Show 3 T The 1 h ne e C Czars zar s spy S Spy 4 27 William WUlm LeQueux S 1 ht 1903 try by William b 2 rim pier IX IX Continued You did not tell teU him anything Nothing HAh Ah you ou did dil well veli wel There Is widespread widespread wide wide- spread conspiracy here depend upon It f. f t. t Mr Gr Gregg f. f It ft I will vili be he nn an l log ng care cage when wo we 0 get ge tu to tl tho the bottom or of t It all al I only wish this fellow Chater would tell tel us time the r reason son he called ailed caled upon I. I What hat toes tines he say Merely IrI th that ho he ha hann no wish to prosecute anti and that h he has no state state- to mal make Cant your you nii U r compel compel him to say something I asked INo I. I No No I cant can't Thais Thai's t the infernal of it If I he dont don't choose to lo speak then W we must mUl still remain In InI I ignorance norance although I feel confident that hat he lie knows s something of or the tho strange affair up In iii tho the wood J And ni although t 1 wa was vas silent iol I shared the he Scotch detectives detective's ps belief The afternoon was wa chill ap all 1 l wet a as asI I climbed the hIlt hill hi to Greenlaw The rime sudden disappearance of the tenants of or Rannoch Hannoch was 1 I found on p tongue in Dumfries In Iii Inthe Inthe the smoke room of the railway hotel throe three men were dl discussing I it with wih many grimaces and anti sinister hints hint and the talkative behind e young oung woman he time bar asked me m my opinion of or the time sUan strange e goings Oil li up up at aL th the tho CateS Castle Cate As S I walked on alone with wih th the dark lark line lne p pf ponds woods crowning time the hilltop Im- Im lull hill top before m mo me lH the Iho sc scene nf of or that double tragedy I I again calmly re reviewed re- re viewed d the situation I longed longell to go goto goto goto to the time hospital and amid see Chater yet et when I recollected tho part he lie had played with wih Hornby on board the Lola Loin I naturally hesitated He Ho was wa allied aled with Hornby apparently a against although the latter later was wn Hornby's friend What I wondered had hal transpired In the time library of that gray lay old castle which stood out bol boldly ly before me ca lark dark 1 and grim as I plodded on 01 through the rain How had Leith- Leith court succeeded in 1 rendering hi his hie en enemy m Insensible and hiding tHin him li In that cupboard Did Dd he believe c bele that tha he hail had killed him If H I went wen boldly lolly to 6 tl Chater Chaler then I It would only be he the betrayal of oC myself melr No Xo I decided that the time man who hn had smoked antI and chatted with wih me inc so fO affably af nf- on that hot breathless ss night In Inthe Inthe inthe the Mediterranean must remain ii In Ignorance Ignorante of oC m my presence or of m my I Knowledge Therefore I stayed t for fair fH n a 1 week at Greenlaw Greeniaw with wih eye eyes and lar ears ear ever eVEr open jet et exercising care that th the Jut patient nL in time the 01 hospital should be bl unaware unaware un un- aware of or m 1 presence Plesence Mackenzie raw W him him on fl several seral oc oe- oe c but hut he lie still sUI persisted l In tha tantalizing silence The he inquiry Int imite the death of the time unidentified man I in h n Rannoch Wood had been Iwen resumed umed an nn ana nna and anda a verdict returned 1 of it willful a against some seine person unknown while 01 ot the time second crime the time public haino had hai no knowledge for 01 the body both body was no not hot dl discovered co Time after time I searched th the woo wood alone alon on the time pretense of oC shooting pigeon pig pig- eon on but hit discovered nothing heum hen not having sport on nfl m my uncles uncle's s 's prop prop- CLI CIl I Joined various parties in iii n Ih th neighborhood not ol because use Sc at that 10 time attracted tnt me ml but hUL b becauSe caus causI I re desired to watch events Chater Chatel as soon a as ho lie leco recovered led left lef the hospital and went south xo io lo 1 Lenion Lindon Len Lin n- n don ion I ascertained leaving ascertained le leaving ilu ilme ihl Police utterly In the dark all and filled fled with suspicion suspicion sus sus- of the fugitives front from Rannoch I longed to know lino time tho of Muriel hoping to gain from tOI hr lire some Information regarding their Uch visitor vis vis- IOl who hind had hat so nearly escaped wIth will wih his life That she he was aWare aWare- lare a of oC th time th object of oC his was plain from froni th statements o of the servants all al o of ha had been left lef without r rone ironey one or Oi orders One d. d day I cale called at the time caMle the th front entrance of or which I found foun closed the time ow owner 0 1 hid Count conn up UI from London met me his imis factor thoix and discharged all al the time late tenants tenant's servants keeping on only three of hi his own who iho had been In service serviN there for a n number of years Eals Ann nn C Cameron Camerona ol a housemaid was one gf tt the these e and antI I Iwas It I wa was seas she whom T I r met Wi 1 entering I b by the tl servants servants' hall hall On questioning her hem I found her most willing to describe how she wa vas lu iti II the corridor outside the young mistress's mis tress's room when Mr 1 I along In bre brehl breathless hl s ha Uc c will wih the telegram in Id Ii his hl hand hanl She heart heard him cry Look at this Read Head neal it it I. I Mu Mu- Iu- Iu rich riel riel We e e must go so Put on your hur timings things at Ht once my dear Never o er mind about abou luggage g el Every minute lost Is of oC con con- COl sequence What hat he lie cried a n moment later You wont won't go o You'll Youl stU stay hert stay ta stay hero helo and amid face them Goor let Heavens Heavens' n girl Irl are you ou mad Dont Don't you yoi 01 know leow what this means I It I t means that the tIme secret Is out out the the secret Is out OUI you ou hear hem Ve We must fy fly Tho Time woman told lold m me inc that she he distinctly his dis I heard hearl Miss Muriel sobbing Bobbin while her hN father wal walked d up and down downtime the time room moan speaking rapidly in n a low lov tone Then rhen he lie came care out n again in a and 11 returned to his dressing room while Miss J Muriel presumably changed from Crom her hem evening o gown own Into Inlo a dark darl traveling travel travel- in big ing 1 dress Did Dd she say n anything to lo you I II I Inquired n q mm I veil On Only I that th they Y Yere were ere called caled away sir sia h lint Hut time the domestic added time the young oun Int lady was cr very pale I and agitated timid and we all al I knew ne that something terrible had Imad happened IH 1 Mrs lr gai ga gu e e or orders er that nothing was to be 10 told to lo the lie gue guests l who dined alone believing tle ing that timely their thai host t and ail hostess huste s had gone down own to the 11 village lae laeto to see gee ee an old man nian who was ivas fR dying That Thal was the tIme story we told them sir sh And Ami In the meantime the lie courts s were re In lam th express going to Carlisle Ye Yes sir Thc They sa say In Dumfries ks k's that thal tle le police telegraphed them but thC they timey had bad reached Carlisle and evidently evi i dently chun changed ed there here and ami so got gota l a way away la a S By Dy the thc administration of a judicious tip lip lp I i iM i'M was M allowed to go CO up to lo Ml s Muriel's Muriels Mu Iu- Iu riel's richs room an aim elegantly furnished 11 chamber in the tue front of the fl flame fine old place with a deep dep fashioned window window win win- dow domi commanding ju a J t view across s time the broad brod Itle Flit Tho room had been loen tidied by the time maids but buL allowed to h remain mahi just as ns she had hind left heft I It I advanced In ko n time the window In lam which was wa set et the lie largo large dressing table with wih Us its Is hl big Iff swing wll mirror mir muir- and amid sl l sliver silver bottles and amid on ott 01 gazing out saw W. W to m iii my I It was wan the tho only window which gave sa c a U view of that c corner of Rannoch Wood where the double tred tragedy taken place Indeed an any person 01 standing at 1 the lie spot would have ha A t Clear chal view if mf that hat one ouo 11 distant lant window while out of oC sight of all al tho the rest IA JA A light night be placed there thieve at al nl night hl as signal tom for rice or 01 U h by tIny day Ia a n might bo lie from the time window as n though to dry and et could 1 seen cn n at St t 11 yet bi that hat distance S S Another I object In iii tho he room 1000 also at- at j t rny my attention attention attention-a a a pair of or lon long old field hind Had she used ut-d th these to tim lar e tl keep cop watch upon that spot I too took It them up uTI and Cocu focused them 1 lion pon the boundary of the wood ol liming had limi 11 lug ng that I J could distinguish er e everything qu quite plainly where OH they found th time tho maim mah S who kho wa was ivas murdered explained Ih the servant ervant way ay who still RII stood In lam the door door- ayI it I know I J replied I w was vms lust fut trying the Ilos glasses p Then I put pm them down I own and on mm turning saw w upon the tho a small bright red candle candle- shade hade which t I took l Hilt lc In IU my hand It I as made I lo to lit lt upon th thi tho electric table lamp Miss f Muriel furl l was very ery fond of a aed ared red 11 ed light explained th time tho young woman wo we- 0 rn nina man n and as I held It I I wondered I If it C light had harl over been heen Cl placed upon he time table toilet and the time blind drawn tH tole rr n it had hind ever been u used l warning of danger e cr a as a As I expressed a desire dire to see the time young oung ladys lady's boudoir the he maid Camron Cam Cam- Car Car- ron eron tool took me down to 1 the tho 1 luxurious little room whore the tho first moment I 1 emerel entered one fa struck mo mu i as S ar The rho picture of oC Elma Heath was ms no 10 long longer r there h The photograph haL had been lal taken n from Crom its 19 frame muir and anit in It Its x place was tho he til of If a broad broad- i rowed full bearded ful man mann in a foreign Ii military uniform a uniform a picture that beIng bo bong be- be 1 1 Ing Ing ng soiled sied and faded had evidently been heen icon placed there thero to fill fl the empty fia flome me Whose hosp hand had secured that portrait liar por trait before the flight Why h Indeed should I J. J for far or time the second tunic time discovered the lie unhappy girls girl's picture ml missing mining la Has time the gentleman who called on nu 01 the time evening of Mr 1 disappearance dis tl- tl appearance been heen back hero hieme hI again u ain since he lie left the hospital I Inquired as a sud sudden n Idea occurred 11 to m moYes mo mu Yes 8 sir He lie le called here In a n lly on the tho da day he came can out anti and at his 1 f request I took him hini over o el tho ho camille He lie le went vent Into ino the time library and anil nl spent half an hour In iii pacing across it it takIng taking tak tak- ing mea measurements anti and examining th lie tho big cupboard in Imi which ho lie was found Insensible It I was wa a strange affair sit sir si added l the thie young oung woman It IL f Very er I replied The gentleman might have ha e boon been in there thero now had I not mint gone into the tho li ii- ii I- I bral and found a lot of If JI Illustrated papers which I always alway put In Iii the the f cup crap lp- lp board to keep the place tt tidy itt thrown n out Ou on to the floor 1001 I went to put lut them hem hack back but bul discovered time door locked The lie la Iw key I afterwards found in time the grate gmt where wimcie 1 Sir Mr t hail holl I evidently thrown it It and amid on aim openIng open open- II lug Ing the Uw door Imagine the shock shork I h had 11 when I found time the visitor lying doubled tip up lp I I. I of course thought he hc was wasS S dead 1 And when h ho he returned hero here on n hl hits his el recovery did he question 01 L Oh yes ys yS y'S lie le asked about about the his L Leith- Leith courts and especially about Miss J Mu Slim- Iu- Iu rich riel riel I belle e l hes he's rather rathel sweet S nn on In her hem by time the ho hp tl way spoke And a Il really no better or am kinder lady never n er breath ed eu Im I'm sure sun Were We're nil all I Im 01 al very ier SOIl sorry In Indeed iii- iii JI- JI deed Co for or l' l lice her he But sho he had nothing to 10 do IJO with wHIm wih Ih tho he affair Of or course COUSO not riot But ut she sIl shares In ira Inthe time the scandal and amid disgrace You should hould have hn seen th the lie effect of I tho tl lie news upon Illon the ue guests lf when know knew that limo tho 1 U 1 I ular Ilar pandemonium They time the best n out hut of at lh the the- cel collars cellars us u's arid and drank f It IL the iho men cleared all al the he ci cigar elgal el- el gar gal bo boxes c and the Iho women rummaged 1 In the wardrobes thy they seemed like a n poC pack of hungry wolves 1 Every Every- n 1 body hody went vent away with their trunks full of oC the time ts' ts things hl They took look rol whal whatever the they could la lay their hands handson on on and li we th the servants ants couldn't stop slop them I did remonstrate with wih one oft lady lally who oho was cramming into inlo her trunk two Iwo of Aliss Misi Js J's 1 Muriels Muriel's 18 best evening evening even even- en e ing dresses h es but she told me to mind m my may own business and leave the room One man I saw aw go away with four Cour of oC Mr li 11 guns gun and there thieve was wasa a regular Cla squabble ble in iii tho the billiard room over a set el et of pearl and anti emerald d dross hress J studs that hint somebody found Cound In iii his dressing room Crane the lie valet sn says f they the tossed for tor them S Disgraceful I 1 eJaculated Then as soon as time the host anti and hostess brad gone one ther wept swept through time the rooms and cleared them Yes Ye sir They Timey took tonIc away all aJ that lint was most valuable rIH They'd t ha e hall hail the lie silver l er oral only Mason had thrown it Into the thc plate che chest t. t all al dirty dim 1111 as ll it wa was locked It ill up and anti hid the time Ie key hey The Time plate was Mr 11 you ou know sit sir and Mason a on was ivus responsible He lie acted wise wisely I I said surprised l S at tho the domestics domestic's story Why lay h th tho he guests acted like a n gang of or thieves cR The They were wert sh RJ They hc rushed all allover al 0 over ovel 1 t the tho house hOlse I like ke demons let lom loose and amid the even stole some of or our 01 things I lost host S a silver sl Chain And what whaL did the lie stranger s say when you ou told him of or this lie He le smiled It I did not seem Slem to lo surprise him in the 1 least t. t for fOl oi after ater all ni i his visit was the time cause of the sudden bl breaking up of the time part party wasn't it I And Amid Ald did you OU show him hini over o er time 1 whole house I Inquired Yes sir responded time the servant Curiously enough ho lie ha had with w h ser ant him what seemed teemed to lO be a large plan o of the cast castle and ani as we went from roan room 7 lo to room loom he lie compared it i with w h his plan lan He lie was vas here for 0 hours hour and told 1 mo inc 1 he lie wan wanted led to make a thorough examination exam exam- i of or the thc place and didn't want to 0 be disturbed He lie also suM said that lint J he lie might probably take the place tot for 01 next season if Ir he lie liked f it 1 I think howe er however ho lie only lold bId me this because ho be le thought I would be more immure patient while he lie took his hl measurements and made his He lie lc was hero here from 12 till nearly C G o'clock antI and ti wont went J |