Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-21
THE PARADISE MISTER Y.
r,,,s STARTS THE STORY
BY J. S. Fletcher
Copyright. 1880, bv Alfred A. knopy, Inc.

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gfes later Is found aedd; Jne tneo,y
IL that he fell, but thts ts ooJeCtod 20,
as Warner, stonomdson, ,ansSs ne
tpds slain. Rdnstora nos Mg'v pm
funeral A banker o9ers a re'oard 5or
Information. Bryce tnds az entrV N
parish register where Mdrk Rdms-
ford had acted as oest mon q. INC
Rswerv rg Gossip Is rife an connection
spith Rdnstord aud the dedd man Coit,
shaw. the laboror. toho said ne could
fhrotU light on the Brdke murder, IS
found dead under a tree ioah % Ms . dtn-
nim sm p'D Detectives surn,ise Rcnstord 10
,se murderer, on the ground that he
oro,oribed Jof. ColIishoto and his toite
tbc ni1ht before, and Rdnsfo,d toas
b,spits police suspicious, Mary assures
P1nstord Of her confidence IN ht,n aud
Si,tr.st of Bryce Simpson Harker, a
Ssyscfipe. Questioning Bryce, asks Whdt
he has done 10Th a scrap Of paper he
oSmts he has learned that Brdden iods
G""i =" ruth brake, father of Mary and
n;ck lie tells Bruce that Brake visit-
ed him the night he tcds murdered.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
him d@eaanahIp @ p,,, .n,,ntbirS bannonaS
have held ". ,aara ~ tta arc,Inn.
that Gay Aitu a. Trn,,r ond Svshinr
! went tho fhso fant ,ne VAS oT" went @ to get n
taste OF WHISKY tol une har news 81 mn thep %pSe,
me anu III .,a' y,s LIZ, ua 49,, W. ~.
saw man an wto font 20 have Sesn a feiiow
knew Ier i,, ,not, Nonoo of cia ssdoi "
convict Oh DthN 90, tha q, nc senfence
forgery; re re, sotb sbouI rTe tSa Se ssne s.e tin,a
that erhHe , 60, o,,,e aV convict nrison WITH
was IN Ile n" n,,a praro would be re.
bra.s' iSsSS' ,hont Irm ri tho same date. There was
leasea Sd,ht nTou, ahomt tH his ,deniitvHf never
no aouo' roco eyen after thirty vear
forget Iuee' .a,,, W., IN 40 ba !.
td teii one. e,,, NO ana I tool, csreS,,I
pelore "S r" We' too iike brake was
LOOK a. all n'i,i. Erossad ond verv rrosnero%s
very wen rIa Iaes t,,rned n as he set down bis
looking ne oa,eht ,a s,eht % nf noNand ovm s bs
glass, anu yaus. i,sa 81, ho,5 haa, tSrn,,s,, 30
knew ma, my, in tir,e. nasti And he in.
.,ssntlv my tS''p moved TO q side-door and van
isheu' wemo ou' a''T So,,nd out "p fsanA
cow ooWs|hv ~, e,Itt,s i,n,irv tha+ he..
wafu' uy ,rht ~ tbn staten bo, dad
tOng tSo f,rst % train-tbere was one lust going
ome omt "rs' 10 the iunctionvand lei ieft % the city'
But c"" ias na,'uS o.' nm"
you've kept this quiet. too?' asked
Bryce. -.
"Just so-I've my own game to play"
part Of it-you come In, now-rn tell
you why, presently But first, rs you
know, I went to Barthorpe For. though
Brake was dead, / felt | must go,-for
wanted that information for himself
the man in Australia was fiction. /
went, then-and learned nothing. Ex-
cept that this Falkiner Wraye had been.
as Brake said: q Barthorpe man. years
ago. He'd left the, town eighteen years
since, and nobody knew anything about
him Sol came home: And now then.
doctor-.-your turn! What were you
after. down there at Barthorpe? :,
Bryce meditated his answer for a good
Ave minutes. He had always intended
to play the game off his own bat. but
he had heard and seen enough since
entering Harkers little room to know
which was keener and more subtle than
his, and that II would be all to his ad.
vantage to go In with the man who had
made clean breast. of all he had done
In the way OF investigation, leaving his
motive completely aside.
You've got n theory, of course?" OBJ
served Harker, after. listening quietly
to all that Bryce could tell. Naturally.
that without getting one"
"Welt' admitted Bryce. honestly. I
can't say that l have. But ] can see
what theory there might be. This-that
Brake. that he ran away with. Brakes
wife, that she's dead, and that he's
brought up the children in ignorance or
all that-and therefore,"
and therefore" interrupted Harlker
with smile. that when he and Brake
metxas you seem to think they did
hansford flung Brake through that open
aoorway that Collishaw witnessed IT..
,hat Transforms FOUND out about Col
poisoned by Ransford Fh?'
That's That's a theory. that seems to ba
supported by facts. said Bryce.
ts a theory that would doubtless
Sa,o,l Satt men IKE Mltchington, said the ola
not me. SIR Mind you, ! don't say there
sI something In it-there's doubtless
mI but-the mystery's lot thicker
hern h%o JH"' a .nat Sna Srake didnt come
canso "'Lu t f.anstoru. ne came pe
nonor VI we secret IN tnat scrap or
win p., It "
sr6 re 2 saw no reason Tor concealment
an ,bo taks .ne scrap OF paper laid u
So.,' '"e rrnrn 1snle between himself and his
"0SI ,iia marker peered inquisitlyely at It.
~ comrsn nmr,' ne saia, You can read IT,
RrTco Masn ooes u say
"Tye s' ,o'pS r1pSatea tS mterai trahsiatom;
found il this nnorpine mo pia o,ta ne aougo wbat Az
|. You sunnosn this ,,,nnsE E ,., No"' what oo
\ Har,,nr u,oa 'r ioai,I, ,,,Ta.s =. ., .,o
lines ~ r,rIt' M1s iooMrng g haro at tne Two
doctor" he ans,uar.n U's ~, 9uesoioIi, ~
far az 10 saw this,u,vbsn n"s uoyn sorn" no
lot more thar noes ws 'nnean, nea, We we smaii know
Bryce. who was dar,,,iUa canadian
able and nac,,,tar ,,is ,rnns co,,sluer-
cret interriew uitb tS ~ tloih ,n,,, nls Sc
smiled AZ Harker,s ,o e .t roror o,u Ie'ee''e'
"That;s n III ihst re,lark. !. ~.
he suggested zoe o,p,,.a p,m..'uue, ,,,n ISL ~
a lot more-.ubor w,n se we sntii KNOW
more. "'' "o uo Aho" iot
II set store hv nI,+i,udos s,- 10
torted Harker. you cant reneat nm es-
tabllshed platitude TOO az a., rs rs
hallmark OF good msa n,' s,s Sot ,' ,iie
I'LL we do know moreVyo,,'ya w o' po dn,,Nt nuM'