HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-10-26, Page 6THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1933 THE EXETER TIMES-AD VO CATE
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TINY CARTERET
BY SAPPER
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CHAPTER XI
“Lady Mary Ridgeway, sir? Why,
funnily enough—I did. I was stand
ing outside, where you get
and I saw her plain.”
“Was anyone with her?"
“Another lady, sir. They
to a car and drove off."
“What sort of car?”
“A big private one, sir.
the large Renaults.”
“You didn’t hear where they
went?”
“No, sir: I didn’t. They just get
in and the car went straight away.”
The man hesitated a moment, and
looked at Tiny curiously.
“Seemed to me, sir, as if her
ladyship was expecting someone. She
kept looking round over her shoul
der, and peering into
Tiny thanked him
his seat. Of course,
looking for him. He
met the train, not sat doing nothing
in the hotel. And yet as things
panned out he couldn’t have done
much good. Following a Renault In
somewhat beyond the powers of a
Paris taxi. ' For all that he
himself for not having been
he would have stopped the
thing then and there.
In an overwhelming wave
fears had come back to him. There
was something -ominous aibout that
big car driving straight away, with
out a word to the driver. Just one
more link in the skillfully construct- ;
ed chain that seemed to be tighten- .
ing round them. And there was a
ruthless efficiency about it all
made him feel helpless. If
he could d-o something, and
have to sit and wait.
At length he went in to dinner.
Either there would be a further de-1
velopment soon, (
to try and get him in the hotel: any-,
way food was indicated. He had I
had nothing to eat since breakfast, ;
and hunger is a bad preparation for j
a crisis. ----- — ---- ------
that one was approaching:
would not delay an instant
than necessary. He glanced
the room wondering if any
fellow diners were even shadowing
him. Most of them were in even
ing clothes, and it was at the othei’
that he principally directed his at
tention. Butt after a while the fu
tility of the proceeding struck him,
and he concentrated on his meal.
They could recognize him, and he
couldn’t recognize them; at that it
had to be left.
Suddenly he became aware that
a new-comer -had sat down at the
next table He was a thin, sandy
haired little man, and his clothes—
although scrupulously clean—show
ed signs of wear,
lifted as he studied
suspiciously in the
shrewdly suspected
his trousers would
story. In short, not the type
customer -one would expect at the
Majestic, and for that reason Tiny
studied him covertly.
After a while he realized the man
was shooting quick little bird-like
glances at him, and instantly all
his suspicions were aroused? He
continued his dinner calmly, only
moving his chair just sufficiently
to enable him to watch the
more easily. A feeling of
had come aver him: anything was
better than inaction. And he felt
certain the new-comer was one of
the players.
It was ten minutes, however, be
fore the game startec, and then the
opening gambit was so unexpected
that he almost decided he had been
mistaken.
“I suppose, sir, you can’t tell me
what has happened in the Yorkshire
and Middlesex match?”
a taxi,I
got in-
One of
the crowd.”
and resumed
she’d been
should have
cursed
there:
whole
all his
tli
he said at
“You are interested in cri-
he added perfunctorily.
for my bank here.”
was he? And bank
sir, in supposing
My pal
second
had re-
three on
kilomet-
coming
answer-
other.
the papers, other-
have ‘been able to
you-re saying?”
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I decided to have a talk with him.
Quite casually I turned the conver
sation round to 'the big car.
“It appeared that the chauffeur
had been cursing like blazes at the
breakdown, because he had such a
long drive in front of him.
had said .that there was a
driver, and the chauffeur
marked that they wanted
such a trip.
‘Four hundred and fifty
ers to the frontier,’ he had grumbled
‘and another two hundred on,’
“Well, that was all I could get
out of him, so got on my bike again
and went back to my rooms. Now
it so happens that I’m a bit of a map
fiend, and what with this curious
message and the chauffeur’s remarks
I got down some of my maps and
had a look. And I can’t help think
ing -I’ve solved it: in fact I’m
I have.”
“What do you make of it?”
Tiny eagerly.
“First of all, Mr. Carteret,
sure
said
settled his
Then he
the other
bill, and left the
went to the bar
joined him almost
said, after a cau-
“1’11 tell you
I’d been on my bicycle
friends outside Paris,
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Tiny stared at him blankly; so
Lhe man was English.
“I’m afraid I can’t,”
length.
cket?”
“Very. I play
A bank clerk,
Majestic.
“Am I right,
that you are Mr. Carteret," the Rug
by gulayer?”
Getting down to it, reflected Tiny
but what the deuce was
next?
“My name is Carterex,” he
ed briefly.
“I thought so,” said the
“It was lucky I’d seen your photo
graph so often in
wise I might not
help the lady.”
“What’s that
said Tiny tensely.
“There’s danger, sir, danger. Fin
ish your dinner quickly and come
to the bar. I daren’t talk here.”
“I’ve finished,” said Tiny. “I’ll
wait for you there.”
He
room.
where
immediately.
“Now, sir,’ he
tious glance round.
all I know.
to see some
and I came back through the Porte
de la Gare. That would be about
half-past six. Drawn up by the
side of the road was one of the big
Renaults, and inside it were two
ladies. Something had evidently
inly ' =one wrong’ because the chauffeur
t ‘ and another man were bending over
engine. Just as I got alongside,
of the .ladles got out and went
stood by the two
i the
one
, and
seemed to be talking to
or they were going esi.ly>
“Well, I don’t know
happended to look at the other one
who was still inside the car, and it r is a Dao preparation iur < . . , , ,, , , * i . .. . fairly gave me a shock. She wasAnd he felt instinctively x ,, . .staring at me fixedly, and suddenly
she deliberately opened the window
! and dropped her vanity bag on the
road. Deliberately, sir: no ques
tion of an accident. Of course, that
attracted my attention still more. I
was pushing my machine at the time
and I stopped at once
back the bag.
“She took it, and at
stant, I felt a twisted
ino my hand.
" ‘Merci,’ she said,
“ ‘Not at all,’ I answered.
“[‘Thank God! you’re Eirgjlish,’
she muttered. ‘Give that
Carteret—'Majestic Hotel,
danger. It’s urgent.’
“ ‘The football player?’
‘That the one,’ she
then she gave a smile,
so much for .picking it up.’
“For a moment I couldn’t under
stand: then I 'saw the other lady
was watching us.
hat, and mounted
“Have you got
rupted Tiny.
“Here it is, sir.”
He handed the slip of1 paper to
Tiny, who unrolled it eagerly. Inside
in a hurried scrawl which, however,
was obviously Mary’s was the one
word, “Brig.”
“What the devil does it mean.?”
he muttered.
“Well, Mr. Carteret,” said the
other a little apologetically. “I
have to admit that I took a liberty
The whole thing was so strange that
when I got out of sight I dismount
ed and opened the note. ‘Brig’ I
said to myself, ‘that’s a funny mes
sage.’ And after a time I turned
my machine and rode back again,
to find that the machine had gone,
Now I happen to know one of the
men at that gate very well—I use
it a lot—and acting on an impulse
men. -She
them earn-
why, but I
Zavier
longer ;
round
of his
and handed
the same in
note pushed
to Mr.
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the menu shone
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So I took off my
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after
Tiny
little
spell
hand. “I’ll go
the concierge’s
time of the
take
the gate they were leaving by, the
Porte de la Gare. That’s the
you leave by for Dijon, and
that Switzerland.”
He paused* impressively while
possessed his soul in patience.
“Secondly,” went on the
man, “the Swiss frontier is just four
hundred and fifty kilometer^ from
Paris.”
“By Jove!” said Tiny, as Ronald’s
words in Lausanne came back to
him. “I believe you’re right.”
“Well, if I’m right so far, sir, I
have solved it. Brigue, which is
the Swiss end of the Simplon tun
nel, is another two hundred or so
kilometers farther on. They
it both ways, Brigue or Brig.”
He glanced at his watch.
“Just half-past eight, Mr. Carteret
There’s a train at 9.IQ. If you
hurry you can catch it.”
For a moment Tiny hesitated. Was
it genuine, or was it all part of
some elaborate trap? And then
with a shrug of his shoulders he
made up his mind. Anything was
better than staying on in the Ma
jestic.
“I’m much obliged to you,” he
said, holding out his
at once.”
He hurried over to
desk to confirm the
train, and countermanded his room.
A Frenchman with a small pointed,
black beard was having an excited
argument over something, but he
politely stood on one side as Tiny
approached.
“9.10, Monsieur. That is correct.
Shall I get you a taxi?” He gave an
order to a chausseur. “Will you be
wanting a .sleeper?”
He paused as the Frenchman
made some remark. „
“Because, if so, sir,” he went on,
“this gentleman suggests that you
might perhaps care to share one with
him.”
“Thank you,” said Tiny grimly.
“I shall not require a sleeper.”
No more sleepers for him, he re
flected, unless he knew his fellow-
traveller. And a Frenchman with
a beard struck him quite definitely
as being a suspicious character un
der existing circumstances. Not that
he could 'be, of course: he had been
talking to the concierge before Tiny
cam up. But the principle
unknown man: certainly
•known beavers.
“The taxi is here, sir,”
held.
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No
un
the
cocierge, and the last words Tiny
heard as he left the hotel were: “Un
autre, pour Monsieur.”
The train was not full, and he had.
no difficulty in getting a first-class
corner seat. On purpose he chose a
compartment that was not empty:
Though lie had no inteption of sleep-
; ing ho was not neglecting any pre-
' caution. And by no stretch of irn-
I agination could anyone already
seated in one particular carriage se-
the
be
petrel at random, be involved in
I matter: the coincidence would
I too extraordinary.
I Ho selected a corner next to
I rerridor, and it was just as
j train started that he got a Ibit of a
| .shock. Standing in the door of the
: next compartment was Black Beard,
True, if looked at from one point of
view there was nothing very sur
prising in the fact, From what the
concierge had said the mhn was go
ing to travel by this train, and pro-
the
the
I
bably he had been
sleeper. That was
it, and yet . . .
Zavier, when the
had been raided, had worn a beard.
Was it possible that this man was
Zavier himself? As far as he re
membered his eyes were not blue,
but he had taken very little notice
of him at the Majestic. Anyway,
that was a point which could easily
be settled. He went into the corrid
or, and looked into the next com
partment. The man had put on a
pair of tinted glasses and was read
ing a newspaper.
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Tiny returned to his seat and shut
the door. Was it Zavier? could it
be? If so, was he going to strike
on the train? His jaw set grimly.
Ass he might be, but at any rate on
this
And he proposed to give the
man a run for his money,
he was not in such an
dition of uncertainty
Came Laroche, and
back to "the last time he had done
this same journey. It was there, ac
cording to Ronald, they had got the
Russian, and instinctively he kept
his eyes glued on the small expanse
of open window opposite him. Would
some strange mysterious thing come
through that window and strike
him? Then he happened to glance
into the corridor: the bearded man
was standing there watching him in
tently. -For an instant he had a
wild idea of tackling him then and
there: but he dismissed it. So long
as he kept the door shut nothing
could get at him from that side at
any rate, and his job was to get to
Brigue.
At last the train started again and
Tny relaxed. Strong as hs nerve
were the strain was beginning to
tell on him, ..and he found himself
longing for the daylight. And then,
to keep his mind occupied he tried
to work out a plan of campaign for
what he should do when he arrived
at Brigue. He remembered the
place hazily, a small typical Swiss
town at the east end of the Rhone
valley. It seemed the last place in
the world where one would expect
to meet with adventure, and yet the
little clerk’s solution appeared cor
rect. Moreover, Ronald had said
that the head quarters were some
where in Switzerland.
But what to do when he got there
was the problem. Presumably there
would be no difficulty in tracing | ed.
such a conspicious car as a big Re
nault if it already reached the place:
and if the train got there first he
could keep a look-out for
that events would have
themselves.
Dawn came at length
stretched himself wearily,
bearded -man had not appeared again
the halts at Dijon and the subse
quent station had passed without in
cident, At Lausanne his fellow-
travellers alighted, and from then
on ho had the carriage to himself.
occasion he was forewarned
gentle-
If only
agonizing con-
over Mary . .
his mind went
it.
to
After
shape
and he
The
. An attendant announced breakfast,
i and Tiny, after a moment’s hesita
tion, rose and stepped into the cor-
, ridor. After all, nothing much
could happen in broad daylight. And
i the next instant he laughed softly
. to himself. The next compartment
was empty: the bearded man was no
, longer there.
“Might have had an easier night,
• if I’d known that,” he reflected. ‘The
• wretched fellow was probably a
• harmless commercial traveller.”
At eleven o’clock
■ Brigue, and for
undecided on the
vaguely thought
' of some message
’ there was no one
1 least like a messenger.
have to make for the town and ask
there. The local gendarme, how
ever, proved the first difficulty.
Doubtless the worthy man did his
best, but at the end of five minutes,
all he could do was gravely to in
dicate the church. Then, with a
hoarse grunt of satisfaction at hav
ing at last interpreted Tiny’s ques
tion, he relased into his habitual
stupor.
It was an hotel proprietor who
stepped into the breach.
“Can I be of any assistance, sir?”
he asked in perfect English
Tiny heaved a sigh of relief.
“I’m trying to find out,” he
plained,' “if a big Renault car
passed through here this morning?
It would have come from Paris, with
two ladies on board and two chauf
feurs.”
The other shook his head.
“Not that I’m aware of, sir. But
I will make inquiries, and if you
would care to
I can put you
tion.”
He led the
garden fronting the main street.
“Now, sir,” he said, “anyone com
ing from Paris must pass you here.
The road
left, line
the other
ever pass
they must come by here.
“Splendid fellow,” cried
“Send out a magnum of ale.”
’And even as he spoke his
narrowed. A man had crossed the
street some thirty yards' away, and
lie could have sworn it was the
bearded Frenchman of the Majestic.
‘ He half rose, then sank back again
. in his chair: the man had disappear-
| ed. It was useless to try and fol
low him, it not dangerous, but it
gave Tiny a jolt. Why had he
changed his carriage in the train,
and what was he doing in Brigue?
(To be continued)
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they reached
a while he stood
platform. He had
of the possibility
awaiting him, but
who looked in the
He would
ex-
has
come into the hotel,
in an excellent posi-
way to 2 small beer
forks down there to the
branch over the (Simplon,
over the Furka. 'So
they are going to
ff
which-
tak'e,
Tiny.
eyes
tramp paused outside the
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house. “I ain’t
There ain’t
got no ‘wood
nothing you
The
house
of the
to chop,
could do around here.'
“But madam, there
the wayfarer with dignity,
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