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THE MIDDLE TEMPLEMURDER
A Detective Story by J. S. Fletcher
THE OTWPSLook Out for a Big Rise in the Stock Market
Cop rtirlit. ltC'O. ly tiio Trlbvne Co.
Bu Sidiieu Smith -
J'rcd A. Knopf.
cri':zjni'(c LMr co.
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terrD'hii say DO ,"U11 "u "-" 7 .
Jl mant. 'I told the entire truth In
respect to my dealings witn .uaruury on
the night lie met Ms ucnui ai mo in
Lst.' lie IJ, over urn! over again,
I1"- ' . .. il.!., f.irtlioi- nil nnv
consideration. II tho Inw likes to hung
.n Innocent mun on sucn cviuei.ee us
"' . t 1 I ....Hnlnl All tit flint
that, lot It I Ann no i-i"-" " "
until we left him. Spargo, I don't
iDOw what's to lie douc."
"And nothing uuppcncu m. i; in.
court?" . i cj..-....
Nothing-uuotiicr rem. uu. u
nd I ww iy"uor,! "Bu,,i uv,' "
as removed. ....,.,
'He left us wllu ll sort "l "uuu"-rfinarlt-'If
you nil want to prove me
innocent,' lie said, 'uud the guilty
t I
"VcIL there was a tremendous lot of
common sense In that," said Spargo.
Yes. of course, uui uow, , ..u
is it going io oo u. """""
llrcftu. "Are ou any iicurcr . um
... .nv nearer? Is there the. lightest
Uc that will fasten the guilt ou any
tody else?"
Spargo gae no answer 10 wie-aw .uw
Ho remained hiicui u nn,
tions.
nnartntly thlukliig.
'Was Itathbury in court? he slid-
Vwa" '" replied Breton. "Ho J
there with two or three other men who
I suppose wire m-n-vi. ...... "v. -w...w-
to be greatly ntcrested in Aylniorc.
"If 1 don't "te Itathbury tonight I'll
voc bim lu the morning." wild Spargo.
He rose as If to go. but ufter linger,
ing a moment, sat down again Look
here," he continued. "I don't know
how this thing stands In law, but
would it be ft very weal: ease against
Aylmore If the pros' cution rotildn t
show omc motht for his hilling Mar
bury?" Breton smiled.
"Time's uu necessity to prove motive
in murder," h- said. "Hut I'll tell jo"
what, Spargo -if the prosecution cu.i
i,how that Ajliuore had u motive for
getting rid of Mnrbury. if they could
prove that it was to Almore s iidviiu
tare to silence him why, then, I don t
think he's n chance."
"1 tee. Hut so far no motive, no
reason for his killing Marbtirj bus been
shown."
"I know of none."
Spargo rose und moved to the door.
"Well, 1 m oil," lie said, ineu, us
If ho suddenly recollected something, he
turned baeli. "Uh, oy tna oje, no said,
"Isn't your guardian, .Mr. Elphick, u
big authority ou philately?"
")ue ot tue niggesi. awiui cuiuu-liiftt."
"Do you tiiiuk lie d ten mo a nit
about those Australian stumps which
llarbury showed to Criedir. the dealer?"
"Certainly, lie would dcllgutcd.
Here" and Breton scribbled :i few
words on a rard "there's his address
nnd a word from me. I'll tell you whoa
you can always Uud him in, live nights
out of coven at 0 o'clock, utter he's
dined. Id go with you tunlght. but I
must go to Ayimorc . xnc two girls lire
in terrible trouble.
"Ghctlieni a message from inc," mi id
ipafgt 114 they went out (ogethcr.
"Tell them to keen uu their hearts
ad'thcir courage."
CIIAPTKIl XXVII
Mil. ULPUICK'S CIIAMOEKS
SPARGO v,cut round nguln to the
Temple that night ut 0 o'clock, ashing
himself over nnd over ugain two ques
tionsthe lll'St. Imw nini-h ilfioa T1tnlil,.lf
InowV tho second, how much shiill T
tell him 7
The old hmisn In tin. Tomnlo ... m-1,1,.1,
ho repaired uud in vhieh mauy u
gcaerntioa of old fogies lind lived since
the days of Queen Auue, was full of
vtalrs aud passages, iind us Spargo had
Jorjotteu to get the exuet number of
k?.w$ ot cliambers he wanted, he wus
oDlipl to wander ubuut in what was
J diverted building. So wandering,
ne sutldoulj heard steps, firm, decishe
steps,, coming up u stuircasu which he
himself had Ju-t climbrd. He looked
oier he bnuittis down into the hoi
low beneath. And there, inurchiug
i'l n-nhitely, was th tlgtiro of u tall,
? ,"u"';,1"- "!"' Purgo biiddeiily
nnil"1",."' lKa hl"."l) 'luicl.cuing of his
Bayli bcncn'a "o roof with Miss
i,iW3 ttind actC(1 Quickly. Know
i2Ht bQ n.ow knew from his .
ffi'n.ar; .'en'taBi with Mother
Mi tei1 i' doubt wha'ver that
SiWtfSi8 ba.d como t0 BCQ Mr- K
Ph kThT.' 0fk.C0l,rsc, to tell Mr. KL
th. . '"' Kl"irgo, hud visited her
it. i ?l "" 5Iu tlund secret historv
8 baa P-tbouBht of It before f5r
" Had been bus v rnror.,i .i .....
y. .Mi. BujJis uml Mr K.,h, k
would keep In communication with each
other. At nny rate, hero she was, und
her destination was, surely, Ulphlck's
chambers. And the question for him,
Spargo, was what to do?
AVIint Hpnrgo did was to remain in
absolute, silence, motionless, tense,
where he was on the stair, and to
trust to the chance Hint tho woman
did not look up. Hut Miss Haylls
neither looked up nor down; she
l cached n landing, turned along u cor
ridor with decision, uud marched for
ward. A moment Inter Spargo hcurd
n sharp double knock on u door: n
moment uftcr that ho heard u door
heavily shut; ho knew then that Miss
Hnylls had sought uud gained admit
tance somewhere
To lind out precisely where the some.
where wus drew Spnrgo down to the
landing which Miss Hnylls hud jiiKt
left. There was no one about he had
not, in fact, seen u soul since ho en
tered the building. Accordingly he
went nloug the, corridor into which he
hud seen Miss Hajlls turn, lie knew
that nil the doors In thut house were
double ones, uml Hint tlm .niii.i. nul
la each was solid nnd. substantial
enough to bo bound proof. Yet, us
men will under such circumstances, he
walked softly; he suld to himself, smil
ing ut the thought, thut he would be
huro to sturt if homebody buddenlv
opened a door on Mm. Hut no hnnil
opened any door, and ut lust ho cum
to tho end of the corridor and found
himself confronting u small board on
which was painted In white letters on i.
black ground, Mr. Klphick's Chambers.
Having satisfied himself ns to his
exact wherenbouts, Spurgo drew buck us
quietly us he hud come. There wus u
window half-way nlong the corridor
from which, hu bud noticed us he caine
nlong, one could catch n glimpse of the
Kmbankmeut uud thu Thames; to this
he, withdrew, and leaning ou the sill
looked out und considered matters.
Should he go nnd if he could gulu
Hdmlttunce beard these two couspiru
tors? Should he wait until the woman
cnino out and let her bee that he wus on
the truck? Should he bide ugiilu until
she went, and then see Hlphlek nlone?
In the end Spargo did none of tlico
things Immediately. He let things slide
lor me moment. iit. lighted u cigarette
nnd stured ut the rlicr und the brown'
stills, nnd the buildings ncro-s ou the,
Surrey hide. Ten minutes went b '
twenty minute-. nothing happened.!
Alien, ns iiuii-pat nine struck from ull
the neighboring clocks, Spargo Hung
uway u second cigarette, marched
straight down the corridor und knocked
boldly ut .Mr. Klnli ek's door.
Greatly to Spurgo's surprise, the dour
wus opened before there was tiny neces
sity to knock ugain. And there, calmly
confronting him, a benevolent, yet
somen hut deprecating expression on bis
sicctni'Ied und p'ucld fucc. stood Mr.
Klnhick. n smoking cap m his head, u
tassclcd smoking jacket over his dress
shirt, uud u short pipe in his huud.
Spargo was taken ulwick : Mr. Ulphick
apparently was not. He he'd the door
well open, und motioned the journalist
to enter.
"Come in. Mr. Spnrco." he said. "I
was expecting you. Walk forwnrd into
my slttlng-rooiu."
Spurgo, much astonished ut this re
ception, passed through an uuteroom
into u handsomely furnished npurtmmt
full of books uud pictures. In spite
of the fact that it was still very little
nast midsummer there wus it eheery lire
ill the grate, aud on u table set near u
roomy urm-chuir was set such creature
comforts us u spirit-cu-e, u syphon, a
tumbler and u novel from which
things Spargo argued that Mr. Ulphick
had been Inking his cuse since his din
ner. But iu another urm-chuir on the
opposite side of the henrth was the
'orbldding figure of Jliss Btiylis, b'ackep
cloomler, more mysterious than ever.
Shu neither spoke nor moved when
Spurgo entered : tdie did not even looK
ut htm. And Spargo stood Muring ut
her until 5Ir. Ilphlck, liming closed
bis duors, touched him ou the elbow,
aud motioned him courteously to u
sent.
"Yes. I wus expecting ou, Mr.
Sphrgo." he said us he resumed his
own chair. "I have been expecting jou
ut any time, ever since you took up jour
investigation of tho Murbury affair, in
some of the earlier stages of which you
buw me, you will remember, ut the
mortuary. Hut since Miss Hajlls told
mo twenty niinutcs ngo thut jou had
been to her this morning I felt sure that
it would uot be more than u few hours
before yon would come to me.''
"Why, .Mr. Klphiek should jpii - ip
pose that I should come to jou at ull?"
usked Spargo, now in full possc-siou of
his wits-
"Bccauso I felt sure thut you would
leave no stone unturned, no corner un
explored," replied Mr. Elphick. "The
curiosity of tho modern pressman is iu
batiablc." Spargo stiffened.
"I have no curiosity, Mr. Elphick,"
ho said. "I am charged by mj paper
to investigate the circumstances of the
death of the mun who wns found in
Middle Temple lunc, aud, if noibli . to
track his murderer, nud
(CONTINUED TOMOHHOWj
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DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
THE LONG-AGO CHARM
Hy DADUV
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A ih i reading In u book of
S Just uCnU"i "W,,10WB in Amer.
ld iw ? b?vc B,e.cn Anica then,"
It i.; i y t,onnn 'u tho forest when
& ?.so Hlrdluud, with iiothluc
teasu." uu ual'Py times of birds und
!!of,!;nJf!ln':,.'''''
1 iliMi, ' .r.'.""i u,lu uery wus
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often',. ? 'yd uot heard them. "I've
ttontr , ,r , Uat. 1 coulli '""c lived
CVfi !ff J"?..th.. ? UU8W
I "ttnd frnm I I u . .U,U. BU tt WOrU
lj a'i;X "Utt4u"pw.nru'. t'loa ing
o u iuu uir was u oig,
,v lu CCCSC " bhoute.1 Tllllw
Way, y
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Journev .'y 8C? p." their springtime
"Oh i i " 4rtn!"
a Wlt" .?,?Pj i,hcy'" Bt0' t0 py '
t... v erled Pcirev. im , ,,..
-- .. Mn mua-
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to tco
Linir of .lv u.?aln tbe'r friends, the
" brant V. i V.V BceBe UU(l
"tt 't,lf,).1 Dhie douse.
1 """onklo-honkle,'
Mid
his ijuceu,
gabbled the
nim ..ft..- ---. wmov,
XeariiJi' nuu' as they bnc.l swiftly
M'thX")6"!
lrn n ir. .,"""!"-u.iHKie.nonKie '
o iJ.0,?..,.I, onli': "You shull
lwr VlbV''' ' Yo" MllliU ,,uvc
erl, ..vX'S83 and Hilly uero won-
V iJi. "Su 'bis promise meant, the
' iwcrvpd . ", I'fonnso meant, tuo
tt'Sn'S tUc!5,i At tho head
N him if 8f "". wlW.Keeso und bo-
n t,L n '?UK ,,neu w.ero ul
ot nhi floct. i
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splashing into tho river beside which
Peggy and Hilly wcro stuuding.
r..,','W,nut. wl8l'es?" usked I'-ggy uud
Hilly both together, without reu say
ing how-do-you-do to their illd goose
friends.
"About our coining nnd paying you
ii visit," honked tho Beautiful Blue
Goose.
"And about going bnck to the long,
long ago uud seeiug America v. lieu it
vyus all woods, aud playing with th
llttlp Indian boys," bonked the king
of the wild geese.
This last wish had been such u far
uwuy wish that Heggy ond Hilly had
never expected it to be made true, uud
they thought the king of the wild geeso
wim Just joking with them. Hut thu
king of the wild geeso wasn't joking.
He ciiiue up close uud showed them u
curious coin which hung 1 u string
from his neck.
"Heboid. I bring you u long -ago
charm! Houkle-houklu-hiiikle:" he
suld.
"A long-ago liiurm."' exclaimed
I'eggy. "What will it do uud where
did you get it?"
"It will tuko you buck to lung, long
ago times," said the king of the wild
geese. "I got it from u shipwrecked
Chincso bailor who wus tloutlug ou u
ruft fur out at bcu."
"We saved his life by feeding him
fish to keep him from stun Ing,"
honked the Beautiful Blue Goose,
"And when wo towed him to shore
ho guvo us this loug-uno chiirm fur
saving him." suld tin. king.
"And wo'ro giving it to you becuuse
you saved our lives und the 11 cs of
our children away up north lust fall,"
honked the Deuutiful Hluo Gooso.
"Kub it uud sen whut will happen,"
said tho king of the wild geese, smiliug
ut their purzled faces.
So Hilly took thu coin from the neck
of tho king of the wild geeso uud, being
curious to seo Its effects, rubbed it as
tho kins told him to do.
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wa Ihlua that happens tcAcn Billy
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SCHOOL DAYS
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