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A Detective Story by J. S. Fletcher
EVENING PEgMffC LEDGgI-PTOi;AbLjEIAVrTHURSpAY JANTJABY 29, 1920
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SYNOPSIS
' l'rank Spargo, it young London
meicspapcrman, returning homo from '
lit work Mo one night, sees o couple
I men peering into Iho-corner of an
JiltHicay. Investigation reveals a
J dratt, murdered, it seemed. In
his loclct is found the name "Ronald
Bicton. Barrister, King's Bench
ll'nfc, Temple, London." Breton as
'ris he does not know the man. At
lis hotel he registered as John Mar
luru. Ho received hit one visitor, a
ull wtU'dresseA man with a gray
lean!. 'He ordered tchishi And soda,
Mllin8 rr" W ',0"'l. "
lovcreigni, but hadn't a penny piece
in him teheir ho teas found dead.
William 'ehstcr (clli of fitting next
10 Matbitrtl while lobbying in the
Joic of (lommons the night of the
murder, and of Marburg's excitement
mi the appcaiance of a tall tccll
Jrcsscd man Stephen Aylmorc, M.
p Thin left the House together.
Seeling further information Spargo
Win i hits the hotel -keeper. "You
ton tell me anything toa'd tell the
Matin" ho says.
(iND 1IEUK IT CONTINUES)
THIJ lanUiauy ruuiiuuscu iu uti I'umti
and produced nn old purse, from an
Inner compartment of which nlic brought
out n small object wrapped in tissue
japcr. ,. . . -
"Well," Bbc said, -anw rapping Hie
paper, "c found this in number 20 this
inorning it'vvas.ljing under the dress-ng-tablc.
Th'c girl that found it
brought it to rap,, and I thought it was
I bit of glass, but Walters, he says as
how he shouldn't be surprised if it's
g diamond. And since vye found it the
Miter who took the whisky up1 to 20.
liter Mr. Marbury camo in with the
other gentleman, has told rac that when
be went into the 'room the two gentle
ntn were looking at u paper full of
things .lik'e this'.-' So there?"
Spargo fingered the phining bit of
(tone.
"That's n diamond right enough,"
h Baid. "Put it. nvvny, -Mrs. Walters
I shall ce llutlibury presents ami
I'll tell him about it. Now, that other
pntlunan I You told us jou savv him.
iCould you recognize him-iI mean, a
photograph of hmi? Is this the man?"
Spargo Knew from the expression of
Mrs. Walters's face that ehe hal no
more doubt than Webster had.
"Oh, jes!" she said. "That's the
gentleman who came in with Mr. JIar
lury I should, have known him in a
thousand. Anybody would icrogni,0
him from that perhaps you'd let our
hall-porter and the vyaitcr I mentioned
just now look at it?"
I'll pec them separately and see if
they're ever sccu a man who resembles
this," replied Spargo.
The two men recognized the photo-
paph at once, without any prompting,
nd Spago, after tt word or two with
the landlady? r'odo'off to the Atlantic
and Pacific Club nnd found Iioiiuhl
Breton awaiting him on the steps. lie
made rfo"' reference .to his lcccnt doings;
and together they went into the house
and asked'fprJIrs Aylmorc.
Spargo looked with more than uncom
mon interest at the man who pieseutly
camo to them iu the visitors' room. He
was already familiar, with Mr. Ayl
morc s pbbtograph, but ho never re
memberetl seeing.-, him 1n real life; the
member for Brookminstqr was one. of
that rapidly diminishing body of legis
lators whose members arc disposed to
work quietly and unobtrusively, doing
yeoman service on committees, obey
ing erery, behest of the' party whips,
without forcing themselves into the
Jimelight or ueUiiig every opportuuitj
to air their opinions.
iow that bpurgo met him in, the flesh
ae proved to bo nrpttv mneh wliiil tlw.
journalist had expected a rather cold-
wauuerca, seit-contniueu man, who
looked as if he had been brought up in
a school of ricid renressinn. jiihI tiniulif
l"ot to waste words. lie showed no
inorc than the merest of languid iutcr
frst in Spargo when Bietun introduced
Pim, ami his face was quite expression-
ira vuien spargo Itrouglit to an end lm
brief explanation nurnnsnlv Mlinrtnnnil
J-of his object in failing upon him,
Tes," ho said indifferently. "Yes,
t 13 quite true that I met Marbury and
spent a little time with' him on the eve
ning your informant spoko of. I met
aim, as he told you, in the lobby of the
house. I was much surprised to meet
Mm. I had not seen him" for I really
dou't know how many years." ,
He paused and looked at Spargo as if
he was .wondering whnt he ought or not
to say to a newspaper man. Spargo re
mained Bilont, waiting. And presently
Mr. Aylmorc" went on.
"I read your nccount in, the Watch
man this' morning," he said. "I was
wondering; when you culled just now, if
. nuum L-uimniinicntc witn jou or with
iiuiiuu.. u.ne lact is I sunnose
the
jou wnnt this for your paper, eh?" ho
.uiiiiuimi uuer a buuuen breaking off.
I shall uot priut anything that you
wish rac not to print," nnswercd Spiir
Ko. If jou care to give: me any information-
"
"Oh, welll" said Mr. Almore. "I
' l Klm1, Thc fact iH J know at
to nothing. Marbury was n man with
whom I had some well, business re
lations, of n sort, a great many jears
ago. It must be twenty years perhaps
mun. Binco i lost fltgnt oE mm. When
he came up to mo iu the lobby the other
night, I had to muke an effort of mem
ory to recall him. He wished me. hav
ing once met mo, to give him some ad-
yikv, aim us uiero was little doing in
the house that night, and us he hud once
b"cn almost u friend I walked to his
hotel with him, chatting. He told me
that he had only landed from Australia
that morning, and what he wanted my
advice about, principally, was dia
monds. Australian diamonds."
"I was unaware," rcmaiked Spargo,
'that diamonds were ever found in
Australia."
, Mr. Aylmorc smilcd-r-a little cyn
ically. "Perhaps so," he said. "But dia
monds have been found in Australia
from time to time, ever since Austra-"
'la was known to Eutbpeans, and in the
opinion of epcrts, they wiU'cvcntually
be found there in quantity. Anjhow,
Marbury had got hold of some Austra
lian diamonds, and he showed them to
me at bis hotel a number of them.
We examined them iu his room."
"What did he do with them nfte
vvard?" asked Spargo.
"He put them iu his wuisltoat pock
it in it very small wash-leather bu?,
from which he had token them. Thcic
were, in all, Nixtcn or twenty stones
not muie. and they wcie nil hmnll. I
advKed him to see some c.pcrt I men
tioned Strccter's to him. Now I can
tell j on'1 how he got hold of Mr. Bre
ton's address."
' The two oung men pricked up their"
ears. Spargo unconsciously tightened
his hold on the pencil with which he
was mnkiug notes.
"He got it from inc." continued Mr.
Ajlmore. "The handwriting ou the
scrap of paper is mine, hurriedly
sciawlcd. lie wanted legal advice. As
I knew ver little about lawjers, I
told him that if he called ou Mr. Bre
ton, Mr. Bieton would be uble to tell
him of a lirst-class, shaip solicitor. I
wrote down Mr. Breton's address for
him, ou n scrap of paper which he tore
ff a letter that he took from his pocket.
By the bjc, I observe that when his
body was found there was nothing on
it iu the bhape of papers or money. I
am quite sure that when I left him he
had a lot of gold on him, those dia
monds and a breast pocket full of
letters."
"Where did jou leave him, $ir?"
asked Spargo. "You left the hotel
togethei, I believe?"
"Yes. We sttollcd along when we
left it. I lining once met, we had uimh
to talk of, und it was U tine night. We
walked aeioss Waterloo bridge und very
shortlj afterward he left me. And
that is leully till I know, My own impression-'
" He paused for u mo
ment and Spat go waited bilcntly.
"My own impression though I con
fess it may seem to hilvc no very solid
glouuds is that Marbury was decoyed
to where he was found, and was robbed
and murdered bv bomo nerson who knew
he had valuuble3 on him. There is the
fact that he was robbed, at any rate."
"I've bad u notion," said Breton,
diffidently. "Mnvu't be -worth much,
but I've had it, all the same. Some
fellow-passenger of Mnrburj's may
have trucked him all daj Middle Tem
ple lane's pretty lonely at night, jou
know."
No one made any comment upon this
suggestion, and on Spargo looking at
Mr. Aylmorc, the member of Parlia
ment lose and glanced at the door.
"Well, that's all I can tell you, Mr.
Spurgo," bo said. "You sec, it's not
much, after ull. Of comae, thcie'll be
an inquest on Marbury, find I shall
liav-c to retell it. But jou'ro wilcomc
to print what I've told you."
Spargo left Breton with his future
father-in-law uud went away toward
New Scotland Yard. He. and Kath
bury had promised to shnre news now
lie had some to communicate. '
(CONTINUED-TOMORROW)
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
THE GIANT OF MOVIELAND
By DADDY
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1, OQaX. a,ltl fhniV rl.il.tinl rt.iil hlrtl.
friends exploro a moving 'picture city,
tni find themselves called upon to 6o
clorjj
OllAI'TKR IV
The Castlo on the Crag
'HXaCRE does the awful Giuut
fT Fierce Fangs keep himself?"
asked Peggy, after Red Beard, the mov-
ag-picture maker, had told her she
wuld be the heroine of h,is photoplay,
hot must defy the Giant Pierce Fangs.
There, in the castle on the hilltop,"
.answered Red Beard, pointing upward
w a bleak stone fortress that stood on
a crag overlooking the town. "Pierce
Fangs lives all alone, for he is too awful
'or unj one to live with him. And be
cause ho lives nlono he is lonesome.
That is wb.y he 'wauts to steal you
from jour hero lover uud make you
llfl unhappy bride."
I don't want to be his unhappy
ide," declared Peggy.
"Of course not. and vou will not
be it Hilly proves a true hero' and rescues
,u from his clutches,' bald Red Beard.
But suppose Billy shouldn't be able
rescue, me," suggested Peggy, look
U1 up doubtfully at tho cold, gray
Trails f i.. , . . ,i . i
-- vi me cusne, unu men uowu ai
Billy. The walls seemed very bin and
nesceracd very small.
Inen jou will be doomed to a. life
Misery and my picture will bo spoil
f... dee ared Rod Ueuni.
. Never four I ,., I'll n,i. ,, .wn
EiK .,t0 hivo you,'' promised Billy.
, Aid I'll help him' declared the
'""it of tho Woods, "Hee-haw, and
Lli wo. "" brayed Balky Kara,
?las- for kimself, Billy Goat,
Mnay Bull, nd .tho birds.
,h'1 wtistv make, pictures while the
M Tln,C8,' n'1'1 soon It Will bo dark,"
m Ited 'Beatd, and lib got his camera
.a't 'Soy farewell to vmir friends.
nu dance forth gaily to gather wild
V,.i ,aui0"K tho hills. Bo happy und
Ifltfi.l ,"" v unity, jju nullify uuu
(,i'i?r though you know it not, the
"S.?t Jlertd T.in l.l,I,lpn l.pjilml. Ills
vast b mnii.Vcif. "Z.".T'. . - - .rr'7
itb. hfJJLY '? VWnK Soa jroin kiu? I
,ti cs
he sees jou tripping toward tho lair
Where be lies waiting."
"Gracious mc, I wish sop hadn't told
me ull that," cried Peggv-. "How can
1 dance gaily when I know that awful
giant is wutching mo and waiting for
meV"
"If jou arc n good actress you can
do it," declared Red Beard. And to
show him she was u good actress, Peggv
went 'dancing und singing up toward
the castle on the crag, though her heart
quaked with a dozen fears. The bird
went with her. Judge Owl, Genera
Swallow, Mrs. Purple Swallow. Reddj
Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Mr. Robin ano
tho others. They sang merrily and
'onted around her in nn airy dance
making a picture so pretty that Peggy
forgot her nervous dread.
Up they frolicked until they came to
a broad, deep moat or ditch which ran
around the castle. The bottom of the
ditch wns filled with water.
"My goodness! I'm glud the ditch is
there," thought Peggy. "Giunt Fierce
Fangs can't get across to grab mc."
But even as she thought this there
was creaking und clanking of chains
and n druwbiidgc let itself dovvu, spau
uiug the ditch.
Peggy expected to ..sec Giant Fierce
Faugs dttrt out to seize her. but there
was no sign of life from the castle.
All wus quiet, so quiet that Peggy
grew bolder and thought she would take
a peek wlthiu the castle gates.
Slowly she crept across the bridge,
holding herself ready to dash back at
the first sign of danger.
"The Giant may be away," whisper
ed Peggy, to General Swallow, but even
as she whispered, there came a creak
ing and a clanking behind ,ber aud the
drawbridge rose into the' air aud swung
back against the cabtle walls, shutting
off her escape.
"Ho, ho, ho!" roared a rough voice
in boisterous laughter, "no, ho, ho,
my bride has come td me."
Peggv whirled around and faced the
Giant Fierce Fangs.
"Fear not, Princess Peggy," shriek
cd tho birds. "Fenr not, we go to
briug your hero lover to the rebcue,"
And the bltds lied und left her alone
with the Giant.
(Tomorrow wjll bo told how Billy
comes to the rescue wA ? dgring
tiyinu.j r.
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