The Indianapolis times., 1922-08-02

'Ma-ks. take Gray into the draw
ing ROOM" Miles ordered.-"Farrell,
roll up the right sleeve Of the man
who calls himself Andrew Drake and
take off the bandage."
a grasping cry came from Jerusha
but Miss Hawks moaned:
THAT was what deceived me so
thoroughly when he was putting on
his coat out in the garden the first
day I called.'
The pseudo-Andrew set his teeth
but he made no show Of resistance
when the bandage was removed and
on the still infiamed surface Of his
arm appeared the blurred. inter
twined letters H and Co."
You thought they were your own
initials, did you not, Miss Hawks?"
Miles asked gently. Forgive me for
reopening an old wound. but that
touch Of sentiment for a time blinded
you to certain inconsistencies which
the Drake family themselves had
failed to note?"
She nodded dumbly in an obvious
effort to control her emotion and the
detective went on:
In reality the initials are his own.
as far as the police records Of Aus
tralia show. His name is Hugh Os-
borne and he. too. is badly wanted
but not for the same crime as his
present accomplice. VIII you tell Mr.
Wells and your old friends here when
the first doubt of his identity entered
your mind?'
Il called here yesterday, but as
I grew reminiscent and he betrayed
an utter ignorance of the incidents !
mentioned a wild suspicion came
/ into my mind. I spoke of my initials
on his arm and though he swore that
he had had them tattOoed there in re-
membrance of me I was still uncon-
vinced. 1 felt that 1 must be going
mad and yet had to make sure.
laid a deliberate trap for him and he
fell into It'll
Miss Hawks rose. Now may I
go? I came as promised, but II
can endure no more. Jerusha, for
give me. but surely II is better that
you know the truth"
THE truth is always best, Ora"
Miss Drake rose and g stern, Spar
tan gravity had robbed her set fea-
lures of all other emotion. Tonight
shall see the end Of more than one
living lie!''
John Wells escorted the trembling
woman to her waiting car and
scarcely had the attorney reappeared
when the imposter broke out with an
oath.
You're right it will, Miss Jerusha
Drake! Lord. what a six months I've
put in. in this pious, hypocritical
household,-Why, you're all worse
crooks than me, every one Of you,
and I've got the goods on you! We
could have fixed this little matter UP
friendly all round If you'd been SEN
sible, but as it is I've my own story
to tell, and by Cd, I'll tell itP'
Miles did not look at Scottie, but
seated himself with a laugh.
"Going to try to stick to that far
fetched blackmailing scheme you and
that precious partner Of yours Matched
when YOU found that Andrew Drake
had left relatives here with money and
a social position to loser" he asked
easily Farrell you can join Marks
listen to this for the widest cock and
bull yarn that two cheap crooks ever
conceived! Mr.. Hugh Osborne, here,
is wanted in Victoria for blackmail and
! forgery now He won't be extradited
until he has been tried and served his
terms here for fraud, attempted black
mail, attempted abduction of Miss Pat
ricia and several other little items
growing out Of this case If Mr.. Hobart
/ Drake wishes to prefer the charges.
How the private papers and letters of
the real Andrew Drake came into the
/ possession Of Hugh Osborne Is a ques-
ton which the next official cable will
answer" " -
'Oh, you needn't wait for thatr'
osborne remarked sullenly. ANDY
ans I were friends. He was taken
down with the fever and I nursed him
| till the end, but before he died he left
me everything. It was all fixed up
/ legal and proper by his own wish
and I can prove It, though there was
a little enough to leave, for the sheep
ranch was a wretched failure, and he'd
been too proud to write the truth
home. Before he died. too, when the
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