The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-10-13

q CHAPTER TX.
i When. two days later. Mr.. Henry ID
q Franz OF Franz. Doubleday q Co.
( Bankers. San Francisco. California. ar
e rived. the Wayne murder mystery and
5 the unaecountable disappearance OF
= Betty Lansey were stil IN = chaotic
: and unsolveable state. Likewise the
2 Man-Aperilla- His going was like his
[ coming unseen by man. unknown and
all untraceabie. Hamley Hackleye. too,
! the strange lessee OF 81 Briarsweel
: place. was not to be found. The milk
man. who claimed he had been paid for
a months wares Ia advance. continued
10 leave a daily allowance OF milk and
cream on the back stoop. and the accu-
mutation OF bottles on the Flanders
doorstep was waxing large. Cables
rom London brought word that Hack
leye was younger son OF the late Sir
Walter Hackleyes that for four years
past he had been conducting tropical
explorations. and that he was possess
ed OF an immense private fortune. The
immediate family. an aged mother and
widowed sister. and two brothers. both
unmarried. lived in England for years.
and had heard nothing OF Hamley that
bore upon his life with any degree OF
denniteness- He was bookish sort OF
Fellow imaginative and fond OF origi-
nal research. quiet. and OF no bad hah-
its 50 far as they knew agreed all re-
ports No photographs OF him since
he was plump little codger OF six
were to be had A copy OF one OF these
50 ran the message. was being made in
London, and would be forwarded I'M
mediateIy uuOu cornuIaffou
Johnny Johnson felt that he had
drawn blank in his sIeuthing expedl-
ton through the house at "a Brfar-
sweet Place. where the death chamber
visitor had vanished. The rooms SMELL
ed musty and the house bore the stamp
OF the unOecupied save for several
suits OF clothes. wearing the imprint
OF Picadiliy tailor. hanging in the
closet OF one OF the bedrooms. These
must have fitted q man OF medium
height and build There were no per- !
s0nal memoranda around. and to ali /
intents the house was the same as
when Attorney Flanders had let Il
nearly a week previous. The garter
Johnny had found on the threshold
was a w0eful asgravation.
II the owner had only lost one OF
them" soliIoquized Johnny. I might
have traced him BY matching the pair.
AS It Is now. there's no chance at aI1i-
Mr. Franz. who was a plump little
German. a shade too weIl-tailored. a
whit too urbane. had fetched with him
a picture OF cerisse Wayne that tailed
exactly with the portrait that had
blown from Harcourt's window. That
the same negative had permitted both
prints was manifest
Then they led him into the presence
OF Mrs. Harcourt She was sitting In
the shadow OF the window wrapped IN
a wadded gown OF poppy rad six She
was very nstless and had not spoken a
word for hours Harcourt declared that
this had been her wont at intervals
since the death Of the baby.
They sent Franz into the room a 1T
tie ahead Of his escort Mrs. wayne
calculated the banker. letting fan HIS
little black valise- why. they told
me you were dead"
He advanced few steps. and reach
ed forth his hand. but the moment he
Mrs HarcourS's eyes he drop-
ped his outstretched arm and stepped I
back.
"1t-ls-lt-is-not-t he Q
studying closely the face
md figure before him Mrs Harcourt
iropped her eyes IN a terrified FASH
on and raised them again to find the 3
Ioft. calm gaze OF Philip Hartley 1xed q
Iteadily upon her. For a fun moment b
me looked sharply. composedIy At a
Hartley. then from him to her hus- !.
and. and then again to Franz. SPRING
ng from her chair. with the terror OF a
HID. she flung aside her wrappineu
nd throwing herself upon Hartley. I
lung to him. screaming
"Oh. can't you save me from them. q
ave me. take me away they kill me :,
nth those awful druesl" y
Franz paled and turned his horrf- q
ed gaze out Of the window.
The delirfum again. cried Har.
ourt Poor girl. poor girl" =
Harcourt strove to take his wife -
way. but she would not loose her
rasp upon the arm OF the reporter. y
nd there was no gainsaying the clasp d
those cold and faulty lnterlocked A.
myers.
Hartley. the tender. esaxed the
ightened woman into the bedroom.
ID despite Harcourfs expostulations !"
mt for doctor. Harcourt swore they
ould kin her and declared himself q -
itter man OF medicine than half the
actitioners in the town. Every time
approached his wife. however. she
oke Into frightful screams. and kept
r eyes constantly averted from her =.
islands gaze. The sight Of Franz
peared to have broken some chain.
We forced some link IN her mind
It bore directly upon this mystery io'
folding mystery.
While they anticipated the doctor
, examination Of Henry Frans went g..
Il was disappointing In It's IN in -
infteuess OF result.
But the body OF Cerisse Wayne had DO
IN taken from the vault where II lay
nding Identification By Mr.. Franz.
from Mrs Harcourt,s rooms they
him % the body. Then the conn q