New Britain herald., 1923-06-26
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An hour later Mark BFendeA had packed a hag and started in a police
 motor ear for Paigntan,
 He called at Robert Redmayne's lodgings after he had eaten some sup- per at the Singer Hetel, There he had taken room. that he might see and hear something Of the vanished mans future wife and her family. Al No. Marine Terrace the landlady. a Mrs Medway. could say little. Cap tain Redmayne was genial, kind- hearted. hut hot-headed gentleman. she told Mark.
 Brendon examined the motor hi- cycle with meticulons care. There vas rest behind the saddle made Of iron bars. and here he detected stains of blood. A fragment Of tough string tied to the rest was also stained.
 Later in the day Brendon returned to his hotel and introduced himself to Miss Reed and her family to And that her brother. Robert Redmayne's friend, had returned to London. She and her parents were sitting together in the lounge when he joined them. All three appeared to be much shocked and painfully mystifed. None could throw any light. Mir. and Mry. Reed. were quiet. elderly people who kept a draper shop in London: their daughter revealed more charac- ter.
 Did you ever hear Captain Red mayne speak of his niece and her husband?" Brendon inquired. and Flora Reed answered:
 ''He did: and he always said that Michael Pendean was a 'shirker' and . coward. He also assured me that he had done with his niece and should never forgive her for marrying her husband. But that was before Bob went to Princetown, six days ago. From there he wrote quite a different story. He had met them by chance and he found that Mir. Pendean had rot shirked but had done good work in the war and got the o. B. E."
 You have neither seen nor heard of the captain since?"
 Indeed, no. My last letter, which you can see, came three days ago. In 1t he merely said he would be back yesterday and meet me to bathe a- usual I went to bathe and locke F. out for him, but of course he didn't come"
 Tell me a little about him, Miss Reed" said Mark. Captain Red mayne, hear had suffered from shell shock and a breath of poison gas also. Did you ever notice any signs that these troubles had left any mark upon him?"
 Yes" she answered. we all did. My mother was the first to. point out that Bob often repeated himself"
 Was he a man you can conceive of as capable of striking or killing a fellow creature?.'
 The lady hesitated.
 T only want to help him." she an- swered. Therefore I say that, given | sufficient provocation, I can imagine Bob's temper f1aring out. and can | see that it would have been possible to him, in moment of passion to strike down a man. He had, seen much death and was himself abso- lutely indifferent to danger Yes, can imagine him doing an enemy or fancied enemy. a hurt; but what cannot imagine him doing is what he Is supposed to have done afterward- svude the consequences of a mistaken lct."
 sAnd yet we have the strongest tes- dmony that he has tried to conceal murder-whether committed by bimseN, or somebody else, we cannot yet say"
 T only hope and pray, for all our ,akes, that you will find him." she replied, but if. indeed, he has been betrayed into such an awful crime, I 10 not think you will find him"
 Why not, Miss Reed? But I