Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-31
THIS STARTS THE STORY

VII but this Is objected to. as a stone
mason insists nc tods sluin. Rdnsford
bGs Mary purchase fowers for the
dead mans Jgnsral Bruce a,.ds a.,
FanSiord had acted as best man Mt
M marriage of John Brdke and Mary
Rspsrv. CotitshdW. q nborer. Dho
Eaid he could throW light on the
brake murder, Is found dead. Detec-
ives sur,ntse Rdnstord Is the MIR
FoIbed for Coiiishdw the night be-
Eoro. Despite police suspicious. Mary
assures Rdnsford OF her confidence IN
hip,. Simpson Hdrbcr sees Bryce and
Hdmtts ne has learned that Brdden
vas " truth Brake, father OF Mary
iaie, a conrict he saU IN the city be-
ore Braden's death. Al the inquest
buer CoIiishd,1's body Doctor Rams
ford, IN an outbarst, denies any part
IN the deaths Of either Brnden or the
mason. Bryce finds a party has
Containing tetUeis stolen from the Duke
bt Suronsteode. The police Inspector
md a Scotland Yard man call or Doc"
tor Rdnsford and ask hts help. He tells
hem Of his suspicious OF Bryce aud
Hdrker The officers 90 to question
bnd leads them to cost neto suspt.
,ions on RdnsJord. The deteottUes
Eearn Bryce paid CoIiishatD dJtD
bounds tu0o days before his murder.
They are astonnded By totre from
RonSford stating the mystery has
knoton Bryce questions GldsSdale and
tedrns the slain man had too enemies
he had IolloUed ouer the globe, finally
tracing them to England.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
, . x,r, s.a f.a,x, saba. 7 xo,d .lo,,
~ never followed his movements that
orning :" observed Glassdale. Queer
lsiness altogether Isn't there some
,ward offered, doctor? heard of some
acards or something, but I've never
zen them Of course, I've only been
ere since yesterday morning"
Bryce silently drew some papers from
IS pocket. From them he extracted the
vo handbills which Mitchington had
lven him and handed them over.
We'll, must CO." he said. II shall
doubt see you again In WINCHESTER,
lis Is between ourselves, of coursc?"
lassdale. quite sol"
Bryce went Off and got his bicycle and
bde away In the direction of Wry-
hester. Had he remained in that gar
,ading both the handbills, go into the
buse and have heard him ask the land
dy at the bar to get him a trap and
good horse In II as soon as possible !;
too, now. wanted to go to WINCHESTER
nd at once.
But Bryce was riding down the road.
uttering certain words to himself over
nd over again.
"The left jaw-and the left hand 20
repeated; Left hand--left jaw !
Inmistakable
The great towers OF WINCHESTER
ath tpit
Pfore he had made UP his mind as to
10 next step In this last stage of his
lmpaign. He had ridden away from
10 Saxonsteade Arms. feeling that ne
nd got TO do something at once, but
? was not quite clear In his mind as
ut now. as he topped a rise in the
bad. and saw Wrychester lying in its
blow beneath him, the summer sun
inning on Its red roofs and gray walls.
suddenly came to a decision, ana in
cad Of riding straight ahead into the
ade a line across the northern out
<irts, and headed for the golf links.
was almost certain to find Mary
every there at that hour. and he
anted to see her at once. The time
pr his great stroke had come.
But Mary Bewery was not there
"a not been there that morning, said
be caddy master. There were only a few
layers out. In one of them. coming
ward the clubhouse. Bryce recognized
eckyiIIs ck,,ilIs g%onham; % And at sight of
ary Bewery would not come up to
10 links now before afternoon he
ryce, would lunch there and then go
ward WINCHESTER to meet her by the
18th across the fields on which he had
aylaid her after his visit to Leicester
IRE. And meanwhile he would in
Pigle SackVille Bonham into conversa-
Sackville fell readily into Bryce's
ap. He was the sort of youth who
YES YES to talk: especially In limiting and
ter treating him to an appetizer in
70 bar of the clubhouse, had suggested
at they should lunch together and got
m INTO a quiet corner of the dining
ON, he launched forth at once on the
rtinent matter of the day.
Heard all about this discovery of
ose missing Saxonsteade diamonds ?"
asked as he and Bryce picked up
err knives and forks. Queer busi-
'ss that; isn't it? OF course, It's got
DO with those murders -
Think so?" asked Bryce
can anybody think anything else ?"
40 Sackyllle in his best dogmatic
amer: Why. the things plain. From
nats been let out--not much. certainly,
~ enough-it's quite evident"
Whats your theory?" inquired
My stepfather-lnowing old bird he
700 sums the whole thing UP to a
cety, answered Sackville. "That old
sp, braden, you know, Is In possession
.hat secret. He comes to WINCHESTER
hat somebody gets rid of Braden. Why?
that the secret'll be known then only
n.y. hW",, ' why
9, so far"
You must be Dense then" said Sack
!e with the lofty superiority OF youth.
"Guse or the reward. of course!
D0nt you know that there's been a
ahding offer-never withdrawn of
70 tn9usand pounds for news of those
No. I didn't" answered Bryce.
saGt sir-pure fact" continued
ickvllle; Now, five thousand, divided
Two, is two thousand five hundred
S5 On But five thousand. undivided, is
r,iSt Five thousand-apparently," said
Just so ! And" remarked sackvi,Ie,
io0"wingiy. "A man'll do lot for five
"or.according to your argument
~ halt OF It," said Bryce. What you
>, this. that suspicion rests on
Ssdaels sharer in the secret. That it?"
ana why not?" asked sackville.
.ook at what we know-from the ac-
unt IN the paper this morning. This
ner chap, Glassdale, waits a BIT until
nrst excitement about Braden is
er, then he comes forward and tells
auke where the duchess's diamonds
planted. Why? So that he can get
nye thousand pound reward Plair
"a, pikestafr! Only, the police are such
and what about Collishaw?" asked
yse,, willing to absorb all his COM
Part of the game" declared Sack
rador ,ei same same man that got rid Of