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Zurich Herald, 1933-12-14, Page 2iU'AN 1111 SOE LUCIit by Sox Rohrner^ SYNOPSIS. :hitt Kearney sees his sister Elleeth Uuurd the Wallaroo, bound for Colombo. ePr,f Rattray, chief Ra y, Jack Ji ,ileentells :hat she is upset by the sight of a re- nulsive looking man, \Vm. Dawson Haig, who had also said goodbye to Eileen, Deets Matt and tells him that he lead :raced a shipment of opium to the Wal- aroo, but it was unloaded before cletec- lies were able to search the ship. Daw- *n'is recalled to Scotland Yard and Lin Barney to search ,.gle e, which adjoins Jo Lung's place, hous m .hey suspect. As they are leaving :ttatt ?Jolts up a notebook, and is surprisedat :he presence of a woman, who quickly lisappears. She tells Jo Lung of the Notebook. Cor .lnercial Roaa East, "we part com- pany. I shall head towards the sta- tion. I'm calling Haig as soon as I g_back, back!" get .{carnes peered through swirling Mist alongi perhaps the unloveliest thoroughfare in all London. Not a figure moved as far as his sight could pierce the fog. He had done nothing to help Dawson Haig, but certainly he had secured some unique "copy." He glanced back. Norwich had dis- appeared. He had gone ten or fifteen paces who. suddenly he pulled up again.... A round had reached him—a short, muffled scream. Stockstill he stood, and listened. Dim, distant noises reached him; the rumble of remote lorries; that muted -booming which is the lifeblood of the Port of London pumping through its many arteries; fog signals. He could detect no footstep—no other sound. It was close upon midnight. He pulled up again as he saw two things of interest, one definite, the other per- haps, chimerical. Either unpleasant memories of the establishment of Jo Lung still haunted him, or he had seen a curiosly small, active figu the shadow of a doorway not twenty paces behind! His heart beat faster. The head lamps of what looked like a taxicab became dimly visible through fog. In- deed, perhaps the sound of the motor, although he had not recognized the fact, had prompted hint to pause, to turn. The little notebook in his pocket! He had meant to speak to Norwich about it, but changing his mind, had determined to examine it himself and then to hand it over to Haig when he met him. His idea that it might prove to contain some piece of evidence of value to Scotland Yard assumed a new and grave importance. Coming upon it after the discovery of the Dakenham opals, he had ap- propriated it without a scruple. Now, watching slowly approaching head lamps, and questioning the reality of that figure which he believed he had seen dial:: into hiding, he remembered that lie was unarmed. And he von- derecl.... Ns rer o teater came the onto the edge oflamps. the He steepeppe curb and `raised his arm. The man pulled up. Kearney opened the doer, uttered an audible gasp of relief, jumped in, and banged it shut behind him..Twist- ing about, Matt looked through the rear window. Baleful eyes glared in at hint! Stlme- one, indistinguishable except for his eyes, was clinging to the back of the crb! l whir "My God!" Kearney whispered. Suddenly, those weird eyes, which seemed to belong ono giblesbbody, ]1 disappeared under way now. Kearney craned through the open window, looking back. Fog.... desolation ....nothing But one or two -belated pedestrians, notably a city constable, as the taxi passed into Fleet street, observed upon the luggage rack surmounting its roof what looked like a rolled up blanket, or, as another thought, a very dilapi- di ted kit bag.... indicated that it should .be addedto the others. Under date of the 13th was: "Paris. Suleiman Bey's:" For the following three days the diary contained no notes, but under date the 17th thenfollowing appeared: A gap until the 22nd, and then oc- curred the entry: "Mohammed." On the following day, the 23rd, the writer had scribbled something which Haig was unable to read, But on the 24th came this curious item: "18 deg: 35' N. and 41 deg. 5' E." Finally, against date the 25th, ap- peared a cross in red ink. This was the last entry. (To be continued.) CHAPTER III.—(Cout'd.) T e vvbman clasped her slender throat—a curious gesture: "Ah!" she• jyEed--"I am blind! It must be! I saw one of those men pick up a small notebook! It was like On thets—it must steps front have been yours!„ • the Silver Room.... • Followed a moment of tense silence. All were watching the Greek. "You saw this, Polodus?” Yu'an whispered in flute -like notes. „I had The Greek was very pa le. stepped back. I remember turning up the light on the stair." apparently Yu'an, his eyes now app quite closed, turned in the woman's direction. "Open the door, go down to those stairs, quickly, quickly, and tell me .if you deceived yourself." Some, but not all her disdain d d theert- .tag her, the woman turned, opened door, and swept out of the office. "Jo Lung," Yu'an continued, "fol - tori her. Your life and mine depend upon what I tell you. If those pigs -.ave found and taken that on a silken notebook, our necks are hung they must thread. There is fog—butbe overtaken. That book must be back here, Joupon moved this silently le, within an hour." Lungsilently towards the door. "Two )nen," Yu'an added, "Ali shall go—" "And send for the Adder.. -Yu'an As Jo Lung disappeared, turned his apparently closed eyes in the direction of Polodos. At mention of that name—"the Adder"—the Greek's face had grown clammy with perspiration. It trickled down from bis hair into his thick eye -brows. And Yu'an began to laugh. He did not show his teeth in laughter. His red lips merely seemed to thicken— and his eyes closed as he laughed— high, hideous squeals, like the ampii- fied note of a bat. * #. Kearney felt a tremendous sense of relief when he found himself out again in the narrow lane. Even the fog seemed friendly. Dimly to him came a sound of voices which seemed to pro - coed from, the little co-urtyard they had left behind. Apparently Nor:lid not notice these sounds. of that It was good to b strange building, with its silence out of which the breathing of hidden watchers seemed to cone; its ghastly emptiness, as of a place unoccupied, deserted, yet which he knew by virtue of some extra sense to be illusive. The Arab doorkeeper, the Greek—and that strange woman --had not been the only ecupants of Jo Lung's emporium that night. others, There were ether — others, kite it watching, listening. had felt it all the time. By virtue of some mutual under- standing, Kearney and the Scotland Yard ratan. paced along to the neigh- boring street in unbroken silence. But, the corner turned: "Those opals!" Kerney began. "I knew you had spotted something there!" "I had. You've got your ease clear- ly enough if they don't dispose of them before tomorrow. Those opals belonged to Lady Dakenham, who was lost at sea ten months ago. How int the name of all that's wonderful did' Jo Lung get hold of them?" "H'ml" said the Scotland Yarcl than, and his tone betokened disappointment, "There's no case in that, sir. I sup- pose they must have been washed ashore. Where did the accident hap- pen?" "In the .Red Sea or the Persian Gulf 1" Detective Sergt. Norwich laughed. "Outside our beat!" he said. "Then you mean there's nothing you can act upon'?" , „ Narwicli "I'm da. "Those isn't," sapphires confessed« ].right have: come from almost any- where. They don't correspond to the list. Everything it the place is of number- one quality. But there was nothing that I definitely recognized. In fact, if you ask me, we were spot- ted l" "Do you chink so?" "I,, , positive!" CHA.PTEB IV. "Yes,' Kearney Innxlnured, ".[ la afraid we have wasted our time. Sornc- what annoying in view of the fact -- unless we cart get hold of a warelerin„ tali—that I have F long, foggy ,jour- ney ahead" fled again; . "Marti l�Toxwich lens luck, sir," ne said. "There's :s rosy fire, an armchair, and a pair of slip- ?Sere waiting for me at. Stockwell. But my orders are to report back , •i I •c - man. Street. "That being the case," said Kearney Cheerfully, as they groped out onto TRIGGER FINGER By dohnK. ewnham By John K. Newnham Cay ►vim, i o•r• s o o -a rte#: �-1t It was revenge that Edwards wanted --revenge on the man who had so coolly caused nearly five years of his life to be spent in prison. Truth's Promise • . He that loves the breath of the moor•' land breeze, He that loves the roar of the breaking seas, He that loves the wild and the lonely places Far from the city and its narrow spaces Let him rise above the mists and he shall see The freedom and the beauty of infinity. He that loves the city and the crowd- ed hour, The stir and the effort and the gain of power; He that loves the interchange of thought and speech, With broader plans of better things that men may reach; Let him rise above the mists and he shall see The glory and unfoldment of eternity• —E. M. Ramsay. Rubens had deliberately permitted He lice. h 0 t ht bythe be caught R tog him got away with the whole of the pro- ceeds while knowing full well that Edwards would not dare squeal on him. The reason was plain. On a previous job, Edwards had tried to get away with more than his half share. "Youll pay for this,' said Rubens, calmly, and for many months he left it at that. Then, when that big job came along, he struck.. He played on Edwards' bad mjmory. He knew that his crony was always nervous of leav- ing g soout of the housesafely. The tlue behind. On n they g Rubens, having neatly extracted Ed- wards' wallet from its owner's pocket, stopped suddenly. "Did you pick up your wallet again?" he whispered. "You took it out to rest your knee on in tront of the safe." Edwards felt in his pocket. Rubens looked up and down the street carefully. "It's all clear," he said. "Out back and get it, you fool. I'll keep watch," Alarmed, Edwards returned to the house, Half a minute later the police- man Rubens had seen in the distance human digit inside it!"—London • Tit.. ` had been warned of a suspicious light possible suspicion of Edwardss know- human in the house. The informant then dis- nig "Jones" could have entered the �. _•.•_ w_ appeared. Edwards had not seen Rubens since that night. Had heard nothing from him, nothing of him. Until this week. He had come across a clae. It was just a chance resemblance. He saw the photo while having a drink at the Bull and Bear. It was a snap- shot of the inn with three people drinking outside. Casually, Edwards referred to the photo, and wormed in a reference to the man in the centre. Did the land- lord know him? The landlord did. He lived locally. In the big house at the end of the town, just on the fringe of the common, a few minutes walk from d m the inn. His name was he had resided there for about four years. Edwards booked a room at the inn and sat on the edge of the bed and made his plans. Blackmail? But it was not money that he wanted. He had plenty of that, thanks to one or two jobs since leaving jail. Anyway, parting Rubens from his money would be poor venge- ance. No, that was not what Edwards wanted. Years of blazing fire of hatred within him! He did not hesitate at the thought of murder. He had killed before by ac- cident. This time it would not be an accident. But wh• t was the satisfaction his killing without Rubens knowing killer? What sense was there in sud- den death, with uo agony i mind or body? Edwards poured himself out a whis- key, and gulped it down neat, Then, making up his mind, he left the inn, and made his way to the address at ORANGE PEKOE BLEND R LAD TEA "Fresh from the Garde S', one of the proffered smokes. Rubens pushed in the drawer. "Where are you stopping?" inquired Rubens, striking a match. Edwards told him. They talked for a little while, Edwards threatening, Rubens unconcerned. When Edwards left the house, the revolver reposed in his pocket, neatly extracted from the drawer while he slipped on his glove. Rubens's revolver. That would probably come out in evidence. With the revolver in his dead hand, the trig- ger finger crooked against the catch, the evidence would be fairly damning. There was little reason why Ed- wards should be suspected. The odds were high against' the landlord of the Bull and Bear revealing his questions about a photo; the questioning had been done in such a manner that no There was a murmur from the jury.. "But," continued the counsel, "fur -1, tiler evidence will clear your mind on; this p.oint regarding suicide. As to' the whereabouts of the accused at theta time of the death of this man, I will bring forward witnesses who will tes- tly that at approximately this time,s there was a free light between two, men in the bar parlour of the'Bull and; Bear, where Edwards claims he was all the evening. But when questioned,f he knew nothing about this' fracas: "The question of suicide can be en-; tirely dismissed, The dead man could) not have fired that revolver himseltj if be were holding it in the manner itl was found. Por, though- the murderer, may have forgotten, or been unaware, of, the fact, Jones had one finger miss- ing—the trigger finger. The finger of this glove was padded; there was no Famous. Paris Designer to Wed Business Partner Paris. --Gabrielle ChanelParisian fashion "dictator,' 'who 'refused to marry the Dake of Westminster be- cause she said there had been sev- eral Duchesses M. Westminster 'while there was only one Chanel, will soon marry Paul Tribe, painter and decor- ator, who became her business part- ner last year. That such an independent -spirited woman as M]le. Chanel should marry has caused considerable- surprise among he friends, but then, they say, "One can never be quite sure what Coco will don eetl e' World War In the years she has built up a small knitted - wear shop, where she and her sis- ter were the only workers, into' one of tl.e foremost dressmaking busi- nesses in the world, employing hun- dreds of workers, engaged in many different sides os: the. dress industry. Fabrics. and iewele have been boa,. Tat- a; ventures, Incidentally she is credited with haring made an enormous personal fortune, but it is said that after her marriage she win: abandon her luxur- iots house at Faubourg Saint Honore and live more modestly, devoting a large part of her fortune to charity work. landlord's head. The maid who openedthedoor to him --well, what of it? Probably a score of other people had visited Ru hens during the last few days. If he kept in the district, and made no at- tempt to hide himself, he would dis- arm suspicion. Even if the police did discover the real identity of "Jones, 'they would have no reason for connecting him with Edwards, for though the two had worked together, they had never fallen into the hands of the police while part- ners. Motive? That was the trouble. What reason could Rubens have for committing suicide? A broken love affair! Edwards chuckled. That would be rather good, Rubens hated women; had always refused to have anything to do with them. Edwards reached for his notepaper. In carefully -disguised handwriting, with some unmistakable feminine flourishes, he penned three letters. No address, Just a signature of "Helen." The letters were all in the same strain telling Rubens that she could never see him again; that their affair was over for good. Edwards folded thein up and crumpled them. And, for the next day, he made no move, not even troubling to leave the inn. He wanted to keep well away frofn Reuben's house for the twenty- four hours. Then, when he did go in that direction, he had his cap pulled well over his eyes and was wearing a nondescript mackintosh. He went by the common. IIe halted suddenly and slipped. he. ,k * Dawson Haig hurried across the lit- tle court in which Kearney's rooms were situated. The old manservant the who looked after the place door at once- He knew Haig wall. "I'm sure it's very important, sir," he said, "or I wouldn't havepressed you to come along. But had to go across to the office the mo- ment he arrived home." "But what's this about some book?" "Thr book is lying on the desk up- stairs sir with a note, and my orders are fox you to go up," Two minutes later he sat at Kear- ;y's table, reading the note which his friend had' left, Haig had not removed his white raincoat. A Yard car was waiting—and a ghastly darty called. But, as he read, his expression changed—grew puzzled—and then in- dicated sudden excitement. The little leather-bound ,Demo book, to which Kearney's note chiefly related, lay upon the table beside him. 'It was oas really an advertisement isued by of the shipping companies, containing a calendar and all sorts of odds and ends of information about tides, and suchlike material. ial. He picked it up again, glancing at the curious pencilled entries it con- tained. The book was newly issued, and these were few. Some were un - being written in what looked like a combination of cipher and Chinese. But others, opposite to certain dates, set him fti eausl y tlhink- ing. Suddenly he stood up, shed his rain- coat, and dropped it with his hat on the floor. By heavens] he might be better employed here than down in I for the nearest postbox was It l.,ilr,ehouse. We must tat a y st titins that over!" tIl'St O'1 these iiltt'1^^^Jil1L notes appeal' tar ," Hill anti, we tri s " hive a cigar`;" said Rubens, Com ac1055 the particular' part of ibe come '1'11 ect eared Ageing the date the lith— with tlretl r 1 osedly, pulling open a drawer and )non where be was found dead, Ov 1 them with g d tic Free p this letter may .have been a blind on the day which had just passed, It read rear.bing fox a hos. Y lt';lotvy: 11 uv ttl heaven, l'1 Xs' eyes glinted his part to direct suspicion towards a. i " 1 _vet b mind, ITB had Edwards, for num el--- -•--t . writtellon the margin of the oppo. " Loea� counei s 1 r though � Clem control the spending. of some Ituibentdged� round the table, and tool: all about his silty threats :o 11111 hint." ilagc a.. but it it were an efts e• . 333,000 a year, thought, but :i delta and pencil line They're. Telling Us! We are only at the beginning of things. I think that the truth we have to grasp is that the nations are de- pendent one upon another.—Viscount Cecil. Marriage ceremonies of private citi- zens should he prevented from becom- ing a nuisance to the ordinary citizen, —Mr. Herbert Morrison, the former Minister of Transport. One should live and let live.—Mr, Justice Langton. The appointment of bishops to -day Prime Minis- ter. lies with a Presbyterian ter. Not long ago it lay with a Baptist Prime Minister. It might be in the bands of an atheist. --Father Francis' Woodlock. Some people enjoy a mental satis- faction in starving.—Lord Herder. Life is a long lesson iu huntllitY•'-- Sir J. M. Barrie. And of course there's nudism—a back - to - the • form movement,—Ed, Wynn. It is a good idea to try to help other people, particularly when you have troubles of your own."—Grand Duch- ess Marie. We are moving toward a time when, in deed and in truth, the public good will come first.—Clifford Pinchot. Unless I can get adventure, I don't want to live.—Amy Johnson Mollison. No business can succeed if so -run that the interests of employer and em- ployee are not one and the same.— Sir Henri Deterding. A rational system of education Is still a dream of the fntur'e.--Dean Inge. To monopolize and mortgage inter- national aviation lauding places is contrary to every form of civil pro. gress.—Marshal 'talo Balbo. to et a new e a time g takes s long it idea through the minds of people, and when you do it is no longer true. The truth changes.—Clarence Darrow. .y , I find no quality so easy for a man to counterfeit as Devotion, though his life and manner are not conformable to it; the es'.en i of it is abstruse andas occult. but the appearatices and sltovg•.--Mentaigce. Liquid Diet Not Always Correct For Invalid I was called in yeste,•day to sae an old lady who for harry mos the bad been cunfined to her chair or ee:1 . writes a doctor. Some day she got up to sit in her chair, more cften ens( remained in bed. She was eery old' and fragile and weak, but arart finis her great age and fragility, There wael nothing seriously wrong. But, like se, many who are confined- to the.~ roeree for long periods, she had trot•ble with her digestion, much dist;oui ort au;.' pain. For this reason she had ,leen treed, on various diets by her !d :dty daugh- ter. One food after another had bevel forbidden her until now the Lived el -1 most entirely on a liquid diet, which Rubens—or Jones—was living. Boldly, he rang the trout -dole bell. A trim maid answered. "I want to see Mr, Jone•.• It's im- portant." "Well, I'il see," she said, doubtfully. "What name is it, sir?" He stepped forward, and she re- ceded slightly. "Never mind the name. Tell him it's urgent!" "Yes, sir.". Nervously, she retreated, and Ed- wards waited there, one foot on the step, one.foot inside. A moment pass- ed, then a sallow -faced, hook -nosed man in his middle forties appeared in the hall. Edwards chuckled. "Ahal Hello, Rubens!" The other made no attempt to denY ,his identity. "Oh—Edwards This is a surprise." "And not a very nice one, eb?" leer- ed Edwat'ds, "Didn't expect to see me, did you? Well, I admit it's a bit of luck. But it's Fate." "Won't you come in?" asked Ru- bens, Edwards hesitated, thea nodded. "All right. But no monkey tricks!" "Don't worry. I'm a respected citi- zen nOW." Edwards laughed and followed Ru• bens auto a comfortably • furnished room• There was a decaliter there, and Rubens poured out a couple of whiskies, and now "Well, my dear fellow, you've found mb—what?" Edwards eyes the other narrowly. "Well, I guessed how you tricked me, Rubens. What are you goiug to do about the matter?" Retrbens lifted his eyebrows very slightly. "Do? Why, nothing', of course, What do you expect me to do? Kiss you?" Edwards draihk his whiskey. "No, 1 didn't expect you to do any- thing,'.' be said, slowly. 'You dirty doilble•cr0sser! Rubens, I've just dropped in to tell you that I'm not of a tergiviug nature. Now I've found you, I'm not going away quietly: dost Such a diet is actually a!l wrong$ for the bedridden; a dry, neerishtg diet suits them better, alth•,ugh tlu layman has been brought up to think) otherwise. "What," t said to the Old lady,' "would you like to eat most of "I would simply love a tittle bit oh meat and after that an ?ca cream." So then I bad a talk tl t! a Baugh ter hind a clump of bushes. There was a man conning in the opposite direc- tion, a vague figure in the murky dark- ness. But his walk was familiar. Edwards's face hardened. The com- mon. Would a man take his own life on the common near his house? There was no reason why he shouldn't. Suicides did queer things. Edwards stepped from his hiding- place iding place as the man approached, It was Rubens all right. They were within inches of each other. Edwards wasted no time; no breath. He lifted the revolver. It had a silencer attached. There was a sharp,click, a groan from the unsus- pecting man. His figure lurched side- ways, and fell. Edwards stooped over him, and con- firmed in a quick glance that the angle of the bullet was such that the man could. have fired the revolver himself with his right hand. He lifted the hand. It was gloved, but he made uo attempt to remove this covering. Carefully, he placed the revolver in the still hand, He rested the trigger finger against the catch, .Tow stiff the finger was al- ready! He shuddered slightly. Quickly slipping the love -letters into an inside pocket of the dead man's jacket, Edwards rose and hurried away, He reached the bar parlour of the Bull and Bear in record time. His entrance was unnoticed. On the table .vas a glass. Edwards picked it up, and strolled over to' the bar, . "Give me another,' the ordered, glancing at the clock, and noticiug'. to out d been with satisfaction that he h a b of the inn for less than ten minutes. He was willing to wager that at least six people would testify that he hail been there all the time! The prosecuting counsel was grim• "You will hear,," he was saying, "that the accused entered the dread man's house ie a threatening manner the day before the tragedy, 111 Jones' pocket was •a letter addressed to the accused at the Bull and Bear Inn. 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