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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-11-01, Page 2abet 081112/146r -1 -N - BEGIN HERE TODAY caught him 'one on the point of the What horrible and mysterious powea jaw that put hila out for the count!" Was forcing the three Drake brothers, Hobart, the Wall Street broker, Roger, fectionately at his clenched fist. the scientist, and Andrew, recently ie- "Rip was loud in his gratitude but turned from Australia, to place them- out of the tail of my eye I saw him selves in ridie' 1ous situations. Some hunt for that bill and then turn to power had forced Hobart to deliver a sneak away and I laid hold of 'him mocl: speech in the public square, Ro- bythe collar to wait till the lout who ger to burlesque a scientific address, and Andrew to sit on the floor.and had accused him woke up. play with toys, Patricia-: Drake, daugh- "He sat up after 'a bit rubbing his ter of Hobart,.secretly secur .s Owen jav, and started to turn ugly but I Miles, detective sergeant, and his col- spoke to him man to man and said' vague, Scottie McCready, to investi. spoke good for Rip if there'd been "What's happened?" he roared. gate. Miles is emp.cyed as a house man and Scottie as gardener.. Miss a mistake. He told me Rip had lost "Stop that yowling, Hitty, aed "stand Jerusha Drake, spinster siste. of the the money to him • infrared to changee aside id les became aware that a 'thin, brothers, is discovered by Miles in a Saturday and when he meg: wail had succeeded the sibm ? late at night be- I it he found the bill was counts reedy wildly excited state rs Scottie glanced down once more af- i SAVE MONEY BLJY BANDS $iQO Denominations ' $500 $1000 Write for List . 350 BayStreet, Toronto H. R. BAIN & CO., ronta pencil?" He pulled a notebook from Ida pocket and, tearing out a page, he scribbled hastily upon it while his cola Ileague weited in silence. "Thez�e! • 1' don't care what excuse you make afterward but get •'down to the tele- graph office at the statioe as fast as yeti can and send this wire off to the chief; 'tell hint to send one,of the boys down here with` the reply the in- stant it conies, no matter at what hour of the day or' night! We'll be ready then to stand out in the open and declare ourselves!" Scottie read the message slowly and then lifted, amazed eyes to the other's face. "Man but we've been blind!" he ed door was that of Roget's store exclaimed. "You say that there's room, and the man who had emerged daylight ahead? I'm thinking that was Andrew! ' He was without coat for• same in yonder house it may be a or waistcoat, his sleeves rolled back red and fearsome dawn!" , and his shirt and collar 'grimy withAfter dispatching Scottie. to the dust, a. smudge of which lay across village to transmit his wire, Miles re - his eheek,;giving a grotesque, twisted entered the house and ascended to the expression to his features,: second floor. The door of Roger's store room did not yield when he turned the knob. As he started down the hall Miss. fore an open grate in which she wa burning papers of some kind. Pa- tricia disappears and Hobart sends for Miles. GO ON WITH THE STORY When Zorn drove up in a station jitney he gave no sign of ever having seen Miles before, but an hour later -lien he took his leave he slipped a note into the hand of the other; ifive turned it thoughtfully over-ln his The note was terse and to the point. hands.I wonder how .Rip got it?" he re - "Mrs. James Slocum removed fur- nishings from Gotham Storage Ware- house to Edgecombe Road, Brookside, New Jersey, last Friday. Will take care of bill of lading tomorrow." So that chance shot had hit the mark. Miles locked up the house and then made his way to Scottie's room. "Rip and I have been very busy this afternoon," began Scottie as Miles took a seat. "So Rip has been up to something! Is that what you have in mind to tell Scottie?" rift is, and I have had an exciting time. I'm a matter of twenty dollars poorer for it which I shall charge to the expense account, and Rip is nurs- ing a scratch on the shoulder." Scot- tie closed his right hand and looked at it thoughtfully and his companion observed for the first time that the knuckles were reddened and a trifle swollen. "'Twas a nasty minute and a close shave for hien!" "You've been in a scrap!" Miles ex- claimed. "You were not attacked—?" "No. It was me did. the attacking. You see, Ower lad, I took a look at that cottage in the woods where our friend Roger had his laboratory long ago. I caught a glimpse of a clearing just ahead with a blackened chimney sticking up, and heard the sound of a number of voices in dispute. Among them I recognized Rip's and he was plainly frightened. I hurried forward and saw Rip and a fellow who tower- ed half a head taller than he, shaking something under his nose. "'You done pass dis phony .money on me yestiddy when I faded you!' he was fair shouting, and he added a curse that no accorded with the Sab bath. You is gwine, take it back andday when Miles' glance fell upon the give me de real goods or I'll cyarve .door -plate of a room at the end of the your heart out!' "I could se Rip's face and it was as nearly white as it ever will be. "'Your lies don't go with toe, Rip Lunt! Dese boys all see you gimme dis bill yestiddy and it was the onli- est twenty dollar one in de game! Ain't dat right, boys?' "The rest of them were getting ex- cited and threatening and Rip com- menced to whine and blubber when all of a sudden the big fellow went wild and then things happened quick. He crumpled the bill and threw it in Rip's face and with a yell reached into his pocket, and that was where. I took a hand in the game I reached that big buck just as his knife streaked down across Rip's shoulder and and then I laughed in the big buck's face and gave him a crisp rew twenty from my wallet in exchange to show him what I though: of it. Here's the bit of paper the row started over." He handed to Miles a limp, worn twenty -dollar bill, one end of which had a fringe of brown and the detec- and shaking off the spell which had held him transfixed he hastened down the hall. At the head of the main staircase. the maid was kneeling before a. re- cumbent form wringing her hands and sobbing hysterically, but Andrew seized her armand thrust'her violent- ly aside. "Roger, old inan!—Here, pull your- self together, Hitty, and call Carter or William!" So Andrew had not consciously noted that momentary encounter! The detective stepped forward. "What is it, sir? 01i, is Mr. Roger ill? Can I be of any assistance?" m "Yes. Help e carry him to his roroomand then get my sister. No need to call a doctor; he's had these. attacks before and I know how to bring hien around." • He placed his strong arms about I made Rip let ire have a look at it marked. "What did he tell you?" "Nothing. Not a sensible word could I get out of him." "We'll make hint come clean when we get hold of him. If the bill is all right he needn't be afraid—!" Miles checked himself suddenly. "But is it, Scottie? It's so old I wouldn't take an oath on it—" "I would, lad." There was -a cer- tain grinwese in the other's tone. the shoulders of the unconstcrous man and Miles supported the knees. while Hitty ran ahead to open the door. Be- tween them they got Roger Drake into his room and upon the bed, where he lay breathing stertorotisly. ` • Miles slipped out into the garden where he found Scottie at work among the rose bushes, "What is it, lad?" • The latter straightened. ."Has something come off. at last?" "Something that hes all but taken nie•,off my feet, Scottie! 'It may be a waiting game for a few days -more "Stop that yowling, Bitty, and stand aside!" First -crop Japan teas are admittedly the finest that come out of the land of blossoms. "SALA®A" Japan green tea 6s comprised only of first -crop leaves. Fresh from the Gardens Short Cuts Bamboo Handles: Try giving rakes and cultivators a new lease on life by equipping them with bamboo handles. An easy job for the handy man (or woman). They are cheap, " light and` convenient. Drakeappeared. "We shall not need you, William," Covers for Bowls: Before placing she announced. "My brother- is sub- bowls of left -over fgod in the ice box; ect to these heart attacks and`he is cover them with .waxed paper. fasten- Jed in place by rubber bands. The quite. all "right now, but of course ha will not come down to dinner." waxed paper retains both moisture An hour passed and Hobart Drake returned from the city. Miles could scarcely restrain his impatience ash. he helped Carter to serve dinner, but the occasional glimpses he stole at the financier's face told hint nothing. It was inscrutable and whenthe tele- phone arng he rose with calm de- liberation. "That was Zorn," he announced on his return. "He assured me that he was making definite progress. His tone had lacked conviction, and Andrew glanced up with a sneer. "Sounds good but doesn't mean anything!" he commented. "Isn't that what the police always give out to the newspapers when they're stump- ed?" "You'll mind I told you I was the poorer by twenty dollars? I learned a trifle from the experts and that bill is as phony as the brightest gold brick that was ever sold!" CHAPTER XIII. ' It was nearly lunch-time the next but there's daylight ahead!-Got.,a (To be continued.) Epigram—to Stephen Leacock I roared with laughter at your lively wit, And smiled to see your pleasant fancy ,shine; And then I saw your darker purpose lit, And wept, at foibles that ,I knew were mine! —Ian A. Gordon, In The Glasgow Herald. Minard's Liniment for Every Pain. hall; a, room which had remained locked since his arival and which he had once heard Carter refer to casu- ally as 'Mr. Roger's stere -room.' He had polished that doorplate only Sat- urday .morning, but now there seem- ed something odd about its appear- anee and the detective bent closer. The brass about the keyhole was dulled save where a tiny, jagged scratch or two glinted and there were traces upon it of a congealed, greasy substance at sight of which Miles drew a quick, involuntary breath. Look for it on the dealer's counter for vont moAey • and diad best peppermint ' Chewing Sweet for any' ItiOtt y or 9z' 1, l.JE No. 45- 8. Wax! Someone within the last two days had taken an impression of that keyhole, someone 'who was too care- less or in to great Baste to remove the. evidence of the act. What could Roger have stored there which would be of such interest to anybody but himself? Luncheon was over when the detec- tive heard the telephone ring again and with a muttered excuse he hasten- ed toward hte library, but the sound of Roger's voice in reply arrested him before he reached the threshold. "Yes? . . .This is Roger Drake speaking ... What is that?" The receiver fell withal clatter to the desk but it was "evident that Roger had retrieved it for in a moment his "voice came again, shrill with something'. very like terror. "Who are your . . You must be mad! ... My brother?" There was a long pause and then the one word: "Never!" It ended in a strangling gasp, a chair creaked heavily and then a, dry, muffled sob reached the listener's ears. He peered in cautiously between the curtains to behold the scientist sprawl- ed limply in a chair, his arms out- flung across the desk and his white head pillowed upon them while the thin shoulders shook spasmodically.• Carter's querulous summons from' of 40 -inch figured material -with 2h./ the .dining room recalled Miles hur- ids of 40-inchgplait! materiat 'riedly. When next he entered the No. 857 --Paris Inspired. This style library hes se iti gmdow is deer ed in sizes 16,18,20 years, Dusk was settling down and no- 360 88, d and 42 inches bust meafiur. thing untoward bad occurred to break S'fe Be requires inches yards Of 40atire. the„ brooding stillness of the !rouse aluch when all at anco a woman's shriek material with % yard of 1% -inch late rang out. The detective rushed .from. banding. hie room And down the stair, but just No. 886—Trim end. Slender. This as he reached the floor below another ';tyle is designed in sizes DA years, 36, door was flung wide in his face and 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust: and 8 years. Size 4 requires 2 yarda measure. Size 86 req r hires 8.d yards of 40 -inch material with% yard of a than flashed out, almost colliding of 40 -inch material 'with %yard of 1.5 -inch contrasting, with him. 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