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CHAPTER I-Trancse Ledsam defends
Oliver Hilditch q powerful business man,
In murder case and succeeds In get
ting him of, only to be told by a young.
prepossessinH woman, who says that
she 10 Oliver Hilditchs wife that Hill
ditch is an arch criminal and that Led
sam has turned loose q dangerous man
to resume his prOying upon society.
CHAPTER IL-Ledsam, dining with
his best friend. Andrew Wilmore, meets
Hilditch and his wife and is invited to
dine with them at their home.
CHAPTER III-At dinner with the
Hilditches. oliver shows Ledsam how
he killed his victim and says his own
death the same way would make his
wife supremely happy. Returning
home, Ledsam receives phone call
from Margaret, saying oliver has been
murdered.
CHAPTER TV-Ledsam gets the cor
oner to set divers death down 40
suicide. Later on he admits to Will
more that he has developed a keen In
terest in Margaret. He meets her ia
ther. Sir Timothy Brast the evil shep-
herd, who tells him o crime will be
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CHAPTER Y-Ths crime 10 COM
mittsd and Shopland, Q Scotland Yard
detective, asks Lsdsam 70 interview the
girl In the ease.
CHAPTER vI-Daisy tells Ledsam
nothing much, except that her COM
panion had led y pretty fast life and
was trying to break away from his old
evil companions.
CHAPTER vII-By chance Francis
meets Margaret and asks for permis-
sion to call, which she refuses. He
tells her he will ask her fathers per-
mission and Margaret begs him to have
nothing to do with sl1 Timothy, al
though she admits hs 10 everything
that 10 kind to her.
CHAPTER VIII-yust as Sir Timothy
appears to be the murderer in the Sec
end affair. another man suicides. ad-
mitting his guilt.
CHAPTER IX-Brast displays an un-
usual humane side to his character
and mystines Ledsam by It.
CHAPTER x-Franeis 10 invited to
dine with Brast at his cottage. Return
ing to his office he hnds an unfinished
scrawl from the brother of Wilmore.
asking aid but ending abruptly. Will
| more then tells him his younger brother
has been missing for days and they
| fear harm has befallsn him. Search for
him proves unavauing.
| CHAPTER XI-Under the influence
Of lovely moon and the quiet of the
river Francis kisses Margaret, and the
latter does not resent IT, although ask
Ing Francis to escort her back to the
house. They nnd Sir Timothy had taken
Lady Cynthia to see the Walled House.
The next morning Francis escorts Lady
Cynthia to London and finds Margaret
had left before them. Francis admits
that he wishes to marry Margaret
CHAPTER XII-Shopland tells Fran
| els that he can find nothing definite
| about young Wilmore's whereabouts.
| Francis runs into Margaret and she
yields and becomes engaged to him.
CHAPTER XIII--Sir Timothy finds
the happy couple dining at Ledsam's
| chambers Unable to forbid the mar
| riage he secures their consent to keep
the announcement of their engagement
| secret for two weeks. Shopland meets
! Francis ana discloses that he hopes to
| get Sir Timothy in the tolls OF the law
| in a short time.
Sir Timothy was standing upon the
| hearthrug of the very wonderful apart
ment which he called his library.
you asked for me, Sir Timothy"
Francis said.
Sir Timothy smiled.
II was fortunate to find that you
| had not left" he answered. II want
you to be present at this forthcoming
| interview. You are to certain extent
In the game. thought 1t might amuse
YOU"
Francis for the first time was aware
that his host was not alone. The
room, with its odd splashes Of light.
was full Of shadows, and he saw now
that in an easy-chair a little distance
away from Sir Timothy, girl was
| seated. Behind her, still standing,
with his hat in his hand, was a man.
Francis recognized them both with
surprise.
Miss Hyslop" he exclaimed.
She nodded a little defantly. Sir
Timothy smiled
"Ah" he said. "You know the
young lady, without a doubt. Mr..
Shopland, your coadjutor in various
works of philanthropy, you recognize,
Of course? I do not mind confessing
to you. Ledsam, that I am very much
afraid of Mr. Shopland. / am not at
all sure that he has not warrant for
my arrest in his pocket"
The detective came little further
into the light. He was attired in an
ill-f1tting dinner suit, a soft-fronted
shirt of unpleasing design, a collar Of
the wrong shape, and badly arranged
tie. He seemed, nevertheless, very
pleased with himself.
II came on here, Mr.. Ledsam, at Sir
Timothy's DESIRE" he said. II should
like you to understand" he added,
with covert glance Of warning, that
| have been devoting every effort, dur
ing the last few days, to the discovery
Of your friends brother, Mr.. Reginald
Wilmore."
Il am very glad to hear it." Francis
replied shortly. "The boys brother
is one Of my greatest friends"
Il have come to the conclusion" the
detective pronounced, that the young
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