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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1920
THE PARADISE MYSTERY
By J. S,
CopvrioM, lilt. by
THIS STARTS THK BTOllY
xk Utile t'npltsh cathrdral town of
xeruchtster is the scene of intriauo
an&tnviltrv- Uarv Bewery, nineteen
Lear old, and her brother Dick, sev
enteen, are ward of Doctor Ransford.
A ttrange man te Doctor Ransford
l a few mlniUc Inter i found dtod.
The theory it that he fell, but f Ms i
Meeted to, a Varnrr, n stonemason,
iniitts he was alaln. Hansford has
ilarv purchase flowers for the dead
man'i funeral Bruce find an entry
in a parish register where Mark Uuns
lord had acted as beet man at (hs
inarriaae of John Brake ufui ilaru
llevttry. Colllshaw, a laborer who
taid lit could throw light on the Brake
trdrr. (.1 found iteid. Detective snr
inlie Bansford is the murderer on tho
onund that hu prestribrd tor Colli
thaw and hie wife the ntpht before.
Dttpttt police tu$pMon, Vniy as
mites Bansford of htr confidence in
him. Simpson llarker, a detective,
auestlonlnp Bryce, learn a scrap of
paver he took from ttraden 1-rlln of u
tccret chest htdden in a cemetery.
Marker admit he hat learned thai
Braden cai in truth Brake, father of
itary and Dick. Harker tells Brucr of
a convict he saw in the olty before
Sraitn's death. At the Inquest over
Colllthav't body Doctor Hansford in
ti outburst denies any part in lio
troth of either Braden or the mason.
Bryct find a party ha searched the
eemttery and found .a box containing
jewels stolen from the Duke of Kaxon
it tad e many years before. The poltco
intptctor and a Brotland Yartt man
roll on Doctor Bansford and ask his
help. Ut tells them of hi teusptrioni
of Brycc and Harker. The officers
go to qncstion Bryco. Jit admits lov
ng itary Btwcry and leads them to
eait tirio suspicions on Hansford,
AND IIKHE IT CONTINUUM
HXTTELli," ho answered, after a mo
'"ment's thought. 'Til qualify that
by saying- that from the evidence I have,
and from what I know, I believe It to
be an Indisputable fact. What I do
know of fact, hard, positive fact, In thin :
John Brake married n, Mary Bewery
at the parish church of Uradcn Med-
worth, near Barthorpe, In Leicestershire.
1're Rcn the entry In the register with
my own eyes. His best man, who tinned
the register hs a witness, was Mark
Rinsford. Rralse and Raneford, ar young
men, had been In the habit of going to
Bradtn Mcdworth to fish; Mary Bewery
wis governed at the vlcarago there. It
was always supposed ahe would marry
Rinsford; Instead, she married Brake,
who, of course, took her off ,to London.
Of their married life, I know nothing.
But within a, few years, Brake was In
trouble, for the reason I have told you.
He was arrested and Harlsxr was the
man who arrested him."
"Dear me I" exclaimed Mltchlngton.
"Now, If I'd only known
"You'll know a. lot before I'm
through," said Brycc. "Now, llarker, of
course, can tell a lot yet It's unsatW
tying. Brake could mako no defense
but his countel thrw out strange
hints and suggestions all to the effect
that Brake had been cruelly and wick
edly deceived In fact, on It were, trap
ped Into doing what he did. And by a
man whom he'd trusted as a close
friend. So much camo to Harker'a ears
but no more, and on that particular
point I've no light, do on from that to
Brake's private affairs. At tho tlmo of
his arrest ho had a wife and two very
oung children. Klther Just before, or
at, or Immediately after his arrest they
completely disappeared and Brake
himself utterly refused to say one single
word about them. Harker asked If ho
could do anything Brake's answer wo
max no one was to concern himself. He
preserved an obstinate silence on that
point. Tne clergyman In whose family
rs. uraxe naa been governess saw
Brake, after his conviction Brake
would say nothing to him. Of Mrs.
Brake, nothing more Is known to me
at uny rate. What was known at the
tlmo ts this Brake communicated to nit
who camo In contact with htm. Just then,
the Idea of a man who has been cruelly
wronged and deceived, who takes refuge
m sullen silence, and who Is already
yidiiiuui; ana cnensning revenge r
'Aye, aye!" muttered Mltchlngton
"Revenge? Just bo I" '
'Brake then," continued Bryco. "goei
elt to his term of penal servitude, and
;o disappears until he reappears here
In Wrychester. Leave him for a mo
ment, and go back. And It's a going
pclc no doubt, to supposition and to
tneorv but thftrA'o n mnAn in whaf T
hall advance. We know beyond doubt
mm iiraxe nna Deen tricxeu ana no
celed. In some money matter, by some
mjn some mysterious man whom he
referred to an having been his closest
friend We know, too, that there was
-nurumury mystery in tne uisappear-
fUKft Of Ma vlfj. ami M.llif.Bn Wiif
from all that has been found out, who
ija-i Brake's closest frlend7 Hansford I
And of Hansfoid, nt that tlmo there's
no trace. He, too, disappeared that's
a fact which I've established. Years
ter, ho reappears hero at Wryches-
; ii u " D0Ul.ni a practice, nven
luany he has two young people, who
in. r'PfMnted an his wards, como to
1 V8 With him Tk.l. -- I. n
joe name of the young woman whom
John Brake married was Bowery.
Jnats the Inference? That their
Jiethers dead that they're known un
. r i"I mal1n name: that they, wlUiout
RM?;a1ow of doubt, are John Brako'a
iwr'n' tAnd that 'ad UP t0 '"V
i. ' "jiicu in now leu you in con-
'?.?'"-lf yu w'sh for It'
wl " yhil l Pirtloularly wish for,"
thing I" jeison quietly. "Tho ery
f!Then lt,B this." said Brj'ce. "ltans
r?.wB the closo friend who tricked
nu deceived Brake. He probably trlckpd
k 2 '" aS,.ne money affair, and deceived
ftm. '?, nl1 'omestlo nftairs. I tilco it
wif. narJs'f'l ran away with Brako'B
.11 it "u . lnal "raite sooner man air
llently and began to concoct ills Ideas
i,r.eveJe- I put the wholo thing thla
ri "ull!ri ran away with airs.
rV?i ttn!J l two children more In
inw -and disappeared. Broke, whon
SJ..i?;me .Y ot Prison, went nbroad
M.u.wllh tho 'dea ot tracking them
r-.Ji ht"Va" ,s OUltes evident, lie en
fn. i.ln. DUsInes and did well. He
came back to Hngland aa John Bradon.
iw.-Iori.th9 reason of whloh you'ro
uiuIk. ha pald a vl" Wrycheater,
him iY ""f'11'8 that ftPy ono known to
whi. vd ller' Now tfy to reconstruct
elni .PPwed. Ho looks round the
of n- ?tat ,momIng. Ho eeeu tho namo
of r Mnrlt R?nford on the bnisa plate
ti H?'$eTy d00r- trees to the sur
in..' - Ks ft question, makes a remark.
55!" J0- what la the probable se
nil? ,.ot ?iH? " me(,,B Hansford
taftSJ "''hfjlral where nansford cer--mft.fH8'.
Ttly recognlio each other
thS iiVk'1r thy turn "ld' B ul t0
thlrA. SP ,?" a .9ulet P1&c0' t0 te'X
orni.,,lD altercation blows somehow
la ?hi Probably from ncoldent Braden
to hu ,7.n..throUa:l1 ,nat open doorw.vy,
MPPtned" And0olllBnw w what
turmnt nnH WRtchlng his listeners,
ilhSr rlte.rlute,l' from ono t0 the
his nr. V1 lt neded little attention on
etot.Pil.t0.see, that thelr" wos alieady
tilcin-i ,',n.e ' eno' mtt was eagerly
'King In oil that he ald and sus-eeated
ti madnli'n emphasltlng every point
reiiMi r"u.,XBnw what happened "
Rt?Ad. "That, ot courso. Vs theory
ttPeMJitJPP8"!"
thXev k. ni . I,ut ,10W wo P" from
JoiVv ' nw' Mltchlngton. which
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ithln
rve n
ttXu '.''"'"y way, after Colllshaw's
tnii. u ,. ' " ot, in ceriain
?a," h k KS,ra. , "SWAP. !
ttilwfiSS.1. yomtpfor her clal. Now!
4ti T-V" """ng over ner nusuana-s
lSt viri.,cer,ft,n drawr In which ho
lw4nHti.1T? i'nni mailers, camo
li3n!K0s-v'h'ch Colllshaw had been ft
N Coi iar;j,2""":.uKB8?H: '.p.b:
M bit nf'ry yCftr ne managed to put
IWICe 01' thrle In In. ..Ann l, mM,
r.T2Snmi,,1?"Tn'ven xpr"niutli merely
' ".PvUnii.J" two to 'thtd friendly so-
nillLII. IE. K.tTM ffllFAM .UHnallii In
Fletcher
Alfred A, Knot, tne.
fifty pounds, mark you 1 Into tho
f.rl,endIy society. Where should Colllshaw
get fifty pounds alt of a sudden7 Ho
wan a mason's laborer, earning at the
very outside twenty-slx or eight kliilllngn
a week. According to his wife, there
was no one to leavo him a legacy. Sho
?"" heard of his receipt of this money,
rrom any source. But there's tho fact I
What explains It? My theory that the
rumor that Colllshaw, wth o. pint too
much ale, in lilm, had hinted that he
S"!d ,2V "omethlng about Braden'a
aeatii If no chose, had reached Hroden's
assailant: that he had made it his busl
neaa to see Colllshaw and had paid htm
that fifty pounds as hush money and,
later, had decided to rid himself of Cot
"haw altogether, as he undoubtedly
did, by poison."
Onco more Bryce paused and once
more the two listener ahowed their at
tention by complete alienee.
"'ow we come to tho question how
was Colllshaw polaonedt" continued
Hryce. "l-'or poisoned he was, without
doubt Hore we go back to theory and
supposition once more. I haven't the least
doubt thai tho hydrocyanta acid which
muted iija dfath w.vi taken by him,
n a pill a pill that was In that
box which they found on him, Mltch
lngton, and showed me. But that
particular pill, thouRh proclsely similar
In appearnno, could not bo made up of
the same Ingredients which were In the
other pills. It was probably a. thickly
coated pill which cento Ined the poison
In pplution, of course. The coating would
melt almost as soon as the mn had
swallowed It and death would result
Instantaneously. Colllshaw, you may
say. was condemned to death when ho
put that box of pills In his waistcoat
pocket, it was msro chance, mere luck,
as to when the exact moment of death
camo to him. There had been six pills
In that box there worn tlvo left. So
Colllshaw plckeJ out tho poloned pill
nretl It might have been delayed till
the sixth dose, you s,ce but ho was
doomed."
Mltchlngton fchowed d desire to Fpeak,
and Bryco paused.
"What about what Hansford Bald bo
foro tho coroner?" anked Mltchlngton.
He demanded certain information about
the post-mortem, you know, which, ho
said, ought to have shown that thero
was nothing poisonous In those pills."
"Pooh!" exclaimed Bryce contemp
tuously. "Mere bluff I Of such a pill an
that I've described there'd be no trace
hut the sugar coating and the poison.
I toll you, I haven't the least doubt that
was how the poison was administered, lt
was easy. And who Is there that would
know how easily It could be administered
but a medical man?"
Mltchlngton and Jettison exchanged
glances. Then Jettison leaned nearer to
Bryce.
"So your theory Is that Hansford got
rid of both Braden and Colllshaw mur
dered both of them. In fact?" he sug
gested. "Do I understand that's what
It really comes to In plain words?"
"Xot quite," replied Bryce. "I don't
say that Hansford meant to kill Braden
my notion Is that they met, had an
altercation, probably a struggle, and
that Braden lost his life In It But us
regards Colllshaw "
"Don't forget!" Interrupted Mltchlng
ton. "Vnrner sworo that he saw
Braden flung through that doorway!
Flung out ! He saw a hand."
"For everything that Varner could
prove to the oontrnry," answered Bryce,
"tho hand might have boon stretched
out to pull Braden back. No I think
there may have been accident In that
affair. But. as regards Colllshaw
muruer, without doubt deliberate !"
Ho lighted another cigarette, with the
air of a man who had spoken his mind,
and Mltchlngton, realizing that ho lind
said all he had to say, got up from his
seat.
"Well It's all very Interesting and
very clever, doctor." he nald, glancing at
Jettison. "And we shall keep It all In
mind. Of course, you'vo talked all this
over with Harker? I should like to know
what ho has to say. Now that you've
told us who he Is. I suppose wo can
talk to htm?"
"You'll have to wait a few days,
then," said Bryce. "He's gone to town
by the last train tonight on this
business. I've sent him I had some
Information today ubout Hansford's
whereabouts during tho time of dis
appearance, nnd I've cotnmlnsloned
Harker to examine Into It. When 1
hear what he's found out, I'll 1st you
know."
"You'ra taking somo trouble," re
marked Mltchlngton.
"I've told you the reason," anawcicd
Bryco.
Mltchlngton hesitated a llttlr; then,
with a motion of his head toward the
door, beckoned Jettison to follow him
"AH right," he said. "There's plenty
for us to Bee Into, I'm thinking"'
Bryce laughed and pointed to a shelf
of books near the fireplace.
"Do you know what Napoleon Bona
parte once g.ivo as sound advice to
police?" he asked. "No? Then I'll tell
you. 'The art of tho pollen,' he said.
"Is not to sen that which lt Is useless
Tor It to see Good counsel, Mltchlng
ton I"
The two men went away through the
midnight atrtets, and kept stlenoe until
they wore near the door of Jettison's
hotel. Then Mltchlngton spoke.
"Well!" he said. "We'vo had a
couple of tales, anyhow 1 What do you
think of things, now?"
Jettison threw back his head with a
dry laugh.
"Never been bolter puzzled in all my
time!" he Said.
"Never I But If that young doctor's
playing a game then, by the Ird
Harry, Inspector, It's a domnod deep
'un 1 And my advlco is watch tho lot 1"
By breakfast tlmo next morning the
man from New Scotland Yard had
accomplished a series of meditations on
tho confidences made to him and Mltoh
Ington tho night before and had deter
mined on at IcaBt ono courso of notion
But beforu entering upon It he had one
or two Important letters to write, the
composition of which required muoh
thought and troublo; and by the time
he hart finished them. And deposited
them by his own hand In the general
pontolllce, jt was drawing near to noon
the great bell of tho cathedral. Indeed,
was proclaiming tho noontldu to Wry
Chester un Jcttliou turned Into tho
poltco station and bought Mltchlngton In
his olltce.
"I was Just coming round to two If
you'd overslept yourself," said Mltchlng
ton, good humoredly "We wore up
pretty Into last night, or rathbr this
morning."
"I've had lotters to wrlto," said Jetti
son. He pat down and picked up & news
paper and cast a casual Blanco over It.
'Qot anything fresh?"
"Well, this much," answered Mltch
lngton. "Tho two gentlemen wr.o told
us so much last rilKht ore both nut vt
town. I made an oxctieo to call on them '
riim Afiriv in u mnm nrmt, ah u
o'clock. Doctor Hansford went up to
iuuuuii uy wiu oiiui i'uuiui uryov, SaS
his landlady, went out on his bloyole ut
half-mist 8 where, alio didn't know. hut.
ehe fancied, Into the country. However.
I ascertained mat itansrora is expected
back this evening, and Bryce ira.vM nr.
ders for his usual dinner to be ready
at 7 o'clock, and bo "
Jettison nung away tne newspaper
and pulled out his nlpn,
"Oh, I don't think they'll run away
either of 'em," he remarked, Indifferent
ly. "They're both too cocksure of their
own ways of looking at things."
"You looicea at -em any more 7" asked
Mltchlngton.
"Dtone a, bit of reflecting yes.' replied
the detective. "Complicated affair, my
lad. More In It than one would think at
first sight I'm certain of thU: Quite
npart from whatever mystery thero is
about thi Braden affair and the Cblll
nluiw murder, there's a lot of sohemlng
ami contriving ueen koiuk on ana is
going on somewhere, oy somenody
Underhand work, you understand? How
over, my particular Job Is the Colllshaw
business and there's a bit of Informa
tion I'd like to irt hold of at onm.
Whore's the omoe of that friendly soci
ety we neara noout last nigntT"
'That'll be the Wryohestor Beoond
Friendly," answered Mltohlngton. "There
are two such societies In the town the
first's patronized by small tradesmen and
the like : the second by worktngmen. The
second does tnko deposits from Us mem
bers. Tne onice Js Fiaauate secrets
name outsldfcLjfitahbliig. Vh?
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