Evening star., 1921-07-17

and Miss Weston not least. stared sur
prsed at him. Slowly he extracted from
her tshe seemed bewildered at each
question: the whole history of that
after-dinner coffee. Coffee had been
brought to the boudoir just before Mr.
pected Mr.. Ford; another cup was
brought for Mr.. Ford; Mr.. Ford and she
had both drunk their coffee. Miss Boil
ton-why. no, Miss Bolton had not
doing few steps of a dance had upset
her coffee.
mo more questions, sir The large
solicitor sat down. smiling.
The coroner was visibly unable to un-
derstand him. and made "A great busi-
ness with his papers. 1t was now long
after teatime. II suppose We shan't
finish today, gentlemen" the coroner
suggested.
quite impossible, sir" said the large
medical evidence. DIR. Fortune. Miss
Bolton's physician. The first medical
man who saw the lady. The first medi-
cal man who saw Miss Weston
The court rose. Reggie, with Gordon
at his heels, went out by the solicitors
door and found Supt. Bell waiting for
him. Now are you playing the game,
doctor?" Said Supt. Bell sadly.
For keeps" Reggie laughed. Come
and dine with me. Bring Mordan.
He's SO genial
I'VE do have to take these little
things so seriously" the superin-
tendent murmured.
! But a party of four, the superin-
:endent and the large inspector, Reg
gle and the little Jew, packed them
selves into a taXi-cab and drove into
town. Reggie was full of elegant
conversation. He grew iris. and told
them all about iris. with appendices
on the costumes in revue.
! Once or twice Supt. Bell tried to turn
his attention to serious subjects. \alnly
At last Inspector Mordan broke out
with, 81 say. doctor, what's the wheeze
about the Coffee
THE insp.cto touches the spot.
Care not. all Will he known ere long.
There's jolly Iittls iris from from t.; the !, e
enthusiasism to horticulture.
| where are you taking us. doctor|
said the superintendent. The taxi.
which had for some little time been
running through the city seemed 10
intend coming out on the other side
"a locality promising no good dinner
As he spoke. il turned into Liverpool
street station
Liverpool street, by George: the
inspector said. This is bean-feast.
Going to take us to Epping Forest
doctor?"
I'VE may have to go farther" Reg
gle said, and Gordon laughed:
Are you in this, sir??' The IN
|
professional secret, dear boy"
Reggie led the way to the station
dining room. 81 don't know the cook
But let's hope for the best. trim
what we need. Strength without som
noIence Salmon. ! see. Lamb chops
| would add. One of your younger
ducks would comfort me. DO you
sleep after Burgundy. inspector? A
warm night, as you say. Larose is
genial claret. Let us all be genial.
We'll, you're a bit supercilious,
the inspector complained.
How can you say so? I am keep
ing all the glory for you. Glory on
ice All ready for Inspector Mordan
SO gather your roses while you may
Talking of roses. what do you think ol
the hybrid Austrian briers? He eN-
planned what he thought of them tc
a silent audience. sliding gracefully
into an appreciation of salmon eater
at Waterford. at Exeter. and at Ber,
wick Few are the men who VII
not talk about food. The detective:
produced much valuable experience OF
bourgeois cookery, and the dinner
went merrily. In its later stage:
iRegsie became silent and watched thu
clock He seemed TO grudse lnspec'
(, tor Nordan his cheese. and as Sooi
!, as il was swallowed made move.
well. doctor, ] did think we should
have had some coffee the inspector
. | chuckled.
x X X X
e nCT Reggie was already making fol
II the door. BY the door stood his
ichauffer looking for him. Reggie
r beckoned impatiently to the detec
tives and followed the chauffer out
= He led them to the main line depar
, ture platforms. II was near the tim'
e of the Harwich boot train. A dark
! wiry man was registering some lug
! gage for Amsterdam. By his sid'
: stood a yeiled woman of full hgure
Roth he and she carried suit cases
!. ,s tho man turned round he bumped
!. TWO Reggie who was looking lh'
i; nther way and seemed to have som
. i5ifficulty in disentargiing himSell. M
glared at Reggie ,hnsd ana nItr,fr of him.
l. Reggie grabbed Supt. Bell See INA
a nair. Take them both. PICKING III.
pocket. Get the bags t.r III,
n Bell and Mordan hurried a1ter sn
pair. Bell tapped the man snou'ue
q and he jumped around.
II thought so. You'll come wiz
!, mo TO the station. my man. SAID supp
;. Bell with admirable calm. -, IL;
v What is it?" the man cried: WI M
accent was slightly nj yd1 t0ra,enr mean?" "A
O ..yo,, know all right said the su
I" srintendent. II am Supt. Bell of Scot
= land Yard" NO. .,,a ,,,,
nrotested, What do you want VIII
It me?" , Che b;sse,
IS something to the man IN ioreis
e argot and turned to run. me SUP ).
I intendent laid hold of her lnspeG.o
Il Wordan closed with the man. Tn
n insnector was large and brawny. bu
u at the end of moUent ne was %
his hack and the man making OF
l. Reggie dived for his legs in the man
t ner of Rugby football and they wen
= down together. a.,
The railway police came on IN
scene. The man was handcuHeu' an
q he and the woman and the TWO oe
:. tectives packed into CAP. hessi
II and Gordon followed in another l
J. the police station in Old Jewry.
When they arrived the two prison
u ers were already in the charge-roor
u and the woman was protesting We
u hemently, to the great edlhcatlon
II the uniformed inspector at the desI
T and a plain clothes friend of his. an
e the embarrassment of Supt. Bell an
= Inspector Mordan. 1t was an outrage
4 why did they assault her and her nus ,s
handp Why? They were respectabl
neonle. She would not endure 1t:
II "Oh. Flora, Flora R<ggie shooI
o. his head at her.
= The woman whirled round on hin
a "You, All, it is you, then, the doctor
e Won are a traitor. You are wicke
- villain. l spit upon you. And sh
:. did. The man said something to ne
r. in the strange foreign arsot tne
seemed to use between themselves
l. and she was silent.
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