Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-19

years TO come. the law viii see TO that
We shall never meet again. for the Simple
reason that a physique like mine Will not
there. Goodbye
Mary kept back her tears. She would
have felt better II she could have seen eron
the slightest trace of remorse in her
brother
Marry Bennington" he said. lie has
been pretty faithful to you and you wRt be
alone in the world now. You should think
yourself lucky with a man like that to fan
back upon. l have to say adieu to the lot
of you
Sartoris was gone at last In fact. the
whole lot were packed on the motor car
which the police had sent down At Fields
instigation. Being a cripple. Sartoris had
been accommodated I'm the seat by the
driver. With her eyes heavy with tears.
Mary watched them depart SartoriS Was
fatally correct in his prophecy; il was the
last time that Mary destined to see
him. He had always recognized the fact
that jail would Toe the death of him. lie
had the germs of a disease in his breast
that he had only kept at bay by constant
occupa ton and mental activity. Mary never
looked upon the face of her brother III the
flesh again.
Field turned to Bennington and drew
long breath.
THE atmosphere smells all the sweeter
for the loss Of that lot" he sad My
word, this has been an anxious night for
me l don't know when | have felt so
nervous. But see that you have made
discovery. Col Bennington. What is it?''
1T seems to me that | have made more
than one" Bennington said. %'In the first
place. my suspicion that the body of Sir
Charles Darryll was brought here has been
| confirmed. To begin with, l have got to
the bottom OF that mysterious dining room
business. Come this way and / viii show
] you. Brentwood and that officer Of yours
had better stay here for the moment"
Anything that | can do fer you. gentle
| ANY in
| formation that lies in my power. You have
only to command me, and will respond
Presently" Field said contemptuously.
I'VE will question you later on. Then you
shall tell all about that secret eastern
drug that you understand so well. and what
! effect it is likely TO have on sleeping
| man
| Brentwood gave a gasp. and his face grew
| livid. 1t was evident that Field had struck
| and tapped a mine that the doctor had con-
| sidered to be hidden from everybody. Then
| Brentwood sat down modify and looked into
| the fire.
Bennington led the way into the dining
room. where he proceeded to explain every
thing in relation to the room under the
| floor and the vault in connection herewith
Field was particularly interested. All this
worked out beautifully with his theory.
II expect the body was concealed here"
he said THE thing has been well worked
out But do you suppose that SaItoris went
to all this trouble and expense fer the SIM
| pie reason"
HE didn't" Bennington explained. Miss
Sartoris, or Miss Grey, as i prefer to call
her. told me all about that. The house was
taken four years ago and occupied by an
American electrical engineer whom Sar-
all these lodges. When he died. sartors
took the place, doubtless feeling that he
| might be able to use the mysteries here to
good effect 1 don't suppose at that time
| that he knew anything about the full value
of Sir Charles Darrylrs concessions. But
once he had to take action, then this room
came in very usefuily.'
do you know why they brought the body
| here?' Field asked.
Eyes, 1 have a pretty good idea on that
score. Sir Charles had certain papers in
his room In the Royal Palace Hotel, and
these people wanted to gain possession of
them The robbery was fixed to take place
on the night of that dinner party Mind
you, Richford did not know anything about
that, because Sartoris had kept him in the
dark. Brentwood was to work it Bent
wood was to administer the drug, but he
gave too much The consequence was an
overdose, as you may gather"
Field smiled peculiarly, but he gave no
hint as to the extent of his own discovery.
These people did not want q post-mor-
tenn" Bennington said. They did not de-
sire that any traces of that practically I'M
known drug should be discovered"
And you think that they all ran that
risk to guard their secret?" asked Field.
Well you have provided me with one or
two surprises, but 1 going to provide
Have you discovered anything further?'
"Oh, yes said Bennington, this collar,
for instance 1 am in a position to prove
beyond the shadow of a doubt that Sir
Charles wore it on the night of the dinner
party. l found that down here in this very
vault. No further proof is wanted that the
body was here. But what puzzles me is
this: We were so quickly on the spot that
those rascals had not the slightest chance
Of disposing of the corpse. What, then, has
become of it-why can't we find It? Now
that one knows all about the ruby mines
and the concessions-which appear to me to
be very valuable-the mystery becomes toll
erably clear. But the corpse, where is it?'
Are you quite sure that there is a
corpse?" asked Field drily. Let US go and
ask Brentwood
Brentwood sat up and smiled his two
chief tormentors came back. He was ready
to afford any Information that the gentle
men required.
1T is not much that am going to ask
said Field. ''Ony this: Please take at
once to the spot where we can find the
body of Sir Charles Darryl'
Brentwood jumped nimbly to his feet The
question seemed to fairly stagger him IL
he had thought of concealing anything he
abandoned the idea now.
Come this way, gentlemen" he said.
you are too many for altogether.
wish to heaven that had kept my medical
discoveries to myself"
Ito be Continued Tomorrow