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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-12-31, Page 6....n.ti)tiAyti ay Litt; Pt, $ LP0'TT5 atuteeedso ,ey BEGIN IIERJ TO -DAY., buI•ton, just after midnight, in order that petrol night be obtained for a Mark Brendanfamous" uiaocriminal in.' ffus motor bicycle?. The description of than `V'e5tlgkttpl', while taking holiday On Dartmoor is asked by Jenny Pendean purchaser correspondedto Redmayne to investigate the mystery of her hus- and the message ridded that the bicycle band's disappearance. Jenny's uncle, -had a large sack tied behind it. Hebert Redmayne, is suspected of , The third comnrunication came from murdering Michael Pendean in a fit of ' the police station at Brixhamand was insanity brought on by hardships in the recent war. somewhat lengthy. It ran thus: j after two o cloc „ At ten Minutes lc The two igen are traced to the bun-' galbw being built by Michael near last night Pec.. Widgery, on .night duty Foggintor Qriariy. Blood is found on. at Brixham, saw a man on a motor the floor of the cottage and several bia-P le with a large parcel behind witnesses testify to seeing Robert rid- him run,through .he town square, He ing away on his mace: bicycle with a yreeeeded down the main street and: heavy sack behind the saddle. was gone for the best part of an hoar; Mark learns that Robert is the but, before three o'clock, Widgery saw stranger with whom he conversed at' nim return without his parcel. H Foggintorrviquarry on s clay when went fast up the hill out of Brixham Mark visited a trout stream there. Brendon remembers how conspicuous- the way he came, Inquiries to -day show that he passed yhe Brixham coast -guard station about a quarter after -two o'clock, and he must . haye lifted his machine over the barrier at the end of the coast -guard road, be- cause he was seen by a boy, from Berry Head lighthouse, pushing it pip :ly, Robert dressed. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER III. . - THE MYSTERY. Brendon followed Halfyard into the apartment destined to be the kitchen the steep path that runs°to tdowns. he boy was going for a the e doctor, be- cause Michael Pendean's bungalow, and Tlacause his father, one of the lighthouse the• inspector lifted some tarpaulins watchers, had been taken ill" that had boen thrown upon a corner Inspector Halfyard waited until of the room. ,Under the tarpaulin a Brendon had read the messages and great red stain soaked to the walls, put them down. where much blood had flowed, At the "About as easy as shelling peas— edge of the central stain were smears eh?" he asked. and, among them,, half the impress of "I expect an arrest," answered the a big, nail -studded boot. detective. "It can't be long delayed," "Have the workmen been in here As though to confirm hint the tele - this morning?" asked Brendon, and phone bell - rang and Halfyard rose Inspector }dalfyard answered that and entered the box to receive the lat- they had not. est information. "Two :constables were . here last "Paignton speaking," said the mes- night after one o'clock=the men I sent from Princetown when Mrs. Pen - dean gave the alarm," he said. "They looked around with an;electric torch and found the blood. One came back; the other stopped on the spot all night." Brendon then examined the ground immediately outside the kitchen door. For twenty yards he scrutinized every inch and presently found indications of a motor bicycle. at ten o'clock—no answer. They went Half an hour later one of the con • - stables approached, saluted Mark, and made a statement. "They've pulled down the wall, sir, • and found nothing there; but Fulford,1 the mason, says that a sack is miss-';: ing." Mark carne back presently out of the rain which had now begun to fall' steadily—but not before he had stroll -1 ed as far as the fishing pools and seen' clear narks of naked adult feet on the sandy brink. Nothing that he regarded as of value resulted from inspection of the remaining rooms and Brendon present- ly decided that he would return to Princetown. He showed Halfyard the footprints by the water and had them protected with a tarpaulin. "What's your idea?" :asked Half - sage. "We have just called at address of Captain Redmayne—No. 7 Marine Terrace. He was expected last night had wired yesterday to say he'd be home. ']hey left, supper for him, as usual when he is expected, and went to bed." Didn't hear him return, but found on going downstairs next morn- ing that he had come—supper "eaten, motor bike in tool house in back yard, where he keeps it. They called him • b...h,.ling six faec five inchekin'his bare feet, Frank Cla l.e, the Irish Guards, Aldershot is „claimed to be by . many inches drummer in the British Army. With him is shown the bugler. 1 A DAY WITH. THE POPE. 1xltiniateDetails of .Life at the Vatican. Very few of t'he thousands of pil- times even to tw'sthousand souls, It grime who have seen Pope Pius XI. then gathered in the Hall of the Bene, this Jubilee Year, who have kissed his diction, where the. Pope pronouncez a ring, received his apostolic blessing, and a 'commemoration medal from his own hands, know how he lives, how he spends those busy days, which be- gin at sax in the morning and do not end until after .midnight (writes a apeeia" "Tit -Bits." contributor, whose' facts were obtained at the -Vatican). They see him dressed 'in his long 'white robes, surrounded by members of the Papal Court,' Cardinals in star- let and rare lace, .chamberlains of cape and. sword, dressed in the high stiff ruffs and knee breeches, relics of bygone centuries, and by prelate , in sombre black. They nate the enor- mous rooms, halls in the sense of mediaeval grandeur, painted by the artist giants .of the Renaissance— speech of welcome, ad7nionitip i and comfort.. This is translated into what- ever language the jrilgrirneee's ne- tionality may render necessary; for . the pilgrims are.. almost invariably - grouped according to their respectiye countries, and Italians according to their cities and provinces. But with French, German,, and Spanish pilgrim., ages, the Pope speaks to•theninin their own tongues. - This done, he bestows the apostolic . blessing. Each pilgrim is then given a jubilee medal—which very often the Pope distributes with his own hands 'He then returner' to .'his own 'apart- ments and dinner is served in his .pri- vate dining -room. The Pdpes always partake of their meals alone. The rooms large; enough in themnselves to principal meal of the day consists of make more than one West -end fiat° soup, a -little fish or meat with vege- They admire His Holiness's Swiss Guards, in their ancient uniforms of red and yellow, with their halberds and helmets; or the Noble Guards, in shining cuirass and scarlet. And they think of the Pontiff as ever surround- ed, by these outward forms of state. But when Pope Pius XI. retires to his private apartments, high up in that sante palace of the Vatican, he. becomes 'a recluse, - though a very hard -worked recluse indeed. CLOCKWORK PRECISION. He rises at six in the morning, but his first mass of the day he says in the chape'., of his private: apartment after' ii dnight. All • the same, His Holiness says mass there again on I, rising. Prelates of his household, and goes into his person;zl library, lo�,ks at some privileged persons, especially in - j vited, attend this iters. After a newspaper or a review, writes, some , � ni � -room and partakes of a simple breakfast, con-, sisting of a small cup of coffee With a tables, and .either cheese or fruit, fol- lowed by a stria cup of coffee. Pius XI. drinks a small glass of white wine occasionu1I. , When there is a solemn function of sanctification, the Pope. goes. surround- ed by his Court to St Peter's basilica in the morning. When a beatifications he goes in the late afternoon, after the ceremonial lies taken place, and ienerates the newly.beatified. Occa- sionally His Holiness himself cele- brates mass in St. Peter's, ilia the preseric, '.�"tliensard' of pilgrims rind distributes communion to a certain number thereof. • In very hot weather he receives pilgxims in one of the spa- cious courts of the Vatican. Dinner over, His Holiness again . masa strictly personal letters, exchanges he passes into the dr ng few word's wi •n his two secret chani- beilains on duty for the week; wlr?.act dry biscuit, which he dips into the "c'' :private secretaries, and sits an aged 1G, of coffee.: The work, of the day then be- aim -chair f.n half an hour. Bu ,he the tallest. ' ns. And his day is regulated with hardly ever ealis clueing the day. , clockwork precision. •• LISTENING TO. 2L0. He goes to his private library—not At half -past four to the minute the "Have you a portrait of your hus- band?" asked Mark. Mrs. Pendean left the room and re- turned in a few moments with a photo- graph. It presented ,a man of medi- tative countenance, wide forehead,.and steadfast ey8s. He wore a beard, mustache and whiskers, and his hail' was rather long. "Is that like him?,> ."Yes; but it does :not show his ex- pression. -It is not quite natural—he was more animated than that." "Howold was he?" "Not thirty, 'Mr. "Brendon, . but he looked considerably older. . Brendon studied theepliotogr•aph. "You can take it with you if .you wish to do so. I have another copy," said Mrs: Pendeap.. • . • . "I• shall remember very accurately," answered Brendon: "Can you tell tie anything' about the lady to whom your unee is' engaged?" • • "I can give you her -name and ad- dress. But I have never seen her?" "Had your husband seen her?" • :'� ' "Not to r knowledge. Indeed I yard. '.'•a, - x ,..r -� � : �' "I should say we have to do with. an unfortunate man who's gone mad," replied the detective; "and a madman doesn't take long to find as a rule. I think it's murder right enough and I believe we shall find that this soldier, who's had shell -shock, turned on Pen - dean and cut his throat, then, fondly hoping to hide the crime, got away with the body. "Redmayne was a big, powerful man and he niay have struck without intention to kill; but this m ;mss means more than a blow with a fist. I think that he was "a homicidal maniac and probably plotted the job beforehand with a madman's limited cunning; and if that is so, there's pretty sure to be news waiting for us at Prince - town." The correctness of Brendon's dedue- tion was made manifest within an hour, and the operations of Robert Redmayne defined up to a point. A man was waiting at the police station —George French, ostler at Two Bridges Hotel, on West Dart. • "I knew Captain Redmayne," he said, "because he's been down once or twice of late to tea at Two Bridges. Ladt night, at half after -ten, I was crossing the road from the garage end.; suddenly, without warning, a motor bike came over the bridge. I heard the rush of it and only got out of the way by a yard. There was no light showing but the man went through the beam thrown from the .epen door of the hotel and. I saw it was the captain by his great mustache and his red waistcoat" "Was anybody with him?" "No, sir. I'd have seen that much; but he carried a big sack behind the saddle—that I can swear to." There had been several telephone calls for Inspector Halfyard during his absence; and now three separate statements from different districts ° awaited hire, These were already written out by a constable, and :he took them one by onle, read them, drirl handed then' to Brandon. The first, carne from the post -office at Post I3ridge, and the post,lrr ist ess• eepeat- ed that a man, o i, ue1_ White, had seen a motor'' y'r e`eeeln• at • greet speed without light§:.tupthe steep hill northward of that'village on the pre-' vious night... He gave the time as be- tween half past ten and eleven o'clock. The second message told how a gar- aa$e° keeper was Jr,ocketi: up at Ash - "1 knew Captain Red_mayne," he said. in his room. Not there and bed not slept in . and his clothes not changed. He's net been seen since." Inspector Halfyard reported the statement and Brendon picked up the mouthpiece. "Detective Brendon speaking. Who is it?" "Inspector Reece, Paignton." "Let me hear at five o'clock if arrest has been made. Failing arrest I will motor down to you after that hour." "Very good, sirs I expect to hear he's taken any minute." Brendon considered,' having first looked at his watch. Ho turned to Halfyard. "Should Robert Redmayne not he taken to -day, one or two things must' be done," he said. "You'd better have some of ;the, blood collected and the fact proved- ` that it is human. Now I'll go and get some food and see Mrs. Pendean. Then I'll come back. I'll take the police car for Paignton at half past five If we hear nothing to alter my plane." It was now three. o'clock. Suddenly he turned and asked Halfyard a ques- tion. "What do you think of Mrs. Pen - dean, inspector?" "I think: two things about her," answered the elder, "I think 'she's such a lovely piece that it's hard to believe she's lust flesh and blood, 'like other women; and I think I. never saw such worship for a man as she had' fox her husband:'. This will knock herright bang out. "What sort of a man was he?" "A friendly fashion of chap-- Corniela ti,:pacifist'at heart I reckon; but we never talked war polities." • "What, ywas his age?" :"iarildri't tell you-doubtful—might. have been anything between twenty- five and thirty-five, A man with weak, eyes and a, brown beard. He were 7; -Cha ble eye,-giasses torr close wo'r'k,:.but his Ioitg .sight he -NSW utas: good." After a meal Brendon went,. again to Mrs. Pendean; but many rumors had 'reached her through the morning and she already knew most -.of what, he had to tell can say ceftainly that he never had: - She is a Miss Flora Reed and she is stopping with her mother and father;;,. tel aer. , . o at the Singer . H teli , Pgn on. • t H brother, my uncle's friend in France, is also there, I believe." "Thank you very much. If '1 hear nothing further, rgo to Paignton this evening." „why?„ , "To pursue r-ry 'iitgiriry'" and see all those who know your uncle."' Mark rose. "You .'shall hear from me to -mor- row," he said, `.`and if I do not go to Paignton, T will see you again to- night." "Thank you ybu'are Very' kind."' Brendon returned to the police sta- tion and was astonished to find that Robert Redmayne continued at large. The cement sack had been found in the mouth of a rabbit hole to the west of the Head above a precipice. ' The sack was bloodstained and contained some small tufts of hair and the dust of cement. (To be continued.). • thesmaller orae in his pre apart- Pope takes his daily walk or, -drive in ment, but one on the lower floor—and the Vatican. gardens. The gardens are looks aver his mail. At nine o'clock the Pope's only recreation ground. he receives his Cardinal_ Secretary of • After exactly an hour in the 'gar - State, and the important matters,con- dens, the Pope returns to the palace netted with thediplomatic and politi- and begins his audiences again. They °cal activities of the Holy See are gone last until seven. As soon as they are over, he proceeds to his private chapel and recites the rosary with his two secret chamberlains and two personal he begins his daily series of private! servants. audiences, . First to be received are! At night, after a supper yet more those Cardinals resident in Rome who , frugal than the dinner -for the meat may have to'report on the business or fish course is left out—His Holt - peculiar to their respective offices and,nese again engages in prayer. - Then congregations; then Italian and.for he studies for an hour or so, and says • eign persons of distinction in the " maws after midnight. church, and sometimes diplomatists! At last the long day is over and he accredited by foreign countries to the retires. • . e Holy See. I Without change of air, through the But for ordinary business such dip- most oppressively hot weeks of sum lomatists are received by the Cardinal' mer when Rome is swept by the damp, Sccretary"• of State. With all, Pope hot sirocco winds 'frog. African des- Pius,._is cairn, courteous, and brief. 1 erts, it is a marvel that Pope Pius, :• . At one o'clock His Holiness takes a performing the, superhuman work'ezi- small glass of cordial and begins..the tailed by. the Holy Year, robust as he most tiring part of his arduous day's' is, keeps well. . work. ''Accompanied by his Court, he 1 Latterly, $f an evening, part of the crosses the Throne Hall; the Ducal time allotted for studying is given to Hall, and the Royal -Hall, where the "listening." A British firm installed pilgrims' await hien. To every four a radio apparatus for the Pope, and or five he estendsi his hand for the kiss he delights in the concerts which" he ing of the ring. 1 hears from Rome and Milan, from Almost -always the pilgrim throng, London, Paris, Berlin, and other often running to a ;thousand, some- European capitals into. These things take up the Pontiff's time until eleven o'clock, at which hour GIFTS THAT BRING :PLEASURE Make them to wear=or to give edges. 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