San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-23

| hODert heumayne, uncle OF Jenn
Pendean, is suspected of the murder o
Jenny's husband, Michael. Robert dis
appears and is being pursued by Mari
Brendon, criminal investigator.
Jenny Goes to Ii with her uncle
BendigO Redmayne. Brendon meet,
Robert in the woods near Bendigo':
home, but fails to capture him. Giu
seppe Doria works for Bendigo. Wher
Doria and Jenny find Robert they ar
range a meeting at Bendigo's home
but Robert fails to keep the appoint
ment.
Robert sends word to Bendigo to
meet him alone in a nearby cave. Doria
| takes Bendigo to the appointed place
, and leaves him with Robert When
Doria returns for his master, both men
have disappeared. Albert Redmayne
comes from Italy TO try to solve the
mystery. Now go on ..-.h the stvly.
Albert Redmayne slept well. but
the morning found him very depressed.
He was frightened and awe-stricken.
He detested Crows Nest and the
melancholy murmur of the sea. He
showed the keenest desire to return
home at the earliest opportunity and
was exceedingly nervous after dark.
"Oh. that Peter Cams were here 2"
he exclaimed again and again, as a
comment to every incident unfolded
by Brendon or Jenny and then. when
he asked him if it might be possible to
summon Peter Cams, Mr.. Redmayne
explained that he was an American
beyond their reach at present.
Mr.. Cams" he said, sis my best
friend in the world-save and except
ing one man only. He-my first and
most precious intimate-dwells at Mel
laglo, on the opposite side of Lake
Como from myself. Signor Vilgilio
Poggi is bibliOphile of European emf.
hence and the most brilliant of men
"a great genius and my dearest asso.
ciate for 20 years. But Peter Cams
also is a very astounding persona
detective officer by profession.
Il myself lack that intimate knowl-
edge of character which is his native
gift. Books / know better than men,
and it was my peculiar acquaintance
with books that brought Cams and me
together in New York. There l served
him well. in an amazing police case and
aided him TO prove a crime, the discov-
cry of which turned upon a certain pa.
per manufactured for the Medici. But
a greater thing than this criminal in.
cident sprang from it and that is my
with the wonderful Peter"
He expatiated upon Mr.. Peter
Cams until his listeners wearied of
the subject. Then Giuseppe Doria in
tervened with a personal problem. He
desired to be dismissed and was anx-
ious to learn from Brendon if the law
permitted him to leave the neighbor.
hood.
! He found himself detained, however,
for some days, until an official exami-
nation of the strange problem was COM
pleted. The investigation achieved
nothing and threw no ray of light,
either upon the apparent murder of
Bendigo Reslm01he, or the disappear
aRee of his Msvher.
Albert .RediAayne stayed no longer
in HcYoashife, than his duty indicated.
for ,lie 1nsIjd kirtve OF no service to the
pdsss 0n9 thes night previous to his
y Payturesb1 went through his broth
Asy ~ ibrAty and found nothing
III z MRreSC 10 u cOliect0r.
TPe IN rndlwell-thumbed copy of
p K he took for sentiment.
a ~ Iected Jenny to pack for
hi "Los-a diary in eight
assured that his fam
ilyN "timtof some evil, con.
eeal{ nv himself and every
bodyN e'promised Jenny that
he wS i Ally. write to America
and "a I accident of the case, so
far as vi .p1gwn and reported, be-
fore hisNriadG{nns.
BefonfNhc rett fined to the borders of
Como apd his little villa beneath the
mountains. the old scholar took atfec-
Tomato 1eavc of Jenny and made her
promise to follow him as soon as she
was able to do so.
Robert Hedmayne had vanished off
the face OF the earth and his brother