Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-02
HOW, MANY CARDS?
SYNOPSIS
,By ISABEL OSTR4NDER .
.oy Of "The Island Of Intrigue suspens Ashe to Ashe
| h""" " cop,r.pht Robert

hds IJS,oH na Ho runs out again in
CrevTi,nyS Crai nrS into fhc hands of a deteo-
Ma""V ,!on He protests he had nothing
W. ,cih what's in dcre.
10 ~ ~ tLn floor of a room lies a man
- w o.n;n1 my clothes, the front OF hts
;.t sVI crimson ,oith blood aud by his
~ ~ a., bwoe army repolper. The table
sagJ for tUo, pith champagne on
I'm uumetted. The, house Is
we ,tv s," NJ human beings. Crcpehng
tnpg'fg led a pild life. He associated
nIa ,.i.b tbe realthy, aud at one time
%s ,Sn, spokcn Of as "he mt,.ion-d.
m.nL nu,"i"to IN her efforts TO bring ho
,,.vrdcrcr 10 Justice. Alexander,
nnr,rer mp in business 10 Croro'ing ana
ppncle TO Mrs. Crerc ling, objecB 70
40, % %ootiviiy and desire TO nnedrm
T ne mystery. The dead man Is re-
oortcd TO have qadrrcied cur Doug-
h, Warcrtv, pho had lett the h2uSe
\, n r0gc. There had been roooerV
" sonic jepcIs. aud Hsd,. MRS.
Tyercring'S maid. vds drreSfca' 'e'
oyt on bail and disappeared
Crcvcliro's ralet had been placed
In prisou on suspicion ot INC n'urdet,
Mt released for the assistance O 1no
detectives, rho keep 'oatoh OF "'S
scfions.
AND HERE TT CONTINUES
ysrITHOUT further speech he shed his
w coat and hat and began to Chamber
., ss arilely as a monkey while Nc
tsHt watched from below in solici :
,rJo that was almost ludicrously
no,ornal At length he reached the
:bird floor and perching himself on a
arnod window ledge. peered over the
XIX wall into the blind alley at the
,csr of the Crevrling house.
what do you sce?" McCarty de-
msnded in toarsc whisper.
Nothing" responded Dennis Ia
conically. - 'Iis as bright as day, for
! III. light Is streaming out from the
windows at the back and the court, OF
whatever it is. is as bare as the palm
Of your hand. ,..
THERE'S a back door to the house
Int It's closed tight" Dennis leaned
over and crancd his neck downward
~ it's in the wall you mean, there
not 50 murb rs n loose brick. Is that
all you wanted TO know"
He prepared to descend, but McCartJ
halted him.
mot by long shot, it isn't! You j
STAY where you are, Denny, my lad
until something happens or we're sure
that II won't, and you'd best be making
Yourself comfortable, for it's likely
tberc'l be long wait ahead Of you
Tis barely . o'clock now.'
And n long wait it proved to be
Dennis shifted about from time to time
but stuck faithfully at his post and Nc
Carty paced back and forth upon thu
narrow strip of sod which lined thu
fence. An hour passed, then another
and the lights in the rear OF the neigh
boring houses began to go out, one By
one but still there came no NUT
fed honk from the horn which McCart!
lad given to Martin and no sign from
the watcher above.
The back of the Creveling house haC
long since been dark and no sound is'
sued from it. McCarty began to feel al
inward misgvins. Had his train o
reasoning been at fault? There wal
80 much tO be done, so many loos,
threads to be gathered up in this strang'
tungc Of events. Was he wasting
precious time? Had he allowed himsel
to b. turned aside from the main issu
by the chance hint OF n gossiping serv
ant while the real slayer of Eugen'
Creveng escaped?
lie told himself miserably that h
should have had them watched. tn
whole ot of them Mrs. Waverly an,
Mrs. Creveling were out Of it, and tn
ORourkeS were not even TO be con
sidered, but anything could be cxpectc,
from tho rest Of them! Even that alb
Of the FOrdS might have been cooked III
between them and Cutter, though wha
common interest they all had in block
ing the Investigation
"Whisht." a sibilant command from
Dennis broke in upon McCarty's pessi
mistic mediation and brought him u
standing, There's light just fashe,
up for minute in the third floor win
dow nearest the farther wall You,
have seen it yourself If you'd not beel
sleep walking Look up. There it !
again !"
McCarty was already straining hi
eyes up into the darkness and now h
saw tiny pinpOint Of light glcam on
over the wall from the direction of tn
window indicated, sweep across spac
lke q streak of distant lightning AM
vanish
Pocket electric torch !" he ejacu
s,Cd softly. prancing in the sudder
excitement of renewed hope. What
gong on, Denny? / cant see throug
q brick wall---!"
'to; the love of God, stop you
naVerIng. came from above in fierce
iiat'cSrrytng whisper, and McCart
subsidized, mentally cursing the increas
.ng g'rth and lack Of physical practic
lch Mnlch prevented him from reaching tn
point Of vantage held by his compan
,un, lie had not long to remain il
suspense however, for almost immedi
r.ey me silence Of tho night wa
p'oEen ny The sound OF window bein
SIGaIthily raised.
Il peAnlS SHstlcuIatcd violently an
Mc,i Shrank back into the concealmen
VI INC Gv"rhanging Intel while McCart
ward. 'f0'en''' up
uLierC LiiHerC ramr a curious scratching nois
SaE SSm,EEI sc"md 10 be rcccding; the ligh
,HsI .Hasnea again fainter than before an
Wv 'H cdihe TIE sound Ot soft thud. 1
"% ~.i.Ent Instant Dennis long arms and leg
', ",nnGG ont Of the shadows and h
IsI"toie IonI down with perilous haste I
'u"" III McCarty's feet.
nj, some one-a man-got out Of ths
G' Ghmuow' straddcd the wall and climbe
SUTn OyoSa, tue back of that next house % h
ia n',Ginled' .Id Hell be of across fence
him." '''' NoF'" ana we'll los
III. L6e 1 he'll We will" McCarty seize
sa. SHs ueSpiscd ladder and setting
vsaJ ai"St The fence of the dc Forest.
iIs band u" sW9rmed up it and hanging b
gTornI ""ndS' dropped with a grunt to tn
piH, pwirTIi,. Dennis was after him in
srniTI"mns and they tore through tn
oysr s'yry .E and kitchen, nearly bowlin
in thn ["t aStoniShed cook who met thel
ont iI.sout iuut word to her they dasbe
ayermo 'o ,nG areawSg and once on III
duco H.. h'Carty paused only to pro
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