Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-08

| ly on the opening OF the door.
There stood In the entrance tall
man. with a broad white face and
expressionless eyes. He was dressed
soberly In black. and had tho re-
strained and deferential attitude OF
the superior man servant.
II am Mr.. Smith, OF Scotland
Yard" said T. b. briefly, land l
wish to see Mr.. Moole."
The man in black looked dubious.
"Will you come in7" he asked.
and T. b. was shown into a large
comfortably furnished sitting room.
II am afraid you can't see Mr..
Moole," said the man. as he closed
probably know, a partial invalid. but
II there is anything l can do
"You can take me to MIR. Mooie."
said T. b. with smile: short of
thnt--nothinE."
The man hesitated.
II you insist" he began.
The detective nodded.
Il am his secretary and his doc
| tor-Doctor FAIL the other intro
duced himself, "and it may mean
trouble for me--perhaps you will tell
me your businsss?''
| my business IL with Mr.. Moole."
I The doctor bowed.
| Come this way" he said, and he
led the detective across the broad
hall. He opened plain ouor. and
disclosed a small litt, standing aside
| for the other to enter.
after you,' said T. B. politely.
| DIR. Fall smiled and entered, and
T. d. Smith followed.
The lift shot swiftly upward and
came to a rest ut the third floor.
| It was not unlike an hotel, thought
T. b., In the general arrangement
OF the place.
| Two carpcted corridors ran lefe
and right. and the wall before him
was punctured with doorwAys at
regular intervals. His guide led him
to the loft, to the end OF the passage
and opened the big rosewood door
which faced him. Inside was an
other door. This he opened, and
entered q big apartment and r. b.
followed. The room contained
scarcely any furniture. The panell-
ing on the walls was OF polished
myrtle: square of deep blue car
pet Of heavy pile was set exactly in
the center. and upon this stood q
silver bedstead. But 1t was not the
furnishing or the rich little gilt
table by the bedside or the hanging
electrolier which attracted +. BIS
attention; rather his eyes fell In
stantly upon the man on tho bed.
| A man with an odd yellow face,
who. with his steady unwinking eyes
might have been q figure OF wax
save for the regular rise and fall of
his breast, and the spasmodic twitch-
Ing OF his lips. T. B. judged him to
DO somewhere In the neishborhood
OF seventy. and. II anything, older.
His face was without expression:
his eyes. which turned upon the In
truder. were bright and beady.
This Is Mr.. Moole." said the
suave secretary. II am afraid II
You talk to him you will get little in
the way OF information"
| T. B. stepped to the side OF the
bed and looked down, He nodded
his head In greeting, but the other
made no response.
How are you, Mr.. Moole % said r.
b. gently. have como down from
London to zee you.''
There was still no response from
the shrnnken figure under the bed
clothes.
What II your manner" asked T. b.
after while.
For an instant 4 CLEAN Of intelli.
sence came to the eyes OF the wreck.
His mouth opened tremuldusly and Z
husky voice answered him.
Jim Moole." 1t croaked, poor old
Jim Moole: ain't done nobody harm"
Then his eyes turned fearfully to
the man at T. BIS side: the old lips
came tightly together and no fur
Their encouragement from +. b.
could make him speak again.
A little later T. b. was ushered
out Of the room.
sYou agree with me-" said the
doctor asnoothly, "Mr. Mools 10 not
In . position to carry on . very Ions
conversation"
+. b. nodded.
Il quite asres.r he said pleasant
". IAN American millionaire -Ar,
MODELS no not1"
| DR.. Fall inclined his head. Hia
black eyes never loft T. BIS face. 4.
| An American millionaire" he re-
peated.
He does not talk like an Ameri
cam, said T. b.; .even making al
lowances that one must for his mon
tai condition, there 10 no indueement
to accept the phenomenon"
| (which phenomenonY asked the
other quickly.
That which causes an American
millionaire, man probably Of some
refinement and education, at any rate
Of some lingual characteristics, to
talk like = Somerset farm laborer."
| What do you meanT" asked the
other harshly.
| 'Just what I say, said r. b. Smith;
he has the burr Of 4 man Who haA
been brought up In Somerset. He ID
obviously one who has had very
little education. My impression OF
him does not coincide with your de-
scription."
/, II think. Mr.. Smith," said the 9TH
er quietly, that you have had very
little acquaintance with people who
are mentally deficient, otherwise you
would know that those unfortunate
fellow-creatures Of ours who are sc
afflicted are very frequently as un-
recognizable from their speech az
| from their aofiona."
He led the way to the lift door
but T. b. declined it, service.
Il would rather walk down. he
said.
He wanted to be better acquaint-