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SHERIFF'S SALE
Saturday, April 19, 1930, at 10 A. M.
By virtue of a writ of Fi Fa, No.
17, May Term, 1930, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne
- County, to me directed, there will be
exposed to public sale by vendue to
the highest and best bidders, for cash,
at. the Sheriff's Sales Room, Court
House, in the City of Wilkes-Barre,
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on
Saturday, the 19th day of April, 1930,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the
said day, all the right, title and in-
terest of the defendants in and to the
following described lot, piece or par-
cel of land, viz:
All that certain piece of land situate
in the Township of Lake, County of
Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the rear corner be-
tween lots numbers four (4) and five
(5) and a sixteen (16) foot driveway
as designated on plot of lots known as
“Sandy Beach Park;” thence north
thirty-four degrees forty-five minutes
east two hundred thirty-one (231) feet
to a corner; thence south fifty-five
degrees fifteen minutes east about
fifteen (15) feet to rear line of lot
number seven (7); thence ‘north
thirty-four degrees forty-five minutes
east along the rear line of lots num-
pers seven (7) and eight (8) one hun-
dred ten (110) feet to a corner of lot
number (9); thence along lot number
nine (9) south fifty-five degrees fifteen
minutes east one hundred ninety-one
“and sixty-eight one-hundredths
(191.68) feet: to Sandy Beach Park-
way; thence along said Sandy Beach
Parkway in a southwesterly direction
three hundred forty-six and sixty-five
one hundredths (346.65) feet to corner
of lot number four (4); thence along
lot number four (4) north fifty-five
degrees fifteen minutes west one hun-
dred sixty-seven (167) feet to the place
ginning. : :
GE i numbers five (5), six
(6), seven (7) and eight (8) and the
land lying between lots numbers SIX
(6) and seven (7) on plot of lots
known as Sandy Beach Park, and re-
corded in Luzerne County
k No. 2, page 18T.
ns with a two and one-half
story frame building, together with
the outbuildings and improvements
thereon.
SS and taken into execution at
the suit of Dime Bank Title and Trust
Company vs. Charles E. Stegmaier and
May D. Stegmaier, and will be sold
id JOHN MacLUSKIE,
: Sheriff.
John R. Hessel, Attorney.
mn amma meee rn mee Sree
SHERIFF'S SALE
Saturday, April 19, 1930, at 10 A. M.
By virtue of a writ of Fi Fa, No.
31, May Term, 1930, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne
County, to me directed, there will be
exposed to public sale by vendue 2
the highest and best bidders, for cas 3
at the Sheriff's Sales Room, Cour
House, in the City of Wilkes-Barre,
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on
Saturday, the 19th day of April, 1930,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the
said day, all the right, title and in-
terest of the defendant in and to the
following described lot, piece or par-
land, viz: :
LE Ah certain piece of land situate
in the City of Wilkes-Barre, County of
Luzerne, Pennsylvania, bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at a
point on the northerly side of Charles
street, the intersection of lots Nos. 26
and 27; thence north forty-seven “47
degrees forty-seven (47) minutes Te
one hundred and twenty-six and 93-1
(126.93) feet along the line of lot No.
26 to land now or formerly of Edward
Gunster, Jr., et. al; thence ‘north
forty-six (46) degrees ten (10) i
east seventy-five (75) feet along the
line of Edward Gunster, Jr., et. al i
a point in lot No. 29; thence sout
forty-seven (47) degrees Jory se
(47) minutes east, one hundred an
twenty-four and 67-100 (124.67) feet to
lot No. 29 te Charles street aforesaid;
thence south forty-four (44) degrees
two (2) minutes west seventy-five (75)
feet along the line of Charles street to
the place of. beginning. Being lots
Nos. 27 and 28 and fifteen (15) feet of
the westerly portion of lot No. 29 on
plot of August W. Grebe, recorded in
the Recorder's Office of TLwuzerne
County in Map Book No. 2, page 92.
Being the same land conveyed to the
said Martin Y. Smulyan by Peter
Bomboy by deed dated fifteenth day of
February, 1923, and recorded in the
Recorder's Office of Luzerne County in
Deed Book No. 575, page 483.
Improved with a two-story frame
double dwelling house, garage, fences
and fruit trees, and known as Nos. 169
and 171 Charles street.
Seized and taken into execution at
the suit of Heights Deposit Bank of
Wilkes-Rarre, Pa., vs. Martin Y. Smul-
yan, and will be sold by
JOHN MacLUSKIE,
Sheriff.
John S. Lopatto, Attorney.
SHERIFF'S SALE
Saturday, April 19, 1930, at 10 A. M.
By virtue of a writ of Fi Fa, No.
32, May Term, 1930, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne
County, to me directed, there will be
exposed to public sale by vendue to
the highest and best bidders, for cash,
at the Sheriff’s Sales Room, Court
House, in the City of Wilkes-Barre,
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on
Saturday, the 19th day of April, 1930,
in~ Map |
feet, which building line is fixed and
established on all lots on said street.
No building or part of the same shall
be erected or mantained between the
street line and the said building line.
All buildings erected for use as dwell-
ings shall have the external appear-
ance of a structure costing at least
three thousand ($3,000) dollars.
Coal and other minerals excepted
and reserved as the same have been
excepted and reserved in previous
deeds in the chain of title. «
Being the same lot of land conveyed
to Joseph Baronofski et. ux. by deed
from Dominick Suback et. ux. dated
the — day of December, A. D. 1924,
and recorded in Luzerne County.
Being known as No. 13 Colley street.
Improved with a two-story frame
dwelling, fences and outbuildings.
Seized and taken into execution at
the suit of Dominick Laskowski vs.
Joseph Baronofski and Anna Baronof-
ski, and will be sold by
JOHN MacLUSKIE,
- Sheriff.
John S. Lopatto, Attorney. -
Or
SHERIFF'S SALE
Saturday, April 19, 1930, at 10 A. M.
By virtue of a writ of Fi Fa, No.
33, May Term, 1930, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne
County, to me directed, there will be
exposed to public sale by vendue to
the highest and best bidders, for cash,
at the Sheriff’s Sales Room, Court
House, in the City of Wilkes-Barre,
Luzerne County, ‘Pennsylvania, on
Saturday, the 19th day of April, 1930,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the
said day, all the right, title and in-
terest of the defendants in and to the
| following described lot, piece or par-
cel of land, viz:
All that certain piece of land in the
| City of Wilkes-Barre, County of Lu-
zerne and State of Pennsylvania,
bounded wand described as follows:
Beginning on the southerly side of
Gregory street at a point 25 feet dis-
tant in a westerly direction from the
intersection of Gregory and Brook
street, said point also being the
dividing line between lots Nos. 12 and
| 13 on plot of lots as hereinafter re-
| ferred to; thence south 60 degrees 50
minutes west along the line between
lots Nos. 12 and 13, one hundred (100)
feet to a corner; thence north 29 de-
grees 10 minutes west, 25 feet to a
corner; thence north 60 degrees 50
minutes east, 100 feet to Gregory
street; thence along Gregory street
south 29 degrees 10 minutes east 25
feet to the place of beginning. Being
all of lot No. 13 on J. K. Weitzenkorn
plot of lots, said plot being recorded
in the Recorder’s Office in and for
Luzerne County in Map Book No. 1,
page 217; being No. 6 Gregory street.
Improved with two-story frame dwell-
ing. .
Being the same premises conveyed
to the said Arthur Dietz and Leroy
Weidow by Harry F. Goeringer et. ux.
by deed hearing even date herewith
and about to be recorded.
Seized and taken into execution at
the suit pf Rev. Andrew Fedetz vs.
Arthur Dietz and Leroy L. Weidow;
and will be sold by
JOHN MacLUSKIE,
Sheriff.
John S. Lopatto, Attorney. '
seit per i
SHERIFF’S SALE
Saturday, April 19, 1930, at 10 A. M.
By virtue of a writ of Fi-.-¥a, No.
49, May Term, 1930, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne
County, td me directed, there will be
exposed to public sale by vendue to
the highest and best bidders, for cash,
at the Sheriff's Sales Room, Court
House, in the City of Wilkes-Barre,
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on
Saturday, the 19th day of April, 1930,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the
said day, all the right, title and in-
terest of the defendants in and to the
following described lot, piece or par-
cel of land, viz:
All that certain lot of land situate
in the Township of Dallas, Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania, bounded and
described as follows, to-wit: BEGIN-
NING at a point in the line of right
of way of the Wilkes-Barre, Dallas
and Harvey's I.ake Railway on the
south side of the public or county road
to Wilkes-Barre; thence along said
public road one hundred seven (107)
feet to a point in the township road
leading to Dr. Buckman’'s; thence
along said road a westerly course
about seventy-six (76) feet to the
right-of-way of the Wilkes-Barre,
Dallas and Harvey's Lake Railway;
thence along said railway in a
northerly direction one hundred fifteen
(115) feet to the place of beginning.
Being all of the land lying east of said
railway between the public roads
aforesaid. Improved with a single
frame dwelling, garage and stores and
together with outbuildings.
Seized and taken into execution at
the suit of Thomas J. Brennan Vs.
George IL. Kane and Patrick Joseph
Kane, and will be sold by
JOHN MacLUSKIE,
Sheriff.
John T. J. Brennan, Attorney.
"LUZERNE COUNTY
SEALED PROPOSALS
Sealed proposals will be received by
the Controller of Luzerne County at
his office in the Court House, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., (and no other place) until
11 o'clock a. m., Monday, April 21st,
for furnishing Tuzerne County with
one LOADER OF THE BELT CON-
VEYOR TYPE in accordance with
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the
said day, all the right, title and in-
terest of the defendants in and to the
following described lot, piece or par-
cel of land, viz:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel
of land situate in the Township of
Hanover, Luzerne County, Pennsyl-
vania, being lot Nos. 311 on the re-
vised plot known and Lynd-Wood, re-
corded in the Recorder's Office of Lu-
zerne County in Map Book 2, page 150.
Said lot of land having wa frontage of
twenty-five (25) feet on Colley street
and a depth of one hundred (100) feet
as shown on said revised Lynd-Wood
Treasurer of Luzerne County.
for Loader.”
is reserved by the County Commis-
sioners.
specifications wand instructions to
bidders on file in the office of the
County Engineer.
Proposals must be accompanied by
a certified check in the sum of fifty
($50.00) dollars, made payable to the
Envelopes to be marked “Proposals
The right to reject any or all bids
\
plet. The land herein is conveyed
subject to a building line of fifteen (35)
County Controller. .
{
(Continued From Last Week)
CHAPTER XXI x
The Hawk and the Crow
Gunner Haynes looked at his con-
panion oddly. t
“You are expecting Mrs.
are you? Who is she?”
Connor took up a half-smoked cigar
from an ash tray on the table and
lit it /
“A friend of nine,” he said.
have you done with you pal?”
“Who is Mrs. Maddison?” asked the
Gunner agair. 7
Connor tried to appear unconcerned.
He had heard that steely tone before,
and it was rather disconcerting.
‘She’s the wife of a friend of mine,”
he said.
“Sit down,” said the Gunner, “and
let’s talk.” ?
Reluctantly Connor pulled up a
chair and sat. As he did so, Gunner
Haynes walked to the door, closed and
locked it. : L
“Let's talk,” he said again, and ‘sat
opposite the gangster.
“Look here, Gunner, I don’t want
any trouble with you,” suggested Con
“If there’s anything coming, you
can take your corner. I don’t know
whether Maddison was making up
that story he told me or not, but i?
he wasn’t, then there’s big money in
this. Naturally, I didn’t take any
notice of the yarn he told when we
were readying him; but after you got
him away Billy—that’s the man who's
me—said he'd seen
something in the paper about Maddi-
son’s wedding. I had a chat with one
of the busies who came to fan this
place, and he told me that Maddison’s
flat was broken into last night by the
man who drove the car. That tallied
with all Maddison told me—and all I
knew. This isn’t the first time I've
seen a swell playing’ crook, but I've
never had the luck to catch one be-
fore. This man will be money for
jam.” ;
‘You're. sure it is’ he, eh?” asked
the Gunner, and, deceived by the mild
inquiry, Connor went on with greater
confidence.
“Sure! I sent a flash fellow up
Maddison’s office to see his manager-—
Stiles, I think his name is. There is
a portrait of Maddison hanging up in
the private room which my fellow saw.
He got the name of the photogr
Maddison,
“What
nor.
working with
get that, but he was told where the
picure had appeared in one of these
illustrated weeklies and he got a copy
of that.”
Connor pulled open a drawer of the
table and took out a periodical which
had been folded over at a page. Jie
pushed the paper to Gunner Haynes.
“That’s him all right,” said Connor,
with a confident smile. “I'd have
known him with or without his mous-
tache. Maddison went away the day
after he was married. There's ¢
woman in it somewhere—"
“What a brain you've got!”
rupted the Gunner with mock admira-
tion, and Connor scowled. Any reflec.
tion on his mentality infuriated him.
It was his weakness that he believed
himself to be the cleverest of his kind.
growled,
inter-
“Brain or no brain,” he
“there’s the picture, and that’s the
man. I could shop him today and he
knows it. Naturally, if I have ten
minutes’ talk with him I shall make
him se sense, but if I can’t get hin.
I thought I'd send a note to his wife. |
She’s got a bit of money—"
“What sort of a note?” asked the
Gunner, and the man hesitated.
“Billy writes a better hand than me
—I read in the paper the other day|
that all clever people write bad—"
“And some of the unclever ones,
too,” said the Gunner.
He watched the man groping the
drawer, and presently his hand came
out with two or three sheets of paper
covered with penciled writing.
“I wrote down, and Billy copied it
and did the spelling,” said Connor
“As you're in on this, Gunner, you'd
better see what I've said.”
He pushed the note across, one hand
still in the drawer, a fact which the
Gunner did not fail to notice. As he
stretched out and took the paper, his
own hand came up and an automatic
lay flat on the table, the barrel point-
ing at Connor's diaphragm.
“Take your hand out of the drawer.
If there’s any murder to be committed,
I'd prefer to commit it myself,” he
said.
Connor's hand came up with great
alacrity.
“I'm surprised at you, Gunner—you
wouldnt’ trust your best friend.”
“You're no friend of mine,” said the
Gunner.
He found some difficulty in reading
the scrawled words. The note ran:
Dear Mrs. Maddison, I should like
to give you some information about
LEONARD D. MORGAN,
your husband. I am afraid he has
if
and teied to buy a copy. He couldn’t
COPYRIGHT
—
get him out of it. He has fallen
into bad hands, through no fault of
‘his own— Be :
. The Gunner read the last sentence
aloud and looked up.
“That's a bit of a. smoodge,” said
| Connor coolly. “Naturally I want to
wrap it up for him so that it looks
as though I'm trying to help him.”
“Strategist!” murmured the Gunner,
and went on with his reading.
It will be very serious if the police
know what I know re robbery at
Tiffanny’s, but I thing I can get
him out of it, though it may cost a
bit of money, which I'm sure you
will not mind paying.
Haynes smiled sardonically as he
came to this line.
Don’t take this note to the police
but bring it with you. If you go to
the police, your husband will be ‘in
trouble. Come and see me after
dark... ..'.
N
Here followed elaborate directions
as to how the wharf was to be
reached.
“That’s the letter, it is?” The Gun-
ner pushed the paper across the table,
“I thought you were a specialist, Con-
nor. I've never known you to put the
black before.”
“This isn’t blackmail,” said Connor
indignantly, “this is compensation for
money wasted. , Besides, he pretended
he was an Australian fellow called
Smith.”
“He pretended nothing of the kind.
You jumped ut the conclusion that he
was Smith because he was in Lewing's |
company the night your crowd knifed
him,” said the Gunner quietly. “It'll
interest you to know that Smith never
arrived in England—he was turned
back at Plymouth. He is now on his
way to Australia.”
He took a cigar from his pocket, bit
off the end wand lit the long brown
smoke.
“Suppose Mrs. Maddison. goes to the
police—they’ll catch you for ten years,
Connor.”
Connor smiled uneasily.
“Is that likely—” he began.
There was a tap at the door.
“Open it,” ordered Haynes.
Conor unlocked the door. One of
his men was standing outside, and by
his agitation he knew something was
wrong.
“The Sparrow’s here, with a _ lady,’
[Be whispered hoarsely, and - watching
him, the Gunner saw Coennor’s face go
gray.
“Do you hear that?” asked Connor
breathlessly. “The Sparrow—she's
brought him.
; |
| He snatched the letter up from the
| table, made a ball of it and threw it
into the little fire. At that moment
they heard the heavy footsteps of In-
spector Bird in the passage.
The big man came in, a benevolent
smile upon hig large face, and behind
newspaper, and she wants ‘to get ac»
quainted with al ithe bad and nearly
had met before.
“Why, Gunner, this ig an unexpected
pleasure!” rumbled the Sparrow.
“Thirty-eight more of you, and you'd
have a regular Ali Baba’s cave!’
Haynes saw that the girl recognized
him. He was already on his feet, and
gave her g friendly nod.
“How are you, Miss Bolford?” he
said, and the sharp-eared. Connor
heard, as he intended he should hear.
The last thing in the world he wanted
was for the blackmailer to reveal the
fact that he was expecting Margaret
Maddison. ;
He saw the look of bewilderment
and relief that came
‘face,
hint.
“I didn’t know you were running
with this crowd, Gunner.” said tI
Sparrow. “Old friend of yours, Miss
Bolford.” His finger shot out. “That's
Connor. You ought®to know Connor,
Miss Bolford.” And then, to the dis-
comfited man: “Thig lady is on a
him a pretty girl whom the Gunner
into Connor's
and knew that he had taken the
bad men in London. Raided last
night, weren't you?”
“They're always raiding me,"
grinned Conor, “and never finding
anything, Mr. Bird.”
.The Sparrow’s eyes roved from
one to the other. -
“How long have the crow and the
hawk been living in the same nest?
That's puzzling me,” he asked. “Com-
ing down in the world, aten’t Fou,
Gunner? What are you doing here?”
“Slumming,™ said the Gunner, coolly.
“I like now and again to establish
contact with the underworld.”
The detective’s fac was wreathed
in a sudden smile.
“Hear him?” he asked admiringly.
“Quite a clasy line conversation.
There's nobody like him
This was the Gunner's opportunity.
He knew that Bird would keep occu-
pied the discomfited owner of the
of
was in that epistle which brought the
his life.
then, a little awkwardly:
see that curious case in the paper this
morning ?”’
BY EDGAR WALLACE |
and moved toward the door.
“I'll be getting along, Mr. Rird. 1
presume you don’t wish to see me?”
And then he saw a malignant gleam
in Connor's eye.
“So. long, Gunner!” said the man
loudly. “If you take my advice, give
up carrying a gat. It will do you no
good and get you a lagging if you're
ever caught.”
“Carrying a gat, is he?’ The Spar-
row became instantly alert. “That’s
a silly thing to do, Gunner. Got a
license 2”
Haynes smiled.
“I don’t carry a license and you can
search my clothing for a gat.
no right to, but you can.”
He spread out his arms, and Bird's
hands pasesd over him quickly. Mary
Bolford watched the deadly byplay
and was fascinated.
“No gat there,” said the Sparrow.
‘Then to Connor: “What's the idea?”
“I can tell you what the idea is:”
The Gunner was at the door. “Our
friends was anxious to do a trade in
lethad firearms, and I wasn’t buying
any. The only gun you're likely to
see today, Mr. Bird, is in that table
drawer.”
The detective pulled open the drawer
near where the man had sat, and Mary
Bolford saw Connor's face go ‘green,
for there at the bottom of the drawer
‘was a silver-plated revolver.
“I'll leave you to it,” said the Gun-
uner easily, and strolled out.
Before he passed through the little
wicket gate leading to the street he
took of his hat as carefully as he had
put it on, and removed from its interior
the automatic he hada cached, and
slipped it into his pocket.
You've
CHAPTER XXII
Danton Pays a Call
Margaret Maddison had spent a tor-
turing two hours before the shabby
messenger had brought her the note
which told her at least that Luke was
alive. At’ the bottom. of the letter
there was scrawled in a differen hand
—Connor’s own—“Come around about
eight.” The postscript he had not
communicated to the Gunner.
The letter confirmed all she had
feared. ‘She sat motionless at' her
desk for half an hoy with the copper-
plate communication before her, try-
ing to formulate a working theory.
Luke was in trouble—had trouble. She
had accepted this fact as a starting
point. In her mind she did not re-
proach him for the monstrous eccen-
tricity which had brought him to his
present: position—rather she hated
herself that in a moment of crisis she
had deserted him and urged him into
deeper folly. =
A servant came into the room an
spoke to her, but she was so absorbed
that she did not notice his presence
and he spoke again.
“Mr. Morell?” She came to reality
with a start. She had not seen Dant®
for days, and her first inclination w
to send a message that she was not
well enough to be seen. And the. a
thought occurred to her, and she
nodded.
“Ask him to come up, please.”
Danty came in, a sprucely dressed
man about town, and bore in his smil-
ing face no evidence of his embar=,ss-
ment.
“Any news of Luke?’ he asked, al-
most jovially. “I was on my way to
the city and I thought I'd call in.”
She was regarding him curiously.
Danton the friend, and Danton the
gang leader, were indistinguishable. It
came almost as a shock to her to
realize that her confidence in him had
already evaporated before Gorton had
told her the truth about this adven-
ture. In that moment she realized]
how complee had been his duplicity,
vet in her desk was that fatal mes-
sage from Rex. That at leastg must
have been true. It was Danty who had
arranged to send her the message
from Paris which bore Luke's signa-
ture. ;
Yet she felt no indignation, no re-
sentment—Danton was an ugly fact,
no less or more a fact because of its
ugliness.
“I heard from a friend of mine that
Luke's flat was burgled last night. Did
they get anything?”
“Nothing of any great consequence,”
she said.”
He saw her fold in some haste a
letter that was in front of her, and
put it in a little handbag that lay o
the table, and he wondered what there
color into her cheeks. /=
“I expect Luke’s having the time of
Have you heard from him?"
She shook her head.
No, I haven’t heard from him.” And
“Did you
He thought she was trying to turn
it seemed ‘a little gauche, but h
‘not suspect her object in asking
. quest.on—her, ambarrassment
her from suspicion. !
{ “There sre hundreds of cases in
|
! paper. Which is the one?”
| “About the man who was ivi
double life: a respectable merchant I
day and a—burglar by night.”
Danty smiled. He lived too near t
criminal world to harbor any iltusio
about its romantic character.
“That's the sort of stuff you read
stories,” he said, “but I have kn
such cases. I've read about them,
course,” he added hastily. “The;
was a man in Liverpool who preache
in a local chapel on Sundays and
a forgery plant the rest of the wi
I know another man—by hearsay,
course—who was the head of a pr
perous shoe company in the Midland
and one of the cleverest jewel thie
the police ever had through
hands.” { ht
She was locking out of the w
dow, apparently uninterested.
“Why do men do that sort of thing
Danty shrugged.
“I don’t know. It's a sort of fiel
of adventure—there are precious fe
fields left. I wanted to talk to
about my South American compan:
Margaret. I'm in rather serio
trouble. I want seventy thousand
pounds to finish the deal, to be exa
seventy-six’ thousand pounds, and Y
raised sixty-nine. I was thinking this
morning that if Luke
could get all I wanted. He didn’t lik
man.” - i
She was neither amused nor indig:
nant at the cool request. For a m
ing him with the money he require
He might prove a useful ally, if :
Gorton had said was true. Then th
danger of making a confidant of this
unscrupulous creature became appa A
ent. Danty was a parasite living on
society; he would not fail to exac
the fullest advantage from his knowl-
edge.” - . } ; ;
She was confronted with the alter-
natives of seeking the aid of the S0-
ciety in which Luke had found a dis
creditable place, or of going to the
police, who, she knew, were no re-
specters of persons, and would as Ii
send Luke to penal servitude as the:
would the jailbirds with whom he was
in association. : JIA
“I"n afraid that is impossible, Dan
ton,” she said quietly. “Why don’t
you see Mr. tSiles?” He is a business
man.” ! a
Danton shrugged his shoulders. 2
“Stiles! A servant—the man
without any initiative, and a
from you—
She shook her head.
“That I can’t give,” she said.
There was a silence after this: then
Danton Morell began to speak easily
about trivialities, and in a short tim
took his leave. At least, he thought,
as he went down the stairs, hie had
satisfied himself that she was not
definitely antagonistic to him A i
That he was on his way to the city.
was true. = There was a little city
office where he occasionally met his
humble Since Lewing’s
death the gang which bore las name
had lain very quiet. It comprised a
not inconsiderable number of men, old
and young, who lived on the river and
its cargoes. Though Danty took no
part “in their operations, he had or-
ganized their work and reduced their
methods to a system. His corner was
a small one, for receivers paid badly.
The work was dangerous and diffi-
cult, and sometimes weeks would pass
before the gang could make a 200d
clean-up. Bales of silk, chests of tea, :
pockets of rubber—nothing came
amiss to the thieves; but the com=
modities they stole were hard to dis:
pose of, and Danty's share hardly
paid the rent of his flat. CT
Every thief has his failings, and
Danty was a gambler. He loved that
part of the city which immediately,
surrounds the Stock Exchange; he
would spend hdurs poring over the
rise and fall of prices; he speculated
heavily in every kind of share, and
had seen the considerable fortune he
had achieved by the crooked practice
of his profession melt like snow in
the sun. .
Rex Leferre had been a useful lLieus
tenant—he had been the money getter ;
at a period when money was tight. ¥
He had served other purposes—paid 3
with real money for blocks of un-
salable shares with which Danty was
saddled. The time had come when
Danton Morell must find a new source
of revenue, or vanish forever from his
usual haunts.
It was his boast that he was the
best confidence man in England; yet
he was made to look a child in that
place that has been the ruin of so )
is
word
asociates.
many confidence men-—the London
Stock Exchange. : y
(Continued Next Week) ; 8
5 O— i
Two Varieties of Sole
The sole which is a popular edibl
fish in England is not the same as the
sole In this country. Many travelers 4
think that the sole served in England
and on the Continent is superior to
got into serious trouble, but I can
t
wharf. He put on his hat carefully
the conversation into other channels.
the fish of that name sold in America;
markets. Deh Bl