The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-23

Cleek. after a few questions, permitted
Godfrey to depart and Mr.. Narkom laid a
shaking hand upon his sleeve.
Cheek he said in whisper full Of
anxiety, don't keep it back, dear chap,
You've come to some conclusion"
"Narkom, that young man lied like
pickpocket and deliberately attempted to
throw dust in our eyes. He mot only does
suspect some one-and with good grounds.
too-but he has been here before and in
that house tonight In other words, his was
the foot that crushed that golden capsule.
The scene of the huile violette is upon the
drawing paper, the measure, the muffler,
the cap-every blessed thing he trod on in
his scuffle with Dollops."
"And you think-what?"
'That he is either a hot-headed, loyal,
lovable young ass, Mr.. Narkom, he's
remarkably dangerous and crafty criminal!
I'm put to it for the moment to decide
which. One thing is pretty certain. and
that is that young Godfrey Clavering
knows more of this crime than he viii ad-
nit, and that the woman he is shielding as
Lady Katherine Fordham. who was not only
On the common but in Gleer cottage ltse1
with Master Godfrey
"Good heavens, Cieek, how do you know
that?"
Because his clothes are adj scented with
that peculiar scent of violets. Let's hear
now what Dollops has to say"
A minute later there sounded the familiar
cry of night-owl, which brought the boy
himself running up at full speed.
"Lor' lumme, sr!'' he cried disgustedly.
as a quick glance revealed the absence OF
his former prisoner. ''You never went and
let i'm go after the footprint wot he'd left
on my drorin' paper! It's just the Same
as one of 'em in the lane wot you told me
wx1o SrSFf IN
nercent! He was tryin' TO sneak away be
fore anybody dropped to where he was
hidin."
"Mhat's that" Did you say hiding?'
eyes, l did, Mr.. Narkom. Hidin' in that
blessed 'oller tree there-look!' He flashed
the light of his torch upon a tree which
stood four yards distant.
SIN that he was" he went on, "and jist
as soon as the motor had went and the
way was clear, l sees him sneak out and
make toward the common"
A faint sound of an automobile horn
sounded through the distance and darkness.
Leonard is coming back with the local
authorities. And with their coming, Mon
sieur de Lesparre' returns to his native kit
bag. This way, Dollops-look sharp! Pick
us up at the old railway arch as soon as you
can, Mr.. Narkom.'
Cleek stepped off into the mist and dark
ness, and went his way.
Once the crime was reported, it was i'm
mediately in the newspapers. AS Scotland
Yard, represented by Cheek and Superin-
tendent Narkom had chosen to remain 81
lent for the present relative to such clues as
had been discovered, this gave room for
some fine flights of fancy on the part Of
the representatives of the press.
The representative of the Morning Star
maintained that the murdered man was the
former keeper of sort of club in Soho
much frequented by Russian, German,
French and Italian anarchists; and that, on
it's being discovered that he had sold to the
police some of the secrets thus learned, ne
had been obliged to disappear.
And, Furthermore, as the address OF the
house in which that club had been main
tanned, and from which he had carried on
his system of betrayal, was SO Essex Row,
the explanation Of the markings was quite
clear-to-wit:
"Four and two make six; one and two
make three; furthermore, the peculiar for
nation of the repeated figure is, of
course, a rude attempt to make it serve for
the letter S as we'll; which, taken IN con-
junction with the threeX's, leaves no room
for doubt that these markings stand for
Number Sixty-three Essex Row and for
nothing elce."