THURSDAY, MARCH 27. l»30
THE »PRINQFIKLD NBW8
PA G E TTTRF'
AH’S BOT
ba had aald except xomsthlng about
80 that . a . It > Danty haa warned
Knx
It was Indecent of him to meu her. Cnly .h e b a . n ev a , dreamed that «peaking.
"And to accuse this poor dead boy
turn the boy
Danty rang her up, but .b e would be asked to renounce her
of forgery— to add that Infam y to the
ahe would not aee or receive him 8he m arrtrg e portion so soon
other."
m u .t go through now without help.
‘•W ife !
I f . wonderful - unbellev- I " I— you are «peaking of me?" be
L uke waa coming at seven. A t six ahe a b le!"
called him on the telephone, and ha-1
"A document?*
, said in a whisper.
"She nodded.
one panicky moment when .h e fear.-d
" I want you to transfer some money ’
c o rv a ia K T s v b o g a «
"O f you. I knew t h a t y o u
that he bad already left h i. fla t and to me. It !■ the merest f o r m a lit y - l ve
w ere
M argaret l»ti<rrc. engaged to I mi
I ro le a t. at the other end of the mg very steadily , t hlm from the could not be found. Then she heard discovered that I have rather less coming to get your money back— th a t
» « rr lo d to l.uke Maddlaon. 1» with
Preeently he hung
up and other aide of t.ie tabla was hardly the his voice
is w hy I did not go w ith you to
fi ui
when tin encounters Gunner wire
than I need.’
lin y it««, an Aruertcaji crook, I a a lurn. d to her. a smile of tri-m p h on type of man In whom the Gunner
France. I wanted It to happen here.
"Darling, Isn’t It odd? I can't be
She thought quickly.
Ixuiiliiii hole! lobby. Danton Murnll.
* f ,< '
| would confide bis commissions.
lieve It— I still think of myself as a
"V ery well, come to the bouse s ’ Here, where I have friends and can
• frt.n d of M argaret's brother. R a i'
Is watching Ih.'iit, and" wonders’ If
M * ddl"o“ ,!i
T**? * L “ k* , ‘‘M
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• nd ,ook crusty old bachelor— ”
meet you on even term s."
three o'clock."
(■tinner recognlsoa him a fter seven I • r,B<*ly - *’o< k- • • ° ‘ k and barrel, d a r l- , out a few pound notes,
Luke,
I want you to do something
A pause, and then:
He forgot that * « tbe
bank
at
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.e a s e s a night
.'« * '« «XV*
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I suppose you know Mr. Bird very lo r me. Hhe found her voice at last, three th irty and agreed A fte r all it
“Luke,
I am giving you no money.
and by hl« «14« a nota addr«*«a*d to child o í the
No. do. don’t Interrupt I t ’s a big dW not greatly m a tter If the check
w e ll? ’ be asked as he counted the
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r a .L ir i
loe cneck You
«ou gave it
It to me— it
It is
Is mine. Not
M i . ’ ¡ * h r T 'í V ’ “
J ’ “ *1 b* " u Í KvnB ,h e
realise »hat be
money.
“ si
* * U° l tO
‘ Way to'
returned. It was m erely a trans- * penny can you have— not a penny
S S
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iiiv
n i not
u da»
... . from . his
.
.
night,
not f/ir
for a
day or two. • I ___
want - ference
private
account to I I
The man grinned.
She wished he would speak during
that Ilex had cashed a check for
,,n you W ,BI
• m ,n »«med
■
‘ T he Sparrer? I should
say so! to be alone, not to see you. My nerves the hank’s.
the silence that followed. She wished
A 11.000 Signed by' Maddlaon
ta w in g ? " HI Ilea asked Maddlaon.
He was. true to his methods, five he would rqve, curse her, do a ll th a
H e s always going on about the child are In a terrible state; I think I am
M argaret does not know that her
"l-ew lng?
W'ho la he»“
on the verge of a breakdown ”
m notes U te , when he was shown
ren
of
the
poor—
but
fc„‘s
always
lag
things th a t w ere consistent w ith her
1. a forger.
H e r lo v . for Mad..... ....
From M r H tllr, e s p M M ,on of
I urns to hate but she keep, her pro-
"
®f •»•»■ «"««
glng «m.
em. He pretends there’s
there's a lol
lot
As she went on. he I'stened w ith a *nto »*•* Ittlle sitting-room . The first picture of him. But he did nothing.
tn.se to marry him
paragement he gathered that Lowing , of poor people who are suffering be growing sense of alarm and dismay. ,h n< ’ hat struck him that she was rie was not even lo o k in g at her. but
H e wss not even looking at her, but
Now go on with the story
1 “ was
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great * —
account.
f Sanaa o f ' th e likes o f—o f fellows who
And yet he was not thinking of him
dressed. H e had pictured her resting was studying
the pattern of the car-
Show him In
( go on the crook.
T h a t’s silly.
If
r' '>r negligee— In bed even. 8he was 'p e t. Presently he Jerked np his head.
" I aee no reason In the world why
The man who followed S tile . Into you can’t work you’ve got to do some-
" I ’ve been a selfish
brute. O f
‘
•» »he had been It waa
"Good-bye, ” he said, and turned on
the wedding should
be postponed. »he room was tall and spare of build, thing you can’t starve. The last
course, darling. | understand."
|w h e u lM had-taken her Into hta arms bis heel
L uke."
j Ills deep-set eyes had In them a fu r tlm « the Hparrer started talkin g to
T he conversation
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heard the door f l _
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f
T he hideous business of coroner’s Uyeness that was almost anim al. Ha ’ me nbout It I says— I » o k e here M r
five minutes of tim e; he could hardly
and ln
then
came
to t her
a r realization
Inquant was only a day’s old. and an glanced quickly around the room, and Bird, why don’t you go a fte r the
It w » . n n . . — ___ _ i .
en «
’« m e io
ie r a
e a l iz a t io n
it was not a request: i t w aa a com
reallxe what waa happening, to what
,and
com that made her brain reel. She loved
accountant s statem ent that the dead 1» alm ost seem ed to l.uke that he was rich and make them pay th eir what k
mand.
he was agreeing, before he was sit
him.
boy’s affa
wss — sc pricing every article
. r r . i irs
s . . w . er
. «-Involved -----
w ithin
view to these chlldreu of the
"W hy— what, is worng, darling?”
the poor?
poor? He ting at his w riting table staring
against the night when he might en couldn't answer me. He was dumb-
C 'p ted and no details were asked
W hy he gravitated to the Em bank
She shook her h»ad Im patiently.
blankly at the telegraph forms by
M argaret Leferre could not under ter and take awuy such movables as fotinded. I'm always beating people
ment he could never te ll; It seemed
"Please
tell
me
what
you
want?"
which he was to cancel ao many
stand herself; her own calm Baton- would show a profit.
In argum ents.”
H e r tone turned him cold. It was a natural objective. He bad no thought
pleaaant arrangements.
"M o rn ln ’. sir."
Irhwd her. Had she ever loved Ibis
o f »»><*lde.
suicide, no Intention of finding
He seemed ra ttie r prouu o f th is ac-
,, .
.
hard, almost antagonistic
He e,.«- • or
II« held hla head downwards -----
and --- cumpllaliment
suave man
who --- atood
her. ap- ,
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— _ before
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-. was not w ithout hla
I
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,nk • lowly by the P-rapet. he came to
fa r c n lly ngreelng. ns though Bex »Ideways. looking up from under his vanities, even If he had to lie about
. r . bis
u . tlc liv v a « n ” d <1 u
t iu
lld v
e v e b ro w s
s
1.1. ■
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p“ t ‘nK’‘r"
Stam m ering like a s c h ^ l boy h e ! ,,a ,, befor'‘ Scotland Yard and eyed
hla dearest friend? u...HU»iu
Sometimes
n tid
y eyebrow
« s
were
his
triumphs.
d U * , '“ ,8d «’’"»«■nee. of the 1 ‘ he ° Oth'C bU“ d,ng * * ^ * O ,’y
ThMt
she was afraid that be would read
"L ik e to speak to you In private, 1 "H e re is ten pounds. Give that to the b a r r tZ r 'ilo w and” 'b e a r e d * U B ' ° ld h“ r
her loathing of him In her eyes—ahe * ,r , -" . he »■•«I ,n •>*» husky voice
lights
of
the
train
dtaappe.r
i
he
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SparT°
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I y<” ,r friend. I can’t help him much
mawsmaass« a _ S l - J
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its -
a. a
I . I t lf«>
la n < -M /1
sa l
sa
nt
Luke v glanced
at f k the
manager and more
i d like to know what happens . .
waa amaxed to find herself telling h im
.
seppesr in m e ||gtene<j >nd d(d
.^ e a i, „ „ h i a . — who rtKh‘ ed so many wrongs, could
darknesa. and wen, home humming a
’ ^ « k ’»»“ » » « , hBrdIy d lsen tao ,!« the prob.em which
hu m
e a
r e a ie a i r calmness
a in in e s s a
n o »'Koallcd him to leave the room M r
to him . and he can w rite to me here "
now. w ith
the
greatest
and
a little song, for M r. and Mrs. Luke
1 * deadened the mind of Lnke Maddlson.
In a tone (hat waa sadly sweet, that s »»»«» * • « with the greatest reluct- ,
• « ,
’ Ninety-seven
thousand
pounds,"
'
"T he children of the poor-"
a.
.
.
'
At ,w ” O'c*oc»‘ M argaret Leferre Maddlaon were not among the pas
•h « saw no reason why the ceremony l * 11^ . .
she said. "A tent^i of that would have
Not taking h l. e y e . from l.u k e . stepped from her c .r at the door of sengers.
should be posjponed
saved Rex."
H e smiled m irthlessly.
! face the visitor stretched out . h .o d , he M .rylebo ne reg istrar’s office, .n d
’ My poor darling."
H e was one of the children of tha
He could only x’ xre at her uncom-
and drew a chair Io him
' * l.uke.
-
w aiting In the room of that of
H e took her In hla arms, and ahe
prehendingly.
poor, the natu ral charge oi th a t big
’’W e l i r
Luke
did
not
even
trouble
to
see
ficial. turned o greet the palest bride
did not resist. Rather, the raised her
(• >>,•> h .d
M argaret at once.
Before lunch he
The visitor sat down.
..... .
" It was ra th e r dreadful to aee a man. To protect the children o f tha
cold lips to hla. and hated herself.
«oat oso ever entered those common-
remembered and telephoned.
young
man make a god of money, poor and punish the wrongdoer. W ho
Gunner
«
got
three
moon
for
bein'
j
place
portals.
But the Judas kiss waa hla. not hers
" I w ant to see you. darling," he be Luke and to know that tor Its sake had done w ro ng ’ M argaret? H e tried
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•
toW-
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8he
•»,ok’
no‘
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answered
— B » t was a tattered comfort.
he Is w illin g to sacrifice even a vonng hard to apportion all the blame to
»nice. T h e Hparrer spoke up for him . the question, that were put to her k*a
T here Is nothing In the world I
her. to hate her. He shook hla head
“W hy?” It was d ifficu lt to dlsgutse HI®
but the beak handmt out the three 1 W ith a shudder she felt the rin g slip
would not do to make life a little
slowly
back
towards
the suspicion she felt.
To him her voice sounded like the and walked
moon T he G unner’s appealing to the • upon her flag e r
more smooth for you,” he was say s essio ns
'I w ant you to sign a little docu- clang of a bell; to herself it hardly Blackfnars.
i
| , WBg B || 0 T e r
q u ic k ly , h a , ghe
ing
" I f money could buy you happi-
seemed that It was she who was
l.uke nodded
could not believe that the firs t act of ment. he said gaily.
TO BE C O N T IN U E D
nc»s I would beggar m ys e lf!"
"H e ” " has
got * >"c
three
months
hard
he
vengeance
was
played.
Some
. . . . . .
..
"
■«
ee m
nnm s n
a ro n
e
v
engeance
w
as
o
lu v e ri
H
om e.
rthe smiled fain tly
at this. Ilivre i . . w„
..
u
.
* '
»ome
labor and Is
appealing’
I hope he body put a pen Into h e r h a n d a n d a
na a man ready lo
to betray
betrav hls
hla s
oda
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" 1
n r
an<1 *
wss
goda.
g e t. off. IWd he send you to me?
squat forefinger showed her the place
He had ruinad Rex; he liad alwaya
r e m . m h . r e d h .i r '
al«»»’lX H e had the
where she must sign her name. For
hated hlm
8he
nr h u i,..t
.M .
of ■ n,nn " h"
>y'"« . »
tim e she held the pen. and
fnrgottea phrases of hle.
h is . Ilttle
l i t t l e Irrt
i r r i - Rnd „ p e r te d to he found out at any when she wrote It wavered in her 1
< tated commenta upon Rex’s careles»
'nom*'n‘
fingers and the scrawled signature 1
Besa In fin a n ria l mattera.
"Yes
A few quid would do him a looked like nothing she had ever seen. ;
He put her at arm 'a iength aa he hit of good
He wants a mouthpiece
le a v in g fo r Paris that n ig ht— the
scrutinized her sadly. The pallor The Hparrer says he’ll get o f f - . n d
M eurlce, or was II the Bristol? There
nnd the soft shadows beneath her the Hparrer knows.’’
yeas gave her an unearthly lovell
wa« wimp confusion In her mind as
"W ho la the Sparrow?"
Bess.
to the details; anyw ay, they did no,
A alow smile dawned on M r. Ix>w
m a tter If she kept her courage. The
’’N a tu ra lly I've been worried sick. log’s face.
two o'clock wedding had been an In-
W h a t a fool I waa on the phone to
"He’s a busy— a detective. Bird by
! splratlnn. She w ent back to her
talk of Insurance— It waa Indecent. name— ’’
house— Luke wss coming to dinner;
1 didn't Just know what to say— "
Luke nodded He remembered M i. they
were "to leave H Im i i m
a fter
’ Luke, are you a w fu lly rich?"
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i H ediately
c u in ir ij
B
lin
She was alwaya ataggering him Hparrow, whose activities were a p -( to catch the night boat from South-
parently not wholly confined to In- ampton.
w ith queatlona like that.
quests.
, . .
"W h y — yea. I suppose I am. The
ft
I-sUK* ■ vole»1 wan tremnloua. They
I
waa
In
a
ld
e
meaelf—
for
b
reakin’
were
alone In her pretty little draw-
bank lan’t doing terrib ly w e ll— on the
trailing aide
W e are m errhanla aa and en te rin ’, but they couldn't prove Ing room, and he was sitting by her
But me snd
side. h t. arm .ro u n d her. She was
well, you know— but I h are oyer half nothing so I got out.
He was In
, very still and unyielding,
hut he
a m illion private fortune. I thought Uunner waa like brothers
the next cell to me at Brlxton and he , thought that he understood this
you k n e w "
told me to pop up and have a talk
Lnke WB.
OTer w , (h „
She amllcd fain tly.
would help
"I have never asked yon. I'm wor with you— a few quid
cltem ent— he was like a boy who had
ried about— poverty.
W e hare been him
received a new and wonderful present
Luke waa puxsled.
Hix acquaint
poor— deaperalely. My fath er left ua
” 1 say. did you nee that queer-look
nothing, poor dear. It muat he won ance w ith the gunman
who called ing man standing on the pavement aa
derful to be an rich — to have com him self Haynes was a alight one. but we came out— a fellow named Lew lng
^iand of money— never to be at alt It had struck him. during th eir brief
— a th ie f of some kind. I wonder If he
bothered about bllla, never to feel Interview at the C arlton., th a t the came to pick pockets? I ’ll bet he did;
f
• r
the fra n tic urge to go out and do Gunner had the manner and rertaln - touched hla hat to me as I came out.”
/
the speech of a gentlem an, and that
aom ethlng.”
She was not listening, and. a fte r he
"But I never knew, my dear, how thia mean sneak thief who was look- had gone, could rem em ber nothing
aw fu l!
I thought you had an in
1
come?”
She ahook her head. T hia time ahe
J
waa not acting.
" If money w ill give you a aenae of
security, and of course It w ill— I'll
why, I ’d give you control of every
cent I have in the w orld— "
He naw her fnrredulnun amlle and
was angry w ith him self, aa though
In that geeture of unbelief he detect
ed aome renervntlun, gome gesture of
Insincerity In hla offer.
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"l.u ke, Is that ynur law yer you're
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a
t any point — handy fo r pressing. Sdf«afigning — irons all
Conscience overwhelmed her with
Pim m b t »ur» to rood tho
thicknesses of cloth at one time.
a sudden feRr; ahe realized for the
notiro accompanying your
firs t tim e Rn> enorm ity of her treach
tolophono
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ery and waa terrified.
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