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P «ge\ THE HERMISTON HERALD Thursday, June 19, 1930 R each M an T hrough E go, S ays Expert on M atter The Mazaroff Mystery By J. S. FLETCB W. N. O. Service Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS MARY ------------H GRAHAM W M ei B< GREAT BANQUETS (©, by Alfred A- Knopf, Inc.) And I had not watched long before Parslave came out again, and came my way, too. H e was carrying a rush basket, such as servants use when they go shopping. I sauntered a fte r him (on the opposite side). H e went to a grocer's shop; he bought potatoes and a couple o f fine cauliflowers. And, that little domestic mission fulfilled, he went leisurely back to Doctor Ec cleshare’s. I pictured him and some housekeeper woman in there— Par- slave would doubtless be peeling the potatoes, like any tame fam ily man, and exchanging pleasant talk w ith the female presiding genius— and yonder In the Northumbrian wilds, three hun dred miles away, the police were want ing him . . . on suspicion o f mur. der! I was laughing softly over this when a hand was laid on my arm. I looked sharply round— to see Maythorne's queer clerk, Cottlngley. H e Jerked a thumb over his le ft shoulder, silently, and following the gesture I saw, a few yards away, Sheila, Maythorne, and a strange man, somebody or other got up for the part o f the confirmed loafer, the type that Just hangs about, and hangs about. “G uv'norl” said Cottlngley, as I f Introducing Maythorne. "H ere I” I went up to Maythorne and Sheila, Cottlngley a t my heels. The loafer person made a slinking movement to T he button bush flowers aren’t ilk» the big buttona one sees In a work box. So, really, there Is no special reasos w alk straight In i W e'll excuse our fo r such a name. Each button bush selves to Miss Apperley afterw ard.” I did as he hade me. W ithout cere plant has a great, great many flower» mony as as much as a tap, I opened upon It and each one o f these flow the door of Miss Apperley’s sitting ers is filled w ith the moat delicious room, and Maythorne and I entered, honey. abreast. We plunged Into the middle There was going to be a banquet o f things. An acrlmonius debate was that day, and the banquet table was ts already at Its full h eig ht Sheila be the bush. stood, indignant and defiant, by the I t was being held In the swamp center table. Mrs. Elphinstone was en where the bush grew. Perhaps you throned, obviously in a fine temper, could say that the many, many flow In an elbow chair by the hearth. M r. ers on the button bush looked a little Elphinstone was perched on the edge b it like very small buttons, but any o f a chair in another corner, nursing way each o f these flowers was filled the handle of his umbrella and ap w ith the most delicious honey. parently as uncomfortable as a nervous ■’Waen is the banquet to begin r and peaceable man can be. asked one little flower. “— not one word, good mother, till In a very short tim e," said the you tell me how you came Into pos Button Bush. session o f that w ill!” Shelia was say Patience, though, little flowers. Tbs ing, and saying w ith emphasis, as we guests w ill come soon.” strode in. “It's up to you to speak “W ho are the guests to b e t ’ asked first— you’re . . ." the flowers. She broke off there, or, rather, M ay “A ll the little insects o f the swamp," thorne broke things off for her. H e said the Button Bash. strode forward and took the words out “Oh, goodie!” they said. ’T t w ill be o f Sheila's mouth. a great and magnificent banquet, ■ Your daughter’s in the right, Mrs. great and gay banquet.” Elphinstone,” he said In cool, even And they all looked very happy. accents. “I t ’s up to you to give ex A t last the guests began to arrive, planations. Now, come, Mrs. Elphin and once they had started to come It stone— how did you obtain possession seemed as though they would never o f Mazaroff's w ill— which Is now safe, stop. let me tell you, safe— in M r. Crole’s O f course, they held banquets every strong room. Come?” day in the swamp, and many times a M r. Elphinstone groaned— wearily. day, but this was a very special But Mrs. Elphinstone showed temper banquet. ind fight. One little insect was seated upon How dare you speak to m e - m e ! — like that?” she demanded. “W hat the edge of a tiny button bush flower. "W ill you tell me a secret?” asked rig ht—” M y dear lad y!" in te rru p ter M ay the Insect “W h at Is it?" asked the flower. thorne. “Be calm, and don’t be foolish. “Ah, It ’s a secret you all have; but T h in k a little . H ere Is a very wealthy man murdered under most suspicious I f you w ill tell me I w ill promise ts H e was In the taxicab which he had kept waiting and was being driven away before we could say anything. N ervyn H olt la en gaged by * We both looked at each other and man e a lltn r h im self Mazaroff as laughed. a tra v elin g com panion. A fter a “T hat's good advice o f Maythorne's, sh ort tour th ey put up a t the anyhow," I said. “Let's follow It. W oodcock Inn on M arrasdale moor. T hey m eet, ca su a lly , Mrs. Let's go somewhere where we can talk E lp h in ston e and S h eila Merchl- about— ” son. M asaroff tells H olt they are “What?" she said as I hesitated. h is w ife and d a u rh ter and that his real nam e la M erchlson. That “Ourselves!” said L “W e’ve had night M asaroff fa lls to return to enough of other people." the Inn and h is disap p earan ce Is We had a delightful lunch ’n a de unexplained. H olt m eets Shelia lightful, old-fashioned In n ; we spent and te lls her of Mazaroff’s d isap pearance. H olt Is question ed by the afternoon amongst the autumn- P olice S ergean t Manners and a tinted lanes, and . . . reporter, Bow nas. M asarolTs But that, a fte r all, has nothing to murdered body Is found. Croie, do w ith this story, though It has all M asarolTs law yer, and May- thorns, p rivate d etective, arrive. to do w ith Shelia and myself. A t h alf V aluable diam onds that Masaroff past five I took her back to her friend ’s usually carried are m issin g. A flat, and then went on to Conduit gun, sto len from M usgrave, Is found a t the scen e o f the m ur street and Maythorne. H e Immediate der. E vid en ce a t the Inquest ly waved a telegram at me. proves M asaroff w as M erchlson. “H ere you are. H o lt," he said. “More H is w ill le a v e s a ll to H o lt H er developments. A w ire from your man, man K loop. close friend o t Ma saroff, Is In London. From him Webster." It is learned th at M azaroff pos There was no great amount of word sessed tw o rem arkable diamonds, ing in Webster's telegram, but such which he had offered tor sa le to Lord and Lady Loeke. Loeke words as were there conveyed a good sa y s M azaroff hod one o f the deal of highly Important Information. sto n es and b is agen t, Arinlntrade, This is what Webster said: the other. M iss M erchlson ar rives a t H olt's room s w ith the “Courthope, Armlntrade, Eccleshare, m issin g w ill w hich sh e had sto l M r. and Mrs. Elphinstone all left here en from her mother. fo r Carlisle by eight o'clock train this morning.” I handed back the telegram without CHAPTER VII— Continued comment. — 11— Carlisle, of course, means London," "M ervyn l” she whispered. "Par- Maythorne said. “The scene of opera slave! Gone In— th ere!” tion's shifted, H o lt !— we’ve got some “Parslave!” I exclaimed. “The man o f the chief actors close at hand." missing from Marrasdale? Impossi “Mrs. Elphinstone, of course, has ble !” come a fte r her daughter,” I suggested. “I tell yon Parslave has just gone “And the w ill,” he answered. “O r to into that shop— the tobacco shop! find out what her daughter’s done with Parslave Is In that shop! Com eback!” the w ill. W ell— there are two men “You’re certain?" I said. circumstances. H e has his w ill in his we’ll have to have a pretty straight “Dead certain 1 Parslave Is In pocket, w ith other papers, and with talk w ith tomorrow. We're going to there I W atch for him— let me stand valuables, and w ith money. H e Is not have It out w ith Armlntrade. A fte r in this shop door.” that, we’re going to Interview Eccle only murdered, but he Is robbed of “H e’ll know you?” everything he has on him. Nothing share— and Parslave, possibly w ith a "O f course! I f he comes this way, can be discovered about his missing little police assistance, If need be. But I'll slip Into this shop and buy some tonight you and I are going to see property. Then a few nights later, thing— anything. I f he goes the other Mrs. Elphinstone. W e know where your daughter accidentally flnds out — follow. Good Heavens !— what Is be that the w ill Is In— your hands! W hat she’s to be found— and we’ll go now doing here!— in London?” do you suppose the police authorities and find her.” I t was a drapery establishment by w ill say to that, Mrs. Elphinstone? "Where?” I asked, wondering I f he which we were standing, w ith a deep I ’m asking you.” had some fu rth er Information. doorway— Sheila slipped within its Mrs. Elphinstone looked at him half "Can you doubt?” he answered with shelter; I, half-hidden, kept an eye on wonderingly, as thoroughly obstinate a laugh. "She’ll be found at Ashing- the tobacconist's door. And presently ton mansions— where, I suppose, you’ve and slightly stupid people w ill look at out came a tall, w iry fellow, obviously a questioner: I could see quite well Just le ft her daughter. I want to ask a countryman, bronzed In cheek and that she was wondering how he dared Mrs. Elphinstone a question or two. n eck; he turned along the pavement, to be so plaln-spokeu and uncere And I may as well tell you. H o lt— she away from us. monious. won’t answer ’em! Tonight, at any Sheila came out of the doorway and M r. Elphinstone groaned once more rate." glanced down the street. — audibly. “Most distressing!” he mur "That I quite expect," said I. Guests Began to Arrive. "That's Parslave 1“ she said. “But “Just sol But she'll answer ’em to mured. “Most— unpleasant. Really— I knew It was. W hat next?" I—I think, M arlon, th a t—e r— you tell only my friends and companions, "M e rv y n l" She Whiepered. "ParslaveI morrow— or next day— or the day “We must follow him," I answered. know— If I were you— I — I think I the Insects. Gone In— T h e re l" a fte r that,” he said, w ith a significant "No mutter where he goes. I'm going should say how you got this— er docu glance. "The thing Is, first, to put “You don’t mind If we know. W e’re the rear, and began to study the con to track him. Look here!— I'll keep a ment— I should— really.” them to her." all such friends.” little way behind h im ; you keep tents of a shop window. Maythorne “Mrs. Elphinstone w ill have to say W e rode up to Malda Vale and got W hat secret have we th a t you little way behind me.” gave me a glance that meant more how she got it, and from whom,” ob want to know ?’ asked the little flower. out of our cab some twenty or thirty things than I could realize. So we began our chase o f this man yards short of Ashlngton mansions. served Maythorne. "T h a t w ill was w ith Ah, sly one, shy one, you know," "Now then, Holt," he snld, plunging who had disappeared from Blrnslde Maythorne Immediately nudged my out doubt abstracted— stolen— from Ma- said the Insect on the night of MazarolTs murder, and straight Into business, "Miss Merchl- zarolTs pocket by the man who mur elbow. T h e flower moved a little In the son's given us a description of this for whom the police had already In dered him. And, M r. Elphinstone, it breeze. "H ave another good sip of “ W hat did I tell you?" he said. stltuted a hue-and-cry. man Parslave— Just you give us an is later discovered In Mrs. Elphln- “T hey're here, now !" honey and I w ill tell you,” said the other, so that Cottlngley and this other Parslave went slowly away In front, stone’s keeping. How came It th e re l” flower. In front o f the main entrance to the man of mine w ill know him to the last and Just as slowly Sheila sauntered Mrs. Elphinstone suddenly gathered flats a taxicab stood. And within It T h a t’s an easy command to obey," detail. Here— Johnson 1" a fte r me In the rear. H e wns an easy lip her wraps and her umbrella and said the insect sat a woman—a tall, angular, elderly man to follow, and It needed little The loafer Individual slid close to rose from her chair. woman, dressed In somewhat rusty “ W e are very, very shy," said the watchfulness on my part to see that us, like a shadow sifted by a moving “W hat right have you to ask we black, who stared straight In front of flower. “Yes, all the flowers on each he had not the ghost of an Idea that light, and he kept his eyes on me w ith her until, attracted by our momentary questions?” she demanded, facing M ay o f the button bnsh flowers are so shy he was being followed. out blinking while I rapidly but thorne. "You’re not a policeman, as halt and seeing our eyes turn in her th a t they want to keep away from He turned to his right sharply, Into thoroughly detailed a description of far as I ’m aware, and I don't know direction, she gave us a quick side people. Praed street, crossed the roadway, Parslave. that you’ve any authority. I am go glance only to w ithdraw it sharply and W e have been told we would make and a little fu rth er along the other Cottlngley nodded at Maythorne, to look ahead again, still more stead ing, and whoever wishes to see me lovely garden flowers and that people side, turned again. Sauntering a fter nudged the loafer, and they turned w ill find me at Short's hotel. You’ll ily. W e passed on and entered the would adm ire us. him, at a considerable distance. I saw away, w ith seeming utter Indifference. find me there, Sheila— I shall not run door. They say we are so fragrant and him enter the side door of a house— a Shelia stared a fte r them In obvloua a fte r you again.” “I've seen that woman before, re sweet and that we are pretty to look rather bigger, more pretentious house wonder. “That's a useful thing to know, Mrs. marked Maythorne, as we crossed the at.” than those that flanked It. Then he Maythorne laughed and motioned us hall to the elevator. "A t M arras Elphinstone,” said Maythorne, still 'A ll o f which Is true," said the in disappeared. I hastened my steps, toward the end o f Praed street. pertinacious. “You w ill no doubt be dale.” walked sw iftly past the house he had called upon at Short's. This is a m at sect, making a low bow, and taking “You two young people can go off So have L " I answered. “I saw entered, and on the side door, on ter of m urder! And whether you like another little sip o f honey. duty now,” he said. "Parslave Is as her about the Woodcock— In fact, I “B ut somehow we love the swamps dirty, uncleaned brass plate rend, to It or not, Mrs. Elphinstone— or, as It safe as I f we'd got him Inside the took her for the cook. W hat can she my utter am azem ent: best. They are so quiet. People don't should be, Merchlson— I am going to Jewel case at the Tower I T ake my be doing— here?” come to the swamps so much, and we "Dr. Eccleshare advice— go somewhere and have the "Mrs. Elphinstone w ill know," he know who murdered Mazaroff. I f you know, you're already an accessory are so shy. People are nice, we Surgery Hours 9:30 to 11 a. m. T to day to yourselves. Leave all this to said. “B ut— I shan’t ask her that, haven't a doubt, but we like to be off a fte r the crime.” 8:30 p. m.” me— the only thing Is that I want you, now. W ell— what's this Miss Apper- Mrs. Elphinstone was at the door by ourselves and so we always grow H o lt, to look In at my office nt six I hurried back to the top of the ley's number?" he went on, as we by this time, and her eyes were as In the swamps where there are no o'clock sharp this evening. Now— street, where Sheila was already were whirled upwards. "Twenty- hard as ever as she swept us all with houses, but where there are lots of I'm off ! Business !” hanging about. seven? B ig ht! Now then. H o lt— we a h alf contemptuous glance. “Are you Insects. “Got him?” she asked. "W e like Insects. They enjoy our de coming, Malcolm? As fo r you, Sheila, I touched her arm with one hand, If you want me again, you’ll have t< licious honey— for we can't help boast pointing w ith the other to the house ing a little of onr honey, which every come to me. Otherwise— " at the furth er end of the street. She made a gesture which seemed tin y flower has. and we like to give “You see that house down there?— to Indicate that she washed her hands our honey to the Insects. the one that stands out from the rest?” In a Down East sardine canning fac representatives sought a new market, of her daughter and o f everybody “W e help them and they help 1 “I see It!" tory the only thing that la wasted la the natlvee would have nothing to do present, and without w aiting fo r M r. W e all love each other. T h e Insects “That's Eccleshare's I Eccleshare’s, the odor. That may not be a dead w ith the “little fishes boiled In oil." Elphinstone, she marched off down the come to us because they hear o f out do you understand? Doctor Eccle loss, fo r there are persons who as Two hundred free cases were offered corridor. rare honey and because we a re 1 share. Eccleshare's— good L ord! And sert they like the smell of a sardine I f the prospective customers would M r. Elphinstone shook his head— fragrant that they are drawn to us. — Parslave'a In there!" factory. The scales are sold to the place a 1.000 case order. A t last the wearily and despondently. H e looked “But, little Insects, do not feel sad Then silence fell upon us. W e stood, manufacturers of artificial pearl*. deal was made. The sardines were round at all o f us as I f he wanted le I f the world doesn’t see us, and tie- mutually queetlonlng eech other. The fish meal Is In demand In Ger heaped high on trucks, together w ith speak, but no words came, and be cause the world can't share w ith you Sheila spoke first. many and In this country. The waste a band of native musicians, taken presently turned and went a fte r his our fragrance. “Eccleshare's house!— and Parslave oil is collected and utilized In the pro from bazaar to bazaar, and sold. Thus wife. Maythorne closed the door, and In It? Then here's some devilry at “W e are shy, we have alwaya been duction of paints and varnishes. Introdu<%d, there was no fu rth e r diffi glanced at us. work. Mervyn— what's to be done? shy, and we w ill always be shy. Even the tin cuttings from the cans culty in adding Java to the list of sar “You may think I was too explicit— O f course, I see how things are. Ec “But the people In the world outside are baled and shipped to England for dine consumers.— New York Times. perhaps b ru tal— w ith Mrs. Elphln cleshare sent Parslave here— to hide I" the swamps have many beautiful reprocessing into new sheets of the stone," he said, “but I don't believe But I had been thinking during that things to look at and enjoy and we metal. any o f you understand. Knowing what w ant to help along the swamps which moment of silence—thinking fa s t Early H andkerchiefs Down East sardines are sent to #5 I do— and Crole, o f course, knows tt “There's only one thing to be done.” T he white handkerchief was consid now— I cannot keep this Information aren't always so alee. different countries. In Java, when I said. "Look here— you do Just what And we love to give banquet*. Tee, ered bad form la ancient Rome. Al from the police I I t ’s Impossible! We I tell you. Get a taxicab. Go straight tittle Insect, the button bnsh and the though colored cloth squares were know—the police know— that Mazaroff to Maythorne's— lOT.b Conduit s tr e e t- N et Included Insect fam ily are greet friends when used for such purposes as headpieces, was robbed as well as murdered. T hat got that?—and tell him exactly what's they meet In a good old o u t-ef-tb » The librarian had missed some of neckerchiefs and barber's accessories, w ill was on him I How did Mrs. happened. Get him to come hack here way sw am p!" her regular visitors In the children's the practice of “mopping" or "blowing" Elphinstone get It? She Is shielding w ith you, and to bring his clerk, Cot room. One day a little girl came In In public was frowned upon by the somebody. T hat's the tru th ! Now, tlngley. Meanwhile, I'll keep an eye who was a cousin to the missing ones. elite. Commentaries on Roman life C ontrast then—who Is It?" Then, without w ait on Parslave and that bouse. N o w - On being questioned as to where her cite the lack of tbs necessity to use ing fo r any reply o r rem ark, he tapped M other— Yonr neck la blacker titan burry !" cousins bad been so long, she told the a "nose" handkerchief as a desirable my shoulder and set off. I lingered a rual today. She went off on the Instant, without librarian they had had the scarlet fe quality In a fiancee, and, conversely, moment, to exchange a word o r tw t U t t le Son— No, mamma. I t la only as much as a word, and I turned to ver. “but." she added, “the rest of Lbs the frequent need o f a "sweat" hand with Shells, and then followed him, e I have got a dean collar < * — watch the house flfry yards away. fam ily are net ‘guaranteed.’ " kerchief as a Just cause for divorce. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Pearson’*. 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