Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-19

~ ,roaithu aristocrat, interested IN
ESor problems, is Andrews neigh.
Hc tells her NM ,oife is not
so~;no back Inspector Gillian, of
ia constabnlary, comes to Tallente's
Il, ssfote to Investigate Anthony's mvs-
terious disappearance. .,,.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
HnOBERT was a portly man, little
~ unhealthy in color and little. short
Of breath. He had been gassed In the
wsr and his nerves were not what they
md been. It was obvious, as he stood
On the other side Of the table, that he
''sQuite, sir: He was lnquirins about
Mr.. Palliser.'
His master nodded.
~ am afraid he will find Il q little
difficult to obtain any information round
here" he remarked. "There are certain
things connected with that young man
which may throw new light upon his
a'"tRpdd "tRnpdeed, sir?" Robert murmured.
\ "Robert,7 he confded, II have been
robbed"
The man started little:
7indeed, sirl" he replied. "Nothins
Wy have been robbed of papers," Tai
lsnte said quietly, (which in the wrong
hands might ruin me. Mr.. Palliser
lad key to that safe. Have you ever
sen 1t open2"
"Never, SIR"
"When did Mr.. Palliser arrive
hae?"
Dir, that you arrived by on the Tues
'arell me, did he receive any visitors
It all on the Tuesday?
"There was a man came over from a
house near Lynton, sir; said his name
was Miller" 49,.
Have you any idea what he
no certain idea, SIR" Robert replied
doubtfully. ""Now ] come to think Of
II, though, It seemed as though he had
come to make Mr.. Palliser some sort
j Of an offer. After I had let him out,
be came back and said something to
Mr.. Palliser about three thousand
pounds, and Mr.. Palliser said he would
or other, that the transaction, whatever
i might have been, was to be concluded
on Tuesday night" ..... ....
why uluA yOu SCA hC tuAo UChVAOS
Robert" his master inquired.
"Other things drove 1t out OF my
mind, SIR" the man confessed.
II didn't look upon it as Of much
consequence. I thought 1t was some
thing to do with Mr.. Palliser's private
affairs"
Tallente glanced at the safe.
II saw this man Miller at the sta
5tion,' he said, "when arrived"
"That would be on his way back from
here, SIR" Robert acquiesced. II
gathered that he was coming back again
after dinner in q car. a.
.i "Did you hear a car at all that
II rather faneied I did," the man
notice, though"
Tallcnte frowned.
II am very much afraid, Robert" he
said, that wherever Mr.. Palliser Is,
those papers are.'
Robert shivered.
Every good. STR" he said, in low
tone.
ANY speculations as to that young
mans whereabouts" Tallente continued
thoughtfully, "must necessarily be
matter of pure guesswork, but suppos-
ing, Robert, he should have wandered
IN that mist the wrong way-turned to
the left, for instance. outside this win
dow instead of to the right he might
very easily have fallen over the cliff"
THE walk is very unsafe in the dark,
sir. Robert asquiesced, looking down
at the carpet.
at was not my intention" Tallentc
Young man. '4tIi 4 braWi in front to Of the the
windows was impossible, so I took him
with me to the lookout. I suppose he
was tactless and I lost NY temper.
struck him on the chin and he went
backward, through that piece of rotted
paling, you know. Robert
."I know, SIR" the man interrupted,
with a little moan. "Please don't!"
Tallente shrugged his shoulders.
I Il took him at no disadvantage
ne said coolly., He knew how to use
the gloves and he was twenty years
younger than I. However, there It is.
and shrieks. And with him went the
ipapers he had stolen. At twelve o'clock
him."
ITS impossible. sir! It's sheer
preGipice for four hundred feet! -
Nothing of the Sort was the cool
reply. '"There are heaps Of lodges and
httie clumps, of pines and yews. All
mat you will have to do Is to pull up
| me rope when am ready. You can
'asten 1t to tree when l go down"
Its not worth 1t, sir" the man
protested anxiously. mo one will
ever find the body down there"
Send the boy home to stay with his
parents tonight Tallente continued,
Your @ wife. ! suppose, can be trusted?"
n Snp lS living a fbn uor rn pi
Robert answered. "Besides, she is deaf.
III tell her that ! am sleeping in the
aouse tonight as you are not very well.
ana forgive me, sir--her ladyship left
y s,,tI message. She hoped you would lunch
with her tomorrow"
Tallente strolled out again in n few
minutes, curiously impatient of the re-
Mraint OF walls. and clambered up the
prec!pitous field at the back of the
aah9r' Far up the winding road which
ra Dack into the world motorcar
wato was Scpaawling on its way up over. He
%ln!cned It through a pair of field
giasses. Leaning back in the tonneau
S,n %,.n FOLDED arms, as though solemnly
Gillian. '' was inspector
Iallente closed the glasses with a
'ttie snap and smiled.
me Bucket type" he murmurcd to
H'iseit' very much the Bucket type"
CHAPTER v
ihe moon that night seemed to be
dn,,uu,islhg In strange vagaries. now
amnS visible behind midst of thin
s'ay Vapor, now wholly obscured be-
and Jagged masses Of black cloud, and
i;,saitslonally, shining brilliantly from
m,,e patch Of clear sky. Tallente
S".ted for one OF the latter moments
@ %,ofe he finally tested the rope which