The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-19

which 1 have ever seen him. l could
tell YOU strange stories in this regard.
know half London and two thirds OF
Paris. Not q day passes but 1 meet q
dozen old acquaintances, all of whom
are olandly unconscious OF having ever
encountered me before"
But why should you not help me?'.
l exclaimed. You are just the man
need to help me In unraveling a painful
Il shall he delighted to be of serv-
ice to you" said Crewe LET us be
perfectly frank-that is all ask. / Will
confess that like many persons with
some especial gift. have other dehclen-
cies. l am a poor Judge OF character
and mot1vei II n man deceives me !
never give him another opportunity"
Il will be entirely frank ! answered.
Il am travelling to England to investigate
an affair which threatens the life OF n
man whom l believe to be innocent. Here
is the story
Upon a small estate in Surrey there
lived two brothers. retired Anglo Indian
officials Both were widowers. Sir
Gee Ge9rse dsngEye BnmWel the eldest as 3sTSnet
Bamwell TO whom the baronetcy would
In due course descend, had n son, q ne'er
do-well. who. after rather profligate
became successfully a sheep -herder, pros
pector and cowboy. The boy was cast
off by his father. mnrtinet of the old
English school. and 1t was understood
that the bulk OF his money would go to
selim an Indian servant. whom VIII
liam Bamwell had brought home with
faithfully for twenty years"
''The boy, I take II. is the original Of
the photograph you showed me-" said
Crewe.
to him we're perfectly correct He did
land In New York seven years ago and
he was arrested upon charge Of intoxi-
cation at subsequent date,
returned home unexpectedly. He had
tired OF his rowing life. He asked his
father to give him another chance to
redeem himself and to let him remain
with him. The cousin, Lydia, the daugh-
ter OF Sir George Bemwell, who had con-
cefved q romantic atte chment for her
effecting a reconciliation between the
father and son. Claude was given his
chance and seemed TO make good use Of
his, opportunity. Within six. months
William Bamwell. who was perhaps sew
enty. years OF age, had passion for
amateur photography. Claude humored
in his hobby. Father and son began TO
appreciate each other better than they
had ever done before.
This increasing intimacy was not
looked upon favorabiy by selim. the Hin
doc servant, especially since William
Banwell contemplated altering his will
in favor OF his son. Claude. and greatly
come 10 look upon as his own reversIon-
ary right. However. Selirn was inscrut-
able and kept his own counsel
THE Tom Bamwell brothers we're very
set in their ways. One OF the charac-
teristics common to both Of them was
their fondness for a certain East In
dian cigar that came from Borneo. These
they imported direct from the manufac-
turer. Claude, however, discovered e
similar brand on sale in London, and
gave a box TO his father for a Christ
mas present-at Selim's suggestion. as he
declares. In fact, according TO Claude,
Selim discovered the existence Of this
brand and induced him to purchase the
box. Selim. however. denies that he ever
heard of these cigars and asoribes the
entire scheme OF purchasing and present
ing them to Claude.
NOW we come TO the cruN OF the sit
uation. Three months ago Sir George
brary early one morning. lie had been