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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-12-03, Page 6rearms &'Y SIDNEY HORLER: • • SYsiOPSIS'• - Phill'p ,Crane a• young aeroplane de- signer, in London' on • a: hOliday, S ves M>i,}r ery " Ferguson ' from • death' by ` snatching her from beneath a large Jar. Un• arrival at the Mid -Western, Hotel :far is_-surtrised to find a letter, written in cod's. • That .evening an unknown girl • calls;.on him and. takes him to see' Stev-. i • eiissdn His impersonation -is disebvered he's the Emperor of Siam,' or Al Ca- pone's newest, brother-in-law, .: . Say, kid, where did you pick the gin up?" Judith Feistead:.gnawed.her• lip. It was a bitter huMiliation'to know' that it was she •Who had been responsible when the other Crane appears.. He'eseapes• for. this ,debacle, ; Of course,' there had and ..meets 'Margery Ferguson again Learning that her father is•in the, hands linen extenuating. Circumstances' But �, of Stevensson and his 'gang . he per."the Empress. ..was not the woman 'to • suedes Margery:t'o 'seek shelter in'a eon- ' vent while he .goes .to Mandling in Kent listen to these. ° to 'rescue: her father. "I'll tell you ail I know," she said sharply. "I; got orders Trom tevens= CIiAPTER VL •' a ' ` "Who was' that Bink?'..' Thee question,• ' ' . asked in a. strong • Trams=Atlantic twang, made Simon Stevensson frown,. He: thrust, his monocle into the right. ve_e d.. r eta ed at. the -speaker., �► "I • wish T knew,". he said; "you;• no tieetl he was-the-'li l#g�imaga of -your. it's a' bit•out of the ordinary for two rotes throughout America. Not roily lavas-to bedead singers---of=each- tit-at,but-yautil-•esta'bl-ish-heedqua-rteits other,-acid-to-haVe-the-sam ' as either • in Chicago or. Ne' w 'YrOk-• M111: Any ow, we'll stop talking about whichever you refer --arid act as our that gunk -for the time . being at any 'istributing centre for America:. How rate, I want, to go on to: the IIid does that :appeal?'" Western;I reserved a shite by wire- "'O.K.-if the: stuff's all right. "'It' all less from the .boat •Can •: you tell your piece in, ten minutes?" lie asked, turn- ing to,Stevensson. The -latter nodded:. "Sorry this should have occurred," he said, "lint you can -rest assured • that it wont do 'you any''harm.. If you'll excuse me just one mimibe .more, ,I am• k at your service." ' °!Certainly." The visitor. reached'sneaker. was. surprised •to'see a '.heavy t. for the box on the 'desk and lit a'eig- frown.'gather. on the man's. face. depends' on the craftsmarishit-of this fellow, Ferguson. I'. needn't' tell you people 'that. the 'Police and the' Secret Service -people •-general.,---are--very wide-awake now to `bad' paper." • . ' "This -Man -can da miracles," iissed erated Stevensson: - "All'right; I'•11 take your'.word•''for it." Looking 'at • Stevensson,' the, arette. He waited • patiently +until "Anything wrong?" he asked. e Stevensson, 'whoise. voice' ,could .`be "`I •;don't want to create any further d `heard telephoning outside, returned, bad':feeling, said Stevensson,• "but occupying his time by casting.appre= you should have been at the -Mid- dative glances' at the flaming -haired Western Hotel at" nine o'clock 'to - beauty who, apparently Nast to be an " 'associate- of his from now on. ' but • self?" "There was some resemblance, l• sure," was. the;:. reply; F°but, tell me,, wits is -he? - I doiizt—fa-ney guys -got . round leeki.ng the dead spit of me." "We'll have Judith in;", said Stev- ensson,! seating • himself: • . " •« There was -no need -to summon the girl.' A1'nost . before the words had., sone. to, meet- you, at the Mid -Western Hotel tonight at nine o'clock. .I was givenxyonr.photograph-and teld'that you would be in '.a. private suite. ' • I waited over a hour, ur, and then am n carie in who was so like you I thought there could, be no 'possible Mistake: it's gtrue he-drdtt'te-ak with an Am- erican ageent,. but 'he. explained that satisfactorily:: And he said he'd just shaved off his. moustache: Oh, .don't nb oo a - ine ike that!" she exploded; "how the hell do you. think 'I 'could know he was a, wrong un?". She, swung round on .'Stevensson. "What- do you think he is? A. dick?" "What else could' he be?" .asked Stevensson'.svoicewas suave, -ser-ions; �ai;:,he seated himself. "Yon 'won't:niind, Crane• -especially .. 3£ter.. what -;has .jost.=happened=if -I ask you to convince us thatyou. really are' therigh right man?" he asked. The visitor • seemed about to explode into • an oath; but hid anger 'quickly' "Not at ' all," he said." "Here you' left his ips,_,she_had appeared ;intim: the- other, with a frown. that chilled doorway.• • the heart of the listener. • "Sohe got away," she coniinented She stamped her foot. ,in'a snarling time. The Took she;•ghve ' "So much for •your judgment," she Stevenson was charged with con said daringly!, snapping her fingers; are.". He took : a number of papers from a 'pocket -book, and passed t across to the other. • • - Stevenston,' after examiningthem critically, handed them to, the•, girl. "I. don't think.we need 'have • any more doubt,.Judith;'t,he Said. It seem - as '. .though • he Was anxious, • after the recent storm, to conciliate her. The papers were quickly 'returned: "No •reason at . all to worry," she :commented; l dnd, ' as if to spread the conciliatory spirit, smiled across at • tempt. . "that fellow's just a• fool-no'more a; Crap? the curt -•order; -"and-don't;star-t--any, +Say, sitter,, do you think here, --because I m-•irat�-in-the-.•.that•?'!ifked't Amricaii: `�` mood -for --them:" • • ". ..H• °'`Isii4't it ?' easyt'she -retorted "do "Conic.-stn-and.-shut:--the--door.,�_wasrdeteetive-tham-i aim" ti, • "Not if The ,Empress know s about .you think,.; if he'd been •a• detective, this?" a'_dhaye_comeliere..onliis-owxi'? Why,The' taunt, hot -flung, brought - a by this time •. the house 'would have smear of scarlet' to Stevensson's pale been 'raided." . • • cheeks." But quickly . he recovered himself. "I seem to have the impression that it was you who ' brought the • fellow here," he .said; "and it will be you who will. have to -make the -necessary - "Thele's something in that," adinit- ted Stevelisson. • : • ' "There's a hell of a :lot' in it," she went on, more confident 'now.' ,"IVs just one of those coincidences that th. story -writers -tails about. Nothing so explanation to the Empress" . • very wonder, f>_i inn. ,t, ll "Can=the=talkf--drawled-•t r%vrsitox haps; Crane is a pretty common name "let's get the works on this guy. At" . • the present time, I don't know whether in "Yea," ieturned.the American, "but "N w; were=a1•l:sitting-pretty,' it .Stevensson, using an idiom with which -he-knew-the-visitor autil-be'a1>:rilia "tjie idea is this: The Bmpress=what a woman!" he.broke off to exclaim=- "has.-madeTev'ery plan -.to -flood- Europe: with false • paper. The man ;she's got hold of --an Englishman called Fer- guson -71s the cleverest engraver that perhaps the • world has ever- known, He's kicking' up a little trouble at the moment, -but we needn't trorible about that. The Empress,: as. youtl'_ve _pro.b--. ably heard, has a way 'all her ovyn _when she wants thjng-done; -x "Where you come in, Crane, is this: 'jlfirectl.- the stuff is ready, you'll cross to the States and circulate these bogus ft -S ---Easy'= to order New.. 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"-Southampton; :I` haven't told';yon, yet, -but the beat was boarded by de- tectivss_.and..I:had thewdeviLs_own,i job_ -. to get -ashore. If I . hadn't found •a friendly steward, who lent m e his clothes, I might have been nabbed'. I don't k.•w-how it happened, but a me utast . have lees ' circulated and wirelessed across "to the .Engiishlpolice. I realized' that All the trains for London would be watch-' ed; -so nay. low in. •a • poor part .of •the town, and eventually got away by ma. tor. I had to pay ,that steward two hundred dollars -but it was worth it. Anyway,' that's. my explanation - fart -- being late. ; And that's why. I carne. straight here before going=to-the H�- tel." "Hell!" crud • Stevensson; "this up- sets things. p-sets'things. The Empress sent several letters to' you • at the Mid -Western. They were all written ir"t the code- u,t•-if4h-at-otlie-r-fellow-hands- them over to, the Police, there may be. trbuble----•They_'.ve _--got= some --pretty - •- sharp brains at Scotland Yard now; and, although the code,• as you are aw-Axe, isintricate, one never .'knows,_' "In that case, perhaps it would be better if I didn't go to the Mid -West- ern. I shouldn't say you need worry about those letters -'if they were writ - tea in the ,code " , "But I am worrying," ' repeated Steyensson. _._"Toto •much was gi4sn awaytin them. ..You've heard what the eseAs- •-self-viilled,'tempestuaosr refusingtotake anyone.else's advice? Well, she would send those things. She said she wanted you to know exactly what was expected of you from the start. But I `have a cautious nature: that was why I asked Judith to go along to' see that you received •them quite safely." - "I was waiting for you ' over an hour;„_.pat _lathe' •girl..._ }`Sorry, aistei. If• I'd have known you'd been at 'the other end, I'd have squeezed the last mile • out of that. automobile!” With the words, lie rose, stopping at the door, however, "What about that other grille?" he asked... • . Stevenston was quick in his reply'. "Ygu've . no need to bother. 'about him," he -said; "you can leave that to me-he'lf be attended to. That was what I telephoned about just now." : "And The Ernpross?" asked Crane. "When do I •see her?" "I'll arrange soniething for to -mor: row. Can you be here ateten?r" "Yes -ter, it is. Good night." "Good night, Crane." ' ' "Goad night," added the girl. ' When he had .gone, Judith made a comment. "You dirlik:t say anything about the girl?" "No," admitted • Stevensson; • "that fellow • strike's ine as being weak in regard to women. 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