Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-07-31

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Hugh started as If he had been
stung by a wasp, and Sir Bryan
smiled.
mot real work." he said reassur-
ingly. But by mere luck last night
you saw something which Inspector
McIver would have given a good deal
to see. Or to be more accurate, you
saw some men whom McIver particu-
larly wants to meet"
'Those blokes in the car you mean ?"
cried Hugh brightly.
"Those blokes in the carr agreed
The other. incidentally, 1 may say
there was a good deal more In that
little episode than you think: and
after consultation with McIver have
decided to tell you certain amount
about 1t, because you can help us,
Hugh. You see you're one up on
Mc{ver: you have at any rate seen
hose men and he hasn't. Moreover,
you say you could recognize two Of
hem again"
"Gocd heavens! Tumkins," mur.
mured Hugh aghast, "don't say you
want me to tramp the streets of Lon
don looking for them"
Sir Bryan smlcL.
wen spare you that" he an
swered. But I'd like you to pay at
tention to what I'm going to tell you.
Last night a very peculiar thing hap
pened to McIver. He and some OF his
men in the normal course Of duty sur
rounded certain house in which were
some people we wanted to lay our
hands on. To be more accurate there
was one man there whom we wanted.
He'd been shadowed ever since he'd
landed in England that morning,
shadowed the whole way from docks
to the house. And sure enough when
McIver and his men surrounded the
house, there was our friend and all
his pals In one of the downstairs
rooms. 1t was then that this peculiar
thing happened. I gather from Melver
that he heard the noise Of an owl
hooting, also faint scuffle and a
curse. And after that he heard moth
ing more. He was chlorofOrmed from
behind, and went straight out Of the
picture"
"Great Seottl" murmured Hugh,
staring incredulously at McIver.
What an amazing thing"
"And this is where you come IN,
Hugh" continued Sir Bryan.
mel" Hugh sat up abruptly. "Why
me?
zone of the men inside the room
was an interesting fellow known as
Flash Jim. He is a burglar of no
mean repute, though he Is quite ready
to tackle any sort Of job which car
ries money with it. And when McIver,
having recovered himself in the morn
ing, ran Flash Jim to ground In one
of his haunts he was quite under the
impression that the men who had
doped him and the other officers were
pals Of Flash Jim. But after he'd
talked to him he changed his mind.
All Flash Jim could tell him was that
on the previous night he and some
friends had been discussing business
at this house. He didn't attempt to
deny that. He went on to say that
suddenly the room had been filled
with a number of masked men, and
that he'd had clip over the back Of
the head which knocked him out. At
ter that presumably he was given
whiff Of chloroform to keep him quiet,
and the next thing he remembers Is
being kicked back into activity by the
policeman at" Sir Bryan paused
moment to emphasize the point-"at
Piccadilly circus"
"Good Lordv' said Hugh dazedly.
"Then that bird saw last night sleep
ing it off On the pavement was Flash
jim"
Precisely" answered Sir Bryan.
"But what Is far more to the point,
old man, is that the two birds you
think you would be able to recognize
and who were in the car, are two of
the masked men who first Of all laid
out McIver and subsequently sur
rounded Flash Jim and his pals In
side"
But what did they want to do
that fort" asked Hugh In bewilder-
ment.
"That is just what we want to find
out" replied Sir Bryan. "As far as
we can see at the moment they are
not criminals in the accepted sense
Of the word. They fiOgged two Of the
men who were there last night. aal
there are no two men In England
who more richly deserved 1t. They
kidnapped two others, one of whom
was the man we particularly wanted.
Then to wind up, they planted Flash
Jim as I've told you, let the others
go, and brought McIver and all his
men back to McIver's house, where
they left them to cool ON the pave
ment. And what I want to know is
this. If we give you warning would
you care to 60 with McIver the next
time he has any Job on, where he
thinks 1t is likely this ganG NAV turn