Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-20

SYNOPSIS

SNNOPSlS
Frank Spargo, young London
spdpermdh, on returning home
a, lis pork late one night, is at
I,o",sd by a couple Of men peerino
~. ddrb corner in an aUcyway.
~ stionfion shotccd that man was
I"s,;r;yo o1dinst a ,coH and that he
ss Sesd, murdered, 10 seemed. In
w. ~. Jacket there is found the name
n.' s rddross "RondM Breton, BdrriS-
ts ttr, Kings Bench Wo|h, Temple,
London. -
taND HERE 1T CONTINUEs)
JOURNALIST" he said. ''Mr.
snarco. of the Watchman. Mr..
eo.na was there when the body was
epu,5 And he knows Mr.. Breton. "
1Uuu TLnn hc nodded from Spargo to the
Lnid L,aIid faced person. "This is Detective
ss.srsant stoae Bathbury. from the Yard, ~
sefssaid to Spargo. ''He's come
nc take charge of this case.
""ShY" said Spargo bankly II see
,,bat" he went on, with sudden
.hruntness. what shall you do about
pretGS aGet him to come and look at the
,odv," replied Rathbury. He may
tuow the man and he mayn't. Anyway,
Il, A. name and address are here, aren't
they?' t, e,, arm
walk there with you
snargo remained In u species of brown
,trdy all the way along Tudor street ;
his companion also maintained silence
W fashion which showed that he was
Lv nature and custom n man OF few
cords. n,
Inc the old balustraded staircase of the
S hn,so in Kings Bench Walk in which
n"nald Brcton's chambers were some =
rSarn situate that Spargo spoke.
"Do YOU think that old chap was
,iued for what he may have had on
R;m?, he asked, suddenly turning on
the detective.
II should like to know what he had
an him before | answered that ques-
f;on. Mr.. Spargo," replied Rathbury,
with smile. a a.,
.uppose so. He might have had-noth :
pg on him. eh?'
1he detective laughed, and pointed
to board on which names were
I'VE don't know ANYTHING yet. sir.
M observed, except that Mr.. Breton
;s IN the fourth floor. BY which I con
clude that it isn't long since he was eat
ing his dinner .,. ;,
f'Oh. he's young-he's quite young
said Spargo. II should say he S about
four and twenty. I've met him only
At that moment the unmistakable
sounds of girlish laughter came down
rx,A ,,i,lu pnptpoI tn, hf
lsughing--preseutly masculine laughter
mingled with the lighter feminine.
Seems to be studying law in vcrS
Pleasant fashion up here, anyway.
said Rathbury. "Mr. Breton's cham
hers. too. And the doors open
The outer oak door of Ronald Bre
toms chambers stood thrown wide; thu
inner one was well ajar; through thu
oneuing thus made Spargo and the de
tective obtained full view of the in
terror of Mr.. Ronald Breton's rooms
There, against background of Law
hooks, bundles of papers tied up witt
ripk tape, and black framed picture
of famous legal notabilities, they say
pretty, vivacious- eyed girl. who
perched on chair, wigged and gowned
and f1ourishing mass of crisp paper
was haransuing an imaginary judge ant
Jury, to the amusement or Il young maj
who had his back to the door, and o
another girl who leant confidential
against his shoulder.
Il put it to you, gentlemen of tn
jury--,I put it to you with confidence
feeling that you must be. must neces
sary be, some, perhaps brothers. per
haps husbands, and fathers, can you
on your consciences do my client tn
great wrong, the irreparabe injury, tn
--the--'
Think of some more adjectives.
exclaimed the young man. Hot an
strong 'uns--pile 'em up. That's wha
they like -they-Hullo !"
This exclamation arose from the fac
that at this point of the proceeding
the detective raped at the inner door
and then put his head round it's edge
Whereupon the young lady who wa
Grating from the chair jumped hastil,
down; the other young lady Withdrew
from the young mans protecting arm
there was a feminine giggle and fem
mime swshing of skirts, and hast.
holt into an inner room, and Mr.. Ron
aid Breton came forward blushing
little, to greet the interrupter.
Come in, come in!' he exclaimed
hastily. q
Then he paused, catching sight O
Spargo, and held out his hand with
look of surprise.
"Oh-NIr Spargo?" he said. "Hov
do you do do?-we-I-we were just hav
ing lark-I'm off to court in a few