The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-27

- meet the man with a
s'' ,,.t,rv. The Service de la Su-
e." "a ,eerched the world for him.
o.. ,5 hoo, long concealed. But my
+ h"' ,a.,orv vanished when I saw
. .r great chair on the long
u. tsat overlooked the sweep OF
r''- 7 tho dark, rapid river. He had
Nv" | o. .io time under our very noses.
@+1 thought OF every other place
We .' ~ English country house within
A'9I -,- NJ London. And he had been
..'.,' s.ro in every comfort that money
'..l assemble.
Il. did rot rise when 1 was brought
GU w. IA ,.srsd back in the chair, lifted his
,.,yv fsce. and laughed
he2 an Monsieur Jonquells," he
, .v,u finally wormed it out of
be-. .,nr5 not keep my voice level-so
..-l,. vas the man escaping us
,..r all this search.
,.a did not know what the huge
...,-,rs meant. On the night before.
CO ana had called up the Service de
s'D $50 and said our man was here.
q i,,r distance call from some shop
p,ra,t street. London, could not be
...,.A-Qo Il had been a woman! re-
..,d ss though l were in his secret.
she knew you were safe"
H.. lsDehsd again. Sure, she knew
J" ". ,o.r-sd to a chair a few feet be-
,.,5 him across Il table.
.sI+ down" he said. IT want to talk
chant her--that's tho reason wanted
.,r N come" He laughed again. You
\ .,o,rht you'd sleuthed it out, Ell? Not
ty iugful. sent her word to put you
s.,. wanted to clear some things
IN before I cashed in. But Is was
[s,n ue. What wanted was somebody
70 listen while talked about her. SIT
down"
II was a strange Introductory. But
n q was a mystery that had puzzled every"
hody. and was willing to hear all that
n, had to say about It. I took the chair
beyond him.
He shot his head forward suddenly,
n strange gesture.
She's a heavenly angel" he said.
- don't know what God Almighty meant
ny setting her in the game with the
bunch Of crooks that He's got running
me world--unless He counted on mo-.
The laugh became a sort OF chuckle IN
Me big throAt-''Ain't she heavenly
ngsl7"
He whipped a worn photograph out
{, his pocket and reached It across the
able to me.
It was the photograph of a girl with
Ae face cut out, II had been taken
from painting. one could tell from the
fat surface, and the strange background
}. beauty and an indescribable charm
k1yik. geurcebof msoF'--- shr hrrrddd
/, the pose Of the girl remained even In
bio mutilAted picture.
,Y cut out the face" he added, 80
ahe wouldn't come into the case II you
Taught me; your little Westridge must
have been slaughtered at the loss Of
her
Again he touched me at an unexpected
point
Shortly after tho thing. for which we
were seeking the man before me, had.
As the Americans say, been pulled
|on." Lord westrldge returned to Eng
band He had gone TO visit some rich
americans. and there was a runor that
come adventure had befallen him.
Nothing definite ever came to me,
and liked the man too little to inquire;
al the blood from the original GLASGOW
solicitor az tho British say, would Bite
q shilling" But again I replied as
though we're IN mis- secret.
What happened to WeStridge| 1
Ed
The man twisted around in his chair
Friend" he said. you've got head
hl Of brains or you wouldn't be Chief
the Criminal Investigation Depart
rtat Of the Service de Ia Surete and the
English would not have you over on
IBIS case; now answer me a question
WHAT'S the biggest notion in the Chris
Tan church,"
7 don't know" I answered him truth
bly,
Well, know" he went on. IT'S
n action that you'll git what's a
7nIr to you"
h, locked at me with big, clinical
Ar
That's what happened to your little
'~rdgc--and the next time you see
-H he's aEoin to get another jolt. He
be Blamed sorry that you found me.
a' couldn't sQueal, and place along tbs
fA but III bet n finger he didn't let
w forget about me-"
A'd again I saw an incident Of this
s' search for tho man before me,
'n another angle. The Blackacre
'NL had kept the search hot for him,
Ner1iag tho public welfare. I saw 1t
" and that was westridge's money
'-'hat would be little Westridge in
a background
de eyed mo curiously in moments
ID de kept sllppin' you the word, eh?
wy She blocked him at that, even If
Gdat know it."
a''s came a sudden energy into his
Al u the plague hadn't got pe I'd
,a'ea her that trouble; I'd "a played
s%t|Iound-rosy with you"
1"ed himself in tho chair with the