The Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-12-03, Page 6rearms
&'Y SIDNEY HORLER:
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• SYsiOPSIS'•
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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
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and to •lay down • rules; wha�eh wel
courd .'not • ourseivet1' satisfy.
Fie -ale t en -compelled•' -toss+ a
ten? . -Lord Coleridge.,• .
"Yes -1 know: But I was kept.'T
"Where?" .
"-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
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town, and eventually got away by ma.
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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. 'That will be your
department, my dear.,"
(.Tb be continued.) -
Origin of "Summler" Time
"The real inventor (if summer time
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clocks and work hours every' -sum -1 • '
mer." • .
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