Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10


wish to do i'm arm. say 10 nv.
self, 'Zare is a plot And l ran quick
out of re room TO speak wiz re con.
stable OF police Eat was In re 'ouss
all Night. Zen a servant informs me
re Industrious signor ave arrive, and
come ere instead"
"Oh, this affair in the bedroom
| happened only a few minutes aga
! them" said Arson.
Not ten minutes ago. sarc
| Would il please YOU to visit "a
| room OF Sare Rawdon, both gentle
men, for yourselves: l do not t,nk
| q as return yet"
Where is he-do YOU know"
Dagon asked with apparent care
| lcSsnesS.
"On &c east terrace. sare"
| Gould you see him there. from
| one OF the windows of his room
when YOU were there just now >"
| Marianti looked surprised at this
| question. and as il he were not Quite
sure how to take it-whether or NJ
| TO be hurt.
+. Il might ave seen I'm perhap,
| sare, il 'ah looked out for i'm. the
| old man admitted, But | did no,
! tink TO do Eat. \ servant ave told
| me SdIe RaNuth was pSI'N on aC
! terrace"
| We'll, | suppose we'd better 80 IN
| at once with the butler ami take a
| squirt at what's in that crate" An.
| son suggested. his face troubled He
| was depressed at the prospect q
, more evidence against Wells and
I judging from appearances. a very
/ bad piece of evidence indeed
| You 40 with him." said the Cana
| dian. If YOU don't mind. I'll have
look round for Sir Rawdon and In
| troduCc myself"
Certainly. do as YOU prefer. MI
| DaGon." the sergeant responded Hr
was astonishcd at the decision, how
| ever. Tor the news brought Ivy N,
| butler seemed 10 him as importau,
as il certainly was unpleasant
! Arson didn't know whether 10 he
| fiatterCd that the Scotland Nard man
| should trust such a matter CutUcI,
10 him or to wonder whether d..
| deceive regarded 1t lightly. Surely
| that couldn't he, however. |, was
| important it must he SO from any
| point OF view.
The butler also had the air Of be.
ing taken aback by Dagons mdl.-
J ference. Perhaps Marianu feared
|
! which Rawdon Wells had been made
! the victim were laughed at by the
London man. Anyhow. there II WIS
Dason would not 70 10 Sir Raw.
! don's bedroom. lie was set en-
meeting Sir EaWdon himscIf-at last.
| The detective took himself To tho
| east terrace and there saw "A man
| (whom he supposed to lie Sin Raw
! dom seated on the stone hhustrad,.
! reading a letter. baGUu paused at
| n distance and studied the picture
, FOR a moment. the word picture
| distinctly suggesting ItsclG to ms
| mind.
| He was just near enough to do
| rather more than guess at RlNdou
| Wells good looks. italian in thUy
romantic darkness, the hllDk sweep
| OF brow and bent lashcs. yet some
| how English. tou-tugush IN the
| shining ncatnCsS ut the dead hlrk
/ hair brushed straight back from the
! square forehead, N the set OF Nh,
shoulders, and the way Of wearing
those weIl-Cut tweed clothes. The
man was slim and graceful as nr
! half half-lrancd against IN
| baluStradc. with a struttinE white
peacock in IT," foreground, Il back
| ground OF gluzy blue like a stage
drop, and, immense Lebanon cedar.
that stretched cut dark. warning
arms against the summer hrgntncs
| of the sky.
suddenly Wells glanced W from
! his letter ana saw the strange
looking al him. Tndt brought hu.
to his feet, and advancing to mcC
, Dagon. the limp which had thrust
him out OF the war was shEiib
| Visible.
are YOU MIR. Dagon from S.oD.
land Yard 20 he asked.
lie did not smile (whlt man could
/ smile after tragedy in his house
like THAI of last nichtJ but his
voice had charm As the dcte.'tr
answered mechanically. hc was
questioning himself: (Which Of the
two should | prefer if ! were a wo-
man Captain Haste or Sir Raw
don Wells y"
1t was oddly difficult to an're
Tor caCh was q nearly pcrlef
specimen of his own type. and
Dagon could imagine 4 gin Ike E'r
Carroll loving both nj the sane
time I'm u different way. ~ mlEf
he Just q tOssUp which she d choose
in tho end" he thought.
Having learned that the now'omn
was Dagon Of Scotland inrd, the
next question Wells asked was
| about Pandora Haste.
Have you seen Miss Ilas'c'' b,
inquired eagerly. got with an air Of
wcarincss. as II he carried a hca.y
burden
DagOn watched him ~ hc replied
Miss Haste has escaped from me-
police station at Ardry-lc. Mare
Deliberately he RETAINED from 81.
ing his opinion that she h1d NJ,
| gone Of her own free VII. Ina.
was for later on, If ~ all
| The man looked dumloundeI
Then his face lit W. Thank God
he said. The child ought never 20
have been there"
This chap Wells Il either sincere
or else he's some actor" the Cana
dian told himself And as he ~
thought he noticed that sheet o.
the open letter Wells held In M
hand had dropped out from am'nt
the rest to nuttcr down on the 5loh'
tagging
Wells caught sight or II at ne Y
same moment. They both stOopsu,
D9gOn retrieved the sheet ana %"
written at the head Of II, MY dea.
Cousin Don" He had learned ~
practice to observe things quicM.,
so he noted also yesterdays ga
and an address Of London club Hu.1,
frequentcd by the best class ~
theatrical men, and all this IN tIs
second Of time between picking w Wy
the paper and hapdinG it to VIZ
In STOPPING for the lost sheet ~
owner Of the letter had droppeu
second. This had no writing w.
IL. but was used as a wrapper ~!
several photographs, apparent
proofs. In falling they scauelv..
and, being unmounted, would ha5
blown away had not Dagon sna'eN''
at them.
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