77 -. '."Ill K.BdMH J5W rapgw? "ft Pffifi K27W EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, THE MIDDLETEMPLE MURDER A Detective Story by J. S. Fletcher 1 FEBRUABY 11, :U0 , ' ' ' 1 TmCrriMPS-OluMin! ' -.- ' -:- -:- -:- ; ' .t,. ' By Sidney Smith "kM niirtcr, nn years njjo m 'r:. ,:: ",; ;,, tonnecnon m , . . JtM TFm-Jtrl A IftlAtir 'Zr'mttWttoVMto I'tdbir Co. ,T1S STAKTS THE STORY Frank Spargo, London newspaper .... tea two men peering into the Zn'crofn altm)icay and find then flrdcred man. In his pocket is the C-, . U'n:, TfH,Jc, ;. j V" A if nWcf Ac reentered as "'John Maibury." He had one visi ts a wcll-diiiseil mail with a gray wJ A '" '"""' "f' ,i J"r". ,, ,c;.Hc oMtfinff. f the House of S W 'c ;""'s0 inoether- The utrUrtprr finds a stonc--a diamond 1 in ilarbury's loom, and the Waiter ultifici to having tern a number of luth ttonei on the talk dmwg Ayl .' tislf. 7V' secretary to a safe Zo,it company tells of Marburv rZthg a safe and depositing m iJ a ,M 'w'' 6o'r', l",' Voftc"- 'n" mwib"'o" m made the box tt oiml . ). ,,,,,,. M io roroiicr Lei! ltf'".'c nJil mymp oMU iflcrTJ "'clor; ah the night of the l,rdrr. and that he Knew him twenty but Kill not tell n what Spargo and !.;, J.in i imam uispict ie icnincr Ut and Rathbury discover, two ob jects in the lining of the I'd "A child's photoiiaph," he said, "but VM on eaith ts thist" AM) 1IKKE IT CONTINUES mHI' object to which ho pointed was lafinall, oblong piece of thin, much orn nHor. about the sbc of a rail :, tlfkit. On one side of it was ilat siemed to be a heraldic device or mat-of-nrmi. nlmoit obliterated b. nibbiog; ou the other, similarly worn down by friction, was the iigure of n tore. . ... i, , , "That's a curious object." lemuikcil Eparco. picking it up. "I never saw jnythins lite that before. A hat can ".Don't Know I never saw anything of the sort cither," said Itathburj. "Some old token, I should say. Now this photo. Ah you nee, the photog rapher's uiunc and address have been torn ana or broken off there's noth Idc left but just two letters of what s jppaicntlv been the name of the town sec. Kr that's all there is. Por trait of a baby, eh?" Spargo gave, what might have been called in anjbody else but him a cas ual (dan c ut the baby's noitiait. He picked up the silver ticket again and turned it over and over. "Look here, Knthburv." he said "Let we take this silver tiling. 1 I. now where I (an find out whnt it is. At least, I think I do." "All right." agreed the detective, "but take the gieatest care of it, nnd don't tell a soul that we found it in tlii boi, jou know. No connection with the llarburj case, Spargo. remember." "Oh, nil light,'' said Spargo. i'Tiust me." He put the silver ticket in his pocket and went back to the office, vvondeiiu ibout this singnlai find. And when br oad written his article that evening, nnd teen a pioof of it, Spargo went into Fleet stieet intent on becking peculiar information, CHAPTER XV Market Mllcaster Tliti liauut of vvell-intorinca men vvhicli Spnrgo had in view when he turned out of the ntchmnu ofiice la well hidden from ordinary sight nm' knowledge in one of those Fleet htice' courts the like of which is not ele Mherc in the world. Onlv certain foV kew of it. It was, of course, a club; otherwise it would not have been wha it was. It is the simplest thing in life in England, at any rate, to form a elu' of congenial spirits. You get so mini of your choice friends nnd acquaint ance? to gather round jou ; jou register yourselves under a name of jour ovv choosing; ou take a house nnd furnWl' it according to jour means and jour taste , jou comply with the ery easv letter of the law, and there jou ure Keep within that easy letter, nnd jou can do what jou please on jour ovv Premises. It is much moie agreeable tu we a email paradise of your own of tbis debeription than to lounge about fleet sttect bats. The particular club to which Spargo tent his steps was called the Octoncu menol. Who evolved this extraordinary combination of Latin and (ireeh was a oarknijitery: theie it was, however, on tiny braks plate when you once reached theportals. The portals were gained by devious ways. You turned out of Fleet street by an alley so narrow that it Mtmed as if you might biu'deuly iind yourself squeezed between the ancient mils. Then jou suddenly dived down an other alley and found youiself in a small wnrt, with high walls around jou and u smell of printer's ink In jour nose mill n whining of minting presses In jour ears. You made another dive Into a dark entry, much encumbered by bales or paper, nates of printing mnterlul, Mrs of printing Ink; aftei fulling over i few of these jou sttuek an ancient light of stairs un I went up past viiiIoiih nndliiKS, nhvujs tiavcllng in a stnto of gloom nnd fear. After a lot of tw 1st- ng am) turning jou came to the very op of the house and-found It heavily ;urtn.lned off. You llfttd a curtain and tinnil jourself In n small entresol, some ivlrnt aitlstlcnlly painted the whole Hid solo work of an artistic member Who came one duy with a formidable tiray of lumber and paint-pots nnd vniked his will ou the ancient wood. riion you saw the brass plate and its TKiiful name, and beneath it the formal legal notice that; this club wus dulv cgisterod mid so on, mid If jou weie i member you went in, and If jou weren t u member jou tinkled nn clct- ;nc oeu tt'iu nsied to sec u member It jou knev,' one, Kpaigo was not a member, but he knew many meinbeis, and he tinkled the bell, and asked the bov who answered It for Mr. Stm key. .Mr. Htarkey. a joung gentlemi,n with the bleeps of n prize lighter and a head of curly hair that would have done eiedlt to An tiuous, (anio forth in hie course ami shook Spargo bj the Imud until his teeth rattled. "Hud we known ou were coming," snld Mr. Starkej, "we'd have hud a biass band on the stairs " "1 want to toino in," remarked Spargo. "Sine!" said Mr. Starkej. "That's what you've come for." "Well, stand out of the way, then, nnd let's set In," said Hpnico. "Look heie. he continued when thev hud enetiated into a small vestibule. . doesn't old tJrowroot turn in here loout tins time every night?" "Evcrv night as tiuo as the clock my sou Spnrgo, Crowfoot puts his nose in at precisely oleven, liaviug by that Mine finished tint daily column wheiein ho informs a section of the populace af to the piospects of .their spotting n winner tonionovv," nnswered Mr. Stnr kcy. "It'ii Ihe minutes to bin horn row. Come in nnd dunk till ho comis Want him?" "A womI with him," answered Spar no. "A mere vv rd or two." lie louoweu Ktnrkey into n loom which was go filled with smoke and sound tint for i moment it was impos sible to lither ce or heni. Hut the smoke was giudunllj inakin-j itelf into i c.iiui!), nnuijeneatli t n canom stinr- jo made out -vniious gioups of nuii of 5" ages, silting mound small tables, smoking and di inking, and all talking is u ino great ouject ot their lives was to get .is manj woids as poisible out nr llieir mouths in the shoitest nossih c time. In the further coiner was a small ;ar : Starkev pulled Spargo up to it. "Name it. my son," commanded .tnrkey. "Try the Octoneumenoi ery -;tra specit.l. Two of 'em. Dick. Come 'o tieg to he a memher. Spargo? ' "I'll think about being a member of this uutcroom of the infernal regions Alien jou stiu t a ventilating fan and iiovide membcis with a loutc-innp of the way fro'n Flrct street," answeicd Spargo, taking his glass. ','I'hew ! .lmt nn utmospheie!" . "We'ie (onsidciiug u veutilating fan." said Staikey. "I'm on the bouse committee now, and I brought that very matter up nt our last meeting. Hut lemplesoii. of the liulletiu jou know Tenipleson he bajs v.hut we want is a wine-cooler to stand under that sidebouid sujs no club is proper without a wine-cooler, and that he knows n chap second-bund denier. 'on(t jou know what hah a beauty to dispose of in old Sheffield plate. Now, if jou weio on our house committee. Spargo, old man, would jou go in for the wine-cooler or the ventilating fan? Vo -.e " "There is Crowfoot," said Spargo. "Shout him over here, Starkey, before JUbody else collars him." Through the door bv which Spargo had cntcied a few minutes previously came a man who stood for n moment blinking at the smoke ami the lights. He was u tall, eldeily mnn with n Iigure ind beaiing of a soldier; n big, sweep ing mustache stood we1! out ugainst a squaie-cut jaw and beneath a promi nent nose ; u pair of keen blue eyes looked out from beneath a tousled mass of crinkled hair. He wore neither hat nor cap: his attne was a carelessly put on 'Norfolk suit of brown tweed; he looked half-unkempt, hnlf-groomed. "ut knotted ut the collar of his flannel shut were the colors of one of tho most famous and exclusive cricket clubs in the world, and everybody knew that in his day tneir wenrer nan ueeu mighty figure in the public eye. "Hi, Crowfoot!" shouted Starkey above the din and babel. "Crowfoot, Crowfoot! Come over here, there's a chap djing to see you!" (CONTINUED TOMORROW) DREAMLAND ADVENTURES BLUE EYES AND CROOKED NOSE iiv i),inv U'egqy and Hilly, in Moeieland, are running aituy so Piggy will not have to marry the dwarf, Crooked yosc, TAfi cornt upon a youth with hand tone eyci and smiling mouth who is nidinr; in a j,fe 'y0 lt,1P turpiisc J';ei leant that he is Crooked A'ose iwjcIJ CThe feeiret of Crooked Nose ROOKED NOSE, the dwarf, looked sadly at Peggy and Billy out of bi3 'andsome blue ejeb. 'Xovv that jou have seen my twisted josc, and know who I nm, why don't TO run away?" he asked. nut I'eggy and Billy had no intcn wa of running away. They had ex ?,i i Crooled Nose to be an ugly, evil little tr,nn ...l .1... ilT ".' I. ..I frt i , , "" uu mw wim inej nuu iounii him to be very nice, except for ? for fleeing from him. nn. ari uot KoiDS to run nway be- ?j e saw your handsome blue eyes tiQCl SmillnP. flintln ,..x.,l. l.fAnA ... aw your twisted nose, unit we like you inite of it," said muy. icggy ut K1" wav but suddenly she remem i ill i, ,at lKK0 Fan8S and Belinda, b A' 'ero ,r5'uB to forco her to to :. , .KCQ IV0SCl She didn't want for th" Sbe Wns far to youns lau x 'Ike jou, Crooked Nose." she Job at MVt X couldi't think of marrying tad u mjl.0Ee- lf l Bhoull marry oil princ,Avi1.?,n.I."ew up a noble young rhii.M ..TOmo nlonK t0 cmta J his bride, then we'd nil be very, i mo very orry, lwrdfi Nos, ?tarc,l nt " tts ho aarrv ;;,v.,' vorQS-. '"Jiy bhould 1 smile 'rW .L"e ai,KM wltn n puzzled "t her nnrfi1 1) sm," fle,l n(l he looked Hon- MunU8,sr,aB he "-hanged the qucs. 1 son 'jj'y should I marry you un land, hnm legBy,' rirUwK of Bird fflC t?vveyd?"clc nml lnther would I an pi!hcd as, s''o answered him: nom r..."'., I'flnceas of Blrdlund, 'ooV.MouM f I,angs nnd Belinda, the "TW r forcc ou to wed." &W N'oTV ee from, you," crieil iK oliboMi, 5? " dMPalfli8 voice, J?"e ttrl i i' ou. nro n vepy lovely ounV J .have lost my heart to i. WM Is JiW' nnil unless J can tfajB," wlu stay R bachelor all my iM'utt ' Snjing this, Ciooked Nose dashed ofl helter-skelter through the woods. But he hadu't gone ten steps before Peggy and Billy dashed off after him "Wait, Crooked Nose," cried Peggy. "We will go with you and help jou win the fair joung damsel. Then when you mairy her. theie will be no danger of Fierce Fangs and Belinda, thp cook, tiying to force you to marry me." Ciooked Nose btopped short and new hope Hashed into his cjes. "That is true. Getting married to the fair young damsel is the safest way to escape from the plot of my uncle and mother." Then Ciooked Nose pondered a moment. "But pei haps the fair joung damsel will uot have ino when khe sees my twisted nose. I have wooed her secretly from afar, singing songs to her from u distance, but sho has never looked upon my face." Peggy thought to herself that if the fair damsel could Bee the handsome eyes and smiling, gentle mouth of Crookeu ISose before she saw his nose, shn would fall so deeply in love with him that she wouldn't mind tho only ugly part of his lftrc- And bo she told Crooked Nose Billy called to Balky Sam, and thej were, prepared to bet out for the home of the fair damsel, when suddcnlv Giant I'icrco I'angs, carrjing on his bboulder Belinda, the cook, mid her basket of cans, burst through the woods. "Now I hnvo you," ho shouted, grasping I'eggy with one hand and Crooked Nose with tho other, "Carry them to the parson, nnd we will have the wedding over with nt once,' screamed Bclindn, the cook. Giunt Tierce Fangs hftcd Peggy end Lrookcd Noso as easily as though they had been dolls and strode back the way ho had come. He might hnvc gotten uway with them, but just thcu Billy whispered into one of Balky Sam's big cars, and Balky am made a jump for tho giuut. Bulky Sam opened his big mouth nnd took a sharp' nip out of I' ierco Fuugs's leg. Fierce Fangs yelled and dropped Peggy and Ciooked Noso t tho, ground, nt the same time spilling Bcllndu and her cans off bis shoulder. Ab he hopped around ou one leg, Blllv boosted Peggy and Crooked Noso upon Balky Sum'a back and climbed up him self. Then nwuy they went swiftly through tho woods. fyoworroio will la told how Peggy plana for Crooked Nose to win the jair damiel.) VSc'ffl WW &6bIporb J -?A1 ? 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