Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-20

IL question which we cannot afford to ad-
3ourn sine DIE. Yours faithfully.
pro ELIAS VAN DER sPYCK 4 co.
"'The last Warming Robin read
out, -'n you don't settle by
Nov. n you die
He looked up. Last Saturday" he said.
WAS the 27th. the day that Parrish died"
The grill" remarked the big man au.
thoritattvoay. Is ono Of tho oldest lodges
known to tho secret service It renders a
conventio6al code absolutely undecipherable
~ long as II Is akilhully worded ~ It Is tn
this case. You send your conventional code
b. one route. your hoy b. another. I mahs
no doubt that thh V2a the way In which
Van der Spycks Co. transacted their bust
ness with Hartley Parrish. They simply
posted their conventional eode letters
through the post In the ordinary way. con-
ndsnt that there was nothing IN them to
eatch tho eye Of the oensors department..
Ths key might be sent In half dozen dif-
fercnt ways. by hand. concealed IN . nsws-
paper, IN . parcel"
So this" said Rubin, pointing At the
letter. was what caused Hartley Parrish
to mako his wfl. 1t would lead ono to SUP
pose that It was what induced him to COM
nit suicide were not ths presumption so
strong that he was murdered. But who
~ VIZ.
Herr schulz pitched h4s cigar Stump fzts
an ash tray.
~That." he said. IS tho question which
&m going to ask you gentlemen to help
me answer. You VIA realize thst legally We
have not leg 10 stand On We arc IN =
foreign country where. without n1st Cutting
. warrant from London we can tAke no
Steps whatever to run these feAows In. To
get the Dutch police to move against these
gentry in the matter Of the assault upon
Miss Trevert7 would waste valuable time.
And We have to move quickly-before these
two lads get away. I therefore propose that
we start this instant for the Vita Bergen
dal and try, we are not too late, to force
Marbran or Jeekes or both Of them to a
confession. That done, we can hold them
II possible until we can get the Dutch police
to apprehend them at the instance Of Miss
Trevert. Then We can communicate with
tho English police. It's all quite illegal, of
course! You have car. think, Mr. Greve!
You WIN come with US. DR.. CoIlingwood?
Good Then let US start at once!"
Robin intervened with proposal that
they ehouid cali en- route at his hotel to SEQ
II there were any kilograms for him.
-Mandsrton knows I am tn Rotterdam"
he explained. and he promised to wire me
the lates. Developments In the inquiry he Is
conducting"
Miss Trevert should be fully recovered
By tins tirne.- put in the doctor. apart from
= little sickness she Is really mono the worse
for her disagreeabls experience. II there
was anything you wanted to ask her-"
"Thers Is" said Robin promptly. Her
reply 10 one question" he explained, turning
to Herr Schulz, "will give as the certainty
that Parrish was murdered and did not COM
init suicide. It viii not delay US more than
fve minutes to stop at her hotel In passing.
We VII then caIl in at my place. We should
be at the villa within half an hour from now
Gentlemen" said Herr Schulz. as they
prepared to go. II know my Mr.. Victor
Ma-bran. You should al be armed
Robin produced the pistol he had taken
from Jeckes. Herr Schulz slipped Brown
Ing pssto; into the h-eas: pocket Of his jacket
and producing a long barreiei service re-
volver, gave I. 10 TIE doctor.