The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-13
THE THREE
MALEFACTORS
BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
Copyright. l922, by +. Phillips Oppenh elm
Arrgt NEA Service, Inc

Vendetta begins between MICH
AEL SAVERS. noted criminal
and SIR NORMAN GREYES, once
OF Scotland Yard. after Savers
beautiful housemaid JANET saves
him from Sir Norman by shoot.
! ing dead the officer sent to arrest
him. Janet becomes Sayers' wife
J and acccmplice. In MANY exploits
Michael escapes arrest by.stakine
desperate chances. Janet isian able
assistant, but because he greatlV
admires the many good qualities
ne recognizes in her, Sir Norman
deals with her as leniently as pos
sible.
In the Leeds bank robbery Mich
ael (known to Greycs as "Stan-
iicld") barely escapes and has to
flee the country
A plot of Michael and another
criminal, Paul Cont, to ruin the
political leader, Philippe Lutardc,
is frustrated by Sir Norman. j.,
JANET'S VERSION =
IT was about four months after
had been in the service of Mrs.
Trumperton-Smith, that | decided
to rob her. | first went to her be-
cause, day by day, | felt the need
OF money for those luxuries to
which l had become accustomed.
After my disastrous visit to Paris.
no news whatever had come to me
from my husband A slack period
had set in at the dressmaking es-
Enlistment where ! had been en-
pioyed. and | was Informed that
my services were no longer neces-
sary. spent month at man
tourists and few weeks at a
photographic studio.
Mrs. Trumperton-Smith advcr-
Used in the Morning Post for a |
companion and lady's maid. | won
the post on account Of my manners
and appearance. My mistres was !
a lady of ample person and ample |
means. She lived in excellent |
style and apparently had plenty Of |
money. She was widow about
IS years old, still goodlooking inj
a florid sort of way, and well
enough educated from the middle
class point of view. Men were her
cne and everlasting hobby.
We were staying at the Magnifi- |
cent Hotel at Brighton when the
dea which / have mentioned, of
robbing my mistress, first took de-
Unite shape in my mind. | should
nave bided my time, think, but
Tor two reasons. One was that the
salary which she paid me was alb
;urdly small and l saw no chance
II Saving anything, and the other
vas the very imminent fear of be-
ng anticipated. Mrs. Trumperton
smith was not always as discreet
IS she should have been in her ac-
Iuaintances.
AT the present time she was on
sxceedingly friendly terms with
Mr.. Sidney Bloor, whom l put
Town, from the moment | first saw
llm, as an undoubted adventurer.
He was always dressed in the
height of fashion, and he had ac
luiredi the shibboleth of the. up-to-
late young man of the moment.
~ hiONS 1oIS uiu dIIcIIlpIS To KISS
ne whenever he found me alone.
he found me one evening, some
our months after our arrival in
3righton, alone in the sitting-room
It about the hour when Madam
vas sometimes pleased to dispense
A spasmodic attempt at
.allantry having been met and re-
pulsed, he fingered to watch me
'usy repairing a hair-ornament
which my mistress desired to wear
hat evening.
where is the old bird ?" he
'sked confidentially.
Madam is out playing bridge
With some friends" l told him.
What little gewgaws are you
ending her down in tonight"
Whatever she chooses to wear"
replied.