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~ orld Daily Magazine. Monday. August 21, 1916 NEXT WEEK'S COMPLETE NOVEL THE SPLENDID SPUR By A. T. QUILLER-OOUCH A'story of England in 1648, and of @ man whom adventure led from hia srudion to Yight ‘To King and Church.” A full of adventure, with two heroines-one wham he loved; one who loved him-—one whom he saved; one who saved him when THE PEACOCK OF JEWELS — By FERGUS HUME A modern mystery story. A golden peacock, studded, secreted the hiding place of a in precious gems, and with this mystery was coupled that of a crime of which the inno- cent were accused, Cure OW Deingem Compene) CHAPTER TL. © Gnd Barkers Inn wae mack the eame to eo Ordinary person oo! looking for & nerdie in the proverbial haystack Dick Latimer, | however, know tte & t whereabouts, Because be lived there, and on t) way November wight he was muh og for i unerre | “I net Of course I ay noth ing, And Alan” ~ehe Nor ' 4 her levere neck" og : and let ue ~# ry Unless the treasure te PAUL WOvl.D NEVER WAVE BEEN IN THIS HORRIGLE HIS WIFE HAON'T BEEN SO CARELESS WIth nal ) the homing bowtie al booked face. : he ene with “ Law a : hele toe ro Inn vhambere was | | PREDICAMENT encemmmcn — > HIS: SUPPLY OF GAS. IN CLEANING HIS Two FIFTY ve 0 Wrenpare? } eaid ¥ * by the fire clothed comfortably In a wull of shabby old Munnels, read PALM BEACH RAIMENT, stupid thing That from him, ‘the peacock then, you 4 creat we ean * terrupted Puller marry and aefh Unoete Ran.’ rote hie mane 1 won't tell CHAPTER IV. \ keop asking ¢! W that we have Anished 1 #peak our secret conversation,” said Fuller come ttme ta “T ahe'l call end you horrid boy pay my respects to your unele.” Oo went to Madras a4e's @aleep yet, L expect,” @b- Jotter end smoking @ biiar-ruul, complacontly at ease | “Beastly night, ien't it? remarked Mr, Puller, who had been spending 1 COULD DIE WALTZIN' evening at home, very » "You'd say much more than thot, Alan, my boy, If you'd been out In the " retorted Latimer, “Hur-r-r! I'm glad to be inde: ut of bed at the eleventh hour, I've had adventur ” | seript?” “timon Ferrier at bad one friend brat called Jotty, & clever little cockney of fourteen and wise beyond his years Jotty ran errands for the faire wite--gave ell hee fevrele te day. nowente,ne has no riest te otgest to wh's wife h Indorwick, because he saved her life YOUF extending Afternoon-tea-hogpl- Simon bid tality to me, maaier wero “I Rever got any of my own money | . They were few shillings @ week for my | time In captivity, and George . admitted = Mart rather cod to drill the native troops mournfully, "You know Uncle Ran Moon can't find that peacock, and you may be sure that after Jotty told Din tale the inapector searched very | the oughly. “Well t"* el,” echoed Dick, rather an- noyed, “can't you draw an inferenve. 1 think, and Moon thinks, that the bumanity in their different wa OL KID GOOPER WAS A PERFECT GENTLEMAN AND HE WOULD HAVE MADE QUITE A HIT WITH HIS DANCING PARTNER - ——— —— ALL ABOARD HE HADN'T BEEN OVER ANX1OUS To SAY SOMETHING PRETTY IN REPLY TO HER COMPLIMENT !! . and on jas a clerk of th Com ivilined bas PA One® Oecasion entered the room, and - | pany was lent Me come Plan to Jeoted Marie anxtously, stalks =the ndon found Grison nurdtag between bis “ drill bis army. He learned soldiering “All the bet’ We ehall have « Geer more oF ese dloguiced 29 the bande— what do you think T from Lord although he waan't longer time to ourselves, and you piace, my son. | can a tale How the deuce should | know?" j 4 a , of tea.” carola, but she'n't do sountiilchangs “A peacock of jewels!” ” hit og give mea cup Keotoh het om the | Alan red. "A poacock of jew- pal ani the two became quite “Uncle Ran would assuredly object eee Ore & sonetlaa denaeek Tt te Flandly ‘with the rajan, ‘Then some to that," sald the girl with emphasis, paid Grioter pay I War aets No me ne ny of (he native. prinoe they “Me te becoming @ perfect miser, / ty tumbler boy; but that he had much an article werved stormed whe palace oF (OWN “very penny he obtaing he turns “but I've enough water {* quite certain, as Jotty hasn't the “George and Simon were taken Jewels, ol iar pation 2, Sterne. the ting prisoners. Hut before the place waa jut you have an income and the The two men wore finw specimens NOW 14 #plto of all search, Inspector } yellow mua- tugged at hard when ny whole he did not reveal " was made to wor! was left my solo guardian, and 1 do } Pee On the whole he did not reveal assassin murdered Grison in order to FOR- EXICKX LEAVE HERE You, Ae ‘You HEAR ane was loft my sole guardian, and § ¢0 undoubtedly told the truth, since he Ein boswension Kd the peacock, which ’ ME CALL IT OUT? ‘ y, and Then he says he will account to me Hl more of an athlete than a Wat Of great value, If bo wants to} TSPRSQLY, THE TRAIN HAS JUST k h hidden the for my money, which he declares he is lar, Fuller, on the contrary, was Sune Money out of It he will have to BUBSTKQ a LEFT 1m up and came to eaving.” beliliantly clever, and as a solicitor Pel It. and In thin way the tnapector | ’ D . By this time—walking demurely ¢ was doing very well for himself in a!” hy | have lola ten ee AANVLBUI * “Loaving his master in captivity, #Part In case Mr, Borley should be dingy Chancery Lane office. He was 8% re iat oe bt wr he ’ abby of him, awake and on the wat tall and slim, with a wiry frame, and.) 08 Eade ae remember UXMNOBS ly did What his master told entered the house, to find &@ ean, clean-shaven face, clearly cub Pieri she vice agi fetish of the} ~ id Marie quickly, 6 wae 'n a large and chilly hall, with a black and bronzed. WEAN fics Mwai oe enol ‘ TRACK Jowe! England and 4nd white pavement and marble busts “Well, now, Dicky, what have you Again ws soon as you can wick so that Of the Cacsare set around about it been doing? ked' Alan, when his Withdraw EA ae Egor pen the fortunes of the family might be close to the walls, The two crosee: friend, clothed and in bis right mind, sipped his grog and pulfed smoke must admit, Dic restored, But Simon did not like Into the library, which was at the y, lord ido Julian and found out that he was a beauty of the world ry clouds. apendthrift and a gambler, Simon ore,” said Marie as “Attending an inquest at Rother- : 4 " fore sald nothing about his mie. they i, “it's Uncle Raa‘s favor- hithe.” ' fentlyc reone : wion, but he hid the Jewels and then ite room, ane you can trust him to WERiat he you i Fooly directl¥; met Miss Marie Inderwick, which you ‘ deaide Lord cliv * “““Then he can't be a genulne miser,” {What do you know of the matter ais 16 fares ne is Vely Rin ced , r pretty and"—- When the battle of Plassey was remarked Fuller, “they starve them. “Why, what can I know eave what Fed Pee a coer peony being fought, and before Simon could selves in every way, my dear, and— 4 papers? . yor phrase- oh, I beg your pardot Fetiage ea JR Ae, naperes dt, gt ology. nterrupied the other. "She's JARE ARRIVED AT THE STATION IN PLENTY OF HE HAD ONLY DEPENDEO ON A TIME TABLE Prisoner by those who had botore held Ths Inst was addressed to a email Rouse ‘frequented chiefly by seamen, Vong: “woravle Girl In the unl-) | TIME “To CATCH HIS TRAIN~ AND HE WOULD HAVE INSTEAD OF THE TRAIN ANNOUNCER , ‘They had come te ROW Som c deep grandtnihere cnet wales w anan called Haldwin Grisgn was "eT admit that, for the sake of xe:-| | BEEN SPEEDING ON HIS JOURNEY Now - should. tell where they were, ‘Simon, Hooked Uke & wentey-box. whe had ei seen ie Bis ecroom 6 and (0 on with th business in hand, Was even tortured to make him tell, ofepe on her beneeh End genes roses and much iitlah woniwen, aa NEM PRRL quout te peacock Sewele: —— Utta'and we hin ie'weit ngmia.tee wetence of mourning fo haat Pal 1 ‘under the same roof are not ace 4, i ; . uundred years has been in the possess to hunt down Grison's essassin and from the world, And ~ mitt me, 4 f cused of committing the eri nd sion of the Inderwicks. It was stolen recover the fetish of the Inderwicks a good mateh, my La evidence of mourning to assure Ful ler that he beheld the sister of the tired and set him to work again, as a e must make that poor creature who has gone to to the Inderwicks when thelr for- jeweller, It was then that he made ie a tely poo nd «this was for Dis account, so she has nothing to tunes were lowest: th dead “man, since he remembered Stetadeds there Was no reawon why #ome twenty years ago, and no one and perhaps the old man, out of Krat- Alan's purticular beneft, as the young Feproach herselt with. Lam glad he sWhen mow 4s lost and oat seglots “Why the peacock particularly? Dick's description fairly well. he should be murdered, since he SY*,, Knew What became of tt, ttude, may accept you as a nephew- man knew very Ww “a title and is staying for a few days, as | wieh ie eollece i rain their heat “Recause he wished to let George ‘Miss Grison,” said Marie, offert t worth powder and shot, Old Now"—— in-law." good looks and a landed to have a talk with hor.” ronle forerses nd. “I heard you were do Te ‘it tring, eu é and eae.” — Inderwick know where the Jewels of Net o Csediete Now it turns up in the possession “It's Worth trying for at all events," os! th brains added.” “Is Miss Grigon staying here then? t up tao tegiccted the Meguy were hidden in England, 2! Mother Blalg, who Keone tie Poure. of Baldwin Grison, who has ev agndy said Alan thoughtfully, “Marc's aa | “You ure looking bird of para. asked Alan, avd RROnE brink walls up the neglected [ind couldeonly do so by indicating the. Aiise Grison took the hand, gave it t 10 o'clock, and 1 niy been murdered on its Account.” angel, and I'm bound to marry her dise,” said Puller, ttho hint | "AL Mrs, Millington’s, the dross sen ipace wiierelh was placed the Plico through thin golden peacock.” 9 {imp shake iN best morning, when be ald not come But how did this man become pos. sooner or later. I'll go down on Sat- 8 sich tion ex- maker, ny dear, She and Loulsa + mane sorta tut in what way?" Sow ene he tera down, that she learned of his death. assed of the ornament?" urday and start operations.” @ wnan be . Were Close friends twenty years and Seival “| don't know, I can't find out. a ag down my Latimer nodded again, “All true Latimer shrugged his mighty shoul- L hoy T hope so," aatd Sorley, MOnn ago” : core. during hund Simon feared leat the secret should be PTRIVGE® MST ners gon,” sald and plainly stated. The man was ders. “How dense you are! Didn't L “We must for the rarity, my lad, 4.7 That was when Grison was secre ao aitored that the monks Would have dixcovered by the Indians and leat year introducing Al found tying on bis bed in the usual tell you how Louisa Grison declared CHAPTER I, Rac Pm in no hurry to lowe Marie, MEY Soe vague had some ditticulty. In Fecogniaing they should wend wome one to England AoW tg sou dos eatd the vialtor, shabby suit of clothes he wore, But that her brother had been secr ry EFORE leaving London Ful. She is a great co ifort to her old who told you about that, my boy? thelr former habituation, to get back the gems, He therefore atill coldly, “Twenty and more years his breast was bare, and he had been {0 & certain person, whore name | lor had visited Inspector Uncle: I was annoyel the other day." «\Mlaw Grivon apoke about it at the | “Darling! darling!” cried Marte, ae I way, made the pacock. and con- ago 1 saw you. how the time pierced to the heart by some fine ine said T would tell you later on, I shall Moon at his Rotherhithe of. Mreatly annoyed, and sho talked Me inquest and also to Dick and Inspec. running down the Broken steps with trived to have it tak pisses. You were Jtist born when | Strument which cannot be found. But tell you now, if you aren't clever Fee Obie RCRA Inte quite a ood Busnor.” | tor Moony. at Then | mot Mr, outstretched Lunds. "L knew you derwick through « ett Helstone to live in London,” she you are wrong in thinking that the hough to guess It. ce, along with timer, “What annoyed you, sir? asked Srey on my way here and he told Would come, Hut how late you are! friendly to him. He then died, after added, crime was motiveless, I believe that “Rats!” said Fuller tnelegantly and the policeman had Fuller, that he had employed the man, 1 Saw you In the church this morning Writing the manuscript, telling his Marie, very was the motive.” “How oan you expect me to gucss been greatly interested in the fact _,“A funeral which took place In the pur had to Rot rid of him for drink, ANd have been expeoting you all the ter that the secret was hidden In “You are not changed in any way,” 4 é Suara village. : afternoon, You don’t deserve a kiss, : He wal T said Marie, * etane Tse eek : the bay ang ft, man, here te an exces. ‘2M the Solicitor knew the original “Oh, Baldwin Grison's funeral?” I don't think that t= true, inter- When you neglect me wet aho kod the iittle ha > peice shes ogg oor sively unique ornament belonging to Po#sessors of the article for which “What do you know about Baldwin rupted Mra, Fuller with some indig- | “I shall take ono for all that," sald v that he expected to be mat erst the inspector, Giants aie the Inderwick family which haa been Grison had apparently been mur Crigont” he asked sharply tion In her usally gentle voice, Alan, sulting the action to the word, th, w though he knows a great deal more missing for over twenty years. Gri. dered. “AN that the newspapers eo Ped “Poor Haldwin-we called tim so “Oh, my gracious, you will get me “That ts all. George left a will say. “It was very terrtd! now, mer, son's sister says that she intends to me, Mr. Sorley. He was murd when he was a young man—did not into trouble,” cried Marie, flying Ing that the jewels were to be found tened to assure her, “I read about it ipa, “but the aingle room occupied bury her brother's body in Belstone AY 1 therefore po wonder that, Rotherhithe by some unknown {per drink to excess, although he certalaly Keros the lawn, followed hot-footed If the secret of the peacock was dis- in the newspapers, Who killed him? By the Meceased was tumbled upside churchyard, and declared at the in- #!nce Alan's future happiness de- son, and his sister brought the ha Y took more than Was good for him at by Alan, “Come and hide out of sight Covered, But Simon, in his desire to “That's what I intend to find out,” quest that at one time he waa the pended upon his success in eBlving so “own here for burial in the ViNAge times," of thono horrid windows. Uncle Ran keep thom safe. had hidden the truth oried Miss Grison with @ @ash of her secretary to @ c person. Now deep a mystery, he should be thought. churchyard. “Then why was he discharged?” is @ure to see us otherwise, and will too securely, Every one haa tried to pr eyes. “Poor Baldwin never ey to Belstone. Alan “Did she tell him also that her «7 cannot say, Alan, nor can any- oder me indoors, find tho truth, even Uncie Ran, for [ harmed a soul, had no enemies down, ao it is orient te nt the t: pe Vay whether he fo vy what br if you put two and two together you ful on the jo wre thought that the uncle would prob- brother was my secretary twenty one else, Louisa knows, but aha At top speed Marie flew down @ &sked him, but all have fatled.” wanted ts questionabi will find that the person ii ‘ 01 Pp . iy borne “ wa, but Pp aps : " “ oM Ra Jey,” ably know more than the nieco, since Years ago, Alan?” demanded Sorley. Qo 4 Foopeed i ‘How much are the Jewels worth? “What was it?” asked Fuller, inter- 1, en aed ndolph: Soriey,” Soy Bnow more intent in come oe Mid she say how he waa turned oug Would never teil Mut Mr. Sorley path which twisted and was much to blame for throwing at Intervals for a co! Raldwin on the world without @ char. distance until it ended in @ kind of hse Fuller after a pause. him.” ested in the mystery. Jumped up and spread — 1 don't know. I can't prove any- Phe polices’ conunued Dick, medt- the uncle and the fetish had been stolen, All the of the house as a drunken swine” ‘" Marto Inderwick. he resolved to question Marie an Grison hinted something of acter, since he was too Weak to stand sunken dell in tho centre of which ds and thousands thing. And the police seem to be Hee aeatee cium at tine deaa. Well now, You can eee that two and on the chance that abe inight those things at the inquest, but did by hinwel’ ‘Tell ine, Alan, haa nny. wie a circle of cemented stones rin- munds, Goupttul about trating the man.* Detwoen the time of death and tWo do make four." Know something, and upon what sho not go Into details, and, ay they Wer thing been discovered aa to Who killed IDK SUNY above Ue fa , and omeraide and “Tt was @ man thee Whe mordered the holding of the inqueat, Inspector “Humph!" Fuller nursed his chin stated would depend his future plans, winecessary, she was not presse him?" Over this was a wooden canopy of me ne ond <—— she topped for your brother?’ asked Alan suddenly. Moon—he's the Rotherhithe chap in "So this murdered man was Mr. Sor- 1 18 due sour the train stopped at “Grison was a drunkard, an oplum- — “Not yet, mother Ry the wa ‘ent appearance with 6 flee req reath, “Ian't it wonderful, “ Miss Qrison gave him @ scrutials: Gharge of the case—got hold of the ley's secretary, According to hiv aise Lewes, and Alan got out with the smoker, a iar and a loafer, The won father, do 'you remember that - roof weather-worn and mellow, an intention of walking the five miles to Belstone, He was soon on the hard rT 4 4 ah beneath, a deep hole which scomed to nderful indeed,” admitted (ae waa the fetish ronetrate into the bowols of the earth, young man. hia Chk MG Delnea Dall aad ak » there Is one or two hundred @, Peter's Well since The Monastery had thousand pounde attached to the ledicated to the ohief of the possession of the peacock of jew: Af ite secret can only be discovered. H'm! It's worth risking one's neck ran up and shook him by the Tow can you say such borrid @ister eomehow. At all events, tor Oe lost .. ala Gb perhap esterday and appeared at Dick, because stole the peacoc! . the inquest this very day. Miss "I think not. He waa, so far an T motel ond Walnes Mone awittly and "sAvell, he Mad one good polnt, Grison-—Loutea ia her Christian name can gather from what Miss Grisen evorcise to grow Wart Lt wie of the » meaningly and to force confl- keeps a shabby boarding house in says, dismissed in due form. No! no! (Ai (0 arow, warm again, as the Gonce if possibie on the purt of Sar- Bloomsbury, and is one of those peo no! my eon. Mr. Sorley could never gittine io he tad as chilled from } ‘He wasn't a thief.” geen better days: It have belleved that Grison was in pos- “it was when he was al et “The poor devil's dead and I don't brother Baldwin was session of the peacock of jewels.” of Bolstone Village that tho eget wish to say more about him than T y person, whose name I “Then why did he discharge him™ Cycle caine wlonge Alam heard tye M¥e already stated,” sud Horley ly. “but you d was kicked = “We must find out, and that won't ra jan heard the cock of Jewels wh! or luck of the Inderwicks “Every one in the vill is that he was not murdered Alan,” * ald eo ex- . plained as she perched herself on the rial bchtate weRee ace rim. of stones. Rut you a "thet t told me how I am looking.” Moodily, and beginning to start hia since what the Inderwicks call their ‘ou later, rf > Ve usec e 20) tut of hia billet. twenty he casy after twenty ¥ Mr. S0r- put atood amt ee und the comer Machine, “but Tetrust that his ally Tok haa beon missing nothing haa. /)Why, tye, apd at lees hoses i not talking of my own neck, Work until I avenge poo Because he couldn't run strais ley te growing old and may not re- farent to its coming and going. dee Sater will not ud worry me! gone well with fem that ta with eee iarling, and give you my Marie, but of that belonging to the (ath! And the flerce, determined said that her brother was an oplum ber clearly, Hut Grison, on the When he saw @ sllin old men with ae — BY nine was Alive Marie, who alone representa the ore opinion.” man who murdered Raldwin Grivons 190% On her yellow face @moker and, after losing his bille idence of Jotty, undoubtly bad yt, clean-shaven face, smartiy With energy Horley ewung family You always tell the truth, darling,” “On. The girl stared. “know drifted to Rothorhithe, where he this peacock, and since It cannot bo dressed in a gray sult ate ner IY nimself into t dle as he ended Nonsense, my dear Marie te 4 naid, after lio had assured her that the poor man was murdered could tnduige in his vice. She tried found, he must have been murdered, gatters, seated “thereon, he beth is Yoluble speech. With a nod he young, healthy, pretty, and happy tit ai’ voy something higher thal Mrs, Millington—ahe'a the vill to keep him respectable and allowed by some one who desired the ornt- started and called out Sie tL set the starting gear in motion, and enough In her own way, aa Sorley ia At she dressmaker, and @ friend of coe him ten shillings a week to live on. ment. Now, if tho assassin did find pring, #Ur- wimont inatantancously was a dot on kindness Itself to her ‘| SAlwayal Alan kissed ber for the told me about that crime. Loutna He never. visited her and he never it. Alan, and it you und T and Moon PUR, goriey. ‘Tnte i unexpected, {1° ,Nori#on travelliny ward Lawem vMAanle Rover does rumble’ wall yA ihn Ani now f waut OU (2 Grison way Mra, Milington’ rote to her, but lived more or less and Jotty keep silent, the man will you on a bicycle” ig Be ye Nita Fee teniioe ‘and brightest person i know, But tt's a tell ine the truth, Mark » and they are very much a! Mike a hermit'in Mother Slaig’s board= think that he is safe und will sell his looked night plunder." The rider shut off the motive pow out What Dut wha x and brought his machine to a stan and-and—but, Alan, what acock to do with this horrid tried to arrive at some conclits dull fe for a young girl at The M 7 and looks ing house, and went out ever: * toemoke oplum in some den kept by @ "Wait a bit, Dick, He may unset sitll a fow yarda p: Joung mag, son rexnrding hie Apparently frank Sstary. With eared Soe About the peacock of jewels, murder? Chinaman called Chin Chow the Jewels and aell them separately. "you ane. aston he weld, Vac speed. By the time he ronnie tne Maeda cerhane she wil, when the WhICh om “Much, Baldwin Grison was mur. > “However, to make a long story ‘Then it will be dificult to trace him thy age of sixty, it 1s not many people vioara er waa t. say nothing peacock return» to bring back the “It waa lost before I waa born, and dered, as T truly believe, so that hie short, nothing could be found to show by tho sale of the article” | who would risit thelr brittle bones In fat the wresent to Mr. foriey about tucks” anid Alan no one ever speaks of it, oxcept Uncle aasaayin might obtain it.” Now listen, how the poor wretch had come by his owever, we must take our chances {hig way.” A for the Bre y Tt will never, be found, ald the Ran," who added withan afterthought. dear, and be sure you don't rapaat Heath, soran open verdict was brought of that, If he is cortain that the loss" 'Tnereasing age xenerally means ‘"® ; “ven wieke euneete AD: | ne RECON TD Pe Benno wee Sint fans ia eene ane in—the sole thing which could bedone, Ie not auapected he may sell the sitting by the fire and golng to bed ,, 8 Uspal the young man receiv “How waa it lost, father?* alihough the peacock belongs — Fuller quickly and concisely told To-morrow his sister, Who seems to whole without spliting it Into parts. carly, sir,” replied Alan dryly, “dont th? Warmest of welcomes from nis UP ae vec Bata bas been nd not to him," her all that he had learned from Dick in Bloome- have loved him in spite of his degra: Now, what you have to do, my son, overdo it" parents, who Adored tele ONY OR Te OAD oe are end ie ont " was loft to me by my Latimer and Inspector Moon relative Dry. 1 keop a boarding house.” dation, ia taking away the corpso for is to go down to Htclsione anil learn “My poy, there ta nothing ao objec. And thought him the most won Ikely to reappenr.” re will, along with the park and to the Rotherhithe murder, and laid | ("So Mr. Latimer tolé ma You etet burlal'in the churchyard of Belstone all you can about Cilwon when ho tionable as advice.” person 18’ the world. ct amet ; — the house,” insisted Marie, folding great stress on the fact that Jetty, 4 4# much at the a Sussex,” he sald tary to old Sorley “You aro wonderful, Mr, Borley.” , Home home, aweet, sweet homer CHAPTER UL her hands “It wan par- the street arab, had eeen the peacock D¢ asked, putting the card inte ‘Alan sat up very straight, and his Won't Know anything save I TR ee a en ee aeaia RtlOr - . tlowlarly mention because of the of jewels, vest pocket, ‘have you eny manner expressed his unbounded as id Alan, shaking his man's easily hur RIAA dInha, TAtother dar Pitts ancient vilage of Bele yood fortune It will t that la = “But you tm © tonlahment. “Thate my father's par- nbor she's only twenty you look better FOU mAnARS Hh OAM ASS eae now reattul atone, hidden in a fold of when the ret ts dise . poor man wuse of “I have no clue you would call rea- ish,” he gasped. y wad was an infant in to knock all these years off your {NH YOU, java nO ten iw eet of 1 he UndulAtin® Bills Pho secret, What secret the peacock,” she said, “Hesides, how #onable, Mr, Fuller!" “And the churchyard is at- arms when the family fetish disap- age?" 1B Ie & nc ADA OWelyINg, URGWANAG Bs, only became acquainted with the could he have 4?" “That hints eome ground on your tached to the building your father peared. There is onty one Lnderwick Nae nian naAnba har ADAROYAl Is Inhabited chlefly Dy @gtl+ Poul meaning of the peacock of jowela “Oh, that last is easy, Grison was for"—— proaches in, my son,” sald Latimer, left, and that is Marie, Of course overeuting,” rloy briskly, wwhite alwaya shows up beat against Cultural laborers 16 Solo houses of | veur ago. L read all about it in @ your uncle's secretary and may have ever mind what it Dints,” inter. dryly. “Odd coincidence, Isn't it she is desperately poor, as { told you giving his everlasting pine ; Any note are the vicarage at one end manuseript which T found in the Us taken the peacock out of revenge, TUPted Miss Grigon aharply, “If Ur But—but-what hus this murdered, ages ago, She has Tho Monastery, youth, “An hour's sleep in the after= nh Was tho battle of Plas. knowing that Mr, Sorley was fond of call on me in London, and I feel that Mule t ‘i : ° . had some L of the village, and the great mansion man to do with Belstone?” asked Ful- the few neres of the park and two noon and plenty of It at night. Cold mre. THOU ¢ Ld Jewels, On the other hand, Grison T can trust you, then I may apeak ler in a bewtldered manner. hundred year to live on. Sorely iw tubs, dumbbell exercises, Judicioum When she looked at hint inquiringly, Of MO Inderwicks at the other, Fors may have read the very same manu- out.” “phatia what I want to find out, her mother’s brotheg her uncie and walks and nn optimistic way of look- Aim continnods "Emon the tuner. merly the owners of The Monastery A man script about which you have been “What does your Uncle Rando! Alan. Can't you remember (ho name?” guardian, with another two hundred at things, ‘Th you are.” he View's face grow sad alias tant ‘ was tho tolling me and might have tried to say to your being engaged to Mr. “Never heard of it, But my father income. ne the cash, the d with his favorite catch-phrase veg! That wan indeed an un fs the place la called—woere Lords of jorvant of my t great-—T learn the secret. Fuller? ahe asked, turning to Marte know. I'll ask him when [ go two mana p things rot It 1 raminder of what tiew beyond our the Manoy, bur, as thelr property has gon't know Y greats = "“Woll, it might be But why am abrupt! this week-end.” Marie married me, the On AMO: qulet hills, Poor Grigon and poor dwindled to a few acres, the tithe hag grandfathe George Inderwick, who [ not to tell Unele Rant" “He 8 Nothing, because he Rnowe “There's another thing I wiah you be left With 518 two Bus wmiling, Loulaa too! T do not know whlch T passed to a modern and more prom. l¥ed about the tine of Plassey.” “Recanse | wish to find the peacock nothing.” * to him.” get on as best he coule ne you mary r st worey for. jane “George Inderwick went out to and deliver tho assassin of Grison to ‘Phen don't let him knew, He will at is that?" nie be i ny Wat Mae Dicks that ih He treah as A Por Loulsa maid Mra. Fuller i ee lfessi : fc mame Mth tong Deore Cie battle of Phase juatioe. if Me. 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