New Britain herald., 1925-07-29
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! Samuel Honeybun, English coun- ltryman, finds blood in his rain gauge on the morning of the murder of Sir Francis Lathrop.
 Sir Guy Lathrop. nephew of Sir Francis and engaged to Margaret, Sir Francis daughter, Is suspected of the murder. He avoids arrest by Roake. Scotland Yard detective. Meanwhile
 1 Adrian Klyne. private detec- tive employed by Margaret. obtains damaging evidence against Honey bun and his son, James. and Wilmot, known as Monkey Face.
 Monkey Face imprisons Adela Larkin, sweetheart of Klyne. Adela manages to send word to Klyne, who writes Roake that ethe mur- derer has been discovered.
 Now Go On With the Story
 About the time that Adela Lar kin's prematurely received letter was being perused by a pair of very serious eyes at the Cheverel inn, Inspector Roake entered his room at Scotland Yard and flung his cap into corner. He was angry and dispirited. His specially of combing London for wanted man for once had proved dead failure Not a trace of Sir Guy La throp had he been able to pick up. The newly fedged baronet whom he was determined to saddle with his uncle's murder refused to let him put the saddle on.
 He went to his desk and picked Up the mail which had accumulated during the day. It was fairly heavy one, including all the deliver les since the morning one, for he had been hunting for many hours. An envelope with the Cheverel post mark repaid his rapid sorting. Eag- erly he tore 1t open and read:
 Dear Mir. Roake-You had bet ter come back. I have spotted your man for you. He Is holed up in his own earth at the Grange. l played an innocent little trick all on my own and wormed it out of Mrs. Vansittart the old geezer who Is supposed to boss the show but doesn't, Talk about pulling chest nuts out of the fire, I had to re- trieye her parrot after opening Its cage myself, and got severely pecked for my pains. But Mrs, Y. cough ed LID the needful and you are fair lv on to it, Sir Guy is there all rieht-Yours faithfully
 JAMES HONEYBUN,"
 The inspector voiced his glee in 3 throaty chuckle, He vas about to press button. which would bring the fastest of the Yard cars to the door, when his telephone bell rang
 "yes," he answered the call. "1n- spector Roake speaking ~
 1T am"-there was a slight pause "Bulpeter. at Cheverel l have great news for you, good enough to bring you down sharp
 Just head tabout it from another source.' Roake replied. You refer of course, to Lathrop being at the Grange" :.
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 touch I,athrop at all. From an ac- cessorv have secured d confession implicating the actual murderer though my informant has abscond- cd. incidentally Kidnapping a lady shall have my hands on him agalh ui+rin q few hours, and you really ought to be on the spot to receive him into custody and act on his con fession I have no power to arrest you know.'
 v,ook here" said Roake in a rasring voice that ought to nave sranned the wire. you haven't fal' len for the red rain stunt, have you my lord?' ..
 "The red rain is the winning horse" came the reply. It reahN isn't my fault, Inspector 1T EoI u.i1l take my disinterested advice you vi,l come to the front without mo ment's delay. and I will promise tha' you shall have all the feathers le sticIi in your own cap. am not on' for credit for myself, but to cater the murderer. "who is he, my lord" ." pleaded Roakr, humbler now.
 "You must come down and hho that out for yourself if you are 'c get all the credit was the answer snokcn with such sarcasm as 'lohs distance" could impart to it.
 "I was just about to start my lord one the strength of the o'he' information. Where shall l fhc vour lordship"'
 "I am speaking from the inn, hu' may have gone out when 'ou e' here. If SO. I will leaN e word Wher, have gone. And see here, Foahe'
 "My lord"" ..,
 "Fack your car with te" soo' chars useful in 2 scrap, RevoINFr' land that sort of thing. They may o' Nanted.' ..,
 The inspector gurgl"d turthe' ouestion into the transmitter' D" sn,uttered curse when he tounl that he had been cut off. He ha, half 8 mind 10 put through a troSi rau hut. deciding against 1t, re r,aced the receiver on its hook
 The big car rushed through th' night and in something under t"' hours pulled up at Honethun nome Leaving his suhordinates ou'sid' Poake vas shown into the smoking room. where the Honeyhuns' fathe' and son. were fortifying themselNe' ,,,;+1, hot tnddv,
 Mir. James Honevhnr, flushed an' s,rer, rose at the Inspectors ell trance. By love. hut you nav heen rrompt" he exclaimed AT vou going to dig Lathrop out to night ""
 That IS what I am here for, Poake assented. But ] thought I only fair to vou to look in for per sonal ccrrohoration of your letter I Letters can he forged, you kno" and yeriAcation is specially neces sarv in this instance. Suhsequen 10 the receipt of your letter had