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J. S. FLETCHER tlfoitrationi by IRWIN MYERS (!, by Alfrad A. Knopf, Ino.) W. N. U. Service CHAPTER VII Continued 12 "You think that, Maythorne?" I asked as e paused at the door of the elevator. "Of course!" he exclaimed. "Doesn't teed half an eye nor an ounce of brain to be dead certain of that I She knows knows! And, as I said In there who Is It? Here's one thins certain, Holt If she won't speak, I'll have to tell the police. Iut between now and tomorrow she'll have time to reflect. And In the meantime " He broke off abruptly. We went down and Into the street, and in si lence walked gwkly down Edgware road. I knew what he was after Cottlngley. And- Cottlngley suddenly appeared before us In Treed street, as If he had shot out of the earth. "He's come!" said Cottlngley. "Alone. They're both In the house, now. All's arranged." Maythorne nodded; they whispered together a moment; then Maythorne and I turned away. "Did he mean that Eccleshare had come?" I asked. "And that they'll watch him?' ! "Eccleshare, of course,' answered Maythorne. "Who else? Watch hlra? Aye, they'll watch him they'll watch both of "era!" I went back to my rooms thorough ly muddled In mind by the day's events. It seemed hopeless to try to piece them together, and jet I could scarcely refrain from the attempt And underneath everything lay an un comfortable suspicion, which forced itself o? fte however much I fought again. It was Sirs. Elphlnstone an accessory to MazarofTs murder, and If so, .fter or . . . before? Out pf all simulations one' clear fact emerged she had come Into posses sion of that will, which, without doubt, was In MazarofTs pocket when his murderer shot him. All this was still seething In my mini when I met Maythorne next morning, at Croie's office. We were shown Into Croie's private room at oi.ee; there, by Croie's desk, sat Mr. Herman Kloop. He gave us a know ing look as we walked In, and Crole codded at him, as much as to say that .whatever was to be-said first was to come from the diamond merchant. "News!" remarked Crole, laconical ly. "Another development!" We sat down and turned on Kloop. "I came round to Mr. Crole as soon s I bad breakfasted to tell him," he said. "Now I tell you. It Is what I learned last night late. From some of my friends in our trade. MazarofTs pair of blue diamonds have been sold! They have been sold to a syn dicate of three well-known dealers. A fancy price, too!" he added, with a chuckle. i "What price?" asked Maythorne. "It is said and I dare say It's quite correct two hundred thousand pounds," Kloop replied "Of course they're worth that and more. Suf ficiently more to give the buyers a nice big profit when they sell. As equally of course they will." "Welir Maythorne asked. "But who sold?" Kloop laughed, glancing at Crole, "To be sure!" he replied. "A per tinent question ! Armlntrade sold. No concealment about that Armlntrade the bank man." "Armlntrade only returned from the north last night" ald Maythorne. "Where and how was this deal carried outr "Yes," answered Kloop. "I can tell something of that, but not precise de tails. I should say by correspond ence." Maythorne looked at Crole: Crole shook his head. "What concerns us," he remarked, "Is the fart that Armlntrade sold these things MazarofTs property. We know that Armlntrade was In possesion of what we'll call lilue Diamond Number One, and we also know that Mazaroff, lind Blue Diamond Number Two on Mm when he went north. So Maza roff must have met Armlntrade and banded over to him the second dia mond. They must have met unknown to anyone at Marrasdale." Maythorne turned to Kloop. "Arnilntrade's name was openly, freely mentioned to you In connection with this?" he asked. "Was Maza rofTs name mentioned?" "Oh, to be sure! As the source from which the diamonds came." Maythorne got up from his chair and began to button his overcoat. "There's only one thing to be done," lie said, glancing at Crole. "You and I and Holt must see Armlntrade at once. We want on explanation. As far as I'm aware, those diamonds, since the moment of MazarofTs death, have been the property of Mr. Holt here. Isn't that so, Crole?" "Yes," answered Crole, laconically. He got up from his desk, crossed over to a safe In the corner, and unlocking it, took from some Inner receptacle an oblong envelope. "Here's the will," lie said. "I'll take It with me. Hut I think Armlntrade will be found to be Bll right. Ry that I mean that he will have acted within his rights. How, I don't know. Hut come along." We parted from Kloop In the street outside; Crole, Maythorne, and I got into a taxlcab and set off for Court hope's bank Maytrorno seemed to be azaro thinking hard. He looked up at last. "It seems pretty clear now ! that MazarolT wasn't murdered for the sake of those diamonds," he muttered, as If somewhat dlssntistied at the new turn of affairs. "In that case what was he murdered for? what was the motive?" "He'd other valuable property on him, you know," observed Crole. "And there are other people to question when we've done with Armlntrade. Eccleshare, for Instance, and that man 1'arslave." We entered Courthope's bank to gether and sent In our cards to Ar mlntrade. tie 'took small notice of Maythorne and myself; his attention gave Itself to the solicitor. "Well, Mr. Crole?" he began. "What can I do for you?" "You can give us some much-needed Information, Mr. Armlntrade," replied Crole, promptly. "You are aware, of course, that, having acted as the late Mr. MazarofTs solicitors here In Lou don, I have employed Mr. Maythorne to Inquire Into the mystery of his murder. Now, we have ascertained from Mr. Herman Kloop of Cape Town, a close personal friend of Maza rofTs, now In London, that Mazaroff possessed two extremely valuable dia- We Wtre Shown Into Croie's Private Room at Onct; There by Croie's Desk Sat Mr. Herman Kloop. monds, one of which was In his pos session when he went north, to Mar rnsdale, and the other of which had been In your keeping, as Mazaroff agent, for some months. Kloop tells us that you have sold these two dia monds to a syndicate for two hun dred thousands pounds. Is that cor rect?" Armlntrade, whose smile, sardonic and Inscrutable, had never left his eyes, nodded, "Quite correct!" he an swered. "Do you mind telling us all about It?" Crole asked. "I gather the whole thing Is plain enough when ex plained." "Plain as a pikestaff," replied Ar mintrade, with a laugh. "I have acted as agent or Intermediary, or what ever you like to call it for Mazaroff for some time. Well, now, as regards these blue diamonds great rarities. I have had the first In my hands for some time. The second he handed to me personally at Marrasdale the day after he arrived at the Woodcock," "Ah! you met him there?" "Certainly I met him there!" "Well? And what happened?" "We discussed the sale of the dia monds, and came to an arrangement." "May I ask what It was?" "Certainly I He gave me an option on them." "Ah! I see! An option? Just ao. You were to have them at a price?-' "Of course. liut I'll show you the terms, In MazarofTs handwriting. He had brought me this, already written and signed there you are!" He produced a sheet of letter paper and handed It to Crole, who took and read It attentively. "I see!" he said, handing It beck. "He gave you the option for. one month of buying the diamonds for a hundred and seventy five thousand pounds. And you have taken It up. Then what about the option money? Which, of course, should and would have been paid to Mara zo ff." "Exactly! The money Is at the dis posal of the late Sallin Mazaroff'g rightful heir or heirs, hcneliclnrles. residuary legatees, or whoever has 'a proper and legal right to It" Crole pointed to me. "Mr. Holt there Is MazarofTs re siduary legatee," he suld. "He comes In for everything!" Armlntrade laughed, and gave me n shy smile. "Lucky for Mr. Holt!" he remarked, "liut are you sure of that? I under stand that the will made at York Is lost?" "The will Is here!" said Crole, hold Ing up his envelope. "You can see It and read It." Armlntrade's face underwent a change, as he took and read the will. He gave a long, careful look at the signature; another at Crole as he handed back the paper. "What" he asked, "what do you, a solicitor, say about that will?" 'That nothing wheteer can upset lmm Mystery It," answered Crole, promptly. "It won't be contested, either. Everything that Mazaroff died possessed of be longs to Mr. Mervyn Holt. So" "So I owe Mr. Holt one hundred and seventy-five Uiousand pounds," said Armlntrade with a laugh. "Very good ! shall I send the check and the papers along to you, Mr. Crole? Just so It shall be done at once. Glad you've found the will." We all rose. For the first time Maythorne spoke addressing Armln trade. "You didn't think It necessary to give evidence at the Inquest?" be sug gested. "What evidence had I to give?" asked Armlntrade. ".My affairs with Mazaroff had nothing to do with his murder." "Have you any theory, yourself, about his murder?" continued May thorne. "I have had two. One was that he may have been followed from London by somebody wlio knew that he had the second blue diamond on him he was a very careless, thoughtless man! the other that It was Just a com mon, vulgar murder for the sake of robbery by one or other of those men whom he bad been treating at the Woodcock. For Instance, where Is that man who disappeared I'nrslave? So far, I believe, the police have failed to truck him. IVsslhly he murdered Mazaroff, ribbed the body and cleared out. Anyhow he's vanished." CHAPTER VIII Fresh Links We took our departure silently and unceremoniously, as If we had been very ordinary customers, doing very ordinary business. Hut outside, In Mincing lane. Maythorne halted, aud looked questioning!)- at Crole. "Satisfied?" he asked "As far as that goes yes," replied Crole. "There's no doubt about the option that's clear enough. No get ting past MazarofTs own handwriting and own terms!" "Very well If you're satisfied." said Maythorne. He moved forward a few yards and against stopped, "I wish we knew a bit more about MnznrofTs movements on the day following his arrival at the Woodcock," he mut tered. "It's all vague, shadowy, un certainand yet bits keep coming out. Well the next Job Is Eccleshare and Tarslave. If we can't get some light through those two . . ." He paused, looking round for a taxi cab; as he signaled to one a little dis tance away, role spoke. "My Impression Is that Eccleshare will have as straight a tale to tell us as we've heard from Armlntrade," he exclaimed. "We're oft the track. May thorne! or, rather, we've nevef been on It I've got an Intuition fiat neither Armlntrade, nor Eccleshare, JXr I'arslave know anything about nor have anything whatever to do with MazarofTs murder." "All the same, we re going to have things out with Eccleshare and Far slave," answered Maythorne. "We may get a hint; a bit of a clew; any thing. Perhaps." he added, as we set tled ourselves In the cab, "perhaps I've got a pretty good Idea of how things are, myself, Crole but I want all the contributory Information I can get And I want to know why par slave has been tying safely hidden In Doctor Eccleshare's bouse in London ever since this affair happened." At Maytborne's bidding we got nut at the corner of Conduit street and walked along to his office. Outside his door stood a fine, obviously brand new Itolls-Itoyce car. Crole smiled at the sight of It "One of your aristocratic clients, eh, Maythorne?" he observed chafllngly. "A duke or a duchess at least what?" "On the contrary, If you want to know," answered Maythorne, who had given car and chauffeur a sharp glance. "Hint's Sir Samuel Locke's car or one of 'em and his livery. And Humble Ax Revealed as The ax Is a tool of romnnce. In almost every age It has played a major part In man's struggle for ex istence. From earliest history, on down through the Stone age, the lironze age and the Iron age. iind more especially during the time of America's early pioneers the ax bns been the Indis pensable friend of man. With the building of primitive log cabins went the building, too, of strong characters und stout muscles. Washington, lloone. Lincoln, Itoose velt, filadstone of England, and many other great names In history are as sociated with the ax. No other tool promotes the same Sanity in tho Madhouto I should Imagine that a madhouse would be an excellent place to bo sane In. I'd a long sight rather live In a nice, quiet, secluded madhouse than In Intellectual clubs full of tin Intellectual people, all chattering non sense about the newest book of philos ophy; or In some of those earnest, el bowing sort of Movements that want you to go In for Service and help to take away somebody else's toys. From "The Poet and the Lunullcs," by 0. K, Chesterton. I've a pretty good Idea as to whom wo shall find upstairs." "Who?" asked dole. "Lady Locke?" "No but her nephew, Malllson," re torted Maythorne. "A thousand to one on It I Come Inl" We went upstairs. One of the girl clerks emtio forward as we entered the outer olllce. "Mr. Malllson waiting to see you, sir," she said. We went forward to Maythorne'e private room, There atood, examining a picture, the young man whom I had seen MiunroiT talking to at Hunting don mid at York. He turned sharply as we walked In, and a Dicker of bis quick eyes showed that he recognised me. Ho Instantly picked out May thorne. "Oh er .Mr. Maythorne?" he said. "I er Just dropped In to see you, don't you know this Maza roff nffulr. Queer business, ain't It?" "What do you know about It, Mr. Malllson?" asked Maythorne, "We're anxious to get any Information we can. And If you con tell us any thing" Malllson sought Inspiration In bis cigarette. "Ob, well, I I scarcely know any thing at all!" lie said. "Of course, I met Mazaroff In Park lane, and I saw one of the blue diamonds, and heard about the pair of 'em the other was lu the hands of a chap named Ann something not Armstrong, though a banking man, And between you and nie, Lndy I.oeke was Jolly keen about getting hold of the pair, though she didn't say much about It Just at the time, liut I know, she was all for Sir Samuel buying 'em there and then. That's what I gave Mazaroff the Hp about when I met him ns I was going north." "I see!" said Maythorne. "You were both going north about the same time, eh? To be sure. And what were you going north for?" "Inspect some shootings," answered Malllson, promptly. "Looked over a lot while I was up there both sides the Tweed." "Capital Idea!" agreed Maythorne. "And you met Mazaroff accidentally ? At Huntingdon, first; then at York. Exactly. P.ut did you ever meet him again?" "Oh. yes," replied Malllson. "I met him at Oilehester." "At Ollchester. eh? That's the mnr ket town for Marrasdale a few miles from the Woodcock. How did you come to meet him there? "Accident ! I'd motored over from Jedburgh to look at a shooting near Cilchester. I went Into the hotel there to get Rome lunch, and stopped a bit afterward. Mazaroff came In we had a drink or two together." "You met Mazaroff at (illchester. Did you talk about the diamonds again?" "Of course! He told me what he'd done. He said he'd seen this agent of his Arm something " "The man's name Is Armlntrade." "TbHt's It! Armlntrade. He said he'd Just seen Armlntrade, who whs shooting In the neighborhood, ami they'd come to an agreement. Maza roff had given Armlntrade an option for a hundred and seventy five thou sand. He believed Armlntrade would take It up. Put. If he didn't, then, Mazaroff said, Lady Loeke should have the pair at the price first named a hundred and sixty thousand." "That corroborates Armlntrade." re marked Maythorne In an aside to Crole and myself. "Well," be went on, turn ing airaln to his caller. "I'm much obliged to yon for calling." "That's all right." replied Malllson, artlessly. "Tlinurht I'd Just drop In, yon know always glad to be of help." He went away presently, and the three of us looked at each other. Crole spoke first. "As you said Just now, Maythorne, that corroborates Armlntrade," he re marked. "And I'm beginning to think that this Is a simple rase of murder for the sake of robbery." "That's no new theory," observed Maythorne. "It's the original one but It may have all manner of varia tions. Well, now Eccleshare and Par slave! That's the next " The door opened Just them a girl clerk appeared. "Sergeant Manners and Detective Hergennt Corkerdale to see you, sir," she announced. (TO DE CONTINUED.) Instrument of Romance kinship of man with nature. 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