Show The Czars Czar s Spy By Zy 17 William Wi ht HOB by b William VII I Continued The llie pair pall had without doubt watched Muriel und amid myself amid as soon oon as we 0 hind had gone gomie the they hn had re returned re- re turned and amid carried off oC the time ghastly remains contaIns of or the time poor POOl woman who ha had been so 80 foully done to death eath But Dut who were tho the men tho men tho fellow broad shoulders whom Muriel Mum Mur with wih the Limo lur- lur id iel 11 recognized and amid the sUm slim seafarer earner In 1 his coat pilot and ami peaked cap call The coat enigma each hour became more and amid more mor Inscrutable At dawn awn Mackenzie with wih four Cour of or his men mCl made a a thorough h examination examina tion of tho tIme wood but hut although they continued until dusk lusk they li discovered co I nothing neither wa was an anything heard of the time mysterious seafarer and amid his Ills companion in brown tweeds s. s I called on omm Muriel as ns arranged and explained how time the body haul had so 20 suddenly sud immiti- denly enl 1 disappeared I cared whereupon she sho stared at nt me mc C pale faced saying saying- The TIme assassins must have o ha watch watched us They a an ame aware then lien that we have ha knowledge e of their crime Of O course I 1 sal said All Au h she cried hoarsely Then we ye are arc both hoth in deadly peril pelI peril of or our oum U own lives These people will 1 hesitate hesi tate late at nothing Both Duth you OU and 1 I are arc marked down h by liy them without a n doubt doubt Wo Yo mu must t both hoth he be w wary vary y not to fall into any trap LI-al they may In lay Corus for Cor us us Her leI Cl very er words seemed scorned an admission sion ston that hint she he was aware of oC the Identity of the conspirators and yet yel she would woul give me mo no ni clue eluo to tl them We Ye out and up UI tho time drive ll e to together to- to gether to the time kennels where her lice father a tall tail tal imposing n figure ure In his shooting kit was giving gl orders order to the thc keepers Gregg ho lie cried merrily extending his Imis hand Youl make e one ono of a party to tomorrow row wont won't you you Paton and amid Phillips are arc coming Then sharp shari hero hert and amid tho ladles Idles are arc coming cuminS out to lunch with 1 mime us Thanks I said accepting with wih pleasure for fOI by hy so doing I saw that I 1 might be hc afforded an nn opportunity of being near neal Muriel Tile fact act that the time theas as assassins were of oC our oUt knowledge knowl edge seemed to have ha e caused her tIme thc greatest apprehension lest evil e 1 should befall us Then as we Wl turned tUnel awa away to tu gu go gl back to the time house raid to tu me moe- moe me You know nil all about tIme thc tl dis-cov- dis covel cov- cov cry el up at the time woo wood the other othor Ila day Horrible affair affair affair-a a young oun found murdered Yes Ive I've l' l heard hear about It I I re responded re- re ii tied nd ml the time police c arc worse vorse than useless use us-c- us- us less les he lie declared with disgust They haven't discovered who the tho fellow is yet ct h Why I If it I had hal happened anywhere anywhere any any- where else but In fn Scotland they'd have ha arrested the assassin before this I lies Hes an entire stranger I hear I r remarked And Amid Tl then n added ll You of Ion go o up UI to tu the time wood of an ni evening even even- In ing after pigeons 1 con Its It's Is fortunate you yuu were CIC not hot lul there that evening eh cli He lie glanced at me ml quickly with wih hl his brows slightly contracted as thou though h he lie dl did not exactly comprehend me mime In iii an un Instant I saw that m my omy remark had hall caused him quick apprehension Yc ho hf rUI H ilch h he lie Intended should hould convey con con vey cy c to me mime utter unconcern The They rimey might have ha c suspected mo me It I certainly I Is u a disagreeable af affair affair af af- fair al' al to happen on 00 ones one's 1 properly 1 I s-ald s still sti watching him And Amid then Muriel i at his side Iana managed ell with wih her hI feminine in ingenuity to tn divert li cl the time conversation Into a a different chan ciman- nel Next lla day I accompanied tl time party part over o to about live l c miles mies distant dis ant tant and amid at nt noon at a spot pot previously arranged we wc found foun the time ladies ladles awaiting await awaIt- awal- awal In lug ing us with luncheon spread under time the trees As 5 soon soun as wo Muriel U en came in C n COI forward t quickly u ly handing hand hand- il big ing me mime a teJe telegram lm saying that It i had been sent seat over l cr by 1 one ona of m my uncles uncle's uncles grooms at nt the tho moment they wore were leaving lea the castle ensUe I tore tor it I open eagerly and 1 road read ll Us its is iscon con contents ten Is Then turning to m my companions com com- said In as ns quiet a n voice a as 1 could coul command I I must roust go o up UI to Ii Lon London on tonight mereat the men one lne tumid and all ni ex expressed ex- ex pressed e hope that I should soon sooim re rc- rc turn II party lt were vemo i a friendly set ct and at heart 1 I was sorry Oly to I leave lea Scotland Yet the tIme telegram made it I imperative for Cor it was as from room Frank H Hutcheson u in Iii Leghorn and amid andreal read read read- real real- Made inquiries married servant Armida at Italian Ital Itah- your OUI Ial ian fan General Consulate in Li London about a year car ago no They live G- G GAI Al Albany Al- Al han bany Road Hoad he lie Is employed em em- nailer Ferraris Ferrari's restaurant British Grove late Le Leghorn holn The Time lunch a was a men merry one as shooting luncheons usually arc are and ll hl while we wc ate the I keepers cepes packed cd oui OUR morning ba bag bag baa a a con considerable l erable one one one- into the In waiting lh Then n. n when we Wt v could wander n a away alone to to- to gether I explained to Muriel that the Lime reason of oC iii 1 my sudden journey to London London Lon Lori don domm was In iii or order er to continue my In Inn Investigations In- In n l luns regarding time the mysterious It 1 affair ifa Ia 1 h m This puzzled her for or ci I had not ol of course revealed to her hem that I hail luu identified Yet I managed to tu tomake make mali such uch excuses and promises to tu re return Ie re- re turn that I think allayed hOI her suspicions ions lun an and that nl night ht after aftem calling upon th the detective Mackenzie I wilt took th the sleeping cat n cn express for tur Euston guston Th Time The restaurant which Hutcheson Hutchcon Il Indicated was I found situated i tod about half haIr Grove Oro WU way up nearly near I ly opposite a small place where confectionery a und and mid sweets w were ro rodl dl displayed in Jim the time window together with wih long necked lon flasks o of I Italian allan chianti chiant chump chops small smal Joints and amid It I was soon after afteu 9 o'clock when imen I 1 entered the thc lon long shop with whim i its rows row rowl a of ui topped marble tables anti ami greasy lounges os of t rc red plush An unhealthy tn- tn un mum- healthy looking hookIng lad lath was sweeping out the place with wih wet sawdust and anc a abig abig ahi hi big dark bearded flabby faced manin man manIn in him shirt sleeves slet cs stood behind the time small counter polishing some mc forks oll sI s. s I 1 wish to see sec Signor Signer Ferrari I 1 said wId addressing ln him There is Ii no nu I Ferrari he lie Is 18 dead I tho time man In broken Bog Em- My I name is Ii I 1 bought the tho place from lom madame madam c. c You Yuu are alO nu Russian lan I presume Polish n froin r from I had neon from room tho the first r t moment we ye had m t that ho he was no Italian He lie was was waN too bulk bulky and his hit face Cace too tuo broad biond blond nn and HatI lint Hat fatI fat I have ha e come to inquire after a n waiter you ou have o ha In Iii your I q an Italian named Santini He Hc was m my omy servant for 01 sonic some years an and I naturally naturally ally aly tal take alto an Interest In him he repeated Oh Ohm y U u mean menn Ho no Is not here her yet ct Ho lIe 10 conies comes at ii 10 This reply surprised me mc I had hind ex expected cx- cx the the- restaurant J keeper to ex express ex- ex press regret at his disappearance yet yettie he tie spoke as though he h ha had been at work as usual on the previous pro day dav May Ia I have a liquor brandy I I asked seeing that I would woul bo cornS com com- I S a. a f r I polled lo to take mIte something Perhaps you ou will wiM wI have one with wih mo mime A Arh h no Hut Butt a yes c yes I t will 1 have a mi I kummel And Arid ho filled fled our glasses and amid tosse tossed off of his own at ata a n single le gulp smacking his imis hit lips alLot after It II t. t for 01 the thc average n Russian lan leall dearly Loves lo his national decoction of or Clawn coca cara- Cla wn way vay seeds feeds You In find a good servant I suppose 1 I said 11 for Cor want of oC some some- timing ely elKi to t say Excellent The Thc Italians are are- th time tho best bent waiters waiter In tIme the world I am nun Russian Rims Rus sian Inn but da dare not miot employ a waller waler These En English would not como come cometo lo tu m my shop If Ir I dl did 1 looked e around and It struck me mo that the Lime UtI trade of o tIme the place main mainly consisted of oC chops and steaks for fOI- chance chanc customers at la day timid and amid tea leu tea und and cake calw for or those swarms of or women who each afternoon buzz around that bug IonS ong line lne of oC windows 8 of or tho time worlds l provider I 1 could see sec o that lint his was a. a cheap tr trade e as revealed by ly the thc printed print ed ee notice stuck upon one of or tho the long lone blown ly-blown mirrors Ic Ices Id and ld Od How long bug has imas Olinto been with wih you OU I Inquired About a year year perhaps perhaps a a more I trust him and L 1 IN leave INC C him In charge when I go away for or holidays s 's Ho lie does docs not get along alon vcr very well with the tIme cook cook who who Is Mi ML- U- U moose lanese These Italians front from different provinces 1110 always quarrel ho added laughing If you livo hivo In Ial Italy you ou Know that no doubt I 1 laughed In chorus chmorus and amid then glancing glanc glanc- In log ing at my watch said sid Ill Il wait walt for fr him If Ir ho lie will wi be here hel at 10 Id I'd much like te to lo see ee him him n again aln Time The Russian was imas by hy no means nonplussed non lion but bul merely merly remarked remarked- lie He Is late sometimes but not hot o often lie IIo lo lives l cs on the other side of or London over over at nt C Ills His Ils confidence that hint the time wale walLet waller would return struck mo me Ie as extremely curious nevertheless 10 le less I po In patience strolled up tip and down the time lc anti then lien stood watching tho Limo traffic on un Ih time the Grove GlO outsIde The rime hc man scorned a l II Ie har hard working fellow with wih a a. keen eye to business for Cn he foil fell el to polishing the top 01 of or the lie marble tables with wih a. a f pall hail Ill nn and brush at the time same samo timo di directing It 11 the work of th the pallid IIa youth Su Suddenly a a side door opened anI and time thc cook put his head in lii to tu speak ak with hl his master In Iii French lie IIo 10 was waN wasa waNa a typical Italian about forty with dark dauk mustaches turned upwards and an aim cas going easy careless manner Seo- Seo cc- cc ing Ins me however and ln bele believing mo 10 li libo tobe tu to tube be bo a customer he lie turned and amid closed time the door quickly I In Iii 11 that lint instant I 1 noticed the Iho hl high h broadness of hl Ills his shoulders and his hack hael struck mo mime a as strangely el similar to tn that of nf the lie man In iii II brown whom we wc hn hind had seen dl disappearing disappear disappear- In log ing In Iii Wood The TIme suspicion held hell me mime breathless ra Was this Russian endeavoring to do- do 1 me inc when he lie declared that lint would arrive In lii a a few Cew minutes It I Deemed curious for fot time the man now dead m must ul I 1 reflected collected ha have v been n away n at al t least four our lays days days Surely his absence fi flom cm 01 work hint had caused time the proprietor cun considerable Inconvenience That was your our cook cool wasn't It I Tho Ilin e Milanese e who ho Is quarrelsome I laughed when milieu the side door hail hall CI closed N I Yes But nut Emilo I Is n a very good oo workman anil t and r ry I thou though h I hail hn constantly constanty to to complain that he ho uses use too tOE much oil 01 In 1 lug ing oi oil a Thc These o English do not nut like hIke Je tho thu I stood tool In iii time the doorway again aln watchIng watch watch- In lug Ing th time the busy throng passing towards Royal Hoyal Oak Oale Ten o'clock struck from froni rom a nel neighboring church chuich and ammil I stIll sti walled waited knowing only too Y well l that I waited waite in vain for a n man whose ho body y hind hall already been com com- omitted to lo the time grave e outside that faraway far far- awa away old uld Scotch town lown But I waited In tim II order ordel to a ascertain the time mot motive motor of or time tho boarded bearded Russian in iii il leading mo me to believe be he- lC- lC hove lieve that time the young OUIS follow fellow elow would really meally return Presently wont outside mig vi with wih tim Ii him I nm two boards board upon which the thC o of the thc EI penny Eight Luncheon This Day was written n In Cawl characters and amid proceeded to lo um them to tIme the shop front fm This rhuis was m iii my opportunity and amid quick as aN thought thou ht I moved towards thu youth was at o k and amid whispered Ill Il give In you half a 1 If I you'll youl answer 1 my amy questions truthfully Now tell me mime was the lie cook tho time man manIe Ive I've I e Just seen here yesterday Yes sit sir C z i Was as ho he here tho timo day before No Xo si sir lies lie's been een away III I fur for four foU And nl your our master lies Hes been awa away too Id sir I had no rio time lo to put any further question for time tho Russian entered re-entered at that lint moment anti and tIme the youth busied himself rubbing the front of time tho counter In him pretense that I hind had not spoken to him Indeed I loud had some in slipping tIme tho promised coin into his hand at a moment when his master was not looking hooking Then I paced up and down time the restaurant res res- waiting patiently anti and wondering won dering whether time the absence of had any ammy connection with time tho tragedy up iLl In Wood While I stood there a rather thin respectably dressed man entered and seating himself upon one of the lii plush at the further end t re removed e- e moved lila his bowler hat anti and ordered from time proprietor a chop and a pot of tea Then Timen taking n a newspaper from room his pocket he In settled himself to ii read mead apparently oblivious to his sum sur And yet as I watched med I saw that over time the top Oh of if his paper ho lie was csire- csire fully taking in timo general appearance of the and lila his eyes were keen keen- ly following time the Russian move moats ments The latter shouted In F French tho order tot for tho chop time the tube speaking to uj tho ho man and then lieu returning to his hils cus cus- tomer he spread out a napkin and placed a tt small cruet with knife fork fink and bread before him Hut But time tho CUK- CUK seemed immersed in his paper and amid never looked up imp until after time tho s hack back was Then so 80 deep was smas his Imis- Interest in the place and amid so keen Iteen those hose dark eyes of imi his that the truth suddenly dawned upon mo ome Mackenzie hind had telegraphed to Scotland Yard |