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"Now, Mrs. Maddison, I'm :going
;fo ask xqit that impertinent question
fa.0 over again: exactly why did your
husband leave you? No, no, 1 1on't
mean that. I know'whys he left you.'
But why diel you suddenly leave him
Vat? I don't know that; I'll bet
your husband doesn't know 'that,
Only you know.,—anti Panty. I guess
Danty lvnows."
She was silent; but :she realized at
ithat eminent just ,why she Iliad net
adeetroyed Rex's last note. ;She' had
kept it to. show Lilke some day, and
,zlesn.and from Mini the explanation
elle should have asked for when it
came to her. It was her justifica-
tion—the only one she could have
far ]ler conduct.
"That is an extraordinary request
for a stranger to make, Mr. Haynes,'
And I don't know whether to enlight-
en you or not,"
She stood for .a moment silent,
and then, 'turning abruptly, walked
vat of the ro'oin. Haynes picked up
ibis hat, 'from the floor and rose,
thinking the interview was at an
,eutl. But in three minutes she was
baek again with a little envelope in
cher hand. •
'`I'1n telling you something that
veiebiedy knows but me and Mr. Mor -
ell," she. •said. "When my poor
brother shot himself, this note leas.
'found in the room:"
She took from the envelope two
telephone slips and passed them to
:31im. Gunner I-Iaynes read: "
Margaret darling, I have lost.
for months I have been gamb-
•ling. Today I tools; a desperate
ete.p on the aclvice,of Luke Mad•
tlison. He- has led mo to min—
money is his got}. 1 beg of
you; •iiot• to..trust1 1n , -' Her hes:
led hie from one act of folly to •
.another, God. bless you:
Rex.
Be;read it twice and then look•ecl
"Is' this your brothor''s handwrit-
She nodded.
"Could you swear to ,it?"
",Yes, I'm keel it's his. I've had
'dtmndreds . of penciled notes from
rtn, and T couldn't possibly be Mis-
taken." ,
."Wiho found it?"
"Mr. Morell found it •in Rex's
oreeen. Poor, dear Rex had. . a ser-
vant, a very trustworthy 'man, and
tee saw the note before t\1r. Morell
put it in his pocket--"
"He didn't read it, of course?"
...suggested the gunner. "The . ser -
'sant, I mean?"
don't think eo: He only saw
the note, and $11. Morell hide it."
'The Gunner had an aliiazing niem-
tor'y. , He coule from t'h.at moment
ave repeated every word, in the
etter.—there . ii'as no need% for Ilim
to take a• .copy, and he handed it
.ck to the .gtrl.
5 5 5
No Wan wasted less tilde or effort
than 'Gunner Haynes. His method
represented the very economy of la••
bor. He 'was satisfied that Connor
diad 'carried away his victim, but was
vvrong when he associated Danty
Morell with the abduction.
He called upon Connor but was
told 'vaguely that the man had gone
Onto the country.' He did; not at-
tempt to seek an interview with.
Danty Morell, bttt after a day client
gri n' vain• search of Co'nner's wharf,
suede bre way to Half Moon Street,
evateited tate house until he saw first
:panty and thee P1 Coles leave. . To
get Into. ISanty's. fiat was ;a very
;simple matter—a key blain:, a piece
all lampblack, .a quarter of an hour
spent in Great Park tiling the soft
matte!, procured him an entrance,
'Once inside the flat he proeeedec'i
;at itis leisure. He 'wasp aiot at all'
anxious at the thought of Danty'•s re-
tntrn, His' hatred of Moron was in
sone sense illogical. They'' had been
rlettds and, partners, though• he had
gest sight of the mail and the Dar-
1:enership had brolon o,ff. He had
:gooellreet proof of the duplicity lie
,saus ee'ted. Gaither T3aynes had lov-
sed that feather -Beaded little wife of
a
•,7t#s, andWhenWhen -she had disappeared,
,
refer do 'become more to fifth than
la record in a worjthouse register, a
';Erenhendoitst part of his life had been
Aent away frons pini. He might sus,
igiect Danty tie the cause of leis agony
i.eAhad no clear evidence that the
eetory the Wien had 'tolyl Was untrue.
Datity had said the girl had dis-
alit of her, whereabouts ;a$ her has.
band. Ye#, for ;all this, the suspic-
ion in •Gunner }Iay. nes's mind
amounted to a certainty. .I•Io was a
fust aline, and so long as that proof
was missing, panty IVfoi'ell would
conte to no harm,. •
He .lade a quick but thorough
search of the two rooms. There
were letters whioh had. to be seen-
nand, pocketbooks to investigate,
drawers to be opened and :searched,
but in none of flies% did Haynes find-
the
indthe slightest clue to Luke Maddison's
present place of imprisonment, He
did find the nota which Cannon Uad
scribbled, giving the address where',
Luke was staying, but no neore,,
There remained only the safe, which.
was not s rnidScih a safe .as a steel
eu'pboald fastened With. a spring,
lack --the type that is tonna in meet'
bsulness aifiees. To ,open this was
a matter of five m,inates patient
work.
There were four shelves and each
was -crowded with letters, bills, and
curious souvenirs Which • panty had
Collected—the oupboard was in such
disorder as only p, roan without
method _could create. On the third
shelf, he found a wooden box, the,
leen:, of which he forced, There were
papers here—bundles of :letters .tied
up with slhoeleces,'blts of old string
—there was nothing romantic in
Panty's ,disposition,
Tho first bundle' did not interest
him.- oat the sight di the writing on
the second his face went gray: He
brquglit' the box to the dining -room
and . sat down, read three of the let-
tors, glanced at the others, and very
slowly and deliberately tied them. up
again and put them back in the box.
As he did so he caught sight of a
scrap of paper exactly the size of
that'. on .which Rex had written liis'
East message. He took it out --yes,
it was .scrawled in the same hand-
writing. But 'the message was un-
intelligible. It ran:
. Danty Morell. The man is a
common swindler: I was. warn-
ed against him by ti
• And then• in :11 'flash he realized,
lie had an extraordinary memory,
and could repeat almost word, for
word the- supposedly complete Mes-
sage Rex had" left.. With these words
added it would.have read:
Margaret Darling. 1. have lost.
For months I have been +gemb-
ling. To -day 1; took a desparate
�• •step .ohl. the, advice , of Danty,
Morell. • The roan is a contnloi -
swindler. I was warned against
him , by, Luke Maddison. He
has led 1210 to ruin__.money. is
his god'.• I' beg of you of o
t
trust him. He has led me from
one aet of folly to ' another , , .
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',reap, tell Yea where Mr, Morell allPeared, ond that he was -es *nor'- 'checks that you stole fr.om• cheek
ilaie eyes., "bat that'e '11et .going to.
*Op yeu very much, I've' Nine te
a"Opeat my :impertinence, Mrs. hied -
0114011, .A.t the back of my mind. I've
• Aotion I can help. you and your
Xluabouti, Who, I have reason to_ be -
He spid thie'dellaerately, his .eyes
challenging hers,
41 believe lie'S Spain. If a
4.1anal'.s in Seigle he can't be in/Lon-
don, cae And if he's e gentle -
!nail at large in Spain, taltieg long
elailges through the country, -he can't
to 'barging Teffanyla OD getting,
Slimself mixed up. with Connor,
book when yolt called the other day?'
she .asked..
She saw his tape go red.
"1 don't know Ivrlat yen ]Wean•,
he said loudly. "`I steal !cheeks?
What nonsense you're talking—"
• "You Caine into my house and y.ou
wore in my_sittiug-xoom long eitoagh'
to extract ten checks. •tJne ,af •them
was 'brought to the bank today,
made otti".iu Luke's name and shell-
ed by ltini, On my instl'uatiens the
check was not honored,"'
The color left h!is face.
"NYot honored?" lie stammered,
and in his embarrassment lie -betray';
ed his share of itlie, guilt,"
"Pin, less intd1•estecl in the check
than in my husband," slie said quiet-
ly, "Where is he?
He strove vainly to recover his
'self-possession and forced a smile.
"Really, my dear wirl—" he begahi.
"You'll address me es Mrs. Med-
el son, If you have to address me as
anything," she said, "I want yo'ti
to return those checks; I want you
also to tell me eXactly wheee Luke
"As far As I 'know, she's staying
with a convicted theif named Ilayn
es," h0 said roughly, and to his. sur-
prise she nodded. -
"1 th'oyight so, too. I Went c1VWit
to see flim :.but the had gone. I
think 'Mr, Haynes was surprised to
find that he had gone, and. I'm only
now understanding that Luke slid not,
go of his own. free will. Then I
tiiotigitt he niay. have wadered out
by himself in .order to escape assoc-
iation with. Mr. Haynes. But the
When 8110 returned home she;.
found the Sparrow waiting for,, her
on the doerstep, The sight of rl
large kitbag at his feet ,surprised, her
and when 114 carried it fnto the
house. and into the little study on
the ground Mar, she. was to have a
shock. (She dkd not recognize the
crumpled .clothes be took from the
bag.
"These clothes were fouled ill the
possession or a river thief, who was
trying to sell theta this: morning,"
lie said:' "He-alan"t lli?1.low that your-
husban'd'.s Maine was. stitched in the
inside pocket,"
"My ltusbaftd's name?" ;site gasp-
ed, turning- palo, ''Where did he
get then]?"
"That's what I want to ]:now,, The
yarn he tells is that last night he
picked no a pian who was wet
through and who bad .conte out of
the river',and tfaok bink -to a house,
We've since verified that --though'
from description I've had it couldn't
possibly be Mr, aiaddispn,' who is
still abroad, 1 presume?
Was there a note ,of sarcasm, in
his voice? She thought she detect-
ed it, and very wisely did not answer.
"The ratan said the clothes were
given to ]him, but that of '.course 15,
the usual yarn. I have reason to be-
lleve`tliat they were stolen while the
.owners was in bed. :Can you tln'ow
any light on them,"
She shook her head. It was a Piti-
able confession, but she -1 ew she
could not even recognize an old suit
of clothes worn by her husband. It
was the• suit into which he had
changed when lb) broke into his flat.
"What do you snake .of that, Mrs.
Maddison?"
She shook her head helplessly.
"It couldn't be a :suit your hus-
band gave away, 'because the date it
was delivered is -written on the tab,
and it must have been new a month'
ago,"
He looked at her keenly.
"There's a lot of mystery about
this hugband of yours, Mrs,, Maddi-
son, and I think you're in some kind
of trouble. I'd like to help you if 1
could."
Se was going to speak, but 110 held
up his hand, to stop her,
"Don't tell me anything until I
have told you just Dow Much I know.
He ticked off the facts on his fingers
of his hand. "I know your husband
disappeared the day after a your'roar-
ria that there was a -
bur
g.1 :know r g
•larly at his flat, and that when the
police arrived they recognized •the
man who, hadbeen concerned in a
robbery in the afteroon. I know
• tat among the things stolen from his
flat was a passport—I interviewed
the servant subsequently, and he told
' me there was a passport in ene of
the drawers_ of the desk: Now, if
there were any chatce—and it seems
-one of those fantastic theories. that
e c writers make a lot of lnoneylom-
'that this man . is Mr, lliaddison, the
best people to help hiin are the Po-
lice. I know him well enough to
be sure he wouldn't hold up ,Taf-
'fany's. If it's a question of imper-
sonation—we can be more than use -
fu]. Won't you tell hie, Mr2. Macl-
disan?" .
On the second day of the FES-
TIVAL Mr. LOWELL PATTON,
Musical Director of Canadian
Chautauqua, with his company,
will .present two unusual musical
That was it. Dality had found - programs of outstanding... merit
that the first and last of those scraps + and variety. "^
made a complete message; he had •
put the second in his polik,et (it stall OPE:IIA HOUSE, EXETER,
bore Marks of being screwed up).
MARCH 2s-3-dw
• e,•
Weenie as something in the, nature
of a shock to Margaret Madclie>on to
discover how completely changed
were' hes' feelings toward the elan
'with whom she bad passed through
stages of toleration to liking, and
from liking .ta• a sort of passive af-
fection, ant froth that'again, Al the
cataclysmic revolution of feeling that
]ler brother's death ,had brought
about, to the bitterest• loathing.
For the firsb time in her life Mar-
garet was in love, and in leve with
something which was neither a mem-
•ory nor ail idea, but something which
was to her as real as her own hand.
She had gained that sense of possess -
1 ion which. is the wife's own sense—
ail understanding of•iler obligations.
She could trot /afford to waste time
'in regrets at the'a.uiazing follies and
wielded errors of 'the pest; ie. the
days that followed her mind was oc
cupiecl with schemes for helping him
out of the iner.ass in which he strug-
Med,
She cli,I: not hear :from Gunner
Haynes, although she stayed up un-
til nearly two o'clock the next'Worn-
lug, having the telephone ,switched
through to her bedside, Nor did
the next day bring news: She was
out when Danty,called, and having
no occasion to go to her check book,
elle did not discover his theft,
After 'she discovered. it, she called
on him. •
Dalston heard her voice ,and Was
coiniing across the ]tall to. meet her
before the door wag closed.
"This is an undxpected pleasure,
Margaret," 'rhe said. "Is anything
wrong?"
,Site. did net answer until she was
in his room.
"Before I tell .yeti why I've tonne,'
she said, "I tilitik ft le only fair that
you shott1c1 know I have lett instruc-
tions that unless I ani balk `in illy
house in three-quarters of, axx ]hour
Y
my butler Will ring up Mr. Bird and
tell him where 1 have gone."
HO frowned at 'this'.
"What's the idea?" he, asked
harshly. "That's .an extraordiiiai'y
Way to behave -why the dickens
shou1dir't you be halt in three -guar
ters of an hour?"
"'otrhere are the reunitiiider et these.
check explains a great Ileal. Where
is Luke?"' -
He shook ,his head.
"I don't know."
' "In that case I am going to do
what I was trying • to avoid," she
said... "I anI going to the police, and
I shall charge you with stealing
blank, checks, and leave it to Mr.
. Bled to connect you with Luke's dis-
appearance:"
She half turned to the door, but
he caught her by the arm.
r "For God's sake Margaret, consid-
er what you're doing.
:She' saw he was really alarniocl;
his voice 'was tremulous, liis whole
air suggested panic.
"I swear to :you I don't know
where Luke is -110 Was on a barge.
Connor had him there, The ,swine
didn't tell the that Maddison had
signed a cheek,' All he told me was
that he juniped into. the river and
got away or was dstowned--I don't
knout' which. That's the truth. I
knew nothing about it till Connor
had •fount] hint,. I swear to .you this
is the truth!"
"Where is :Gonnor?" she asked.
"I don't know. He was here this
horning, and told the about Luke
getting away. That is all the infor-
mation 1 have. I didn't believe him,
and probably it's a lie he told me.,"
He saw she was undecided and
eagerly sought to turn her from her
intention. He had no dotttbt that
she meant what she had said, •
She 'did. not know what to de.
"Could you find Haynes for me?"
• "rind Haynes?" he almost shout-
ed,. "You don't imagine 1 would
eolnlnunitate With that fellow, do
you? He's a drengerousk itian, Mar,
gatet•y''
:"Mrs. :aftiddisen," site said coldly.
"Ise"s tlattgeroits—yott oughtn't to
have any dealings with him.""
He did, hot attempt to deny the
theft of the check's, •
"'You don't know Where frit. Mad-
dison Is at all?"
He accepted the corrected relation,.
-ship without murmur, •
"No, Mrs, ,Maddison, Vire ria idea
Connor's been looking for hint all
night,"
;She was silent. With e shake of
his head the detective' toc1r his de-
parture, carrying with him the suit
of clothes and a very, :deep-seated
conviction: '
It wee a curious coincidence that
he should have brought those crump-
led garments to the house when,
neatly packed away in a new suit-
case in her bedroom, was the change
of garments she had arranged for
Luke.
.She was puzzled as to the arrange-
ment she could make that would be
most Convenient. She decided niti
mately upon leaving the suitcase at
a railway cloakeoem.. The ticket
could be sent to Luke as semi as he ,
was discovered. She waited for the
night to come to carry this plan into
effect.
The night brought .its problents to
Danty rii'orell. That afternoon, after
`Margaret Maddison had lett ]trim, he
made a discovery which turned flim
sick with apprehension, He had
lost his hold on ferai•garet; at any
Moment she iiiigltt go to the police,
and just then he was most anxiotns
not to renew acquaintance with Scot-
land Yard. Things had gone badly.
With him; he owed a very large than
Of money which had to -be pa]cT It
the City on the following day; and
now, with the added possibility of
police intervention, his position was.
peritious,
(Continued next iveeky.
MRS. (REV.) •WEIIB, 'or
BL rT111, PASSES
ReV. D. McTavish, Mrs. J. S. Grant
and Miss Maty Grant, R.N., Were in
Bylth Friday last attending the fun-
eral of the late Mrs. Weir, wil=d` of
the Rev. Geo. Weir, pastor of St.
Paul's baited Church, Blyth. Ors.
Weir was visiting at the home .of
her son in Toronto and contr•-aeted
the flu. On Monday .Mr. Weir was
called to the bedside of This wife and
she passed away Wednesday. Mrs.
Weir's s maiden name was Flvra Mc-
Intosh, She was born in Glengahry),'
educated at Whitby Ladies' 'College.
and was on the staff of the Ottawa.
Ladies'' College, The deceased took
a keen interest in the work of the
church and espea#ally the W., M. S.
Besides her husband, vete Soil and
ohie,daughter stirvlve. ,
-,
Uc-.. :an body and delicate
as blossoms in its:ave ur
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