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PJGETWO
BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY. TEXAS
SBBCSaSMB :
Mazaroff
Mystery
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTKK t__Murvyn Holt. bachelor
Wo 1*1 win v»tora». is »o Uon-
4<>n, by * mu calling himself Selim
Maaa.rofT •• » tramllng companlOB-
MjLiaiofr. •• * l r» v • 11 n k
After * short tour the two put so
the Woodoock Inn, on Marras.Ul# mo
Phey meet, > seuslly. Mre l£lphln«tone
Ana HI#* Mnrchleort, end Inter, M#*a
roff Informs Holt tbet they at* his wife
end dsuKhtsr who hsve Urn* hellevea
fclm deed. Masaroffs right nsme. he
(ells Holt. Is Merohleon Me hsd left
*>>. wife stow 11 v sfter their merrUne
eilatenre he hud been unswsre l net
wight Mse-iroff fails to return to the
Itotel end there Is no eiplwnstlon of
fcls dlssppesreuxte.
CHAPTBR U. Holt meets Mlee
eon Shells, und with her *oee
her cousln'e (Verner Court hope)
"llAPTKH It
Met hleon Sheila
to her eoualti'e (Verner
•kootlns boa. hoping to leern of Msae-
roff'a wher.shoute At Oourthope s bl
a men nemed Armlntrede end e Lon-
don dootor, iCooleehsre They know
nothing of Maaaroff Police Sergeant
Mknnere end * neersrsper men. H"»a-
%M queellon Holt MeasrofTa body In
found In Reiver a den “ He hs* been
Ohot. The deed man# lawyer, Crole.
With Msn l horns, private inqulrj
mr
OPt'B dlssppesrsnoe
sssrofT carried d!
|»h Msvthorns, private lujulry egent
rives. Crole hevlng hrerd of his ell-
it‘s (llesppesrsnoe He tall# Holt
Msseroff carried diem wide worth s
large mm. end wee In the habit of
making a display of them in a-..* oualy
neither the diamond# nor anything of
value, are found on MasarnfTs body
OHAPTKR TV—Bvldeace at the In-
oat proves "Massroff" wna Merchlaen
hie
an 1m -
off had
quo#: proves 'Maas- >n
Hie will, mads a few data before
death, leaves alt h!s mom
M
mens# amount to Holt
wtll in hi
the
rrtlaal og
Peralave la found to hive left Mirra*.
- r
paper* it la learned that Herman Kloop
•th«n In ta>ndon, h i* been a ring* friend
inrar hu
It la le
lair
rt K1
peas
shift!*,, character named
Fount
urrti
•>arr
ion, I
<ef Maaarofr, In South Africa.
niAPTKn V— Itloop telle Crole
•Vaa.aroff" hed two ramar^ahte ilia-
Mood. In his pr>aae«.1on It learned
that he hed offered to anil the,* to
Lord and t.ndy I.oeke l.ord !j>-k* •aya
Mama roff had one of thee ,t.inea and
Armlntraile the other Mevthoroe
#vHnga hi* -lerk Cttlngler 'nfo th«
affair a* an Investigator an . la ,-nea
alona to Holt'* room* In mien Vf»y.
thorne ta there
niAPTRR VT—The girl ha. Merrhl-
•ort n ml,alng will which ,h* h*, >•,.!-
• n’’ from her mother Her nxptanatlnn
aeam* to link Mr* PMphln*! tie with
th* murder Mavihorne pmdlltva a
kroach tin- abjael h« had foand ai *h»
a- en# or the murder »h«!l* doe* not
recognlaa It,
CM UTRR VTT — Per-Uve la *.en on
The «rt and followed to K iteahure'a
ti >u»e A watch I* kept the plate
Mr ar,d M ■ : phtr.e1. n, ceoae | ■ ’ fain
don The latter r,fu,e, to r d • any
arplac > >n as to her p .t v» ,
An til
row
tk«
IT.irrow road, having ocemffon to visit
it yard at tin* back of hi* premises,
!u search for gome crates stored
unumgat a quantity of ghullur odds
aud etuLs, catue across the dead bfldy
of a ttuitt which had evidently been
dragged across the yard through the
rear entrance and partly concealed by
lunge timber. He at once summoned
the police, and ou examination It wag
found that the man had been mur-
dered by repeated blows on the head
with koine heavy instrument, lie is a
nmn of preeutnithly thirty years of
«i». small of stature, of slight build,
wearing spectacle*, the lens on the
right being shattered; he Is respect-
ably dressed, and s new Trilby hat
was found lying beneath the l>ody. He
bat! evidently been robbed after being
struck down, as there was nothing on
him In the way of money or valuables,
nor were there any patters that could
lead to Identlttcatlon: everything, to
fact, of this sort had been carefully re-
moved, and the only articles found In
the clothing were a fountain pen aud
two recently pointed lead t*encl)s.
New Scotland Yard was at once com-
municated with und d tcctlves are
making a careful Investigation. Any-
one recognising the dead nmn from
the foregoing description should at
once communicate with the police au-
thorities."
I laid the paper down and stared
Inquiringly at Maythorne. He slapped
hU hand heavily on the paragraph 1
had Just read.
“Holt !*’ he exclaimed. “That’s the
chap who followed those three women
away from .Short’s hotel the other
night I A million to one on It!“
“You think sol” I said. Incredulous
If. “Hut there are lots of men who il
correspond to that description."
“That’* the man!—I'll lay any-
thing'” he declared. “And this thing’s
getting more of a mystery than ever.
Uk* at It'—Mrs. Klphlnstorie, her
daughter, and her maid, without a
word to Klphinatone, suddenly clear
out of Short’s late at night. They are
seen to Ik* followed by a man who had
previously Inquired If the Klphlu-
slon>-s wire staying at Short'*, They
never return, the women; from that
moment to this ~«n this time having
Gasped aev er. 1 j t vv o hou rs !—~n<>t hln a
whatever hits Toot.a heard of them.
And then this dlacmery Is made the
man who was •■■hi to follow thorn ta
found mi i b« ad batten d to
I rijt'- v on her t» . k m4 »
h*fnr**toV|e« They learn s rn
noh.„lv an iA«*lif, In onn, •
(hd ciija« hftrl K»s«n r * f■
ftv#t vA*t.vf ■ .■ v !<•' h.it#*
CHAPTER X
We Know That M*n!
I snatched at the new*t>«i»er eagerly
•nough there w is that In Mayf iiorne’s
manner which showed me that her*
was news of Import ic-e 1 *»w it at
o« !-
-yea o-,n‘t kn«.
* wtmt depends on
It.
Nor where tIk
*e woum'U are. In
■ r. fur nnvtf.lr
\g we know.”
r«. ini|
M -? y
1
went willing
enough, tlien.
*• n'tir
f»..t»
eb-.w, It had bat at ruck me up to
i Cm!*
rival
lime that Mbet
ia might t>e In real
»n «
da>.|
c*»r: I Mii finnpil, rather, that
n web
»h.
*m prtdvably »'
.^taring her mother
tn ff
>irg from Juati
o, ..r. at any rate.
•r*r'
< »aw H at On**—Thar* It Was. In Big
In the Mop Brens Spec a.
them It was. In M« letters ta
the Hop yrsM apace ‘
“About half peat fonr this after-
M»» Mr. KUthwatte. grocer of 9%
from >h,tasteful Imptlrlea.
\\ e r--de round to short a. and after
some slight delay, curried off the un-
der hall porter. Otkrr In the cub again.
May theme showed hln the new*j>aj>er
description of the murdered tnua.
“thee that sever to the man you
saw following Mr*. Klphiustone three
nights k|oT“ he naked.
Th* in h r hell porter, a sharp e)»-d
fellow n.-hied.
“I ukl any •* “ '. sir, toraelf,"
be ai.-* cred. “T i i. If* a gu*>d de-
scription of him, taking it altogether.
It doe*'i t mention that he’d a alight
brown mustache, though. If this deed
man ha*—"
“We shell kotm see that." said May-
(home grimly. “A few minutes- "
Mr Kill a site's grocers establish
merit was away up at the poorer end
of the Harrow road - a *ery m«>de*t
establishs*r»t( tiev, catering for a hum-
b!« da*. «f cwromera. Itut when we
got cc.* of our cab and walked towards
ft. we found that for once at any rate
It was a canter of vast Interest, If not
of trade. The pavement outside was
thronged with pecyde, and a poeee of
policemen w*« engaged In getting them
to move away or move along, not over
•urceeafqlty J two policemen stood at
the shop »U*or. evidently with ordrra
to nit none but bona jtde curtomera.
A word from Maytborae procured ue
Instant admission, however, and we
entu
data
win
bie
Ing his story for the xth time. Or
kenlale nodded algnl(t»-antly as May-
thorns advanced on them.
"Have you seen the man?" asked
Maythorne.
"We haven't, ye*." replied Corker-
dale. "Ile a at the mortuary, of course.
Weil go round (here, vseii," a# cok-
tlnned. turning to the grocer, "well
look In again when we've been to thj
■red— tn
. And
Mam
n#f«
and forker-
i standi
mg to
ta
coavera*tI»n
i th# gi
rocee,
IQ f
Kirtti
sd and — oiir
person
who
waa
•hvl
■'Italy retell-
mortuary, amt perhaps youH shew all •llrre'a where I found him!" wble-
the premises where you found hlmt” pored Kllthwalte tn a half awestruck
“Anything you please, Mr. Corker- whisper “l wanted some planking
dale," reeled th* grvK'er, rubbing his out of thl* pile of old wi*»d: I pulled
hands “Always glad to uaalat the
police, sir. These gentlemen, I gup
pose, are In your Hue, toof*
“Hit that way," answered Corker
dale, with a smile at Maythorne
“Well,” be went on, motlotilng ua to
follow, “well Just step round—It*
not fur."
He led us along the dismal road t-<
a still more dismal. If more spick an 1
upon building, the gloom aud sonib-
ne,* of w hich wu* accent tinted by I *
air of officialism and formality. \\ •
trooped one after the other, under tl ••
guidance iff a police constable, Into »
whitewashed chamber. There, ou •
center table or slab, was laid out.
stlltt' evident under u white coverlt
w hat vve had Come to see. The poll-
constable In-cun b> turn buck th#
sheet: Maythorne motioned the nn
der hall porter to go ueurvr.
“I.ook well! see If you can tdentit.'
him." whispered Maythorne.
Hut the Idcntllt'-atlon did not conic
front the under hall porter.
We had all crowded close to the
still figure; we all looked steadily at
the dead man’s face. And In that In-
stant Mimner* and I. after a ting e
glance at It, turned sharply on emdi
other; n look of mutual understanding
tin,hed between us, and we let out the
same simultaneous exclamation.
“We know that man!"
The other* turned on ua, then, qurs
tlonlngly.
"You know him—both of you!" ex
claimed Maythorne. "Thou, who I*
her
“Newspaper reporter from up our
way.” answered Manners. “Name of
Howua*. I don’t suppose you ever
"I Pullad Some Aalda, and There Waa
a Man’a Arml"
gome silde, aud there was a man's
arm! And then—weM, then I found
the rest. I saw algna of a struggle.
Hut," be added, “tome of your people
that have been here already, Mr. Cor-
kenlale; they say that there lire dear
Indications that he'd been dragged In
saw him when you went up there—! * B( ri*„ yard, fn,m tbe door 1° Intrude, you know, nor to make any
work was more to the other able of
(lllchester. Hut Mr. Holt here kn<
him. That's Howtias. right enough’’
“He came to see me. ut the Woo !
cock, with Manners, after Maaaroff *
disappearance," t said. "I saw him
Just once, afterward* In Gtlchester
Hut th*t Is How mis, without doubt!’’
"And murdered here In London!"
muttered Manners. “timid l.ord'
what's It mean! There's more In
this—"
“A moment!” Interrupted Maythorne.
He turned on the under hntl porter
“Iain't make any mistake!” he said.
“Is that the man who came to Short s
hotel, and whom you afterward sow
following Mrs K'phlnstone and her
daughter and th • tnal I? I.ook well
at him, now ‘—be sure!"
Pitt the hall porter slnmk hi* head
us nim li ns t<> Imply that nil th* look-
ing In the world wouldn't make him
surer.
‘a di, that's the man!" tie exclaimed.
“1 knew him at once. There's nod»til.t
about It! lie, o nilr.od him ns a ion o*
t sot e>c* on I. ni, of coarse, he s
lo(>' Ids color, lint—”
Wv w, at out of the mortuary, «•. !
Into an oifltr where tli Te wer»* m 're
oil .*. They evidently knew Cor-
kerditle and after n few minutes’
Whispered ( MV- , at ton with him they
I icl ;. g. Oirkerdale
it: > < ll.i > p: d bis huger on a
label wit . iu the Trilby lu»t.
” i ! t vv. i nsentbijed lit the news
be said. “See Her-
there.”
“What’s outside that door am! the
wall?” u,kt*d Corkerdal*.
We all went to look. There was a
narrow, stone-paved lane there, run-
ning from a side street liutween the
hu> Us of the Harrow nunl houses abd j safe,
those of some street or terrace set. j
further back. It was fenced In by i
high walls for all Its length: there j
wer* only two feeble gas lamps to i
light It; It was dark, silent.
“One of your men says there are '
bloodstain* on the atones—Jufrf there!" I
whispered tin* grocer. “Of course, j
you know, 1 never heard anything— j
am! I've tmt beard, either, of any- j
body who did so far.”
We went hack to 'lie shop and stood 1
dlscuss-ng the matter and Its pn lia-
bilities (or some little time. Then the j
grocer's telephone bell rung. He went .
to nnsv er If, and looked round at ua. [
“If one of you gentlemen's Mr. May-
thorue,” lie sold “He's wanted.”
May t l.ni in- cro**cd over and took
up the receiver. A moment luier, he, !
too, turned on us.
“From the uiu'er ball porter!" he I
exclaimed. ' Mr*. lilpldnsloue ami
Miss Mercldson are back,"
bother, but we must have some ex
planatlon. (let the young lady to
yourself and—”
He broke off with a meaning nod at
the door, and, anxious enough to sea
Sheila and to make sure that she wu*
I tapped at the panels him]
walked Into rtie room. I saw Sheila
• I once; she was standing on one shin
of the hearth; Mr. Klphlnstorie, In Id*
usual Beml.dlstressed, send perplexed
slnte, stood at the other; between
I hem, Ida bat In hla hand, stood a tall,
professional looking nmn tthmn I at
once act down as the doctor we had
Just heard of. He was speaking ni
1 entered, nnd with a mere glance at
me, he went on:
“—after a good night's rest, quite
all right. 1 think. Hut 1 will rail
again, Mr. Elphlnstone, In a Couple of
hours, und perhaps give Mrs. Klphln-
stoue a Bleeping draught. Keep the
nurse all night—abe'll anve you u lot
of trouble. I think that's all at
present."
He turned nnd made for the door,
and us I was allll close by It, I opened
It for him, let him out, and shut It on
him, at the same time slipping tlie
latch—those three outside were not
CHAPTER XI
Accused!
pretty much of
server Up
u nnd nbsi
i anon as M
pi!
too. t,
thin
l«Hik a*.
stood
Orkr
:rl
dew
lt«|e and
sad May the. nc went through
t ■ n * gun 11 They found
thing of uivy note—u tali'a
" u wi:!i n ths Jnside t»rvwf-
of the ">«t, showing that the
been made In Newmstle. I
date nnd a muni- r on It, and
date remarked that there wa
to identitt' utlca. If ten -Nsitry.
“It's not nv* os-ary, ’ remark>*l Man-
ners. “1 know the man well enough.
Jlownaa reporter of the Tweed A
Border (Inxette at odlcbeaier. And Id
like to know what he was doing here'"
bat was h>* d> Ing nt Shori'S
hotel T' suggested May t borne “That'*
more like It Manlier*! But that'- o!>-
xjona— he was after Mr*. Klphi; - ne.
He followed her, too, when she went
out. Where] Now, then, did xh<\ and
tor two companions, come to thl*
quarter of the town] If they did-—
why] And where are they V
“l.ct'1 go buck to the grocer i,” eald
Corker dale.
W* went out again luto the g!• »my
road. The under hntl porter, having
done what was rcvpilred of him wuB
anxious to go t*«i k to the hotel. May.
thorue sent him off In a taxicab; th*
rest of u* returned to Kllthwalte'*
shop. Maythorne and t walked side
by side--.....at tlrst in silence.
“Whet do you make of this, Muy-
thorneT’ I asked at last.
"God knows!" he answered. "It
*eems evident that the poor fellow
we've Ju*t seen followed the Klphloe
atone* Mrs. Klphinatone. of course!—
to l^mdou. tnn ked them to the hotel,
went after Mrs. Klpblnstone when sh*
went out that night, but—as to th*
rest—*
*T>o you think he followed t be in-
here f I suggestcsL "If ao, what could
they want In this n«drhb*vrbo«>d]"
“Shabby and sordid eoougti for any-
thing. bereabouta. Isn't ItT* ha an-
swered. with a shrug of hi* shoul-
der*. “Again I My who knows]—
who know* anything] le-t's have a
look at th* place where he wo* found,
however - we may get a»m* Idea of
womrthing."
Th* grocer took oe through hla ah op
tnto hla hack yard. It waa a dismal
platw. all th* more dismal bes-ao**
that woe an unusually An* spring eve-
ning. It seemed to be a sort of dump.
Ing ground for hnxe*. barrels, cheats,
•Id tine, crate*, all th* refuse ef a
chandlery shop; and It wo* of som«
extent, running from th# hack of th*
pr*ml*e* to * high wall tn which
there we* a ere ay door.
you going]”
“But
hnd
pas i
that '
jj.id* '
aped 1
> the
had I
icety !
land 1
the
1 an-
il mo-
le! ter
T hnd hei
s! v c i-pei i iti
point, but h«
bis Kturiliui
Into il' (loll,
shop door i
left F's 1!,ih
It** rapid <
thrc«!ir'M.
“When- i
claimed.
“Wnors] Short'f-', of c
•werrd. "Aren't you]"
“To bo sure !*’ be salt!
ui'-nt. These nth r t">
come, as well. Ami i. w. rd wl'li ibis
grrs er chap.”
1 waited Impatiently outside the
shop until the three men joined me.
We had some llltlc difficulty In ' • Sing
a tnxlc.tb: they were not plentiful In
tint dreary quarter; when at Ins' we :
had packed ourselves into one l c! ifed
nil the time Its driver was running
down to a more palatable neighbor
hood. My three companions bud re-
lapsed Into silence: each seemed to b<*
following some train of thought of hla
own. Nobody spoke. Indeed, until we
were close to Short'* hotel: then Man-
ner* v:'o nly gave voice to what hr
evidently was thinking.
“That |toor fellow Hownu* must
have com* up to Kondou by the same
train that the Klphinatone* came in!“ j
he said. In the tone of a rnnn who ,
thinks that be has made a startling
discovery.
“Evidently!” remarked Maythom*.
In his direct manner. “Evidently!—
sine* he presented himself at their
hotel very Boon after they got there.'' !
"What 1 meant," said Manners,
“was this—If he did. as be must have
done, he si* tracking them -or aome j
one of them."
“That, too, aeema evident." rejoined
Maythorne. "I should any h* was!
Especially as be followed the three
women when they went out I*
"Why]" a*ked Manner*. “Why]
That's what licks m*!"
There waa a brief silane* on that.
Then Corkerdal* apoke.
"Nawspapar man, you aay he was."
h« remarked. ‘Haportar. Those chapa
have a trick of poking their nose* Into j
places and thlnga where they’ve no 1
right to be. Poachers, as It wera.
Tv* had more than one game of mtn*
spoiled by that sort] Get It Into their
heads that It's a fine thing to do a
bit of detectlv* work for their papers.
Gets 'em credit with th* *dHon. 1
should My this chap's, been going on
• line of hla own since that murder—
and you see what It's brought him to I
Msrd«red, himself!”
“Ah!" si'..J Mayth.-ra*. with a touch
of sarcasm that waa lost on our com-
panions. “I shouldn't wo*4*r Ifyoqjf*!
romfng tn until I was sure of some-
thing. 1 turned: Slidlu was already
«d Mincing towards me.
"You're nil right]" I said eagerly.
"Safer'
“Safe—yes!" she kagwerfd. "All
right, too. But—everything <' I all
wrong! Maythorne]—where ! 1
"<lutalde," j .-.iid. •• i ho : I
Two of them—Corkutdaio . ai .V ...
ilerji."
1 to
prrupted HI
!n, Merv.vn, You'll he. r evi >
that I say to them, ' aim added, i ,rn
Ing to Mr. Elphlnstone. “i .*
mustn't bo any delay, either!
the door!"
I tliruet back the latch and thr« u
the door open—the three men out*! !•■
Cam* In, wonderlngly. The two i»>
I Icemen, thus admitted, appeared to
lose their tongues, but Maythorne,
after a first keen glance at Sheila,
tint led.
“I think you're none the worse for
jour adventures. Mis* Men bison,' he
mid. “1 hope Mr*. Elphlnstone U not
seriously th* worse, either]"
“My mother's bad a sort of o>!
lapse after she came In,” replied
Sheila, “The doctor says she will In-
all right after a night's n st. sit down,
all of you, If you please I want to
talk to you,” she continued, abruptly.
"You’ve ail !>een wondering where my
mother, and Alison Murdoch, and my-
self went, nnd where we've been sli ",
haven't you?"
good deni of search has been
right. CorksrdnW Bui vOitt a pity
w* didn't g«t on bis llu*. tool for. if
h* was murdered to silence him, you
may bet your Ilf* be was on tbs
right line! But her* we are.”
The under hall porter hurried down
th* step* at Short'* and opened the
door of our cab, glancing knowingly at
Maythorne.
“Came In Just as I got back, air,”
be announced In an underpin* "Both
of 'em! lu a taxi. So I telephoned
up there to you, at onca,”
“Good!" answered Maythorne. “But
—only Mrs. Elphlnstone und Mixs Mur-
chison] Not the maid]"
“No, air. Only the Indy and her
daughter. I think Mrs. KlphliiNt.ui. -
III, sir. There * a doctor gone up."
Maythorne turned to the two police
men. But before be could Nity any-
thing, a woman tn the uniform of a
professional nurse came hurrying
round the corner atul sped up the
steps Into tlie hotel.
“The doctor's evidently telephoned
nurse,” observed Maythorne.
vve can't very well break In on
lllne**."
Hut Corkerdal* shook his head and
his face grow Indexible.
"Illness or no Illness, Mr. May
thorue," he said, Tin going up!
Thing* art* u bK too thick, too seri-
ous. Aud there’s the young lady.
She'll know where her mother’s been
and where they've come from. And—
where's that other woman, the maid]
\V*fll go up. Manners.’’
Maythorne und I followed them. \Y«
went up to the floor on which th«
Elphlnstone*' suite of rooms w-ns situ-
ated. At the door Corkerdnle paused
and turned to me. “Mr. Holt knows
the family,” he said In a suggestive
whisper. “Go In, Mr. Holt, nnd Just
ace how the land Ilea! \Ye don’t want
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1930.
nude for you, ml**. ' oWrvwt
kenlale, flu.ling hla tongue. "Golu
on now, It Is, too! What bs.,,..-^
Maythorne aa|
i . n"rq
m
If 1 may askf*
Shelia looked at
from him to m*.
“Happened]" she inawered.
mother aud I wer* kldiia|x>d!"
Mr. Klphinatone groaned but then
was a note of triumph In his vo|f
“By whom were you kldnape.li
Marc bison r aakel Maythorne q/
Sheila uticonaoloualy lower..''__
voii'e ns she bant forward to aniwg^
“Alison Murdoch I" ahe ret.lie^
“And—-whera Is Alison
continued Maythorne. “But I
pose you don’t know!"
“No!” answered Sheila. "1 cj..a^
know I"
t orkenlal* clearevl hla throat thg
soil ml suggested that he thought |g
ws* high time he came In.
“What I'd wlah, Mr. Maythorne,” h*
an).I “ that Is. Sergeant Manner* and
myself—would be If the young h
would Just tell us what happened after
she nnd her mother and this woman
left flu* hotel three night* ago. Seeing
to me we want a consecutive nurr*.
live, as It wera. Then—’’
Tin going to tell you." Interrupted
Sheila. "Hut I shall have to begin
before that. I mull begin where Mr.
Maythorne and Mr. Holt came to Mini
A pi wr ley's Hat that evening—the or*,
nlug that my mother arrived h.-r*.
After you two bad gone," she con-
tinned, turning to Maythorne and m*,
“I thought a lot—a tremendous lot-
shout the whole business. I was very
uneasy about averythlng— the will—
the general situation. To tell you th«
truth, I felt that If thlnga were going
to remain whera they wer* I should
come perilously near to ausplriou of
my own mother. Bo—"
Mr. Klphinatone amot* his knoeg
with hla open palm* and gr.mned
audibly. Hut Sheila gave him n glancg
aud went on. ,
"So, eventually, I said to Miss Ap-
perley that 1 was going to Short's, to
have It out with my mother, If 1
could. I came her*—I saw my mother
In Hint bedroom."
"Alone]" asked Maythorne.
"Alone! We hnd a aoit of row at
first slq,* was naturally furious with
me; first, for taking the will out of
her possession; second, for running
nwny to London with It nnd giving It
to Mr. Holt. Hut In the end *hg
calmed down, and eventually, when
we had rtodored amicable relations be-
tween ourselves, she told me that I
need not have been so hasty, for it
was tier full Intention to send the will,
either to Mr. Pottlethwalte, who had
prepared It, or to Mr, (’role, the very
next day, with an account of how 1»
had come Into her possession.”
“How had the will come Into Mr*
Klphlnstonc's possession?" asked
thorn*.
“In this way," replied Sheila.'
told you and Mr. Ilolt that my mother
was out Into In the evening for two
evenings ia succession, nnd thnt on
the second evening l stole downstairs
M.onlimietl Next Week)
i.\ '-I NliAY MORNING get you a
liot kith l.y ,i hot fire at ihe
t iiv Bmber Hi.>|* —Shoes Shim'll
.1 a H<d Hath by a Red 11M
’ 'w e (■ Mindoy morning. And
I.Tt v.mi old -in.es and I will
■■I' them and m.iko them new.
icv rhiv, any way.
ARTI'll i! HEM
\T i TTY HAH HER SHOP
1.0.0. F. LODGE
'!. ul.ir rncciiny every Wednesday
night. rb”>rec prajlicc each
Monday night.
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| W. AINSWORTH
Counselor at I.aw
Notary Public
and
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