Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23
THE PARADISE MYSTERY
THIS STARTS THE STORY
BY J. S. Fletcher
1889. Dv Aitred A. Knop,. rro.

Ih,s nv, so,sr ,gjfb ifs peaceful close, u
WtVnc,,c NJ intrigue and mystery.
me IT,, So Re,ye,y. nineteen wars old, and
m'bT 'bTrotGsr. Dick, seuontesne are todrds
~ Doctor Pansjord. A afranDc man
secs Doctor Ronsford and fep min
ates Iafsr ,s ioh hna ,s,s ;s ob;eoteJ tJiop fa
", warner, a .stonemason, insists he
tcds slain. Ronslora hos wary pnr.
chase "'T Rrs,oc dads an enfry IN n
yarish register Chere Mark Rdnstord
had acted as best nian at .he marrto0e
otJonm io n'I"c a., conmcction @ % ,nitb Ronssord T
Snd ne dead maa Collshato, the
Idborer, Who said ne could thro,o light
on the B,ose ,,;ph % a.. di,,e, yo",m ,a,, dead ea
n%' o% old lin bottle beside hin. Detectives
swrmise Rdnstord Is The murderer, o.,
Co,tSbGm and his toits the night be-
no,s''d tore' and Rdnsford Was LETT alone ,cith
..vsnjoions Mdrv assures Ransfopd oJ
SnSp'',yf Sss "onfdence i, him Sinpsoy
Wo-teT. a detectipe, questioning Brvos'
nsrs ,phGt he Eas dous ipith n scrnn
oS naper he took IRON, BrGden,s nurse
o. qy,prner pnpe' adm;ts ne has learned p III
Ba,Sen p,aSe, ,""s % in truth Brnhs' retber t"ot
Broaen s oud III 1,cf Harte, % teus 'R,nvr Rruco %
H'., s,gsond co,,,jct ,pbo had ,nue,oy;n,,oy
x, S. dis1ppeorsd from fbe "i,m "ttS,
Wp.ode~!s death AZ the Ni,ouccst Wer o,,e,.
roTr, "bo,",s bodv Doctor PanoSo,,, ,0 a.,
an oufbwrst dr,iies ann nnrt IN tb.
Jcotbs of either. Bradsm or tbe nosom
WV "'"'o''
AND HbfE III CoNTiNtES
NTMPOSSIBLE that II could strike one
L IN anv other way. vou ,,,oyr :.
"a, -,
answered Sackville with fine and lofty
bRnnGfnr1 1,ax x,a
token Immediate stems 70 clear himself
,-,sis 1,, .,,,.,.,-
OF any suspicion' its rIoicuious' con-
cerning his postion-guardian to-to
Miss Bewery, for instance-that he
,,o,,,d allow suob ruuors IN cirou,ate
BY Cod sir, II II mad peen me. ia nave
parish pumpl''
"Ah." said Bryce: "hnd-how?"
MADE an example OF somebody" re-
nled Sackvllle, with emphasis. II be-
lieve there's law IN @ TINS country. lsn.'
there?-laW agalnst lipei ana siander
and that sort OF thtng. en- IN, yes!
mot been much time top that-yet'
remarked Bryce,
piles Of time, retorted sacky,lle
swinglng ms SUCK VIGOROUSLY. 20
SIR, hanstord M Is ,bipr h ass for ,Tweyer h,ssI,
man Won uo ,hings LOT hiIilsel. Ven
MS irienas nust % no sofmetning n. ~ ,n LOT MN
r~aS msioo o;,t =, ~ tbis ipSernoY % bpia of
dragged .Lou. oI lnIs ,''ieriiai noie. VI
sotherhe!s Sourse he soine to ta,,e band any sse hn5
latneF-e soi,s ~ taNe t,,i mnt.a. anu .u
my step,a.ner' prSce. .s y oeV.,isn y, cute
old mana at game ol tlIs sort
-, oDo1E aGS p,,.oa . au'iit,es ss.
/ " sure, saiu DsIe' ui-sou ,.oi uot, ,. !
Hihu saylhs-ho" "a, Is he so'"s 10 take
nana s.r ,,, ., ;,
S,ir .l'itSs e,,,,, .omnru ,s'i up.
announces Sack'lIIe promptly. rave
ne whoie tning gone lnto-thoroughly'
inere are matters ,aat , haVent oeem
'ouCmed on YET +. lou !, see. my .r boy
HlIu 70 near II, saiu hrycs. but-
why should MT follot pe so particular
ABOUT ;Ss ciHarlng isanslora PSI, ,.
SackVllle swung MS SUCK, ana pulled
up ms CoIIar' ana JerKed MS nose a
uine hishyI;; uo - ,.,-
In Wen, ne saiu' o1 course; II
us a preIty wen UNDERSTOOD thlng
cont you know-petween myseir ana
MISS bSWeTy. you know-and or course.
we couidh nave any suspicions attacn.
,,g 70 her guardlan. coulo we, now?
'aesar "lie. ana all that sort or thing.
en-
.l see, answered Bryce, quietly.
IN IN sort OF family arrangement.
WIN hansiords consent and knowledge.
OF course!
S'Sh w
sald Sackvilie, AIRY. My stepfather-
snarp man. tnat. Bryce he II do things
IN ms own FASHION, You look out FOR
suaden revelations
~ VII, repIled Bryce. By-oye'
lie turned OH TO MS rooms. wondering
noW much or truth there wos IN the
.aIuous Sackvilles remarks. And-was
mere some mystery still undreamed OF
~ y n.inseii anu harKer! Ihere mlght pc
se Vas sun unuer tne inHuence OIL Rang
IoFu indignant ana dramatic assertion
oI,I oI ms ,hhocenGs' would hanstord nave
H"1"en a. NV 1'inseit an outpurst or that sort
u ne nad not been' as ne said. utterly
ignorant OF the immediate cause Of
phruueI deathI Now Bryce. all
lnroush, was calculating, Tor his own
purposes, on Ransford's share. frn or
partial, IN mat death--if Ransford really
Sis Snew noInlnG Whatever about 1t, where
IId ms Bryces theory, come in-and
nov would his present Vaccinations re-
suh' SUIT AND, more-if Ransford's asser--
tion were true. and IL Narner's story of
me nand' seen FOR an instant In the
"rehWay, We're also true-and Warner
vas nGrslSting IN it-then who was the
man man VINO nung Braden to his death that
morning? He realized that instead of
strengthening out, things were becoming
more ana more complicated.
Al, But he realized something else. On
me surface there was a strong case of
suggested that very morning before n
coroner and his jury: It would grow
the police were already permeated with
suspicion and distrust. Would 1t not
pay him, Bryce, to encourage, 10 help
II? He had his own score to pay Off
against Ransford he had his own
schemes as regards Mary Bewerv. Anv-
way, he was not going to share IN any
attempts to clear the man who bundled
him out of his house unceremoniousIy-
he would bide his time. And IN the
meantime there were other things to be
done-one Of than tbot var,, nisbt "e
But before Bryce could engage in his
secret task of excayating a small nor
ton of Paradise in the rear of Richard
Jenkins's tomb. another strange deyelop-
ment came. AS the dark fell over the
ing of settina, a,,e ~, 'u III % tG maS Ntitnh uih