Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-13
-.,s STARTS THE STORY

Eyycs.s of ysysssvy ara srtrfguc
iM p.sc<,.v. ninstsew ueure Ola, o.d
mSrotNsr bick, seventeen. ore ~a,us .s
" poosor RoHsfcru ss-,s r.J n yc,"
ss1 Jo' icfcr u found deud at the
mis~Iss satrf Wryfho,s Stutr. Warner,
fcof of0srsou, says no sutc the MON
c.".cr Tke theory s th1t tns mon
s,,,rss and ten ia Tnss e o1teofes % s.sr 20 a.
rnypsy tmstsfcd tn1 No., ,,,,y-
mcws Nnsc,,, for the dead rndws
chosc borksr In Borthorpe Offers
tinMos~d for infor7ndtt0a rogdvdtn0
q sscd man. Neat day Bryce, dNd
W W I,efecftpe Hovkcr n.ssf az Bor.
e% ,serpe drd 20 the local 'rgsrtn'emasns srt ,,,
~ ,rho;s staying across at the PED
tngg" hs,, after something or other,
cocm ,r cys a, httr. Let me krou, by
sepA. ,rbsr thts Young man OF the
mmey,k ~ ~ isnuss here, and, " posstbtc--
.sS yos can ind ottt--Jor 'chere."
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
bryce was all unconscious that any
ID was Interested In hts movements
~, he strolled out into Barthorpe
.sx., place Just after II. He had
.,.a a casual question Of the waiter
"a ,ound that the old gentleman had
..r,d. He accordingly believed him
.s,s free from observation. And forth
~. bs set about his work of inquiry
"a, own fashion. He was not going
ar.v any attention to himself by
.,,rg questions Of present-day inhabi-
-, whose curiosity might then be
....a. hs knew better methods than
nio.'oIr rvery town, said Bryce to him
~ ~ rossesses public records-parish
ai.,srs. burgess rolls, list OF voters
~ ANAL towns have directories when
W more or less complete--he could
|ssrch these for any meh'o1 mem on ths or rn nsma
Traden. And he spent all that day
that search, inspecting numerous
n..amsnts and registers and books; and
- evening came he had a very COM
,s,s acquaintance with the family
Souenolature Of Barthorpe: and ne was
.ssnared TO bet odds against any one
" hs name of Braden having lived there
,nsns the last half century. In all
Sis searching he had not once come
re man who had spent a very lazy
say in keeping an eve on Bryce as ne
;.,ted the various public places where
hs made his researches was also
smins an eye upon him next morning
.N,n Bryce, breakfasting earlier than
anal prepared for a second days
isbors He followed his quarry away
nm the little town-Bryce was walk
ing out to Braden Medworth. In Bryce
sbsse to 20 there. but the similarity In
Ihs name Of the village and Of the dead
man at WINCHESTER might have its sig
aacance and IL was but two miles
.,roll from Barthorpe. He found Braden
Nedworth a very small. quiet and pic
-. ,,,lA al Nht trf.in an
Ehs banks of a river which promised
mad sport to anglers. And there he
sursued his tactics Of the day before
ma went straight to the vicarage and
its vicar with request to be allowed
10 inspect the parish registers. The
icar, having no objection TO earning the
resultant fee, fastened to comply with
Byce's request, and inquired how far
oack he wanted to search and for what
particular entry.
aNo particular entry" answered
Bryce. "and as to period-fairly recent.
Ths fact is, am Interested in names.
am thnking"-here he used one more
bf his easily found inventions--"of
writing book on English surnames,
and am Just now inspecting parish reg
is,ers in the Midlands for that pur-
sThen can considerably simplify your
labors," said the vicar, taking down a
parish registers have been copied and
printed, and here is the volumes-every-
thing Is In there from 1870 to ten years
ago, and there Is a very full index. Are
ySa staying in the neishborhood-or the
IN the neighborhood, yes in the viii
age no longer tnan the time I shall
pend In getting some lunch at the inn
yonder.' answered Bryce, nodding
through an open window at an ancient
tavern which stood in the valley be-
heath close to an old stone bridge.
book for an hour. Then, IL see any
thing very noteworthy In the index. /
can look at the actual registers when
bring II back"
The vicar replied that was precisely
what he had been about to suggest; and
while he sat In the inn parlor awaiting
hs lunch. he turned to the carefully
compiled index, glanclng through II rap
Bewery,"
II the man who had followed Bryce
rom Barthorpe to Braden Medworth had
cen with him In the quiet inn parlor
would have seen his quarry start
nd heard him let stified exclamation
scape his lips. But the follower, know
~ MS man was safe for an hour. was
inc bar outside, eating bread and
neese and drinking ale: and Bryce's
urphse was witnessed by no one. Yet
nad been so much surprised that IL
Wrychester had been there he could
q, despite his self-training in watch
slhess, have kept back either start or
xcamation.
Bewery"! A name so uncommon
,a here-here. in this ut-Of- the way
Midland village--there must be some
gnhecton with the object Of his search.
mere the name stood out before him.
tne exclusion OF all others-Bewery
WIN just one entry OF figures against
ne turned TO page 3S7 with a sense
sure discovery.
once; and he knew that he had dis
egq more than he had ever hoped
W. W. ne ne read II again and again, gloat-
over his wonderful luck
June -, 1891. John Brake, bache-
Son Src OF me parish Of st, Pancras. Lon
as as parish, by the vicar. Witnesses:
.w Har,ss M Claybourne. Selma Womers-
swmsem'y-two years ago! The Mary
SsS,asy SSery whom Bryce knew in Wry-
fsrv f was just about twenty; this
Forth rmery; w spinster, OF Braden Med
hotha. was. then. In all probability. her
S,t SsT. ~ But John Brake, who married
W. mary Bewery-who was heo who
Se SSeea, a. laughed Bryce, but John Braden'
hes,na Just come by his death In Wry-
am raradise? And there was the
Ebst OF Mark Rapsford AZ witness,
a,, nM was the further probability? Thai
b.st r nanSford had been John Brakes
bs r. an that he was the Marco Of
oSr 'eCent p Times advertisement that
the Suen' sanos & or Brake, was the Stlcker
Is noondn ndr advertisement. Clear! Clear
nd dIUmIay Irnui5ay And what did Il All mean
Brad.np and what bearing had il On
sssnnor ssn or Brakes DEATH ' u VII
opsS H. ne ate his cold beef Bryce had
ster ana ehtry from the reprinted reg
II,ord IIanoo was not a name known r. that
erson ~ 'ark Ransford was the or,Iy
esister Vi the name mentioned in the
ana his lunch done he ss, ~
hioraRe again. intent on eettins gwr,has hns
eara~a and before he reached the
bacs w gates noticed, bv accident ' a
et Il Tthhereat he was more likeiv n