The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

"Only that butler | engaged
made a highly creditable attempt
to murder me-"
saw her face turn pale. Were
you-were you hurt?" she fall
tered.
Curious thing" | said, than
the man was sent to me with eX-
cellent references from Sir Henry
Tregattock."
Sir Henry Tregattock?" she
repeated. You know that I am
living with the Tregattocks?"
Lammersfield has just told me"
| answered. But the affair does
not matter. / am going down to
WoOdford tomorrow to stay with
Maurice Furnivall, SO you are not
likely to have the distressing ex-
perience of coming across me
asain-at all events for a few
days"
Don't CO." she said hurried
ly. q"
AT that moment there was a
sound of footsteps in the hall and
round the corner came Lord Lam
mersfield.
Sir Henry is anxious for a mo
ment's conversation with yoa,
Miss de Rosen, and | promised to
bring you,' Lammersfield an
nounced.
bowed, and stood there for a
moment, looking after them.
They had certainly left ME
something to think about. Ire
gattock, knew. had been minis
ter in Bolivia for some years, so
it was more than possible that
he too was mixed up in my ap-
parently shady past.
Then there was Maurice, whom
at present | was quite unable to
fit into the. picture. Mercia had
given me pretty plain hint that
that amiable young gentleman
was not to be trusted-and, in
deed. Northcote's words and my
own instincts had already led me
to a similar conclusion.
was still puzzling my brains
when saw Lord Sangatte conf
ing briskly toward me.
Good" he said. | thought I
might find you here. Come along
into the study"
Sangatte's study" with the
exception of a writing desk, gave
no indications it had ever been
the scene of that severe mental
energy suggested by it's title.
Crossing the room to the desk,
he opened a drawer, and took out
several sheets of typewriter pa
per.
Here ii is" he said, handing
them over to me. "Rosedale and
| roughed it out after our last
talk with you"
One glance showed me | held
in my hand the rough draft of a
prospectus, for across the top of
the first page, in big letters, ran
the following announcement:
| The Amalgamated Goldfields
Of South America, Ltd.
Capital e2,000,000.
| I looked at the prospectus for
moment with kind of daZzled
admiration. Briefly speaking, it
| commended in glowing terms to
the notice of the British public
a new and magnificent group of
| gold mines which it declared had
| just been discovered in the north
! ern provinces of the Argentine
Being fairly well acquainted with
| the district myself, | felt almost
certain the statement was a CO.
lossal lie.
1T seems fairly convincing" I
said eoolly, but We might i'm
prove it little yet"
There will be the notices in
the financial papers to go in" an
swered Sangette. And then
there'll be Lammersfield. If you
can only work your business with
him, the things as good as done.
With the home secretary on the
board, the shares will go like hot
cakes"
1t only needed this observation
to make the whole affair plain to
lllt. Sd dl Olltt tDdL NOTIutOle
must have advanced the money
to Lord Lammersfield in order to
compel that genial nobleman to
fall in with his schemes. With
Lammersfield's name on the
board. The Amalgamated Gold
fields of South America" would,
as Sangatte observed, sell like
hot cakes"
Just then the big timepiece in
the corner gave out a deep, soli-
tary tang. 1t was one o'clock.
remembered that Billy might pos
sibly be waiting for me.
We'll, as I've looked the pros
pectus over" | observed, getting
up from the soft, Il think | shall
go home"
Leaving the room, I strolled
across the hall to where | had left
my coat and hat, and putting