Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
Now Go On With Story
Sir Norman Resumes


Scotland for fortnight. Would you
like me to call over at Leeds and see
II can pick up anythingV
Exactly what l hoped you would
suggest" he confessed eagerly. II
have brooded over the affair SO long
that can think of nothing but the
obvious side. The chief will give you
q. letter to the Leeds people. Would
you like me to come with your"
/ shook my head.
That night 1 Travelled down to
Leeds.
There was nothing about the
neighborhood which differed ma
terially from Rimmington's descrip-
tion. I paid visit to the place at
exactly the hour the robbery had
been committed, walked from the
grocery store to the bank, carefully
timing myself, and made some
trifiing purchases inside the shop.
The neighborhood seemed to be
thickly built over and populated in
patches, but here and there were va
cant lots. The land opposite the
grocery was marked out for building,
but operations as yet had not been
begun. Later in the day l tracked
Robertson to ground in his favorite
public house. Choosing my opportu-
nifty I addressed him.
"Are you the man whom the police
made such idiots of themselves about
in this bank robbery" 1 asked.
"What the helPs that to do with
you?" he answered.
His tone was truculent, but he OBJ
viously only needed a little humor-
Ing.
"Just this much" I replied. II
am q journalist representing one of
the picture papers. 1t would be
worth a flyer to you If you would let
\ me do sketch of you"
{, His manner changed at once.
"You don't want an interview" z"
''Not likely" l assured him, COM
kmencing a rough sketch in note
'Fbook which had put into my pocket
for that purpose. II read the case
Il myself A fool could see that you
11Hhad nothing to do with it,
He stopped drinking and looked at
me curiously.
'If 1 were the police" went on.
IT should want to know a little
more about the two tourists on their
way to Scotland"
'Then you're as big fool as the
police" he retorted gruffly. "They
hadn't nothing to do with 1t. They
were filling up with petrol and
neither of them budged from the
car"
1 smiled in superior way and
went on sketchinG. He watched nae
with thinly yelled anxiety.
"Toffs they were," he went on, ION
their way up for bit of sport"
maybe" I commented. They
didn't seem in any hurry about it,"
"What do you mean?"
ST don't see why they stayed at
the Queens two nights" remarked.
"Who said they did?" he demand
ed. "They stayed one night, and
grumbled at having to do that"
''How do you know?" I asked,
looking up at him.
'I spoke to the chauffeur" he re-
piled sullenly. He told me my OIL
was leaking"
I changed the subject finished my
ridiculous sketch, and handed over
the five pounds. That night I caught
the mail train to Scotland.
1t took me less than week to dis
cover the whereabouts of the man
and the woman who I learned were
passing under the name of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Grover. On the morn
ing after my arrival at the very re-
mote corner of Scotland where they
IL committed an indiscretion. l
= donned a knickerbocker suit and set
Aout for tramp oyer the moors.
bhad just clambered up to the top OF
4 a little ridge overlooking the sea,
Z when came face to face with lit
4 tie party ascending it from the other
side. The little party consisted of
1.-THE person I had known chiefly as
Mr.. Stanfield, his wife, a villainous-
looking gillie, and two dogs. 1t was
q curious moment, full of sugges-
tions of tragedy, afterward ridicu-
lous in it's conventionality. I saw
the flash of the mans gun, and I
saw the woman's hand restrain him,
heard the single word whispered in
his ear. I raised my cap; he fol-
lowed suit. His gun hung idly under
his arm. My hand was inside my
breast-pocket, clutching something
hard.
"What an extraordinary meeting"
Janet exclaimed with a faint smile.
$50 you sometimes take a holiday
also, Sir Norman?"
"Sometimes," I admitted. "I came
home unexpectedly from Norway. I
was disappointed in my fishing"
"Are you aware that you're tres
passing, mon?" the gillie demanded
severely.
'I'm afraid I didn't know it." l
replied. '"There were no notices"
''It doesn't matter" Janet inter-
vened. 1--WE happen to be walking
UP a covey of birds this way"
II put nothing up" assured
them.
"They lie vera close hereabouts."
the gillie observed. "We'll take a
little further sweep"
How long are you staying In
these parts, Sir Norman?" Stanfield
inquired.
THE LEEDS BANK ROB TAKE 2
"About week, If like the golf"
/ answered.
'I've taken the Lodge. down
n there" he pointed out. Call and
n see us before you leave"
"Won't you come and dine with
us tonight?" Janet invited. with a
challenge in her eyes.
hesitated. The invitation ap-
pealed to me in one way as much as
it repelled me in another. Stanfield
watched me as though he were read
ing my thoughts.