Show I 1 kofr ya A diw y dp by randall fie MY sec tery w of 01 parrish athor of the ur U r dagger athe the of cavendish strange case fer MYSTERY Synopsis In a now isow york jewelry store etore philip severn united states consular agent notices a small box which attracts hini ile he purchases it IL later he discovers in a secret c 0 M apartment part ment a writing giving a claw to a revolutionary movement in this country seeking barking to over overthrow w the chilean government the writing mentions a rendezvous and severn decides to investigate finding the place mentioned in tho the writing a apparently deserted severn VI visits bit a saloon baloon in the vicinity A woman in the place la Is met by a roan man seemingly by appointment and severn lils ills suspicions aroused follows thal they go eo to the designated meeting place an abandoned iron foundry at tile the rendezvous severn Is accepted as an one of the e conspirator and admitted 11 lie meets rt a stranger who addresses addres Bea hl him M as harry daly tho the incident plays playa into Severn Bevc rna ts hands and he accepts ace apts it III his 13 now new acquaintance actual n tance la 1 a e notorious n 0 thief gentleman george harris concealed severn hears hear the girl he had follwell followed address tho the conspirators she blie urges them to hasten the work of the lie revolution ol ution tile the gitl discovers severn listening she accepts his him explanation of hla his presence pre senco and makes make an appointment to meet him next iday day lie ile tells her his him name to Is daly har ills ile informs him 0 of a scheme he aha has to secure a sum amounting to th the e r revolutionary evolutionary fund and offers to split spill with him severn accepts the proposition ser bar ern learns it was his new friend and a captain alva who had lout lost the box which started him on the trall trail harris tells him the woman Is marlo marle geasler gassier ile he arranges to kneet severn next day at tom c os igans saloon leaving the building severn finds the body of captain alva stabbed to death with a hatpin dagger ile he remembers having seen it or one like it in marlo Oes Gess lers hat severn Is forced to believe she Is the slayer V CHAPTER VII continued 10 there was no outworn sign of any surveillance as I 1 turned into tile block indeed except for a grocery truck before one of the houses and an organ grinder at the further corner a group of children the street wits entirely deserted mustering my illy courage cou rape and with n feeling of deep excitement I 1 advanced up the steps of the house slumbered numbered and refuge in the outer vestibule bul rang tho taio bell I 1 heard no distant tinkle finkl jait ut within a moment or two the door opened a crack held lit I 1 that position by a chain arid the lie face of a middle aged woman peered out fit at me well whist Is it she snapped in no encouraging tone 1 I should like to see miss conrad I 1 began apologetically 1 I have nn an appointment with lier her tot not here bero tor aint young ninn man for there hero aint nobody by that name lit in tills bou house re are you sure tills this Is la is it pot that was the number given me ohp hp aras to be liere here at two awn pre Is nit nil right I 1 aint denyle that the voice wom more acid anu lavor ever idt put aint no miss conrad crne erp fo BO flippin nil is a bout it j rut must be must be nut hInt liln I 1 guess I 1 know ive been yere seventeen years nit in ther never wits nobody of that nning 41 I 1 well what 16 1 it IP she snapped ver ler in this house besides im house bouge cle cleanie anin and daht stand yere llila au all day do you know a pan annn named krantzor I 1 flung nt at her despe desperately ratel F in a last effort to carouse sonic re flip onse adolph krantz 0 no o I 1 ilont dont thero theral bint nt none of of those yere 1411 14 I 1 rell 11 yer the door slapped shut in roy my taw fare and I 1 heard a bolt shot lato place the interview was na n a tended I 1 stared h nt at tile he blank door ila a then turned amy nind nad slowly j retraced et raced my steps to tile f peet sq R t tle ie I e fuld de dc i it tn HK hd ird been li ft al 11 liu lie olf u tur in hat cut nit on tills this wild goose huge chase so hint t s alif might laugh over mer my illy still sliu elty lint but was us tills true if no ho flow lio was mas I 1 to account n count tor for tile lie alii that both she kli wid nikl lind had tile lie tunic t number r imd and streeta street 7 it could not inertly through chance something must linc have happened lit ID the nw an while lille to mer throw till ier lila tift to caulp tills rabid housekeeper to even deny her very fai existence aal I 1 held abe kry key of explanation the anar iler der of alva ajia till nil doubt here was MI bolth cause and effect the girl ind had fd ed to elther see tile nip herself or 1 proxy lit in the form of this mysterious miss conrad Conni il hut whitt luit had occurred had compelled a sudden change lit in it necessity for con acaling glicr ter escape there was n tit no way nay lit in which slie she could notify tile but site might very eastly line have telephoned to her landlady and if tit tin place was as what lint I 1 it to ho be she alio might lime have every confidence that lid hel secret would be guarded I 1 glanced tit up tit lit the front of tile alie house tile the windows but without results the curtains were closely drawn to keep out the still sini anti the atie place appeared forlorn und and deserted at the delicatessen shop on oil tile the corner I 1 gained a gleam of light lint but merely enough to strengthen my illy former judgment the keeper a finx en cn linfred swede sede wits uns loquacious enough but lind lad only been in business there n few weeks 1247 le compte yon ion say yes site she takes roomers sonie home are men and some soine art women omen they come in here and buy but I 1 never ask the it was us till nil cash so why liy should I 1 care sometimes I 1 hear them call names sure but never conrad the woman what keeps the house walt and I 1 tell you it Is on the books nil all I 1 you rend read as site eho wrote it for me airs augusta waldron maybe a adow widow what you think dah slie she never like anything mi thing I 1 have to sell I 1 care nothing lor for trado trade with ith her a cat tills this mrs airs augusta Wi Ival ildron droll I 1 left him with etli the sound of the name ringing in fit iny illy ears the whole MIS traveling lit in a circle and tile the circle was growing ly jy more compact Il lindly I 1 was tu niblIng up lip against it here and here niost tw expectedly augusta Will waldron dron beyond bf ond doubt was ivan will irons drons no her was wua designated the lie mel meeting tang place for talo lioe people I 1 returned to tile ho hotel only na as I 1 stood before the door did I 1 realize that the newsboys wore were calling out T extra atral 1 all about the I 1 frit felt that my illy face was white and that it liy hand shook yet I 1 hastily bought coples copies of half a 11 dozen sheets sho shoving thein into illy pockets the reports were mostly alike exceedingly cee brief and unsatisfactory except that they conveyed the alie impression that thus fur far the police possessed no real clue ad to the perpetrator of the crime no one connected with the meeting the lie night before VAS ans mentioned lit in any urt article lele nor was ians tiny any hibay v of 0 such much a Ine meeting eting I 1 read the last hust line 1110 with I 1 a I 1 biski fooling feeling of relief dropp lil lu lit on oil the lie floor 1 alic thc y hail had discovered descom red tio no i ulic nothing whatever to work upon tho interior ot of the cur car hat had no evidence of its former alie tile the oil only v reference being to mud on oil he floor outside all footprints had joven hren obliterated lite rated by the lie falling rain no one oile tn lit tile the neighborhood hall heard a sound round or uny tiny movement tile whole affair wits was shrouded in ili mystery what under iheke th 0 wits was my illy duty what could I 1 either cither to do or say bay to clarity clarify this tragedy unit bring the guilty to justice I 1 sat there for an hour thinking anil and smoking endeavoring deavo ring to answer these queries I 1 could u ad study out no clear way to any c confession f slon which would not directly involve raybell in the foils of the police or tase ls marie gessler so as to make any defense on her part almost no doubt she was guilty yet jet I 1 could not drive myself to I 1 openly charge her with the th crime there must be bome extenuating circumstances cum stances some tul unknown known cause which had bad led to the act I 1 cooki not forget her face her manner the clear womanly look of lier her eye she he was no murderess and it was waa not in rily ray heart to denounce her OB as such ouch besides De sides if I 1 took this responsibility 1 f would only ewe to clother other crimes of more importance than the violent death of this chilean revolutionary the murder perhaps of many innocent victims and the lie destruction of much valuable proy property for alvar aduth would stop tile the plowing plotting audy ma kd y on foot the money wits was still heh lit n new york ready to ile be used ched the propagandists ts at washington would never permit it to long lie idle they would find gniew somewhere here another leader and I 1 alone seemed to be in ft position to balk their hellish purpose perhaps it was oven ven r orders that alva had thas been put out of the way lie he lad had acted too slowly and suspicion ml bt have aft been n aroused as to lils his real purpose on every side I 1 was assailed with doubts yet even if I 1 held silent I 1 knew not in which direction t to 0 tuna attim I 1 fin and d lost till nil touch the girl she lind find failed ine ate completely either hy by accident or r design ajer appointment etli tile me liala and saved to 40 re avem vem only one fact might prove prova of lin le ie compte street etim undoubtedly it a link in the chain of the lie conspiracy it wits tile the home of ivan waldron Wi ildron once I 1 told tills discovery to harris the any might be opened to closer I 1 investigation I 1 loll 1011 hut what had become of harris it wits 1 already approaching six alx lx and the ninn mail had not telephoned me surely lie must he be aware by tills this time of the h murder of alva the uselessness of seeking longer to find him alive lie niso endeavoring to avoid tile me wits ills fits purpose deceit or had ad some suspicion allmen lit in its ills mind its as to my illy willy being marry hurry daly Arous aroused wit hy by tills possibility and un tin oble to remain longer I 1 slipped a revolver reul vur front from uie depths of my illy hog bag into a cont coat pocket tin and departed again they ter me youre hunting parker for costigane Cost Igans determined to learn th truth I 1 approached the same saine ba bartender r with whom I 1 lad had spoken in ili the morning and lie he must hiu have recalled me ine at once for without answering my question lie turned and culled called out to a heavily hem 11 sot set red fined faced fellow at the lower end ell of the bar dan here Is that guy who lio was asking for porker parker lie ile aint hear euthin from him the other came fon vaid elbowing its ills way nay roughly ahr through ugh aie crowd find looked nie ugly in the face im costigan he fie said bald shortly they tell tile me youre hunting porker parker did you m liti have nn appointment with him YA lie he was to meet nie ille here tills then I 1 left a telephone slumber number hut but lie he called tile me lie ile nent been back the rea son come coine along with ith wo me i anva want nt A private word with you ou I 1 followed him blin rather doubtfully al though its ills words anti and actions appeared ap friendly enough in ili a gruff ivirty n lie ile led the way a to a closed door ut tit the old ind of the bar which when lion opened flis closed cd a small business office ion con twining merely a desk and two hairs chairs to ills fits rattier rather gruff invitation to sit iowa I 1 accepted one of these alie e chewing at tile the cigar between my teeth and endeavoring to appear qui quite teat at etise ease costigan after securing the door seat pd pa film belf tit fat the desk turning his swivel chair about tso so as to face tile ine his freckled hano handa on his knees george told me ine about you this morning he be began at least I 1 sup cup pose youre the lad your name bayr I 1 nodded greatly relieved but nn an W filing to trust my voice tolee the ne man did not know me had bad no ino suspicion lad ter meet yer and C tigan filed fc alp VIM and toothed a match t to the tobacco without rin removing leving hla his steady gaze gate from roy my felc faw we never had no dealings deall nga together but if yer tied up with barge its ita quite likely ve ive will rill herp 1 ie nn an I 1 hav beon been partners pard nera ners fer a ls 1 g wrillie allf alvs it a h hl l I of a good guy we W just jurt ran mn into each other accidentally dm tally I 1 explained feel lits lint that ht h expected expect dl rae me to say aay tonti hInK ln oct goit onto the troll trail or of the same mine noodle ne lie told you I 1 sup supposal no he t just r arild hedd run onto you and that you xe x 4 e liable to turn a talc trick k together 0 urge dont slop over that aint his style ile bilut he spoke about nw m well vell yes in a way wax lint im it want no more man I 1 told ver pr he fie had to po go out afore you por got ri nind so he said you was comin in im for roo me to be decent to whency r yer in how lang was tens awit t tit le gone you mutt must have ralth altti in me in sp ite of nil all j ITO 1116 clfo yc N INTZ SUM |