Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-17
CHE MAN WITH STEEL FINGERS
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NJ. JoNQUkLLE. greatest Of French
detectives, was ushered into the
presence of the strange and fear
compelling
lord VALLEYS, the English-Serb
who had just inherited the title
and estates of his murdered uncle,
Lord Winton.
Three lives had stood between the
Lord Valleys and the wealth of his
uncle. But both of Lord Winton's
sons were killed in the great war.
Only one, who married an American.
left an heir and this heir. a daugh-
ter. was barred by English law from
inheritance.
Then came the murder of Lord
winton and the inheritance of the
estate by the strange, powerful and
morose Lord Valleys.
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CHAPTER II
saThe murder of Lord Winton the
wise English authorities attributed
to me-" Lord Valleys continued
coolly.
"They spared no effort to fix 1t
upon me. That they were unable to
do SO is not, I think. attributable
to this thing which you call Proyi-
dence.
1T is attributable rather. 1 think,
TO the intelligence Of my legal coun-
sell and to myself"
He looked directly at Monsieur
Jonquelle. His big, placid face lift
ed: his voice was even and unnur-
ried.
IT am not embarrassed to discuss
1t, monsieur" he continued. "Wh n
the war had ended with the death
OF Lord Winton's sons, l was, by
virtue of what you have SO aptly
called the accident of BIRTH next
in succession to the title. 1 thought
1t both advisable and courteous to
present myself to Lord Winton. and
! went to England for that purpose.
Lord Winton was an eccentric
person. AS he grew older, and after
the death of his sons, his eccentric
ity became more dominant. I did
not find him on his estates at Ra-
~venscroft; he was at this time in
London in a little old house which
the family had always owned in a
street toward Sovent Garden.
ION the night that l called to see
Lord Winton it was quite late. l
found him alone in the house. He
seemed disturbed to see me, but he
was courteous. and l cannot COM
plain of his welcome. He seemed,
however, not to realize that 1 had
grown into a man. He seemed to re-
gard me as a queer, foreign lad to
whom he owed some obligation of
hospitality"
Lord Valleys stopped. He leaned
4 little forward in the chair, and his
voice took on a firmer note.
Monsieur" he said, II am saying
to you now a thing to which l testi-
fed at the English trial. and which
was not believed. Lord Winton told
me that he expected a person to
call on him within a very few min
utes and TO remain for perhaps an (
hour. He asked me to return at the
end of an hour. l got up to go.
As l went down the stairway, a
hanson, entering the street from
the direction of the city, stopped be-
fore the door. The door was closed
but the sound was clearly audible.
Lord Winton, who was behind
came also down the steps. On
a console in the hall were several
which the servants, accord
Ing to custom. had placed there. An
Idea came to Lord Winton, for he
me as my hand was on the
feor to go out. He took up one OF
candles in a tall brass candle
stick. and touching me on the arm.
handed it to me.
"sInstead of going out he said,
suppose you go down into the wine
There should be some bottles
" Burgundy OF a famous year
there by your grandfather.
See ii you can find them, and we
shall have a glass of wine with u
talk. | have a great deal to say to
you, my nephew. The wine will
us
you will see, monsieur, that this
that Twas merely a growL-up
lad, come to visit an ancient rela-
tive, was quite fixed with Lord
Winton. AS the servants had gone
out, ne was sending me, as though l
were a lad from Elton, to find the
wine for our conversation. He gave
me the key. a direction about the
steps and doors. He even said there
a box of biscuit on the dining
room table which 1 should bring up.
1t was all, you see, monsieur, quite
RS though / were an undergraduate
from some English public school,"
The man looked down at his firm,
placid hands resting upon and OBJ
securing the arms of the chair in