The evening world., 1915-02-04

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CAPTAIN vELvETS GAMBLE

wouldn't leave It; and here find him
under . sorry cloud. Can you wonder
At my wanting 70 step In and speak
up for him. Mr.. scarthr'
'On the contrary. I know exactly
how you must feel. and am very eiad
scarth, cordially enough In all the
circumstances Of the case. but the
cloud 10 mono Of my making. Doctor
Dollar. though naturally feel rather
strongly about the matter. Hut for
schickel. the chemist. I might be
seeing q CONN to England at this
momenti He's the man who found
% sS' q. the ml:ss,ss ml:.sns; and has since made
"Ars you sure II was mistaiks. Mr..
soArthf' asked Dollar quietly.
What elser cried the other. IN
blank astonishment. Even Schickel
has never suggested that Doctor AT
was trying to commit . murder!"
Even schickeli" repeated Dollar.
suggesting that therc's no love lost
between him and Altr
II was not, indeed" scarth seemed
stili astonishcd. mo. That never
occurred TO me for q moment"
"Yet It's small place. and you
know what small places are. Would
one man be likely to spread . thing
hNc p,.s .se',S. ""ot"v. ~ Iueio woro
no bad blood between themT ..
happened to be true, and II made such
. Justinable sensation. He was none
the lees frankly tntercsted In the
suggestion. II was as though he had
9 tantaiising glimmer OF the crime
Doctors meaning. Their heads were
closer together acros: the END OF the
table. their eyes joined IN mutual
can trust you win my own idea,
NE scarthr -
That's Tor you 10 decide' DOCTOR
Dollar:
shall not preatne " 70 snotnef
soul-not even to Alt himsef-tin
you may trust me. doctor. ! DON'T
know what's coming, but 1 shant give
II away"
tent Of contradicting what Just said.
] am sure-between oursslvss---that
the prescription now In my hands 10 D
clever forgery"
Scarth held out his hand for IT, A
less delicate announcement might
have given him q more satisfactory
surprise, but he could not have looked
more increduloua that no did or SUBJ
jected Dollar to q cooler scrutiny.
"a forgery with what object, Dr.
Dollar?"
THAT I don't pretend to say.
merely state tho fact-in conhdsncs
O You have your eyes upon Q fragrant
forgery"
Scarth raised them twinklins. my
= dear Doctor Dollar. ! saw him write Il
q out myseif!"
d "Are you quite suref'
X Absolutely. doctor! This lad Jacl
r. Laverack II q pretty handful; with
AnNtnR
d time to time couldn't cope with hin
about him-but that's another matter
Z. ! was only going to say that ! tool
Il him to DR. Alt myself. and this 10 tn
% prescription they refused 20 make up
70 onc' AZ. maS mac sp I"s
S "T Sou Isso D ~
n tSa .. - """ o"'S 'Ay no ooes"' 'oo'
y "The on,v iook. 7 m nv . ..,A n,
crime Sa,e,Sns doctor. , ARE ahos. OF the htu'
Y .T,'. nn nit'. nan.r"
10 .An,,S,a,, 80, y"pu , A,a - uw
y "Rnt you susrest that All an.
u soblcr., yhav. hs.r 81, had ,.r. - c"'
n That's = better point M. acartb
! that's a much better point" said Dol
!, lar. smiling and then ceasing TO smil,
~ as ne produced A marnifyinr Iens
"Allow me to switch on the electri,
}. sthhuhTu, anu 90 me tno tnVOr OF ex
amining that handwriting with thil
loop; It's not very strong. but the bes
n 1 could get here At the photograph
'o ers SHOP"
It's certainly not strong enough I,
y show anything nshy, to my expert
W once. said Scarth. on q sunicientl!
"a oiose inspection.
10 NOW look AT this one"
Doiiar had produced second pre-
y ecription from the same pocket q
III Detore. Az nrst siSht they seemet
u 'oonucai.
10 tn's nhother foresryT inquired
ncartn' with nrst faint trace
D. irony
mo. Thacs the correct proscrip
ton. rewritten by Alt At my request
ct as he II positive he wrote Il originally
~ II see now. There are two NOR
y. noughts mixed ND with the ,othe
ut hieroglyphs."
They happen TO make all the dif
IN ference between life and death" eat
. Dollar grave,y. "Yst they are no
by any means the only differenc
here"
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