Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
-. STARTS THE STORY

Tho litth EEg,f xxx ,fs peaceful close ts
Trycheslu much mystery ana w
tho scene ,gorV Betoery, yoMno
tr,gao,, of ninoteen, dna Her ,co,ds
.son''n youth Of seventeen; are "mrS ,nny
p'cnn; cnn;os,or Ranstord. paa,stora d % and
9.oy,res q ,s for Dootor, I, Nd Sonnd dead, at
jep msnWes saint Wyytha's stair.
lie foot %Jj,missed q asststont of Rams.
Bryce v,raefs w,g % a piece OF paper Irom
ford, mans pocket. AZ me hotett
ne de1i. degi.cover ne has a snucagsSS .oiJ
mssn.,d IKE TO sec t9no, tt., ~ eSamirs
~, Inspector, "We"
liz room" ar CONTINUES
nvcE presently followed the iana,aoy
RfiU,nn ,na inspector upstairs. Mr., Dellins-
anu ,.,,oged n MIN. All four went into q
ham io''' ,rb,oh looked out on Monday
bedroom And there, on side table, lay
MAJ, l,.,I leather suitcase, one whicn couiu
. s ."s be carried, with It's upper na,, ,,
.s.owo sa.v open and back against 'he wall
behind. 49,. u- De,,ineham and
lno .,o,d silently by while the In
...,,or D, examined the contents OIL w 'n.s'
~ ' on,v piece of luggage In the room. room.
.no ne" W. wss very little to see--what toiie'
Ine', .. ,he visitor brought were spread
sru0'eo tho dressing table--brushes'
OUT " case of razors and the ike
o0n,'V M,,chIngton nodded sidewise az
,ssm % as he began to take 'ne a''e
a., AZ the suitcase. =.
sua rs.ro,s y, one thing strikes me AZ
y. sa,d. 'T dare say you gentie-
on0', .,.,cs Il. All these things are new
ne' s,,,,case hasn't been In use very
ini' s.s the leather's almost unworn-
'ous as ,nose things on the dressing taole
.~ @ nsw. And what there Is mere looNs
sp w.. ..' There's not much, you see
ss., ..,,.Ssn,,y had no intentiontof long
10 e'' sn extra pair Of troussrs-some
w sooks- collars,-neckties-si'p'
sp'" x,r x,raterchiefs--that's about all
~ ,se first thing to do Is to see u .he
80. marked with name or ini.islS; .u,n,;.
% deity examined the e., ths
..i1slss as he took them out anu '' '">
"a a. shook arssno ms % initials" he said. Blu,
,.,T SS SSsrs"--do you see, gentlemen. wnest sr
lcok neig' nn,'ors we're bought? Half Dozen
nee hU SU" in a box. Paris There yoe
meh,, .el,er's name. inside the colisas az
~ as in England. Aristide fuJoi' o'
fps des Capucines. ,,,L n, ,en,--1
aAnd-judging by tne ioUn nre houphI
@ anouIa ,ooSand the handkerchiefs-.ane
thele, ele,osSwear-they all have toreisi
he rhere may be q clue IN tnat|Ws
looE. .racs him in France II we can't II
nTasslsnd nsals ID Perhaps he is a Frenchman, :
Snsn,ntk NJ, take my oath he isnt!' exclaimet
", pellIngham. However lohs ne .
S,.n out Of England he hadnt a, os, sorn,
North: Country ao',mtry aSSent, man--Yorkshir'
70 srT lancashire, al I'll go bail. No French
nsT; Wal yl' there's no papers here, any
~" said Mitchington, who had nov
sss,,,.d way, the suitcase. Nothing to shoV
smp'ee sSp he was. s Nothing here. you see, II
M way Of paper but this old oooK-
uSat is It? History Of Barthorpe.
,.narked Mr.. Dellingham. I'm inter
..,sd in antiquities and archaeology, ant
snvbody who's long in my society ma
n ant We got talking of such Things
.rS be nulled out that book, and told m
LIN sreat pride that he'd picked IL VI
trom a hook harrow in the street, some
vSere in London, for one-and-six.
tsInk" he added mus'ngly, that VIVA
attracted him In 1t was the OLD cal
binding and the steel irontispiece, 'aas on
sure he'd no great knowledge OF an
tQuities." M,
Bryoe picked II up, examined tho title
pare, and made n mental note or IN
hct that Barthorpe was a market-towl
IN Inc Midlands. And 1t was on the III
Of his tongue to say that II the dea'
man had no particular interest IN an
tauties and archaeology, It was some
what strange. that he should nave polgn
book which was mainly ANTIQUARIAN
and that It might be that he had 8
bought II because of q connection be
tween Barthorpe and himself. But h
remembered that 1t was his own polio
10 keep pertinent facts for his ow
private consideration, SO he said nothing
And Mltchington presently remarkin
thatthere was no moro to be done there
and ascertainhg from Mr.: Dellinghar
WINCHESTER for at any rate a few days
they went downstairs again, and Bryc
and the inspector crossed over to tn
police station.
The news had spread through tn
hart of the city, and at the police sta
ton doors a crowd had gathered. Jus
inside two or three principal citizen
weye talking to the superintendent
among them was Mr.. Stephen Folliot
ihe stepfather Of young Bonham--a big
hsaVy.faced man who had been a resi-
dot In tho close for some years. wa
hown TO be of great wealth. and had
ssputation as q grower Of rare roses
Ae was telling'the superintendent some
@nE-and thesuperinteudent beckone
"A Mtchine eton.
y rGE Z FSilot says \. saw this gentle
nan ID tho cathedral" he said. "Can'
naNcbeen 30 very long before tho acci
ss's!sssg s:Ss sssgp'n'd' MI Soll'ot. from wh'
~ nearosE Ecam~ecleun. it would b
nve minutes to TO-" answered Mr.. Fol
ilot II put 1t at that because I'd gon
!n-aor'the morning servioe, which is q
~, Assaw him go up the inside stair I
the. olerestory gallery.-he was lookin
soout him. Five minutes to I0-and
Suss %uss have happened Immediately after
Brycsyheard this and turned ava,
GaKins b calculation for himself.
naa been on the stroke of 10 when h
porch ''S VI ''o WOE
There was a stairway from the CALLER
soWn TO that west porch. What. thef
xs the inference? But for the niomer
20 crew none--instead, he went HON
ma 70 rooms IN Frtary lane. and shut
snn Sns hlmser up, drew from his pocket IN
d."ap dap Oh paper no had taken from tn
,,s Whsn Bryce. in his locked room, dre,
Sas oit OF paper from his pocket,
SsS WIN the conviction that in It
nasa clue to tho secret OF the morn
ny, Ss adventure. He had only taken
ha ,hhese glance at it as he withdrew AZ fror
snovd uead mans purse. but ne had see
msE HyEusp OF what was written on Il I
ment-if such a mere frawmsnt SI coSI
IN mnced called a document--of no ordinar
Iaig g'tttance. y And now he unfolded an
t'p r,r.i u nat on his table and looked a
the seiiu,,y, ssei NY asking himself what wa
,cra mere was not much TO see Tb
ousrp op OF paper itself was evidently
stoN,er ster OF a leaf Of old-fashionet
with sR sRe nnotsspSper; nns somewhat yeiio'
~ been folded and kant AZ. ~