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Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS
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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.
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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-
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Cold light, to do away with 05 per
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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
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He My mind wea In a whirl last
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She So you slept like a top, 1 sua
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"A number of eoustiiuents are wait
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"What do they say?" asked Seuutor
Sorghum.
"Thut something Is wrong."
"What do they want me to do
about Itr
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Maid (to spring cleaning house
keeper) There are half a dozen men
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They say they have appointments to
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She What do you think of the
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He Darned slow, Judging from the
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row," as 1 expect her to be.
Something Lacking
Mary had a little lamb,
A regular go-getter,
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"Gnyley Is whu. you might cull on
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