The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29

roll VI The night ticHFo or ht' Hi"H
Who calls himself Andrew Drake and
take on the bandnEe 20
A gatplug cry came from jerunha
| but Miss Hawks moHnedi
'sThat was what deceived me 10
thoroly when 10 waa putting on hlH
coat out IN the garden tho firut day
"a calledf
Tho pnsuda Andrew ret Dis teeth
but he made no show ~ resistance
when the handags WAS removed and
On the siil inflamsd surface of hia
arm appeared tho blurred, inter
twinsd letters III" and co.
"You thought they were your own
Initials. ass sou not. Mlha Hawks
l Miles asked gently. FORGIVE me for
rropsnlng an Old wound. hut that
touch Of sentiment Tor a time
blinded you 10 certain incontlftens
cles which tho Drake family them
selves had failed 90 u0tsT'
she nodded dumbly IN an obvious
effort 20 control her emotion and
tho detective went on:
''In reality the initials arc his own.
a. far az tho police records Of
Australia show. His name 10 Hugh
Osborne and be. too, II badly wanted
but not FOR tho same crime a. hia
present nccompilcr. VIII you tell
SIR. Wells and your old friends here
when the first doubt Of his identity
entered your mlndT
~ called hero yesterday. but rs
I grew reminiscent and he betrayed
an utter Ignorance o. tho incidents !
mentioned a Wild suspicion came
into my mind spoke of my
initials on his arm and tho he sworn
that he bad them tattooed there In
remembrance o. me was still un,
/ convinced. 1 felt that must b.
going mad and set had 20 mako
sure laid deliberate trap Tor
him and be fell into itr'
Mlse Hawks rose. Now may
so? came az promised. but IL
can endure no more. Jerufhn. for.
give me-. but surely Il Il better that
/ you know The TRUTH
Tho truth r. always best. Ora"
silas Drake rose and stern. Spar.
Tan gravity had robbed her set fea.
lures o. all other emotion. Tonight
shall eco tho end OF more than one
living uc."
John Wells escorted the trembling
woman 20 her waiting chr and
scarcely had the attorney rcappoared
when tho lmpoSier broke out with an
oath.
You're right 1, viii. Ailss Jsrusha
! Drake! Lord. what a ak months
I've put ln. iu this plous. hypocrit-
ical househoid'-Why. you're all
worse crooks than me. every one OF
I you. and I've got tho goods on you
We could have fixed this little mat.
ter Up friendly an round n you d
7 been sensible. but "A II Is I've my
own story 10 tel, and by Cd. IN
tell ~
Miles ala not look NJ sco,ts. but
seated himself with a laugh.
Going 10 try 10 stick TO that fnr.
fetched bisckmaillnE scheme you
and that Precious partner OF yours
halchcd when you found that An.
drew Drake had left relatives here
with money and a social position to
Loser" he asked easily. Farrell
you can join Marks and his man tn
! call you. Mr. Wells. listen 10 this
FOR the widest coclaand.buil yarn
that two cheap crooks ever con
ccivedi Mr.. Hugh Osborne. here, is
wanted IN Victoria for blackmail and
forgery now. He won't be oxtradiied
until he has been tried and served
his terms hero for fraud. attempted
blackmail. attempted abduction OF
Miss Patricia ana several other little
items growing out OF this case II
Mr. Hobart Drake wishes TO prefer
tho charges. How tho private pa.
pcra and letters OF tho real Andrew
| Drake came into the possession Of
Hugh Osborne Is a question which
tho next official cable viii answer"
"oh. you needn't wait for THAR
Osborne remarked sullcnly ANDY
and l were friends. He was taken
down with tho fever and l nursed
him TIL tho end, but before he died
no left mo everything. II was all
fixed up legal and proper by his own
wish and can provo e. tho there
was little enough 10 leave, for the
sheep ranch was wretched failure.
and he'd been too proud TO write the
truth home Before lie died. too.
] Er4h NHfl FNN 4.
told mo how no and his brothers
had flooded the country here with
counterfeit bills long ago, but it's
Gods truth ] never meant to
mako use Of that then. Whom
fell In with Gray in Melbourne about
a year and a half ago. | semen.
bcrcd how much | looked like Andy.
and Gray and 1--weIl. we saw there
was good thing in H."
so Gray came on here ahead and
for n year paved the way by getting
In with Mr.. Roger Drake and then
you appeared as Andrew and a few
weeks ago you began TO work Sc.
cretly with your accomplish to ter.
rorlse the family while yourself pre-.
tending 20 be victim as we,lg' Miles
declared. You knew you couldn't
get away with that accusation OF
counterfeiting IL IL came to show.
down, for tho rawlings of a man IN
dolirium wouldn't DO taken seriously.
but you and Gray knew too, that N
YOU forced the men of the family by
anonymous threats OF notoriety TO
commit ridiculous public acts YOU
would soon put the screws ON them
for money and increase your dc.
mands until you had bled them
white"
CHAPTER XIX
UIIIHAT was the first thing nut
w YOU on tho right track owen
lad?" scottie puffed contcntodly on
! His pipe.
81 think Il was Andrew himself"
Miles responded. ut struck mo as
odd in my first talk with Wells and
little Miss PntriGl that Hobart and
Roger should both have mado public
exhibitions OF themselves, but An.
drow's III Of supposed insanity took