| Show THE RETURN of ANTHONY ANTHONY TRENT I Wyndham By Martyn Copyright C by 7 Baree n pU W U U U STORY FROM THE START Anthony Trent return returns to t New NewYork NewYork York after nearly ne tour four our years year ab Bence One Once known 0 as U tI I o 0 matter mol mae tH ter criminal Trent Is II goIng The Th purser pur er Trent of ot lumping jumping overboard from the th it tt Liverpool but I la I l h t p-n p hn n n Trent show no surprise II Il learns hie hl friend Capt Frank Frink Sutton I li Is In SIng Sins At ew fork ork Trent TrentIs Is to 10 find and somebody oc CUP Ing hi 1 louse 1 oust Ouse The Tho chant er erIs erle le Is Sutton Sulton Campbell tho the brother ot of his beat be t friend who wh Is la ten years rears r r In prison Trent 10 1 I asked I ed by Campbell Sutton ullon to force Ia Payton r Ion on Grant to i t written having cb tat ed nil ill of at Captain Sutton Sulton P e epos pos And later married his wife Trent after r lon long lone lion consents Trent on a to the down downfall tall of ot I 1 lyson 1 ayson Grant He fie learns from tram an old friend nd luke Clarke that Captain Sutton ha has hai escaped from SIng Sine Sing Sine and also learns that th Captain C Sutton hm has no brother CHAPTER Continued III-Continued Ill Continued 6 halt Walt I Campbell fc cried ont nix It nas an on anxiety dictated by fear of ot physical punishment Trent decided He Ill was maddened by hy th the remembrance of the many he bad hod made to this man who had gained his shelter under false fake pre pre- pretenses pretences tenses tenes Put up your hands Trent cried Then he hit him with the strength h and ond skill of ot th the trained boxer boter Ills powerful left Inn led squarely on the we nose of ot his opponent on that proud and ond high arched nose which reared Itself arrogantly from the yel yellow yellow yellow low and ond unhealthy face toce t e Nc er er had his hand telegraphed such a qu sensation to Its directing brain The Impression was that thit of hitting some ting soft and pliable something that thai distinctly was not of the osseous character of the bridge of the tile human buman DO note e Too astonished to toll follow ow up the blow blo he be glanced at his knuckles Ad to them was a 0 material like putty and a yellow v greasy creasy SUI stain In lie fIe did not Dot e Men een eD t to stop the man who had called himself elt t but Sutton ut ton n when hen he be fled d ale ng the passage and locked the d dior or of the bathroom The masquerader had hod a false face os as well weil as us a false name I He the would bly be CD to tl desperate meas measures measures ures now The bathroom could not Dot be held The situation was rather ab absurd Was he heto heto heto to break In the om door and ond run tile the risk of be as nj abot I bol through the panels or sit cit waiting waltin until sleep or huner hunger acted as os his allies Trent rapped on the door standing aside from It so that thai no shot could hit him Wait UIt alt said sold the voice olee I Ill it II be out outto to In a miD minute ute If It you OU II 11 prom promise be to tall talk this oser 01 0 er before attacking me All right Trent Tram said A few tew minutes later he heard the bathroom door unlatched Firm steps came along alon olon the corridor ny Trent 10 looked locked Led up to see the ta face of hl his old adjutant Captain Sutton peer peerIng peering Ing through the door Sutton button stool j there a moment In la doubt of ot his bis re Trent Sutton said I owe you a 0 thousand apologies Yes Yc e Trent Treat said without smiling I 1 think you do It t was bas the Captain Sutton he had known so fo well nell with tery ery slight phys phs hal foal changes chanes how t f ow thai that the lie leg Ing greasepaint grea e and built buill up n e ere e ha bu l J gone there was the same kin fly lly face fale and shrewd humorous eyes There Ther was no resemblance to the Campbell Sutton Sulton he had grov crown n to detest 1 I i was gulag to tell you Sutton Sulton cried III swear Is 1 I tats ins s on he point ot of It Il a n hundred time old man nut But you fOU didn t t I 1 lost my nerve 1 I I e ere e been blen nearly nc three years larS In bins Bing Ing bin Ine aim aliu st Sl caught a store score ore of times and ond I s ri rl of leaned on my t tit us brother brollier lie lieI I- I 1 e me roe III Trent 10 bike ke I at 01 Sutton and his face fHe l pressed c ci lour our eye Is discolored Yes Yes ls button bullon a ried you IOU hosto hUH host o wicked left leeL think 1 whit whal WI would I Ise I ie bat bOl I coed ened If It my nose Doe no e had hud be nI Trent it d and ond rocked n I He lie was r lIl ed ly Iy to find Ond Sutton safe ate wh when n be he hud had hudI hadI I ought of him as one In ID ClU cin ot ut ile tl Ard ime JOe the obstinate n to fo w wi rk lUll lau hell Sutton He lie link toik ink Sut SuI Suti I ns n 8 hand In his hia oars on 0 fJ n and ho ho k III If it I 1 half hult minute I lie to e c I t I In to know all about It It he hei her II i lId dd ld 1 I mean menn about aboul the lie break from roin ing Ing Sing Sine and ond your four oneal na nO cl l transforms Ue lie forte forie 1 I Sutton button Into the chair the c anibell am Jell hell 1101 hat re r re and opened a 8 new I toi tor 11 of LI cigars urs Ridgway president nl t I it t f the S clety d U for tie tee Diminution of Diet Olet ne never er 1111 I la n I tiny In Ln swing me I 1 III hi uin Ie 1 e ston stool i well with lIh the rules I Isee see fe you IOU knew about aLouf the purl pin Ite he Itei i It II was n 0 C lull ass hta In ht Ina ft a way wai Wa but hut I 1 dl In t I hurl hurt him I ha hn I 1 him hili for n 0 long lone lime 1 I burnt I 1 ov ow 0 lie ht h walked and onti talked Hiked 1 I 1 n went lip up the lie steep t 1111 ill to Oi 03 and Dud tur to k I kin In a 8 matinee e at ot a 8 noting IO picture 1 louse there was wan a man ruan n asleep next to me IDe I left s 8 bat hat and ond took y his hIB 1 I sot got t out b before fore he h woke up but It t was already dusk and ond I 1 walked down to the th rIver not ten blocks from the prison and ond took tool a boat and ond rowed over to the clue Jer Jersey ey side I 1 exchanged ay s clothes and ond the tn sleeper sleepers 8 ahat hat for tor n a sweater khaki shirt and ond punts pants Then 1 I climbed on to the top ot of the and when hen morning broke I 1 was In tort Fort lee I ee 1 I was near neara a moving picture studio A number of extras v hire nire I re being engaged and 1 I was assumed d by a 0 casting costing director to be one of ot tl 11 I e a applicants I 1 I got ot a 3 pay paycheck paycheck paycheck check tl tI at night for lor five dollars but It was worth a 0 good bit more than Thal There was an nn old fellow tellow there who was making up It looked wonderful to me I I got gOI hIm to make moke me up lie Ill cull 01 J 1 1 I had hod a n bum nose but that thaI witha with n a little putty pully he could make moke me look 1001 wonderful He tie was building n a char after nose noe for tor himself and ond I watched I f At First Natlea Sutton Took Little Notice of Him HimI Ia I I a was an nn extra there for Ote O 0 e days and ond when I left lert 1 I had lad grease powder po spirit gum liners and more than thun all all- nose all no nose e putty and cheek check pads palls I iced In your bathroom nut But how did rou you get gel In here Trent dem lour name was In the telephone directory I tried the trick door but bul t open It As to getting In from the house In the next nest street you II 11 remember that Devlin figured it II out 1 I didn t f thin think to have the luck to 10 find gas water waler and aDd light on I Idon Idon Idon don t I see why now Sly My hou housekeeper comes omes here three days s a n month to clean up I 1 had hod ed cd the rase pose with which the place could he be entered You fou d better stay on here 11 I I II st ck the lie place completely so you iou ou nee In t go out idon I Idon Idon don t think flunk en e those night prow Is Isare are safe Where will you be he Getting acquainted with Payson Grant Sutton spoke poke apologetically I 1 played placed the p pirt pUI rt of brother In rather a 0 brut l fj ti h hi n I m afraid I questioned yur y yr ur knowledge of those tin tile se top because e I was genuinely surprised 1 Aol An more than hit I tats m delighted I saw sow an opening edge which rot rol eHn the most t Ilant I Intellect l ir tr r charm could n win In alone It his q hi 01 been one of my greet 1 trials that Ih hit my mv m n Wife would nol make the sort fIrl of a h me I wanted I m in find of Iron f r ex example example ample I III e a to 10 line at 01 home rn m r re often than I dine I rut ut he Shed rl matte rill n a man be deca lint lent thin than r d BinI BUI l I gave gae her lIer a 0 square deal o as nell hell n 11 ns I knew v how on an J I Ie I sate i el e I 1 on I assort from prison oD Tint That Int Interests re te 1110 me fn nl cold I want forts farts to 10 work on where n he Is 1 I t th hit h it II lid he il ii III t i i I thought I hud bad ninny i d I I they hev u a uld ills ell I tl tic Ill a filar fil i tales 8 III hi spread prend al 01 rut nil ut me and mid ilu thi truth I used usell to believe ve that tini n a m rat millS to 1111 s ter until I spoilt for him alien lii III n tans miles oy O or after he is a I It rat U ni I Sudan ullon ullon sir k Ills his m rat t il 11 1 In my lily lU toe at nil till e I was eras wr r n lip Ili 1 reu rea I Ithe the r ret r rl ml II it II t I I lal a J I 1 crud iru l It h her Instead of ol Mm him nay I praised my wife for tor the brave brne face tace she had worn under my brutalities it hen I l first fint what Grant I had done to me mo I 1 was Insane 1111 I grateful to whatever It was prevent prevented ed m mi my being a Q murderer That killing rage tins has gone one but don t think I ve forgiven slow How long lone did von TOO save Dyson t I Grant nt from prison 1 Trent asked After Arter his brokerage Orm firm tailed failed l I took look him Into tiro thA office once more from frIendship than belief bellet In his bis ability I Iwas Iwas I was executor for the daughter d of ot my old friend Mosby There was as a great deli l of ot real estate to 10 look after an anan inn on an enormous amount of detail I should have hae ha J 1 to eng le a clerk to attend to It It It was nn on opportunity toI I to glie gRe Po Poon on something to do and let him film feel he was earning it It It n was as another Instance Trent saw ot of n man being punished for rare and ond kindly Instincts button bullon had bad done the thing delicately generously an and j had suffered Trent began to chafe It at the necessary delay before he could cross swords t with nith Ith the traitor lie fe stole a n lot of ot mv my nard bard s I money I replaced IL It Rather weakly I ht bl lIe ell In Payson 11 repentance lour sentimentalist can s oln be led Id into Inlo folly of this his sort ort I t Illy ity with him Is never con temp Looking backon back bad on nn the thing 1 1 I tan an see that son mason I son a bc bl an to hate hote me when I J refused to take Ine him Into Inlo partnership tie lie argued that thai If I really hod had forgiven hIm and ond forgotten his folly- folly he called culled It II no m mire re thun Chun that I I would tale take him Into the firm Orm firmI OrmI I had no children and ond no prospect ot of any ony lie Ie bean bc an by hy Inference to call me hard and ond miserly lie fe enlisted my wife Ife on his side C I J understand that he com convinced her he could make male two dollars grow crow where i I bad had been heen con content content content tent with one In n Its ultimate emily sis this mean that for every gorgeous gown IO I had bought her she could had bod hadI I been more capable hate e ba e bought two 0 For c every ory ry one pearl two pearls end so on ad Infinitum And of course you yon didn t go 10 Into the lie facts of ot the case and ond point out what a 0 swine he was There was temper In n Trent s voice olce nd J i II 11 bet you didn t t ea c let her know about ob those thoe stolen funds lIe He hid had my solemn word abo tat t after I had forgiven him I 1 ed belr In that new ne leaf he turned over so ostentatiously ly look I ook here sal said Trent after otter on an Interval of ot silence In the he guise ot of oton on an elder cider brother you threatened me lou said unless I 1 undertook this thIng you d denounce me to the pollee police e ll e a must mut un J I one another Is Ii that still bUll your S 8 n shor shork k his head o 0 he said slowly I ve ye no DO rIght to enlist you In an thing that may get tet you ou Into loto jail 1311 In n France you atoned for whatever laws you broke Do as 81 you like I Ill II neter neer ne er say a 0 word Trent put pUI his land hand on the lie other n m s shoulder affectionately ou 1 ou In JW w d-d d d d well I 1 Im m through n It CHAPTER CI IV The Dread of the PI Paison Payson son Grant was one of ot those men In n whom horn tie tl II e seed of dishonesty mIght ne never cr have rome come to loner flower non er had hod not nol his desires deres outrun his fortune He tie was born to the lie ot of spending money and re the panic of 1007 he niu mu le Ie leen en lu h for his After a n fruit fruitless fruitless le less s endeavor to 10 make the ends meet his needs as n 0 bon hon I 1 Sf se tB be went to his lose close frien I 1 Frank Fronk Sutton Culton and obtained o a position At M first Sutton Sulton took little notice of ot him Ills p J r td d Irks Inks were nere n ere d hy by his lack lorl I ft rf f fortune She Slie had hod e d what lack lock of money meant In that thai year icar eor her father ether was VOS to o ruin I rank utti n ha ho 1 1 I I Ben een must most 1 gener JUs us lie Ile lied had allied I tin lin Po Pat St 51 w V to 10 oel et out of the lie rats erf cre tin ant 1 bought him II a bill 11 estate Iule In Ir where he cr c ill nl ull I hunt liuni on en 1 fish In frt free re il d 1 tin 1111 fr in rat lr I his tn- tn 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