Evening star., 1924-04-04
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p
even. who always had an eye to the
future, put these papers safely away
:. mot so long after, that. Kesteven
himself got into trouble over here
so did Tickell; They disappeared for
dentaiiy. they both made the
gentleman whom you know as Mr..
san,s samuel PsgEe. who is in reality
':.kesteven had left a lot of docu-
nents with his wife-and she had
natural genius for ferreting things
out She gave herself up to fnding &
out all she could about that mar
Tiage OF Legette's and the unknown
lady. And she found out-keeping 1t
all to herself, mind you!-some queer
things. She found out that the Miss
Maud Eleanor Rivers Of the certificate
haugh, who had long since repented d
of her excursion into" Bohemia and
had gone back to her proper sphere.
More than that, having waited seven
years and heard nothing OF Legette,
oronsay. to whom, I may tell you.
she made a clean breast OF the whole
AFFAIR. They had made some inquiries.
and they had good reason to believe
way, they never identified him with
the man Spencer Ellis, who was do
ing life sentence at Cayenne. But
kesteven's wife found all this out
what was more, abe got into touch
with people In British Guiana who
were willing, for a heavy considera-
tion, to arrange Ellis release.
All this was ripe: when Kesteven
and Ticken came into the world
again from Dartmoof. Almost at
OF young Mr.. Darrell Tress. and be-
gan to bleed him for all he was worth
but carefully. He introduced his
wife into Mr.. Tress' house as Miss
E,sSa;, TrSok, the soverness He. she and
concocting a gigantic plan for black
mailing Lord Oronsay. And Il was
then that kesteven made a mighty
mistake. They wanted a certain sum
of ready money - for reasons of his
own, Kesteven didn't want to get 1t
from Tress. But, as told you, Kest-
even had made the acquaintance of
Septimus Philcox at Dartmoor, and
he knew that Philcox could readily
cox at Lynne, and believing him to
be as big scoundrel as himself and
ready to enter into his own nefarions
schemes, he was fool enough to tell
to find the money in consideration of
big share in the proceeds. There
he made his mistake-Philcox finessed
with him. pumped him. and--told
everything to Mrs. Renton, his neigh
Dor. whom he knew to be Lady
"But just then events happened
pretty quickly. and I must speak OF
them in the light OF subsequent dis
coveries. Miss Tress met with an
accident and came down to Lynne
Court with two nurses in attendance.
One of those nurses was Ann Palliser.
woman who had reason to cherish
revengeful feelings against Kesteven.
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him for years. The very night that
she got down to Lynne Kesteven
came there, and she evidently wit
messed a meeting between him and his
Kestsven went out into the gruonds
to show Tiokell a near cut to the
road which he, Tickell, was taking to
Weymouth to meet certain agent in
watched him. followed him, and shot
him. Nobody ever seemed to suspect
her--except Kesteven's wife. She
did suspect her--and next day she ran
away from Lynne to London. to see
ne. her brother, and get, my help.
"a moment II you please" said
Smith. How came Miss Brock, or
Mrs kesteVen, to suspect PalliserT'
"Tll. tell YOU replied Milhirst.
had her wits pretty well sharpened
by Kesteven, and she was full of re-
source. She heard of Kesteven's muir
der at seven thirty, when. she rose.
leaving the house in the direction of
the village. She had already sized
up all sorts OF probabilities and in
dulged in a good many speculations
and she knew that pallfser was the
only real stranger I'm the house. Pal
Users room was next to hers--she
went into it.. And in a small hand
bag which she examined amongst
other things, she found photograph
of Kesteven, taken soma years pre-
vieusIy. and some letters. And she
also found some address cards of
Palliser's and she took one--a lucky
thought -.
"Now, you mayn't think that was
full of-call 1T craft, If you like
and it was enough for her. She left
quietly. Kesteven had handed over to
hera lot of money the night before; she
with her key to Mrs. Tress' fiat in
Queen Anne street. and as soon as
she reached town she went there and
secured that marriage certificate of
which spoke--.it vas hidden in an
old suit of her husbands. Then she
came to my office. Unfortunately, I
was away in the north of England.
She was greatly upset: She got my
clerk to wire to me, begging me to
return. Then she went and secured
some former lode gin gs of hers. And
then she did a thing which she had
been meditating, since morning. She
knew that Mrs. Renton was in town,
and she wrote and asked her to call,
intending to tell her the whole story
about the blackmailing plot; now that
Kestevefl was dead, she wished TO
have no more to do with It. But be-
fore she could do so, she got q wire
from me-which she opened while
Mrs Renton was there-saying that
7. was returning there and then.
80 she. put Mrs: Renton off. and
when she had gone, she set on to
meet me at Kings Cross, and there
she told me everything. It was, OF
course, all news TO me--the plot. I
mean. But the first thing to do was
to inquire into the apparent cornec
ton between Paliser and Kesteven,
and next day. I got the help Of the
police, and we searched .Pallisers
room. And there we found plenty of
documentary evidence to show that
Palliser had ample reason for 5eal-
nusy and revenge against Kesteven,
whom she had known some years be-
fore, and for whom. as told you, she
had been looking ever since.
Now then. you see, the police were
at work-and SO was. I. But there
That night took fny sister to see
Lord Oronsay, at his house, to tell
him all about the blackmailing plot
he had, of course. already heard
Esmondhaugh what Pffifcox had re-
Vealed. 1t was /, of course, who drove
with my sister from Labrnum Terrace
to the corner of Upper Grosvenor
long before the driver Of the taxi
cab came forward-the police and I
have been working. at this all
through. And after my sister and
left Lord Oronsay's house We walked
back, discussing matters, to Staphope
Cate She wanted to walk across
the park: to cali at friends
house in Kensington High street, be-
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