Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27

they accomplices?"
They had = visitor about al ,,5n"
before they left, sir The Gcn%
waiter told us.
Huntington took out his noss'
book.
Description, please" he asked.
~ scarcely saw the gentleman my
self, sir" the man replied. "l'e
seemed quite ordinary-lookirg. lie
wore glasses, and his hair WIS
gray"
well" Huntington said, as we
descended TO the ground floor to
meet the men whom be had sum
moned from Scotland Yard, I'VE get
It In the neck sometimes about our
failures. This time, If we don't get
hold Of De Miguel and his heavy
trunks, I should think we deserve all
the censure we get"
Nothing in it for me, I'm afraid"
remarked as /. bade him good
night.
TT doesn't look like It," he ad'
mitted. However, one never
knows"
.
1T was the unexpected which hap
pened. Although Mr.. Jose de
Miguel and his wife could have
had barely an hours start, and were
handicapped by the possession of
two trunks of enormous weight,
week passed without any news OF
their arrest or of the recovery of any
part of the gold. Metzger remained
in state Of partial Inconsistencies
and could give no coherent account
of, what had happened. Gorty re-
turned from Manchester and behaved
like d fnadman. He spent his time
between Downing Street, where he
boldly accused the Government Of
having taken the gold. and Scotland
Yard, where he expressed his opin-
ION OF the English police system Ia
terms which made him, to say the
least of 1t, unpopular there. In the
beginning the whole affair mad
seemed so simple, Mr.. and Mrs. de
Miguel, distributing grutuities IN
most lavish fashion, had driven
calmly away from the Milan at the
appointed hour, and had arrived a,
Waterloo in ample time for the train
which they had planned 10 take TO
southampton. When that train ar
rived at Southampton, however.
there was no one In it In the least
answering TO their description;
neither had any rooms been taken in
the hotel. or passages booked on the
steamer. Curiously enough. too,
none of the porters could remember
handling any particularly heavy
luggage for that train, or attending
upon any passengers answering TO
the description Of the two missing
people; yet the man who drove the
hotel bus to the station-an old ser
want and man Of excellent charac-
ter-gave unfaltering evidence as to
his having driven there, and having
left his two passengers waiting on
the pavement while porter went
for a barrow.
l kept away from Huntington for
some time. for thoroughly sympa-
thized with his position. On the
tenth day, however, he came to see
me.
Not so simple as we thought" he
remarked as he accepted a cigar and
an easy-chair.
Apparently not" l assented.
What about the bus-driver?"
He's been with the hotel company
for II years." Huntington replied,
has wife and children and an ex-
cellent character. Besides, a score
Of people saw the bus in the station
yard"
And the man who visited them at
the hotel at the last moment?"
Were offering a hundred pounds
reward for his discovery. Here's
his description" sn
carefully read the typewrltten
sheet which Huntington pushed
across to me. and returned it in
silence.
Suggest anything to your" my
visitor asked.
THE description might apply to
thousands" 1 answered a little eva
stvely. Huntington stared gloomily
into the fire.
ut might" he admitted. do you
know who l think it WASP
mo idea" l answered mendacious.
ly.
your friend Pugsley-stanfeld,
or to go behind ell his aliases and
call him by his rightful name,
Michael Sayers."
do you really believe that that
man is in England" l asked,
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