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n Ji Feu? Little Tf 7 1 1 fits Etarofiff Mystery WOUldxVOU -11 a can vtn By J. S. FLETCHER Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS , by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) W. N. U. Service CHAPTER VIII Continued 13 "Show thora In :" said Maythorne. lie turned wonderlngly on us as the girl withdrew. "Manners!" he ex claimed. "Here In London? What's that mean? Something fresh! Well, Manners?" he continued, as the ser geant and another mnn. both In plain clothes, came Into the room, staring curiously at their surroundings, "what brings you here? Take sent ! you. know these gentlepjn T f f vf Manners grlnnor JOrole and my self. He Jerked aunnh at his com panion, a qulet-looSlng, observant man, "Detective Sergeant Corkrrdale, of the Yard, gentlemen," he said. "Well, Mr. Maythorne, I'm here on business you can guess at. The fact Is. I learned something yesterday, and I hurried up to town, by orders, and I've been to New Scotland Yard, and told all we know. They've put Cor kerdale here on to help me. Two or three things happened our way yester day. All the folks Elphlnstones left Marrasdale tower for London, sudden. Tlieu, the High Cap lodge party broke tip and came here, too same train. Later In the morning that old chap Cowle, that lives In a cottage close by Iteiver's den, came to me and said that he'd something to tell something, he said, that he'd kept to himself until the gentlemen had gone away from Mr. Courthope's. Then, when I'd as sured him that no harm would come to him, he went on to tell me that on the night of Mazaroffs murder, some little time after hearing a shot fired near his cottage, he went out, and from behind his garden hedge, saw two men, close by. One, he suld. was the big fat gentleman from High Cop lod;e, the other was I'arslave. And, says Cowle. he saw 'era go sway to gether, talking, sort of whispering. In the direction of Courthope's. Xow. as we know, Farslave's never been seen since In our parts. Where Is he?" "Is that what you've come to see Doctor Eccleshare about. Manners?" asked Maythorne. "That's It, sir! me and Detective Sergeant Corkerdale here are going to see Doctor Eccleshare and hear what he's got to say." answered Manners. "If I'arslave was with him that night, then I want to know why and I want to know where Parslave Is now!" "Then I'll save you some trouble. Manners," said Maythorne. "Parslave Is where he's probably been ever since the night of the murder or, rather, since the day after. He's In I'octor Eccleshare's house, at Padding ton !" The two policemen looked at each other. P.ut that was only for a sec ond; each turned sharply on May thorne. The man from New Scotland Yard spoke. "That looks like some sort of collu sion between hlra and this doctor," he said. "They'll have to be seen." . "We were Just going to see them when you came," remarked May thorne. "You'd better come with us Come along '.we'll go see him, and hear the latest." We all five filed otit and squeezed ourselves Into a taxicab: Maythorne bnde Its driver to set us down at the corner of Chapel street. Arrived there, he turned a little way down Edg ware road, looked at his watch, and beckoning the rent of us to follow, etitered the saloon bar of a pretentious looking tavern. There. In a quiet cor ner, a tankard of ale and a plate of breud-and-cheese before him, sat the queer clerk, Cottlngloy, quietly munch ing, and reading a newspaper. We grouped ourselves round Cot tlngley. Maythorne, Instead of plung ing straight Into business, Invited us all to take a drink, and said nothing until each of us had a glass In his hnnd. Then he turned on the clerk. "Well?" he said. Cottlngley leaned closer, over the little table at which he sat. "Eccleshare," he answered !n a low voice, "came home, from Euston, about Six-thirty last night. Three suitcases and a guncase, I'arslnre came out and helped to carry them In. At seven o'clock Eccleshare fame out, alone. He went to Rlggiori's, round the cor ner here In Chapel street. He dined there. He left there Just after eight, and went home. About nine o'clock I'urslave came out. He went to a pub 11c house, higher up the street, and had a pint of ale there. Then he went back. Neither of 'em showed again Inst night: neither of 'em left the house this morning. lint about nine o'clock a van came there and left six trunks the sort of trunks people use thut are going long-distance traveling; those strong, zinc-lined nffulrs. They were carried In by the men who came with the van. That's all." "Plenty!" observed Maythorne. He glanced significantly at the man from New Scotland Yard, "Eccleshare Is going to clear out!" he said. "What do you think, Corkerdale?" "What I think," Corkerdale an swered, "Is that the sooner we get to business the better." "The simplest thing to do," suld Maythorne, "Is to walk In there, say that Parslave's been seen to enter, und hove It out with the two of them. Come on! we'll go there and walk Straight In" We left Cottlugley and, led by May thorne and Manners, went off to the quiet side street. Maythorne knocked ; the door was opened almost Instantly by a tall, elderly woman In cap and apron. "Doctor Eccleshare at home?" de manded Maythorne. "Just so thank you. we'll come In." He and Marnier were over the threshold before tltf woman could say anything; the rft of us crowding erolWhlnd, anf, looking over their shoulders, found ourselves gazing on a big, roomy hall, sot In the center of the ground floor. And there, before us, and now turning on this Incur sion with wondering and surprised faces, were our two men. The trunks of which Cottlngley had spoken were open on the' hall floor, Parslave, In his shirt sleeves, was engaged In packing things Into them, under Eccleshare's superintendence. Clearly, as May thorne had suggested, Eccleshare was contemplating a departure. He turned on us sharply as we crowded In, and the h ok that he gave us was one of nothing but surprise there was no annoyance, no sign of self-consciousness; It was easy to see that all that was In his mind was Just wonder at our presence. "Hullo!"' he exclaimed. "What's this? You, Manners? and a whole company behind you? What's arisen? some new development?" Manners, without hesitation, pointed to Parslave, who, on his knees beside a trunk, had turned to stare at him, open-mouthed. "Doctor Eccleshare!" be said. "What's that man doing In your house?" Eccleshare, In his turn, stared first at Parslave, then at Manners. "Par slave?" he said. "Why shouldn't he be In my house? lie's In my employ my man!" "Your mnn your servant?" asked Manners. "Since when?" "Since I engaged him at Marras dale," retorted Eccleshare. He looked from one to the other of us. "I don't know what concern it Is of anybody's, Munners," he went on. "but since you seem extraordinarily Inquisitive. I may as well tell you that I've sold this practice and I'm going to South Amer ica on other pursuits. I wanted a strong, capable man preferably a countryman, used to outdoor life to go with me, and I engaged Parslave. That's why he's here." Manners drew a long breath and shook his head. "You know that we've had a bill out for Parslave this last two or three days. Doctor Eccleshare," he said. "Ported all about the district! Why didn't you tell us where Parslave was?" "Pardon me. my man, I know noth ing whatever about any bill," replied Eccleshare. "I was never near Marras dale nor Hlrnslde nor Gilchester the last few days I was In your parts. I neither saw your bill nor heard of It." Manners became official In aspect and tone. He Jerked his head towards Corkerdale. "Oh, very well, doctor!" he said. "This Is Detective Sergeant Corker dale, from New Scotland Yard. I've been there this morning and laid be fore the authorities certain facts con cerning you and Parslave, and If we don't get some satisfactory explana tion from you, I shall Just have to ask you to come with us and explain things elsewhere." Eccleshnre's big face flushed a little. Hut he made an obvious attempt to keep his temper. Inventions That Would Among the 20 ways of making a mil lion dollars, revealed by Roger W. Hudson, economist. In the Forum are: (1) Plils for plants condensed form of fertilizer, to do away with waste ful spreading. (2) A new genrless au tomobile which will use a rotnry en gine, go sldewise as well as forward and backward for convenience In park ing. (3) A foolproof helicopter, to lift an airplane directly off the earth, en abling the avlutor to light on city streets and building roofs. (4) Gilders for children. Roys will fly around their yards as safely as they now play In their sandplles. (5) A light thai will pierce fog, something greatly needed In the field of air navigation. (C) Talking books that la, pages that may be fed Into a machine and save Identifying Hen elf The theater queue had hud a long, long wait. Rut at last they began to shuttle slowly forward ns the early doors wc-e opened. Suddenly a young flapper pished up und Insinuated her self behind a stout and elderly gen tleman. A keen believer In fair play, he turned upon her. "How dare you push In there?" he demanded. "Thut Isn't your place." "Oh, yes, It Is!" replied the girl, pertly. "I only went oft to get some candy, and I put a cross on your back with my lipstick so that I'd know my prope" nlace when I came back. Take your cost oft and see for youraelfl" London Answers. "That sounds very threatening, Manners," ho answered. "What ex planation do you want?" Manners hesitated. "I'm no law yer!" he exclaimed. "No hand at put ting things as they ought to be put. Mr. Crole there Is a lawyer, per haps" He glanced appoallttgly at Crole, and Crole turned to Eccleshare with a smite. "The situation Is this. Doctor Ec cleshare," he said. "You know as well as we do that Mr. MazarofT was mur dered at or near Reiver's den on the third night after his arrival at the Woodcock. He was also robbed of all his valuables, and of Important papers. About the same time, this man, Parslave no Implication on you, Parslave, mind, In what I say! -dls- Ma jo ; ja "Hullo!" Hs Exclaimed, "Whit's This?" appears, mysteriously. Parslave Is now discovered In your house, here In London. You've given an explanation of that Hut there's more, and It Is this, I think, that Sergeant Manners Is particularly referring to. After you and Mr. Armlntrade and your host. Sir. Court hope, left Marrasdalc yesterday morning, Information was given to Manners to the effect that you and Parslave were seen near Reiver's den on the night of the mur der, Just after the Informant had heard the shot fired which was, no doubt, the Immediate cause of Mur.a rofTs death. Now, my dear sir, I think you should explain anything that you can explain." "P.efore I give any explanation," said Eccleshare, after a pause, "I should like to know who It was that saw parslave and myself near Reiver's den on the night of the murder." "Well It was Cowle," said Man ners. "The old man who lives In the cottage near Reivers' den. He saw you both." Eccleshare nodded. He was look ing from one to the other of us, ami for a moment or two he remained si lent, evidently thinking. "1.041k here!" he said, suddenly. "Am I or Is Parslave or are the two of us suspected of the murder of MazarofT?" No one answered. Manners moved uneasily In his chair; the man from New Scotland Yard preserved a gran- Make Deviser Wealthy the bother of rending. (7) Flexible, unbreakable and bulletproof glass. (S) Cold light, to do away with 05 per cent of electric current now wasted on resistance to create glow, (fl) Ma hogany lumber from native hardwood treA; by Iniiculatlng them with dyes and chemicals. Con to the Dogt The self-assertive man In the cor ner feat was talking to a friend. "Yes," said the loud-voiced man, "I ulways bring my dog In the car with me and then I ktiow what he's up to. I allowed him to travel In the bagguge car once, and had to pay for a lot of stuff he was supposed to have eaten !" The train slowed down, and then the friend spoke. "Since you know what your dog's up to," he remarked, quietly, "I sup pose you know he's half finished! the fish you're taking home?" London Tlt-Rlts. Vagus Eight-year-old Jean was being men tully measured by a professor In the educutlon department of the state uni versity. The college class was observ ing the method. "What Is the difference between rev olution and evolution?" asked the pro fessor. "Revolution Is war," answered Jean promptly, "and evolution has some thing to do with monkeys, I don't know what." Lot Angeles Times. Ite like countenance ; Maythorne showed what seemed to be Indifference; Crole and myself looked on. There was a brief silence broken by Man ners, "I should like to know what Par slave there has to say about his move ments that night!" he said. "A rare lot of trouble he's given us I'" "I'm quite sure that Parslave hasn't the slightest notion that he gave you any trouble," remarked Eccleshare "Yon forget, I think, that Furslav can't rend so he hasn't learned any thing , from the newspapers. Hut Parslave, tell Sergeant Matiner what you did that evening yv 4lef Marras dale." , ' y' Parslave, thus blildMi1 ivrewed up his face to the feat 'tot remembrance, "Clougbthw'alte fair day that wns!" he suld. "I'd been there. Come away from there end 0' the afternoon. Then I went home, Mid according to elders doctor's orders, there changed clothes. 'Cause why? I was to go to Loudon that night. Cot my supper then, and after that walked along to the Woodcock. I went In thert and had a pint the strange gentle man as was stopping there, he come Into the room where there was a reg'lar crowd on us, drovers and shep herds and such like. He stood treat all round drinks and smokes Cen'rous. he as! Then he went away. I stopped a bit longer, then I went off. To meet the doctor there by arrangement. I met him. That's all ns I did that nlht before leav ing" "Did you ever mention to anybody that you were going to Loudon?" asked Maythorne. "No, muster, I never did," replied Parslave. "Hadn't no cause to. I'm a lone man neither kith nor kin, no body to leave. Paid up, I did, where I lodged and Just went off." "Where did you meet Doctor Eccle share?" asked Manners. "Where It had beon arranged," re plied I'arslave, promptly. "Near Reiver's den. He was to be there and give me orders und my traveling money. And there he was!" "Jest so!" Eccleshare said. "There I was! and I think I'd better tell you, as things are, precisely what hap pened. Possibly, I ought to have told all this before. Rut I had reasons for silence." I felt thnt at last there wms going to be some revelations as to the murder of MazarofT which, up to then, had never been made. And I began to feci a curiously sickening sense of appre hension, not unconnected with the events of the previous evening. Ec cleshare knew something! so, too. probably, did Parslave. Rut what? "I say I hud reasons for keeping silence," continued Eccleshare, settling down to talk to us. "I had! strong enough for me. Perhaps I've been wrong perhaps In these cases mur der! nobody should keep silent, un der any circumstances. And yet you'll see, as men, thut I had reasons, and weighty ones. Now I'll tell you as It seems absolutely necessary precisely what happened to Parslave and myself on the night on which MazarofT met his death. Let me be gin at the beginning. P.efore I went up north, to Marrasdule, I'd decided to sell my practice had sold It, In fact und to leuve England for South America and a quite different life prospecting, shooting, hunting, und that sort of thing. I wanted to take with me a man who'd be useful to me preferably a countryman; a game keeper, used to outdoor life, was the sort of man I had In mind. At Mar rasdule I came across Parslave as you can see for yourselves, he's Just the wiry, muscular sort of chap that was wanted. He Is, as he's said Just now, a lone man nothing to tie him to England. He's thoroughly up In woodcrnft and that sort of thing; In short, he was the very man I was looking for. I broached the matter to him, and we very soon came to terms. There were certain things that he could do for me here In London, so I arranged that he should come up In advance of me and slay at my house until my return. We arranged further that on the night after Cloughthwulte fair, which he had to attend on busi ness, he was to meet me, and I was then to give him money and some final Instructions and he was to leave for Newcastle and London." "Why by Newcastle?" asked May thorne, "It's a detail, but why not by Rlack Mill Junction and Carlisle? the more usual western route?" "I'll tell you," answered Eccleshare. "Parslave has some Interest In a bit of cottage property In Newcastle; as he was leaving England he wanted to see a solicitor In Newcastle who man ages that property and to give him some Instructions about It So we ar ranged that, after seeing me, he was to cross the moor to that little branch line that runs east of Marrasdule, catch the last train to Newcastle, slay the night there, see his solicitor In the morning, and then go on to King's Cross. All of which, he will tell you himself, he did." "Very well and your meeting thru night?" asked Maythorne. (TO BE CONTINUED.) MRS. MALAPROP AGAIN Rook st 11 1 1 Attendant to Porcus Lit earn in, who has disarranged his (lis play In a feverish attempt to tlnd the object of his search; Can I bo of any assistance to you? Are you looking for any particular book? Porcus Llterurum Yes, I want "A fllrl of the Luggage Van," by Engine Station Porter. Publisher's Circular SLEPT LIKE A TOP He My mind wea In a whirl last night. 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