Evening star., 1920-03-14
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TredWays WIRE "Reeds is off. What
shall l do?" But the day passed with
out reply.
The situation fretted my nerves.
Reeds was quitting his house at
o'clock. when a vehicle was to convey
him to the distant railway station.
Should he get away was absolutely
certain that Tredways would never
forgive me-. Imagine. therefore, my
JOY when Tredways. in company with
Abel Heriot. turned up at the Joyous
Bretchren" at quarter to that hour.
"All right" Francie; don't get fur
ried," said he. "Fifteen minutes. I'll
send message to Reeds to drop in
here. He win bolt? i disagree"
Sure enough the late landlord of the
inn but in an appearance ten minutes
room. He glanced at the three of us
with an uneasy scowl.
I'VE meet again." accosted Tired
ways pleasantly. Howe are your
beets. Reeds? Allow we to introduce
you to, Abe Heriot. who had the mis- 2
fortune: to suffer, Imprisonment in the
matter. Of the death of Lacey Cassidy.
Reeds gave a painful start, and the
blood rushed from his face. He gave
Just one stealthy look at Heriot,, who
was STING ,~.a oa n ths q. side Of my bed
what is your, gamer" he demanded
'suil<nfiy. :: as"- ~ - II - Z,
] ! :."Your glovs, I believer, queried
,Tfedways,. y pr0ducing 7 tho article.
..:.'Don' { dsny.sit. IL is.syou 'see.s quite
immense hut then 7. that right FIST iof
yours. which has knocked out 50. many
opponents In your time. 10 also i'm
mense, ;, Do. YOU know whore you left
it?, On the stone edge OF that hollow
tomb, In the crypt where Cassidy was
done to death" 80 -
:. Reeds started hack and brought up
sharp .agsiast the washstand, which
he ,'almoste overturned' That's a."
he burst out, checking the unspoken
'0h, no, it is not. IT is the plain
truth" corrected Tredways sternly.
do you deny that you. and no other.
murdered Lacey Cassidy?" =
."I swear before heaven that. I know
nothing about III! retorted Reeds.
AN! You force me to go further.
There was the matter of a valuble
ruby pin missing from the tie of the
dead man. He always wore that pin
and 1t was missing. Now. Reeds.
discovered yesterday that you some
what abruptly came into q substantial
sum Of money Q short time back.
There was q chance that. II you had
killed Cassidy in the crypt, you would
stick to the very valuable ruby for
a time before selling 1t. You did. You
stuck to it for two years. have spent
all today in town in inquiries regard
ing ruby tie pins sold to decent Jewell
ers there within the past few weeks
1t was a facile task, because I had
the invaluable help of New Scotland
Yard-my good friends. Not SO many
transactions OF the sort took place as
might be supposed; but that you
brought off one was proved. frst by
the unusual value Of the stone; sec
ond, by the dealer recognizing a rough
likeness, in pencil, Of your somewhat
unusual countenance. Now. who MUIR
dered Cassidy"
"God-Almighty knows didn't" was
Reeds emphatic answer.
Thief, tell US what happened"
snapped Tredways.
This" answered Reeds. with unex-
pected resolution. "There's an under
ground way between the Aspens and
the church crypt"
Exactly. traversed 1t myself. Go
on" \
1T must have been there long time.
perhaps two or three centuries, but got
lost blight Of. Lacey Cassidy discovered
II in his time. but didn't talk about it.
He said 1t must have been built In the
time, Of the civil war. and was maybe
used for hiding place. That hollow
tomb was put over one end Of It: the
other 10 right underneath the house and
communicates with one Of the big eel
lars. Mr., Cassidy told me this when he
spoke about the arrangements he had
made for running away with"
Reeds stopped and looked uneasily at
Heriot. who was hnperturbable.
''Go on. We understand" ordered
''He said ne meant to use the pas
sage. he and the lady, II he could per-
suade her, to accompany him. 1t had
to be done secretly. He told me be-
cause he wanted some one to help heave
up that big stone top Of the tomb. One
pair Of arms couldn't do 1t. We entered
the crypt. he and I. toward evening and
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