Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-28
THE PARADISE MYSTERY
BY J. S. FLetche1
Copyright. 1859. sy Avr.d 4. xro,,. Iro

| y was BY that time past ocicck, and
Jettison turned into the small hotel Al
which he had lodged himseif. lie though
much and .grayely while ne ate his
smoked his aftcr-dinnsr pipe. And his
| iace was stu heavy with thought when
at . o'clock, he walked into Mitchins-
| IONS once and finding the inspector
10 ,oNH M,,eS,n snnt .,u the door and drew chair
| Now them" ne said. "I've had a
rare mornings work. and made 4 dis.
| coveIy, and you and me, my lad, have
got to have about as serious a bit oi
| Mitchinston pushed his papers aside
and showed his keen attention
| You remember what that young fel-
low told us last night about that maj,
ssesrS TsSdys payrs IN two my Syays neocs SsI. 70
death" said ysttison. SWsn. ! thought
over that business a lot, early this morn.
ing; and I fsncisd | saw how ] could
And something out about y. So r have
went to the Friendly Society. s' The FAC,
was--l wanted to know In what form
Golli.haw handed IL that fifty pounds
I got TO know. Gold"
~ Msitchirston, whose work hitherto had
Good I" he ssid. "'RarS idaa
should. never have thought OF It! And
what DO you make odt OF that nowr'
GOOD sa1 eu, spiS What 'fss' xs Earned ssncs
yoursslf--whoever It was that paid
Eollishaw that fifty pounds In gold did
begin with. The motive for paying in
check can be readily traced. So can
bank notss. But gold is not easily
1raGed Sd,S;.h, Therefore the man who paid
vide himself with gold. Now them
how many men are there In a small
place like this who are likely to carry
htty pounds IN gold In their pockets, or
Not many" agreed Mitchington.
Just so-and therefore I've been do
Ing 4 bit Of secret inquiry amongst the
bankers. as to who supplied himself
With gold % about that date" continued
absolute necessity Of information, TOO,
ths third attempt. On the day pre-.
vtous to that on which Collishaw Handed
sn a. Sr.S st'GSns tys pcunss GsIsan In
gold at his bank. Who do you think
"who--who7" demanded M,tchlns,on.
Jettison leaned half.across the desk.
"nrsry!s n~sryes" he said in a whisper.
Mitehington sat up in his chair and
opened his mouth In sheer astonishment.
Good heavens" he muttered after a
"o%sStS ''isnss nss.reG foy y. aS mean ps,n 1
incontestable fact, my lad. Doctor
Bryce keeps an account at the wry-
chester bank. On the day I'm speaking
OF he cashsd a check 20 self for nifty
The two men looked at each other as
II each were asking his companion n
question.
"weilT" said Mitchinston at last
You're a cut above me. Jettison. What
do you make Of TT"
II said last night that the young man
J.s.Jnn ts nlayT su,vSssp SSssp ssns w,SP sPss ss
building up? Fer mark, you, Mltchlng-
pounds which he drew In gold 10 the
Identical Afty paid to Coilishaw, Bryce
a'es rsinSs SsS no,f e. ssd MssSnxton .v.
IDENTIFY surprised. Now, that was my
FIRST impression. II It wasn't hush
-. T. WASH. hush.money. for this r.a.
that whatever else he knew. Bryce didn't
know Of the accident to Braden until
Warner fetched him to Braden. That's
established--on what you've put before
me- Therefore. whatever Collisnaw saw
pened, It wasn't Bryce who was mixed
up In II. Therefore, why should BRYCE
pay CQllishaw hush-money7"
Mitchington. who had evidently been
IN his desk and took out some papers
from II which he began to turn over.
Wait u minute" he said. 1--WE an
abstract here of what the foreman at the
cathedral mason's yard told me Of what
working that morning when the accident
happened--1 made a note Of II when I
questioned him after Collishaw's death.
Here you are
Foreman says that on morning OF
Braden's accident Collishaw was at
clsrestory clearing away some timber
which the carpenters had left there.
Collishaw was certainly thus engaged
from o'clock until past IL that morn
Ing. Mem. Have investigated this
c. was clearing the timber there 10
an uninterrupted view of the gallery
on tho south side Of the nave ana
Of the arched doorway at the head OF
st, Wrytha's Stair.
We'll" observed Jettison. that proves
what I'm saying. 1t wasn't hush
money. For whoever It was that Colii-
shaw saw lay hands on Braden, It wasn't
Bryce-Bryce, we know, was at that
time coming across tho Close or crossing
that path through the part you caii
Soft the Atty pounds wasn't paid for
hush money. what was It paid for?"
DO you suggest anything" asked
'I'ye thought Of two or three thing"
was the nifty pounds paid for inforrna-
formation, why doesn't he show his hand
more plainly? II he bribed Collishsw
with fifty pounds to tell him who
Braden's assailant was, he now knows |!
$50 $50 Why why doe SSesnt he let 1t out and
Part Of his game-if that theory's
'It maynt be right" said Jettison.
But It's one. And there's another
supposing he paid Coilishaw that money
this business out right and left, top
side and bottom-side. and hapg mo II ]
don't feel certain there Is somebody else I!
What did Ransford tell US about Bryce
an this old Harker?--think OF that
And yet, according to Bryce Harker Is
fore ought TO be above suspiclcn."
Mitchington suddenly started as II an
idea had occurred to him.
IT say. you know" he exclaimed
We've only Bryce's word for It that
Harker ,,ds is az an ss.detees.ve: pa nsys, eve,
il strangely quiet You'd have thought
that he'd have lot US know, here, of his
previous callins-I never heard Of a
policeman of any rank who didn't like
tc have a bit OF talk with his own sort
about professional matters"
'Nor me-" assented Jettison. And
as you say. we've only Brycs's word.
And, the more ! think OF II. the more
I'm convinced there's somebody--some
man OF whom you DON seem to have