Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-12-26

I q gentleman who had thwarted her
matrimonial aims. II beyond my rea.
soning powers.
Miss Sally Grimes. always ambf.
tious. had two strings to her bow
Mr.. George Glenister and Mr.. Ste.
phen Colne. Mr.. Glenister, rather
than be embroiled with her. fed to
America. Mr.. Colne, living 9. double
nfe-that Of the austereiy.respectable
statesman In London. and that Of
mtddleaged debauchee in the coun.
try-had much closer relations with
the future cinema actress than the
rival. who was never really q rival.
When Mr.. Glenister arrived at Beech.
wood Station late on the evening Of
the 7th Of June, Mr.. Colne and Sally
met him by chance on the road. and
Colne told the girl to leave them. She
went of home, but before she had
gone very far she heard a shot. Colne
as good as admitted to her the next
day that he had killed Mr.. Glenister
from jealousy, thinking that his re.
turn would disturb their pleasant re.
lations.
"This, Of course, gave Miss Grimes
tremendous pull over the Right
Honorable Stephen, but she failed to
push It so far as to become the wife
Of a cabinet minister. Being wise
wench, knowing the right side for
butter on her bread, she accepted the
only terms she could exact-a hand.
some pension which would enable
her to embark on career Of adven.
ture in London. There, by one OF
those queer kinks in the web Of Fate
which even the Yard cannot unravel.
she met and married FIR. Simon
Trickey, the blackmailer Of the other
villain in the case"
Kathleen extended her right hand
to Wragge and rested the other on
Norman's shoulder.
What perfect fool I have been."
she said. II am almost too ashamed
to ask your pardon, Mr.. Wragge.
Perhaps the fact Of my folloy having
nearly cost me my life will make you
You, too, Norman.
must have been cursing me for vim.
dictive idiot" J
"You have not much to reproach
yourself for" the inspector made
smiling answer. Indirectly you
aided the solution by convincing Sir
Dudley that he was liable to be
Of the murder. and more
than suspected IL his fraudulent con-
spiracy with Trickey came to light.
The resulting fear drove him to the
outrageous conduct which, by caus-
ing tonights catastrophe, was the
means Of obtaining final proof from
the mouth Of the keepers daughter"
will Simon Trickey be arrested?"
asked Norman.
That will be for the chief Of my
department to decide" replied
Wragge. "But I should surmise not.
Simon is Of the kidney that is pretty
sure to round on his partner by turn
Ing Kings evidence. He has practi.
cally done so already by informing
me Of the contents Of Sir Dudley's
letter and by promising me a press
copy of it.
Il should be inclined to let Mr..
off," remarked Kathleen de-
nurely. you see, to some extent he
IS in the same boat as myself. He
had got his knife into Dudley and
meant to make things hot for him"
All Grinstead loosed of a great
yuffaw. "Then I reckon. miss. I'm
IN that boat along Of you and the
oloke you're talking Of. Lordt but
made Il fair 'ot for that swab on the
stone floor and I'd have made It
otter II I'd had my service boots
,n."
They ALI laughed, and Kathleen
that after their strenuous
lay bed was the best place for them.
Inspector Wragse was Q long time
going to sleep. His. brain was busy
. an attenist to conjure up an an.
Iwer to the question which ptQued
lis professional curiosity. He had
amily ties. He was q GOOD husband
md O good father. But before every.
hing no was q detective. How had
Doctor Melville managed 70 write on
hat scrap Of paper tho l,ame e the
murderer and In % doing "
reed him forever from the ruthless
hyal Of Mr.. Stephen Colnet