Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01

letter which reached his lodgings two
hours before his arrival, in an envelope
bearing the ominous initials 80. H.
NJ. S."
1t was from the Southwark police
station.
| Sir-kindly make 1t convenient to at
tend here tomorrow evening at p. M.
Yours truly, 7. BRADLEY.
| Inspector.
The following day it was Mason's
duty to report himself under his ticket
of-leave, but it was quite unusual for
the police to give Il preliminary warn
ing in this respect. Failure on his part
meant arrest. That was all the off
cials looked after.
whats up now?" he muttered.
Anyway, Grenier was right. This
gives me a cast iron alibi. I'll &C.
knowledge it at once"
His accomplish. hoping to obtain
sleep from champagne, consumed the
contents of small bottle in his bed
| room, while he scanned the columns of
the local evening papers for any ref
erence to seaside mystery" on the
Yorkshire coast.
There was none Anson's body had
not been recovered yet.
Before going to bed he wound Phil
ip's watch. He examined it now with
| greater interest than he had bestowed
on it hitherto.
Although silver, 1t appeared to be Il
good one. He opened the case to ex-
anime the works. Inside there was IN
inscription:
Presented to Philip Arson. aged fifteen
years. by the officers and men of the
Whitechapel division of the metropolitan
police as token of their admiration for
his bravery in assisting to arrest no.
torious burglar.
Beneath was the date of Mason's
capture.
"Where was ten years ago?" he
unused.
He looked back through the soileil
leaves of n sordid record and found
that he was then acting In melo-
drama entitled THE Wages of SIM
And the wages of sin is death! The
drama insisted on the full measure of
Biblical accuracy. Altogether Grenler
lay down to rest under unenviable con-
ditions.
He dreamed that he was falling down
precipiccs and striking sheets OF blue
d water with appalling splashes. Each
Il time he was awakened by the shock.
But he was a 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 n 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 Il
boy in leading strings"
He wired to Evelyn:
Sorry for misunderstanding Blue Atom
must wait until my return.
Here was way out. Whatever that
wretched speck of color meant, it could
be dealt with subsequently.
But Evelyn's prompt reply only made
confusion worse confounded:
Delay is impossible. The man has put
OF the duchess two days already.
So man and a duchess and period
of time were mixed up with blue
atom. He must do something desper-
ate-begin his plan of alienation soon-
err 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 Il fever-a constant fret. In
Leeds he was removed from the arena.
He passed the afternoon and evening
in roaming the streets, consumed with
a fiery desire to be doing daring brav-
ing difficulties.
But he must wait at least another
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
f12,410 9s. Id. Your securities in our pos
session amount to a net value at today's
prices Of about G9200OO. including G25OOOO
consols at par We will forward you de-
tailed list If 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 1t
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 1t was horribly annoying that Il
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
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