The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-14

another tEice. lie heard the scandal
and put two and tao together. I ship.
ped him OFF To Australia when came
INTO the title. lie has come back
veil drained me dry. lie doesn't get
drunk now. He looks after his health
There's scarcely n week ! don't hear
! from him. lie keeps me . pznper
lie has brought M at last 70 that
Stage when | feel tIai there must be
an ending"
Yea have come 10 seek my help.
aile twas aonmfwy aon-dodamLp u
Fs''F KIT said. slowly. Prom what
go ~ about this man. ] presume
-No' Gsr a single moment SIR Rich.
- ats.Esss-. The law mas no te =
! 80 IA ei-s- dc has Ms story pat.
! - a NJ witnesses ready"
20 .-s---9 ~ aluf.ca - Peter Ruff
ssrio. -.Sa - n - moi 40 ne bribec.
~nar repists=7
y have come here.. ssr- Richard
/, said, for your advice Mr. suff .
The blackmaiisr." Peter Ruff said,
is a criminal
serted.
He is not Git to live" Peter Ruff re.
peated.
lie contaminates the world with
every breath he draws" Sir Richard
sssented.
Perhaps" Peter Ruff said. you
had better give nae his address. and
the nome he goes under"
lie lives at boarding house in
Russell street. Bloomsbury" Sir Rich
ard said. 1t g. Mrs. Bognors board.
ing house. The number Is IL"
You had better leave the matter in
my hands for a few days" Peter Ruiz
said u VIII have . talk with this
gentleman and see whether he Is real.
ly so unmana geable. II he is. there is.
or course. only one way. and for that
way, Sir Richard. you would have to
pay little high
III were TO hear tomorrow" Sir
Richard said quietly. that Teddy
Jones was dead. would give five
thousand pounds TO the man who
brought me the information"
Peter Ruff nodded.
1T would be worth that" he said
quite. | will drop you line in the
course OF the next few days"
Sir Richard took up his hat and de-
parted. Miss Brown turned around in
her chair.
Don't you do Il. Peter" she said
solemnly. The time has gone by Tor
unit TO live. but you don't need 10
risk as much as thet for a matter OF
five thousand poun-s.
Peter Ruff nodded
Quite right" ne lid: quite right.
Violet. AT the same time. five thou
sand pounds is an excellent sum. We
must see what can be done
Peter Run method OF seeing what
could be done was at first the very
obvious one OF seeking TO discover
any incidents in the past Of the per
son known as Teddy Jones likely to
reflect present 'discredit upon him ~
brought to light. His researches
proved that the gentleman in question
had resorted 10 many questionable
methods of obtaising a living At the
same time. there was nothing which
Peter Run felt that the man might
not brazen ont. His present mode of
lie seemed-on the surface. at any
rate-to be beyond reproach. There
was only one questionable. and II was
I'm this one direction. therefore. that
Peter Run concentrated himself The
case interested him so much that he
took close and personal interest in
II. and he was rewarded one day by
discovering this enemy OF SIR Rich
ards sitting toward O'Clock in the
afternoon. In cafe In Regent street.
engrossed in conversation with "A per
son whom Peter Rum knew To be a
very black sheep indeed-a man Who
hhad been tried for murder. From
behind his paper, In a corner Of the
cafe, Peter Run watched these Two
men. Teddy Jones-Or Major Ed
ward Jones. as he was now called -
was person whose appearance no
longer suggested the poverty against
which he had been struggling most
OF his life. lie was well dressed and
tolerably we'll turned ont lie face was
NJ ha Hus a
during these days Of his ease. His
eyes. too, had p somewhat furtive ex-
preston. although his general deport-
ment was one OF braggadocio.
The two men conducted their rom
versatinn In subdued tone which
made II quife impossible for Peter
KUN 10 Overhear n single word OF II.
u was obvious. however. that they
We're not on the best Of terms Major
Jones companion was protesting and
apparently without success. against
some courFe OF actiOn or speech Of hi.
companions T he conversation on
the other hand never reached a quar.
rel and the two men left the place to
fether apparently on ordinary terms
OF triendliness
Peter Run AZ once quilted his scat
and crossed the room toward the
spot where they had been sitting 10
Owed under the table ana picked nm
newsiaper-it was the only cIew
ieit 10 him as - the nature OF their
conversation. More than once. Major
Jones. who had. sOon AFTER their ar.
rival, sent n waiter for ~. had pointed
10 certain paragraph. Peter Duff
had noticed the exact position o. that
paragraph. lie smoothed ciIt the IA.
per and found ~ az once u was an
account Of the murder Of a wealthy
old woman. living on the outskirts Of
country village not far from Lon.
don
Peter Runs face did nor change as
he read the description slowly. Yet
DO was aware that he had poqibevI
stumbled across the very thing FOR
which no had searched 80 urgently
inc particulars - tho murder he al
ready knew well. AZ on one tino he
bad felt inclined 10 aid the police in
their 20 far fruitless inveatigafiona.
He therefore devoted hts attention u,
mo lest paragrarh. toward which he
Isncied that the singer o. Major
Jones had been chiefly directed. u
was list ~ the stolen prop-rfv
which consisted Of ieweirv. gold ard
notes 20 a very considerable amount
Tn the course ~ come % tho ausaf
Ter cases with which Peter Run had
been from time 10 time r-nnecfsd
ne bad more Than once come into con.