Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-17
ANGEL ESQUIRE
BY EDGAR WALLACE

larities to be CLOSED over, topics to be
aYoided-why, for instance, official
action was not taken when Ii was seen
that SPEEDING contemplated a felony.
Most worthily did Angel hold the fort
for ~officiaidom that day, and when he
vacated the o he left behind him the
impression that Scotland Yard was all
foreseeing, all wise, and had added yet
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
ram, the great physician, in the course
OF an Illuminating address on the
first causes of disease announced as
his firm conviction that all the Ills that
flesh is heir TO arise primarily from the
wearing of boots, and the excitement
that followed the appearance in
C~heapside Of a converted lord mayor
with bare feet will long be remembered
In the history Of British journalism. IL
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 insuficiently clad there
arose that memorable newspaper dis
cussfon Boots and Crime" which
threatened at one time to shake estab-
lished society to it's very foundations.
bill Is a brick" wrote Angel to
Jimmy. Il suggested to him that he
might make a 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 out one course open to
him, and that he elected to take.
She expected him, and he found her
sitting before a coy fire idly turning
the leaves of a book.
Jimmy stood for a moment in an
embarrassed silence. 1t 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. '"s -say -sas ~..~t--. p. 80
And now. Miss Kent" he said, II
have got to explain to o h solution
VI OAu EtSdi6 . CTypCOBTaW
He tool q sheet Of paper from his
pocket covered with hieroglyphlcs.
the w eF 2 "a Fsf 4Sni got wa sis of i eoSrs Sf
Egypt. He lived there long enough
to be fairly Well acquainted
with the picture letters that abound
in that COUNTRY, and we were fools not
to jump at the solution at first. / don't
mean you" he added hastily. II mean
Angel and I and Connor, and all the
people who were associated with him.
This girl was looking at the sheet.
and smiled quietly at the faux pas.
How he came into touch with the
professor
What has happened to that poor old
she asked.
Angel has got him into some kind
of institute replied Jimmy. Hes a
fairly ommon type of cranky old
"A science potterer.' Angel
calls him, and that is about the de-
scription. He's the sort of man that
the admiralty with plans for
unsuitable battleships. a minus genius
that's Angels description, too-who,
with an academic knowledge and a
good memory, produced a reasonably
little book, hat 500 other school
masters might just as easily have writ
ten. How the professor came into
life we shall never know. Prof.
ably he came across the book and dis
the author. and trusting to
his madness made a confidant of him.
Do you remember" Jimmy went on,
that you said the figures reminded you
the bihEe2 Well, you are right. AL
most every teachers bible, / find, a
. plate how the alphabet came
into existence"
He indicated with his finger as he
spoke.
Here is the Egyptian h~ieroglyphic.
Here Is a hand tina means D. and
here is the queer little Hieratic wiggle
means the same thing, and you
see how the PhoenEcian letter is very
little different to the hieroglyphic, and
the Greek delta has become a triangle
and locally it has become the ID we
'Ali 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, s P r
l N G., which were to form the word
that would open the safe"
II is very interesting, she said, n
little bewildered.
The night you were taken away
said Jimmy, I'VE found the word and
cleared out the safe in case of acct
dCfltS. ~ was avery IlShy pIOCccu-
ing on our part, because we had no
authority from you TO act on your be-
half"
you did right" she said. She felt
1t 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-
tor horn outside and Jimmy smiled.
THAT Is Angels newest discovery"
he said. not knowing whether to bless
or curse his energetic friend for spoil
ing the tete-a-tete.
"oh.' said the girl, a little blankly
he thought.
Angel Is always experimenting with
new noises" said Jimmy, "and some
fellow has introduced hi n to a motor
siren which is claimed TO possess an
almost human voice.
The bell tinkled and l few seconds
after Angel was ushered into the room.
II have only come for a few min