Show ru THE GR GREEN EYED ACCOMPLICE T rBY r BY E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM J J Mg Copyright c 1122 by y E Phillips 1 NEA NA Service Inc Here Hr Is the first tint story In splendid new series of mystery solving stories stones torie In which Is recounted the th remark remark- remarkable r mark mark-abl able pursuit of ot Michael SIL ere famous International criminal by Sir Norman Normin Or y formerly of Scotland Yard Tard Sayers Is I sought by the th le of o many m ny countries for tor operations under 0 a a dozen do G yea Itself In a 0 series of narrath os of compelling Interest the th greatest r e stories since Sherlock follow the th Holmes Be B sure jure to Oppenheim stories In this MICHAEL L nAINs nAIN's ros ms STORY The duel or perhaps I should say sav a bet b tn een en Norman Norm ji nd mys myself known my lt known C-known known under many aliases but christened Michael Say Say- Sly era began ers ber n on the th morning of oC the tho third of oC o November some years ago when wIlen I left lert my suburban home at BrIton t tO td catch my usual train to tf the city and found Cound myself confront confront- confronted ed d upon the pavement nt with the ira ira- chances of life lite or death I will admit that I was as as tall taken t len en by bv surprise Evry man at Scotland lard was WILS known to me mc by name anu reputation and nd I 1 was w s perfectly con con- convinced con convinced vinced In my own mind that thero ther was no flO one In that much abused but from our point of lew Institution capable of penetrating th s creta of ot my dally daily life lite and discover discover- ilK lag In me the reputed Thomas Pugs Pugs- Purs-ley Purs Jew Icy leather broker of St Thomis j Street and Wool Wool- Wool Wool-lerton l lerton Road Brixton the most ac- ac accomplished ac accomplished and daring criminal of modern times I know at once when n I 1 saw iw the th police Inspector I Ith hid two plain clothes companions cross cross- crossing cross ns lag ing the th road toward me that som- som ono sonn ono else was takIng a hand In the tho I I i ie e I- I I I 1 I IMi Mi fi H 1 It p f-p th they had recovered from th the street and In an empty telephone game fame Even at that moment when I t lad rad ad little time for observation I 1 w to the well remembered uro figuro of ofa ofa ofa a a ivan iran emerge from behind the cur cur- cur of ot Number opposite ite anI It took me inc exactly ten seconds to realize that henceforth after atter I had hd escaped from t this s present I should hould ha ha e to move my pieces with greater circumspection across the tho I chessboard of life lite I recognized him himat himat himat at once one His hair had grayed out nut hIs keen eyes his hi forceful mouth and hIp hie long lon lean face fac were all un- un unchanged un changed He was wa the one ono man In the tho theold theold old Id days dILYs day whom we w had all alt feared the man whose who retirement from the thu Yard we w had bad celebrated with a small but very vry select little dinner at the Cafe Royal My old hatred of ot hire him I blazed up as a I realized the th nature of his return to tl the th caree aree which he h had abandoned I mad made up my mind then that It if ever the time come came when I should be b the th arbiter of his hll hi fate tote this man should ha hae no ha e eno no quester The Th street was wa a short one an ani within 60 50 yards yard ot of a bustling thor thor- thor Nevertheless Nev beless at that early hour there th re were not many popl about and as It afterward transpired witnesses f of f the th few seconds followed were almost non ex nonexistent latent It has alwa always s 's been my prin prin- principle principle ciple that the th best form of defense II 11 prompt attack While the th inspector Inspector tor br stood with his open ready to Inform me m that he h hel held helda helda 1 a A arrant for my arrest I shot him through the th right shoulder He stAg t Ered and would woud have fallen but for Cor his hll two Before B for they thoy Jad propped him up against the th rail rail- railings rail ings inga and recovered froze from their sUr- sUr ur prIce I was round the th corner of ot the th tiet and In an empty t booth In the adjacent post office SUb SUb- SUbstation substation sub station I have hav always maintained that the phon company Is an unjustly abused Institution On this occa occa- l n at t any rote rate rat my defense of the wu was justified Within thirty seconds second ot of f asking for Number 1000 Hop I X al toe whose whole e duty It was to dust and ond keep keepIn keepIn in good food order my samples of ot leather which which to tell the truth were rare rare- ly Iv 17 used My few tw rapid words word of ot Instruction In- In n spoken spoke I turned my atten atten tion to those thole thos Ingenious devices device which h although savoring a little of ot the trickster have hav on snore more mor than one oc- oc oc occasion casion culon assisted me m In preserving m my liberty I turned my overcoat overcoat which In place gilice of ot a sober black garment Stow now became a covering of ot light gray Eray tweed d with a belt half behind I 1 rolled my say trousers up to the th knee d disclosing very VeTY well cut brown teath l lather rown er gaiter It I t left my black hat bet In Inthe Inthe the telephone box t l box phon-box replacing r It witha with a tweed tw cd cap cop I removed with a n little pan pang of regret the tho th most rent wonderful dark mustache that the th hand of ot the had bad ever vr fashioned adjusted I a pair pall ot of t dark spectacles and made mado my exit There waa was some som commotion In the th street outside and the tb trickled young lady behind the th counter paid scant cant attention to mo m Th The telephone t service doesn't get any better I said aid pleasantly It Ita taken mo me m nearly ten tn minutes minute to Wet Jet two numbers number umbers She b accepted my iny complaint with Her Br attention was wal till still on the th street outside What WiLt la ii I It Itt A tire first l I 1 eske Site She Sh shook hook her hr heed head I E dont don't knoW k w she h answered dj I thereupon ta r upon made mad my way Into Int the th street tret There T r was wa a lIttle UtU crowd In Road and ana a a motor m tr am am- am c came c m alaf Up 1111 u I strolled lODI along the th broad Tad thoroughfare until I i Md h a taxicab b I balled the mAn n n c s- s I and jid hesitated for tor a moment glanc glanc- Inc s-lanc-Inc lag up at the sky Is III It going a to keep fine tine I asked linE the driver He H considered the point for a mo- mo moI mo moment much mont menlo Dont fancy tancy theres there's I more rain about he h ye- ye r piled Then drive to Streatham Hill Hili Sta Station tion I directed From Str Streatham Hill I 1 traveled tra to London Bridge by the electric rail rail rail- railway way and from London Bridge I took tooka II a taxi to Waterloo From Waterloo I 1 caught the ten ten forty forty train to Brook Brool wood Brook and from the tho hotel thero there where r I paused for Cor some som slight refreshment I engaged a taxicab to drive me m to the th country retreat of a certain Mr James Stanfield situated on Oct the tho fringe of Golf Golt Links Link IlIam my work man was waI I in the garden rarden and welcomed me lu with th the tho bucolic Indifference or of hla hi class Janet Janet J n t his niece admitted m promptly to the th house hous and ye- ye re received my unexpected visit with a ye- ye respectful re respectful lack of curiosity that was a heritage of her earlier training III as mald parlor maid Sho She lit tho fire fir In tho utile room bitting-room and listened to my few Ow remarks with wilh Imperturbable Yet T t on that morning more mor than any other In my life lite I felt a II shadow of uneasiness concerning Janet Jenet I watched her hr In silence stooping over the tire fir II a oung olinI woman with a II figure ure whose her ill fitting corsets and ond clothes failed altogether to conceal pale of oC complexion with nith Ith tl c th tI c queer colored eyes close Upped close and anI with a 0 mass ma s of well well-brushe well glossy brown hair When she stood up a little flushed with her h r en exe- exe exe she he faced me for tor a II moment alting for orders I am em not R a a SUJ- SUJ surprise I 1 was round the corner comer of 01 booth In the adjacent c man mon but It struck me tor for the he first Urn time that the th girl eirl was more mor than ordinarily looking good NothIng hax hu ha happened during my abs absence nce JaneI Janet Jane I Inquired Nothing at et all sir air she re replied lIed Nobody called There Th re was WIlS a rate collector she said He H wanted to know your ad- ad drus In london ondon Did you tell him 7 I 1 do not know It It sir she ye- ye reminded r minded minded me quietly 1 removed my glasses and polished I am an expert but the th girls girl's Impassivity battled baffled mI me ma I will leave It with you before I go away next time I Please pit me out a a tray gray tweed twe l roll golf Buit ault and stockings Shall you be requiring lunch sIr she asked ked I will lunch at the th Golf clu club I told her h r I shall dine at lit home She Sh left lett l t rae me m silently an and without further remark r mark When I went up- up upstairs upstairs upstairs stairs a few minutes later my bed bed- bedroom bedroom b droom room as usual was spotlessly neat neat my in golfing clothe clothes laid out without any single omission I discarded my somewhat articles of attire donned my golfIng wIth some som care and ond made my way to the links linke In the passage ot of o the thu c I met the secretary Art Are Are you wanting a game am this at- at afternoon Mr Stanfield he h asked uk d 1 should be b glad flad of one I 1 r piled plied Theros Theres Ther s 's just a man jua come do ho ho ent on lr Co four handicap You will find him In the grill trill I I made mad my way there tb r Stated Seated at a table alone alon was waa Sir Norman Greyu Greyez the man who had hd watched watch d for tor my arrest st a few f w hours hour ago aro In ton Road Brixton Continued In Our Next Issn 00 00 |