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THE PARADISE MYSTERY
By J. S.
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THIS flTAHTR THE 8TOBY
rt little English cathedral town o,
i'vrrveMiler 1 the seette 0 intrigue
.rf rftvtterv. tfarv Btwerv, nineteen
KflVi o'J. oimI her brother biok, seu
Kten. are words of.Doctor Hantfcrd.
vAttranoe man sees Doctor Ranaf6rd
J o ttv mlnules lattr it found dead.
rs. thtorv s "oe h fell, but thi U
fleeted to, at Vornsr, n sconsmason,
WZut, he Ifl,, Ranford hat
lfarv purenne jiowmrm jot mo aaa
'A.J. tiMtral. timet Ands an entry
I,To parith reoMer vihere itark Ran.
".j 't.,t nrtrrt as bett man at the
hturnoj 'L&&'"',.:"-"!
iatdhe could throw UpM on the Brake
murdtr. is found dead. Detectives tur.
Iniie noitVorrf t murderer ott the
Wrlund that ho pretoribtd for Colli.
biI M wife the night before.
Btmlte Pllct upioton, Maru as
tart JtantforA of her confidence in
Mm Slmiuon llarkcr. a detective,
SiMllonlno Brvce, learni a scrap of
i"per h took from Draden teU oh a
uertl cheat hidden in a eetneterv
Barker admlte he has learned Ahat
Rraden was in truth Brake, fathlr of
Bl!rWdDck. Marker telUBruo, of
a convtrt he tato In the oitjt before
i,..j.y.', Amth. At the inauett over
omh'ebody Doctor naneford to
teeth of either Bradtn. or the mason.
Brvce finds a varty has searched the
ctmiterv and oumiJ a best roittatolnjr
jcctls stolen from the Duke of Baxon
ittade manv years before. The police
JrtipMlor and a Scotland Yard man
toll on Doctor, Hansford and ask his
Ulo He tells' them of his suspicions
el Bryce and tarker. The offloers
o to question Bryce. Un admits Jot
Ins Maru Beioerv and Uads them to
cast new suspicions on Hansford.
AND HERK IT COMINUKB
E WENT leisurely out and across the
TT
f1 msrket wuaro and Into the narrow,
old world street called Fladgate,, along
which he strolled as ir doing no more
ihin looking about him, until he wme
o an ancient shop whloh had been con
verted Into an onice, ana una u. wiro
blind over the lower him of Its front
VMow, wheteln was woven in con-
niicuous gilt letters "Wrychester secona
Friendly Society" George Stebblng, sec-
teUry. Nothing betokened romance or
myattry In that essentially humblo place.
but It was In Jettison's mind that when
he crossed Its threahAld he was on his
way to discovering something that woum
possibly clear up the problem on which
he was engaged.
The staff of the Second Friendly was
h.nnl!irabl Mn numbers an Outer
office harbored a small boy and a tall
Toime man : an Inner one accommodated
Mr. Stebb ng, also a young man, aanoy
haired and freckled, who, having Inspect
ed Detective Sergeant Jettison's profes
sional card, gave him the best chair in
the room and stared at him with a
mlntilng of awe and curiosity which
plainly showed that he had never en
tertained a detective uerore. Ana as 11
to ghow his visitor that he realUed the
seriousness of the occasion, ho nodded
meaningly at his door.
"All safe here, sir." ho whisperea.
"Well-flttlng doors In these old houses
knew how to make 'em In thope days.
Nn rhanas of being overheard here
what can I do for you, sir!"
'Thank you much oougea to you,
said Jettison. "No objection to my pipe,
I suppose, Just so. Ah! well, between
roil and me. Mr. Stebblng, I'm down
here in connection with that Colllshaw
case you know."
"I know, sir poor fellow," said the
I secretary. "Cruel Ihlng, sir, if the man
I was put an end to. One of our mem-
I bers. was Colllshaw, sir."
"So I understand," romarked Jettison.
That's what I've come about Bit of
I Information, on the qulot, eh? Strictly
I between our two selves for the pres
ent."
Etebblng nodded and winked, as If he
UiJ been doing business with detectives
111 his life,
'y "To be ure, sir, to be sure !" he re
sponded with alacrity. "Just 'between
?ou and me and the doorpost 1 all right
Anything I can do, Mr. Jettison, shall
be done, nut It's more ln the way of
what I can tell, I suppose?"
"Something of that sort," replied Jet
tlion In his slow, easy-going fashion. "1
want to know a thing or two. 1 Tours Is
a-worklngman's society. I think? Ayi
nd I undarstand you've a system
whereby such a man can put his bits of
savings by In your hands?
'A capital system, too 1" nnbwtred the
secretary, selling on a pamphlet and
rushing It Into his visitor's hand. "I
"on't believe there's better In England!
you read that"
"I'll take a look at it some time." said
Jettison, putting the pamphlet In his
wcket "Well. now. I also understand
that Colllshaw was In the hahlt of
bringing you a bit of saved money now
Ml then a sort of saving fellow, wasn't
ken
Stebblntr nodded assent and re&chud
I 'w a ledirer which lav on th farther
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colllshaw," he answered, "had been
member of our society ever since It
Started fourteen vnrn niro And ViM
kn putting In savings for some olght
rnlne cars. Not much, you'll under-
uina bay, as an average, two to three
Wunds every half-veaf never more.
J"" Just before his death, r mu!er,
iLrlw,!!atever 'you like to call It. he came
ittJnlV1!0 toy wlth f,y Pounds ! Falrlv
in 0 lum i"'' hlr! Flfty rioun(ls a"
b3bou!.th,,t Mly Pounds I want to
ffl "mcthlng." said Jettison. "He
wii'. , ou now ne'd come by it?
"tin t fl. lfcfcn.. r 1-..1 -t, "
lad. Sdntayinythin.T but that he'd
A 1 ,1.SU f luck," answered Stebblng.
ledger
WetKi .,,H" ". ..?
eth.
"m1 w" seantCd Ut ,he Uds'r ftna re"
f".f?.withn. Mr. Stebblng. I want you
aid !." "onj'lhlng very definite," ho
I Iy Ka Tint n nnir Sinn. klM u.H
penni iZ . ,." ,onl' nce tnis nap
&' not have to tax your
SO vnn'll um1 ,m. -. '
form aU iiPi r,at xtnt. In what
to you1;?. clllhaw pay that fifty pounds
xli ,aPy Krat extent
HMetaJv e?.?y anBWd. sir." said tho
iBS2k. JL w. . old... Fifty sov.
JetitiT- c ""'!" in a uit or a bag."
'ramS2,re.flect'd on h Informatfon
"Mii.v; wi. u . vwo' '" ne rose.
uidh4h,i?S,.i0 y0uu.' Mr- Sjebblng."
5iteii m. thVe something else youH
' be n.i ?" ia1f ' m nere inougn.
yuii!drS;..I0Ul5 "aV" you the trouble
! the?. vT .1 ."'." ?8W mny banKs
?iTh..rMn ,1,,B "le cltv of yours?"
IWK-i, SnswerBa Btebblng promptly.
Hi?A,,n Mon?y Market iPopham
' 'BiM,,y,'0!n th. siuare: Wrs-ches-lit.
nk In Spurrlergate. That's tho
&"& "''" sa,a J'ttlwn. "And
taJrZJul.4.. about- Yo'H be htarlnr
4 ir" rave '
of thi , A awV memoriilnt the nftme
wiir of' .!. laier ne, wa .'" tn Prlvste
leu ,f.fc '?. nre'- 'n serious conversa
oiaaVV? .L1 manager. Here It was
lit K st0 wors secret, and to In
enSLm?re. fci,cy than with the
Mu&Jf ul ,a Second Friendly, and to
ri..aJ' hia credentials and give all
eev.rt k?."; Dut Jttlson drew that
is nat 7,nVi. anl the next, too, and It
lo."?,1 Until he had been closeted for
R'fclrd .? X,,h th authorities of the
"waSM1 that " ot '" Information
lmi..fiw?. And when h hAd rot It. ha
''Vormi- 1ecraSy , nd s lence on his
his
Fletcher
:red . Knott, tne.
per might be. he knew his business as
thoroughly aa they knew theirs.
tJ.liWBVby that tin past 1 o'clock, ana
JJJIon turned Into the small hotel at
which h had lodged himself. He thought
much and gravely while he ate his
olnnrj h? thought still more while he
smoked his after-dinner pipe. Ana his
face was still heavy with thought when,
n.t 3 o clock, he walked Into Mltchlng
tons ornee and finding the. Inspector
... Jut the door and drew a chair
t0 A'ltohlngton, slf-
"Now then." he said. "I've had a
rare morning's work, and made a dls.
ST Jy' . yo" and me, my lad, have
got to have about as serious a bit of
ta"5, we've had since I cams here."
Mltchlngton pushed his papers aside,
and showed his keen attention,
i l.ou...rcmmbr wh that yqn eW
low told us last night about that man
f olHMiaw pay ng In fifty pounds to the
Second Friendly two day before his
irn. earn Jettleon. "Well, I thought
- iimi nuainees a 101. eany wis morn
ing, and I fancied I saw how J could
And something out about It So I haw
on the strict nuiet. That's whv I
went to the Friendly Society, The fact
" XT2 wanisa 10 Know in what form
Colllshaw handed In that fifty pounds.
I got to know, Qold !
Mltchlngton, whose work hitherto had
not led him Into the mysteries of de
lcc.?!v enterprise, nodded delightedly.
"Good!" he said. "Ram Idea! I
should never have thought of It 1 And
what do you make hit of that now?"
noining,- replied jettison. "But a
Kr? ?.?Rl Pul or wn1 v learned stnco
that bit of a discovery. Now, put It to
yourself whoever it was that paid
HiJ !tJh.V fl(tt poun.d ln U0i flA
It with a motive. More than one motive,
to be exgct but we'll stick to one, to
begin with. The motive (or paving In
gold Was avoManr of iIIimvaw a
check can be readily traced. So can
pnk notes. But gold Is not easily
COlllshaW fifty pounds took care to pro
vide himself with gold. Now then
how many men are there In a small
place like this who are Ilkelv to earrv
fifty pounds In gold In their pockets, or
to have It at hand?"
ot many,- ngreen Mltclilrtgton.
'Just so and therefore I've been do
ing a bit f secret Inquiry amongst the
bankers, as to who supplied himself
with gold about that date," continued
Jettison. "I'd to convince 'em of the
absolute necessity of information, ' too,
?!tor!iJfot nyK D l $t some at
the third attempt On the day pre
vious to that on whlrh ("nllliha - fyoA.A
that fifty pounds to Stebblng, a certain J
rryonesier man arew ntty pounds ln
gold at his bank. Who do you think
lie wB0i-
"Who who?" demanded Mltchlngton.
Jettison leaned half-across the desk.
urycei- ne said in a whisper.
"Bryce 1" ,
Mltchlngton sat up ln his chair and
opened his mouth In sheer astonishment
"Good heavens!" he muttered after a
moment's silence. "You don't mean it?"
"Fact I" answered Jettison. "Plain,
Incontestable fact, my lad. Doctor
Bryce keeps an account at the Wry
chester bank. On the day I'm speaking
of he cashed a check to self for flfty
pounds and took It all In gold."
The two men looked at each other as
If each were asking his companion a
question.
"Well?" said Mltchlngton at lost.
"You're a cut above me, Jettison. What
do you make of lt7"
"I said last night that the young man
was playlnV a deep game" replied
Jettison. "But what game? What's he
building up? For mark you, Mltchlng
ton, if I say If, mind! If that flfty
pounds which he drew In gold is the
Identical fifty paid to Colllshaw, Bryco
didn't pay It as hush-money!"
"Think not?" said Mltchlngton, evi
dently surprised. "Now, that was my
first impression. If It wasn't hush
money "
"It wasn't hush-money, for this rea
son," Interrupted Jettison. "Wo know
that whatever else ho knew, Bryce didn't
know of the accident to Braden until
Vamer fetched him to Braden. That's
established on what you've put before
me. Therefore, whatever Colllsnaw saw,
before or at the time that accident hap
pened, it wasn't Bryce who was mixed
up in It. Therefore, why should Bryce
pay Colllshaw hUBh-money?"
Mltchlngton, who had evidently 'been
thinking, suddenly pulled out a drawer
In his desk and took out somo papers
from It Which he began to turn Over.
"Walt ix minute," he said. "I've an
abstract here of what the foreman at the
cathedral mason's yard told me of what
he knew as to where Colllshaw was
working that morning when the accident
happened I made a note of it when I
questioned him after Colllshaw's death.
Here you are
Foreman says that on morning or
Braden's accident Colllshaw waa at
work In the north gallery of the
clerostory clearing away some timber
which tho carpenters had left there.
Colllshaw waa certainly thus engaged
from 9 o'clock until past 11 that morn
ing. Mem. Have investigated this
myself. From the exact spot where
C. was clearing tho timber thore Is
an uninterrupted view of the gallery
on the south side of the nave ana
of the arched .doorway at the head of
St. Wrytha's Stair.
"Well." observed Jettison, "that nrnva
what I'm saying. It wasn't hush
money. For whoever It was that Colli.
shaw saw lay hands on Braden, it wasn't
Bryce Bryce, we know, waa at that
time ccmlng across the Close or crossing
tnat natn tnrougn the part you call
Paradise: Varner's evidence proves that
So If the flfty pounds wasn't paid for
hush-money, what was It paid for?"
"Do you suggest anything?" asked
Mltchlnsrton.
"I've thought of two or three things,"
answered the detective. "One's this -
was the fifty pounds paid for Informa
tion T if so, ana sryce nas tnat in
formation, why doesn't he show his hand
mors plainly? If he bribed Colllshaw
with flfty pounds to tell him who
Braden's assailant was. he now knows!
so why doesn't ho let It out, and
have done with It?"
"Part of his game If that theory's
right," murmurea Mitcnington.
"It mayn't be right" said-Jettison
"But It's one. And there's another
supposing he paid Colllshaw that moiiey
on behalf of somebody else? I've thought
this business out right and left, top
side and bottom-side, and hang me If I
don't feel cor tan there Is somebody e'se
What did Ransford tell us about Bryce
an tn s 00 nniKerr tninK 01 tnat
And yet, according to Bryce, Harker Is
one or our 01a rara men 1 ana mere
fore ought to be above suspicion."
Mltchlngton suddenly started as if on
Idea naa ocourrea to mm.
"I say, you know I" he exclaimed
"We've only Bryce'a word for It that
Haruer is an ex-aeiective. 1 never
heard that he was If.he la, he's kept
It strangely aulet You'd have thought
that he'd have let us know, here, of his
previous calling I never heard of a
policeman of any rank who didn't like
to have a bit of talk with his own sort
about professional matters."
Nor me, aancniea demean. "Ana
as you say, we-ve oniy uryce-g , word.
And, the more I think of It. the more
I'm convinced there's somebody some
man of wnom you aoni seem to have
tho least lata wnos in wis. And u
may be tnat uryco ui in wn him.
However here's one thing I'm going
to do at once. Bryce gave us that
Information about the flfty pounds. Now
I'm uolng to tell Bryce straight out
that I've rone Into that matter In my
own fashion a tasnion ne evjaenuy
never thourht of and ask him to ex
plain why he drew a similar amount In
goia. uome on arouna to ms rooms."
uui Bryce was not 10 on iouna a.i nis
rooms had not been bacK to ms rooms,
said his landlady, since he had ridden
awav earlv In the morning: all she
knew was that he had ordered his din
ner to be ready at his usual time that
evening, wun tnat tne two men naa
to oe content, ana tney wem oo
to the police station still discussing
the. situation. And they were still dis
cussing It an hour later when a tele
gram was nanaea to Mitcningion. wno
tore It open, glanced ovr Its contests
and pissed It to his companion who read
it aioua,
Meet me wun Jettison wryenester
Station on arrival of flve-lwenty ex
press Yrom London mystery cleared up
guilty men known lUnsford.
Jettison handed the telegram back.
"A man of his word I" he said. "He
mentioned two dayshe's done It In onel
And now, my lad do you notle? he
sayn men, not man I It's as I said
there's been more than one of 'em in this
affair, Now tnejMno arn tneyr-
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