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Y FREDERICK S. ISHAM.
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Author of "Tho Strollore." "Un-
nder tro Rose." "Xbo L.ndv of
tho MounV' Etc.
Convriehk 1909. bv tho Boobs
Mcrrill ComDan,
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CHAPTER IX.
A CUAXQK OK FHOKT.
HE found tho task no easy one,
however, although ho went nt
, It with his characteristic vig
or and energy. Few men
"know tho scainy side of London better
than John Steele Its darksome streets
nd foul alleys, Us hovels and various
Jiabltutions. And this knowledgo ho
utilized to tho best advantage, always
to find that his efforts came to naught.
Reluctantly John Steele concluded
that the man he sought had made his
way out of London; otherwise the facil
ities at his command were such that
io should most likely ere this have
been able to attain bis end find what
"fee desired. Soberly nttlred, ho attract
ed no very marked attention In the
Blums, breeding spots of tbe criminal
classes. The denizens knew John
Steele, no bad been there oft before.
He had on occasion assisted some of
them with stern good advice or more
wubstantlnl services. Ho was acquaint
ed with these uii-a and women, had
perhaps a larger charity for them than
rmoaX. people And it expedient to cher
ish. One man had seen the object of
Steele's solicitude, and to this person,
a weakened little "undesirable," tho
red beaded giant had confided that
,' Loudon was pretty hot and he thought
t decamping from It,
" Arter all tbls tlmo that's gone by,'
ke says to me, bitter like, 'to think a
.aeon can't come back to 'is native 'omo
Hrithout being spied on for what ought
, long ago to be dead and forgot!' "
"What brought him to London?'
I expect It was 'omeslckness, sir.
Ti been a bad lot, but 'e has a 'eart,
arter alL. It was to see 'Is mother 'o
i came back; tbe old woman drew 'lm
'ere. You see, Te had written 'er from
"foreign parts, but could never 'ear
"caase she had moved. Used to keep
-a place where a woman was found"
j "Dead?"
"Murdered!" said the man. John
'teele was silent. "And she, 'Is moth
er, 'ad gone, 'avlng saved a bit, out
3&to a peaceable-llko little 'amiet,
"where there weren't no bobbles, only
, daste&d bits of flower gardens and
bright bloomin' datry-down-dlUIes. But,
2lime me, when Tom come and found
out where she 'ad changed to if she
' -adn't gone and shuffled off, and all
-e 'ad for 'is pains was tbe sight of a
SDonnd In the churchyard.'4
"Yes; she's burled," said John Steele
-thoughtfully, "and all she might have
1 :told about the woman who was mur
dered la burled with her."
V.ci alio did tell, sir, at tho time,"
quickly, "of the trial
"True." The visitor's tone changed.
If you can find Tom give him this
irwte. You'll be well paid"
"I ain't askin' for that. You got me
t imtt easy once and gave me a lift arter
1 3 was let out"
"Well, well!" Steele made a brusque
gesture. "Wo all need a helping hand
'Sometimes," ho said, turning away.
-And that was as near as he bad
tome to attainment of bis desires.
Summer passed. Sometimes, the
tetter to think, to plan, to keep hlm
wlf girded by constant exercise, be
.Tepalred to the park, now neglected by
i fashion and given over to that ncbu-
'' 3ons quantity of diverse qualities call
Jed tho people.
"How do you do. Steele? Just the
aa&n I wanted to see!"
Near tho main exit toward which
,7ohn Steele bad unconsciously sten
3ed the sound of a familiar voice and
the appcaranco of a well known stocky
, :fonn broko in with startling abrupt-
aioss on tbo dark train of thought.
"Deep in some point of law?" went
ton Sir Charles. "Ton honor, believe
you would have cut me. However,
lon't apologize; you're forgiven!"
' "Mast amiablo of you to say so, Sir
1 Charles'" perfunctorily.
"Not at all! especially as our meet
, tng is quite apropos. Obliged to run
; up to town on a little matter of busi
ness; but, thank goodness. It's done,
TJever saw London more deserted.
Dined at the club, nobody there. Sup
ped at the hotel, dining room empty.
..Strolled up Piccadilly, not a soul to
"be ueeu. That Is." ho added, "no one
"whom one has seen before, which is
tho same thing. But how did you en
joy your trip to tho continent?"
"It woo not exactly a trip for pleas-
i are," returned tho other, with a slight
-accent of constraint.
"Ab, yes; so I understood. But
fancy going to the continent on busl
seasl Ouo usually goes for which
jremlnds me, how would you llko to go
lack Into tho country with mo?"
"I? It la lmpossiblo nt tbo moment
for"-
But Sir Charles seemed not to listen.
Deuced dull Journey for n man to
tako alone, good deal of It by coach.
You'll find a few salmon to kill, trout
and all that. Think of tho Joy of
whipping a stream after having been
wewed up all these mouths In tbo
misty metropolis. Besides, I mado a
wager with Jocelyu you wouldn't re
cuse a second opportunity to bask in
Arcadia." Ho laughed. "'I really
couldn't presumo to nsk him ngaln,'
& the way she expressed it. 'but If
yea ean draw a sufficiently eloquent,
picture or mo rural attractions of
Strathorn to woo him from his beloved
dusty byways you lmvo my permis
sion to try.'"
"Did sho sny that?" John Steele
spoko quickly, then, "I am sorry It
Is Impossible, but," In n low tone,
"how is Miss Wray?"
"Never bettor. Enjoying every mo
ment Jolly party aud all that Lord
Itonsdalo and" Hero Sir Charles
enumerated a number of people.
"Lord Itonsdalo Is there?"
"Yes; couldn't keep hltu awny from
Stratborn IIouso now," bo laughed.
"As a matter of fact, ho has nsked my
permlsslou to There!" Sir Charles
stopped, then laughed again with a
llttlo embarrassmeut "1'vo nearly let
tho cat out of the bag."
John Steele spoko no word, nis face
was set. Immovable.
"You mean ho has proposed for her
band, and she" Steele seemed to speak
with difficulty "has consented?"
"Well, not exactly. Sho appears
complaisant, ns it were," he answered.
"But, really. I shouldn't have mention
ed the matter nt all. Quito premature,
you understand? Let's say no more
about It And what was It you said
about going back with me?" k
"Yes," said John Steele, with n sud
den strength and energy that Sir
Charles might attribute to the desiro
to make himself understood above the
din of the street "I'll go back with
you at" the latter words, lower spo
ken, tbe other did not catch "no mat
ter what cost!"
Sir Charles and John Steele arrived
at Stratborn. This little hamlet lay
In a sleepy looking dell. As the driver
swung down n bill be whipped up his
horses and literally charged upon the
town, swept through tho main thor
oughfare and drew up with a flourish
before tho principal tavern. Sir
Charles started and stretched bis legs.
John Steele got down.
"Stratborn House," he said to Sir
Charles, "is near. I nm In the mood
for exercise after sitting so long and
should like to walk there."
"By nil means," returned the other,
"since It's your preference. Pretty
apt to overtake you." ho went on, after
giving his guest n few directions, "es
pecially if you linger over any points
of Interest"
Tbo trap which had been sent for
drew up and tbe two men separated.
Sir Charles rattled briskly down one
way, Steele turned to go tho other.
Soon rose before him the top of a
modest steeple, then n church, within
the sanctuary of whose yard old stonet
mingled with new. He stepped in.
"Straight on across the churchyard!"
had been Sir Charles' direction. John
Steele moved quickly down tbe narrow
path.
(To Be Continued.)
SHORT SHRIFT IN
THE POLICE COURT
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PORTLAND HAS
IRUNKJYSTERY
Widow of Dead Man Found at Union (
Depot In Trunk, Is Arrested, To
gether With Man Who Was With
Her.
Judge Canon gave short shrift to
the aggregation brought before him
Tuesday moraine;.
Jnmes Burke, who had been re
leased on promise of good behavior
Monday morning, forgot his prom
ise and tanked up again in tho aft
ernoon. "You nre tho chap who had a job
on the river," said his honor. "I
will give you another opportunitj to
get to the job, or else yon work on
the streets."
"I won't work on the streets,"
said Burke.
"You won't? Well, I tell you
what I'll do to you you are lined $5
more, and the officer will escort you
out of town, and if you. ever show
your nose hero again without thut
$10, we willl see whether you will
work on tho streets or not."
James McCoy, Peter Conroy and
P. McKannie, found sleeping in u
box car, wero fined $3 each, as the
men seemed to bo working. men. The
fino was paid in cuch case. The
men all had money. They promised
to get out and hunt work. One box
car sleeper, who was severely af
flicted with asthmu, was allowed to
go, his story being that ho was try
ing to get to California in tho hopo
of relieving his nffliction.
Medford, Oregen: This certifies
that wo have sold Hall's Texas Won
der for tho euro of all kidney, blad
der and rheumatic troubles for ten
years, and have never had n com
plaint. It gives quick and permanent
relief. Sixty dnysr treatment in each
bot'tlo. Medford Pharmacy. tf
PORTLAND, Or., Juno 21. Sus
pected of tho murder ot William A.
Johnson, whoso body was dlscovored
jammed in a trunk nt tho Union de
spot Inst night, Jesse P. Wobb and
Mrs. William Johnson, widow ot tho
dead man, woro arrested early today
and taken to tho police station.
Tho couplo wero approhended by
city detectives as they alighted from
an nutomobilo nt tho Willamette
rooming house, 322 1-2 Stark street,
after thoy had been out riding all
night.
Mrs. Johnson had $1900 In cash in
her purse, which sho said had been
given her by her husband tho day
before. Both Wobb and Mrs. Johnson
had been drinking.
Neither Would Talk.
Neither would talk much. Mrs.
Johnson said that Webb and Johnson
wont to tho park yesterday aftornoon,
while sho returned homo with her
7-year-old boy, as ho was not feeling
well.
Webb stated that ho saw JohnBon
"down nt tho Union dopot" last night.
The police today hlontlfled Webb
as a real estate agent o( Seattle.
Webb, who sometimes goes under tho
alias of A. C. Powers, is known to
tho. Seattle authorities.
Mrs. Johnson's possession of tho
lnrgo sum ot monoy found in hor
purso was cleared up today when It
was learned that sho and hor husband
had Just sold tholr farm at Kent,
eight miles from Seattle.
Johnson's murder In room 119 In
the now Grand Central hotel some
tlmo yesterday, where his skull was
crushed by some blunt weapon and
a bullet shot through his head, was
brought to light by tho discovery of
a small clot of blood which had scop
ed through from tho trunk In tho
Union depot
The trunk had been checked to
North Puynllup, Wash., Into In tho
afternoon.
The number on the check Indicated
that William A. Shaw, a trucker, had
handled tho trunk. Ho was awakened
and said that bo had moved the trunk
from the new Grand Central. 1
The police mado a hurried Invest!- j J
gatlon and found that Webb or Pow-
era had occupied room 109, Just J
across tho hallway. ! f
In room 119, whore Johnson was I
murdered, thero had been many hasty I
efforts to conceabthe crime. I
The blood-stained mattress and
sheets upon -which Johnson had pre-,
sumably lain, had been turned over to
hide the tell-tale blood splotches.
Tho trunk was broken open and
Johnson's body found Jammed with-'
in. !
John Long, a hotel porter who mov-'
ed three trunks belonging to Webb ,
and ono bolonging to Johnson, said .
that Mrs. Johnson and Powers spent
tho gerater part of tho afternoon In
packing and ro-packing tho trunks.
They stated, Long said, that they '
proposed to movo some household
goods. Later Long was called upon
to movo a trunk to Show's dray. At
tho morguo ho idontifled tho ono
which hold Johnson's body as tho
ono ho had moved from room 119.
Tho police bellovo that Johnson
wan first drugged and then killed.
They assert that Wobb and Mrs. John
son had planned to leavo town togeth
er and that Johnson probably was
killed when ho learned of tholr plans.
When Webb was searched at tho
station, two vptches wero found on
him, ono of which Mrs. Johnson Iden
tified ns having belonged to her hus
band. Wobb also had two ladles',
handkerchiefs, both of thorn woroi
bloody. His right hand was wound-1
ed and bound up in a bandage. I
Canton
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Remember, I am willing and I preach
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SAM LOCK.
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