Evening star., 1921-10-16
Another Adventure of DR.. Fortune, by H. c.. Bailey

y 4 near Ills O6IeuSc.
, table. "There it is: A man Who is
nobody-he can stand trial. Not a
! cabinet minister. Oh, dear mol" Reg
gle smiled. I'm not blaming you. /
only want to rub 1t in"
Thanks. very much. We are to
suspect kimball. ! suppose"
Fl Like the devil, and watch him..
Il see. Yes, i think we shall be
quite justified in watching kimball;
,, kimball watched. why the devil do
you handle him so violently. You
know. you almost accused him OF the
: murder. Anything more likely TO put
: him on his guard ! can't imagine"
yes. yes. ] think made him
Jump" said Reggie. with satisfac-
, ton. Quite Intentional. Lomas. old
thing. He's on his guard all right.
know. 1 meant to put him in a funk.
! want 20 see what funk will make
him do"
II think I ought to say. Mr.. For
, tune" said Bell. We've all been in
4 a hurry to judge Mr.. KimbalI. j said
; things myself. But / had ought to
say. too, he lives a very clean life.
+ always has Temperate, very quiet
style. thorough good master. gen
erous to his employees. and always
! ready to come down handsome for a
, good cause"
WHO is Kimball. Beil'" said Reg
gle quietly.
pool on the cotton exchange. Went
. into rubber. Came to London. That's
his career. All quite open and
straight.
And we don't know a thing about
, him."
well. really. Fortune. you're gath
> er exacting," said Lomas. with some
thing like a sneer."
. "Who is Kimball?" Reggie insisted
; There's two unknown quantities
Who is Kimball? Who is Sanford?
I'm afraid you want the Day OF
Judgment, my dear fellow" said
Lomas. Well. we can't ring up the
Recording Angel from here"
, 'T know you're worldly. But yon
might know your world. Look about.
) Lomas, old thing. I've been looking
/ about" He took out a newspaper
cutting.
+. who can give any information about
Mrs Ellne Edith SANFORD. Tesiden'
: Llanfairfechan from 1ss2-lso0. for
merly of Lancashire, is urgently beg
J looked up. "Of Lancashire? That's
! a guess?"
: mostly Lancashire people"
We'll, there's no harm in II. De
you want US to advertise for Kim
bells wet nurse?"
> "And his sisters and his cousins and
his aunts. Yes. All in good time.
But watch him first; Watch them
, Lomas lit a cigarette and pushed
the box to Bell. Both men smoked
! minute in silence. Then Lomas
said. That's a damned clever fell
q low. Bell"
Their admiration for Reggie For
tune received a shock the next ds.
1t came by telephone. Just after his
j, late and lazy breakfast, Reggie was
e rung UP from Scotland YARD. Bel Bel
I Fortune would like to know that
!. Sanford had gone down TO Mr.: Kim
h balls place. Reggie answered. on.
Peter" In quarter of an hour ne
b irmation. There was no doubt. The
detective watching Sandford's cham
r Ibers had followed him to Victoria and
u heard him take ticket to AiwYn-
t stow, Kimball's place. and was gone
|. $50 that's the next move" said
|, I.omas. land If you can tell me what
it means ! shall be obliged to you
! Reggie dropped his hand on the
It table. We don't even Ing kn6~ hN~ one
knows what the other knows. / wish
s to God was down there"
e Damn it. we've got two men down
n there now-one on Sanford. one on
DaIl 1nGy ii huoChiue
e heads together. What the devil do
. you think you could do?
Nothing. Lord, don't I know IT
;. Nothing. That's what makes me
. Ipeevish."
Lomas said severely that he had
= work to do, and Reggie left him
. promising to come back ana TAX
i him out to lunch. which he received
!, as if it were a threat.
d * X
.-iDCT when Reggie did come back.
- Supt Bell was in the room and
Lomas listening to the telephone
= Bell looked oddly at Reggie. Lomas
;. raised a blank and pallid face
e from the receiver. "Sandford has
" murdered Kimball.'' he said.
"Oh. Peter! ] wonder II he's
brought it or" Reggie murmured
e HAS he brought ii off after all?' He
q hit his lip Lomas was talking into
the telephone. Asking for details
X giving instructions. Hold the Iine;
e Cut that out" said Resgier rr =.
s so down. Lomas, please. Tell your
cars here"
e Lomas gave the orders and rang
y off. "I'll have to go. ] suppose. he
:! agreed. zone doesn't kill cabinet
e Sanford was walking up to the
l house He met Kimball in the lane
l. They were crossing the ornamental
water in the park when they had r
louarrel Kimball. was thrown In
. He called out, You scoundrel. you
have murdered me- When they got
. Kimball out he was dead. That's all
q I'm afraid 1t washes your stun about
!. kimball right out"
well. we'll" Reggie drawled. look
, ing through his eyelashes. Where
;. is he that knows. Lomas? Well get
s on.
q what about lunch?"
s Darn lunch" said Reggie. anu
e went on.
e The other two fingered to collect
e sandwiches, and found him chailns
lin the drivers seat.
: They exchanged looks of horror.
but they quailed before Reggie's vir-
It !ulent politeness when he asked them
liz they would please get in. IT Is
r in the evidence of Lomas that they
y only showed once, when an old lady
idropped her handkerchief in the mid
l. die of Croydon. He is in conflict
= with the statement of Bell as to the
y most awful moment. For he selects
n the episode of the traction engine
n with trucks at the Alwynstow cross
y roads, and Bell chooses the AFFAIR OF
It the motor bus and the caravan at
Ir Merstham. They agree that they ar,
!. lrived at Alwynstow Park IN cold
J" sweat
A detective came out on the steps
y to meet them Reggie ran up to him.
II (Which are your
beg pardon. sir? oh. I'm Hall: ]
Ih,d M Kimball II was Parker had