Show The hc RETURN O of f ANTHON A NTH ON a TRINTa TRENT TRINT I WYNDHAM MARTYN tu BAME L t HOPKINS W N U SERVICE STORY FROM THE START Anthony Trent Trent returns returns to New NewYork Newt nearly four tour year year ab ab- t York atter One Once known us n. a tho maser mas mas- ter er criminal Trent Trentis Is I. Th The purser accuses Trent it of or Jumping overboard flue rol tin at LI Liverpool I rOm from bul Is II disappointed when Trent dews bows no surprise e He lie learns his friend Capt Frank Sutton Is In Sin SIM Sing CHAPTER I Continued I-Continued 2 2 Trent crossed the room to I runk and too took from It a 8 photograph i black morocco frame Brunton runton ne rue look looted looked at It with respect Surely Sorely that mat Is the earl carl of or Hose relT 1 rd no was England's sec sec- of foreign affairs a statesman d I diplomatist of international rem re- re m Trent rent drew tle photograph from tram its me and god showed the purser the In- In on 01 the Lack back On It was writ writ- To my dear deor friend Anthony n nt it the most chivalrous and courts cour cour- ts us u gentleman I 1 ha have ve ever eve known It was to meet Lord i that hat I 1 made that suspicious jump Liverpool He lIe saved my ml life liCe in the ther r and sad I 1 simply had bod to see hIm It will rill III ease rase your mind you yon can canto canIe to Ie and ask hi tuba hIm in II 11 dear sir 1 I should not dream I It said Vurne much impressed Inscription Is sufficient to sut sot y I me Im I'm exceedIngly sorry sorrl Ive I've yon yoa yon rent nt watched him close the door I then sank unk Into a n seat scat He lie had hod hadel fed el ed an hour heur which had been inure mure ed I with dread drea nod and fear rear of or the tIle fue fu fu- e than the amiable purser would r guess but now DOW for tor a moment t ar r weather seemed oh ahead ad ten en tie he thought of his city of ot New rk where here Dlo most t of his bis exploits bud had hada buda a achieved During Ills his absence nce at piecing together of oC scraps of evl evl- ce et might nut out ha have hae e been mode made cb ich should at length fashion them them- vet res ei Into toto definite clews to his undo undo- Although he could easily enough Isly toe the law tint that he had hud nothing do with Suttons Sutton's unbelievable ullie net be he did not court Investigation In Sacs e i fabric he be had reared with each cud could be torn down If Ife Ife Ife e e the processes eS of 01 Justice were In motion And these same ruses had caught Sutton the clubman 10 lawyer wIer and cap cap- Is hi sad aDd had sent him hew to Slug Sing w on for a 8 lung long lg e term It was a u aa ao a to o Trent to learn leorn of ot his friends friend's race l he could tot JOI tail full to n rl re bee that such an Incarceration led J to hi his hip own safety The one milD milDo man mano o might by an nil Idle hue word denounce P. P as as now lie behind hind stone walls ando and in o D bars CHAPTER II U UMan e Man Who Made Himself at al Home to 0 attended Trents Trent's Cation lie tie went I to the bad tan engaged by wireless In a fash tosh able hotel botel n a Central Centro I Park West his own tout had bad 0 awaited for Cur some snide years coming It II ii in these rooms ut at HP top of 01 a n brown bro stone mn Inn mansion now to hits lint thOI he lle h hud had begun predatory tor career coner und and In III nUI he had gone gnu w with hl hIs regiment France Ju Just t t I fore before he sailed he to 10 bought the c und and was urn It as 88 owner OW hut but thIs ownership ol j i sot not llo l to J be he known It hud male main uS s In permitting him th tb ns as to 10 the tenants te beth be be- aln au aid In his trite him Indefinitely to toi next to i the sky ih ta ev desire to did 00 his home did i Ita Snake ts Trent n his cautious end and euh prudence Prince mIb te be III at not nS' nS to enter d dUA orld I of 01 crime what he bead nn U toe III hV post 7 still Un hung over O an end nd ht hi rk In to Win WI hurl hart kit I New Nell inn 1917 us as I the he uncaught light roaster might ht to I known kiowa that he hI here had been ii rewards offered fori for fur Ip i Iou or t puling U a unit half ILL Kever Industry iu fu hIs hla 8 line ne nei bud hod II a t i man gained notoriety It W IS lute es I be countered parke arke along liong u a path b ren western w wall W und and 1 Steps 8 to 10 the lu rn ls ce e 01 ot hl lute i QUIetly hunts hOllie the his quietly el d uD 1111 the well well-en r The c el flight up u RonI Ib b went who ho tutu hud d Urn le led tint business to III R a P PU plum r Lilt lut U er IUs iti e wooden a u hu t I S the of f Steel teel c ofa of n Kh a t ot of r men with sUh he be t I lock ot of OIa ls opened mcd Ly by Iwo IIvo keys I le r one In ln l the IIII alii et 81 till other k key kly funs I I only to II hi his old and himself hh lie He would have nave no agent whose master key mIght embarrass him k There was a certain excusable tu- tu tereE In iii Trents Trent's commonly expressionless expression expression- less face race a an 0 he Hung flung open Ollen the heavy Y door Me lie went through all of tile the five liTe rooms and found round them Incredibly free from dust Once a month Mrs Sirs the housekeeper come came down from her her home In Wareham on the Cupe Cope and saw sow everything e was right Until her master moster returned she waited He lie had hod talked with her ber fragmentary on the long distance telephone only yesterday esterday and told her to come corne within the week It was when he had find flung himself In the he great greut winged winge chair choIr before a u window In the front froot room that the problem recurred to him a ng ns to what he be should t do with his life Ufe The Tile vow OW that never again would he be he of the great dilettanti of crime was not to 10 be he broken What should he do with the many years that remained Then with a peculiar he b became came aware of the aroma of newly ney mode made coffee colTe Its Invigorating fragrance trio fro grance was permeating the air It y 9 Come In Mr Trent He Said Cour I Have Been Expecting You for a Long Time looted floated tot to O ard rd him from the kitchen In the rear the kitchen that had hUI been hellI empty un on hour II ago O For Tor n moment he lie supposed that thol Mrs Irs Kinney had hind hurried to the city from I She would e have bad had time tine to do so I lie Ile was glad he we would old be he able to e leive 1 the hotel 1 whose liose noise nut crowt crowds he ht l Slit Sad denly he realized that It ot Id nol not possibly bp hI the tile old ii I housekeeper The brewer of coffee hud fund entered the flat lIat while white Trent had Imd sill sat In the chair bythe by hy bythe hythe the window And to enter the flat the unknown must e ante passed til dung OUR the passage II ft ei opening the lieu heavy y 3 door To one olle whoso hose senses have havo peen hen trained to 10 n a special and nod I alertness this tills was ryas Impossible lIu Trent would puce lue heard beard any person no mat mut matter matter ter ler how lightly he trod The rhe rant il nr W IS the on only iy en ell entrance entrance trance to 10 the Ii Hat at That Thul Is h to tn say It II w OS I as tine Hie only i designed le il h bj by bythe the builder hut e nho Trents Trent's moms a ns the tho rOI ru f f to II li could 1111 tiet be tie gullied gained l h b v y u in ladder t In n H large IlIre 6 clo closet t tin In III the The rear wall all ot or Trents Trent's house bouse e was leas separated rn b by some sOllie live hive feet feel fro front from the Ilie side sille wall willi of nf n II small apartment li house m i In u n street lending form town Central Ian c West to t tun avenue a l- l Long ago o iud hilI seen in III ii this an tilt admirable n arty of escape While men melt might t try r to lo force rUfle his trout from door he tie would be lie lending from rota his own root roof to that hunt of 01 the till apartment house II It was one of or those story live dwellings I u I without elevator ell or 01 hull hall service A number unrulier of tunes times Trent had made his exit it and entrance the th way WOI to demonstrate It Its Ita II practicability The ne maker hooker of of or coffee ltee In In- hl hi his could only hove have cote entered red by this un 00 authorized method Whit What did this mean Trent Treat sat back buck motionless and tried to think t t out The first fint Inevitable thought was llOS that dread of ol tile the law which chills the hearts heart of ol those who have Ilu operated outside It It might well be that a detective was waiting perhaps Scotland Yard rord had cabled New York tork that flint he had bod sailed on the Brabant They might wait walt for tor him here knowing full Cull well ell he be would come back finch to his house He lie strained d his bis ears to catch what noises were coming cODlIng from the kitchen A group might be taking Its evening meal local for all be he knew Ills hearing was acute und and he had little In recognizing the sounds of ot footsteps lle Ile could plainly distinguish h them He lie Judged they were made by one olle tuna man I who had no reason to 10 feel teel the need I I for tor caution or the fear tear of Inter Inter- This dispelled the theory of ot police occupation Central office men j would not openly advertise ad their presence pres pres- ence I Along the corridor with n a silence I and stealth born of a n hundred desperate desper desper- ate ote situations Trent made his tile way to the flue kitchen I Sitting Silting nt ot the clue white kitchen table his buck brick to the flue houses house's owner O was a aman aman man mun In a u purple dressing gown Trent Treat 1 recognized the garment as one of ot his own The room Illuminated I was solely solely solely sole- sole ly by a u reading lamp placed In the tune center of the flue table loble against which was os propped on nn evening e paper The unknowns unknowns unknown's un un- known's meal was made up of ot boiled e eggs iS brown bread and butter and a alot pot lot of entice coffee lie He was a broad broad dered derad man but the neck which Trent gazed at nt was wasted as us though Its owner had formerly carried more flesh The hand band lifting the cup to the unseen face was white and well kept He lie Ie perused his paper with the leisure otone who fears Cears no Interruption Why not use the dining room Trent said sold pleasantly The Tire man put down his coffee cop cup with no appearance of haste hoste he did not riot seek seck a weapon and he did not Dot glance behind him Come ome In Mr Trent he said sold courteously cour cour- I have hUTe been heen expecting you fOU for a long time la In answer to this amazing amazing greeting Trent took a few paces forward and looked his visitor In the face foce He lIe Ie was certain he be had bad never seen sen him bum before The Tile physical appearance of the Invader was a strange one A large and thin nose of ot the high high- bridged Itoman type was the most marked feature of ot his file face there was I something asymmetrical about It It but hilt what Trent could not for tor the moment moment mo mo- ment uncut determine The eyes ees were small and gray grof and they were shrewd eyes yes They contradicted the nose which was as not the tile nose of at action and aDd daring I such s as Trent himself possessed The cheeks were fat tut and ond the skin tight and glistening Anthony Trent lighted a cigarette c and kept his eyes Used fixed on his visitor First and foremost was the fact that he knew Trent und and evidently had hod no I fear feor of detection And Trent Treat was WOg I certain he hud had never neier looked on this loan maa before Now W said the stranger rising let us adjourn to that delightful front room where we ran Ian discuss those e problems which puzzle you as asto asto asto to my lilY pre presence D e here bere ant and Its Us effect on your our Immediate actions Ills Impudent self possession nettled Trent The immediate effect ma ma ma- mabe be that I 1 shall in 10 Unite lie the police to investigate you OU The stranger did not Immediately answer Apparently he was fearless for he turned hIs bis back on the younger man nod walked calmly through the dining room to the larger room In front lie He settled himself In III Trents Trent's favorite chaIr titter lifter lighting a u floor lump You Tau were speaking of informing the punts police were you not noU 1 I suggest that lint would be he most Ill An Investigation is a edged double w weapon eup- eup on nit which ti often turns upon the one olle who a 1 wields It You Vou would stake make your ruse case e gaud to a u certain curtain point Then lour jour our would commence I should cast doubts upon you jou ou I should demand au an In Investigation vest on You Vou would do clo one of ot two things 9 You would permit this or you ou would tight against It It It you OU permitted It you OU i would be he lost If It you fought n against I It II you toll t u would be he suspected 1 should I it admit ii nil l n natural curiosity about you I II I should Inform the he police thrill that the ways wn of Mr Ir Anthony Trent had hod Interested interested in In- me for some years The younger r man yawner yawned a title little There was w-us an nil air of perfect fearlessness fearless ness and serenity shout about him hini TO BE DE CONTINUED |