The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-01
THE SCHEMES OF
COLONEL CLAY
Continued from Page 10.
) attache stared hard at us.


hearing him make a speech once at a
city dinner. And what charge have
you to prefer, Sir Charles, against my
cousin?"
Your cousin?" Charles cried. This
is Colonel Clay, the notorious sharperl"
The attache smiled a gentiemanly
and superior smile
This is Colonel Clay" he answered,
''of the Bengal staff corps"
1t began to strike us there was some
thing wrong somewhere.
But he has cheated me, ali the
same" Charles said-"at Nice two
years ago. and many times since; and
this very day he has tricked me out of
$4,000 in French bank notes, which he
has now about him."
The colonel was speeches.. But the
attache laughed.
What he has done today I don't
know" he said, but if it's as
apocryphal as what you say he did
two years ago, you've a laundering bad
case, sir, for he was then in India, and
/ was out there, visiting him."
Where are the G2,OOO?" Charles
cried. Why. you've got them in your
hand! You're holding the enVelOpei"
The colonel produced it.
This envelope" ne said. was left
with me by the man with short stiff
hair who came just before you, and
who announced himself as Sir Charles
Nandrift. He said he was interested in
tea in Assam, and wanted me to join
the board of directors of some bogus
company. There are his papers, l be
lieve," and he handed them to his
cousin.
Well, I'm glad the notes are safe,
anyhow" Charles murmured, in a tone
Of relief beginning to smell rat "Will
you kindly return them to me?"
The attache turned out the contents
of the envelope They proved to be
prospectuses of bubble companies of
the moment, Of no importance.
"Medhurst may have put them
there" l cried. and decamped with
the cash.
Charles gave a groan or horror.
And Medhurst is Colonel Clay" he
exclaimed, clapping his hand TO his
= forehead.
4 beg your pardon, sir" the colonel
;nterpOsed. Il have but one person
ality, and no aliases"
II took quite half an hour to explain
this imbroglio but as soon as all was
explained. in French and English, to
The satisfaction of ourselves aud the
juge d'instruction, the real colonel
shook hands with us in most forgiv-
ing way, and Informed us that he had
more than once wondered, when he
gave his name at shops i'm Paris, why
it was often received with such grave
suspicion. We instructed the police
that the true culprit was AIedhurst,
whom they had seen with their own
eyes, and whom we urged them to pur-
sue with all expedition.
Meanwhile. Charles and l. accompa-
MED by the colonel and the attache-
IN hn
called at the Bank of France for the
purpose of stopping the notes immedi-
ately. 1t was too late, however. They
had been presented at once and cashed
in gold, by pleasant little lady in an
American costume, who was afterward
identified by the hotelkeeDer (from cur
description "a his lodger Nine. Picar-
Get. 1t was clear she had taken rooms
i'm the same hotel, to be near the In
dian colonel; and 1t was she who had
received and sent the letters. As for
cur foe, he had vanished into space, as
always.
Two days later we received the usual
insulting communication on a sheet of
Charles own dainty note. Last time
he wrote ii was on Craig Ellachie pa
per: this time, like the wanton lam
wing, he had got himself another crest
Most Perspicacious of Millonaires!
--E>dlu not wen. as MeQnurSL, lnat
you must distrust everybody? And the
one man you never dreamt of dis
trusting was-Medhurst. Yet see how
truthful I was! l told you I knew
where Colonel Clay was living-and /
did know exactly. l promised to take
you 10 Colonel Clay's rooms, and to get
him arrested for yOu-and l kept my
promise. l even exceeded your ex-
pectations; for Tagave you two Colonel
ms ~.N L
the wrong man-that is to say. the real
one. This was a neat little trick; but
it cost me some trouble
First, l found out there was a real
Colonel Clay in the Indian army. /
also found out he CHANGED to be COM
ing hcme on leave this season. /
might have made more out OF him. no
doubt; but ! disliked annoying him,
and preferred 70 give myself the fun
of this particular mystification. I
therefore waited for him to reach Par
is, where the police arrangements suit
ed me better than in London. While I
was looking about, and delaying opera
lions for his return, happened to hear
YOU wanted d detective So l offered
myself as out of work, to my old en-
ployer, Marvillier, from whom I have
had many good Jobs in the past; and
there you get, in short, the kernel of
the Colonel.
Naturally. after this. I can never
go back as a detective to MarvfIlier's
But. on the large scale on which have
learned 70 work since ] first had the
pleasure OF making your delightful ac-
quaintance. this matters little. To say
the truth. I begin to feel detective
work a cut or two below me.
Il am now a gentleman of means
and leisure. Besides, the extra knOwl-
edge of your movemets which j have
acquired in your house, has help<d
still further to give me various hsids
upon you. So the fluke will be true
to mis- own pet lamb. To vary the
metaphor, YOU are not fully shorn yet
Remember me most kindly TO your
charming family. give Wentworth my
love. and tell Mile. Cessrine l owe her
a grudge which | shall never forget
She clearly suspected me. You are
much too rich, dear Charles; i relieve
your plethora ] bleed you financially
Therefore. I consider myself your sin
cerest friend.
LAY-BRABAZON-M EDHURST
Fellow Of the Royal College of Sur
geons.'
Charles was threatened with apo
pIexy This blow was severe.
3.Whon can trust" he asked plant
lively. when the detectives themselves,
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