New Britain herald., 1925-03-18
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nm once as patent.
 MT. Colne laughed,
 You with nerves, Wragge?" he said.
 You forget, sir, an occasion on which they were somewhat highly tried" he replied with a certain dignity.
 Mir. Colne regarded the speaker from under half-closed lids. "Oh, that" he said, as If with an effort recalling some bygone incident. "I was not aware that you were so hard hit as that, Wragge, but as you have referred to that little lapse I will take advantage of the open ing to impress upon you that this Glcnister case must be conducted along the line indicated"
 T am not likely to do anything detrimental 10 my career in the force, MT. Colne. I gathered from the newspaper reports that MT. George Glenister left England on bad terms with his father. It might help if you could throw any light l on the cause of their quarrel, A woman at the bottom of it, pos sibly?"
 Mir. Colno raised his eyebrows.
 Really. Wragge, you jump too | readily 10 conclusions" he replied. Drop that line like live coal. The cherchcz la femme wheeze doesn't hold here. Old Sir Philip Glenister and his young hopeful came to loggcrheads over a much more prosaic matter pounds, shillings and pence"
 The inspector rose from the chair.
 Thank you, Mir. Colne," he said. You have saved me lot of spade work and l will get busy at once. l must go back to town this after noon and start on Sir Dudley's record at his former city office, but first l can put in a useful hour or i two at Beechwood. l should like to see the -headkeeper who conducted the search party, and if l could run up against Doctor Willoughby Mel vile l might play on his sympathy for an eX-patient."
 CHAPTER VII
 The Rcd-Nosed Blackmailcr The same train which brought Inspector Wraggo to CoInbrook Towers deposited at the wayside station another passenger for whom no grand motor-car was waiting.
 Not prepossessing person by any means was the middle-aged, fash fly dressed individual bearing down on Sir Dudley Glenistcr's country seat. Signs of dissipation on his bloated face eliminated in one big red blob at the end of q prodigious nose. His gait as he trod the pebbly road in thin shoes bespoke him a town -dwcllcr, more used to pave ments.
 He came at length 10 the scrolly iron gates giving access to Beech wood Grange. The gates were shut
 and he halted in his tracks. Just
 inside was the lodge-keeper's col tagc, embowcred in the shade Of
 giant clms. In the distance the old mansion was partly visible.
 Not exactly Capcl Court and
 Throckmorton street A trife
 gloomy 10 my way Of thinking, murmured Mir. Simon Trickey as he
 pushed open the small gate intend
 ed for pedestrians and proceeded up the drive,
 Mir Trickcy had been a clerk ir the stockbroiing office of Conings.
 by and Glonistcr. and, subsequently, after the senior partners death. 1T the employ of Dudley Glenistel alone On the lattcr's succession tC
 the Glenistor title and estates the [ business connection of the firm ha( : been sold to a new combination ) with whom MT. Trickoy could hav' remained had he so desired. H' ] elected, however, 10 retire iron l city life and live on his savings = , a proposition which struck his in
 inmates as strange.
 The cronies Of the wine bars ant lunch counters had been surprised ] 10 find him, two years after hi
 severance from ostenSblc work f still going strong" Once in a mo ' ment of bibulous confidence, he hat 9 impartcd 10 an acquaintance th' l startling fact that he was marrie' p !, to a film actress of amazing fam 9 and beauty.
 MT. Simon Trickey meandered III V the drive. He suddenly came fac | 70 face with two gentlemen wh' l had sauntcrcd out of a side-wall { - Sir Dudley Glcnister and Docto Q Wnoughby Melville. The barone ,. stopped short, glaring al the ap k partition with a rage that for a mo
 mont threatened 10 be ungovern l able. Then he broke into cackl ] of harsh laughter.
 l "Hullo, Simon" he exclaimed k Not drunk yourself 10 death yet s then? I thought we had agree
 that all communications betwee - us should be by letter. e The ex-clerk tried to induce
 paiued expression,
 Q There are some things best nc a put on paper" he said with a side Il glance at Doctor Melville. Q All the same expect you woul " have found 1t healthier 10 embed +he obiect of Volr visit in A letter ,r rejoined Sir Dudley sayagely. Me m vile, you will excuse mo, pleas ic while I deal with this fellow. H s. won't take more than few mil le utes."
 ir Sir Dudley led his obviously ul