Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-08

straw to the burden of suspicion
against Sir Rawdon Wells. The
SILVER lining of that cloud had turn
cd leaden again with Dagon's
announcement. This new anesthetic
of Sir Rawdons on Mrs. Haste's
handkerchief had precisely the same
odor as that which Dagon detected
in cell 5. No need for him to ex-
press his opinion that blank place
Reen adorned until lately by
framed picture OF Evelyn Carroll.
III was difficult, however. to Rut
that Canadian off scent.
Yes" said Dason, with the
the dreamy air which seemed now
and then to descend suddenly upon
him. Yes no doubt Miss Haste's
silver frame was fianked on the
other side of the desk by a better
and bigger one of the beautiful Miss
Carroll--until she threw over Sir
Rawdon for his friend"
$50 You know all about that al
ready, do YOU" grunted Arson.
We'll. l must say. Scotland Yard
doesn't seem to let much grass
grow under lis mems feet. didn't
call tho Yard up on the phone from
the Court last night till a fairly late
on Your motor bike at a fairly early
one. Mr. Dagon. Yet you're up in
the details of that little scandal
which we folks in Ardry-le- Mare
thought was only neighborhood
gossip
Il mustn't take too much credit
for the latd or myself said Dason.
I'm afraid | didn't set up in those
details between last night and this
morning. knew 'em beforehand.
Perhaps you've heard that was
with Pinkerton for while. l
might have been there To this day,
as I was doing pretty well, IL 1t
hadn't heen for the war. was
kid: hut | had some luck. and was
put on one or two big jobs under
Pinkerton. One OF them was TO tnd
a string IF pearls that belonged Ia
Miss Carrolrs aunt--the Aunt Jean
who's been chaperoninG her in Eng
land since tue war broke out-Mrs.
Hayntor.'
"Oh, then YOU met Miss Carroll
exclaimed Arson, interested.
Dagon laughed. Il didn't exactly
meet her" he said, except in the
front hall Of her aunt's- house some
times. was acting as Mrs. Pay
nor's footman while | watched for
the pearl thiek II took me several
weeks to polish off the iob--Nes.
did polish II off!--and ! had plenty
OF time to fall in love with the fair
Evelyn. She was my first love, so
far as | can remember. I've had
three since. one trench girl, one
Belgian and ono English V. A. u.
Now I'm about ready Tor the fourth.
But I've never forgotten Miss Car
roll, and the pleasure OF a really
hopeless passion.
Il can jolly well sympathize with
Sir Rawdon Wells. tell YOU
Naturally I've sort Of kept an eve
on Miss CAROLS affairs over here
on this side since | was demobbed
and took up my old job as tee.
Then that was the real reason
You wanted this particular job"
Arson blurted out before he stopped
| to think. But Dagon only laughed.
We'll. that counted for something,'
he confessed. still | told you no lie.
| always do go Cor anything that's
mo feel at home-thoux1r If I'm
Italian, rs | may he. | haven't seen
my part of the map since | was
three or four. at which age I seem
to have turned up in Canada. per-
sonally conducting my own tour. il
, do say 1t myself, looking at It all
round, I don't think they could have
got a man who'll take n keener in
terest than | shall in this case. And
now we'd l,etter he getting over to
the scene OF action, WHAT"
! Arson agreed: but could not resist
question. II suppose you haven't
formed any theory vet from what
you've seen and heard here, as to the
- - q ARV
from her cfll?"
'Tve formed several" returned
Dagon. promptly. each one Of which
J differs completely from the other.
/ | shall let them all sleep and get
their much needed rest until I've
looked into things at the Court"
Sir Rawdon Wells. who had given
! his word not to leave the house, had
| slept in his own bedroom-or. at
| least. occupied it. But Haste was
| up and out at carly dawn, wildly
| searching for some trace OF Eve.
| He worshipped her SO utterly. II
| seemed as if his love must be like n
| beacon, to show him the way by
/ which she had gone. For he would
| not believe that she was dead!
1t had been hideous shock 10
| hear that Pan--his petted "toy- sis
ter" pan--had declared herself
guilty of doing away" with Eve
whatever that might mean. He
would not-he protested to Fanny
| Gillett and the constable left at the
| Hall--believe for an instant that the
! girl had told the truth. She was
either "out of her head" or else she
was trying to protect some suspect
| ed person. probably Rawdon Wells.
| II was monstrous, he said, that the
! child should have been taken to
! prison--to pass night in a common
cell. If he hadn't been fainting like
n schoolgirl himself, he would never
| kaye permitted IL. Somehow, he
would have prevented such an in
| human outrage. As 1t was, he must
| wait till morning to rescue his sis
! ter.
When morning came, however,
! Ken was in different state OF mind
| His brain had cleared, and he had
| remembered the mystery of Pans
sudden appearance in the house;
how she had come although she'd
/ been forbidden to do so, and showed
! herself suddenly to him in the din
ing room after Eve had left him
there. How she had refused to tell
Ter reason for disobeying him, and
had said only that 1T was very i'm
| portant,
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