Show I Z J 7 i TUESDAY EVENI EVENING QA APRIL 10 JO 1923 I CopyrIght 1922 by By Oppenheim E. E Phillips THE WINDS OF DEATH E. E Phillips c N EA 1 V. V dU b bee begin ln In Norman S y ri not d criminal an and nd Sir when yard Tard T Orye one once of ot Scotland WYO av Janet Sayers' Sayers b beautiful dead him from Sir zorman florman bY becomes bl- bl an nt to arrest accomplice him wife sUe and nd ar arrest comes cornu Sayera Jo exploits p oi b Janet JanetIs t rt rest by taking I desperate e he be Is I. an able lit ant but greatly admires the tb good dial hi he 11 In her Ur sir Norma geed Aed bank with her hr leniently In Ia the lb cap CP robbery robber narrowlY the country turl and nd Is III forced to tie nee widoW liv- liv Janet hires out to jL a wealthY at lox at t the hotel diamond and ADd to t her frustrated b bY Her plans plan however are this Who tills tell Sir Norman I II or psycholoGY I know nothing or of I nervous phenomena phe- phe any or of the mental With or the study o othis of connected subject What happened happened hap hap- this abstruse autumn following following fol- fol the to me during paris remains lowing my visit vilt to and Inex Inex- In ray my mind unexplained act It down I 1 shall just part or of the because it becomes a story Possession the man in A strong an out out- living h health alth or of vigorous country door ot-door life lite tn in a quiet suddenly became neighborhood I 1 strongest conviction con con- afraid I 1 had the terrible disaster disaster that some Every aver ver me ter was hanging morning when I took UP P my gun guntor stepped into my toy car cartor for tor a tramp or I 1 felt felta of or excursion for tor any sort of evil It Ita presentiment a chili chill nerves lost my that I was not and playing till shooting I was waa 8 than ever better well or golf goIt s as and went about I 1 drove my car the dally daily pursuits of at Ute ife with an not fears were even pulse My really seemed as analyzable and It through though they reached nie me than the nerves the brain rather and I looked I felt evil around me always for tor an enemy I lg woke fn often orten L LIn listened st r for In the night and I II en f et t expecting footsteps unafraid J yet and I sent danger I altered my will It to the lawyers Several matters connected with the letting of or my hastily farms I 1 cleared up almost with my agent I was conscious in the tho world nad of ot only ono one enemy Impossible that it was practically hit ho e should be in England Yet let I expected death u I was living at the time at Manor the small email but very pleasant pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- ant country house houe which had come cometo to me with my Inheritance My es establishment establishment establishment es- es was moderate even for fora a bachelor There was my housekeeper housekeeper house house- keeper Mrs Foulds who had been in the service of or my toy uncle uncle uncle-an an elderly el elderly el- el derly deny lady of or 64 who had lived at all her life was related to half haIt the farmers In the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood and was a pleasant high princIpled and ana altogether estimable person Adams her nephew was my butler and personal servant There was a boy under him also of ot the tha district a cook and three maidservants whom I 1 seldom saw The only other member of ot my household was Miss Simpson a secretary engaged for tor me through I a well vell known office In London to whom I dictated for tor severa several hours hours a day material for tor the work on oon crime which I had made up my mind to write directly I had re relinquished relinquished relinquished re- re my post at Scotland Yard She was a woman of ot about 50 years of or age small with gray grayhair grayhair hair parted ne neatly in the middle the only sister of ot a clergyman in an agreeable and I unobtrusive person whom I 1 Invited to dine downstairs once a n. week but whom I 1 otherwise never saw except when engaged upon our work or in the distance taking her dally daily bicycle ride in the park or orthe orthe orthe the lanes around Out of ot doors there was Benjamin Benja Benja- min mill Adams my ray gamekeeper the brother brothel of at my butler and Searle my chauffeur who came to me rae from froma a place in Devonshire with excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent references a simple minded and almost over Ingenuous youth These comprised the little coterie of persons with whom I 1 was brought into contact day by day Not one of them could possibly have borne me any ill will yet I 1 lived among them waiting for tor death One morning morning-I I remember that It was wa November 1 1 I I set out for a along along along long tramp accompanied only by Adams the keeper and a couple of ot dogs We Ve were on the boundary boundary boundary boun boun- dary of my land looking for stray pheasants fn in a large root field On my right was a precipitous gorge which extended for tor about half halt a amile amile amile mile thickly pl planed ned with small fir trees I 1 was walking by arrangement arrange arrange- ment meat about twenty yards ahead Jot of Adams when I 1 was suddenly conscious conscious con con- con con- of ot a familiar sensation There was the zip of or a bullet singing singing singing sing sing- ing through the air a report from somewhere In the gorge gorie a neat hole through my felt hat yelled Adams What be doing I showed him the hole hole- In my hat He lie stood with his hiR mouth open looking at It There was no nother ther sound from the gorge except the tumbling tumbling- of ot the stream down at the bottom It was absolutely tely hopeless place to search Adams complained sometimes of or his rheumatism when I walked him too fast but on this occasion ho he a e. hundred yards ahead of ot me when wo we reached the lane On our homeward way he was was was' vol- vol There be James Adams my I nephew he said and William Crocombe who do farm them lands They be harmless folk If fC ever such I were Some lad I reckon got hold of ot a rifle Does either of or them take in tourists 7 I asked Adams was doubtful That afternoon afternoon aft art I 1 motored over to make In in- in Neither of the farmers accepted accepted ac ac- tourists neither of ot them thern had seen a a stranger about the place and a as regarded the rifles the only one I could discover had obviously not been discharged for tor a no year ear I drove on to the county count police pollee statIon station station sta sta- tion and left Jert a message for the in Inspector In in- He came over to see me that evening solemn ponderous and unimpressed I r dismissed him after the usual refreshments had been proffered prof prot- fared and accepted A few tew further further fur tur- ther inquiries which I myself made in the neighborhood led to noth noth- ing I took my little two seater out to call on a friend a a. few afternoons afterward and found the steering gear fallen tallen to pieces before I 1 had gone a a. mile I 1 was thrown int Into a ditch but escaped without serious Injury I scarcely needed Searles Searle's assurance to convenes me that he knew nothing of ot the matter but buten even en In Its damaged state it ft was WitS quite lUIte obvious that the pins had hart been bee wilfully withdrawn from the pillar S The fact tact that I was compelled to toe je e a prisoner in the house for several sev Sey- eral oral days from an Injury to my inta Itna nea and worked at un unaccustomed b I yelled Adams what be doin I showed him the hole hols through my hat hours was responsible for tor my ac accidental accidental no- no discovery of or Mrs Simpson's Simpsons Simpsons Simpson's Simpsons Simpson's Simp Simp- sons son's diary I 1 came in to the room unexpectedly found her writing It never occurred to me but that she nho was engaged upon my work and so soI soI soI I looked over her shoulder She was waa writing In a diary completing ing her entry for tor the day before N. 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G worked for two hours practiced golf golt In park lunched In took out two-seater two In tho the after after- noon Met with ac accident but was able to walk home Said lit littie little little lit lit- tle tie about his Injuries which were not serious Accepted Invitation shoot to nger Manor next Tuesday at 11 Probably return across moor at dusk Miss Simpson was suddenly conscious conscious conscious con con- of ot my presence She placed her hand over the page This is my private diary Sir Norman sh she asserted So I gathered I replied What Whal is your Interest In my doings Miss Simpson 7 A personal one she assured me I appeal to you as n. n gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man Iman to let me have havo the volume I confess contess that I was weak An altercation of ot any sort whatever ending without doubt In a struggle struggle struggle gle for tor the possession of ot the diary with this quiet looking elderly to tome peculiarly repugnant lady was me I 1 rang the bellI bellI bell I shall order the car to take you to Barnstaple for tor the 6 5 o'clocK train Miss Simpson I said She rose 1090 to her feet teet grasping the book firmly What Is 18 your our complaint against me mt Sir Norman 7 she asked Raked told During this last fast week I her two attempts have been mado made upon my life lito I am naturally suspicious suspicious sus sus- of ot people who keep a close Iose account of ot my personal move move- i m ments en ts She stood for a a- moment looking at t mo me through her gold rimmed spectacles in a n. dazed Incredulous sort of way Then she turned and left the room 1 I never saw her again It was that very ory same samo afternoon on my return from tho the vallage e. e where here I had nd ad gone to mail mall a II letter with my own OWn hands hand that I found a gray limousine touring car ear covered coy coy- ered with mud outside my front door and Adams announced that a gentleman was I waiting to see soe meIn mein me mo moin I I in the stud study To my surprise and i Infinite satisfaction It was waa Rim Rim- I I havo have this moment posted aletter a a- aletter aletter letter to you I r said as we shook hands Any thing doing down here ho he mIned asked quickly Too much for tor my liking I an answered an- an I have come straight through from DD Basingstoke ho explained The chief chiet rather got the wind up about you Tell me rue all about it ii I begged I wish I could r re replied replied re- re plied as he accepted a cigar and lit it You read th the papers I 1 suppose suppose sup sup- pose pose SUP SUP-I Regularly Youve seen seon what a a- hell of ot a I time they've been having around New York Eleven undiscovered murders In ten days and several million dollars stolen The New NewYork NewYork NewYork York police have been working steadily for some time and made their coupe last last- week They made half halt a a. dozen arrests but the head of ot the gang escaped A known person I asked Continued In Jn our next Issue |