Show j Tt R JURN Of ANTONY ANTHONY TR NJ STORY FROM THE START I Anthony Anthon A th ny Trent once one master criminal now reformed returns to Z V t r c York at art r r tour four our 3 scars icar cars absence Ho H learns leorns hie hi friend Copt Capt Frank Sutton Is In Sin Sing SID Sing Trent la is I surprised ed to find his New York apartment occupied occupied pied pled b a stringer str Campbell Compbell Sut Sutton Sutton Sutton ton who vrho represents 1 as 88 ath the brother of ot Frank Sutton j Trent t la Is e ec Hiked asked by Campbell P Is to force rec re a c confession eeS I from Payson Grant Crant whom Thom horn he h accuses accuse of o hay hav havInS haying InS ing crookedly obtained all of Frank Sutton a 8 property and then marrIed the tho th latter n II wife Trent starts tarts on a campal c n to pUsh the th downfall or ot Grant lIe He lIeI learns that Captain Sutton Sulton has hall ha I escaped ped from rom Sin Sing Sing Sine and later to his bis surprise finds ands find that Campbell Campbell Camp bell 11 Is la really Frank Sutton Trent tokes takes lis 1 li place plic In os as the th opening gun pun of his com cam p p against Grant lie Ito II be c be-c comes mt a guest of ot the Cants Trent discovers In Ma Ida Ma Dupin Z s French Instructor a friend of o the tho th old criminal days da s Sir She Is now going straight Trent Is I suspicious ofa ofa of ot a man kno known knon n as eatman oaten osten In the th Grant household DS as asa n IL detective Anthony realizes Yeatman Is a IL crook who Is I plan nag to rob the Grants and their CHAPTER Continued VI-Continued VI Continued 13 13 looked nt at him with a n and lick lack of Interest that she knew must surprise him lie He was the 1 Ind to frighten women omen with physical vio ylo- violence lence and had bee been use uses usco to Inspiring fear It If you IOU need money m I have hae none I If you need help I shall hall not Dot give gl It You You Sou aristocrats have e spirit he admitted Listen I 1 cm nm of ot Its les I 1 was n a at before befort I followed n a woman to Brux cues Ues and strangled her ber because she laughed at nt me inc You would not thInk to look 1001 at nt me 1 I am nm so 60 strong ell R ell Mademoiselle Dupin I am nm not Dot going to strangle you yet Another scarlet tipped cigarette was tossed from the window There was nas no evidence of Laste baste about t Ilm m lie showed ed that he could afford to take tahe his time You lou say you will not help belp ins IDe cry good rood I do not need your help belp I 1 hive already arranged e lou have ha no money hat do I care I 1 am nm a man who IlLes likes the aristo aristocrats PIerre I edlich she said slowly you are talking tailing folly You ha have base e no J told rold over me at nt all nil I 1 shall not help you and I shall not hinder you ou bo 0 bolong long as you remain a detective e It If you steel steil you yon place me In peril and andI andI I dare not oot risk that Let us call It n a truce lou have ha no power over o me Mal e a ro mistake about that lie up the orange oranee packet et Here litre nue are twenty nty cigarettes lift kit I fh sit I 1 ere and smoke them hen henI I 1 hn have hale e finished J you will come with Ith meShe me She he did not understand what he meant Lut she the was as oppressed with the certainty that be would could not threaten Idly Are you then so to bO bOback back to Prance France nn and finish your term They do not Pamper prisoners there thereas thereas ns as they do here That I know b ha he retorted I have e tried them botho both No o 0 madam I nm am amnot amnot not anxious to go so beck bick And I 1 shall not I used to w wader why hy others succeeded always s and I 1 was so door and ond ob obscure cure touched his forehead It Is 1 here hen that success Is manufactured madam knowledge We Ve learn Ion Ian CM c lIy I 1 have ha studied I speak file je j e as IS well as you do Par Particularly well do 1 I speak peak Spanish It ItIs itIs ItIs Is to a n land where they speak peak Spanish we are going 1 e e she queried I ned tern you ha have hate e become tn o i o madam 1 I lID nm neither Insane nor Inflamed with Ith drink hat I say sayI sayI sayI I mean 1 I hn have hale e had hall you In my ray heart henrt since 1 I first saw you JU 1 l I 1 IOu sou Ou I 1 ere before you siw iw me roe In Mrs Irs raut Grains s room lou w were sitting fitting by he sea ca ea reading with no thought of danger danler It was as only when I dime clime Into Mrs Irs Grant Grants room that my r ride ride was as gratified 1 I saw tint Umit you hid forgotten ten me That Dint roe me 1 I I W gw you were ere frightened and that thit r flen d roe me mee e esen een en more She Glanced nt at tie rte alarm clock cloch It was midnight I I em m the he said od If It you yuu do doI donot donot donot I not go co I 1 shall Khall I ell cl On On one Olle side E the sleeps and aud n tl l c er the t I I 1 hn have e n nh to 10 she ut loudly and they will come carne ln A A there was as that Cu dent smile Madam d dres df s sot not believe bellive mt Int in I say ay I have E e g lined mush wisdom since Ince last I n E-n saw w b her r 1 I will r rove rose ro e It Miss Breen Is not riot there thue When she scent ent to her room room tonight sire she found a rat there It her an nn I she leers s In er or par of ot the tile house hou flow do I know I killed it II for her lIer 1 I also placed It In her room As for the butler he knows now no that hotI I am I 1 ere as a n detective I ha have hale e corn com commanded him hlin to sleep near Iris Ills footmen so that hat he y m observe e their move mote mo movements t- t ments I 1 bate base told him I suspect them She was as convinced that be he was wa leaking caking St the truth Tills This lea leaves leases s none but you and me meon meon m mon on this tills corridor or the ILe quarters of the servants ser be catered from It ou It lou did not Dot observe e In your terror that I the door dOr du r as ns I passed In I By WYNDHAM JAM MARTYN Copyright C t by r Dane Dame B rf R A n V U Service S There Is the open window madam Jump If you will The marble terrace twenty meters below will make a 8 ten tender tender der She belle believed Implicitly that she che was trapped was stirs os of the sort who hn hale e brought the terrorizing of worn om en to a n fine point lie Ile rose and ond urged her to the window She could barely see n ft white light waving waling wn Ing gently at what she supposed was as the bottom of the gar Jen lea It Is the masthead light of my esse vessel I he said She Is called Ln La LaBelle Belle nce Alliance and 1 I have hn wondered why she had that name nome Isow Z I know madam You and 1 shall be li Jot belle ince alliance nce On board are a n half halt dozen men who do as 1 command Tres Pres I shall take you to them and say sag Here Is the woman eman I love lo Tomorrow To To- Tomorrow Tomorrow morrow I will come hack back for the Jew Jewels Jewels Jewels els they pay me to guard Do you suppose you can carry me there nn and ani nit be seen ceen seen seenI 1 I know It It Did not tell yen u 1 had grown careful lou knew me In do dothe Inthe Inthe the old days madam when I was nob no b r It ILI rl ll 7 Anthony Trent Climbed Into the Room as Quickly as He Could better than a savage e Then I should have ha beaten you senseless and aDd carried you off orr Isow Z I 1 shall not hurt youlIe youlie you youlie lie mo nosed moved ed forward twisted her arms behind her ber and r Pressed crossed over o her mouth and nose n a chloroform ed towel She fought for n a long time but the buzzing In her ears grew gre loud louder louder louder er and presently her Ler mu muscles cles relaxed and consciousness left her Anthony Trent had been glad to get getto getto gotto to his hie room early e Dy Cy eleven en all of the guests had bad retired Alwa Always s a 10 loser er of ot the sea sen Trent Treat pulled the then n sticker chaise longue lougue to the window and lighted a 0 cigar He lIe had turned out the lights the tetter Letter to enjoy the night U It tie e a stars and the lire flickering of passing vessels e ds Suddenly there floated onto the bat bal balcony balcony cony the glowing end of ot u a cigarette thrown from train some oU otter er open window v such as ns this rive Ice minutes later nn an another other fluttered by liy to the terrace lie lie- below be below low Ion After similar Intervals the stub on the balcony was joined by liy another lly By twelve e o 0 clock Trent had counted a dozen descend somewhere nth ye e yeI I lm a n man was stag ns cigarettes 0 at atthe t the steady rate of twelve twel an hour Ith tl tI I e a last crimson end came a sudden gust of wind and t It into Inlo the flom clear over oter Trent Treat shead a head He tie e rose from lis fis 1 Is seat scot to c It ere n a hole hale wad t turned urne In the e err Ir IrI let I et It us uns the end of a n brand of cigarette used ala oln I st solely b by II 11 e eI I 1 One div die he had hod I 1 the 0 olor alar lor and found old Inn n L tort ert Puffing r uffing at one nile Gimbert sold said Ir Mr eatman leatman eat man tad lad I nd offer i 1 It It It nos wa inn ill III elv that In else would could hate hJ such a n supply or con consume ume them them so occupied occur led a In shill I II ot at atthe atthe the I cod cad of the first flight night of apps s lip leading leiding from tic tt main ball Under no circumstance a 1 clarette thrown thron from the small window win In window dow do doof of this tills room dr ft down fn to Trent s Gravity ra forbade for tor me i ne netI tl tI log Ing l Three people used the rooms of the floor above e that on un which Trent Tr nt e suite was sins situated lie Uc knew that im above him was the room of Mademoiselle Dupin It was conceivable able that she sm sro ked hed But nut these coarse cigarettes In such able quantity were he felt certain con consumed consumed sunned by some one else Circum Circumstances Circumstances stances pointed to Yeatman And what could Yeatman be doing there ery ery quietly Tint crept to the lit litlie littie littie tie lie balcony and ond liS listened nd Intently lie Ue could barely hear bear some one talking rapidly In French It was not the beautiful French of Madame de Beau Bellu lieu The Bleaker ea ler was fluent enough but lacked that delicate rhythm of the language as ns spoken polen by nn nD educated woman i hen ihen hen Trent had first examined hIs suite he had noticed that at ot this south cistern stern corner of time lie building a n steel ro rot a n third of an Inch In thickness part of a device de for protection from froll light lightning lightning ning ran down to the earth This rod ot of steel pissed passed the edge of ot his balcony some orne two feet feel distant On OD Its way to the cornice above ir It passed Belle elle Dupin s window nt at nn an equal die dis lance tance A man with a n clear head hend and ond ondo anda o a sense of ot L ahnee night might m mike nn an as ascent ascent cent or descent without much danger Straining his cars car car 1 Trent was sure he heard the higher pitched voice folce of the woman for whose safety he was exercised It was when hen It was as raised In undisguised fear that he acted Climbing hick bicic Into his room he drew on n a pair of heavy glo es Then he started tile the ascent of the rod It wis w not easy to draw his face level with the window ledge he kept himself In to per pr feet physical condition As he pulled himself breast high to the sill silt the sweet and cloying odor or of chloroform met him Mademoiselle D was lying on the floor unconscious 0 Over Oser er her Tent leat man was stooping tying her hand and foot with ropes adjusted with the callor sailors s dexterity There was Os evl e dente dence of a n struggle Chairs was over o overturned overturned turned OD and a 0 vase ase of f cut flowers Cowers was broken broten The horrified sight kept Trent In mobile for the moment While he be watched picked up the un unconscious unconscious unconscious conscious girl opened the door and ands s switched Itched off oft the lights Anthony Trent Treat Into the room as ns quickly as os he could and open opened d the door In the corridor outside was ns In darkness In the distance his sharp ears heard In the still stillness stillness n ness ss of the silent house the tine cautious trend tread of the burdened man halt half rout muffled muffled fled by the rugs Yeatman as os he opened an nn unlatched door hid Ind no Idea Ideo the silent Trent Treat was withIn a 0 few yards of 1 t Im lie kept to a ft little path which ran by the brick wall A quarter mile distant was OS the beach where his boat lay Iny fly By Byo Bya o a code of flashlight signals ht h could summon I 1 elp and be on board rd In I a aPelle Pelle Alliance within a few minutes lIe ale would of course come back to the house houe and see that the room jut just left In such confusion was as put In or order order der lie Ile had no d desire lre for local po police police lice Interest half Halfway way between house bouse and oc ocean nn was a n tre fresh h w ter bathing pool pooh with g marbles set about It On one ot of these thee I placed the Ule still unconscious girl He lie was alarmed at her continued stupor The thought that she he might be deed de chilled him himlie tie lIe leaned down to t tear eor the heart heartbeat beat nd ind a ns as he tip stooped he was conscious of n 0 tremendous blow lie be behind behind hind his ear The swift appreciation of the pain was ns succeeded E instantly by her I ler e a HelIch dropped ed ns liS one dead ead He tie was n unco us ne as Trent untied the girl pirl and use used the same ro rotes es and gag for tor ter I er assailant lIe did not frel himself lifted by bv Trent and c to the brick well 11 welland willand and dropped on Iha lh th other side of It here conce In III n part of i 1 i neigh Ii tic r s garden del to the rising of lee his sleep con continued Mademoiselle awakened fry fn fr in inthe inthe the anesti l ly ty y the dashing of C ci I J water on OD her ber face filce Out ut of the ml mists IS ot of memory she thought she sh hear I rent s voice Then the fear of ot ltd returned and she he he begin beIn to gle gleIt It Its s ull all right you ou r i or child Trent all sal 1 1 tenderly I m here bere and he has gone sone lit ilL us her to a n seat nearer the lilt house bouse where their voices could riot lICIt carry corry to a s ve J tnt Ie bed She was still unstrung and ind nervous ous TO BE CONTINUED COr |