The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-10-27

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"tAH copies Dc said Qu ely. won
tempted 10 think otherv Ise-ask your
father, Miss Benton Re warned Us
me don't do anything foolish AsE
your father FIRST
And did your asked Brummouds
She shuddcrrd THAT very eve.
ming" she answered. And daddy flew
into friehtul passion. and told ue
never 60 dare 20 meddle in thing, Ghat
didn't concern me again. Then grad-
ually as time went ON. J real Ped fba
Lakinrtm had some ho.d over duddV-
thai he'd got my father iu las puAe.
Her hands were clenched. and her
breast rose and fell stomiy.
Drummond waited for heT 10 com
pose herself before he spoke again.
You mentioned murder. too he re-
marked.
She nodded I've got no proof,
she said less even than over the
burglaries. But there was man
called George Drlnger, and one eve.
ming when Lexington WIS dining with
us / heard him discussing this man
with daddy.
"'He's got to 60 said Laklngtou
Hes dangerous
And then Hy father got $40 and
clio ed the door; hHf J hegr 'hrl arr
gums for half an hour. 1nuey weges
later eoroner's jury found that
George Dringer had committed suicide
while temporarily insane. The same
evening daddy, for the first time In his
life. went TO bed the worse for drink
The girl fell silent. and Drummond
stared at the orchestra with troubled
eyes. Things seemed TO be rather
deeper than he had anticipated.
"Then there was another case" She
was speaking again do you remem-
Der that man who was found dead In
a railway carriage at OXhey station.
He was an Ifalian-Giuseppe by
name and the jury brought in yer
diet OF death from natural causes A
month before, he had an interview with
Lexington, which took place at our
house because the Italian, being
stranger, came 10 the wrong place, and
Lexington happened 10 be with MS al
the time The Interview finished with
a fearful quarrel She turned 20
Drummond with slight smile No
much evidence Is tbere7 Only know
Lexington murdered him | know II
You may think I'm Notwithstanding
things you may think I'm eXaggerat-
ing. don't mind if you do-because
you won't for long"
Drummond did not answer immedi
ately. Against his saner judgment he
was beginning 10 he profoundly m
pressed, and, AZ the moment be did
not quite know What to say.
"What about this other mauY' h.
asked at length.
u can tell you very little about him." |
she answered. He came to The Elms |
that is the name OF LakingtOn's |
house-three months ago. lie is about /
medium height and rather thick-set /
clean shaver, with thick brown hair
necked slightly with white His fore
head is broad. aud his eyes are
sort OF cold grey-blue. But it's his
hands that terrify me They're large
and white and utterly ruthless" She
turned to him appealingIy. "Oh don't
think I'm talking wildly" she i'm
plored "He frightens me 10 death
that man: far. far worse than Laking-
ton He would stop at nothing 10 gain
his ends. and even Lexington himself
knows that Mr.. Peterson is his mas
ter"
Peterson :" murmured Drummond
1T seems quite a sound old English
name"
The girl laughed scornfully. oh
-i1t AiAnif = 0VHilA FhNuEAF ~ u NuH I
IFS real one. As II is, it's about as
zeal as his daughter"
There is a lady in the case. thenl'
by the name OF Irma," said the
yirl briefly. 'She lies on sofa IN
he garden and yawns She's no
more English than that waiter"
A faint smile fIckered over her
ompanlon's face; he had formed
airly vivid mental picture Of Irma.
hen he grew serious again.
"And what Is II that makes you p
hink there's mischief aheadT he !.
sked abruptly.
The girl shrugged her shoulders. !.
What the noyelists call feminine in :,
lition. l suppose. she answered !.
my father She said the =
ist words very low He hardly ever =
eeps al night now I hear him pacing y
D and down his r0Om-hour after p;
our. hour after hour on il makes "
e mad Don't you understand7 =.