Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-10
- .r,prs THE STORY

,M scene ot m,tgystoc;, years old, aud
Bory Bswu i,iek. seventeen, are pdrus
kr bro.n" broor P1nstord strange nav
OF DV,s D,or Doctor Rdnst9fd ond ~ ~
oMsiss late, Is ioi.nuc ~" warner.
,oot Of Saint Wrg,He !mns 10 sa,c ne man
stone ,e,,, n n balcony. Later group
tAro'cn jJ,sc'tss jiVm Inc matter. the neory
Of mn,nSd ihot the man suppem mJ
rms Is obtcctcd 70 'u s"I LaT ~ seen
mat Far,.e, - oentiemdn'a hand, a
a indns nsrt na"e "ev0. an dthe sleeve OF
rhno sh'' '""'
euS' =, HERE IT CONTINUES
n..rp NAV be as certain OF II as
Nv ,r,os" answered Archdale, al
-, IndiNerenty, "and stu ne may oe
mos s.,ssn The probability is that warner warner
m,s,rd nonrused by what he saw. He may
was sad a white shirt cum ana the
nave HACK coat Impressed upon
sleeve ot Sash--and they were PROB
him, ~ .so 80 of the man who was kiIleu,
ABLY W suggest, the man slppeu, anu
shot out Of that open aooi"ayi i n,,,ioms ne
would exc enySIi in the effort to save himself
moven,ehb moven,sh bIs arms would play an I'm,
In wno' art FOR one thing, he would
poIlani throw out an arm--to ciutcn
@nsn,,binp. That's what warner hiosl
hmsabiv AZ saw. There's no ey,ueneee e
psa.ayer pIVv that the man was nung uomn, o,
wns,.oo wnsoo turned away from the group Oh
Bryce ibink over Archdale's sug-
gestion. .,.,o,oo,,on had n basis of fact.
...snysd .n his own theory that RAMS
Gesw was responsible for the stranger
ioth I,ath In that case, what was tne reason
os1pn,stords unmistakable agitation on
Oh nl" nsS tSs west porcn ana OF nis attack,
ea,ni,S unmIstakable, OF nerves IN the
equayv But what Archdale had said
SUI Sin, induIsltive and after he mad
mated himself, in celebration OF ms
s,ssdom, TO an unusually sood iuhch az
i,s'cib ina ciub he went round to the cathedrai
lne sIc U,JU a personal inspection OF the
rs,,sry in the clerestory.. ,,.
1sngro was a stairway 10 that gallery
- ,he corner OF the south transept, ana
~ Rryce made straight for IL. only 10 ma
nolice there, VINO polhteo to p'"|"'" ="
on the turret door. A.. ,.,,
,,a chapter," he announced, I'm fur-
Az. an. orSsrs The fact was. SIR he went
@ ae' cnnadentIally, after the news got
@t 40 many people came crowdins IN
here and up TO that gallery that the
dean ordered all the entrances 70 oe snu. n.,
up at once. NOBODY peeh a''o"e" w
WI s,Iuuosn YOU haven't heard any
,,cv Of any strange person being seen
mixing about up there this morning.
asked Bryce. -, .ou,
u,,b w. some mi, Of the vergers," replied the
noIIceman, "and they say It's a most
i,ytraordinary thing that none OF them
aver saw this strange gentleman go UP
there nor even heard any scuff1e. They
ssy-the vergers--that they were all
about at the time, getting ready for the
morning service, and they neither saw
nor heard. Odd. sir, aln't II O.
"The whole things odd, agreed
Bryce and left the cathedral He walked
round to the wicket gate which admitted
N that side OF Paradise--to find az
other policeman posted there. "What
Ia this closed too?" he asked.
"And time sir" said the man. They d
ha broken down all the shrubs In the
place Il orders hadn't been given. They
were mad TO see where the gentleman
fel-came in crowds at dinner time
Bryce nodded. and was turning away
when Dick Bewery came round p &C.
nar from the deancry walk. evidently
keeniy excited. with him was Il girl OF
about his own age--a certain character
fIl young lady whom Bryce knew as
Betty Company, daughter OF the II.
brarlan to the dean and chapter and
therefore custodian to one OF the most
famous cathedral libraries in the coun-
y.
with excitement and her pretty and
yiyacous face puckered itself into q
irovn as the policeman smiled and shook
his head
"Oh. | say. what's that for" excla lined
Dick Bewery. "Shut up-what lot OF
rot | say, can't you let US go ln-jus'
for a ninute?"
Not for a pension. sir" answered the
policeman, good-naturedly. Don't you
see the notice? The dean 'ud have me
out OF the force by tomorrow II dis
obeyed orders. No admittance, nowhere
nohOw' But lcr' bless yer" he added
glancIng at the two young people
there's nothing to see----nothing-as
Doctor Bryce there can tell you"
Dick who knew nothing of the recen,
passages between his guardian and the
dismissed assistant, glanced at Bryce
with interest
YOU were on the spot first, weren''
YOU" he asked. '"Do you think 1t really
was murder?"
u don't know what it was" answered
Bryce. And ] wasn't first on the spot
That was Warner. the mason-he called
me-" He turned from the lad TO glance
at the girl, who was peeping curiouslI
expresses. DO you think YOUR fathers
At the library just now?' he asked
Shall find him there?"
u should think he is." answered Betty
Company, He generally goes down
about this time" She turned and pulled
Dick Bewery's sleeve Let's go up in
IN, me cerestory,' she said. We can see
that, anyway"
Also closed. miss" said the police
man, shaking his head. NO admittance
mere neither, The public firmly warned
or-so to speak. L won't have the
catnedral turned into a peep-show !!
mats precisely what I heard the. dear
say with my own ears. So--closed!" :"
Inc boy and the girl turned away and
went on across the close. and the police
"ail looked after them and laughed.
LiVeiy young couple. that. sir y ht
tS'd What they call healthy curiosity
suppose? Plenty o that knocking
@9and in the city today"
bryce, who had half-turned in the
unection OF tho library, at the other
s'Gs NO OF Inc close. turned round again.
70 you know II your people are doinl
iylning about Identifying the deaC
thai man ne asked. Did you hear any.
hlng at noon?"
,h MoIhnG but that there'll be inquiries
L,Ttush no,t"nsh lhe newspapers. sir" replied the
ssou.Gethan' That's the surest way OF
nInulng something out. And did neal
Speetor Mitchington say that they {
%,e I%ase 10 ask the duke II he knew any,
ha,ds ABOUT the poor mani suppose
ou so iet rail- something about wanting &C
"pSver TO saXonsteade."
,hrnryce went off in the direction of tn,
no h:,, ,.nlhKlng. The newspapers?--yes
arS II Mr.. John Braden had relations
saS rlendS, thsy would learn OF hi.
wor,ath ,aeath through the newspapers, anc
easa u come forward. And In tina,
Brvouut out y wouldn't surprise me-" musea
IA Sn al u the name given at the Mir,
theory s,u'neu ., name. l wonder II thai
TnSsol OK Archdale's IL a correct one,
M however. therell be more Of thai a.
TIM quest tomorrow And In the mean.
ths ,o me find out something abouI
kissosnO sOno OF Richard Jenkins. or len,
TS'--whoever M he was"
chans.,i famous library Of the dean ant
|ancisnt OF Wrychester was housed in an