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The most eaeual tye would pick out
Sallm Maiaroff a notable figure, a
man cf affair, who rightfully claimed
the attention of the multitude; yet
there wae a geniality about him. a de
mocracy of man .er, whloh reeerved
him no pinnacle above hie feHow but
made him one of them. There wae an
element of myetery about him too, but
It wae not the eort to produce euepl
clon. but rather, of the type to Intrigue
and Invite a friendly Interest
lining eo obvlouly a real man and
eo enable and open-hnndd, he was
about the Met person In the world one
would think of a likely to have cre
ated powerful enmltlee or of being the
object of a elnlster pureult and re
venge. Why ehould anyone wish to
do harm to this aMe, generous and
thoroughly likable Individual?
Facte being aa they were and no
dark chapter In hie lite even hinted
at. It became all the more strung
that such thing afterward devel
oped ehould have befallen him; that
he ehould have become the center of
a mystery that was cunning, cruel and
baffling.
This le a typical J. & Fletcher story
rf the pusile variety. Thle author'
popularity rests upon the fact that
he always has an entertaining tale
to tell and tells It ably. His people
are alway human and he never love
track of the many threads In hi mys
tery or fall to work out hi puisle
satisfactorily.
CHAPTER I
Mr. Maiaroff
it was Dick Marker who first put
fiie In .ouch with the man whose mys
terious murder, while in my company,
formed the basis cf what came to be
famous In three continents as the
Mazuroff affair. Unrker and I were
old schoolfellows; we entered the
army together as subalterns; we were
In the same battalion throughout the
great war; we were wounded on the
same day, and In the same scrap a
fortnight before the armistice; we
were sent to the same home hospital
and were eventually discharged from
it at the same time, each unfit for nny
further military service, but for
tanately In possession of our full com
plement of limbs. Uarker walked
lato my rooms one morning while I
vas still at breakfast, and flung down
a copy of the Times, Indicating a blue
penciled advertisement In the "Per
S3nal" column.
"That's your Job, Mervyn." he said
In bis usual direct fashion. "Get
busy!"
I took up the paper and rend the
fjdvejtlsement before making any r
mark.
"The advertiser, who has recently
returned to England after a prolonged
absence, and Is desirous of milking
an extensive tour through the north
ern shires. In his private automobile,
desire the company of a brtitht. so
ciable, well-educated, and well-informed
young gpntleman. preferably
an ei-ofllcer, Invalided out of the
sen-Ice. Applications, with full and
precise details and references, to be
addressed Box M. 5343, the Times.
E.G4"
I think It was more out of curi
osity than anything that I replied to
that advertisement, sitting forth my
qualifications and detailing my refer
ences, let 1 never expected any re
ply: I knew well enough that there
were hundreds of men whose quullfi
cations and reference would be Just
as ;ood as my own why should I be
singled out? It was therefore with
a good deal of surprise that, about a
fortnlpht later, I received and rend
the following letter:
"Hotel Cecil.
"Stb September, 1013.
"My Dear Sir, I am much obliged
to you for your letter of the 23rd Au
gust. I think you and 1 would get on
together very pleasantly, and I shall
be further obliged to you If you will
call on me at this hotel tomorrow
morning about half past twelve
o'clock so that we may huve a little
talk. I remain, my dear sir,
"Truly yours.
"SALIM MAZAKOFF."
I walked into the Hotel Cecil next
morning at precisely twelve thirty.
Elvdently Mr. Mazanff had alreudy
given certain Instructions about me.
for aa soon as 1 Inquired for him 1.
In my turn, was asked If I wus Mr.
Mervyn Holt, and on my assenting,
was handed over to an attendant who
whisked me off to a private and
pHlutlitl suite of rooms He Installed
me in au ante-chamber, topped at an
Inner door, murmured my nume to
somebody within, closed thp door, In
formed me that Mr. Mnzaroff wouldn't
keep me one minute, and went away
And I discovered at once thut Mr
Mazaroff was really a mun of bis
word, for before a minute liud gone,
the door opened again, and he stood
there with outmatched hnmL
1 took a gd look at him as I went
forwurd. I Judged him to be about
six feet In height; his brt-adtli cor
responded; ultiujether he gave one the
ImpreHHlon of hU'm-fs and solidity
Ills age It wus dllllcult to estimate;
his brown hair and beard were grl
tled, and between lit eyes and his
muntflclif there was a pood deal of
gearn and wrinkle; he looked like a
mun who bus weathered storms, and
bwn under fierce suns and drying
winds. There was a distinctive nlr of
good nature, good humor, even of
benevolence, about him, but It was
somewhat discounted by a long, sharp
nose and close-set, small e.ves, and
further by a enst In the left eye. Hut
his smile wus plensimt enough; so was
the twinkle of his eye, and there was
nothing cold nor fori mi I about his
handshake.
"Glad to see you,' he said, almost
'ruso,uely.
by J. 6. FLETCHER
Illustrations by IHWIN MYERS
(& by Alfred A. Knopf, Ina)
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I was certain that wherever or how
ever Mr. Mataroff bad come by Ms
un-English name, he himself was a
Scotsman: there was no mistaking
his accent.
"I hope you're feeling quite well
again after your woundsr he asked.
"Quite fit. thank you," I answered.
"Fit for light work, anyway,"
"Aye, well," he ald, nodding, "na
I said In my letter, I think you and
I'll get on very pleasantly, If you car
to come with an old fellow like tno."
"I shall be plenaed to go with you."
I answered. "1 hope I shall be able
to do all you want. Von think I
shall?"
"It's little I want but company," he
replied. "I'm a lone man neither
kith, kin, nor friend. I've been out
of this country many years, and now
I'm back I Just want to dander rouud
a bit, reolng place. An Idle time,
ehr
"You've no fixed plan)" I Inquired.
"No more than that we'll Just get
Into my car and go north." he an
swered. "Stopping where we like and
... Ill l !,. A
Mr. Maiaroff and I Spent a Couple
of Hours Over That Lunch and Our
Cigar and Coffs.
when we like. Til tell yon I've a
fancy for old towns, anything old
and gray and cooL You take meT"
"The Great North road, then, will
be a good route to follow?" I said.
"I know that road and it surround
ingswell I"
"That's it!" be exclaimed, Joyfully.
"We'll do very well Just progressing
northward I've no articular object
except that when we get far north,
there's a place I want to turn aside to
Marrasdale moor Just to renew
acquaintance. What about terms,
now?" he asked, dlffldently.
"I think I ought to leave that to
you. Mr. MawroX" I answered. "I'd
prefer to."
He gave a sigh of what. It was
plain, was sheer relief.
"That's Just what I'd like you to
do," he said, simply. "That's a thing
that gentlemen shouldn't bargain
about Leave U to me you'll not re
gret it, I'm a very rich man, laddie,
and rich men are entitled to have
their little games and fancies, eh?
Very well, now and when can you
be ready to start?"
"Any time, with a couple of hours'
notice," I replied.
"Good good !" he exclulmed. "Then
I'll Just tell you whul we'll do. Holt
firing your kit along here this after
noon, and we'll start about five o'clock,
and run gently along as far as we
like before dinner time there'll be
some old town w here we can spend a
peaceful evening and a quiet night Id
an old fushloned hotel. I've a fine
Uolln-Itoyce cur In the garage, and a
thoroughly dependable chauffeur, Web
ster, a trusty, good, sensible fellow,
Quantities of Amber
Amber has been mined for hundreds
of years In the so-called blue earth of
the I'.altle batdn. It is classified as
a fossil resin and geologist believe
that several species of pines have had
a part In the formation of the amber
of the Baltic basin.
Pieces of amber are torn from the
sen floor and cast op by the waves.
They are collected at ebb tide by
searchers who sometimes wnde Into
the sea and with nets attached to
long poles drag to the beach the sea
weed containing entangled masses of
amber. Dredges have also been used.
Lithuanian raw amber Is the prop
erty of the government Each finder
hag to deliver the pieces to adminis
trators of the state's central depots
Terra of Contempt
"Wop" Is shortened from "wappa
rousa," a Sicilian localism for a good-for-nothing
fellow.
New York city's population has In
creased tenfold since 1&.'0.
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and we'll bo right as rnln. Come by
five o'clock. That'll suit you? Good I
And now we'll Just go down and take
a bit of lunch together."
Mr. MnsurolT and 1 spent a couple
of hours over that lunch and our
cigars and coffee. He proved him
self a knowing and generous host, and
a great talker. Ills talk was worth
listening to, I soon discovered that
he had seen ninny strange places and
peoples; without giving me any def
inite Information about himself or his
pursuits, he let mo know that he had
traveled extensively In various out
of tho-way parts of Asia and Africa.
Presently I left him and went away
to mnke ready for our Journey: at
five o'clock I was back at the hotel
with my luggage, and by a quarter
past we were off.
We followed out Marnroffs line of
going as fur as we liked, and stop
ping where and when we chose. It
was dllllcult to get him away from
towns Ilk Stamford and Grantham
at York, after a preliminary Inspec
tion of the old city, be announced his
Intention of staying a week: we
stopped ten days.
All the way north, he was never
tired of drawing me out about the
war, and my own doings In It It was
of no use to profens that one had
forgotten; he would hnve the whole
tale. And for all the youngsters who
had done their bit he profcsKcd an nd
miration which was akin to veritable
hero worship.
We got on together splendidly he
was an excellent, a fatherly and broth
erly companion. At the end of a
month he and I were Inseparables,
We had then run Into the crisp Oc
tober weather of the north, and were
on the southern edge of Northumter
Iand. There, after consulting his
mup, he gave his chauffeur orders to
cut across country, north by west,
making by way of Hexham and Wark
for the wild lands beyond, and for a
particular place marked on the chart
as the Woodcock Inn ou Marrasdale
moor.
When, rounding a heather-clad bluff
that sloped sharply down to our track,
we came In sight of the Woodcock
Inn, I was amazed to think that a
hostelry should be found In such a
desert It stood, a gaunt gray mass
of stone, on the edge of a great
moor ringed about by high hill as
veritable a solitude as one could set
eyes on. Beyond It there was not a
sign of human life or habitation.
"What an extraordinary place for
an Inn!" 1 exclaimed as we moved
nearer. "What custom can they get
there?"
"I know this country," Mnraxoff
said. "Used to come here w hen I was
a youngster, And though It's true
there Isn't a sign of life about us
except what's signified by the old Inn
yonder, It's not such a desert as It
looks at first sight There's nothing
on the moor Marrasdale moor but
you'll observe that there's valleys cut
ting In between the bills that run
down to Its edge? Well, there's vil
lages In those valleys, and furmsteads,
too, and more than ne sizable coun
try house. I mind them all well
enough, laddie, though it's more years
than I care to estimate since I set
eyes on them!"
"There'll be people you remember,"
1 suggested, "and who'll remember
your
"Not after all thee years!" he an
swered quickly. "And between you
and me and the post. Holt I've no
wish to remember people, nor more
particularly to be remembered by
anybody. 1 don't want It to be known
thnt I'm other than a complete stran
ger to the place."
I wag wondering why he should be
go mysterious about this, when we
drew up at the door of the Inn,
There was a plain board sign over
the wide, open door, underrated save
for a faded painting of a woodcock
flying across a moorland scene. I'.e
nenth It 1" tarnished gilt letters ap
peared the words: "The Woodcock
Inn by Jameg Musgrnve."
Found in Baltic Basin
of amber. Failure to do so leads to a
charge of embezzlement
Amber has found Its greatest use In
the fashioning of ornaments. Artisans
who makes necklaces, bracelets and
brooches turn the amber on a lathe
and polish it with whitening and
water, or with stone and oil, the final
luster being Imparted by friction with
flannel. New York Times.
Chalk That Up
Pat O'Hara and Mike Murphy (who
strangely enough, were Irishmen) had
taken Jobs at a colliery. Pat one
morning broke his shovel when he was
down In the mine. He was too lazy,
however, to take It to the surface with
him. go he left It for his friend, writ
ing on It In chalk :
"Take my shovel out Mike. I've for.
gotten It!"
Hut friend Michael knew Pnt of old,
and refused to be caught by such a
trick. So he rubbed the mesnge off
and substituted one of bis own:
Take It out yourself. I've never
aueo It" Loudon Answer.
"It wna Jlnncshnws that bad tl
when I was last hero," murmured my
companion. "Dead and gone, no
doubt, nil of them! And this man no
doubt'll be Musgravo."
A man had appeared at the open
door, and was coming across the Mad
to us. He was a mlddloaged, good
looking fellow, Pehlnd him camo a
woman, a sharp-featured, alert quick
ly observing woman, who slipped past
the man and gained the aide of our
car first It was she who did the
talking.
"Good day, ma'am," said Mr, Muia
roff. "You'll le the landlady, no
doubt? and thls'll be your IiiihIuiiuU
Aye, well now, we're thinking of
breaking our Journey here for a day
or two, perhaps for two or three, Just
to look around this grand country ot
yours. You'll have accommodation?"
"Oh, yea, Indeed, sir!" aimwered
the woman, taking In the car and Its
occupants with appraising eyes, "Since
this motoring became faihlonabte
we've a lot of custom, and we're pre
pared for It I think you II find It
comfortable, sir," as she led the way
Inside. "We've bad customer here
that said they were sorry to leave It
There's a silting room here, sir. that
you can have all to yourselves."
She showed us Into an old fushloned
parlor, snugly furnlxhcd with solid
old stuff, and lighted by tall, narrow
windows that looked out on the moor
and the hills: Mr. Miunroff, at the
mere eight of It, guv a grunt of
pleased satisfaction.
"Aye. ayct" he said. "Thls'll d
grandly keep this room for me,
ma'am, ns long a we stop Holt!"
he exclaimed, when he had conferred
with the landlady about dinner that
evening and she bad left us to our
selves. "Tht Is the fort of place I've
dreamed of, nu.ny and many a time
when I've been In places where there
wasn't the shade of a wall nor the
leaf of a tree to creep under cool,
gray, sleepy, place where time seems
to stand still. I like this. Holt ami
we'll Just have a look round before
our dinner."
We went out to look round. It
needed small powers of observation
on my part to show me thut Mr.
Macaroff whs as well acquainted with
this old wayside Inn as Its landlord
and landlady were. I could see that
be knew every stone of the ancient
buildings and every yard of their sur
roundings. There was a walled gar
den at the side of the house: he wan
dered about It with the familiarity
of a man who has known a pla Inti
mately, As we were coming out of It
we saw Musgrav at Its gute.
We bad come up to the gate and
a Musgrave was about to open It.
two ladles came In view from behind
the high wall, walking along the hylf
grass truck by which we had motored
during the lust three or four tulles of
our Journey. Musgrave lifted bis hnt
as they glanced In our direction; each
gave hi m a nod and a smile ns they
passed on before the front of the Inn.
At one of them I merely looked: to
the other I gave more attention. She
was a girl of posHtbly twenty-one or
tw-o years, brown hatred, light-colored,
slim and graceful In her country coat
and skirt, dlstrartlngly pretty, as I
could see In that brief glance; the
other was a tall, hundxoiup woman of
middle age, somewhat stern tind cold
In manner, despite the gracious re
sponse which she made to tbe land
lord's civil greeting, From their drex
and appeurance these were evidently
folk of consequence.
I glunced at Mr. Mn.nroff as the
ladles disappeared. He was gar.lng
after them. It seemed to me with un
usual attention.
"Neighbors of yours?" he asked
suddenly, turning to Muxgrave.
"That's Mrs. L'lphlnstotie, sir, of
Marrusdale tower," replied the land'
lord. "That's the big old house acroxs
tbe moor. Used to belong to Sir
Itlchard Cotgreave, did Marrasdale
tower been in that family hundreds of
years, by all accounts. When Sir
Itlchard died, a few years since, this
Mr. Llphlnstone bought the place and
came to live here: most of the land
hereabout Is bis."
"Mrs. Elphlnstone, eh," said Mr.
Mnraroff. "And the young lady 7
Miss Llphlnstone, of course."
"No, sir," replied Musgrave. "Tim
young lady Is Miss Merchlson Miss
Sheila, as we all call her. Mr. Kl
phlnstone's daughter by a previous
marriage, sir."
I fancied I detected renewed Inter
est In the expression of Mr. Mnzu
roir face during this explanation.
Hut he was a good hand at concealing
his thoughts, and he turned and
waved his hand toward the wide pros
pect before us.
"So Mr. ICIpliltiHtone of MurraMdalo
tower owns most of what we see?" he
suggested.
"Well, not what you might call
most, air," replied Musgrave. Those
moors to the south and east, air, High
Cap moors, they belong to a London
gentleman, Mr. Vomer Court hope, a
banker. He's got a shooting box right
In the middle of 'em High Cup lodge
they call It and he's there now, with
a small shooting party,
With occasional bits of gossip ot
this sort, out first evening at the
Woodcock went off very pleasant ly.
I wondered what wo were going to do
with ourselves next day In so solitary
a place. Put Mr. Ma.aroff, It seemed
had notions of tils own, which he
promptly explained on coming down
to breakfast.
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Mr. A. My husband admire
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