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EVENING . PUBLIC LEDGER-PSlLABELPHlA, SATURDAY, 'AU&USf 14, 1920
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7HE PARADISE MYSTERY
By J. S. Fletcher
Copvrtaht, 1110, by Alfred A. Knopf, no.
...a BTAKT8 TUB 8TOIIT
I rV. tilth r.ngllsh cathedral town of
?! '. with Its peaceful close Is
', 'f, mystery and Intrigue,
ti W J Bewery, nineteen year old, and
' PTLfcVhck, seventeen, are wards
. fay$f Ransford. A strange man
ttftVoSel or Hansford and. a few
",' .. inter Is found dead at the
"! sainl 'Wrytha's Stair. Vomer,
'ES'aiirf l This Is objected to as
,Upptfi ana i? ft ; rf a(,m n
?Ki awtrs for the dead man's
fhVe. fli banker M Darthonw offers
i.wiaiS for information regarding
a.r tiioit. Briec Inds on entry
!'. nnrsh tcplstcr of the country
v ultrhFaniford had acted as best man
1 m'!""'L.laac of John Drake and
W
V , ft. "marriage of John Drake and
? J,?V.erv V inures of Mr.(HU
:':r. the old rector, -wno was ina
I- V.I... hViefv von married to John
vHiet Who was John Brake! And
lint was Hark Hansford to either,
J5?1i to"'"
AND Ur.'AY. IT CONTINUES
rn WAS wandering, U the time dur
li. which he reeled oft these ques
tions, ItMr. Ollwaters was whoUy Ighor-
i.ut rKeni,"""'"J:,r
ifjr, knight he a Bianco iuuuu mo uv,Un
reiiMroom hnd sufreosted to Bryco that
I"' . -. lll.1 in tio n honk.
V was mucn ""'' """"' '" "" " ""
" .. - - H..Mnof TADllAr. Rnrl It
linm nan a .'" --" "
;,, nulte pOPSlDie mill mo .evemo u
Jw . . u I-... Viltn Ami
little day nau smaii iumi -
hj first words in repiy i" u m"
'tlons convinced Bryco that his surmise
vu correct and that the old man had
r,id nothing of the Wrychester Para
dise mjstery. In which Hansford's name
itiil, of course, ngureu as a wiuiosb m
'the Inquest
t vjt Is nearly twenty yearB since I
Wil any of their names." remarked
jjr. Gllwatera. "Nearly twenty years
Ions lme ! But, of course, I can an
,wer jou. Mary Bewery was our
perness at Braden Medworth. She
ciffle to us when she was nineteen she
as married four years later. She was
i girl who had no friends or relatives
iht had been educated at a school In
the north I engaged her from that
ichool, where, I understood, she had
lived since Infancy. Now then, as to
Brike and Ransford. They were two
young men from London, who used to
come fishing In Leicestershire. Hans
ford w a few years the younger he
was either a medical student In his last
year, or he was an assistant somewhere
In London Brake was a bank manager
In London of a branch of one of the
big1 banks. They were pleasant younc
fellows, and I used to ask them to the
vicarage. Eventually, Mary Bewery ana
John Brake became engaged to be mar
ried. My wife and I were a good deal
turprlsed we had believed, somehow,
that the favored man would be Rans
ford. However, It was Brake and
Brake sho married, and, as you sav.
Ransford was best man. Of course,
Brake took his wife off to London
Hid from the day of her wedding, I
tever saw her again."
.."Did you ever see Brake again?"
asked Brjce. The old clergyman shook
bli head
"Tea"' he said sadly. "I did see
BriVt again under grievous, grievous
drctimitances !"
f Tou won't mind telling me what clr-
ancesy suggested Bryce. "I will
ep your confidence. Mr. oilw.ir
'-"There Is really no secret In It If It
. 10 mat," answered tho old man.
I saw John Brake again Just once. In
Prison cell !"
2 .prlson ce!" exclaimed Bryce.
na hea prisoner?"
J;b,aVUst been "'enced to ten
Uter. .', svervltude'" replied Mr. Gil-
lZr ad heard the sentence-
was present I nt i -
ten . , lo Bee n"n-
Zl "enal servitude! a terrible
nVA "l 1 never hearl more."
tail V Ctea ln 8llenco f"---Mckonln
and calculatliiB.
aSSftbffffiisftt
Wert " ttra ae0' replied Mr. Gil-
Wtti Bryce doing?" jn.
. "Etealintr ih v,,i..
"red thn r.ij "a,,,v B money, an
fte taeK?..,M ?n. "I forgot hat
Bfl'. or wmethin.. .uwas embezzle-
not much i?of tnat EOrt- Yhere
It ... i J"uch.. evidence came nut fAn
-""orioccurrprt ' n.T.I """""""'
tagr He Wa, i a0 a uranch
, one mn?J!. u were, pounced
wid that hi. rn.ir " '"Rector, who
,r Uiree ihn..ca,sh waa short by two
W. .Vm;SM."duP?d-. Theybank
rrl and even ... Aen "nusua ly
ul. had Pom, vniuereT7Brake- M
Pt aside ,VJ,j ?xPlanatlon, but it was
J? tS m S o''e ?" liven in ?.
FrhVd?ne. i thoSgir, $
"that sort in L n.B.om6 ,wa cat,,,a
L'Pose the iUrtLb?n,'j,,i wor'l, and
j!k an examme S yU ,hat ,18 mufct
Slr i havi" les a most trying
kRbmro"(l and tumed to nn
&r om2 rumma"lnrt-0fn,hls ro0"'- a"S
l?er. Product nnt? of WPera In a
hV 4tS S a "ewspaner-cuttlng
"its. w, J. n Insertion in Its
iSjtorr "e ha"ded the book to his
?0"adlt"forevaMCU,,it-",no W- "Tou
l Jn what LteISir- You wl notlc.
halftntfreBranrnsn counsel euld on
S'Sn'-'y . faded
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a mo-
,tLCATION.
teS-"" h?ffiS&.
?'5 imnoyerii m8' lhe l'-'operty
C'kinrtW
ffi..'"l"',ai Q. C. nrf...
W that'..?lK f the rnrirrB
ma -i. - "ttun ir im. i - :.
1 been worn, .
h.man'won
VI had been cl" Ln,.th8 case which.
Wence. .Wi1" P"t
HiriV. man. To im. "' "" una
fh.k'' crake had hi!8 a orlr;tural
SJ.house of his trY b.e e" wounded In
U!i.r.ey BUlltV l8lnd', J',B ma" Who
SSifjJly escape an 'linls affa'r had
K " be bf the ,2f",ue,lc. nor
n deta Is r..8",', uso, to enter
til Eennv of the mn-tlnsr. nlm' Not
.S!nu.cdby hflV( m lMtloii
i'n Puidp,.; uy,he prisoner fop hi.
, .. - Qvorvin nn. I..
me cnsA Z.:, j". " con
THE GUMPS A Couple of Extra Shots Among Friends
By Sidney SmM&"
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Uy . .??' Pena Bervltude.
enr W.ir..""? over twi. v
Si!j'ai?rBn ''. remarked. "You Bay that
Z vnW 5ra5e attr. tne caso wa8yovr.
Did you learn anythjng?"
, "ihl" whateverl" answered the old
.lli"JK" . - Bt permission to seo
""i" "e ira "6 was taken away. He did
not seem particularly pleased or disposed
!SeAmo: -.J'"- him to tell me what
:".?.. "S1 ,tTVh WRB- Ho was, I think,
somewhnt dazed by tho sentence but
ne Wafl alSA rilltnn anil MMMaA T nl.
Jtlm where his wife and two children
" mere mtant were. For I had
already been to his private nddross and
had found that Mrs. Brake had sold all
i turh'ture and disappeared com-
iHvioiy. io one tnereahouta, at any
rate knew where she wbb, or would tell
me anything. On my asking this, he re
fused to answer. I nronnerl lilm he xnlrl
finally that he was only speaking the
jruin wnen ne repuea mat ne am not
know whero his wife was. I said I
must find her He forbade me to make
any attempt. Then I begged blm to
tell me if sho was with friends. I re
member very well what he replied. 'I'm
not going to say one word more to any
man living, Mr, Ollwaters,' he answored
determinedly. 'I shall bo dead to the
world only because I've been a trust
ing fool 1 for ten years or thereabouts,
but, when I come back to It, I'll let the
world seo what revenge means! Go
away!" he concluded. 'I won't say one
word more.' And I left him."
"And you made no more Inquiries?
nhout tne witev asea uryce.
"I did what I could," replied Mr. Gil
waters. "I made some Inquiry ln the
neighborhood In which they had lived.
All I could discover was that Mrs. Brake
iad disappeared under extraordinarily
mysterious circumstances. There was
no trace whatever of her And I speedily
found thit things were being said the
usual cruel suspicious, you know."
"Such ns what?" asked Bryce.
"That the nmount of the defalcations
was much larger thnn hnd been allowed
to appear," replied Mr. Ollwaters. "That
Brake was a very clever roguo who hart
got the money safely planted some
whereAustralia, or Canada, or some
other far-off regionto await his re
lease. Of course, I didn't believe one
word of all that. But there was the
fact she had vanished! And eventually.
I thought of Hansford as having been
Brake'! great friend, so I tried to find
him.
"And then I found that he. ton who
up to that time had been practicing In
a London suburb Streatham had also
disappeared. Just after Brake '8 arrest.
Ransford had suddenly "Id Ws practice
and gone no one knew where, but u
was believed abroad. I coudn't trace
him, anywav. And soon after that . 1
had a long Illness, and for two or three
years was nn Invalid, and well, the
thing was over and done with, and, as I
said just now, I have never heard any
thing of any of them for all these years
And now ! now you tell me that there
Is a Mary Bewery who Is a ward of a
nnctnr Mark Ransford at whero did
you say?"
"At "SVrychester." answered Bryce
"She Is a young woman of twenty, arm
she has a brother. Blchard. who Is be
tween seventeen and eighteen.
"Without a doubt those are Brake's
children 1" exclaimed the old man. "The
infnnt T .nnljn nf was a boy. Bless me'
how extraordinary. How long have
they been at "Wrychester?
"Ransford has been In prnctlce there
some years a few years," replied Brvce.
"These two voung people Joined him
ti,m rianniteiv twn vears atro. But from
what I have learned he has acted, as
their guardian ever since they were mere
children." . . ... ,,
"And their mother?" asked Mr. Gil-
waters.
"Rairl In h iln.ncl loner since, answer
ed Bryco "And their father, too. They
know nothing. Ransford won't tell them
anything. But. as vou say I ve no
doubt of It .myself now they must be
Via hllrirn nf .Tnhn Rratce.M
"And have taken the name of their
mother!" remarked the om man.
"Had It given to them." said Bryce
"They don't know that It Isn't their real
name. Of course, Ransford has given
It to them! But now the motner?
"Ah, yes. the mother!" said Mr. Gil
waters. "Our old governess! Dear me!
"I'm irnlncr to nut a dUeSttOn tO 1'OU.
continued Bryce. leaning nearer and
.r,nUincr in n low. cofldentlat tone
"You must have seen much of the world,
Mr. Ollwaters men of your profession
know the world, and human nature, too
Call to mind all the mysterious clrcum.
atnnren. the veiled hints, of that trial
n vMi think have vou ever thought
that the false friend whom the counsel
referred to was Ransford? Como
now I"
The old clergyman lifted his hands and
let them fall on his Knees.
"I do not know what to say!" lie ex
plnlmed. "To tell vou the truth. I havo
often wondered If If that was wl'at
really did happen. There Is the fuel
that Brake's wife dlaanDeared myster
lously that Ransford made a slmtiur
mvsterlous disappearance about the
same time that Brake was obviously
suffering from Intense and bitter hatred
when I saw him after the trial hatred
of -.ome nerson on whom he meant to
be revenged and that his counsel hinted
that he had been deceived and betrayed
by a friend. Now, to my knowledge. In
and Ransford were the closest of friends
In the old days, before Brake manlrd
our governess. And I suppose the
friendship continued certainly Rans
ford acted bb best man at the wedding!
But how account for that strange double
dlsippearanco?"
Bryce had already accounted for that,
In his own secret mind. And now, hav
ing got all that he wanted out of tho
old clergyman, he rose to take his leave.
"You will regard this Interview as
having been of a strictly private nature,
Mr. Ollwaters?" he said.
"Certainly!" responded tho old man.
"But you mentioned that you wished to
marry the daughter? Now that you
know about her father's past for I am
sure she must be John Brake's child
you won't allow that to eh?"
"Not for a moment!" answered
Bryce, with a fair show of magnanimity.
"I am not a man of that complexion,
sir. No ! I only wished to clear
certain things, you understand."
"And since she Is apparently from
what you say In Ignorance of her real
father's past what then 7" asked Mr.
Ollwaters anxiously. "Shall you "
"I shall do nothing whatever In any
haste," replied Bryce. "Rely upon me
to consider her feelings In everything.
Ab you havo been so kind, I will let you
know, later, how matters go."
This was one of Pemberton Bryce'e
ready Inventions. He had not the least
Intention of ever seeing' or communi
cating with the late vicar of Braden
Medworth again ; Mr. Ollwaters had
served his purpose for the time being-.
He went away from Bayswdter. and,
an hour later, from London, highly
satisfied. In his opinion, Mark Rans
ford, seventeen years before, had taken
advantago of his friend's misfortunes to
run away with his wife, and when
Brake, alias Braden, had unexpectedly
turned up at Wrychester, he had added
to his former wrong by tho commission
of a far greater one.
Bryce went back to Wrychester firmly
convinced that Mark Ransford had killed
John Braden. He reckoned things up Jn
his own fashion. Some years must
have elapsed since Braden, or rather
Brake's release. He hnd probably heard,
on his release, that Ransford and his.
Brake's, wife had gone abroad In that
case he would certainly follow them, He
might have lost all trace of them ; he
might have lost his original Interest tn
his first schemes of revenge; he might
have begun a new life for himself In
Australia, whence he had undoubtedly
comu to England recently. But he had
come, at last, and he had evidently
tracked Ransford to Wrychester why,
otherwise, had he presented himself at
Ransford's door on that eventful morn
ing which was to witness his death?
Nothing, In Bryce'o opinion, could be
clearer. Brako had turned up. He and
Ransford had met most likely ln the
precincts of the cathedral. Ransford,
who knew all the quiet corners of the
old place, had ln ull probability Induced
Brake to walk up Into tho gallery with
htm, had noticed the open doorway, had
thrown Brake through It. All the facts
pointed to that conclusion It was a
theory which, so far as Bryce could see,
was perfect. It ought to be enough
proved to ptt RanBford In a criminal
dock.
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