Evening star., 1927-05-04

been Left Stone who was taken Ill,
and when the doctor saw him he must
have gained his confidence. Your
brother is something Of a mystic, isn't
he, sir2'
Lambert nodded.
ssGiven to strange dreams?"
YES, he always had his visions"
said the other quietly.
ssOid man Latin must have heard
from him about some dream in which
he saw a messenger from the abso.
lute-tfat is the word--in the form Of
a red-haired girl in a green dress.
Perhaps Left Stones dream was that
he would meet this girl sitting in a
shop window with green jade vase
and a red rose. Can't you imagine
what fantastic things he may have
dreamed In his deliriun? And Latin
thought it over, saw the immense OPP
portunfty which this knowledge gave
to him and gradually worked up to
the grand climaxi Do you remember
the advertisement, Hoibrook, the adj
vertisement I showed you-'Punging
the Green Dragon9 That was Latin s
signal to some confederate, probably
in the priory, somebody who informed
him of all Mr. Left Stones move
ments--he may have got at one of the
prior to come to London and pass the
store where Miss Carew was working.
When Stone had called that part OF
your work was finished. Latin had
evidently a role assigned to you,
something referred to in the message
which you had given to your father.
He intended taking you to the priory
| and OBTAINING you in the house for
the purpose, and then, when he failed,
carried you off from your lodging.
Try hard to remember, Miss Carew. I"
| he said earnestly. What did Brother
| John say to you when he called at
| the theater?"
He asked me If ] was the lady who
| had been in the shop window" she
said, whether I was related to DR..
| Laffin''
Then Brother John knew, or
| guessed, and he had come to London
| to protect his friend. And because he
was seen speaking to you they killed
hinl--Laffin or his agent"
| He took a sheet of blue paper from
| his pocket, read it with some satisfac-
| ton and put it back.
| I'm taking Latin tonight" he said.
/, ION charge of killing Brother
| john" asked Bill in surprise. for this
| was the first news he had had that
| a warrant had been issued for the
| doctor.
| mo, sir, I am taking him on a
| charge Of willfully numbering the late
| Lord Lowbridge by the adninistra.
! tion of poison. We've had the body
| up and found enough aconite to kill
| a regiment Of soldiers.
Don't you see,'' he said, when
/ they had recovered little from their
! surprise. Latin was the family doc
4 y.4x. IL To- r ctagf fIern
| Lowbridge had been his pupil and you
| might suppose that, with the prop.
| erty In the hands OF his friend, 1t
| would be an easy matter TO get the
money he wanted to hide the fact
| that, two years before loI ! Low.
i bridge died, Latin had got t. ansfer'
! red by means of false de con
| siderable slice of Lord T. bridge S
property. The present ho.0 of the
title does not know this. put it is
| nevertheless a fact that the impov.
erished condition Of his estate is due
| very considerably to the systematic
forgeries of Latin. The son Of Low
| bridge died in exactly the same man
merit may he the subject Of another
charge. Latin is an expert poisoner
and the sooner we get him the bet
ter
i "Ie is not at his house?" asked BIZ
in a hushed voice, for this revelation
Of his friends prescience almost
shocked him.
Buliott shook his head.
"No. I have been there. He left
very early this morning. / think
know where he is to be found. Now
Miss Carew. win you Gomez"
She nodded.
'T think / ought to go-for Gives
sake she said. and Bill Holbrook
was instantly and unaccountably de
pressed.