| Show TUf Of ANTONY TRENT CHAPTER I 1 1 1 The Purser Who Interested Himself in Crim Crime That windy night only one passenger sen get ger put out from Dover In the little wave-buffeted wave tender tenter to o att add til bU MOleto name MOle to the Uie ny bound for New ew York Inthe Inthe In lu luthe the waiting nailing liner As AI ho be climbed the swaying lodde- lodde to the deck Anthony Trent was glad of this absence of scrutiny More that thuL three years year absent from Ironi Ills his native land be Le was again about abul to toI I place himself under her jurisdiction I lie was conscious that after atter u a ong period of freedom from rum fear there h ere was again an aura of uneasiness en V tit I IpIng ping him If there the were nore those on or onboard onboard board the tile Brabant Drabant waiting wulting to tu arrest Mm Im they could choose their time She was wan not a It fast fasl bout boat and end there would be many days and nights to 10 pass puss ere era the highlands of a care CUPe In eight t. t Now that the lie tender r hud had whistled her ber farewell und and was on ou her way WilY no escape was possible For six days he would be as carefully Imprisoned as us though the walls u of an au Impregnable jail ro rose e around him The chief steward was summoned early to Trents Trent's stateroom I want my manIc served here Trent Treat said sliM and I want to see sta the passenger list In case any of my uty friends are lire aboard There was not nol a u name nome on the lie passenger pas nus list which awakened old mem mew aries ories And there nus wua not riot n f man iliaD among the ships ship's he tie bored Apparently Anthony Trent once known as liS the waster master criminal had bad come cOlDe as a u aboard a strange ship shIl The thought was curiously url curl comforting In n a week cek he be looking over o the lie treetops ol ot en ien park purk otter after un an uhs absence nce of four yen ra Four yea years rs I It was as a n soldier he tie had left America What liat vt Id years they y hind had been I the Le pulled out of her tier dock and took lonk him und mind thousands more to 10 France rance lie He had hud fought lie hall had been heen decorated for alor lu in the till field HL III hud hind put the old life outside the tue law t lehin tilt J Iii him him A And mid t then I when t the lie war rca r was urns o over r e tie lie had gone to Eu In hind had found fount happiness there nod th thin n none none one black do day he had lost It It us as uS u'S n U war LO 10 longer nn er In m loSe io MUI WItti lire me journeyed cd hack tIk to 10 his lila natIve nathe lurid land and and aud desired d the passengers oh ed el eld d Anthony An Anthony ti thony hotly Trent mid not nol to 10 recognize rec roe him bins In n the lie saloon dInIng are were many tunny questions asked about him The o ert I that hat were iere ere made were vere uh 1111 courteously ly rejected It was plain Ian hp walked the d decks lIs for exercise not nol companionship Ii Jp I st At AI I thirty four Ii I ny- ny four eu r Trent Treat was n II presentable figure ligure of n a man ritan lie Ill carried himself U uncommonly well uvIl but th there re was ivus lit little lie of the die drawing room exquisite lu In his slender figure The Itie trainer of athletes would ha hate hsi e S s- s senIn sen en enIn In his lila straight and spare figure one of lOse lose tOSO lender men who whose hose e muscles were wire strung nerves ner were score perfectly It attuned tt to 10 uncommon effort and arid whose physical courage was Its high On the second evening c out Jut ul carrie the first disagreeable Incident of the coy voy age Trent was sitting silting In a n chair dials before before be be- fore for his open door chair pulling hulling at tat a II big bis briar pipe He lie looked hooked up as its an un officer passed It 1 was us the lie purser whom is he lie had not nol hitherto noticed und arid u lit t Ih Unit ii ne I Ia a was wah about the lie pursers purser's mariner manner nn an In I that he be desired to 10 hat clint Trent Treat seized the tue moment when t 3 spoke Pe foi tot a mm moment to 10 u a sailor ll to 10 hl hk tile door jer jerA A little Inter later there was a top tap on Ill tUe panel knew It vas Vl-iS the tie purser In he lie The ur purser er erus was itS a U hum of ot middle age and of or middle stature Mature lie lIu had a it shrewd quizzical I face itice Ii humorous U ir UI it und nil strong stron and theme was wims a touch of the bulldog In lii his chin I Li I 1 ti S 0 almost almo I 1 I nil url sure re I e iiii i I eel I 11 I a an ankey mi mikey key Iy he hit said Mulling u us lie hI looked 11 tt II I 1 ii I vi a n 1115 mid roil reu fl ii u m oo my tidy hour warms toward tIO 1 who 1 I mow now I I a t mit mixture lx I tire I hope you OU slot doi t think Im I'm n is 7 1 hid Juel t o II see Me you fill Oi Trent sull trill truthfully sit sll down unit till flit tip up I Ills I 1 VhS II I hub I It t was nuts as us though a Li III lid man titan o it d n II t hut that isIt with Ii welcomed K pi another her In itt I truth tiit lt was isas l MHO J It could not followed n it trull trail the purser lr had Hit Hit- s till nil over j oJ 5 IIII run rutt II It hI to 1 it I ii h ho Ia wis II o X III In In Hut the i d wen wen- that hit liitt I If I Itile iii hI H I Wits nothing to fIb irn OIl OIlI I tile the tutu had any tin inird us IS pos Ios know us itS I I 1 nilI It to III sIlie Ide hlll I t t tit 1 n it 11 U-d U Ihl lit pin set t hi to morp rio MI I u usually big blu hOIl II fur for I the lie hc mison I I Ira travel rn d Ill I'll st I the hitt he Otto Ihl aro 1111 mote i I. IH-CM IH II I 1111 limit hut Ive I've evidently lv ot of hollola for Tills 1 lil his I trip IiiI In Is II n tor ir lit Ivo till oti said nil trill I the lip hI purR purs t tho It e III bIg ones cc re I- I I 3 jt liI i timid and Id I'd gone Kone talt A rent 1111 for or lr sI tidy a i ship hIp Is III In Inu lIft life I the hit purser Ir I one omit like 1 II nI In 1 n ml I I I Is tin Ihl thib It h Is nil only fuller of sit I people II pit Hum a it oily II lImit liT II Its population lull with It'll ten I times I nils nil's III I doti t perhaps these tI I things j ou oti T sort cort rl of f t I rune has nl til rime III In I I the Ill purser non 1111 1111 nn oil ways UI I ii I ly and ii I Ive I've t tun u II lot of f I f fI It ItI It like 1111 mi nil sees tein as us much I suppose n H us as a II lel eel I se ef at cl tt r fly By t WYNDHAM MARTYN Co ht r y Bar Bars Daue A 1 01 Hopkins 1 wu Berries Ill I'll 1111 bine e son son- some sone e more mote In If I may Help yourself Trent MIll cor 01 He lIe seemed unperturbed Im Interested In crime only If the crime or Jr criminal U Is unusual un The Tim trouble tr with a pursers purser's life Is that hat Ii he often s sees eg Just a chapter chapler of crIme ed ld Me hIs caller coller Trent Treat puffed steadily at his Ids pipe All Although hou h he we wai that this flits talk ot tit crime wa was US t loll ui H It pretext arid nud the lie pursers purser's visit made for some burlOe bur pur- ur PUS lOe Ki e unknown there was no nt tell tale twitch of it any uny facial muscle to 10 betray his uneasiness for lor t the he first lime tIme for more atom Hum two Iwo years he felt he was In tun danger er and as always he called forth til his reserve of strength and waited the outcome unflinching rue Lne purser went wen I on Sometimes the chapters that open so promisingly turn out most dl disappointing Once Onca In Liverpool It was on the Just as we were starting a young joung man lOon Jumped overboard o Woe Was he drowned No u. He Lie jumped onto the stage unhurt That was nas a ft curious case Mr Sir Trent He tie had hod engaged one of the lie best besl staterooms aboard It was filled with his baggage and he had hat haden even n selected his lii Soil seat at nt the table and tipped his stewards Of or course cours I Trent Puffed Steadily at His Pipe he lie may have lune done one that lint to give ghe strength to tIme the theory that lint his lila action was unpremeditated A clever Cr crook rook think of such things Hut nUl I 1 1 to 10 the Ibe lie office and found out that lint he lie had satisfied them Me III had either seen the lie face or heard the voice of ot u a lon lost long lo t relative e and jumped down twelve e feet to make sure of It Sonic Some orne said the lie man titan was a n crook who saw aw a detective he lie feared and jumped o to 10 escape him Others that he lie had heard the voice olce of the lie n wife ife he lie had lind dt deserted I 1 said to myself that Illat some day I 1 should get got all the lie Information I needed d. d and see the thelast thelast thelast last episode of that thaI serial serla The purser leaned forward and taped Trent's Trents knee linee nee Mr Ir Trent Treat Just why did dill you risk a leg that thai evening eve en ning In iii Liverpool 7 It was is-as characteristic of Trent that he was ready to 10 face ace uce danger when alien he saw It At t nil all costs he must not evade It now The flie purser who vito was a resolute resolute reso reso- lute IUle und and educated man was os-ns possessed of sortie some knowledge he lie had not yet told Trent which had hind directly to 10 do with II h his a safety safely Ills His had hud no 00 In III It What the purser told lold him turn to be o of no special In Iu I J has hl e e at almost must forgotten the Incident mel Inci dent tient he lie remarked It was is-as three 3 LO lars rin lI ago ngo n itt almost I. I Less 1185 ess lie purser a good bit less he be you are rigi Trent remit con and und In iii tiny any ease case case ou ou u stew seem em to recil recall I I It t to 10 o iii I tid more noire rca readily d Il y t than thul fin p 1 I. I The purser sighed a is 1111 little le Ie It II nud it st as us though he be were Win Ills appointed And enough t lie keen si hili look ga gave e cc place to 10 one olle of Mr Ir Treat Tient he lie said sidel earnestly I 1 would Ii e lia a ye I Ii ion t to toI I Kick mo tue out of 3 jour our stateroom A t Aman man wlm hud had riot nothing to In ii fear would tutu ha hll done Ilia that I You Vou ou may or Ir Curly riot not believe belle me but I wish you had bee such a 8 man I J wish you had bad asked me angrily what the devil your bust busl bustness ness had to 10 do with me Instead yon yoc tin have hn not Dot shown hown any nager at all Mr Trent that Is the be action of a man Is afraid Trent Treat still preserved his air alt of ease Hut But he tie was wondering how It was the lit had hod come so IO close dose to the truth lie would have given ghen a 8 great greal deal to have ha been able to betray genuine an ger And Ani he did not understand why the purser seemed to be sorry sorrl for hiet his hie t Plight lIght As In other days das the lie atmosphere ol of danger was about him And he lie was WD In let that Inescapable thing hung a ship cross cross- Ing the lie Atlantic I I You hll hitce not yet told me all you know I j I I I i know about Captain sutton Button said sold the lie purser gravely granly I I Treats Trent's action In stooping to strike a match on his bis shoes shoe's heel was to gain gaina a 11 momentary respite lie He did not nol I know v quite what his bis fit face Cale revealed to the observer CaptaIn Sutton was the 1 only man alive alive so so far as he knew who toad had definite knowledge that Anthony Anthony An An- I thony Trent Treat had won the title master waster muster was mas ter criminal by a series of crimes so unique and skillful that he bad had never neer been In the tolls of Justice Two other oth er Cr men had hod known known Austin Austin the lie butler whose grave was marked by one of at arow a arow arow row of white while crosses In France and Devlin DelIn the detective e who had closed his lips as ns death approached and ond left Trent Treat secure Captain Sutton he lie echoed Are you talking of my old adjutant 7 J I 1 am talking of ot the Capt Frank Sutton whom you saw aw on the and anti jumped overboard o to escape Trent Treat was silent for Cor a moment He lIe knew Sutton was proud of him for the mention In dispatches and the CroIx de Guerre he had won to the honor honorof honorof of the regiment Sutton bad promised prom Isec him that thai be he would say nothing Why by then this talk of the former adjutant adjutant ad ad- lIE He turned to his visitor I 1 dont don't yet know v your name nome be he said Warne said sold the purser Brunton Va Warne roe me Then listen to me we a moment Mr Varne When 1 I tell you I did not know Captain Sutton was aboard 1 I am speaking the truth truths U If I had bad known he tie was a passenger I should ha have lm e been delighted to see him Springing overboard o was one of ot the roost most unpremeditated things I ever e did 1 I heard underneath me the voice olce of a man who saved ell my II life e. e That I swear on my honor Explain why Sutton Jumped to your rescue so ardently when your motives es were attacked In the amok lag ing In I 1 dont don't mind telling you we all oIl thought you a crook anti and said RO so Captain Sutton Sulton constituted himself your counsel and actually smacked the lie Troy Tray millionaire across the lie mouth because he tie continued to dwell d on the subject Dear old Sutton Sulton Anthony Trent Treat said gratefully He lie has hns been a good goodfriend goodfriend friend to me Some day I J hope I shall be able tible to repay him When the reached tine Sutton your sour friend was wali arrested He tie Is now In Sing Slag Sing Slag prison I Embezzlement and attempted murder were the time charges Trent Treat was strIcken dumb had hod never ne been blen an Intimate friend Hother he tie recalled recoiled him Idea as liS a benefactor tor lIe He had hod know hIm him us as a wealthy man of at vast ast Interests secured by position pod tion and fortune from the temptations Incidental to poverty po To learn he was found guilty of embezzlement and murder or attempted nUE worrier murder comens came come as ns a shock a blow of tremendously dt devitalizing power I see sel your point of view clew Trent Treat said presently Are you working against me 1110 me Not ol fur for a moment Varne Warne an an- If U theres there's one thing that thill would please mae me It II would he lie to 10 Und find p I been barking up a wrong wrung tree Iree Anthony Trout Trent ivus now superbly at 01 atea ease ea c. c My ily Iy dear Mr Warne harmie he tie said urbanely ur ban bandy 13 you ou have ha been barking up a II wrong tree Ire this time although no douht as ns a u rule mute you yuu dont don't waste your our Torts It II amounts to this Ibis You Vou think my knots kno knowledge ledge of ot the embezzler Captain Sutton suspicious Is that all am Will Well there lucre was ri-as your our method of nf I 1111 leaving cit i Ing imig I tin thu ho I ol I ii mi Ia I the lie he 01 other her nit man a said a almost a polo apologetically Apart purl from that Ihal there Is nothing else elsel Absolutely none The pursers purser's air wits I ito quite I I a a tul oget Ic TO m CONTINUED |
