Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-08


Sussex. You wouldn't let me follow
him. He was out late several nights
on his motor car along the North road
/ would have met him and smashed
his face in with life preserver, but
you held me back. What are you driv-
ing at? What's the gamer"
"You shall see"
Grenier went to a cupboard and took
out a small box. From this he pro-
duced a single check and several slips
of paper on which were written names
and signatures.
THAT is an old check signed by Phil
ip Anson," he said coolly. Here is his
signature repeated several times for
amusement. 1t only needs a man of
action like you. an accomplished actor
like myself, to possess the necessary
nerve-the nerve that risks all on a
supreme coup-and we will be not only
rolling in money, but able to enjoy life
pleasantly in any part of the world we
select, even in London when the wind
changes little"
you must talk plainly il you want
me to understand you," said Mason
doggedly.
every we'll You think I am some
what like Philip Arson at this mo-
ment?''
His image, confound hlmv'
mo; not his image l would not
humbug his friends. l might puzzle
them for moment at distance, but
let them speak with me, and l am
dono IL ic cuff fhof 7 oY,1hIo
hin. But the handwriting - that is
goodP'
First class"
''There 1 agree with you. My skill in
that direction has been admitted by
three bank clerks and an Old Bailey
judge. And now for the coup. If you
intend to kill this young gentleman,
you may as well kill him to our mu-
tual advantage. There is no gain in
being hanged for him unnecessarily,
ehP'
Mason glared at him in silence.
II see must keep to the point. We
must, by some means, inveigle him to
place where you can work your
sweet pleasure on him. All, that in
terests you! 1t must be known that he
/ is going to that place. 1t must be
! quite certain that he leaves it,
Leaves itv'
eyes. I, Philip Arson the second,
will leave it. l will lay my plans
quite surely. / will even telegraph my
movements to his fiancee and to his
agent Abingdon, who used to be sti-
pendiary magistrate at Clerkenwell.
Now, don't interrupt. You spoil my
| train of thought Philip Arson will
| live again for days after you have
er-disposed Of him. By that time you
! viii have established such an alibi that
an archangels testimony would not
shake 1t. Then Philip Arson will dis
appear, vanish into thin air, and with
him a hundred thousand or more of
his own money, some in gold, but
mostly in notes which will have been
changed so often as to defy any one
to trace them. AS a precautionary
measure, he will go out of his way to
annoy or insult the young lady whom
he intends to make his wife, and that
alone will supply an explanation, of
Sort for his wish to conceal his move
VIII DIOpCL lnulldSCA1Chtt
Philip Arson should leave the map
| without exciting comment for weeks
after he Is dead, and when the weeks
grow into months people will class his
disappearance with the other queer
mysteries familiar to every one who
reads the newspapers. Neat, isn't it?"
TOO neat. You can't do it,
Have you or l evolved the idea7
Who runs the greatest risk, the man
who strikes one blow and hides dis
figured corpse or he who calmly faces
hundreds of men and says he is Philip
| AnSon?"
81 don't care about risk, but If 1t
comes to that l suppose you are the
more likely to be found out"
Thank you. You see my way at
last. In any event, you are safe. Even
suppose am discovered will split on
you? VIII l add a charge of murder
to one of forgery? Not much! l tell
you the scheme is workable, not by
timid bunglers, but by clever men. !
admit l haven't the nerve to kill any
body, nor would l care to suggest this
present arrangement to an accomplice
plerely to make money. But If you
are resolved to end Philip Anson's
earthly pilgrimage l can't prevent you,
and l fail 10 see any reason why
shouldn't profit by the transaction"
what about me when the thing is
donep'
ooh, you are beginning to appreciate
the other side Of events. Now. we
will assume that Philip Arson has
been dead couple of months and Vic
tor Grenier has amassed fortune by
sheer run of luck on the turf; 1t Ia fair
ly evident that Victor Grenier must
divVy with Jocky Mason or the latter
can make the world too hot to hold
him, even if an old friend were unkind
enough to refuse TO disgorge unless un-
der pressure"