The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-16
CHAPTER XVI
The Methods of Peter Cams

Two men travelled together in the
train de luxe from Milan to Calais
Cams wore a black band upon the
sleeve Of his left arm; his companion
carried the marks of mourning in his
face. 1t seemed that Brendon had in
creased in age; his countenance looked
haggard; his very voice was older
Peter tried to distract the younger
man. who appeared to listen, though
his mind was far away and his
thoughts brooding upon a grave.
After a pause and a long silence, |
while the train sped through the dark
ness of the Simplon tunnel, Peter re-
traced the steps by which he had
been enabled to solve the riddle Of
the Redmaynes.
"I went first to Penzance and de-
voted several days to learning all
possible particulars of the Pendean
eamilX. On examining Michael Pen
deans ancestry, as a preliminary 70
finding out everything remembered
OF Pendean himself. at once made a
highly important discovery. Joseph
Fendean, Michaers father was often
in Italy on his pilchard business for
the firm, and he married an Italian
woman. She lived with her husband
| at Penzance and bore him one son.
and q daughter who died in infancy
| The lady seems to have given cause
Tor a certain amount of scandal, for
| her Latin temperament and lively
ways did not commend themselves
TO the rather austere and religious
circle in which her husband and his
| relations moved. Michael was de-
voted to his mother and accompanied
her frequently to Italy. On one OF
/ these occasions, when a boy Of seven
| teen or eighteen, he met with an
accident to his head; but I could
| CLEAN no particulars Of it's nature.
When at last Mrs. Pendean died
| in Italy, her husband attended the
| funeral at Naples and returned to
England Immediately afterward with
| his son. The boy was subsequently
apprenticed to a dentist, having ex-
Pressed wish to follow that pro-
| fession.
Nothing at present was positive
! ly known by me which made 1t out
| CT the question that Joseph Pen
]
Giuseppe Doria. But none the less
many facts might exist as yet be-
| yond my knowledge, which would
| prove such a suspicion vain. 1 con-
s.dered how to obtain these facts and
naturally my thought turned to
Giuseppe himself
Having found out what Penzance
could tell me, I beat 1t up to Dart
mouth. because 7 was exceedingly
anxious to learn, If possible. the ex.
act date when Giuseppe Doria en-
tered the employment of Bendigo Red
wayne as motor boatman. Albert's
brother hadn't any friends that I
could find; but I traced his doctor
and, though he was not in a position
to enhghted me, he knew another
man-an innkeeper at Tor-cross, some
miles away on the coast-who might
be familiar with this vital date.
Mr.. Noah Blades proved a very
strewd and capable chap. Bendigo
Redmayne had known him we'll, and
it was after spending a week at the
Tor-cross Hotel with Blades and go
Ing fishing in his motor boat, that the
old sailor had decided to start one
himself at Crows Nest He did so
and his first boatman was a failure.
Then he advertised for another and
received a good many applications.
He'd sailed with Italians and liked
them on a ship, and he decided for
Giuseppe Doria, whose tetmonials
appeared to be exceptional The man
came along and, two days after his
arrival, ran Bendigo down to Tor
cross in his launch to see Blades.
"Redmayne, Of course, was full of
the murder at Princetown, which had
just occurred and the tragedy proved
so interesting that Blades had little
time to notice the new motor boat
man But when matters is that we
know it was on the day after the
murder-on the very day Bendigo
heard what his brother. Robert, was
supposed to have done at Fosg1ntor
Cuarry-that his new man. Giuseppe
Dcria. arrived at Crows Nest and
took On his new duties.
THAT meant that not Pendean, but
Ria xifess uncle Robert Reduayne.