Evening star., 1925-03-29

to you is to go your own way and
let me go mine. Goodbye
$50 there you are, watson. You
are up to date now"
The fellow seems dangerous"
Mighty dangerous. I disregard the
who says rather less than he means"
Must you interfere? Does it really
| matter II he marries the girl?'
considering that he undoubtedly
murdered his last wife. I should say
! it mattered very much. Besides, the
! client. Well, we'll, we need not dis
| cuss that. When you have finished
! your coffee you had best come home
| with me. for the blithe Shinwell will
| be there with his report"
{ WE found him, sure enough: a
| w huge, coarse. red faced, scorbutic
man. with a pair Of vivid black eyes
| which were the only external sign OF
| the very cunning mind within. 1t
| seems that he had dived down into
| what was peculiarly his kingdom,
and beside him on the settee was a
brand which he had brought up in
| the shape OF slim, famelike young
| woman with a pale, intense face,
youthful, and yet so worn with sin
| and sorrow that one read the terrible
| years which had left their leprous
| mark upon her.
This is Miss Kitty Winter" said
! Shinwell Johnson, waving his fat
! hand as an introduction. What she
| don't know-well, there, she'll speak
| or herself. Put my hand right on
| her. Mr.. Holmes, within an hour OF
| our messa ge.
| Tin easy to find" said the young
woman. Just London gets me every
| ime. Same address for Porky Shin
yell. We're old mates, Porky. you
nd J. But, by cripes. there is another
! Who ought to be down in a lower
| hell than We IL there was any justice
| in the world! That Is the man you
are after. Mr.. Holmes"
| Holmes smiled. II gather we have
| your good wishes, Miss winter
'If l can help you put him where he
belongs I'm yours to the rattle" said
| our visitor, with fierce energy. There
| was an intensity Of hatred in her
white. set face and her blazing eyes
| such as woman seldom and man never
| can attain. You needn't go into my
past, MIR. Holmes. That's neither here
nor there. But what am Adelbert
Gruner made me. II could pull him
| down. :" She clutched frantical :
} iy with her hands into the air "Oh,
! If could only pull him into the pit
| where he has pushed so many"
You know how the matter stands?'
! "Porky Shinwell has been telling
me. He's after some other poor fool
and wants to marry her this time
You want to stop 1t. Well, you surely
know enough about this devil to pre-
vent any decent girl in her senses
wanting to be in the same parish
with him
"She is not in her senses She is
madly in love. She has been told
all about him. She cares nothing"
! Told about the murder"
ayes"
MY Lord, she must have a nervei"
"She puts them all down as SLAM
ders."
Couldn't you lay proofs before her
silly eyes?"
We'll, can you help US do so?"
"Ain't I a proof myself? If I stood
! before her and told her how he used
| me-"
Would you do this9''
Would I? Would I not?"
We'll il might be worth trying.
But he, has told her most of his sins
and had pardon from her, and /
understand she will not reopen the
question"
I'll lay he didn't tell her ALL" said
Miss Winter. IT caught a glimpse Of
one or two murders besides the one
| that made such fuss. He would
speak Of some one in his velvet way