The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-03


morning early to Strete farm on the
hills above us for milk and butter
1 go this morning ard they have an
ugly story. Last night man en-
tered Strete farm and took food and
drink. The farmer hears him and
comes upon him sitting eating in the
kitchen-a big man with a red head
and a red mustache and a red waist
coat. % The man, when he sees Mr..
Rrook-that is the farmer-he bolts
through the back kitchen by which
he has come. Mr.. Brook knows moth
ing Of the man and he tells me Of his
adventure, and then 1 go home to tell
padron mio-my master.
when I describe this man, Mr..
Redmayne and Madonna nearly have
a fit between them. They recognize
hin1-he is the assassin They think
instantly Of you and bid me take my
bicycle and ride here at my best
speed to catch you, if it may be done
before you 60"
By'9 o'clock the Italian had started
homeward, and as soon as he was
gone, Brendon went to the police sta
ton, borrowed a revolver and a pair
OF handouts, limited at his business,
and ordered a police car to be ready
as quickly as possible. A constable
drove him and before setting out he
told the local chief of police. one In
spector Damarell, to await a message
over the telephone in the course of
the morning He enjoined strictest Sc
crecy for the present.
Mark, who had studied Mr.. Red
rnayne's large government survey
map Of the district, suggested an i'm.
mediate search over the most likely
regions in the neighborhood.
He inclined to the belief that the
hunted man might sooner trust the
woods than the coast.
IF Mrs. Pendean doesn't mind the
weather and there is no shadow of
danger to the launch, then 1 advise
that your niece goes down the coast
and have a look into the caves as you
propose" he said. mo doubt Doria
can be trusted to see sharply after
her. Meantime we will quarter the
wood. If we could only get into
touch with the man, it might be pos
sible to secure him without making
any noise"
Doria prepared for the coming voy
age of discovery and, within half an
hour. the motor boat danced out from
beneath Crows Nest" After they
had gone. Bendigo, in a sailors pea
jacket and cap. lighted a pipe, took
a big black-thorn stick, and set off
beside Mark. The police car still stood
on the road and. both entering it,
they soon reached the gate beside
which Robert Redmayne had appeared
on the previous night. There they left
he motor and entered Black Woods
together.
Bendigo still talked of his niece and
continued to do so. 1t was a subjec;
IN which the other proved very will
ng to listen.
She's at the parting of the ways
now" declared Jenny's uncle. 81 can
see her mind working. I grant she
loved her husband dearly enough and
he made a pretty deep mark on her
character, for she's different from
what she was as a girl"
Mark asked a question.
When you say that her husband
altered his wife's character, in what
way did he do sop
"Well-he taught her sense I PECK
IN You'd never think now. would
YOU, that she was a red Redmayne-
one Of us-short of temper, peppery,
fiery? But she was, as a youngster.
Her father had the Redmayne quail
ties more developed than any of US,
and he handed EN- down. She was
.Yillful thing-plucky and fond Of
mischief. That was the girl remem-
bered when Jenny came back to me
a widow. And so 1 see that Michael
Pendean, whatever else he was. evil
IDENTIFY had the trick character to
learn her a bit of sense and pa
tience"
They tramped the wood and fell
in with a gamekeeper. who greeted
the trespassers none too amiably.
But on learning their errand and re-
ceiving a description of the fugitive,
he babe them go where they pleased
and himself promised to keep a sharp
watch.
Inelr nunL produced nelLner sign
nor clew of the man they sought, and
after three hours of steady tramping,
they returned in the motor car to
Crows Nest"
News of direct Importance awaited
them. Jenny had not only seen Rob
ert Redmayne, but had reached him;
and she returned very distressed and
somewhat hysterical, while Doris,
having done great things in the mat
ter. was prepared to brag about them.
I'VE saw him." said Jenny, about
two miles down the coast, sitting not
fifty yards from the sea. Then Giu-
seppe suggested landing and so ap-
preaching him. The thing was to let
me reach him, if possible.
I'VE ran by, as though we had not
observed him: then, getting round a
little bluff. so that we were hidden.
we went ashore. made fast the boat,
and regularly stalked him. The poor
wretch saw us and leaped up, but it
was too late and Giuseppe reached
him in a moment and explained that
came as a friend. Doria was prepared
to detain him if he endeavored to es-
cape. but he did not"
us he sane?" asked Bendigo.