Show The me RETURN I c O f fr r a z WYNDHAM WYN MARTYN t tr r by l o J STORY FROM THE START Anthony Trent once one master now reformed returns return r turn to 10 lew I ew York after Deter tour four ears earl absence He lie learns learn lc rn lla Iia 11 friend l Capt Frank Fronk Sutton Is In ing Sing Trent le Ie I l l to find his I lew ew ork ork apartment pled by a 0 stranger Campbell cut cutton sutton ul ulton ton who represents represent se sethe a ath the th brother of or Frank cutton Trent la le naked n ked by Campbell to force a 0 confession from Payson Pa Grant whom he accuses of hay hav Ing hayIng havIng crookedly obtained all oil of Frank Sutton s e property and then married the letters lattera wife l Trent table tart on a 0 campaign to accomplish the th downfall of or Grant lie learn that Captain Sutton hap escaped from SIn SInK Sing Sing Sine and later to Campbell hIe hia surprise Inda finde that Camp bell Is really Frank Sutton TrEnt takes takEe his puce In society Oil as the Ihl opening gun cun In his bla cam palen against Grant lIe Ifs II bl be becomes becomes cornell comes popular at once To be In HEd as n a guest at the Grant home bornE le III 1 his Drat objective e CHAPTER Con V-Con V V Continued 9 9 TI Tl c e butler was ns 11 crt ert Thorpe who i lut nd ad tat tal talen et service en with tl tI Ie e a bluest bl bJ 1 In bis native land and ond the esi est purges purees purl In lit the country of his nd ad p- p p n lie Jc lo had come to the Grunts fn fit m ro one of the great houses houes lu Iu sew r p rt 11 lie a two too footmen John S neu n nill all eu ill I iw w hut bud hIt h I i ke of ot well hours t f feast east lU tall loll The women servants sen were 0 nv toss In Into to classify and nd he could n D t I slit sill e f fi ft r a 0 moment that he be had hadt hadet t et tr r t-ef t seen n nIn one In of J Jem em cm Mary Jury Unit U LI nn r rv m us ns n the he e u CI L b Other nail oan e es ec meant t o thlu to him Jp Ile Il colt nott 1 I that utica Natira r-ini r had a o French maid n timed aimed Ou Du DuI Ih I In ih She Ie had hall a rr rc r m it the tl tip up p of ol the I use ace 11 and ti h i t L I her meals It niti- niti I n the he housekeeper Th The bU guests tS who h said salt n 11 u l tint they we wee e a glad clad to 10 meet blot 1 were here Ir rich Dullness men 1 I net ne neM t- t tA A of ut aimed nt at any higl er society M L LV V an 11 II an that among which he be found I I Im fr t Mi lt t et s of ot them 1 I ad ceased tu to ton luw rk n rk ek but none Dune of ot them had yet 1 le to play pIny 0 u 0 fir as I te le knew Trent had b be be hi Ills his adt adventure with er e favor II g wind hind of fortune lie He had no su suh sus susI I I It h IH Jot H to 0 no character ter to tot cot U L lut tut ut the one they de desired bite hlin bitem m to be Ll And ADd lie he knew that the Grants soul J t te Ie e J If 11 t te Ie o stayed with them thull n it ui lit nth lith instead llad f a week well It I nas na 1 at nt title his moment when hen he felt tale ate that Anthony I turning from the he ny r er cr anti III s sine s-ime one bad thrust a 0 note Un ler the Ihl he door In h all ail the tile years of 01 his bis Illicit tuna lu III u all those hose thos desperate crate II tl II us is shin tar lure seemed Imminent lie bad ne never teter lr been so 80 II a us of the I 1 lien lioness es of 01 disaster ns as asa a ben he sired at dt the note Dl te Some bome S oi 01 pressed him bim with the that thai here was as wb whit t Wf would uld turn lutu hIs dis dreams of Into Inlo post tit Ihl It u sm is addressed ly to Anthony lit Dt aril an 1 I tie U II c e truing fins uro t I dl I I 1 Yet Pct It was nas the tue w v riling of Cu e t man or woman which f r ll tl Il e c u i t rant mini he could not nOI till nil J hilt W hill hat kuest Juet In the Ih Graut Craft hr hi h usel uel I 1 J 1 tutu I w my ant int to send bend him u 0 letter In such n It f fil I I Ir II lin n as this tills tl II e enve ente ole ore oe out at u a ut t t letter lutu eta cl I a few lines Tines written on ou plain P creim I stationery There was no bIg DI lit lure cure Sun bon e I fit 11 in ID this house hou e knows s no s you f aid in d tic Ilc purpose ter fer yeu are I It'lL elL en- Unless you find llod some aonie excuse e to ko 10 on oni au 11 iy i r dinner und stud befit bettit mid midi l lit 1 im n 1 1111 be Jen den uD un td id to Mr l rent 11 U you ou take this IIII and ond lid alt III n It you iou alit not Dot he e heu u Il lisle te l J It If you 1111 re It you 1 1111 v iii iiiI I 1 e t II ti II dul IC o er 0 er to the Le p D lice It was ni even en tI tl an ao he be hid an Sc tee one IH here re had hud er utilized erit-utilized hint or tad lat I rhule lot Ilif r rn rn n c I g hi hL errand In ID my ca cast utter r ul ut must be bis ills lot It II v nas ia a to lo fri fn m mile tle finer ol of I w roo mOl math li th the was wa that ii snare TIt Tl TI e a definite II I is par se so was use town dl dij J not sat satIsfy I fy Fri fn nt Dt ugh ush the Die s w is 18 i i oal There Ther mis sus 1 it n 1 Huth more mort to t c e to 10 learn W hr hi fl f r Instance the writer hi h I 1 III lilt Inc nt ii t I that hll t ll it a ati as Trent s do dt II Irr 10 to c utin n hid lr In t ill ul ul UI title this warning And AnI ti II e ti I pr er nilon sue 1108 wa a vastly tartly lly m re fug I ubly he could t I I Int in n ii Ills till and 10 go hid bid tc t Sut Sur Suti t n o nn an ani l I a lads dt d feat feJt TI Till is f eul ull I t e 1 IllIer liter u en III uh u li to lo amiD a m mm to so to sure of 01 hm dS as Aol Ani h III I 1 V Ill Dt lint But In s xi II H n a II cotton V uld I Ie e the only W i is h 1 cJ y ser er serIt It If III ht iii ic U f r the U nu In ID Inti ti r kd ltd In lo u tr t liter th trip lUll lm rulon tI tl ul al 1 rIll I IJ II ut offenses Wll Tiie wua e kit Jn I ma n he be would Dl never again Balo have a r easeful it u nt i I after all 1111 some sowe oice ma ft lIn and slow moving nil 1 Ill I'll fate had chosen lust such uch ul for him as os Lis his former life was ns h rn ur up and he was wa pert toting I a I un unselfish selfish nult n for i man to whom he felt the si t hip tie lie smiled a 0 little ruefully as ns he realized that at ot leist tl II tte e n of dinner as was p permitted him lie must len lease this his Italian palace cn n shore chores Jer pan before the stroke of ot twelve e There was melodramatic tl II Ie e a midnight ht I truth luh uth Put rut where where- whereas whereas ns as the receipt of tM this his note nole his hl hi fellow guests had s seemed emed colorless wilt witt r I ut Interest and ond the th meal a n pros pert pett of boredom It was ns now a tune tunc tiro n of ot desperate Intensity Trent did not Dot d that am om these guests was the man or woman who asserted knowledge of his o lie Ill found himself placed on the right hand of his hl hi h s On her left sat a tall thin old man whose Med on anti anil sunbaked neck ceck eck eluded on all allt allI II to t A AY I Y a 1 Thorpe Entered Profound y Anxious to serve ervo erv sides the encircling collar lie wn was Introduced as ns Mr Ir n a tr ller and nod now demoted de to tl tie e a de de- de velor of ot Fe Fexas as oil fields lie UI hada had a direct way of ot staring at ut one and an uncompromising manner of s si tie lie announced and Trent could not bl be sure ure the remark was not aimed filmed nr lit him that be either liked a 0 man mun on OD sight sl ht lnor or hated him If It 1 be he liked a man that fortunate In Individual could have the shirt If It he hated him GIm GImbert GImbert bert would have e th the detested detected one ones 8 shirt shirL It was this man eyed gimlet and who roost must Interested An Trent Treat tie lie declared t fir fr Jr tl e benefit of those e whit eared cared car d to listen that his hl memory for fur faces tates was Intal Ue lie seemed eager to talk lalli to 1 rent nuL The trouble was that frent was not ot at atle le Ie to 10 know linov whether GImbert bert was tillS In a 0 shirt shirl giving gh Ing or shirt mod d The I idy on Trent Treat s right a Mrs Ur risher plunged I recently rl Inti Ink It ite tte e sub ledl Jeci f t f Jewel jl rol berles It ft was M U lb Jett Jelt n which anti e ery 1 Trent rEn listened A dark tort tOn tits linn ot at t Ill tl th e a oth other oilier r sl Je of the table assumed that the recent eld toll tad nil by II a kung jung of esi I ens 1 1 I st 1 t I l at rul ruler r he sal sui sail t I I t III at atit it II Yo was a o II tie e aue e I gin gli III 1 ivl I IchI Ich I n L k t the h r rest redl Jt M Aul sn n ml rut v fn trim m In my dear friend Jen Jer me I lur Sill s ae n years ago That wu was n a us crime If It iu cu I u like Ilke Anti t DY frent eagerly to tonn toan nn account of I ar nc n of his own ex exI exI I kits li its The TIe dirk d irk man won I I ell eld that thUI at trust three had hull been Involved In It it Fri fn in ro Ills re to I ia D a sec beo b u to with gruel n what quail till were sere ere ne III II t fir ir Jr the I lie he perfect ItI I crook Such Suh n It fang ng would t lave lav ove t It great haul baul here he announced I sot ot ot a chance said I laiRon neon n Grant I te se burglar alarms watchdogs an and l tale take every esery r oro lb e a precaution I 1 m to bet there tent Isn t n bouse house rD n the Jersey coast so carefully guarded ns as this 1 Its Trent asked Are you yon ex expecting burglars ot ot for tor a moment Grant said but one has to take tabe prec IU There tI were acre He some rr nt at Lake last week seek leI Sutton n believed elle that thai some tome member of Grants Grant s bou household would tI be tn en to protect him bim from the ImmInent cent nent assault of a vengeful coO such or es were In as ns guests Ue ts The three men meD menservants servants er Trim Trent hid seen keen seemed to tobe tobe tobe be merely highly trained Ie he of their class lie hl hit j seen many such As to the guests they seemed whit he might have hame e expected e to find well fed hearty men of 01 The dinner dragged Its If weary enry length along until ten Anthony Trent thUS had two too hours In watch Ilch to unmask his enemy or leave e the house defeated s defeated s is he be re r se c frem tre m the tat talle he be tell felt con that the writer of ot ll tl i s note hail hadnot not teen one of ot his fellow diners lie was snare aware n are ere halt half the meal was over o that the tense sense of ot Imminent dan get was remo removed cd Slipping away awny to his hi rooms Trent Treat scanned canned again the list prepared by David On More Connor Dempsey Mil Miller Miller let ler Davis Mennon Durin DUlin Applegate Warner and Thomps Thompson n ith th the three men and ond Miss Mis ven Brewen the housekeeper these made mode up the be In Indoor Indoor Indoor door help Outside were Regan and his t two too O men Ropes dupe and Sage Tb The gardeners gardener lived in ID Asbury I nr ark and ond had no business within the house lious Trent rung rang ran his bell hell and ond Informed o a footman that be he wished to 10 speak peak with the butler Albert Thorpe had bad t teen ceD informed by Grant who nho ho In to lurn turn had hod dragged It from Weld eld eld that the young American had been nn nD honored guest guestIn guestIn est estIn In the be household of the earl of ot Bose- Bose VO Pose carrel carrel correl Thorpe was profoundly bus lous to serve serene e lIe He scat wai d when Trent Treat nodded curtly I I 1 sent for tor 51 y u said sold Trent Treat b be- be because be because cause you must know Inow about the lie maids their references and so on Thorpe bowed with dignity III I II tell YI y yiu u what 1 I want to know Trent Treat went seat n ii n I 1 have hate reason to bl ba bo lIe e that some I ne here bere desires tto t blackmail me for tor a youthful ladis r O No f 1 1 I don t propose to stir mit LU-mit mil to that tint sort of 11 1 tiling thing and I nm am equally anxious an lous to 10 keep kel It II concealed from my hostess I am om telling you this b because cause you have e seen life and understand Indeed 1 I do sIr tir said Thorl e ea eagerly How can cnn help bell you sir sirI I 1 want to Ond find out If It there Jn Ij 1 any anyone anyone anyone one here who whose e writing Is like Ilke this 0 Trent tore II a n line from the note nole It read after dinner and ond before mid midnight midnight midnight night you will Thorpe linked I ok cd at nt his watch It was halt half ten How Flow How long can ven U give me Not ot ot more thaw than In an in hour 1 I must go 10 downstairs dm no v If It you t I tare ave e found out anything come and ond Interrupt me menu menu menu nu mutter matter what I m doing Say Sar that Mr r Swithin Weld eld wants want me on the thelong long distance and oDd WI went n t give gl a 8 mes message message me sage 1 I am ow In the habit of ot paying for tor any uny services ser and aDd 1 l am om sure you are e 1 r had bad a 8 fourth at auction bridge been beeD less ready for tor his favor or favorIte tte Ite game than front It 11 was while he be was dummy that Albert Thorpe ap aJ- ap proal ed suave sua not nod discreet Mr Ir Swithin W eld eld eid on the long lon dis dl- distance tame tance I 1 e said laid ald In a voice all might hear He tie won t t give e a 0 mesa message e sir Ir tie Ill says nys say he most mast speak to you per personally tonally hImself Trent walked to ton toa toa n a telephone ne bo th made mode from a 0 Sedan chair vi which to sto d In the hall lest Sl eves should be on him he en tere I 1 It clr ck sed ed tl it e a d e c r and ond pretend pretended pretended ed to list n It 11 orpe ollie had hud no 00 corn lOUI tort fort to offer this tills fake Coke call tall would lead color to any excuse e he be might be all d ur on to 10 for an nn d del dei I inure When hen a II reasonable amount of 01 Im Ii h lud II td elapsed Le Lt tame came out and saw th the butler r 1 10 lice a 0 letter on a Dearly y I limed to It H was the line lIoe he had tl It tern rn rD tn tr in rn the In ms sake abe The lUlu letter 1 U a m rim nth to Mrs lr SI III n Grant The Thes strider ender Marie Marle Dui Pui In was apt oPI u a teed err er If i f the rench langu age ige and hud had 1 I een ten em emr loved In house r Ida ot of rank and fIst Ir n The writing ot of the t two too 0 d cements was Identical Anthony Trent wis sure cure he hI had bad Dear ne heard of In DUI DuIn In ind dout ted If It he had hod ten seen her HIt writIng HItIng lag Ing before And yet she lied had threat threatened threatened wed ened rim fa BE CO CONTINUED |