Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-26

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,kSA hee eult0ro 0lD4pp9af r0uno Z
~ Al Ne houDe before ne anewefed
e$s,s mean, Why dN 4 ask hel
- - M dauShtef. IN law asked
tsat only sn hour ago, I had twt
sfGssG 1 eav0 III one, the one that
ssSened her. 1 Will give you tn
5Ss }cr e happens 70 concern you,
sSSsd Neil here becaues I wantsd q
Ss5v rnyssIf tthat thu. ten Thousand
5s1s had not bssn hAn6Sd to herr,
4. FSeed smiled indulgently. 4
tSSuriosity curiosity p'-and he ac-
liz wagged 4 repyovinf hhser.
ssfhsed, you're saperh " said Lads
n iSen shs rose. I,
n an . busy woman, she said'
R6od also got himself TO his feet.
And my time, equally has certain
NJ" he crooned. ~ y 9 tnousa nd
~ that We cannot prolcne ou'
~ '1t 4, then then, that ! may rely upon
z support Nss s,,.DDsss Il DssssIYs my PROPOSE
ssf,r y the % contrsry," said Lady Dou .
~ y, sttssdiiy. tss II shall do ali ali in m my
!35sss to wlrn. my daughter in. Law
Si0at YOU dild prevent another penny
vi 1he tarroman fortune coming into
abeer Lady Doucester. /" Theed pro.
Ilaiked sadly, 'it seems that. after all,
|Sss do not quite realize the position.
fssksps I should have made 1t plain
I'M Mr.. Jarroman ID now almost re.
|gSvcted, I--ah--feel sure that any
action on your part
suid coincide with his sudden release
Ekxr. his---er--cOuCh of pain and once
~ had the dear fellow In our midst
I'M. I should be forced to carry out
RS6e orders which he gave me just be.
[liNre he had that dreadful stroke. You
E6ncW what they were. was required
~ start an immediate prosecution ol
|. Nh. Stranack for obtaining property
tks fraudulent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- which were to involve an action
f1Sainst yourself and your husband to
fSscoyer a certain large SUM"
kirs1Ouitc so," interrupted Lady Dou .
|;tester, ''Fic set the wheels working,
= meant to. and then he had what you
| IN TINT dreadful stroke. What brought
N fSr once Tbeed was taken aaack.
"Probably you forget" remarked
nixdy Doucestcr pleasantly. She paused
70 The fraction Of q second. and then
| ike training Of the card table came to
lsr rescue. She flung down her card
4 Warning DELAYED
sHe received some information from
NJ. Segrove. the detective--information
which was Of vital Importance. 1t cut
~ ground frorR under his feet y II
turned his whole world upside down.
4 took even his physical powers from
~ for the time.
"Rsllly,, Lady Gloucester. you
''Mr. Segrove told him that Johr
CAmden was innocent OF the murder Of
Charles Eddis."
II still do not see." began Theed
III there was something. In his voice
lat told Lady Doucester that her In.
3pired guess had proved itself the trutf
IoAce more. lCe
|gT'No, I daresay you genuinely DOM
&rtative instinct to understand .JarrO.
know is summed up in q few words
1hose Instructions he gave you were
~ expression Of a satanic hate. HI
kGtA Nadia. He. hated her because
s. discoveredMft doesn't matter wher
that she was the daughter of the mar
who. he believed, had murdered Eddis
Jehn Camden was dead, out of reach
Ut John Camdeh's daughter. and hei
husband and her husbands people
were all still alive, and he determined
that they should pay the penalty in.
stead. If Jarroman had been China
man he would have worked in terms Of
ledhot pincers and boiling oil being an
IAylishman, he had to fall back upon
Whit am sure you always call the long
arm Of law. And II 1t hadn't been for
that most opportune stroke" concluded
Lady Doucester refectively, "the long
arm Of the law would really have done
quite as well.''
''Am i to understand" began Theed.
BIZ smile fixed, that your-creative
Instinct gives you complete confidence
q !arroman,s willingness to let bygones
Be bysones?"
1T does,'', assented Lady Dou-
cester. IF you want the thing stated
ealdly. here 1t Is: you locked Jarroman
up somewhere for your own reasons,
and 1t suited me that you should do
y. Now, however, 1t suits me equally
.sll that you should let him out again.
And that is that"
There was an electric silence. Theed' q
2oavy gaze was bent full upon Lady
peucester. his sti6ay smiling lips had
sted his teeth; his hands twftched.
yan he gain anything by killing me?''
9e question shot through Lady
leucester's brain and left her tingling
9h cold yet fierce excitement.
wonder II you would allow me to
your telephone, Lady Doucester?'
ed Theed, mastery unconcern In
Y voice. II have never heard Of this
y. Segrove. I should like, II may,
make an appointment with him In
sssr to discuss his amazing discovery
Lady Gloucester stified a hysterical
clination to laugh the anticlimax
= 20 totally unexpected. As she led
way to the library. she tried to make
stself realize that Theed had caved in,
~ she had won, that Nadia and
Mlired and she herself were safe, that
erything had come right. and that
one one would ever know how clever
In that moment of triumph she was
her guard.
Thsed picked up the telephone book
sIed at It., then glanced helplessly
tne carefully shaded windows. Lady
Sucester moved to the nearer one and
~ up the sun blind.
tn tnat moment Theed picked up the
sstil OF the telephone. stepped back
wgple OF PAGES, and abruptly jerked
long hex from its, attachment in
wali; Then, while Lady Doucestel
"a IDLY out into her garden, he went
ouS9 the solemn farce Of ringing uE
sxchange, getting Segrove's number
Earning from clerk that Sesrovs
~ zone home, He replaced the receive,
W. an air of disappointment ant
sned to LADY Doucester.
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