The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-22

deed that tho wardrobe was locked.
Not only that, but there was a slight
strain being exercised against tho
lock. bending tho panel slightly For
the first time l began 10 look upon
the matter az teriouA
''rhls door must be broken open
quickly / insisted. "or a spare key
found"
The key from the wardrobe Ia
Gortys room was tried with success
A IL was turned. the door flow open.
was Just in sims 10 catch IN my
arms crumplod mass OF clothes and
humanity. With a hlackensd face
and protuberant eyeS his tongue ioli-
ing out on one Sida. II was SIN not
difficult TO recognize from his pio-
lures tho man who had refused 10
answer tho telephone.
MY Godi" Rimminston exclaimed
Hes dead"
Hes very near IT. replied. loos-
onlng the slip-itnot % whipeord from
around his neck. send for a doctor
at once, And Huntington. you had
batter ring up the Yard and SGT 70
work quickly"
-How long ago did those people
leayeg" no asked And what lug
SRgn did they take with themT'
They left an hour ago. the floor
waiter answered They had two very
heavy trunks
The affair appears 10 solve itself. =
Huntington muttrrod after he had
spoken few hasty words down tho
telephone
Tho floor waiter. who was an in
tellisont fellow. followed us into tho
other room. 20 which We had With
drawn on the arrival OF the doctor.
There Is one thing ! ough; 90 tell
you. alr." he said The portsrs tried
TO move those trunks several hours
ago. while Mr.. Mctzgcr was busy
writing In his room. They were too
heavy then and NJ this timo the tin
cases we're sim In Me 0orty'u room.
you arc auro OF thatf- thinning
ton asked.
Absolutely. SIR
Rimmington looked around. could
$50 that tho Same thought had oc-
CURED to him As 70 mo. Tho hTiefast
OF searches confirmed our suspicious
The wardrobe was filled with humps
OF heavy stone.
There is only one point now re-
naming 20 30 solved" observed.
''snd that II. did these two. SIR. and
Mrs jose do Miguel. carry out this
little affair entirely alone. or had
they sccomplicosG'
'~fhoy had a Visitor about an hour
before they len, slr." the floor waiter
told us
Huntington took out HIS note
book.
Description. please he asked.
Il scarcely Haw the gentleman my
SELF. STR the man replied. ITO
seemed quito ordinary looking. lilo
wore glasses. ard his halls was
gray"
WELL Rimmingtou said. a. va
descended 20 the ground floor 10
meet tho men whom he had sum
moned from Scotland Yard. Two get
II IN tho neck sometimes about our
failures This time. II wu don't get
hold OF Do Miguel and hia heavy
trunks. ] should think We deserved ali
the ecnsure wo get
Nothing In u for ma. Tn afraid"
I remarked an ! bads him good
night.
III doesn't look liko Il" no ss-
uitted However. ono never knows"
II was the unexpected which hap
pencd Aitho Mr.. jose do Miguel and
his Wife could hayo had barely an
hours start. and wero handicapped
BY tho possession OF two trunks OF
enormous weight, week passed
without any news OF their aires, or
Of the recovery OF any part OF tho
gold. MetzEnr remained in a state OF
partial unconsciousness and could
give no coherent account Of what had
happened. Gorty returned from Man.
chester and behaved like a mailman.
He spent hts time between Downing
st., whore he boldly accused the gov
eminent OF having taken tho gold.
and Scotland Yard. where no ex-
pressed his opinion OF tho English po-
lice system in terms which made him,
10 say tho least OF II. unpopular there.
In the beginning the whole affair had
seemed so simple. Mr.. and Mrs dc
Miguel distributing gratultlea In most
lavish fashion. had driven calmly
away from the Milan nj thu appoint
ed hour, and had arrived at Water
loo In ample time for the train which
they had planned TO take 10 South
| ampton. When that train arrived at
Southampton. however. there was no
one in 1t in the least answering to
their description neither had any
rooms been taken In tho hotel. or pas
sages booked on tho steamer. Cur
lousy enough. too. none OF tho por-
ters could remember handling any
particularly heavy luggage for that
train, or attending upon any passen-
gers answering TO tho description OF
the two missing people; yet the man
WAc aipFt AAlV iAVh1A Jus W LILO tlu-
ton--en old servant and man OF
excellent character-gavo unfaltering
evidence as 70 his having driven
there. and having left his two pas
sengers waiting on the pavement
while n porter went for barrow.
] kept away from Huntington for
some tlmo. for thoroly sympathized
with his position. on the tenth day.
however, he camc TO REQ mo.
Not so ample a. we thought" he
remarked m he accepted cigar and
an easy chair.
Apparently not" ! assented.
What about tho bus drivor7'
Hes been with the hotel company
for II yeora." Huntington replied.
has wife and children. and an OK
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