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THE STORY
Mervyn Holt Is nirnKt tT a
man cnlllns Mtnurlf Mstnroff
a traveling companion. Attar
ahort tour they put up at tha
Woodcock Inn on Mnrraad.tU
moor. Thy meU raaually, Mra.
Klphlnatona and Sheila Merohl
con. M.tiaroff talis Holt they art
hli wife and daughter and that
hta real nam I Merchlaon. That
nUht MninrofT falls to return to
tha Inn and hi dlaappearanct tr
unexplained. Holt niaeta Shells
and telli her of MiinrofT's dlioip
pearanco. They no to her eoualn't
(Verner Courihope) ihootlng bos
hoping to And some word ot M.v
tarofT. Thar they meet Mr
Armlntrad and Doctor Eccla
share. Holt Is questioned by fo
lic Sergeant Manners and a re
porter, llownat. Maiaroft's mur
dered body Is found.
CHAPTER II Continued
"Shot, doctor?" snld the police sor
gMiit "Why, I never notlcej "
"Perhaps not." Interrupts! Kecle
shnre, quietly. "Hut you noticed that
some wild animal or animals had de
stroyed the features, and It perhaps
dUlnt occur to you to examine the
back part of the head. He was shot
through the head, from behind; shot
dead. And by an ordinary fowling
piece. Look there l"
He held out a plump, smooth white
hand, unctosed It, and showed us,
lying In the palm, a couple of pellets.
"KlddJedT he said. sl.Tittcantly.
"That's number twelve shot. And that's
how he came to his death. Slu t,
from an ordinary fowling-piece, at
close quarters."
I saw that Manners was consid
erably taken aback by this opinion,
which was corroborated by the local
doctor, who Just then came out snd
Joined us. It upset the police ser
geant's theory, for It was not likely
that the cattle drovers whom he sus
pected would carry a gun.
The two medical men went away,
Eccleshare previously turning to me
and saying that If there was anything
he could do for me, I was to let Mra
know, and Manners, for the Erst time,
betniyed symptoms of uneasiness.
"This Is a queer business, captain 1"
he said. "Shot! That never came
Into my reckoning. Well! I must be
doing something. Cut now, about
him? you know where bis relations
are to be found, of course? They'll
have to be communicated with at once.
Better telegraph to em."
The predicament! There It was
full facing me. But I was not going
to ttU this souwhat thick-headed po
Bceraan that Satlm Muxaroff was real
ly Andrew Merchlson, and that his
wife and daughter were within a mile
of us.
"I'll look through his papers, tip
stairs, and see what 1 can f.r.d," I un
swered, evasively.
That secret of MazaroTs weighed
on me like lead. Ouyl.t I to keep It
to myself? or ought I to go straight
to llarras'lale tower and tell Mrs.
Llphinstone what I knew. It seemed
to nie that I ought, for there was this
about the situation If Mazaro:T was
really Merchlsi.n, then his wealth (and
I was some-thing more than certuln
that be was very wealth; ) would
surely go to his wife and daughter.
Yet It was no pleasant task that con
fronted me. There was Sheila, with
whom It was uelcs to d-ny It I
was already In love: I h.atlod the
Id"a of having to tell her that the
father she had never known had beer,
foully murdered at her very dor:
then the advice I was longln?
for was coming to me as quickly as
an old horse and a ramshackle fly
from the station beyond the hills
could carry it. Such an equipage
drove up to the Woodcock and from It
d.scended first a keen-looking sharp
featured, ttilddle-uged man, whom I at
once set down as either a solicitor or
a barrister, and second, a younger
tnr.n. smart, alert, well-dressed. They
hurried Into the hall; through the open
door of my sitting room I heard my
name spoken. I went forward: the
legal looking man turned and gave me
a sharp Inspection.
"Mr. Holt?" he said. "I am Mr.
Lincoln Crole, of Crole h Wyntt, jo
lititors, I'.ciiford row. I heard of Mr.
MuzarofTs strange disappearance from
the London papers last niht, and I
eaiif.'lit the night mall here. Now, has
Mr. Muzaroff been found or heard of'"
"Yes." I replied. "He was found
this morning. Iead. Murdered."
He gave two successive starts at the
last two words then pointed to the
room which I hud Just left.
"La us go In there," he said.
"This." he went on. ns I led them In
and closed the door, "Is Mr. Frank
Maythorne. win m you may have heard
of as one of the cleverest private In
fjulry aip'trls living. Now Mr. I'olt,
let lue explain as 1 said Just now, I
re-ul ,'ioti! this niattir In the papers
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your name, of course, appeared
and as I have acted professionally for
Mr. Mitrarotr since his coming to Eng
land, I was much concerned. Finally,
I decided to coiuo down here, and to
bring Maythorne with me: 1 knew,
you see, that Mimitvff has no friends
or relations In this country. If any
where, and well, for certain reasons
I was anxious about him. Now we
know the worst !"
I was unfelgnedly glad to see Mr.
Crole and his .companion : It was a
positive relief to be able to share
that awful secret with men accus
tomed to deal with such matters. I
ordered breakfast for them, and wblle
they ate and drank, I sat with them,,
and Mr. Crole and I exchanged pre
liminaries. "I'll tell you In a few sentences all
that I know of Mtuaroff, Mr. Holt,"
he said. "He Introduced himself to
tue a few weeks ago at my oihVe.
lie told me that he was an English-
"I'm So Sorry to Hear This Bad
NVas," She Said Quickly. .
mnn who had been out'of England for
many years, and during his absence
had umafsed a large fortune. He said
that he'd now returned to this country
for good, and he wanted to buy a
really nice house In London and settle
down In It. He had beard of our firm
and had come to see If I could help
Mm. I promised to Itwk out a likely
house for him and that's practically
all." '
"I don't know much more," I snld.
"I can tell you how I came to know
him "
He Interrupted me.
"Oh, I know atl about that, 'and
about you. Mr. Holt!" he exclaimed.
"When Mnzaruff put that advertise
ment In the Times, he brought the ap
plications to me mos-t of 'em anyway.
It was I who advised him to I'.X up
with you. You got on together?"'
"Splendidly ! admirably I" I snld.
"We'd grown to be very close friends."
"Aye!" he replied. "He seemed a,
likable and kindly man. But now, as
you'd got so friendly, I wonder If
you'd observed something about Maim
roff's habits something, to he plain
with you, that mimed nie alarm, and
sent me off, up here, with Maythorne
there, as soon as ever I read of his
disappearance. Had you?"
"I can't say that I bad," 1 an
swered. He bent across the table, eyeing
Mnythome and myself significantly.
"I lunched and dined with MazarofT
two or three times." he snld In a low
voice. "And I learned a bit about
him. Aren't you aware, Mr. Holt,
that ho enrrled diamonds In his pockets
loose! us If they'd been so many
halfpence?"
That gave me a genuine start of as
tonishment. "No, Indeed!" I exelnlrned. "I never
saw him produce uny diamonds
never !"
Crole lnu;;hed dryly.
"I only hope he l ft them behind
him In I,owori, then," he said. "Hut
I doubt It, even If you didn't see them
He'd made the greater part of his for
tune in that sort of thing, and I tell
you that ho carried, loose on him,
stones that looked to rue to be worth
no end! I remonstrated with Mm.
but be only laughed. Now ask May
thorne there what he thinks, profes
sionally?'' Ma.vt home smiled. "I think that a
per "Do you think It could be worn
out nl ready, Mae?"
Out of Father' Control
Visitor How many controls have
you on that radio set?
Hoit Three my wife, goo and
daughter. -Capper's Weekly.
Defined
"Who was this fellow Pan?"
"Why he was half man mid half
gont."
"Ah, a husband.''
IIP
man who carries diamonds In bis
pockets, and pulls them out In public
places, as you say Miuarolt did, Is
asking for (rouble," he remarked.
"And the probability Is that he was
followed here. Just give us the plain
facts up to now, Mr. Holt brlelly."
I told them of all that had hap
pened from the moment of MiunrolT's
going out nloue on the moor to the
bringing of his mutilated body te the
Woodcock that morning, And sud
denly, making sure that nobody would
'interrupt us, I told them, word for
word, of all thnt had passed between
'me and Ma tarofT on the second eve
ning of our stay at the Woodcock.
As soon as I had finished, t'role
spoke, sharply and decisively.
"I believe all that!" be said. "1
fett sure there was a queer mystery
about Mararoff. Well, there It 1st
And the next thing Is It'll have to
be told to Mrs. Klphlnstone, who Is
really Mrs. Merchlson. And at unce!"
"The sooner the better," agreed
Ma) thorne. "Because there are things
by which he can be Idcntlucd, that
birthmark, for Instance."
"Yes, at once," declared Crolo. "He
may have tiled probably has died
intestate. He made no mention to
me of any wilt. If be has died In
testate, and his Identity as Merchlson
Is established, then this lady and her
daughter benefit : the daughter mainly,
of course. Holt, yoa and I must go
to this place what is It, Murrasdule
tower) Immediately, A fine reveln
'iron! Come, you and I will go, and
leave Maythorne to bis own devices.
He'll not be Idle."
I led Crole across the moor In the
direction of Marrasdale tower, giving
him on the way some account of the
people be would meet there. We met
one of them before we reached the
gates Sheila was Just coming out,
and I saw at once that she bud beard
tha Dews.
CHAPTER III
The Landlord's Gun
Sheila came up to me with genuine
sympathy expressed on her pretty
face.
"I'm so sorry to hear this bad news,"
she said quickly. "I suppose It's true?
we've only heard very little."
i "True enough," I snswered. Then,
its she glanced at my companion, I
said: "This gentleman Is Mr. Mara
roffs solicitor Mr. Crole. He's Just
arrived from London and he's anx
ious to see Mrs. Llphlnstone."
She showed no surprise at this;
probably she thought that Cmle
wanted to ask some questions about
the neighborhood. She turned buck
to the house, motioning us to follow.
We found Mrs. Klphlnstone In the
morning room. She gave us an un
mistakably questioning look ss we en
tered; It seemed. Indeed, not too
friendly. Sheila, after her fashion,
went to the point
"Mother!" she said. "It's quite true
about this unfortunate Mr. Mazaroff
He's been found dead, on the irmor,
and this Is bis solicitor, Mr. Crole,
from London, and be wants to see
you."
"Merely to be permitted to ask a
few pertinent questions arising out of
the death of my client," Crole snld. "I
may mention, first, a fact of which
perhaps neither of you Is aware. Mr
Mazaroff was murdered!"
This announcement produced differ
ent effects on Its two hearers. Shells
mode a low murmur of horrified as
tonishment ; Mrs. Klphlnstone guve
Crole a quick glunce.
"Are you sure of that?" she asked.
That Is the medical opinion,
ma'am," replied Crole, with a frigid
bow. "I know of no reason to dispute
It. My client was shot dend."
Mrs. Klphlnstone pointed a finger
to chairs near her desk.
"Won't you sit down?" she said with
faint politeness. "You say you want
to osk me some questions pertinent
questions? I really can't conceive
what they can be! I know nothing
whatever about this poor mon."
"I think you saw my late client the
other day?" suggested Crole, whom 1
had fully posted In every partlculnr
of our stay at the Woodcock. "He
and Mr. INt were standing at the
garden pale of the Inn when you nnd
your daughter passed by."
"Oh, that!" exclaimed Mrs. Klphln
stone. "Yes, I suppoM! I did see him
toll, bearded man, wasn't he?"
"You didn't recognize him, ma'am?"
asked Crole, with a keen look.
Mis. KIphliiKtone gave her ques
tioner a particularly freezing stare.
"Ilerognlze him?" she demanded
hHUf.'h'lly. "Heally whut do you
mean?"
Talent
"Your daughter plays 'Beethoven'
wonderfully."
"Yes, and she only plays from the
cheap sixpenny copy, It Is wonderful
how that girl can make something
out of anything."
The Reason Why
Old Man Can you give my daugh
ter the luxuries to width she bus been
neeuslomed?
Y'oung Blood Not much loncer.
That's why I want to get married.
"What I mean, ma'am, Is this,"
Cmle answered, bluntly, "The man
whom you saw, though he has of late
years colled himself Sallm Masoroff,
was the man whom you married some
years ago Andrew Merchlson,"
I expected something say, dia
matte to follow on this. But noth
ing happened that Is, nothing par
ticular. Sheila's Hps opened a little
In astonishment, sad her eyes turned
from Crole to her mother, Mrs.
Klphlustono was sitting bolt upright,
very stern and illgnlllud, nt her desk.
Suddenly, and swiftly, a satirical, con
temptuous smile showed Itself round
the comers of her finely cut thin lips,
and she rose quietly from her chair.
"Follow nie, If you please," siitt snld.
She marched us through two or
three rooms, Into (ho hall, out of the
house, across the grounds, looking
neither to right nor left, ntid so
through the porch of the church, and
Under Its fine old Nornmn dmrwny
Into the shadowy nave. Marching up
thnt to the rhnncct, she suddenly
paused, pointed upward, and, giving
Crole a frowning look, spoke two
words :
"Uwt there!"
We looked. There, on the north
wall of the chntirol, was a plain,
square tablet of Aterdeen granite,
whereupon were deeply Incased and
gilded a few words:
"In Memory of
"Andrew Merchlson
"Sometime Itesldcut In this Pariah
"Iroued In Mombasa Bay, October
Klh, Vsisj."
1 glanced at Crol. His face wns
Inscrutable. He merely looked st the
tablet, rend the Inscription, nnd turned,
with a nod, to Mrs. Klphlnstone.
"Now come buck to the house," she
commanded.
Mrs. Klphlnstone marched us bark
to the bouse, and up the old oak stair
rase that led from the big hull. She
went along one corridor after another
until she ci me to a dKr. Selecting a
key from a bunch thnt hung by a sil
ver chain from her wnlst. she unlocked
the door, and uihered us Into a anmll
room, wherein there was nothing but
so old fashioned bureau, a chair set
before It, a bookcase filled with old
volumes, and a tldctnhlp. whereon
lay a much-worn cabin trunk. She
went straight to this snd laid a hand
on It
"Now," she said, looking at Crole.
"I sm doing more than anyone has
the right to ask me to do! I am only
doing It to set st rest, once and for
all, the utterly ridiculous Idea that
yon metlonM when yon came here
uninvited Ton will please listen to
me! It Is quite true that I married
Andrew Merchlson, when be and I
were very young and foolish and
headstrong. We did not get on. lie
made full provision for nie: shared
equnlly all be bud with me, In fact,
and left me. k'lght months later, this
girl was burn. I and my friends did
our best to f.nd til in. ami make him
acquainted with thst fact: we failed.
I never hoard ninthlng of hi in until
the early part of the year 1!"0, when
I got a letter from the roptaln of S
steamer which traded between Bom
bay and It'irhan. You shall read It.''
Hie produced another key. unlocked
the cabin trunk, and from a pocket
Inside It, took out an envelope, from
which she withdrew a letter. She
handed It to Prole.
"You and Mr. Holt can read that
together," stie said. "Bead It enre
fully." I read the letter over Cnde's shoul
der. It was from one James S'nclalr,
who Introduced himself as captain of
the S. S. General ("live. He snld thnt
on tils last voyage from Bonibny he
had taken on board at that port n pas
senger tunned Andrew Merchlson,
whom be dexerlbed: Mr. Merchlson
wns hound for Durban. In the course
of the voyage, a stay was made off
Mombasa. On the 17th of October, (he
stenmer being nt anchor In Mombasa
bay, Mr. Merchlson disappeared. The
writer's belief wns thnt Mr. Merchl
son had had a sudden attack of faint
ness or giddiness, lost his balance,
and fallen overboard, probably strik
ing his head against the side of the
ship as he fell. Nothing being discov
ered about his passenger, he hud ex
amined his effects, found Mrs. Merchl
son's address In a memorandum book,
and therefore now w rote to her ami at
the same time forwarded Mr Merchl
son's cabin trunk, nnd all that It con
tained, with other small matters lying
about his cabin.
The solicitor rend this letter
through In tdlenee, and silently handed
It hark to Mrs. Klphlnstone. She re
placed It In the trunk.
"This trunk and Its contents have
remained Intact ever since I received
them, now many years ago," she said.
"Now you come and tell nie that this
stranger, calling himself Mai'.arolT
was In reality Andrew Merchlson
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