Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-29
THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE
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NJ. JONQUELLE, greatest of French
detectives, is telling this unusual
story of the great criminal at bay
discovered in a luxurious Eng
lish country house where he is
diving of a disease which Las al
ready paralyzed the lower part OF
his body.
But even in the moment of sue
cess M. Jonquelle senses that he
has been beaten. The great crlml-
nal. wanted for a bond theft in Eng
land. tells how he went to America
and at Bar Harbor met the beautl-
ful American girl. Although a
criminal, his sense of decency was
outraged when he saw hat a dlssl-
pated Englishman,
WESTRIDGB, was attempting to
marry her for her money.
He went to Westridge, told him
that he was an old friend OF the
girls father and that he knows the
girl must have $4,000 to save Sc
curities which she has foollshly
bought on margin. The criminal
tells how he produced the security
for a loan which Westridge raised
and then gave to him to turn over
10 the girl.
Go on With the Story
CHAPTER III
The afternoon sun lay on the fer
race of the gray stone house, where
me big creature, dead to the mid
die. talked from his chair, clearing
the mystery hat had covered his
disappearance from the world. II
was an extraordinary story. and l
wished to get it, in detail, precisely
clear.
"Tt was fiction" 1 asked, "this ex-
planation to Westridge?"
He looked at me in a sort of Won
der.
"Sure," he said, 81 made it up"
sThere wasn't any of it true?"
seNot a word" he answered
sDon't you understand?
sThis was a little game that me
and God Almighty was settin' up on
the side"
affairs? ?" The thing seemed lncred-
"Thats right" he replied, mot a
thing. except that her father, a
lawyer in the South. was dead, and
the small coin was beginning TO
mean somethin'-an' Of course the
little game of this Westridge person
it was a blind pool; nobody in on
it but God Almighty"
/ could not forbear a comment.
'He seems to have helped you in
the opening
The big creature turned heavily
toward me.
with little Westridge?" There
was deep irony in his voice. l
didn't need any help to handle him.
That was A r c stuff. The big
trouble was ahead"
with the girl?" the query
mo" he replied. "that was my !
job too. You listen. I'm comm
u it.
II looked out for a chance to get
the girl by herself, an about -four
O'Clock I got it. There had been a
fog in; it cleared a little and she
went for a walk. She took the path
along the sea toward CromwelPs
Harbor and / followed her. n
turned back where the path ends at
the harbor, and just before a big
house, that hadn't been opened that
season, I met her.
az stopped in the path?
"sMissie,' I said. could 1 speak to
you a minute?"
'aThere was no sham business
her. She was clean and
straight and afraid of nothin', like
angel of God.
"'Certainly,' she said. What is
Il, STRIP
The big man moved his loose bulk
In the chair.
ST know something about stories"
he said. "Ive had to make 'em up
SO q Jury would believe 'em, an 1
done my best as 1 hmped along by
her.
at amt always been rich I says.
7 was down an out in the eighties,
an 7 was agoin' to do somethin'
that would have ruined me, when
by Gods luck / met Harry in Louis
Vile, (Td heard the old women call
her father Harry, so I had that
much to go on.)
SAL he says. whats the
troubles
"*I suppose it was in my face. I
was broke down an I told him. He
got it all in his head, an then he
patted me on the shoulder. "Old
man." he said, 81 little money amt
goin' to do you any good. I'll git
you fifty thousand dollars IN you