Show r R A ew RIO I 1 rig y tery by J S illustrations by IRWIN MYERS W N U service Q jy by alfred altred A knopf knop inc ina CHAPTER vill VIII continued 13 show them in said sald maythorne Alay thorne ile he turned wonderingly on u us as the girl withdrew manners Manner sl he e ex claimed here in london that apan something fresh 1 well manners he continued as the sergeant odd and another man both in plain clothes clot lios cane came into tile room staring curiously at their surroundings what adint brings brines you here take a seat you know these gentlemen manners grinned at crole crate and my mv self gelf ile he jerked ft a thumb fl M nis Ms companion a quiet looking observant ninn man detective sergeant Col herdale of the yard gentlemen he said well mr maythorne borne rin im here agn on bus business is ness you can guess 4 nt at tile the fact Is I 1 learned something yesterday and I 1 hurried ali ap to town by orders and ive been to new scotland yard and told all wo we know I 1 put cor berdale here on to help m mp two or three things tappi happened ened our wil way V yesterday all the fol folks LS L S Elphin n stop stones es 1 left eft lilar tower for london sudden then the hiigli COP cap lodge p party arty broke up and came here too same train later in the morning that old chap cowle that lives in a cottage close hy by leivers elvers Re It ivers den came to me and said that hed something to tell something sonic thing lie ile said that hed kept to himself until the gentlemen had gone away from mr Court hopes then when id assured him that no harm would come to him he went on to tell me that on oil the night of Maza rolfs murder some little time after hearing a shot fired near apar his 1119 cottage lie he went out and from behind his garden hedge saw two men close by one he said was the big fat gentleman from laj high gb cap fodse lod e the other was Par slave and says cowle convie lie saw em go away together talking sort of whispering in tile the direction ot of Court hopes now as we know Par slaves never been seen since in our parts where is le ie Is that what youve come to see doctor Eccle share about manners asked ed maythorne blaythorne it sir air me lne and detective ser sergeant bant Cork Corke ordale hero here are going to seo see doctor Eccle share and hear what hes bes got to say answered manners if Ilar was him that night then I 1 went want to know why and I 1 want to know where Par glave slave is now then ill save you some trouble manners said maethorne mas thorne Par slave Is where hes bes probably been ever since the night of the murder or rather since the day after lies hes in doctor Eceles bares house at paddington I 1 the two policemen looked at each other put cut that was only for a second each turned sharply on maythorne the man from new scotland yard spoke that looks like some sort of collusion between him and tills doctor he be salda said have to be seen we were just going to see sec them when lien you came remarked maythorne better come with us come along lwell 1 lwe well go see him film and hear bear the latest we all cje filed out and squeezed ourselves into a taxicab maythorne bade its driver to set us d down own at tile the corner of chapel street arrived there he be turned a little way down edi ihrl road looked at liia ills watch had and beckon beckoning lg the rest of us to follow entered the saborn bar of a pi pretentious looking tavern there in a quiet corner corder a tankard of ale and a plate of bread and cheese before blin sat ell the e queer clerk cottan aey quietly munching and reading a newspaper we grouped ourselves round cot till tingley ley maythorne instead of plying ring ng straight into business invited us all to anke a dolnic and said nothing until each of us had a tivi in hand then he turn ain i tile flip elp ca j he 0 ld d I 1 rutha lav I 1 d 1 m little thip ho it 11 vol sl am i ilie ile KII 1411 tier ner bor ji J i eller ITO IP I 1 1 and well hinnir colne ali 11 Par Ia marsae rame sae cm P out 1 D in i i i lie ile house III hr or r III up thol iril iral had ii a pint of tile therb iiii III tv nt lit back neither of III eni ell showell ir alii last neither of em ein left ohp house this morning but abnet a van came there anil and lerl lit 1 I trunks the sort of trunks people use that are going long distance tra ellry those strong zinc lined affairs they were carried la in by the nien men who came with the van all plenty Plen tyl 1 observed maythorne lie ile glanced significantly at the man from new scotland yard Eccle share Is going boang xo fo clear out I 1 he said what do ou think Corker Corke dalel what I 1 think Corker Corke dille answered Is avat tl at the sooner ve get gel to ko business the bellei battet the simplest thing to do sald said gaythorne way stay thorne Is to walk in III there say that Par stares been aseen to enter and have it out with the two of bliem com ont wll go there and in im we left Col Coltin tingley gloy and led by may thorne and manners went ore off to the quiet side street maythorne knocked the door was wag opened almost instantly by a tall elderly woman in cap cad anti and apron doctor at home demanded maythorne May thome just so thank you well come in lie ile and manners were over the threshold bufore the woman could say anything the rest relt of us ul crowding closely behind and looking over their shoulders found ourselves gazing 0 on n a big roomy liall hall set in the center of the ground floor and there before us and now turning on this incursion alth wondering and surprised faces were our two men inen the trunks of which Cot tIngley had spoken were open on the nail floor in hi I 1 hla shirt sleeves was engaged in parking packing things into them under Eccle esh shares ares superintendence Ci clearly parly as maythorne had suggested Eccle share was contemplating n departure ne he turned on us sharply as we crowded in and the ccok that lie gave cave us Is was vas one of nothing but surprise there was no annoyance no sig sign n of bel adt f consciousness it was easy to see that all that was in ills iila mind was just wonder at our presence Hii ITil liol lie he exclaimed tills you Bf manners anners and a whole COM company compline PlIny behind you yon V baals arisen some new development lk manners anners without hesitation pointed to iho on his big knees beside a trunk had turned to stare at him openmouthed open mouthed doctor Eccle share he said that roan man doing in your house Eccle share in his turn star stared ed first at then at manners par slave he be said why shou he be in my house iles hes in my employ my man your man your servant asked manners since when since I 1 engaged him at marras dale retorted hare lie he looked from one to tile the other of us 1 I dont know concern it is of manners lie went nent on but since you seen seem extraordinarily inquisitive I 1 may as m well ell tell you that ive sold this i practice and im going g to south america on other pursuits I 1 wanted a strong capable man preferably a countryman used to outdoor life to go with me and I 1 engaged Par slave chy iles hes liere here manners drew a long breath and shook ills his head you know that weve had a bill out tor for Par save slave this last two or three days doctor Eccle share he be said rosted posted all about the district wily why you tell us where Par Pai slave was 1 pardon rardon me my roan man I 1 know nothing ln whatever about any bill replied Eccle Ecle sharo barc 1 I was never near dear marras drle lie nor nor colchester Gil Cil chester the last few da s I 1 was in your parts I 1 neither saw jour bill nor heard of it manners became official in aspect ard tone lie ile jerked ills head towards Corke ai gli very well doctor he said tills this Is detective sergeant corker date dale from froin kew few scotland yard ive I 1 e been there tills ills morning and laid before tahe authorities certain facts concerning you and Par slave and it if we dont get some satisfactory explanation from you I 1 shall just have to ask you to come with us and explain sidn bilings gs eleft liere big face hushed flushed a little rut ut lie made an obvious attempt to keep beep ills his temper lemper K i 5 S i S H that sounds very threatening IN manners lanners lie he nn what explanation do you want manners hesitated im no lawyer ho he exclaimed no land hand at putting as 3 they ought to be put mr air crole there Is a lawyer per ier imps lie glanced appealingly at crole and aiole turned to Eccle share with a siddle tile the situation Is tills this doctor re fe ile Oe share he said you know as well as we do that mr mazaroff Maza rort was murdered a at t or near It elvers Re ivers den on the third night after ills his arrival nt at the woodcock ile he was also ro robbed lIed of 0 all his valuables and of important papers about tile tl e same time this man no implication on you parside Par sime mind in what I 1 say dis 14 1 ar fil 1 4 1 1 10 III N 11 rr app I 1 T 1 I f I 1 r i al I 1 1 R N vr J hullo he ha exclaimed this appears mysteriously Par slave Is now discovered in your house here in london youve given an explanation of that but theres more and it Is tills this I 1 think that sergeant manners is particularly referring to after you and mr Armin trade and your host bost mr courthope left Mar Alar yesterday morning information was given to manners to the effect that you and Par slave were seen near Rel Il elvers vers ilea dea on tile night of 0 the murder just after the informant had hoard thi shot fired which was no doubt the immediate cause of maza doffs death now rny my dear sir air I 1 think you should explain an anything that you can explain before I 1 give any explanation said after a pause 1 I should like to know who bo it was that saw Par slave and myself near III cheivers He civer ivers a deu den on tile tl e night of the murder well it was as coie cow ie said mm AND ners the old oil man who whip lives in III tile the cottage near Kel Rel vers den lie ile saw you buth nodded lie was dojk ing feromone fr from omone one to the other of esq us and tor for a moment or two be remained st sl lent evidently thinking look 1001 here lie said suddenly am I 1 or is Par slave or are tile two of us suspected of the murder of no ove one answered vered manners moved uneasily in ills his chair tile alie tila IT from new scotland yard pres preserved presumed emed a gran as 5 t i i S H 4 ite alke countenance showed ed what seemed to be indifference crole and myself looked on there was a brief silence bro broken lien by manners 1 I should ake lilt to know what par slave there has haa to say about his movements that night lie salil said A rare lot of trouble hes given us im quite sure that Par slave the slightest notion that lie gave you any trouble remarked Eccle share you vou towel forget I 1 taink that Par slave cant read so he learned anything from tile the newspapers but rai Par slave tell sergeant manners sl anners what you did that evening you left marras dale Par lave slave thus hidden bidden screwed up his bis race face to tile the feat of remembrance Clough thwaite fair day that was lie he said raid id been there abere come away from there end 0 the afternoon then I 1 went home end t nd according to orders doctors orders there changed dollies clothes cause why I 1 was to so go to london that night got my supper then and after that walked along to the woodcock I 1 went in there and had a pint the strange gentleman as was stopping there lie he come into the room where there was a re aar crowd on us drovers and shepherds and such like lie ile stood treat all round drinks and smokes generous Gen rous he be was then he went away I 1 stopped a bit longer then I 1 wont went off to meet the doctor there by arrangement I 1 met him all as I 1 did that night before leaving did you ever mention to anybody that you were going to london asked maythorne yo no muster I 1 never lid did replied ram lave no cause to im a lone man neither kith nor kin nobody to leave paid up I 1 did where I 1 lodged and just went oft off where did you meet doctor eccle share sl iare asked manners where it had been arranged replied Par slave promptly near arelers Ke Re liers lers ilea den ire was to be there and give tile me orders and my traveling money and there lie he was just so Eccle shore said there I 1 was and I 1 think id better tell you as things are p precisely what happened sibly I 1 ou ought it to haie hae told all tills before but I 1 had reasons tor for silence I 1 felt that at last there was going to be some revelations as to tho the murder of mazaroff which up to then had never been made and I 1 began to feel a curiously sickening sense ot of apprehension hen slon not unconnected with aith the events of the pre ious evening ec cle share knew something so too I 1 probably did Par slave cut but what 1 I say eny I 1 had reasons for keeping silence continued settling down to talk to us 1 I had stron strong enough for me perhaps ive been wrong perhaps in these cases murder adert nobody should keep beep silent under any circumstances anil and yet jouit see as men eliat I 1 had reasons and weighty belg ity ones now ill tell you as it seems absolutely necessary precisely what bat happened to kursave Pur Par save slave and myself on the night on which mazaroff Mn met ills his death let me die begin at tile beginning before I 1 went up north to Mar id decided to soil sell my practice lad had sold it in fact and to leave enlind england for south america and a quite different life prospecting shooting hunting anil and that sort of tiling thing I 1 wanted to take with me a man be useful to me ele preferably a countryman a gamekeeper used to outdoor life was the sort of man inan I 1 lad bad in mind at mar I I 1 caer across Par slave as you can see fur for yourselves lies hes just the wiry muscular mus ular kular sort of chap that wils was wanted ile he Is as lies su suld 1 d just now a lone inne man iman nothing to tie him to england lids hes thoroughly up in woodcraft nod aud that sort of tian in 1 short 0 lie he was the very man I 1 W was 1001 looking t ng tor for I 1 broached the mutter matter to ld him and we me very soon came to terms there were certain things that ho could do for tile me here in london so 80 I 1 arranged that lie should come up in advance ad vince of me slid and stay at my house until my return we arranged further that on the night after fair which he had to attend on busness business lie he was to meet rue me and I 1 was then to give him money and some final instructions and he was to leave for newcastle anti anil london wily why by newcastle asked maythorne its it a dett detail ll but why not by black oil junction and carlisle tile alie more usual western route ill tell you answered Eccle share Par slave lias 1183 some interest in a bit of cottage property in newcastle as he was leaving england he wanted to see a solicitor in newcastle who manages that property and to give him some Instruction 1 about it so we arranged that after seeing me he was to cross the moor to that little branch line hae that runs past east of Mar catch the elie last train to newcastle sta stay the night there see his solicitor in the morning and then go on to kings cross all of hibb ito hu wu will tell you ann himself he did very well fand and your meeting that night dight asked blaythorne tt tc AS K CONTINUE Ot all |