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RYNOFSIR: Nieholae Trench
and Sir William Avor. have ex
changed information concerning
the miaeinp formula for a nrw
metal, oriofnally ttolcn from Holly
O'Brien, daunhter of the inventor,
after her father1 death. John .
Osborne was the thief: he tcae
murdered and Wivk tone aectieed of
the deed and acquitted. With Jerry
Mordaunt, Holly and Nick are
determined to find the formula.
Sir William Killing to help.
Chapter !i
SINISTER VOICE
r SAT back and regarded Sir WU
Ham with Interest. For a baronet
ind a highly respected leader of
British Industry Sir William was
ertainly a curious mixture.
"Well, we know where we are
now, anyhow," 1 remarked. "Per
aaps you're right In what you proph
isy, but I take it that In the mean
lime you're no objection to our mak
ing a few investigations on our own
iccount."
"You must please yourselves. If
rou are prepared to run the risk and
If you think you have the smallest
chance of success, go ahead by all
means. Have you any definite idea
as to where you propose to start?"
There was a faint suggestion ef
Irony In his voice which gave me
the impression that be attached
very little Importance to our pro
jected efforts.
to think It over, I am not sure that
it wouldn't be the wiser plan. Ton
will Impress upon them, of course,
the necessity for absoluta discre
tion." "They'll keep their mouths shut1
all right," I assured him.
A clock on the mantelpiece
chimed out the hour, and with a sur
prised glance, Sir William consulted
his watch.
"Three o'clock," he exclaimed,
pushing back his chair. "I didn't
realise It was as late as that." He
rose to his feet. "I have to attend
a meeting in the City at half-past
so I am afraid I must be making a
start If you're coming In the same
direction perhaps I can give you a
lift?"
"I've arranged to meet my friends
at the Milan," I said. "If you could
drop me there ..."
"Why, of course. We pass the
door."
PRESSING the electrle bell, he led
the way through the sitting
room to the outer hall, where the
man-servant was waiting to present
us with our hats. Preceding us along
the corridor, the same polite func
tlonary then rang for the elevator
an additional attention to which,
I presume, a millionaire employe!
is automatically entitled.
I must confess that, as I stepped
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I dropped onto the luxuriously cushioned seat.
"The first thing I want to do," I
said, "Is to see the place where Os
borne worked. I should like to have
a chat with those people who looked
after him. If he talked to them at all
It's quite possible they might be able
to give us some useful Information."
He shook his head. "I am afraid
there's nothing to be learned tbero.
My secretary, who certainly Isn't
lacking In Intelligence, has visited
the farm and questioned them close
ly. I need hardly add that we have
also searched the factory from top
to bottom."
"I fully expected It," I said. "All
the same, Just for my own personal
satisfaction, I should prefer to have
a prowl around myself."
TTE smiled tolerantly. "There will
be no difficulty about arrang
ing that. I can give you a note to
the farmer and his wife Qowlland
their name Is and I will also send
you the keys, which you can return
to me when you have finished with
them. We have to keep everything
locked up because, as a matter of
fact, there are still one or two cases
ot high explosives down In the cel
lars." "What's the name of the place?"
I Inquired: "and how does oue get
to It?"
"It's called Hambrldge Ferry.
The easiest way Is to go to East
minster. Anyone will direct you from
there."
I pulled out my pocket book and
scribbled down Jerry's name and
address. "This Is where I'm staying
at present," I said. "If you'll lot me
have the keys and the note some
time tomorrow, I'll run down there
straight away."
I handed him the slip of paper.
"There's Just one other point," I
ontlnued- "It would make things
a lot simpler It I could pass on what
you've told me to Jnrry and Miss
O'Brlep.. Yon see thoy both know
about my visit ..."
"And I take It that they sre both
waiting anxiously to hear the re
sult." He blew out a ring of smoke
end contemplated It reflectively.
"Well, on the whole, now I come
Inside, I was in a distinctly elated
mood. The knowledge I had ac
quired, it It did not enable me to
prove my Innocence to the world, at
least provided a promising starting,
point from which to commence our
researches.
I had a queer unreasoning con
viction that somewhere or other
down in those lonely Essex marshes;
lay a clue to the mystery of Os
borne's death. Jerry, as I was well
aware, knew that particular district
Inside out. Pottering about the East
Coast In a small sailing boat was
ono of his favorite hobbles, and as
far ss that part of the work was
concerned, there was no one alive
who was better qualified to assist
me lu ferreting out the truth.
The elevator came to a halt, and
escorted by a uniformed attendant,
Sir William and 1 advanced In a
stately procession towards the re
volving glass door. Outside stood a
magnificent limousine. A chauffeur I
with a rug over his ann was await- i
lug our arrival, and I was on the
very point ot taking my seat when
I heard a romark which made every
muscle In my body suddenly stiffen. '
"How do you do. Sir William? It
Is quite a long time since I had the
pleasure of meeting you."
I Jerked my head around, scarce
ly able to believe my eara. Two
paces away from mo a tall, clean
shaven, middle-aged man, dressed
In a smartly out grey suit, was shak
ing hands with my companion.
Whether he had seen me or not )
couldn't say. Gone was the beard,
and gone were the gold-rlmmed
spectaclos, but the voice beyond all
question was the voice ot Mr. Stell
man. It Is amnslng to me that I dldn'l
make a tool ot mysolf. I think 1 must
have acted Instinctively. Anyhow
before I realized what I was dolus
1 had brushed past the chauffeur,
who with examplary politeness wat
holding open the door, and dropped
onto the luxuriously cushioned seat
(Copyright. l.J. Penn rwt!liln Ce.)
Nlek learns, tomorrow, mother
name lor the man who wanted tt
murder him.
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WASHINGTON. Ic 31, (,7i r
ford Batm, kper of t!i nation'.?
public rnrmlM Al Capon and the
rest Mid today dm ore better prl
on guBTrla than men.
fto enthuatastlc la Batea. direct rr
of the federal prison bureau, about
the ability of trained (wIm poll
don to truck, down their quarry that
he plena to nrnd ft aqund to Alcatrer
penitentiary In Ctiltforr.la, where Cv
pone. Or A. (Machlrw Oun) Kelly
and others are dolii time.
"We have et;ht of the do nme."
Bairn aaid, "and they are doing aplen
dldly. Their power of eisht. me'l
and hearing are far better than thje
of man.
"Thoy are trained to knock the men
they are after down hut not to hu-t
him. They aeem to be free from
emotion. In that the are dlfffii.t
J.qa oocUio.jyclA.v
mwkoobb, Oku., Deo. . (tv)
The federal grand Jury for eaatem
Oklahoma indicted 11 men today In
mall fraud charge filed after Invea
tijjut.on of a aoheme in whtvh the
Modern Woodmen of America s
mulcted of WW .000.
Ten of those accused had been ar
te t-d .
roMofftc ln pec tore aald the al
leged fraud ring was about to collect
ifi.ooo more from the concern when
II operations were detected.
It wm alleged that a Hiitf obtained
double-indemnity poll ."lea by bavin
member Inauied under flctltloua
naniea, and thet the policy holder
were later reported killed in Imatn
ary accident.
PORTLAND HOTELS
10 SEEK PERMITS
FOR BRINK SALES
PORTLAND, Dec. 31. m The
discovery that up-tat hotel iren
are little concerned whether or not
they ere eventually permitted to a all
liquor "by the drink, has led Poit
land Innkeeper to the conclusion
that 1 the Knox law Ut amended to
permit by-the-glass Ml, they are th
one who muat make the presenta
tion to the legislature.
8o, next month, a group of Portland
hotel men, appearing simply as "bust
nca men," will approach the legis
lature with a proposal.
When the Oregon State Hotel asso
ciation met here recently the Port
lander found they could arouse little
Interest among; the out-of-towner tn
the llquor-by-the -drink question. The
executive committee of the associa
tion, however, adopted a resolution
setting forth the position of the or
ganization. ThU resolution oommended the
liquor commission for It work an3
then mentioned, that "a large part of
the public which desires alcohoMc
beverages In leas than bottle quan
tities create a public demand which,
under present law, can only be sup
plied by Illicit traffic: hence tue
numerous speakeasies that honeycomb
our metropolitan center tn utter dis
regard of Ib-w."
"The result," the statement con
tended, "Is lawlessness, disregard of
law, loss of revenue for the state and
destruction of legitimate business."
The hotel men suggested an amend
ment legalizing sale of alcoholic bev
erages "by legitimate and responsible
agencies for consumption on the
premise, granting to the commission
full power to regulate, supervise, con
trol and to Issue or revoke any or all
permit therefor."
COUNTflERKlfOR
IN ELECTION RULES
PORTLAND, Dec. 31 P) E. B.
Casteel of Umatilla county was elect
ed president of the Association of
County Clerk and .Recorders of Ore
gon, at the conclusion ol their 32nd
annual convention here Wednesday.
R. M. Russell of Line was named
vice-president, and Mae K. Short of
Klamath, e ere tory-treasurer.
The group recommended changing
the date of the regular primary elec
tion from May to September; elim
ination of th law permitting Indc- j
pendent candidate to be named by j
an assembly of 100 voters; statute '
requiring Independents to pay same
fee a other candidate; droppUy
voter from list only after he hJ& i
filled to vote for four year In a
general election, Instead of failure to
vote during two-year period.
T. L. Phtppa, Wasco county Judge
wa re-elected president of the county j
Judges and commissioners association
Wednesday ntght. Judge D. O, Wood- j
worth of Linn was re-elected Tico
pre&ldent, and Commissioner W. A. '
Allan of Yamhill wa elected secre-
tary-treasurer, succeeding Comm'a- j
aloner J. E. Smith of Marion. j
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
Wore Both Teams Letter.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (UP)
When Mllllgan and Teachers' college
played a football game here Thanks
giving Day, and Invited all previous
lettermcn to be guests at the field.
Leslie T. Hart, editor of the Johnson
City Chronicle and Staff News, solved
a problem by attending and wearing
the letters of BOTH schools, from
each of which he had won them.
Every tuberculosis Christmas S'a;
sale la a recovery campaign. -
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
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