Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-06-16
ANGEL ESQUIRE
BY EDGAR WALLACE

had done. There were certain irreeu-
larities to be CLOSED over. topics TO he
avoided-why, for instance. officia]
action was not taken when 1t was seen
mat Speeding contemplated a felony
for offlcialdom that day. and when he
vacated the box he left behind him the
impression that Scotland Yard was ali
\ foreseeing, all WISE and had added vet
another to its list Of successful cases.
| The newspaper excitement lasted
exactly four days. On the fourth day,
speaking at the annual congress of the
british association. Sir William Far
ran, the great physician, in the course
or an illuminating address on "the
nrst causes Of disease" announced as
his firm conviction that all the ills that
nesh Is heir to arise primarily from the
wearing OF boots, and the excitement
mat Followed the appearance in
Cheapside Of a converted lord mayor
with bare feet Will long be remembered
In the history of British journalism. 1t
was enough, at any rate. to blot out
the memory of the Reale case, for i'm
mediately following the vision of a
stout and respected member of the
Haberdasher company in full robes
and chain of office entering the Man
sion House insufhciently clad there
|
cussion Boots and Crime" which
threatened at one time to shake estab-
lished society to its very foundations.
Bill Is a brick" wrote Angel to
Jimmy Il suggested to him that he
might make sensational statement
about microbes, but he said that the
Lancet had worked bugs to death and
offered the no boots alternative"
1t was a fortnight after the inquiry
that Jimmy drove to Streatham to
carry out his promise to explain to
Kathleen the solution of the cryptic
gram.
1t was his last visit to her. that
much he had decided. His rejection of
her offer to equally share old Reale's
fortunte left but one course open to
him, and that he elected to take
| She expected him, and he found her
| sitting before cozy fire idly turning
the leaves of a book.
Jimmy stood for a moment in an
embarrassed silence. It was the first
time he had been alone with her. save
the night he drove with her to Streat-
ham. and he was a little at a loss for
an opening.
He began conventionally enough
speaking about the weather, and not to
| be outdone in commonplace, she Or
dered tea.
And now. Miss Kent" he said, IT
nave 8Ol " SApldlU 10 you the solution
OF old Reale's cryptogram."
| He took a sheet Of paper from his
| pocket covered with hieroglyphics.
Where old Reale got his idea of
| the cryptogram from was, of course,
Egypt. He lived there long enough
to be fairly well acquainted
with the picture letters that abound
| to jump at the solution at first. l don't
mean you," he added hastily. II mean
Angel and I and Connor, and all the
people who were associated with him"
The girl was looking at the sheet,
and smiled quietly at the faux pas.
How he came into touch with the
| professor
What 4, has happened to that poor old
| angel has got him into some kind
OF institute replied Jimmy. Hes q
| fairly common type of cranky old
gentleman. "A science potterer.' Angel
calls him, and that is about the de-
scription- He's the sort Of man that
haunts the admiralty with plans for
unsuitable battleships, minus genius
that's Angels description, too-who
with an academic knowledge and q
good memory, produced a reasonably
clever little book, that 500 other school
masters might just as easily have writ
ten. How the professor came into
| ItSdIc lllS we SIldtl never KNOW. PrOD-
| ably he came across the book and dis
covered the author and trusting ia
his madness made a confidant Of him
Do you remember" Jimmy went on
that you said the figures reminded you
Of the bible? Well, you are right. AL
most every teachers bible, I find, has
plate showing how the alphabet came
into existence"
He indicated with his finger as he
spoke.
Here is the Egyptian hieroglyphic
Here is a hand that means d. and
here Is the queer little Hieratic wiggle
that means the same thing, and you
see how the Phoenician letter is very
little different to the hieroglyphic, and
the Greek delta has become a triangle
and locally it has become the d. we
know"
''An this is horribly learned" he
said. and has got nothing to do with
the solution. But old Reale went
through the strange birds. beasts and
things till he found six letters, p r
I N G, which were to form the word
that would open the safe"
1T is very interesting" she said, q
little bewildered.
THE night you were taken away
said Jimmy 1--WE found the word and
cleared out the safe in case of acct
dents. 1t was very risky proceed.
ing on our part, because We had nc
authority from you to act on your be.
half"
you did right" she said. She felt
it was a feeble rejoinder, but she could
think of nothing better
And that is all" he ended abruptly
and looked at the clock.
You must have some tea before you
co. she said hurriedly
They heard the weird Shrek of a mo.
kOv ,fci1
"That is Angels newest discovery
he said, not knowing whether to bles.
or curse his energetic friend for spoil
ing the tete-a-tete.
"Oh," said the girl, little blankly
he thought.
Angel is always experimenting with
new noises" said Jimmy, land som,
fellow has introduced him to a motor
siren which is claimed to possess al
almost human voice."
The bell tinkled and a few second.
after Angel was ushered into the room