The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-19

ing in this respect Failure on his part
meant arrest. That was all the Off
Gals looked after.
What's up now?' he muttered.
Anyway. Grenier was right This
gives me cast iron alibi. I'll &C
knowledge il at once"
His accomplice. hoping to obtain
sleep from champagne. consumed the
contents of a small bottle in his bed
room, while he scanned the columns of
the local evening papers for any ref
erence TO a seaside mystery" on the
Yorkshire coast.
There was none. Anson's body had
not been recovered yet.
Before going TO bed he wound Phil
Ups watch. He examined II now with
greater interest than he had bestowed
on it hitherto.
good one. He opened the case TO ex-
anime the works, Inside there was an
inscription:
Presented to Philip Arson. aged fifteen
years, by the officers and men of the
Whitechapel division of the metropolitan
police token of their admiration for
his bravery in assisting to arrest a no
torious burglar.
Beneath was the date of Mason's
capture.
"where was ten years ago?" he
unused.
He looked back through the soiled
leaves of a sordid record and found
that he was then acting in a melo-
drama entitled THE Wages of SIM
AND the wages Of sin - death! The
drama insisted OH the fnil measure of
Biblical accuracy. Altogether Grenier
lay down to rest under uaenvisble con-
ditions.
He dreamed that he was falling down
precipices and striking sheets of blue
water with appalling splashes. Each
time he was awakened by the shock.
But he was hardy rogue where
conscience was concerned and he
swore himself to sleep again. Rest he
must have. He must arise with steady
head and clear brain.
He was early astir. His first act
was to send for the Yorkshire morn
ing papers. They contained no news
of Philip Arson dead, but the local
sheet chronicled his arrival at York.
This was excellent. The banker
would see it. A few printed lines car
ry great weight In such matters.
Then he signed the leases, dispatched
them in a typewriter envelope and
telegraphed:
Documents forwarded this morning
Please meet wishes expressed in letter.
Surely" he reflected, Abingdon
will not give another thought to my
proceedings. Philip Arson Is not a
boy in leading strings"
He wired TO Evelyn:
Sorry for misunderstanding. Blue Atom
must wait until my return.
Here was a way out. Whatever that
wretched speck of color meant, 1t could
be dealt with subsequently.
But Evelyn's prompt reply only made
confusion worse confounded:
Delay is impossible. The man has put
off the duchess two days already.
So man and a duchess and period
Of time were mixed up with a blue
! atom. He must do something desper-
ate-begin his plan of alienation soon
er than he intended. He answered:
Too busy to attend to matter further.
Going to Leeds today. Letters here as
usual.
And to Leeds he went Residence in
York was a fever-a constant fret. In
Leeds he was removed from the arena.
He passed the afternoon and evening
in roaming the streets, consumed with
fiery desire to be doing, daring, brav-
ing difficulties.
p,,E h.
day before he could lay hands on any
portion of Philip Anson's wealth save
the money stolen from his pockets.
At the hotel there was only one letter
and no kilograms.
The London bankers wrote:
We beg to acknowledge yours OF yester-
day. Your cash balance at date is
f12.f10 IS. Id. Your securities in our pos
prices of about ESQ. 900, including ESQ. 900
consols at par. We will forward you a de-
tailed list IL desired and will be pleased to
realize any securities as directed.
Kindly note that instructions for sale
should be given in your handwriting and
not typed.
There was joy. intoxicating almost to
madness, in this communication, but II
was not unleavened by the elements of
danger and delay.
His signature had been accepted
without demur. He could control an
enormous sum without question. These
were the enhancing certainties which
dazzled his eyes for time.
But it was horribly annoying that q
millionaire should keep his current ac.
count so low, and the concluding para.
graph held DOGGY, not wholly unfore.
seen. but looming large when it actual
ly presented itself.
The memorandum in Philips hand
writing. on Evelyn's letter was now
thrice precious. Tie hurriedly scruti
nized it and ut once commenced Il
| practice the words.
"Devonshire" and Sharpe" gave him
| the capitals FOR Dear Sirs." He wa,
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