Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-01
Must
the =
Woman
Al,cays
Pay?
The Vengeance of
Henry JarrOman
BY ROY VICKERS

Tho Detective Reports
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grove" no wos ssv,r~ " yvo, Uo,,sm. WI Ia Pc p.
"but I'm sorry you .sve vomrscIS Nv
trouble OF a io,irney dowr hers. ~ hcvs e
more leisure Than von' sIn "'''' n"'e
II had to make another csr and
wanted to see you at once" saii Ia. S
pinnsed int" b,s h".irs.s ein'"ars' he
"Have Won told mo ali vou tno, .ho,.
Camden ?'' ~" ""'" "'oo'
II was more An accuse+,or +h., .
question, Jarroman elevated his avo.
"Should I be foo, snou.h - u..,o
your time, Mr.. sesrove" :" ""''e
~ am content to accent vour asser. =.
tion," said Sesroye coldiy. ~ am sti,l
puzzled, however. Yesterday re-.
ceivcd a note from VOL, s,,ossst,ne ,hst
Lord Gloucester might know something
ct PIC Camden. ,,S., i, + is necessary for me to
vice" w ' '' '""' su
"There IL no mystery about -" nm.
swered Jarroman, easily, "A couple a.
days ago, Lord Doucester's son. Stra
mack, the new NJ. r., wos here. NV
daughter had met him before and.
well, he had proposed to her. NV
daughter had refused his offer on Tho
ground that a marriage with the dnush.
ter Of an ex. convict would be socially
disastrous to him, and when thew met
here she repeated her refusal. was
frankly. In the co,,rse of Tho iiscms.
sion the name Of % Camden ' cronnsd sae %,scus' u.s.
and received the Impression from from NJ. NJ.
Stranack that his father knew-.or Ind
known---somethins Of him. "e"'r "a'
As Jarroman finished his exclamation
there was that in his voice which said
take It or leave 1t. When the detec.
tive spoke again Jarroman had not the
least idea whether he had, in fact. taken
1t or left It.
1T was a jolly lucky shot on Mr..
Stranack's part. >" said Segrovc. Lord
Gloucester must know n good deaf about
John Camden. For one thing, he was
related to Lady Gloucester"
GOOD heavens - exclaimed Jarroman
in genuine surprise. was The rein.
tionship close?''
mo. Camden belonged to a senior
branch Of her family. The kinship Ia
only important from the fact that nv
Camden's death Lady Gloucester. an his
next Of kin, stepped into q comforta-
BILE little estate, which was doubtless Of
great value to her husbands career,
Lord Gloucester was then Mollentraye
Stranack. a first division clerk in the
Diplomatic. He won his spurs, as YOU
may know. over the Japanese alliance.
For his share in that they made him q
Excuse me-" said Jarroman with n
deprecatory laugh. "you said sole sur.
viving relative. What about Camden q
danghter?"
Exactly" said Seproye. "What
about Camden's dauehter?"
The phrase startled Jarroman. hut n
moment later he realized that Il had not
the significance he feared.
"1f the estate was left to Camdcn's
next Of kin. why did not his daughter
step into it?' he asked, as II apologiz.
ing for his own stupidity,
"One is compelled to assume that the
Doucesters or Stranacks, as they then
on.w..nI "ere. a.a Sn not know OF her existence
"But--dash it all-some one must
tested Jarroman' "Apd enw ono oppnII
have found out by settinr har birth csr"
tficate ut Somerset House" ~
"The Doucesters don't seem - b.v.
distressed themselves by making eSbaus. w
tive inquiries" said Segrove ironicaIiy
"Of course. they may have been in GEN.
uine ignorance of her existence. I've
looked into the dates. and il is inst nos.
sible-as It was a posthumons inhsri.
tance on the part 81 tho niri C;nmdar
being actually dead at the time""it is
just possible that thew did not know
and could not fnd out. Mrs. Camden
died in ch,,dhirth "nJ
have not vet come across anv evidcnca
of his marriage ' '''"''o''
Jarroman's Inns tisbtcned or,m,v
These details of Lady Doucester's in.
hcritance might be of great value r. him
If the Doucesters had been puiltv NJ INV
questionable methods there would no
weapon in his hand with which to break |
down their opposition to the marriage.
official to find out ~ there's n rivc,
In such cases?' he asked '
p,v,,,.. u-,, ~
"oundihs up Evidence
i've no doubt there is," said Sc.
grove. II haven't investigated that
line. as It was not directly in nv path.
It Is possible they may have advertised |
'or Camden's child and that the claim
went by default"
"How could It 70 by default?"
"At the time when Camden commit.
ted suicide. his daughter was barely
.hrec years DID," answered Serrove
He had not been particularly we'll ~
After the death Of his wife bis home was VA
broken up, and he intrusted the child to to
he care Of others. It took me three
weeks to find out where John Camden
lad banked, and when I found il thev
,indly gave me all the information
wanted. The only thing that was anv
Use. however, was an indorsed check to
! Mrs. Quest " ~
Jarroman nodded SLOWLY.
II followed up that line" continued