The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-12-01

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ant.
This afternoon. James. you and
Mrs Denny Will leave here and 80 e.
/ Paddincton 60 out by the front door
and should you find yourselves being
I followed-as you probably will be-
/ keep your heads Having arrived al
the booking office take IA ticket 20
! Chcltenham, say rooI-hy 20 Mrs. Den.
I ny IN an lmpassiuncd tone, and eXhort
[ her not 10 miss the next train 10 that
/ deleetahle inland r. sort. Then James
{ you viii board the train for Chelten.
ham and 90 there You win remain
there Tor two days You will then
return here. and await further orders
DO You get mef'
Yes sir
Your wife-she has sister 90
something. hasn't she. knocking about
somewhere7"
"Sbe as a palsied cousin In Gambler
well, sir" remarked James with iustl-
fable pride.
Magnificent" murmured Hugh.
"She viii daily until eyentide with
her palsied eousln--lf She can bear
it-and then she must go by under
ground TO Ealing, where she will take
a ticket 10 Goring | don't think there
will be any chance Of her being fol
lowed--youll have drawn them of
When she gets 10 tioring, | want the
cottage got ready al once, for two Wis
itors" He paused and Iii cigarette
above all. James NUNS the word
As | told you lille while ago, the
game has begun. Now Just repeat
what I've told YOU"
He listened while his servant ran
through his Instructions, and nodded
approvingly. ITO think there are still
people who thak, military service
waste Of time' he murmured -Four
years ago you couldn't have got one
word of 1t right.
lie dismissed Denny, and sat down
at his desk. First he took the half
torn sheet out Of his pocket, and put
ting ii In an envelope, sealed II care
fully. Then he placed 1t In another
envelope, with covering letter to his
bank. requesting them to keep the in
closure intact
Then he took a sheet of notepaper,
and with much deliberation proceeded
10 pen document which afforded him
considerable amusement. judging by
the grin which appeared from time
TO time on his face. This effusion he
also enclosed in a sealed envelope,
which he again addressed to his bank.
Finally, he stamped the first, but not
the secondhand placed them both In
his pocket.
With the departure Of the Dennys
for Paddington. which coincided most
aptly with the return Of Peter Oar
rell, period Of activity commenced IN
Half Moon street. But being interior
activity, interfering In no way with
the placid warmth of the street out
side, the gentleman without. whom
Keen observer might have thought
strangely interested In the beauties Of
that well-known thoroughfare seeing
thai he had been there for three hours
remained ser,uely unconscious of IT.
His pal had followed the Dennys TO
Paddington Drummond had not come
out-and the watcher who watched
without was beginning 10 get bored.
About 4 30 he sat up and took notice
as some one left the house; but il was
only the superbly dressed young man
whom he had discovered already was
merely a clotbes-peg calling himself
Darrell.
The sun was getting low and the
shadows were lengthening when taxi
drove up 10 the door Immediately
the watcher drew closer, only 70 stop
with a faint smile as he saw two men
get out Of II. one was the immaculate
Darrell the other was a stranger, and
both were quite obviously what in the
vernacular Is known as oiled
you prisheless ole bean" be heard
Darrell say affectlonately. "thish blink /
Ing cabsh my show"
The other man hiccoughed assent,
ana leant YEARLY against the palings /
fright" be remarked "ole friend o. 1
me yoath II shall be ash you wish"
With q tolerant eye he watched them
tack W the stairs, singing Justify IN I
chorus Then the door above closed. 1
and the melody continued 70 hoat out
through the open window.
Ten minutes later he was relieved. 1
Il was quite an transformations relief; 4
Another man merely strolIed past him
And since there was nothing 70 re-
port he merely strolled away. He
c0uld hardly BE- expected 70 know that
% n Peter DaTpII's sltting-room. two
perfectly sober young men were con
,euplating with professional eyes an
extremely drunk gentleman singing In
/ chair. and that one o. those two
soier Young men was Peter Darrell.
Then further interior activity took
place 10 Half Moon street and as the
iarkness fen silence gradually settled
lu the house