Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
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AND HERE IL OoNlANOEo
e,pARGO, regardless of the fact that
Shis fingers were literally ornamented
wtb butter, lifted hand and rubbed
his always untidy hair. Then he ate
mora teacake and gulped more tea.
II ,ook here :" he said suddenly. Il m
M 1reat hand at talking. l can write
nrottv 1ecently when I've Il good story
70 teil hut | don't talk an awful lot
bpcauSe | never can express what ]
mean unless I've got pen in my hand.
FRANKLY. I find it hard to tell you what
I think When ! write my article this
avening, I'll get all these thugs mar
sbaled in proper form, and | shall
write clearly about 'em. But I'll tell
yon one thing | do think-I wish your
father had made clean breast of things
IN mo at first. when he gave me that in
teryiew. or had told everything when
he first went into that box
''Why?' she asked.
''Bccause he's now set up an atmos-
nhere of doubt and suspicion around
himself. People'll thiuk-heaven knows
what they'll think! They already know
that he knows more about Marbury than
he'll tell, that"
''But does hep she interrupted
quickly. "Do you think he does?'
Eyes" replied Spargo, with en-
phass. Il do. A lot more! If he had
only been explicit at first-however. he
wasn't. Now it's done. As things
stand-look here, does it strike you that
your father is in very serious
position?"
"Serious?" she exclaimed.
Dangerous Here's the fact-he 5
admitted that he took Marbury to bis
rooms in the Temple that midnight
Well, next morning Marbury's found
robbed and murdered in an entry, not
fifty yards off !"
Does anybody suppose that my
father would murder him for the sake OF
robbing him of whatever he had or
him?" she laughed scornfully MY
father is a very wealthy man, Mr.
Spargo."
May be-" answered Spargo. "But
millionaires have been known to murder
men who held secrets
Secrets - she exclaimed.
Have some more tea" said Spargo
nodding at the teapot. "Look here
this way it is. The theory that people
some pcoplc-will build up IL won't
say that it hasn't suggested itself tt
| me- is this: There's some mystery
about the relationship, acquaintance
ship, connection, call it what you like
of your father and Marbury twenty odd
years ago. Must be. There's some mys
terry about your fathers life, twenty ode
years ago. Must be--or else he'd havt
answered those questions. Very we'll
'Ha, ha' y says the general public. Now
we have it :! 'Marbury,' says the gen
eral public, was u man who had hold
on Aylmore. He turned up. Aylmorc
trapped him into the Temple, killed him
to preserve his own secret, aud robbed
Y Eh?"
You think-people will say that?''
she exclaimed.
,n,Cocksure They're saying it. Heard
nan dozen of 'em say it, in more or
ieSs elegant fashion as i came out of
mat ina court. Of course they'll say it.
why what else could they say?'
for "A moment Jessie Anymore sat
looking silently into her tea cup. Then
she turned her eyes ON Spargo, who
Immediately manifested Il new inter-
eSt IN what remained of the tea cakes.
Is that what you're going to say
IN your article tonight?" she asked
NoI,,, replied Spargo, promptly. "It
Eh T.. I'm going to sit on the fence
'onight. Besides, the case is sub ju-