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Peter, '"is this: Doria has used the
only certain means of getting Albert
Redmayne out of this house, and
his wife has doubtless aided him to
the best of her power by arresting
the attention of my colleague whoh
l left in charge How she did it l
can easily guess"
Jenny's Mortified eyes famed at :
him and her face grew rosy.
chow little you know!" she cried.
"This is cruel, infamous! Have I
not suffered enough?" ~
| If II am frong I'll be the first to
own it, ma'am," he answered. "But
am not wrong. What has hap
pcned means that your husband will
be back to supper. That's but ten
minutes to wait. Assunta, return
to the kitchen. Ernesto, hide in the
garden and lock the iron gate as
soon as Doria has passed through
it."
Silence fell and in five minutes
came the chink of the iron gate and 4
| the football of man without. Doria
''ssS oA"6A uiS COuZOucJs llc CdIuc
straight into the room, stared about
him at the assembled men, then fix
ed his eyes upon his wife.
"What is this" he cried in amaze
ment.
Games up and you've lost" an
swered Cams. you're great
crook! And your own vanity is all
that's beat you!" He turned quickly
to the chief of police, who showed
warrant and spoke English.
michael Pendean," he said, "you
are arrested for the murder of Rob-
ert Redmayne and Bendigo Red
| mayne."
"And add Albert Rcdmayne,'"
growled Cams. He leaped aside with
amazing agility as he spoke, for the
culprit had seized the weapon neSr-
est his hand and hurled heavy
salt-cellar from the table at Peters
head. The mass of glass crashed in
to an old Italian mirror behind
Cams and at the moment when all
eyes instinctively followed the
sound, Jenny's husband dashed for
the door. Like lightning he turned
and was over the threshold beforea
hand could be lifted to stop him;
but one in the room had watched
and now he raised his revolver. This
young officer--destined for future
fame--had never taken his Eyes off
Doria and now he fired. He was
quick but another had been quicker,
had seen his purpose and anticipat-
ed his action. The bullet meant for
Michael Pendean struck down his
wife, for Jenny had leaped into the
doorway and stopped it.
She fell without sound, where
upon the fugitive turned instantly,
abandoned his flight, ran to her,
] knelt and lifted her to his breast.
He was harmless now, but he emf
braced dead woman and the blood
from her mouth, as he kissed her,
| covered his lips. He made no fur
Their fight and, knowing that she was
dead, carried her to couch, laid
her gently down, then turned and
stretched his arms for the hand
cuffs.
A moment later Mark Brendon en-
tered from the house.
"Poggi sent no message and Albert
Redmayne has not been seen at Bel
| lagio," he said.
CHAPTER XVII
The Methods of Peter Cams
Two men travelled together in the
train de luxe from Milan to Calpiz.
| Cams wore black band upon the
| sleeve of his left arm; his compan-
| ion carried the marks of mourning
in his face. 1t seemed that Brendon
had increased in age; his counten-
ance looked haggard; his very voice
was older.
Peter tried to distract the young
er man, who appeared to listen,
though his mind was far away and
his thoughts brooding upon a grave.
After pause and long silence,
while the train sped through the
darkness of the Simplon tunnel,
Peter retraced the steps by which
he had been enabled to solye the
riddle of the Redmaynes.
II went first to Penzance and de-
voted several days to learning all
possible particulars of the Pendean
family. On examining Michael Pen
Deans ancestry, as preliminary toA
finding out everything remembered
OF Pendean himself, 1 at once made
highly important discovery. Joseph
Pendean, Michael's 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 daughter who died in infancy.
The lady seems to have given cause
Tor 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 accompan-
led her frequently to Italy. On one
OF these occasions, when a boy of
seventeen or eighteen, he met
with an accident to his head; but l
could CLEAN no particulars of its ma
tdre.
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 dentist, having, ex-
pressed a wish to follow that pro-
fession.
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