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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-03-21, Page 6y 5 ■:’ -TO if V 4 1 A \ T •ki" ? I .f’Ap-. •\>b & V i V* & >■’ ikf f • r- K 1. -Five CRooKep I /n ¥ r-r — -SYHOPSXS“-~~-- -c____ Adam Meriston " "a taroaer's eon, articled'to a solicLtor. makes a brave l»ut unsuccessful , attempt " to thwart ... three thieves fn ra bag-snatching raid ' The bag was torn fr.hm the hands, of a ' 'girl who explains that It. .contains!-the ’ day's takings of her father’s shop.;’ . He attempts, to track thieves! ana ‘,'s leaches an old warehouse-. Adam ‘ *'* enters the building while the .girl watches ■ the' do.p.r Suddenly, he hears /footsteps.. ''."2'’'\ 4Thet man- turns ‘out to oe Adam * ♦jnpidyer.—rCoTville . 'Perkin. __ m fils* private hours experi- ments with shbrt-wave, wireless... ... Walking homeward. Adam is nearly sun down by a large sWift car. He calls on Priscilla Norval. Her father recounts the history or ^v'g. 'antidue chairs-fie„-ppsB,esAfia ~ : This temporary ^serenity was brok­ en to some extent by an event that occurred during the trial of Hagar which, although . dramatic, proved decidedly less, immediately startling than his friend in thd_ barristers ohambern had, led.-hiiii' expect, r Adam was hot'in court, . and only learnt of the matter at second-hand. Apparently Counsel for the Defence had suddenly put ..his- question re- ..ABrding. Mri? Mbfitada, and there had been a.MnildV rsensafibh~” i^di'en'..-the -yHsriner '-had^r-eplied^thaX.Re - ii^d met that gentleman ph the evening pre-. • vious to the crime. Steadily the bar- lister had drawn out of the circuit­ ous but by no means unwilling Ha- gar that the Spanish gentleman had required him to be. at a certain spot ■ at a certain hour on ■ the following " CHAPPED SKIN? NOI i A V X • -12U, 1 Fl ’’ j. . " > ■ ■’/Rf ODORLESS CABBAGE . ' ’ ' U. -M ' _. Is Perfected After Six Years - Of Research. On’4,000 ;■ ..CaESges"^4—’ 'hotVsp .....y and so forth. It was all s.o reasonable, and as-sbe spoke she looked af.hini from eyes large and appealing. 1 Adain,. of cou^e, had no option; but to agree.. He' swallowed his, dis- ’^^^nfmelit'Tn'atofui^y, ’and^e-vend sue: . deeded ip making the silgfeestioA, iu. a" manner tha-t induced Norval to ac­ cept, although he knew that .it would have been ” far easier to-'draw a re­ fusal from the gloomy, little'man. . So it came about ' that in due course, tire three of them were sitting Mn—the—soft-Kloom—of-the Mensford “Paiac?. And. Addm had his- re­ ward., But’ for his admirably con­ cealed ..resentment of the jpresence of Mr. iNorval, Adam would not have been so early- allowed^ to/ take post* session of^a small gloved hand,.. a 'privilege that swept away the-lost of ' hi§ dissatisfaction. The /presence of parents in a.’cinema was,, he soon discovered, no bar. to love-making. The situation called only for a little ingenuity. ' /■ • '"*-- ' -' -' •■■•..■'• The picture of the evening unfol­ ded ibself in':Aa blaze of southern sun­ shine, j, tale of fierce exotic pas­ sions, treacheries and[ de"spairk.i’ *"TV dealt with the period of the Spanish Revolution /and followed familiar lines; .*-Norval watched it listlessly as it the local -color -were a trifle too colorful to . satisfy his experienced taste. It was not* until a street scene in the revolutionary struggle was displayed that, he Showed more than a .bored tolerance for the.,ent- . ertainment, actually rising a little in his seat and craning forward. On the screen at that moment two men* could be..seen 'moving ' furtively a.c- ■-ross - the“-£cene --behind..a_.c.rowd.. In-/ tent on the ejection , of a group of priests from some ecclesiastical buildings. The man who led was an elderly Spaniard .with ■ a pointed beard^and thin aristocratic features, his, follower, a little man, with a fiercely hooked nose. /'■ “Valdamonte!” exclaimed. Mr. Norval involuntarily, but loudly. Priscilla leant towards him. '-“-W'hicPF^Asfr^^ elicit information * and at the same time to remind him not to talk so loudly. .' A moment later, she leant towards Adam. “Father sa^-he^Tr"”^ that the tall one behind the crowd was Valdamonte,” she whispered. “You can tell him,” whispered Ad­ am57 in his turn, “that the hhort one was definitely Montada.” A FANTASTIC total. ' It was irksome to wait for -s creem*drama-to complete its ineyit- ’able reconciliations and poetic jus-, tices'novy As soon as the picture was ended they jmad.e ..their._wiay. put,. abandoning the" rest of the program. “He was-walking .just behind him, this Montada of yours,” said Norval, “just, in the way a great., man’s ser­ vant would accompany his master In times of civil commotion. Of course that may have been done deliberate­ ly by the* producer;' thev are very' careful to get thingis like that-right, I believe. The point is in any case that Valdamonte must have been in Hollywood at the time the film was Taken.""]! so, Tie must have* been quite desperate for money. Nothing else would induce a man of his type to make a public spectacle of himself.” “Assuming."thaf7'thaT'^pOTt^f“the' film yas taken in Hollywood. But isuppose it wds actually shot ■ in Spain?” “It certainly might have been, though it seems difficult to imagine- . ’l a IS?. W^tEMAN WEttS -day, and had promisexl hirii mopey. On turning uVTh~’“ tiie arrangement he had been a wit­ ness of the attempt to rob the dia? mond . merchant add, Intervening. Tvith, according tp .himself,, the . best of Intentions, he had been’“ arrested. ThiS i some^ihat ' ’ unsatisfactory story gradually extracted" by skilful questionings had .at the time seem­ ed to be generally regarded a$ only another’ of. the elaborate concoctions? With which prisoners from time to time enliven the Courts. After Mn Montada had denied emphatically every word it was generally thought ’ thiit ’.the’" n?an,“ha.d -failed«~to—db—hifl,. ■case any good, but later in the day the Police applied for an adjourn^ ment in view-oL:....further, evidence 'that , had reached them; and Hagar was admitted-to ball. — - —— ' From this, there was a very gen­ eral conclusion, in legal circles at any rate, that there" might be some­ thing in the allegatious that the -prisoner had made. , Certainly Mr. Corville Perkin -was in a very .ill-humor for the next few ■■days hnt it was not to be expected that he would be less than upset by ;We ~''dhtrpduction'~^ against which he had set his face, and by the allegations against ah im­ portant client like Mr. Montada. On the other hand his attitude in Court had been reported as being of ex­ emplary propriety and unconcern. . All this Adam had' heard only to find that, though . it increased his suspicions, it left his mind even more confused th'anr; ever. Moreover he '^ad^KF‘f8TTaany’^fo®^n“tre=flre_- just then to devote much thought to. the problem of Mr. Montada. He had. just succeeded in arranging his long- -nromised—v-isit—to-±fhe: Pictures With Scylla. Adam was to "'call for her at half past seven on $ certain Wed­ nesday night,, and the expectation of spending a long evening alone with -hdrj tended to obscure -his interest in every other matter. , On the evening, appointed Jhe knocked punctually-at. the side door of’theshop-inCavendish-Street.-,Jrhe. girl, detained him in the narrow pas­ sage for a moment to vfhispey that she had a favor to ask. The request was nothing less than -that he-should consent tb her father­ accompanying them! Her father was unwell and worried. 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