Show Z h V I 1 14 SYNOPSIS lawerce law pree blakeley lawyer goes to the forged notes in the witla pittsburg ritts burg of bronson case to get the deposition john G imore millionaire A lady re blakeley to buy her a pullman 11 and re ticket he gives her lower ans lower 10 he finds a drunken man 10 and ret res in lower in lower lo S he awakens in lovy lower r 7 and unus finds his big clothes and bag jimb g tl e enan in lower 10 Is found mura sied C r cum evidence points to both TO xU akeley and the man who stole I 1 Is clothes the train la Is wrecked and blake ley Is rescued from a burning car by a girl in blue his arm Is broken the girl proves to be allson alison west h s partner partners s sweetheart eart blakeley returns home and finds he 1 ig under ance moving p pictures r e ll 11 0 of f the aral taken jua jus before lh the actu 1 wreck lr k reveal to blakeley a man leap ing from the train with his syo yo en grip invest gallon gation proves that the man s name is sullivan mrs airs conway the woman lor for whom blakeley bought a pullman ticket aties to make a bargain with h in tor for the dowd notes not riot knowing that they are bussing blakeley and an amateur de in estl esti gate the I 1 1 ome of sul ivan s bister sister prom from a servant Bi blakeley akeley learns 11 at aanon west had been there on a visit and sullivan had been attentive to her su sullivan alivan Is the husband of a daugh ler ter ot of the in man blakeley a bouse house Is ransacked by the po ce cc he teams learns tl ti at the affair between betwee n allson alison and his partner is off al son t tells lis bla bia eley about the attention paid her by sull van whom she was on her way to marry when the wreck came it Is planned to give mra airs conway the forged notes in ex change tor for sul ivan mrs conway k herself and bronson and the ashes of the forged notes are found in the room CHAPTER continued when did you find ita asked the lean ican detective bending forward in the morning not long before the week did you ever see it before 1 I am not certain she replied 1 I have seen one very much like it her tone tome was troubled she glanced at me as it for help but I 1 was powerless here the detect detective lVe was watch vatch ing ht closely at that moment there came an in ter the door opened without ceremony ctr emony and johnson ushered in a tall blonde man a stranger to all ol 01 BS us I 1 glanced at allson alison ahe he was pale but composed and scornful she met the newcomer newcomers s eyes full and caught unawares he took a hasty backward alep etc sit down mr sullivan mcknight McKnIg bt teamed cc cordially bially have a cigar I 1 ua leg your pardon alison do you mind this eloie em 01 oie e not at all she said composedly sullivan had had a second to sound ida bearings no no thanks be he mumbled if you will be good enough to explain out but that s what you re to do me ale knight said cheerfully pulling up a chair you ve got the most attentive allenc au lenc you could ask these two gentlemen are detectives from pitts burg turg and we are all curious to know he the finer details ot of what happened on y the be car ontario two weeks ago the 1 ight might your father in law was mur dered sullivan gripped the arms of Us ids chair we are not dot prejudiced either the gentlemen from pitts burg are betting on mr air BI Dl akeley over thare mr air hotchkiss the gentleman ly the radiator Is ready to place ten to one odds on you and some of us bare still other theories Vent gentlemen lemen sullivan said slowly 1 I 1 give you my word of honor that I 1 did not lot kill simon harrington and bat that I 1 do not riot know who did cried hotchkiss Hotch biss bast luig forward why I 1 can tell you but mcknight pushed him annly amly 1 into a chair and held him there I am ready to plead guilty to the larceny sullivan went on I 1 took t sir Clake blakeley leys s clothes I 1 admit if I 1 can caa reimburse him inconvenience in any way for the 1 the e stout detective was listening with his mouth open do you mean to say be he demanded that b you got into mr air blakeley Blake leys s berth as he con tends tooh took his clothes rt and forged f notes votes and left the train before the wreck nn acif 9 yes it the rhe 1 I 1 I gave them to bronson yesterday much good they did him bitterly we were all silent for a moment the two detectives were adjusting them selves with difficulty to a new point of tie view sullivan was looking dejected tj ily at the floor his hands hanging loose lowe between his knees I 1 was watch ing alison from where I 1 stood be kind her I 1 could almost touch the von hair behind her ear 1 7 have no intention of pressing any charge against you I 1 said with forced for my hands were itching to pet at him if it you will give us a clear account of what happened on oil the on terio tado that night sullivan raised his handsome hag gard card head and looked around at me tre vve seen you before ha haven vent t 1 I he sted asked you an uninvited euest est at the laurels a few days or eights ago the cat you remember and the rug that slipped 9 1 I remember I 1 said shortly he ile glanced from me to allson alison and quick ily away the truth cant can t hurt me he said but its devilish unpleasant you know all this you wei would id bettch CO go out his 1 use of her nante nade crazed me I 1 stepped in front ot of her and stood over lliam a YOU will not bring miss aliss west into the conversation I 1 threatened md and she will stay if she wishes j AA A A 1 greater or lesa iesu ires uva r h MARY ROBERTA Iun rOja of THE tun cil ULA IONS W b 11 rag 4 1909 V Mei rl wm X 0 johnson ushered in a tall blonde man oh very well he said with as fumed indifference hotchkiss Hotch lasa just then escaped from richey s grasp a and nd crossed the room did you ever wear glasses 9 he asked eagerly never sul sullivan livan glanced with some contempt at mine I 1 d better beg n by going little he went on sullenly I 1 sup pose you kno know I 1 was married to ida about five years ago she was a good girl and I 1 thought a lot ot of her but her father opposed the marriage he d never liked me and he refused to make any sort of settle ment I 1 had thought of course that there V be money and it was a bud bad day when I 1 found out I 1 d made a mistake my sister was wild with disappoint ment we were pretty hard up my sister and I 1 I 1 was watching allson alison her were tightly clasped in her lap and she was staring out of the window at the cheerless root roof below 6 aa had set her lips a little b t abat at was all you understand of course that th at I 1 in not defending myself went on oil the sullen voice the day came when old harrington put us both out of the house at the point of a revolver and I 1 threatened I 1 suppose you know that too I 1 threatened to kill him my aly sister and I 1 had hard times after that we lived on the contin ent for a while I 1 was at monte car 10 lo and she was in italy she met a oung lady there the granddaughter of a steel manufacturer and an heir ess and she sent for me when I 1 got to rome the girl was gone last van win t er r I 1 was a all aiwas in social secretary to an englishman a wholesale with ith a new title but grocer we had a row a in e I 1 went out to the heaton 11 at on boys boy ranch in wyoming and met t bronson Ion sori there he lent me mon ey and I 1 ive ve been doing his dirty work ever since sine e sullivan got up then and walked slowly forward and back as he talked his ea ees es on the faded pattern of the office rug a it you want to live in hell he said savagely put yourself in adoth er man s power bronson got into trouble forging john gilmore s name to those notes and in some way he learned that a man was bringing the papers back to washington on the flier he even learned the number of his berth and the night before e the wreck just as I 1 was boarding the train I 1 got a telegram stepped forward once more importantly which read I 1 think man alan with papers in lower ten car seven get them Sal gallivan livan looked at the little man eyes it was something like that any how but it was a nasty business b us iness and it made matters ma aters worse that he 11 didn dian t care that a telegram ni aich in must st pass through a half dozen hands was more or less incriminating to me then to add to the unpleasantness of my position just after we boarded the train I 1 was ister and this young accompanying lady miss west my a woman touched me on oil the sleeve and I 1 turned to face my wife that took away last my bit 0 of nerve I 1 told my alter st ter and you can understand she was in a bad way too we knew what it meant ida bad had i heard that I 1 was going he stopped and glanced alison uneasily at go 0 late to done th guest well carefully care carefully full must thing w marry n REMAINS you REMAINS AT HEAD tb rustin you yawns G ve f promise one strong game I 1 stood net ear you us that remember mr blakeley this mai U are forcing this story from ant b i n these details are to marrot mario important you were going turning Y this young lady he said ready hi III to sullivan although you al it v I 1 iad ad a wife living in a bas b as MY sister s plan and I 1 was marry ad way tor for money if I 1 could iee eu secretly a wealthy girl and go to 10 europe it was unlikely that ida that is mrs SUI sullivan livan would hear of it so it was more than a shock to se my wife on the train and to realize from her face that he ohe knew what was going on I 1 don t know k now yet unless some orne of the servants well never mind that it meant that the whole thing had ha d gone up old harrington had carried car ried a gun for me for years and the same train v t hold both of us of course I 1 thought that he was in the coch just behind onri ours hotchkiss was leaning lea 1 I ing forward now his eyes narrowed his thin lips to a line are you left handed mr air sullivan duill van ie asked sullivan stopped la in surprise no he said gruffly can t do anything with w it h MY left hand hotch hiss mss subsided crestfallen but alert I 1 tore up lip that cursed telegram but I 1 was afraid to throw the scraps away then I 1 looked around for low er ten it was almost exactly across my berth was lower seven and it was of course a bit bi t of exceptional luck for me that the car was number seven did you tell your sister of the tel agram from Bronson Dron song 9 I 1 no it would do no good and she was in a bad way without that to make her worse your s ster was milled allied I 1 think the shorter detective took a small pocket and held it in hia his hand snapping the rubber band which held it yes she was billed killed sullivan said soberly what I 1 say now can do her no harm he ile stopped to push back the heavy hair which dropped over his fore head and went w e nt on more connectedly it was late after midnight and we went at once to our berths I 1 un dressed and then I 1 lay there for an hour wondering how I 1 was going to get the notes some one in lower nine nas vas restless and wide awake but finally became quiet the man in ten was sleeping beav lly fly I 1 could hear bis his breathing a and n d it seemed to be only a question of get ting across and behind the curtains of his berth without being seen aft was a mere matter of quiet searching the car became very still I 1 was about to try for the other berth when ome come one brushed softly past and I 1 ay back again GOSSIP T T 1 v aj nt G I 1 b A k S it was still quiet except for some one snoring 1 thought that would drive me crazy the more I 1 thought of it the worse things looked the telegram was the firt thing against me it would put the police on my track at once when it was discovered that the man in low er ten had been killed then I 1 remembered the notes and I 1 took out the wallet and opened it he stopped for a minute as if the recoiling re c ailing 0 of the almost beyond him vt vaa I 1 took out the wallet he said sim ply and opening it held it to the light in gilt letters was the name simon airrington HIrr ington the tho were leaning for ward now their eyes on his face things seemed to whirl around for a while I 1 sat there aim almost ost paralyzed wondering nhat hat this new development meant for me do you believe me now around at us defiantly I 1 am telling the absolute truth and not one of you believes me met my wife I 1 knew would swear I 1 had killed her father nobody would afif I 1 be likely to believe the truth after a bit the man in lower nine got up and walked along the aisle to aft avard ard the smoking compartment I 1 heard him go and leaning from my berth watched him out 0 ut of sight was 1 I got the idea ol 01 changing berths with him getting etting g his clothes and leaving the train I 1 give you my word I 1 had no idea ot of throw ing suspicion n on him allson alison looked scornfully loua lous but I 1 felt that the man was tell tag ing the truth 1 the numbers of the berths and it worked well I 1 got into the other mans man s berth and he came back to mine the rest was easy I 1 dressed in bis his clothes luckily they fitted and jumped the train not far from baltimore just before the wreck there la Is something else you must clear up I 1 said why did you try to to telephone me from M and arid why did you change your mitic about the message he ile looked astounded you knew I 1 was at M 1 he stammered yes we traced you what about the message mess ageO 0 well 1 ell it was this way of course I 1 did not know your name mr blake ley ey the telegram said M man an with papers in lower ten car seven and after I 1 had made I 1 considered ay my escape I 1 began to think I 1 had left he the man in my berth in a bad way TO BE I 1 |