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An Unusual Story of a Blackmailing Gang and a Mysterious
Avenger, by the Auther of "Green Rust," "The
Daffodil Murder," "Clue of the Twisted Candle"
TIIK STOItY SO FAB
COLONEL I)AN BOt.VIMAV. a fat,
coarse-grained but uncannily clever
Uader of a vann of creeks, has become
alarmed at receipt of a knave 0 clubs,
ion fit "Jack e' Judgment," alter several
0 his exploits, all of which arc subtlv
devised te enrich him without risking the
taw' penalties, lie tries te disarm sus
picions gathering around him by com cem
plaining te
MTRAFFORD KISG, of the Londen Crim
inal Intelligence force,
PINTO SILV.l, n sleek man about feten,
forces his attentions en an actress, who
rebuffs him. She is
ItAtStE WHITE, dauehter of .lellu White.
ens of the gang ti'lie wishes te retire,
She is interested in blraflerd.
LOLI.1E MARSH, a dell-faced but clever
girl, j?i;i acts as "vamp" of the black
mailing gang,
CROOK CREWE, once a gentleman, nxe
a thief,
CHAPTER VI
St.ifTerd Kins KcIriis
A "WEEK Inter Stafferd Klnp came te
the office of the first commissioner
of the criminal Intelligence department,
nnd Sir Stanley looked up with n
kindly but pitying leek in his eye.
"Well, Stnffenl." he said gently,
"sit down, won't jeu? What has
happened?"
Stafferd King shrilled his shoulders.
"Boundary Is discharged." he said
shortly.
Sir Stanley nodded.
"It was Inevitable." he said. "I
suppose there's no hope of connecting
him nnd his gaiis with the death of
Hnnen?"
"Net a chevt of n hope, I am afraid,
said Stafferd, shaking !ii head.
"Hansen was undoubtedly murdered,
and the poKen which hilled him was In
the glass of water which the u"her
brought. I've been examining the usher
again today, and all he run remember
Is thnt he miw somebody pushing
through the crowd at the back of the
court, who handed the glas ever the
heads of the people. Nobody seems te
have icen the man who p.v-wd It.
That was the method Cy which the
gang get rid of their traitor."
"Clever," -ald Sir Stanley, putting
his finger tips together. "They knew
fust the condition of mind in which
iHunseu would be when he came Inte
court. They had the dope ready, nnd
they knew that the detectives would
4llew the usher te bring the man water,
'vhen they would net allow anybody else
te approach him. This i a pretty bad
business, Stafferd."
"I realUf that," said the young
chief. "Of course I shall resign.
There Is nothing else te de. I thought
we had him this time, especially with
the evidence we had in relation te the
Splllsbury care."
"Yeu mean the letter which Spills
bury wrote te the woman Marsh? Hew
ld that come, by the way?"
"It reached Scotland Yard by pest."
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"De you knew who sent It?"
"There was no covering note at nil,"
replied Stafferd; "It was In a plain
envelope with n typewritten address,
nnd was sent te me personally. The
lelter, of course, was valueless by it
self." 'Have you made any search te dis
cover the documents which Hansen
spoke about?"
"We have searched everywhere," snld
the ether a little wearily, "but It Is n
pretty hopeless business looking through
Londen for n handful of documents.
Anyway, lleundary Is free."
The ether was watching him closely.
"It is a bitter disappointment te you,
my young friend," he said; "you've
been working en the case for veni-s. 1
fear you'll never have another chance
of putting neundary In the deck. He's
get n let of public sympathy, tee. Your
thorough rascal who manages te escape
from the hnnds of the police has ahvavs
11 large following among the public, and
I doubt whether the home secretary will
sanction nnv further proceedings unles
we have the most convincing proof.
U hat's this?"
Stafferd had laid a letter en the table.
".My resignation." said that young
man grimly.
The first commissioner took up the
envelope and tore it In four pieces.
"It Is net accepted," he wild cheer
fully. "Yeu did your best, and you're
no mere responsible than I am. If you
resign I ought te resign, nnd he ought
every officer who has been en this game.
A few years age I took exactly the
same step offered my resignation ever
a purely privntc and personal matter,
and it was net accepted. I have been
glad situ t, and se will you be. Ge en
with our work and give Ueundary a
ret for n while."
Stafferd was Ioeitng down nt him
abstracted!.
"De jeu think thnt we shall ever
enfeh that fellow, sir?"
Sir Stanley smiled.
"'Frankly I don't," he admitted.
"As I said before, the only dnnger I
see te Reundary Is this mysterious In
dividual who apparently crops up new
and nguin in his dally life, and who,
I suspect, was the pep-en who sent you
the Splllsbury letter Jack 0' Judgment,
doesn't he call himself? De you knew
what I think?" he ui-ked quietly. "I
think that If you found the Jack, if you
ran him te earth, stripped htm of his
mystic guise you would discover some
body who has n greater grudge against
Boundary than the police."
Stafferd smiled.
"We can't run about nfter phantoms,
sir." he said, with a touch of asperity
in his voice.
The chief looked at him curiously.
"I hear you de quite a let of run
ning about." he tmld carelessly as he
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wHlv
"Yeu don't answer me," site saltl.
"Hut I tjilnlt I am answered by
your silence. Was my father 11
bail man?"
began te nrrangc the papers en his
table. "By the way, hew Is Miss
White?"
StnfTerd Hushed.
"She wan very well when I saw her
last night," he said stiffly. "She Is
leaving the stage."
"And her father?"
Stafferd was silent for a second.
"He left his home a week before the
cac came Inte court and has net been
seen since," he said.
The chief nodded.
"While White is nway nnd until he
turns up I should keep n watchful eye
en lils daughter," he said.
"What de you mean, sir?" nsked
Stafferd.
"I'm just making a suggestion," said
the ether; "think it ever."
Stafferd theugnt It ever en his way
te meet the girl, who wns waiting for
him en the sunny sent in Temple Gar
den", for the day was flue nnd even
warm, and, two hours before luncheon,
the place was comparatively empty of
people. She Faw the trouble In his
face nnd rose te meet him, and for a
moment forget her own distress of mind,
her doubts and fears. Evidently she
knew the reason for his attendance at
Scotland Yard, and something of the
Interview which he had had.
"I offered my resignation." he re
plied in answer te her unspoken ques
tion, "and Sir Stanley refused it."
"I think he was just," she s-ald.
"Why, it would be simply monstrous If
your career were spoiled through no
fault of jour own."
He laughed.
"Don't let us talk about me," he
said, "What have you done?''
"I've canceled all my contracts; I
have ether work te de "
"Hew are " lie hestltnted, but
she knew just what he meant, and
pntted his arm gratefully.
"Thank jeu; 1 have all the money
I want," she ald : "father left me
quite a respectable balance. I am clos
ing the house at Hersham and storing
the furniture, and shall keep just suffi
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cient te fill n little flat which I hare
taken In Bloomsbury." , .
"But what nre you going te de? he
nsked curiously.
She shook her head.
"Oh, thcre nre lets of things that
n girl can de," she said vaguely, "bo "be
sldes Reing en the stage."
"But isn't It a sacrifice? Didn't you
love 011r work?"
She hesitated.
"I thought I did at first," she snld.
"Yeu see, 1 wns nlways 11 very geed
mimic. i lien I was only n little gin
I could Imitate the colonel. Listen!"
Suddenly te his amazement he heard
the drawling growl of Dan Boundary.
She laughed with glee nt his nmnze
ment, but the smile vanished nnd she
sighed.
"I want you te tell me one thing,
Mr. King."
"Stafferd you premised me," he be
gan. She reddened.
"I hardly like calling you your
Christian name, bit it sounds se like n
surname, thnt perhaps It won't 'be se
bad."
"What de you want te ask?" he
denntnnded.
She was silent for n moment, then
she said:
"Hew far was my father implicated
In this terrlble business?"
"In the gang?"
She nodded.
He wns in n dllcmmn. Solemon
White was implicated iih deeply as any
snvc the colonel. In his younger days
'liu had been the genius who wns re
sponsible for the organisatien, nnd had
been fur jears the colonel's right-hand
man until the mere subtle villainy of
l'lnte Silva, that Portuguese ndven
turer. had ousted him, and, if the truth
be told, until the sight of his girl grow
ing te womanhood had brought qualms
te the heart of this man, who, what
ever were his faults, loved the girl
dearly.
"Yeu don't answer me," she said,
"but I think I am answered by your
silence. Was my father a bad man?"
"I would net judge your father."
he said. "I can tell you this, thnt for
the past few years he hns played n very
small part in the affairs of the gang.
nut what are you going te der '
"Hew persistent you nre!" She
llnnghed. "Why, there nre se many
things I am going te de that I haven't
I time te tell jeu. Ter one thing, I am
going te work te undo some of the mis
I chief which the gang hns wrought. I
I am going te make such reparation,"
sue 4-niu. her tips trembling, "for the
evi! deeds which I fear ray father has
committed."
"Yeu linve n mission, eh?" he said
with 11 little smile.
"Don't laugh at me." she pleaded:
"I feel it here." She put her hand
en her heart. "There's something
which tells me that, even if my father
built up this gang, as you told me once
he did ah! you hid forgotten that."
Stafferd King had, indeed, forgotten
the statement.
"Yes." he said. "Yeu Intend te pull
it down?"
She nodded.
"I feel, tee, that I am at bay. I
am the daughter of Solemon White, and
Solemon White is regarded bv the
colonel as a traitor. De j-eu think thev
will let me nlene? Don't jeu think they
are going te watch me day and night,
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nnd get me In their power Just ss seen
as they can? Think of the lever thnt
would be, the lever te force my father
back te them."
"Oh, you'll d wntched all rlfkt,"
he aald easily, and remembered the
commissioner's warning; "In fact,
you're being watched new. De you
mind,?"
"New?" she nsked in surprlie.
He nodded tewnrd n lady who sat n
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