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A Detective Story by J. ,S. Fletcher
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CopvrWh th Public Lidocr Co,
THIS STAKTS THtJ STOKY
rrrt,il. Hpargo, London neiospapcr
man. returning home from work sees
KV peering into a comer of an
.,h In his pocket u found the
c "VmW iw. rrhter,
iTng's Walk, 7'cmj.lc, omcIoh."
ia M his hotel he registered as
ffi.. Jflrinrj." "c rcccmcd one
.Utor. a tccM-drcsaed ib with a
Vhv board. A sitting next to
ihrluri ichilo lobbying t lio Joiiao
i .Commons tells of his excitement on
the appearance of a well-dressed man
,rill U gray -beard Stephen, ylmoie,
if P Then left the Home together.
The 'hotel keeper exhibit a piece of
.tone, a diamond found in hU room,
cni ihetcdiler testifies to having seen
alumbcr of such stones on Mar
try's tabic while Aylmorc Kasvml
:, 7 him. Aylmorc is visited and
admits having knoicn the dead man.
Aylmorc's daughter is engaged to
mrril Bretqn, the adopted son o a
Mr.Elphick. Hpargo icceivrs a visit
from Me secretary to a safe, deposit
iompnxy from whom Marburg icnttd
a tile and deported m it, a small
ktthcr box. Official examination .
mic of the box, but It in paI (". o
Mipltf. Aylmorc h placed an trial.
sVargo tcatches him Keenly "for he
ill ideas about the witness which he
,cai most anxious to licvelop.
AND IIKKE IT CONTINUES
Till! folk who expected somcthiug im
mediately sensational in, Mr. Ayl
morc's evidence were disappointed. Ayl
morc. baviup been sworn, and usked a
motion or two by the coroner, requested
ncruilcMon to tell. ju his own way,
Uat he knew of tlic dead man and or
this sad affair: and huvins received tliat
permission, lie went on in a calm, 1111
mivibiotifd manner to repeal precisely
what he had told Hnargo. It sounded
-very plain, ordinary btorj. lie bad
loottP Mprbury many joars ago. lie
had Iot bight of him for-01. quite
twenty jcar. Ho bad met liim acci
dentally In one of tbe vestibules of the
House of Commons on tlic cvcuinK pio
tcdine the murder. Muibury lind asked
his advice, Having no particular duty,
and willing to do an old acquaintance
a rood turn, lie bad gone back to the
Anglo-Orient Hotel with Marbury,
had lemaiiied awhile with bim in his
room, examining his Australian dia
mond, and bad nfterwnrd gone out
Tiitli him. He bad given him the ad
vice he wanted; thej had strolled across
Waterloo Bridge; shqrtly afterward
they had parted. That was all he
inew.
The court, the public, Spargo. every -body
there, knew all this nheady. It
had been in print, under a big headline,
t hi Watchman, .vvimore uau now
told it again ; having told it. he --cenied i
to ronsider that his next stcp was to'
leave the box ami tin: court, and alter
a perfunctory question or two from tbe
coroner and the foreman of the jury
he made a motion as if to step down.
Hut Spargo, who had been nware since
the beginning of the inquiry of the
presence of a certain eminent counsel
who lenreacnted the Treasury, cocked
his eje in mat genuemau i uiicciiuu,
nd was not surnrised to see bim tisei
in his well-known, apparently iudiffcr-1
fnt fashion, fix his monocle in his right
eye and glance at the tall figure in the
fatness-box.
"The fun is going to begin," mut
tered Spargo.
The Treasury representative looked
from Ajlmorc to the coroner mid made
a jerky bow; from tbe coroner to Ajl
rnore and straightened himself.
He looked liko u man who is going to
ask indifferent questions about tbe
state of the weather, or how Smith's
wife was last time jou beard of her,
or if stocks, arc likely to li&e or fall.
But Spargo had beard this man before,
and he knew many signs of bis in voice
and manner and glance.
"I want to ask jou u few questions,
Mr. Ajlmore, about jour ucquuiritanqe
khip with the dead man. It was an ac
quaintanceship of some time agoV" be
gan the suave, seemingly careless voice.
"A considerable time ago," answered
Aylmorc.
"'low long roughly speaking?"
'I should say from twenty to tweu-ty-two
or three years."
"N'cvcr saw bim during that time
until jou met accidentally in the way
Tou have di scribed to us?"
"Nuer."
"Her heard of MmV"
"o "
"Uver heard from him?"
N'o."
''But when vou met, jou knew each
otner at once '
" Well almost at once."
Almost at once. Then, I take it,
Jou were very well known to each other
twenty or twenty-two years ago?"
other " vcrcyes' 1vc11 known to each
"His name? It was Mnrbury."
"Marbury the same name. Where
did you know him?"
"I oh, here in London."
"What vn8 he?"
"Do jou mean what was his occu
pation?" "What was his occupation?"
"I believe ho was concerned In finan
cial matters."
"Concerned in financial matters. Had
ou dealings with him?"
"Well, jes on occasions."
"What was his business nddrcss in
London?"
"I can't remember that."
"What was his private address?"
"That I never knew."
"Where did jou transact jour busi
ness wit Win?"
"Well, wo met, now nnd then."
"Where? What place, bflicc, 10
fcort?" "1 can't remember particular places.
Sometimes in the city."
"In the city. Where in the city? Man
sion House, or Lombard Btrect, or St.
Paul's Churchjard, or the Old Uallcy,
or where?"
"I have recollections of meeting him
outside the slock exchange.''
, "Oh 1 Was he. a member of thnt in
stitution?" "Not that I know of."
"Were jou?"
"Certainly not!"
"What were the dealings that j-ou
had with him?"
"Financial dealings small ones."
"How long did jour nqilnintuurcship
with bim last what period did it ex
tend over?"
"I should say about sl months to
nine months."
"No more?"
"Certainly no more."
"It was quite n slight acquaintance
ship, then?"
"Oh. quite!"
"And jet. after losing sight of this
merely slight acquaintance" for over
twenty jears, jou, on meeting him,
take great interest in him?"
vveu. i was willing to do mm a
good turn. I was interested in what he
told me the other evening."
"J see. Now jou will not object to
my asking jou a personal question or
two. You arc n pubUe man, uud the
facts ubo'it the lives of public men are
more or les., public property. Tou are
.(presented in this work of popular rcf
en nee as coming to this country in
IS)0", from Argentina, where you made
a considciable fortune. You have told
us, however, that vou were in London,
acquainted with Marbury. about the
vears, say 1S!)0 to 1S0L'. Did you then
leave Hnglaud soon after knowing Mar
bury?" "I did. I left Huglnnd in 1801 or
lif2 I am not sure which."
"We -re wanting to be very sure
about this matter, Mr. Aylmorc. We
rnnt to solve the important question
who is. who was .lolin Marbury, nnd
how did be come by bis death? You
teen to be the only available person
who knows an j tiling about him. What
was jour business before you left L'ng
laud?" "I was interested in financial af-f.iii-."
"Like Maiburv. AVhcre
cjirv on jour business?"
"In Loudon, of course."
At what address?
THE GUMPS The Woman in Black Again!
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did you
'Pose friends?"
i saiu we were acquaintances."
WhenC'rn,1"itanCeS.-I What wa8 " name
wa you knew him at that time?"
Tor some moments Avlmore had been
growing more and more restive. His
urovv hnd hushed ; bis mustache bad
begun to twitch. And now he suiiared
his shoulders and faced his questioner
deliaullj-.
"I resent these qucstious about my
private annirs!" lie snapped out.
t'ossible. Iiiit J mut put them. 1
repeat my lust quistion."
"And I refuse to auswr it."
"Then I ask jou another. Where did
ijou live in London at the time jou aic
telling us ol, when jou Knew John Mar-
uury?"
I lefusc to answer that question
also!"
The treasury counsel sat down and
looked at the coroner.
CHAPTER XII
The New Witness
TIID voice of the coroner, bland,
suave, deprecating, broke the silence.
He was addressing the witness.
"I am sure, Mr. Aylmorc," he said,
"there is no wish to trouble you vvitli
unnecessary questions. Utit we are
here to get at the truth of tiiis matter
pf John Marbury's death, and us jou
are the only witness we have had who
knew him personally "
Aylmorc turned impatiently to the
coroner.
"I have every wish to respect your
authority, sir!" he exclaimed. "And
I have told jou all that 1 know of Mar
bury nnd of what happened when I met
him tho other evening. Itut I resent
being t'ueaUoucd on my private affairs
of twenty years igo I very much re
sent it! Any question that is really
pertinent I will answer, but I will not
answer questions tbat seem to me
wholly foreign to tbe scope of this in
quiry." (CONTINUED TOMOIIHOW)
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
BATTLE OF THE GIANTS
IIT DADDY
Jrpoy, Billy, the Giant of the
noon's and their animal and bird
incnis are in Movicland, where Peggy
' earned away by diant 1'ierce
J"!7J, tcAo ndoptit her as his step.
Whtcr. Tho diant of the Woods,
xtking to rescue her, attacks the
tajlla with rocks.)
CHAPTER IV
STIie Giant Trap
MASH! Kerbang! A heavy rock
Crashed flinr.mt, i. i :-i ...,.
init i.. " " "" i.'ueu vvinuow
!"?u"d across the floor. Peggy.
not knowing where else to flee, climbed
Meunda, the cook.
make i? i!!:?1,06011", St0D- or "I
lin,I I l'L for yu! creamed Be-
thV liuSJ the two blunts didn't pay
filar,? mW ""enWon to her. The
iiout of iii xr,i 1.-.,- i it
roHr ikl V "VUUi; "I't uu mining
two nl.i.i. "" "U"B"' uway will! JUS
v?rPLStoll ,,And at evy uaDK nd
MhVras,h, ,nuellQda nvously danced
f,oer nnd higher.
for U,?nta8 JcaJed-not for herself, but
jihS l, i i l.ulB vvooas. Hue was
ffii! w mi?ht, be hlt by buct8 ffm
r'?.1?. Pangs' n stos.
ttoat i. bcrcaed Peggy across tho
good with his pile of rocks. "Hide
Offiftf P ?,t0,8?f Flcrco F"w-" The
CVJ1, tQo Woods nnd Hilly heard
.,Sad,J''mped behind treea.
trledw.!?' )catr lBn't "t funny?"
$ft, Belinda the cook. "They are
"Of Lthe b1?:kiDS Pistols."
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tftlh rife tI1,?'r, havo l08t Uelr
PVrei n8!? Belinda, and she showed
Mich sh J . i ,01 ,UU0 bIack pellets,
Pron .rl00k from a nocKet of her
ny mo?, ft' t?p.,ay wlth loaded guns
&yM?n "eboya. Ho can uaug
"V&rvw'F nd not barm nnytblne but
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tho Oiant of the Woods from the kitchen
window. Hand Hani! went tho nis.
tol. And Bang! Bang! two more locks
smashed through the window, making
ricrce Fangs dodge.
it s queer, mighty queer, why mi
bullets don't knock those folk over,'
muttcied Fierce Fnnnt. "I'vn nhnt 'm
and shot 'cm, and yet they don't go
dead." Bang! Bang! Bang!
Peggy wanted to laugh he was so
mucii vexed over not hitting auj thing
with his bullctless pistol but she didn't
have time to laugh. She was too busy
iiuiigiug on to uio stcpladdor, which
rocked and bWaved as Melimln lumniul
and jiggled at each bang of the gun.
"Get out of my kitchen! Get out
or I'll mako it hot for you," screamed
Belinda, nnd Fierco Fangs, in spite
oi an ins iicrccuess, jumped to obey
her. Ho didn't hhoot any more, but
mirriou to a switcliboard on the dining
room wall.
"Jt l cant shoot 'cm. I can trap
em," muttered Fierce Fanes, im lip
touched a switch. At once there was a
crcahing una n clanking, as the draw
bridgo let itself down over the moat.
Tho Giant of the Woods nnd Hillv
dashed forward tho moment tho bridgo
touched the ground. Peggy started to
warn them, but before she could scream
mo uiant ot the Yoods had leaped to
tho middle of tho brldce. hpfiillni fnr
tho eastlo gates. Fierce Fangs touched
another switch nnd tho bottom seemed
10 aiop out or tlio bridge.
Into the Vnw'nlDL linln rlrnnnerl Ihn
Giunt of the Woods, and then as
quickly as it had opened the bridgo
closed up ugaln, catching tho giant
around the waist. There he hung with
his feet below the bridge, und his arms
auu uouy udovo it. lie was caught
fast.
"Ho. ho, ho, my trap worked,"
laughed Fierco Tangs. "Now I can
jute my lime snooting this rock-throw-ng
giant."
But Fierco Fanes dMn't Ken Tlillr
dart across the bridgo nnd into the castle
uoor. ,
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