San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11

is about eight thousand. Inc Op
ton on your house was for pur
chase at ten thousand. That
leaves him a couple of thousand tc
play about with. As / look al
it, this woman, who belongs to hin
on some basis or other, is doing
the deal for him. don't suppose
he trusts her. He'll make her give
K TO him or something. The cred.
itorS of a bankrupt can't seize a
gift, you know"
"At any rate" said Peter, dis
satisfied, cts even betting that
the girl and Old Knee-bags togeth-
err have vamoosed and she's not
bought the house at all. You see
hang it all, Charlie,EI simply
can't imagine old Soames being
fooled by a crook woman! You've
no idea how cautious the old bird
is-and when he arranged the OPP
ton he positively guaranteed the
whole affair"
81 know how cautious he u.s."
grimaced Comstock. 81 thought, as
you are thinking, that the girl
might not really have been the
owner at all. | 'phoned Soames
today and after half an hours
searching investigation into my
finances, morals and antecedents,
he admitted that the house had
been purchased by a woman. l
told him I'd had visit from lady
who said she was the owner and
that / wanted to confirm her state
ment that the place had really been
bought l didn't dare ask him
for her name-sounded too insane
and the willy old bird didn't volun-
teer it.
"Well, I'd got this idea of the
girl giving the house to Old Knee
bags firmly in my head and
CHANGED shot just as old Soames
was going to ring off. The lady,
l said, had mentioned that there
was no hurry about my moving
out, as document was being pre-
pared which would transfer the
ownership of the house from her
to someone else."
NHdI ulu DOdiueS say
"He made the further admis-
sion that a document of that ma
ture was being prepared. A deed
of gift, he called it. He added
that he did not doubt I should not
be pressed to leave at a speed in
convenient to myself and rang off
q. This happened at midday
to-day"
''Pity you didn't ring him up,
BEFORE" muttered Peter.
what good would it have
done? l could no more have
stopped the girl taking up her op-
ton and buying the place than.
you could-even if Soames had1
believed a story that is too insane
to give to the police! We can't
stop this deed of gift business
either-how can we? Knee-bags
will graciously receive Monks
Yielding from her and they'll move
in-and he'll have an unsuitable
account of his movements ready"
"1ll get hold of Brummelton
through that girl, if it is she who
has bought the place, and if it's
humanity possible III shake his
explanation of his movements
Thanks awfully" Comstock
flushed. otis my one chance. He
can't know I've smelt him, and he
may not think l connect him at all.
just that possibility. :.
Leave out the girl, old man. It's
Brummelton l want. I don't
blame him for being a crook, but l
want his blood for letting me think
of him as dear Old Knee-bags."
81 can't get ahead until Soames
comes back tonight" said Peter,
refectively. "What are you going
to do in the meantime?"
Give myself up. It's more dig
nified."
Comstock rose. They gripped
hands.
This is awfulp exploded Peter.
pretty CHASTITY, Ell! | fell for
that girl badly. You'd take her
for lady, you know. On the sur
face she's quite o. Kit must be
her soul that's rotten. Don't
worry if nothing comes of the
business. It's a long
shot, after all"
But Peter worried very furious
" as he made his way back to his
hotel in Bloomsbury