Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
THE PARADISE MYSTERY
ru1s STARTS THE sronY
BY j. S. Fletcher
Copyright, fsss. sv Aured A. Krop,, Inn

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.ro,s sn" od, and her brother Dick, sep-
Sssiesr. arc yards Of Doctor Rossford,
sfrdroe man sees Doctor Raasford
S.J je,p minutes later "a found deod
RE theory 70 that ne fell. but this ts
objected to, as pGrner, s,onomd son,
Wary purchase fotoers for the dead
moa's funeral Bryce fnds ON entry
n, n PARISH register Uhere Mark Rams.
ford had acted as best MON at the
ga1taoe Il .h.,o y.nn Brake ,oso..r nd Mora ,oro
sS,Gf,s' ,"sS ns eoxid tSro,s hest on ns Brake
,DsricT. "a found dead. Detectives sur
mise Rdnsjord Is ths murderer on tho
grUuud that h. prescribed for CoiR-
stop and his toite the NIGHT before.
Despite police suspicious. Mn,y as
sin' s%e' s's simSso~ Harser, a detective,
gussttontng Bryce, learns a scrap OF
oaper nc took from Brdden tells OF
sccret chest hidden IN q csmetcrp.
Hdrker admits he has learned thai
Mary and Diok. Hdrkor tells Bryce Of
convict he sac N tho CITY before
Broden,s deofh. AZ the inqaaSt over
CoiNshaw's body Doctor RonsJord IN
an oatbnTst deatcs oNy part IN the
DEATHS Of either Brdden or the mason.
syc; "as and ss GSrss sos Boz se"ssrS eost,ns tno
js,oeis stolen from the Dake Of Saron-
,fsode many pears before. The poiico
inspectoT aad Scotland Yard man
call on Doctor Ransford ard ask hts
help. he tells thew Of his suspicious
90 to question Bryce. He admits low
;no Mdry Beperp and leads them to
cost ncD 5Wspicfons on Rdnstord.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
HXkTELL," he answered, after a mo-
ment's thought. 'T'li qualify that
by saying that from the evidence have,
and from what I know, I believe It to
be an Indisputable fnct. What do
know Of fact. hard. positive fact, Is this /:
John Brake married a Mary Bewery
at the parish church Of Braden Med
worth, near Barthorpe. in Leicestershire.
1ve seen the entry In the register with
my own eyes. His best man. who Signed
the register as q witness, was Mark
Ransford. Brake and Ransford, as young
men, had been in the habit of going to
Braden Medworth to fish; Mary Bewery
was governess at the vicarage there. II
was always supposed she would marry
Ransford: instead. she married Brake,
who, OF course. took her OF to London
OF their married life. know nothing.
But within a few years. Brake was in
trouble. for the reason have told you
He was arrested-and HarlSsr was the
man who arrested him."
Dear me!" exclaimed Mitchington
"Now. II I'd only Known"
You'll know lot before I'm
through said Bryce. Now. Harker, OF
course. can tell q lot--yet It's unsatis-
flying, Brake could make no defense
but his counsel threw out strange
hints and suggestions---all to the effect
that Brake had been cruelty and wick.
sdly deceived--in fact. az II were, trap.
ped into doing what he did. And--by a
man whom he'd trusted as q close
friend, So much came to Harkers ears
but no more. and on that particular
point I've no light: Go on from that to
his arrest he had wife and two very
Young children. Either just before, OF
at, or Immediately after his arrest they
completely disappeared and Brake
himself utterly refused to say one single
could do anything-Brake's answer was
that no one was to concern himself. He
preserved an obstinate silence on that
point. The clergyman in whose family
MIS- Brake had been governess saw
would say nothing to him. OF Mrs
Brake, nothing more Is known-to me
at any rate. What was known at the
time Is this-Brake communicated to ali
who came In contact with him. Just then
tne idea OF man who has been cruelty
IN sullen silence. and who Is already
planning and cherishing-revenge! ="
Revenge Just 30 %
Brake then" continued Bryce. goes
50 d!sappears-untii ne reappears here
In WINCHESTER. Leave him for mo.
ment, and go back. And-it's a COINS
PACK, no doubt, to suppos!tion and To
tneory-.but there's a reason In what
that Brake had been trlcked and de-
ceived' In some money matter, by some
men-Some mysterious man-whom he
reierred to az having been his closest
friend We know. too. that there was
ance OF his wife and children. Now,
rom all that has been found out, who
was Brakes closest friend? Ransford
ana or Ransford. at that time, there's
no trace. He. too. disappeared-that's
a. tset which I've established. Years
,er, where he's bought q practice. Even
tualiy he has two young people. who
IRE IRE represented as his wards. come to
I've with him. Their name Is Bewery.
joSn Ss name meet Of tho young woman whom
What's the inserencee That tseir
mothers dead--that they're known un-
aer her maiden name that they, without
c,,Ssuow ,snauow OF doubt. are John Brakes
t,hs.idren. And that leads up to my
aSsGry-whish aSsn6.I Si,, III now tell you in con-
oh.tts what I particularly wish for
thing iEn", ,,,, .,, w.
and deceived Brake. lie probably tricised
bIm bIr, IN some money affair, and deceived
nun nun IN his domestic affairs. take Il
ust ,ISt Ha9sford ran away with Brakes
Sm WmHe and that Brake, sooner than air
sion,,s. Sill MS grievance to the world, took II
way; Ransford ran away with Mrs.
tnrake :. and the two children---mere In
bssnts-and disappeared. Brake. when
possIh,n. gSine , 9ut Of prison. went abroad
Snnean.whlle' Snsn. as is quite evident. he en-
Saged In business and did we'll. He
sna ae BACK to England as John Braden.
Sws anu Tor the reason OF which you're
Wsre attsrSs, ne paid a visit to WINCHESTER.
wh MtIn hVed here. Now. try TO reconstruct
c,Ost ,t happened. He looks round the
az o,oSe Sc mat morning. He sees the name
of or Mark Ransford on the brass plate
SsrS: ~ surgery door. He goes TO the sur
sery' asks question, makes a remark,
sveS sveS away. What is the probable se-
Sssn eGe or events2 He meets Ransford
tstn Shr he cathedral--where Ransford GER
ony was They recognize each other
that To,,aiy ,n,Nsiy they turn aside, go up to
M eaS a Is an alterca cation--blows-- somehow
ia 1'Ssner, probably from accident. Braden
10 rown through that open doorway,
happened I" '"" ""''
tprnr,yee was watching his liste ners,
nthnnhs alternately from one 10 the