Show RETURN ETU R ry 1 j ANTHON t tj oN I TRENT a t I I tG WYN WYNDHAM DHANI 7 MARTYN b a TER VII VII Continued Continued 15 15 toj the footman Thorps Thorpe exam- exam the unoccupied rooms carefully fund nothing to alarm him At AtI I Lent moment be he exp expected to come upon whose absence probably o of a nature to he acted acted ac- ac of the ted for lor Soon the business u began Payson Fayson Grant who had bad the tree as MS shock Ue lie awoke at nine better f for a deep sleep Those hours boUtS be he thought played the wIth him Hereafter he would reasonably early making new resolutions e was ESS ill ul the tile reckless abandon of an etre man when rhen he be perceived a n apiece jj piece cf paper just Inside his IdI idly be stooped down and andel lei el edIt It up lip He Ile e knew in a moment and unmistakable writ writ- Few knew so well as he be the attire whose forgeries had helped nd I Sutton to Sing Sins Sing Grant into Inlo to I a low chair and ana read the thele theto le ge 1 to not Dot think because I have hoo so kept out of 81 sight ht that I am nm out letch ch I am nearer than you Imag- Imag are bad days dars coming for F. 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S lysun sun SUO Grant was oppressed with n a p of cf physical fear feRr that p nj Iny emotion tie lie Ie had before expel l l Lie bad had guarded himself i the utmost care and yet Sutton It have bare been within a few feet of lube n be slept But nut for the bolt bolts Itne the ne steel securing the door he hed he'd lJ d d b barn been killed E C Even n now tonic might be outside The Ini criminal would devise Just justI 11 I plan pan hoping to get gt his bis man manIt mane It e rushed out to summon help ft e other door dorr in the room led to a n room king beyo d was ns Nat nile Per Perhaps Imps even nen now Sutton i ranching crouching there rend ready for yen ven- rn reo C. e C took op up the thc trl telephone phone and spoke b ere end nd Mr fir here ly Y 7 b h be commanded lie bad been d JI tot Dol to tell the detective about ck t k Sutton What was the guard- guard of tie the j Jewels of l his s guests com comp tt d with his ids own yn safety leaf leaf- ii ery verJ presence would bring com com- lr r Yeatman Is not In the house Thorpe answered him Ills bed MI rot been occupied The grounds belD king searched now it Grant asked It seemed I that before he be bad had told Thorpe noted a search had been beene la D L j e t tao o dogs dugs were poisoned last V t Thorpe answered and I 1 spa sus- ed wl burglars ue looked through the house Grant was distracted at van urn S 1 vent wot Into every e room where U to were nut n sleeping NothIng disturbed I dont don't think they In IL ILey IS ey they did you d-d d fool ed his is frightened employer He lIe t up op the Instrument with bands hands i t I t trembled folly for this t butler batler to assume there had bad been heen Inside the house The li b of 01 the he dogs dog wed el calculated I I ft hile Yeatman absented him him- I I a In I murderer hall luul stalked ked aJ rt t It 11 did not occur Iran that that the detective e end been fed lie Ill was rUS used lo to regarding ri p. p pike t aliI and their allies ns liS resolute m criminals s' s Owl Id T I a ante el to 10 talk to tn but bUI tier them em was the room dressing it e d tr r tie fe dared danl d b not open olum lle le Ie 7 p Thorpe e d aln Come bate to my ti II flee t he Ie commanded i her here e. e hE I 1 r began no noIe noi lit 1 i II the Ie h butlers butler's r aloof manner mariner i Iere jre re or Wring n Shout about thinking no I tnt tut I 1 In n I last as ast I 1 They dirt did Ive I've fe fethe 01 f It the had I I ant nn every e pla place e eIb thoroughly lb Ib Grant dei r J r of f t q the tyke a to tonk k ik In there Ihre unit and In see fIle If H Was rUB forced I Ills lis ringers angers trA Po It the e flitt butt of ot lii hl his It II A revolver re r jU jUn n pork pocket tun ns IlS the I the hI door r II semis nil IA fk right sIr rep rna 1 Ire sure lure the dogs were pol pot pott t P r R r. t t III Th Thor Thor-o orlO answered and andt t it get PI my mT hands on nn D 1 the 1 we men welL I lL kf keP P a sharp S-P lookout and I I. I get tle ch chance I e every ery a es 8 can sod M till Ih then en send l him to me me me uk hI err stately Leave of the theto Inn man n end met the to la hoseIn house house- Ih the In ti Passage outside the it b s I t tunny thing she remarked e h nl e D has gone one a ere b baen n slept in tn n. n All Allt Alle t e gone and 1 I found this I t. t e to In the hall r Its tt's her ber u was WIlS surprised at her lien husbands husband's hus hus- husbands bands band's visit She was uneasy when she heard of Yeatman's absence and startled when she learned of the death of the dogs deg loud Had she the taken token the de de- too much on trust she won deredi dered i 1 dont don't think you need be alarmed about that Hell He'll come back the least of my troubles he be said gloomily Just rend that It certainly looks like Franks Frank's writIng writing writ writ- Ing she exclaimed It Is his writing he declared Could CoUI I be tie lit Liu pushed hed it 11 under the door dour while I was lying IsIng there asleep My MS God Godl I Nat Not dont don't you oU see bow how close dose weve we've hI been en to murder lie He must have hn stood there therl In the dead of or orthe the night trying to pick the lot lock 1 I shouldn't have ho stood a chance You know how v strong the brute Is I Well were sera not murdered she said snIt soothingly And hes he's not caught Something's got to be done What are ore our precautions precautions pre cautions worth if it he ho can ran get In and ond threaten me in my own house She broke off orr to answer the tele tele- phone When hen she put It down he could see she had received ld disturbing news ne What Is It h he demanded eagerly I dont don't understand It at ot all she said frowning Mademoiselle Dupin has gone Miss ills Brewen n Is sending upa up upa a n nOTe she thinks Mademoiselle wrote and left Ift nn n n n II hall holl table tohle My Iy God Godl I her hir husband cried More mystery First Yeatman and now the French woman oman Odd she slie had 1 j in- in Between Them Was the Dressing I room Whose Door He Dared Not Open to go oft off like that Dy By y heck beck Nat t perhaps per hops haps she he cleared out with Yeatman lie tie wasn't American born lie He saw his wife turn pale The thought horrified her For If It these two had gone It meant that thai they hud had succeeded In robbing some of Notions Notion's guests So humiliated did she feel that Grant found himself bundled bun riled from l the room At breakfast the talk wu wits was of poll poll- tics None hud had h heard hird ird ot of the dead dogs dog or were wert Interested In the accountant ro to mention him hint Anthony Trent was ryas down lie with want I wanted ed cd to know If It trod dad found what Stilton's Suttons threat had had upon Iran Irani find and If seller sell departure had caused d comment P Rut nul ut he got no nil llon n nat at breakfast Terre Thre was a R crafty look about aboul his hU host who runt mid himself to betray evidently e steeled I which tasked h his a II j. heartiness energies to ro enact Most MOSI of the ladles remained In to their slim slier mid rooms roo Few ew of them were IHre the nn tin breakfast fad appealed to 10 as os the logical thin thing They were rere all nil charmed lit tit receiving visits from pretty a o Grant t o Natien went wen from frum tilt the room rOll of the theLast thelast last one rl ot of these estimable wom women n. n sighs ot of relief She hod lOd il Inspected he tile Jewel fuses of them till nil niland and not a place piece wits missing lg The rise elopement theory a was as worth considering consider consider- r rIng ing after aller all Mr lr Yeatman might still be guiltless of theft nn no mutter murrel how o the careless carell s. s In matters n It II was wua at ul high no noon n n a II gardener lH dis discovered discovered dis- dis covered letre The Tire Grants Grunts were favored with luck The iru guests the Casino to 0 to 10 had gone one sir lit the hand hund recovered relO When Wilen I the hI detective had bad and his bruises and from til his hili cramp scratches had harl been dressed he be gave a It graphic description to his employer in the that stringers strangers were SU Suspecting grounds he had crept quietly along alon only to 10 run Into 1010 a sev several the silent allen paths eral several evil men HU ilia lighT fight Lad Ud been heroic In n the end he had been beaten by bl numbers and thrown over Ofer the wall waIL Tire therein one ulli who bad had been arl To GriD Gram an ears this could mean only Sutton Button w a was a bit bid man lie He was doubly certain DOW mow Yeatman begged to b be allowed to snatch a few hours bour ot of sleep before b bt hi took his hie tasks up again a great relief Natica said ald when be had bad gone I dont don't see re It It it Grant said croul crossly I 1 dont don't believe Frank ever efer got t In to this house it at all Id d know kno his writing anywhere her br bu husband band said stubbornly I 1 tell you Nat I 1 can rno feel him here This thing Is II going to 10 drive me roe crazy She looked at him Moo Impatiently Man had always alway seemed to Natica the In ID tenor sex RIL Dont let It If make you stupid tonight to tOo night when hen the pixels Bisel come rome to dinner din din- ner oer Im mighty glad It Isn't a costume dance he Comme commented Ill swear if It were hed he'd manage to get In some how Kg is s 's no good rani fg me me down wn Im I'm not hunt built for fur tills sort of If f life I 1 dont don't mind a 0 tight fight If It Ive I've gut got to get et Into one Its It's the suspense that thaI gets get ma me That Thol scheme of yours jours begins to sound pretty prell good to me I 1 think I ought to It get away for a bit bitof bitof bitof of a change You Vou take toke It too much to heart That Flint letter was sent seat to frighten you and youre you're playing bl his game by being so scared lie He cnn can cant t I possibly be he any ony- anywhere where near us liS Under her I Influence Payson grew 1 more cheerful He lie envied lel her the i courage she always showed At lunch luncheon luncheon i eon none would have hOfe guessed that hot she I had a care rare In the world Natica had declared he out of ot danger insensibly In Insensibly sensibly he began benn to incline to her belIet be be- lief lIet The presence of other men heartened him and oM the cocktails tied had brought him courage lie He hoped there 1 would he be no mention of crime during the meal Trent brought up the sub suh I hn haven't fent noticed the dogs dugs today he observed Usually they look lonk through the he windows as os we are ore eat ent- In Ing Mr could not nol hold back bock bis his direful news Some scoundrel them thera Inthe Inthe In Inthe the night Looks like the Ibe work of a gang of crooks to me Im glad d Its It's nothing so alarming Natica said A careless cureless gardner Is Isto Isto isto to blame lie He put poisoned beans Inthe In Inthe the moles' moles runs Dogs dont don't ent eat beans bons beans said old It was the poisoned moles they ate t Natica said explaining loudly decried the notion of airedales eating dead moles moils This sail said Brewster conscious that he h held ld the table tuble this Is Just what whit I 1 have e been expecting If my worthy host and I the lire burglary business we should mark down just jUgl such a o hOUiN ns os I this his Nonsense exclaimed crossly We e certainly should Brewster re re- The loot Is right here Last night a nhen tiers I looked round the table I 1 Isaid Isaid said This place Is a magnet that will attract hl high grade crooks Killing the dugs dogs Is the first precaution lre Very ly HU-ly they were reared feared away 11 before they could get In Dues Does that this mean mello they've given us up Not IIo hy by a longshot long shot shill They Imagine that we shunt shun t expect them theta tonight because use they failed last lust night Ladles Ladies and gentlemen gentle gentle- gentlemen men tonight's the night Youre crazy Grant declared rudely I think Its It's good reasoning Anthony Anthony An An- thony Trent remarked Well Veil Ill I'll be there said old Gim bert You can cnn count on me While some of these fingered Illy-fingered ered experts here were at nt grammar school 1 I was trailing GeronImo Many an Apache Ive I've killed Ag As for tor these society burglars Id I'd d eat eal em up hat What can cnn be more Inure reassuring than that Grant said sold He lie was making au effort t. t ti seem at ea ease e e. e Godfather you re elected to patrol the IIII main corridors corridors cor cor- tonight You punch the clock clork at III eight and knock off when lien the help I Sets gets IS up Sure said suld rt Ill do du It rather than thau let leI till the ladies gel nervous He Ill turned to Anthony Trent What uh you gnu young fellow Ill watch I outside said suld Trent Trout Lye Ive a II grudge he of my own 01 against dog dig II lire Fine iu 1 ami said Grunt heartily This 1118 suited him elm Ill Til call your ii uIT on ou that ha Things wire He turning out very N well sell II tor Anthony Trent Trl II It would create no 10 ll h nl or sU suspicion now It ti Itlie titie tie lie were tre to he sees seen prowling aboul the grounds lie He believed with Jr b He tie hud had ule rl in forum I Ion which the oth other r did 4 out possess pos pus' SI sass sess S. S thai teal would make muke ale rut raid tonight This talk Is tusking milking the ladle Indies if U burglars Demos ner Grunt Clime awe a we e shall shull he be fo to them huIts hut but its it's u II million to one 1111 they wont woul come for lur h bea t lII ei sake ke- ke lets tet's tails about something on fl else e TO HE liE CONTINUED |