Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-11

she shook her head,
"I'm not going to tell you that.
"you needn't" Stafford smiled.
.They'ye gone to Portugai; ns m WIS
p;ntos machine and l don snppos,s,
hs had any other idea IN .he ,ouad MUr,d
a. A. T N eet back to his own beloved
nS nsa nv the way. 1t looks as though
INV. NM would get ten years: To satisfy
fln.yy, IN rerard to Crewe, I telcgraphed
m!s.n Eneiishman ut Finisterre, who
q" ,ood friend of mine, and who
~. IL "a wild and isolated spot some
I'VE .rs near the lighthouse, and he
VIZ m. back q message to the chect
.sn. Aa. an nirplane passed over Fints.
!.r. .aS. Yesterday afternoon soon after
lunch lunch time. That must be friend Lol-
Iis. iSa'' 49,
"po "TS YOU know. hope they get away.
Il that rather dreadful OF me' she
aid. ..
No ~ I don't think so. believe the
.,,,t shares YOUR hope. He has queer
si.ws Saw on things, and they irritatc me
.ometimes. For example. he doesn't
H;nk that the colonel Is dead.
"But I thought you had found the
"H. gets over that by saying that
n ,.n't The body" said Stafford with
: : ,ittie Hi laugh Of annoyance. ut rather
rorries YOU after you have decided that
you'ye rounded up the gang. l still
believe that 1t is the colonel.
She thought a moment.
~ am inclined to agree with sir
Stanley" said she. 1T isn't the sort
of thing that the colonel would do.
nj. r11o,nI nouplorv ara never
without hope
Stafford scratched his head.
"Well, Il It isn't the colonel. he's
zone, and we'll probably never see him
again! There Is only the question of
rounding up the little people Of the
gang, and that won't be much trou-
She put both her hands on his shoul-
ders and looked at him smilingly.
You're an optimist. dear" she
"who wouldn't be?' he replied
eheerfully. You said that when the
gang was wound up we would drop
our sad and lonely lives apart and form
Z little gang Of our own
She laughed and kissed him. and he
went back to his Office to find that his
chief Ind already arrived and had asked
".
morning paper when Stafford came in o
his room. and his first words brought
CONSERVATION to the younger man.
"Staford,' he said. this Is not the
body Of the colonel. I've just been to
got to send call out to all stations
throughout the country. particularly the
south Of England to look for. man,
possibly clean shaven, certainly with :
out mustache, who will be disguised
as a tramp"
'Why a tramp. sir?" asked Stafford,
with heroic attempt to preserve an
open mind on subject concerning
which he had reached a definite deci :
sion.
Fifteen years ago" replied Sir
Stanley. when the colonel did most
OF his own dirty work. it was his ia :
sorite disguise. Search the casual
wards the common lodging houses and
the jails.
ut is just likely that the colonel will
commit a small offcnsc, with the object
getting himself three months in jail
know, Stafford. The real danger i,
that he may not actually tramp or rs
sume the guise of the real low -iowr
loafer lie may have the sense to be.
come poor but honest workman. trav-
cling third. class from town to town il
search of work. Then he will present
the greatest difficulty.' He saw the
LOOK OF doubt on the young mans face
and laughed. "You think he's dead
don't you?' he said.
I'm perfectly sure he Ia, sir" re.
phed Stafford frankly.
!. An optimst to the last" Sil
htaney smiled and dismissed him with
4 nod
y. Later he was to come to Stafford
nttie bureau and tell him things whiri
he did not know before. Then for tn,
nrst time Stafford King discovered how
CLOSELY his larkadaisicRl chief had 70!
lowed the deyelomcnts of the last few
months. He learned for the first tim'
ot the big part which Jack o Juds
ment had played III the detection %
the gang.
He had an Office under the colonel
nat, said Sir Stanley. "Appnrcntly il
was bought with no other object tina,
20 provide our friend with an oppor'
unity OF spying on the colonel. He dis.
solorsd the wall, brought in his owi
"orkmen, and in the Coioncis absenc,
..he was driven from the occupation o.
!he room by the smeil-he installed mi
| " hn tUe ulu OIL lHcSe H'
was able to listen to all the converse
tloh upstairs and sometimes to chin,
lh' 1t was Jack o Judgmen. who
we'll perhaps Id better not tell yo,
tAat because officially ! am not sup
Iose to know it. At any rate. Stat
ttord' he said more seriously, Wv,
nave seen the smashing of one OF thu
most iniquitous, villainous gangs tina
ever existed. Heaven knows now man.
sroSen hcaitS there are in England to
Sny' how many poor souis who hav
oVeh brought to suicides grav
imlough the Vaccinations of COioIe
boundary and his tools. do not thinl
uefe has been more immoral force I,
.SIien"c in our time, and l hope W
snall never zee its like agnin. You sen
Gut the message" he asked at part
.u Yes: sir. warned all stations an,
sn chief constable"
l.. Hood ~ said Sir Stanley and HI
LAST tiasa words were: Don t forget--Boun
sary is not dead"
Jack O. Judgment Revealed
"a @outish. gray haired man descend
Sa Hom d-class carriage at Chat
tha hn station and inquired of the porte
tt ttIe way to tho dockyard. lie carried
ana m Oh carpenters tools in straw ba
a"' smoked short clay pipe. Th