Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-06

Must
the
Woman
Always
Pay?
The Vengeance.of
Henry JarrOman
By ROY TICKERS


ent, confident of affection.
II quite understand your point Of
view," he repeated, but I should like
to make my own clear to you. You
know. my dearest child" his hand
covered Nadia's-''how nearly my.
rast-spoilcd your life for you. I think
we have barred It out of your future
ns thoroughly as is possible, but the
danger of its discovery must always
be a cloud, however small, upon your
happiness. {! want you to let me COM
pensate you for that"
BY Way OF Compensation
There is the house to do that al.
ready" faltered Nadia. He saw that
his tone had brought tears to her eyes
Then accept the other little gift aa
a sign that you bear me no i'll will for
the last twenty years, my love-"
and as she turned away to control her
emotion, he advanced toward Stranack.
III you wish to regard It as a present
to Nadia alone. you are, Of course, at
liberty to do so; but hope you will
not consider that necessary"
Were all little dazed by your
generosity. contributed Lady Douces-
ter with her famous smile 1t con.
veyed neatly that her surprise con
cerned only the way in which that gen.
erosity had been paraded. but Jarroman
ument, assisted Nadia to sign, then
chatted to Stranack while Lord and
Lady Gloucester signed, and the trans.
action--as Theed did not forget to re.
mark--was completed.
Il have yet another duty TO perform
OF an equally pleasurable nature" he
added, as they were recovering from the
strain. He handled the second docu-
ment he had laid out on the table. "a
moment ago Miss Jarroman mentioned
the house situated at No. Crescent
street, west. which her father acquired
with view to presenting it to her on
the occasion Of her marriage. Now,
one cannot make present OF a house
as one makes present Of a silver toast
rack. A house has to be properly con
veyanced by means Of a deed OF rift,
! haye here the deed Of gift which refers
to No. z Crescent street-a present
from the brides father to the BRIDE
and In this deed Of gift the consideration
Is the same as in the settlement-that
Is, the relationship. The gift, like the
settlement, is entirely unconditional.
Miss Jarroman will be at liberty to live
In the house, to let II, to mortgage It,
or to sell 1t. 1t is to be her own un.
disputed possession. Now, Miss Jarro-
man. we shall want your signature
again, II you please"
They all went through the procedure
again, this time with q conventional
exchange OF pleasantries in which Theetl
persisted in Ginning in. Jarroman saw
1t was all Nadia could do not to snut
him and that Lady Doucester's nerves
were utterly on edge. As soon Us he
could, therefore, he cut short the solic. !
itor's urbanities, and conducted him to
the door.
He returned to find Lord and Lady
Doucester on the verge of departure. ,
At last they had gone and he could |
retire to his study. leaving the young /,
people alone. He sat down in the deer
leather chair that Nadia had installed !
for him. lie sank wearily back in IL
-.unconsctously he was learning to
adopt the relaxed attitudes that had |
been denied him for so long.
lie tried to realize that the last OF !
the wheels had been set in motion
for the truth to be discovered by Sc |
grove the cleverst detective living, i
they said-but to him a mere mechani. !
cal device with which to strike the Blow. .
He laughed silently. Stranack, the
Theed-what were they, |
any of them, but mechanical devices to !
drive the blow home?
The parlor maid knocked and entered.
bringing him a postal packet. He rec.
Dgnized Segrove's seal.
He opened it with fingers that FUN
o!ed. Whenever q report arrived, jar
roman feared the detective had come too
quickly to the end of the trail that had
1cen SO cunningly blazed for him, feared
hat the mans amazing energy had
orced climax by finding John Cam
lens daughter before she had fully en-
neshed herself.
Another Report From Segrove
Jarroman began to read eagerly. \
covering letter from Segrove gave him
he pith of the report.
My agent in Canada obtained the
violence Of the man Bisset on oath. In
he event of your desiring to seek II
etrial. this evidence would have full
egal weight.
You will see from the perusal Of the
nclosed that he confirms what he said
o you In the first instance Oh all I'M
'ortant points. 1t is not my province
o advise you as to the exact lega.
alue Of his evidence, but as an inves.
igator l consider that there is strong
evidence against John
'amden. There Is one line only along
'hich the evidence can be strengthened,
nd upon that | am working. Bisset's
Vidence merely goes to prove that John
'amden returned to Eddis' flat in cir
umstances in which he could easily
ave killed him. Bisset does not dis.
oSe of the suggestion which would
ertainly have been made by Camdens
in the case of retrial
ould be made by the crown--that JOIN.
'amden might have gone to the Hat 70,
% other purpose than to carry out hs
expressed intention, namely, of paying
,ddis the sum of 900. have obtained
ermission to go through such papers
y remain belonging to Eddis.
with regard to Miss Camden,
ave discovered she adopted the name
| the lady with whom she lived at
chmond-Quest. Further, she wa,
mployed until recently in London
ypewriting agency. She lett the hoste.
4 which she resided without giving any
ddress, but you may rest assured II
Ill probably be little more than few
ays before my staff will have traced
er subsequent movements
JarrOman crossed the room, slipped
he papers into Il drawer of his writing
able. and locked the drawer.
"A few days." he repeated under
Is breath. Good lie himself neeleG
My three Once Nadia was married.
egrove's staff could conclude their tash
i successfully as they liked.
lie tried to imagine the moment when
le discovery would be made. lie must
.hearse his own part carefully.
For the thOusandth time he began to
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