The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-22
CHARACTERS IN THE STORY

DIR. WALTER JENNINGS. mid
dle-aged doctor in Strengthened
circumstances
EILEEN. his young wife.
BETTY. their little daughter.
RICHARD JENNINGS, the doc
tors rich brother.
PAUL FE 4 r A n D, famous
French detective.
STEPHEN TREGENNA, called
Teggie by Betty. who adores him.
and the Man Behind the Tinted
Glass because in all of his dis
guises he wears big tinted spec
tacles. He is suspected OF the muir
der OF John Gorth, bank manager.
and Abel Rudd. detective, who.
disguised as a nurse. visited Ire
gonna when he boarded with DR..
Jennings in the country and VINO
was found dead In Tregenna'S
room atterward, while Tregenna
had escaped in the nurses clothes,
In neither case has violence been
used and no weapon has been
found: Later Is mysterious. spec
tacled woman. Miss Walkover. has
zone 10 Richard jennings as his
housekeeper and has persuaded
him TO agree to change his Will IN
favor OF his niece Betty. And
after an automobile ride with this
Miss Walkover. Jennings has been
found dead. and Tresenna. FOUND
In the neiShborhood, has heen APP
pretended for the crime. Haunted
hy visions OF the past. especially
by those Of Betty. Tregenna longs
Cor ESCAPE, and when Ferrand, DIS
ruised "a a priest. comes TO visit
nim. Tregenna decides to escape
In the priests disguise.
wxYTEN that noted criminal
" variously known as stephen
w Tregerna. the Dona Equiv
locia Imprudenta de Caoalazero'
Miss Walkover. and TeGgie. stag
rered towards me in the con-
demned cell. the famous detective
Paul Ferrand. OF Paris. ceased 10
exist. Yes. without 4 blow or L
protest he simply ceased to be. /
was myself supplied. at the N
treme suddenness OF his demise.
though | will admit that Teggle
did but give the coup de grace 10
an expiring personality.
At that moment. when the
Young man said. weeping. L d
don't want to kill you, sir; only
want 10 cry" and proceeded 20
do so forthwith in the most copi-
Gus. the most thorough manne".
conceivable. I realized that he had
in point OF fact succeeded in kill
ing Paul Ferrand. Yes, yes--yet
another corpse lay at Teggies
door!
Never shall I forget this touch
ing, this desolate. enfant terrible
IN his despair. How could Fer
rand survive to witness it? Figure
to yourself the greatest OF the
worlds detectives. employing all
his faculties to aid the escape OF
the most notorious living criminal,
and you will recognize immediate
" that the death OF Ferrand was
inevitable. He was. I confess, al
ready at the end OF his strength.
rudely shaken by the trial. by tire
prisoners utter lack OF defence.
The thing was a mere farce.
Teggie, as prefer for brevity
20 call him. held steadfastly to the
tine, "Qui s'excuse," and not all
the attempts OF the most sk!lfui
az Enxland's counsel could remove
him from that line by the breath oil
q single hair.
I shall always recollect his re
tort when advised by the Judge 70
remember that he was on trial FOR
Ma life, II am not at all likely 10
forget Il. my lord; but you might
Iust remind the witnesses.
II is only fair TO say that the
difficulties Of Paul Ferrand in his
professional career OF detective
had begun. however. before the
trial OF this particular prisoner
On more than one occasion Teggie
has been good enough TO inform
ne that I am a brave man; AMI
In these days. when the division
between unauthorized crime and
authorized punishment has become
practically indistinguishahle. ma
foi, has not a detective need OF his
courage?
49, II 10 for that Paul Ferrand pre-
pared for his death; for Teggie =
escape that he died. AS soon as
the disordered, shaken criminal
ceased TO weep, he stammered an
apology. =.
This cells so c-eold. and II
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