New Britain herald., 1925-03-24
NOW GO oN WITH THE STORY

There was a little cemetery, mostly containing the nameless graves of Cold-seekers who had died with their boots on." Bar-room affrays were a nightly occurrence and it had been easy In that careless com munity 10 identify from hcarsay one Of these fallen adventurerers with the missing heir to the Glen ister baronetcy.
 Trickcy had put up wooden cross bearing the name of George Glcnister and had paid the editor of the local news-sheet five dollars for inserting q belated paragraph recording the death Of the English prospector after a general shindy al the Coyote saloon.
 Doubtless the obituary notice had been planted on the family solicl- tors whose representative would have been readily gulled by the in- scription on the grave.
 But here was where the illumina- tive powers of the diary fell short of the lightning. It contained no proof that George Glenister was dead - to say nothing of his hav- ing met a violent end in America or in England. The only link con- meeting him with the corpse found in the chalk-pit at Beechwood was the ring on the skeleton finger.
 Wragge had read the pages de- voted to Trickey's first mission care lesslv and he now turned back and read them over again. One item had escaped his notice, nor had it been included in Kathleen's account of the information Trickey had i'm parted to her. The entry consisted of only few words. but the keeper of the diary had underlined them:
 "It is rumored in Lone Wolf City that G. G. has struck gold mine but that he is hung up for want ot capital.
 The detective closed the book lit his trusty briar and leaned back in his chair.
 Mrs, Coningsby's antccedont' would have to be looked up. Tht lady of the purple aigrette! Wha was her interest in the diary anc how did she happen to be there a 1 the time of the eX-clerks death Was she there on behalf of Sir Dud lev GIenister, and if so was her mo tive in serving the baronet tinancla or amatory?
 The inspector admitted to him self as he would have admitted tt no one else. that he was in a fog though there were several threads to be followed up. So far as h' could see they none of them let with any certainty to conNlcnoi for murder against Sir Dudle, Glenistcr. They could probably ge him on a charge of fraud and pro curing false evidence, but that = Wragge drowned at the reflection would not hang the baronet o BecChwood Grange.
 And that was the task that hal been demanded of him by two pco nle, one of whom he could affor to disregard Miss Kathleen Glenis tor's thirst for vengeance agalns the hypothetical slayer of he brother did not count, but MI stephen Colne's mandate lay lik lead on Wragge's soul. The cabine minister's scarcely yelled threat 0 ruin in the event of failure wa overwhelming. Wraggc knew tha he had the power 10 carry 1t out
 CHAPTER XIV
 The Old Mill House
 Through the Beechwood proper ties ran a purling trout stream
 broadening in some of it's reache almost into a river. On the bank c one of these wider sections, oppc
 site the clearing where stood tn head d-keeper's cottage, deserte mill reared its lichen-covered gable
 amid the tree tops.
 To this picturesque dcsolation S , Dudley Glenister came from tn , Grange through the woods on tn , third morning after his thrashln bv Norman Slater in Lady Maj rabies drawing room. John Crime , who had been watching firm h , garden, joined his master by wa , of stepping-sto ones across the brool
 Grimes took a key from his pock' , and unlocked the door of the dwel ' ing house attached to the mill. , "Youll have to mind your s'HI on 1he ground floor, sir he sal
 as he led the way into the interio ? The flooring is rotten"
 , "It is the upstairs I want 10 see 3 said Sir Dudley shortly
 , John Grimes mounted a narro l staircase. the baronct following. . big brown rat eyed their ascel 9 from the landing and scampcrt
 away squealing when he had g !, over his surprise. So they came s the bedrooms. long ago occupied ! n inc millcr's family. and Sir Dude q looked into them all in turn. Final Il he entered the largest room, whic e looked across the stream towar T the keepers cottage.
 u This will do," he muttered. fh'
 he turned on the saturnine keepe 7. "I want this room fixed up to T <? roiye q guest" he said. You W f huv some common furniture, ju n simple necessities, and have the d delivered at your cottage us if tn d were for your own use, Then VI
 can bring them over here aft ir dark"
 | NO need to buy it. sir" was f h renlv. There's a roomful Of s'' g at my place that's been out of u II since my daughter went away al "Good," said Sir Dudley. "Th
 will save incurring the curiosity