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ting him off, only to be told by young,
prepossessing woman, who says that
she is oliver Hilditch's wife, that Hill
ditch Ia an arch criminal and that Led
sam has turned loose q dangerous man
to resume his preying upon society.
CHAPTER II-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 a phone call
from Margaret, saying oliver has been
murdered.
CHAPTER Iv-Ledsam gets the cor
oner to set divers death down az
suicide. Later on he admits to WILL
terest in Margaret. He meets her ia
ther. Sir Timothy Brast. the evil shep-
herd. who tells him q crime will be
committed before they leave the cafe.
CHAPTER V-The crime Is COM
mitted and Shopland. Scotland Yard
detective. asks Ledsam to interview the
girl in the case.
CHAPTER VI-Daisy tells Ledsam
nothing much, except that her COM
panion had led q 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 Sir Timothy. al
though she admits he Is everything
that is kind to her.
CHAPTER VIII-Just a. Sir Timothy
appears to bo the murderer in the Sec
ond affair, another man suicides, ad-
mitting his guilt.
II saw him drop tablet in just
now," Jimmy faltered. II thought it
was one of the digestion pills he uses
sometimes"
Shopland and the policeman placed
their hands underneath the armpits OF
the unconscious man.
Hes done, SIR" the former whis-
pered to Francis. Wen try and get
him to the station if we can"
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The greatest tragedies in the world,
provided they happen to other people,
have singularly little effect upon the
externals of our own lives. There was
certainly not soul in Soto's that night
who did not know that Bobby Fairfax
had been arrested in the bar below for
% pi6la1yn haf
taken poison and died on the way
the police station. Yet the same n"
her of dinners were ordered
eaten, the same quantity OF vine
drunk. The management considered
that they had shown marvellous deli
cacy Of feeling by restraining the or
chestra from their usual musical gym
nastics until after the service Of din
ner Conversation, in consequence,
buzzed louder than ever. One specula-
ton in particular absorbed the atten-
ton of every single person in the room
why had Bobby Fairfax, at the
zenith of very successful career,
risked the gallows and actually ac-
| cepted death for the sake of killing
Victor Bidlake, young man with
whom, so far as anybody knew. he
had no cause Of quarrel whatever?
There were many theories, many peo-
pie who knew the real facts and
whispered them into a neighbors ear,
only to have them contradicted few
moments later. Yet, curiously enough,
the two men who knew most about 1t
were the two most silent men In the
room, for each was dining alone.
| Francis, who had remained only In the
rope that something Of the sort might
'appen, was conscious of a queer
ense Of excitement when, with the
ervice of coffee, Sir Timothy, glass
IN hand, moved up from table lower
down and with word of apology took
the vacant place by his side. 1t was
what he had desired. and yet he felt
thrill almost Of fear at Sir Timothy IS
murmured words. He felt that he was
in the company of one who, II not an
enemy, at any rate had no friendly
feeling towards him.
"My congratulations, Mr.. Ledsam,' "
Sir Timothy said quietly. You ap-
pear to have started your career with
success"
"Only a partial one," Francis &C
knowledged, land as a matter Of fact
deny that l have started in any new
career. 1t was easy enough to make
use of a fiuke and direct the intelli-
gence Of others towards the right per.
son, but when the real significance OF
the thing still eludes you, one can
scarcely claim triumph"
Sir Timothy gently knocked the ash
from the very fine cigar which he was
smoking.
"Still. your groundwork was good,
he observed.
Francis shrugged his shoulders.
That" he admitted, "was due to
chance"
"Shall we exchange notesT Sir Tim
othy suggested gently. 1T might be
interesting"
"As you WILL" Francis assented
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