Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

ry out the request. She went straight
to her own room, opeut j the envelope,
and took out q lettsc containing half
q dozen lines of writing.
She gasped and wen, white, 10 she
recognized the hand tho momen, her
syes fell upon it. The letter She held
in her shaking hand ran:
II command you to marry Frank
Doaghton within seven days. My
whole fortune and my very life may
depend upon this"
1t was signed Gregory harrington"
and heavily underlined beneath the
signature were the words, Burn this,
as you value my safety
r. b. Smith stepped bnskly into
the office of his chief and closed the
door behind him.
What is the news?' asked Sir
George, looking up.
Il can tell you all the news that
know" said T. B., and great deal
that I do not know. but only sur
mise"
romance afterwards" growied Sir
George, leaning back In his chair.
Fact one" said T. B. drawing up
a chair to the table. and ticking Off
his fact on the first finger OF his
hand. lis that Gregory Harrington is
alive. The man whose body was
picked up in the Thames Is undoabt-
eddy the gentleman who was shot in
the raid upon the Custom House. The
inference is, that Gregory was the
second party in the raid, and that
the admirable DIR. Goldwerthy was
carefully conceived The box appar-
entity contained diary which gave
away Gregory TO one who had 1t in
her power to do him an immense
amount of HARM"
you refer to Lady Constance
Dex." asked the chief, interestedly.
T. b. nodded.
THAT Is the lady" he said. Evil
ty low down upon her: was respons-
ible for the death OF her lover, and,
moreover, for a great deal of her UNI
happiness, Harrington was the man
who told George Doughton about
some scandal of her youth. and
Doughton. that high spirited man.
went straight off to Africa. without
communicating with the lady or dis
covering how far she was guilty In
the matter. The documents In the
box would. ! surmise. prove this to
Dady Dexs satisfaction. and Earring
ton, who was well informed thru his
agents on the Coast, would have
every reason for preventing these LETT
tiers getting into the hands OF q
womHn who would be remorseless in
her vengeance.
rs that fact Established" asked
the chief.
Pretty WE'LL" said T. b.
He took some papers out Of hts
pocket and laid them on the desk
bsfore him.
Il have now got copy of the let
ter which the dead lover wrote to
Lady Constance. need not say" he
said lightly, 'how l obtained possess
sion Of this, but we In our depart
ment do not hesitate to adopt the
most drastic methods"
II know all about that" said the
chief. with little smile. there was
burglary at the rsctory two. days ago.
and presume your interesting burg
lar Wan your own Private Sikes."
Exactly" said T. b. cheerfully.
Fact number two he went on,,f Il s
that Gregory Harrington and the In
ternational hlackmailer named Mon
tague Fallbck are one and the same
person.
The chief looked up.
"You do not mean that7' a@
II do indeed" said 4. h. THAT in
teresting paragraph In the will of the
late Mr.. Harrington confirms this
view. The will was especially pre-
pared to put me off the scent. Letters
which have been received by eminent
personages signed Montague Fallock'
and demanding, az usual, money with
threats Of exposure have recently
been received and confirm this
theory. u
Where Is Montague Fallock now?"
"Montaguo Fallock Ia an inmate OF
tho Secret House. said r. B.
ut seems pretty easy to take him,
does II tnot?" asked Sir George. in
surprise. Have you moved In the
matter?' sgs,
T. B. shook his head.
at is not 30 easy as You imagine, =
he said. 1.-THE Secret House contains
more secrets than we can at present
unrayel. II was built evidently and
obviously, by q man OF extraordinary
mechanical genius a. harrington Yves
and tho primary object with which
1t was built was to enable him on
some future occasion to make his
eecape. ! am perfectly certain that
any attempt to raid the house would
result immediately IN the bird fly
ing. We have got, to walt patiently
What ! can not understand" said
his chief, after awhile, lie why he
should make such q dramatic exit
from the WORLD
"That is the easiest of all to ex-
plain" smiled r. y, He was scared;
he knew that identified him with
the missing SFallock; he knew, too
that I strongly suspected him Of the
murder Of the two men In Brakely
Square. Don't you see the whole
thing fits together7 He imported
from various places on the Continent
and at various periods, workmen OF
every kind to complete the house al
Great Bradley. Altho he began his
work thirty years ago, the actual fin
fishing touches have not been made
until within the last few years. Those
finishing touches were the most es-
sential. I have discovered that the
two men who were shot in Brakely
Square, were separately and individ-
ually employed in making certain al
terra lions To fha house and installine