Show 7 1 Y 4 i fI e 1 W pi 4 i Y- Y EVENING EVENIN APRIL 30 1923 x 1 r. r I 1 By E. E Phillips I The Th M CopyrIght E Phillip 1922 Oppen by i e Mystery Advertisement NEA BEGIN nEGIN TODAY begIns between MICHAEL EI SA EKS noted criminal nal 1 IK and NORMAN OI GREYED Y one once bOe ot of Scotland Scot Scot- land n Yard when Sa Sayers' Sayers r rs beautiful e Sir Norman orman JANET av cave s him from b bj by shooting dead dad l d an officer lent nt to ajr arrest t him Gr GYu y fall falla In love wile Janet and propose marriage Michael l disguise himself ni n. Colonel Colonl and attend the lbs wedding e tolen a pearl neck neck- ice lac gift gilt of Sir Norman to hi Wa bride Sayers give elves them to Beatrice to re return return rP- rP turn to Janet Michael l a cipher message published 1 In a V Paper Per and anil buys buye from the tha divorced 1 wits wit of oC a 8 politician a bundle of m manuscript evidence evidence evi evi- evi- evi dence againSt the woman husband hus hus- band Upon reading the Michael learn learns that the tho reputations reputation of ot ofa ofa a leading politician and Lord Kindersley Kinder Kinder- aley sley are Ate Jn n nt his hi hands hand bayers Sayer ponders pon pon- pon ders foe ii best bet way to turn his hla prize Into money mone I 4 M CHAEL HIS I MICHAEL S TELLS HIS STORY ot op O on my a Account I Insisted Th ransa tion mU must t remain ex exactly exactly ex- ex as It Is until I give the word I ran rang off ott filled my toy bag as usual with samples stationery and took the tube tuba to Bond street whence I walked j on to South A Audley street u Upon arrival ar arrival ar- ar rival at my destination I 1 was f informed In Informed in- in formed by an Imposing looking butler buther but but- be her ler bet t that Lord d was at h home but t It was scarcely likely that he would receive me unless I had an appointment ap ap- ap- ap I 1 risked the butlers butler's s being I human and bought my way as far as the waiting room Once arrived therel there I l' l managed to impress an untidy and bespectacled secretary with the Idea that it might be worth Lord Kindersley's Kinders Kinders- i leys ley's while to spare me a few minutes of his time In the end I Iwas was ushered Into the great mans man's sanctum What can I do for jou er you er Mr ho he Inquired glancing at my card t mf 1 I was anxious to to test my new v Identity and I stood full In t tie the e light It was obvious however that Lord had not an Idea that we had ever met before I have come to see e you vou on a very lo sav k d' d serious e matter r Lord o kindersley sly I ISaid Said Bald and I 1 am that there should be no misunderstanding I do donot donot donot not wish for a penny of your our money I am here e In fact to save eave you ou from the loss of eta fl great f deal e of tr it M My visit f nevertheless has a very serious side He looked hooked at me steadily from under his bushy eyebrows Go on he invited curtI curtly Last March I Z continued you advertised advertised advertised ad ad- the threatened shipping strike and saved yourself the loss of oC at least one of your our millions by bribing a well known labor leader to declare for peace Instead of ot war You Tou and one other great were alone concerned concerned concerned con con- In this matter That other m man I gather is de dead f rede Lord r Kindersley r re was staring at me with look look in his a queer eyes His I voice when he answered me was unsteady i iI I took the two documents from mv my et and moved little to I pocket a nearer to 1 him Here mere I 1 said is Rendall's Kendall's proposed proposed proposed pro- pro I I posed speech counseling the strike and signed by the leaders of ot the various va va- various va- va rious unions Here also is your jour OUr letter letter let let- ettel et- et ter tel to Kendall making him the offer of OOOO pounds to withhold it which i isum i sum was paid to him the next evening at the National Liberal club All the initial affability and condescension condescension conde coride- had gone from Lord leys ley's manner He looked like a man manon manon on the e verge of a collapse onile onil i My G God he muttered ale t Kendall Rendall swore he had destroyed tr my letter hl et He Ho instructed his Wife ife to do so She retained It for tor her own purposes A few months ago o her husband di divorced divorced divorced di- di her This Is her revenge She has sold the copy of the speech and the letter to me I know also the theother theother theother other facts In connection with the case Lord Kindersley took Cook out his handkerchief handkerchief hand hand- kerchief and mopped his forehead Already Al- Al read ready he began to see sen his way I Z will bu buy those documents from you jou ou he proposed Your lordship I replied I am not a n. blackmailer You shall receive the mone money quito quite safely er he e went on eagerly n I should dream not of communicating u g with or the pollee police I shall look upon It as s an equitable business transaction Name your price I 1 am not a mean man Neither either as I remarked before am I a blackmailer I persisted My Mv use for tor these theM letters Is predestined They go so to the press Lord kindersley sprang Jo to o his feet Listen he said impressively no newspaper would deal with you jou OU as all liberally as fl II am prepared to do Those documents must not be pub pub- If It It were generally known that I had had ah ah Influenced Rendall Kendall to hold up that speech labor would de de- de dare clare war var against me tomorrow Not Nota a man stay In my employ Besides Be Be- ln lio til sides d It would bring discredit I r. r u upon m my party It would ruin me mA politically political as well as actually Come now Mr you look like hike a business businessman ss man Lets Let's talk business Ill I'll write you a check for ten thousand pounds this morning Your lordship I replied If I dealt with you jou Jn In the wa way you jou OU suggest sug sug- gest gut It would amount to a criminal of of- My conscience forbids It I 1 Ican Ican can deal with the press fairly and openly Your political ruin I cannot help Your financial ruin I may help you jou to modify I offer otter you jou ou four days days' grace during which time you had better better bet bet- better ter get rid of as many of ot your shares In the Shipping company as j you ou can You promise to do nothing for tor four r cIss cIs's days Lord Kindersley ex exclaimed exclaimed ex- ex claimed eagerly I I promise lIe He leaned back In his chair and mopped his forehead Well that's a respite at any rate he said Raid Now Mr you and I have got to understand each other on this deal We Ve shall never get any nearer understandIng understanding un un- un- un each other than we do doat doat doat at present I assured him Rubbish he answered What I Z want want you jou ou to o do I Is to get that bl black black- I I II I Stop he shouted as I turned toward the door How did you come by this story 7 mailing Idea out of your head Look here stay and have lunch with me and well we'll discuss the matter over a ci cigar cigar cl- cl g gar and a gla glass of wine I 1 should be taking your lunch under false taIse pretenses I replied rising rising- and buttoning my mr coat You shall havethe have havethe havethe the four tour days das grace which I 1 have have- promised He followed me to tn door en dooren- en address So convinced convinced con con- treating me for m my vinced was he that J I would change con I my mind that he sent his secretary out Into the street after me In the nd nil 1 J made my escape by promising to I see sel him a again aln on the evening of the third day I I took my usual le lunch and ard afterward made my wa way to the Uninspiring un uninspiring Un- Un In inspiring Iring neighborhood of ot Streatham The Tho irs Tov which I had discovered un-I un from a a. book of reference to be Mr AIr Edward Hd- Hd d ward Kendall's Kendalls address was a hope hope- I vulgar edifice of gray st st. stone ne ap approached approached ap- ap by bl what Is i. generally I ap-I de described tie scribed us as a short O carriage drive The popular r M hi rap P P. P as was his g boast i t was not In lathe least difficult of access He lie came inta the tha room within a few minutes min mm- Ct utes 8 a a pipe In his mouth and giving evidence of all the easy good nature which befitted his position Dont know who you jou ou are Mr he said noticing with Ith I some surprise that th I had d not availed I myself the opportunity of s shaking I I hands with him but sit down and welcome Wr-at Wr can I do for yoU you I 1 have brought you bad news Mr Kendall Rendall I announced The devil you jou ou have he answered removing his pipe from hi his teeth and staring at me Who Vho are YO jou anyway anyway any any- way I dont don't seem to recognize recognise your name That really doesn't matter I 1 re replied re- re rs plied You can call ls me ara a journalist Journal journal- u If you jou like e Its It's us as near the truth h hlIB aa lIB anything about myself that Im I'm likely to tell you jou ou Something very disagreeable disagreeable dis dis- agreeable Is going to happen to you jou OU on the fourth day from now and as I am partly responsible for it I 1 have hae come out cut here to give you jou OU a word of oC warning warn warn- Ing ing Youre getting at me h he protested protest protest- ed Not In the least I assured him 1 I The facts to which T r a allude 1 these I have in my possession a of ot the speech which you jou OU o 0 y made at Liverpool la last t March Maids didn't and also the original lett lett Lord offering yo t I pounds to hold It up I also o knoW you received that money on the lowing evening at the tho National Cit club and I know what banks joi ot O trusted It to 11 m J JKendall Rendall Kendall was I believe just as much much of a coward as Kimley Kin Kim ley hey but but he showed It in a fashion I 9 You lying blackmailer h he shed shed sh shed ed now lion dare you jou OU come here her such a story story Get out of the hous Ill I'll throw you down the steps I have fulfilled my ml mission miss I on Ii told him I shall be very glad In Into to go Stop h he shouted as I I. I toward the door How Stow did o oby by this cock-and-bull cock story In Into a How Slow should 1 I have come b bi biall ball all unless it were the truth J I The whole world wll wil l the facts soon enough I 1 obtained papers from O your yo r wife jfe r palf That a a lie then he dee 1 truculently for Cor I saw her de dei deethe the letter JM I J smiled The man after all w ow I m poor sport I She deceived you I replied I saw her destroy a circular Sh Ph Shey the lette- lette she had h he her sons I 1 bought It from her and other man at i last night I Conviction seized upon Mr Ed Kendall Ills His eyes eye narrowed all al I How do I 1 know that the thing thine Isn't a bluff he ha said SI Have you got the doc with you you I I have I 1 told him 1 He lie attempted nothing In the w wt subtlety He relief I 1 suppose his six feet teet and his brawny brawn He Ho came at me like i a bull buli head nd fist swinging It was a a. ver ye culous encounter p Continued In our next Iss is |