Mr. Hume's second trial and — yf,’ Winter's coup had fallen on brary, #9 the evidence showed. A — He pulled out his watch. ‘The man own counsel an to the Incident, and he last ! heard of him wasatthat “And did yout" about tt, however, aequittal. Yet the first thing ‘Rabbit himself, and he knew it. bold rascal, to force # drawer whilst dashed aiong the corridor, much to h+ went away to get gloriously drunk t Some one told me tha a yes; I wanted all the information | “They are old chalacters,” Jack’ did after his release was to ZO "Oh, Winter, Winter! Come to me another man was in the room! Did (he amazement of a p aT aaah wea? eoien aee pe mia ink chamber. On & Nalf-soverelmn, an independent gentieman, noted for | could # ia Jupan we joke a lot. ely alga Braight to the police and tell them twicn'a weok from 6 to 7, Tuesdays be fear the consequences If he were muld. He rturned, bearing the bag in | In the seclusion of the altting-room, his ari tastes. The disappearance of “MY position exactly. Let us go to sevelal meanings. This can what he had seen, I think, Mr, Hume, and Fridays, and I will give you a caugat? T think not. triumph. Winter related the outcome of his ine the girl created in rare rr Tow ft Scotland Yard’ ” lead two ways, It | lovelb, an. That even you will admit h good deal night school training, Now, | wonder — “He ceeded in bis object, and "'Soventeen seconds! By the law of quiries, They were negative Ipswich.” ‘Weil, bere is the Ko-Katana,” sald Saya: ‘A new fled giv small clop,’ depended. on the result of the flht if that cypewriter has been repaired?” Went off, but before he reached the equity you are entitled to elxuteon- Landlords agd barmalds remem- ““Makea note of him. We may need W nf shortly or ‘Human life is but fifty years” yon the poach rand the bobby, The detective had seldom seen Bates he saw Miss Layton whom he pence,” bered a few elm nercial travellers by pin aicilied assist: Was there any The barrister took the fateful wea- Where did you see it?" Jack’ de: bed a man of Brett # thoroughly roused. His Gd not know, teiKing to the baronet Brett produced the money and led referring to old ledgers, but they one Jal deaiga on Ko-Katan pon, hot more deadly than a paper- “On the blade of the Ko-Katang your exact appearance and dressed a8 eyes were brilliant, his 1 Jilated, He secreted himself until the baronet the gaping waiter out of the room, and al! wnited in the opinion that New ‘wus ornamented knife in appearance, and scrutinized that killed Sir Alan Hume-Prazer,* you were that night. as If he could amell the very scent of enier@d the park alone. ’r some promptly shutting the door on him. Yeor's Eve was the most unlikely pattern, it closely answered Brett, There was silonce for a moment the anonymous seribe reason he made hts presence known, "He's a rum gentleman that,” sald time for the hotels to contain casual t has not been cleaned,” he satd, Is that possible?” said the Jap-~ when Winter ended his recital, “An illiterate man,” he repeated, “iy and walked with Sir Alan to the lawn che waiter Lo the girl visitors anid Hume, nber p y “No, it was lett untouched after the anese with a of surprise. “It is “tt is evident,” sald Brett, other- evening dress; the samo height and outside the window, still retaining "He must be, to inake you hurry in “Twas afraid it would he a will that the ha of pola gin doctor withdrew it from the poor Velly stlangs police gentleman seine engaged in’ mals > smoke rings, appearance as Hume; in a village Ike in his hand the small knife used to such fasion, Why, you wouldn't goose chase from the start,” opined metal, bore a beautifully embossed young fellow's breast.” did not tell me about it.” at ‘Rabbit Ja the real mur- Sleagill on a w Year's eve; four prise open (ue lock, There was @ lave gone faster for a free pint.” Winter, design in gold and silver of a setting | Uret produced a magnifying glass, . “He did not know of it unttl to- derer. m trom everywhere. Was short and ement dispute. Pos- “I consider that an impertinent ob- “Obviously,” replied Brett; t ten sun surmounted by clouds and two Beneath the rust on the Diade he Gay,” explained Brett, fa “A man like mein evening dress! clue #0 simple provided by 4 careless sibly the baronet guessed the object servation,” With tilted nose the man minutes ago you produced a man birds” thopsht be could distinguish some ‘ (Te Be Continued» + all a y { , ~_ et ' AT. — aaa ad i ‘ 4, . wed —_ . . ML