Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

What I say
| Are you insinuating----"
Yes I am
/ Pooh. siri"
! Pooh to youl" said Wilfrcd "Anc
! IL you want to know what | think. 70,
POOR FISH. believe your name is spelled
with capital F, like anybody else's."
Stung to the quick. the baronct lef
the room.
4 THOUGH he had given up his lft
TO chemical research. Wilfred Multi
ner was no mere dreamer. He could bt
the man of action when necessity de
manded. Scarcely had his visitor lief
when he was on his way to the Senior
/ Test Tubes. the famous chemists clul
in ST. James. There. consulting Kelly.
County Families" he learned that ST
Jasperis address was finch Hall. ir
Yorkshire He had found out all III
wanted 10 know. It was at Finch Hall
he decided. that Angela must be i'm
INJURED
That letter, he was positive had beer
written by her under stress of threats
The writing was Angela's, but he de
clined TO believe that she was reSpon
sible for the sentiments.
That afternoon Wilfred was on hi:
way to Yorkshire That evening he va.
in the finch Arms That night he was
in the gardens of finch Hall proving
/ listening.
And presently. as he prowled. thert
came to his ears from an upper window
sound that made him stiffen like Z
statue.
1t was the sound of woman sohbing
Wilfred spent a SleepieSS night. but b,
morning he had formed his plan. / vii
not weary YOU with description of thu
slow and tedious steps by which he frs
made the acquaintance of Sir Jasper
valet, who was an habitue of the villag;
/ inn. and then by careful stages won ths
/ mans confidence with friendly word'
and beer Suffice 10 say that about {
week later Wilfred had induced this mar
| to leave suddenly on the plea of al
aunt's illness. supnlying--so as 10 cals:
! his employer no inconvenience
/ cousin TO take his place.
/ This cousin, as YOU will have guessed
was Wilfred himself But a very differ.
ent Wilfred from the young scientas
who had revuiut:oniyed the world q
/ chemistry few months before by prov
I ing that H2O plus bSg-4z7-Tn9zS equal:
/ g6f5p3x Before leaving London or
| what ne knew would be a dangerous:
4 enterprise, Wilfred had taken the pre-.
/ caution OF buying a red wig He hat
purchased a pair of blue spcctacles; buI
/ for the role he had now undertaken
/ these were. of course useless. A blue
/ specialized valet could not but have
/ aroused suspicion IN the most guileles:
/ baronet All that Wilfred did, there.
/ Ts.ra S.N fI,. aF ..
/ don the wig, shave of his muStache
and treat his face TO a light coating Of
/ the Raven Gypsy Face Cream. ThL
done. ne set out for finch Hall.
! Externally, finch Hall was one o.
! those gloomy houses that seem TO exis
only for the purpose of having horric
/ crimes committed In them. Even in hi:
brief visit TO the grounds. Wilfred hac
noticed fully half a dozen places thai
4 seemed incomplete without a cross indi.
! eating spot where the body was fOune
! by the police, 1t was the sort of house
where ravens croak in the 'front.' garden
/ just before the death of the heir, anc
1 shrieks ring out from behind barred
windows In the night
Nor was its interior more cheerful
/ AS for the personnel Of the domestic
staff, that was less celebrating thar
anything else about the place. II con
/ sisted OF an aged cook who as sh:
bent over her cauldrons. looked like
something out of travelling compan,
| OF Macbeth" touring the smaller towns
of the North. and Murgatroyd, the but
Ter, huge, sinister man with a cast IL
one eye and an evil light I'm the other.
Many men. under these conditions
would have been daunted. But not vii
fred Mulliner He settled down to hi
duties and kept his eyes open
| One day he saw Sir Jasper on tn,
stairs with "A laden tray In his hands
| 1t contained a toast rack, and some
thing Wilfred. smiling cautiously, de
cided was a outlet.
Lurking In the shadows, he followed
the baionet Sir Jasper paused at !
door on the second floor. He Knocked
The door opened, hand was stretched
forth. the tray vanished. the doc
closed. and the baronet moved away.
So did Wilfred He had discovered
what he had wanted 10 discover. He re.
turned to the servants hall. and bcgar
10 shape his plans
Where you BEEN" demanded tn,
butler Suspiciously
"Oh, hithcr and thithef." said vii.
fred with well assumed airiness.
glance at him.
You'd better stay where you belong,
he said There's things In this house
that don't want seeing"
All" agreed the cook dropping al
onion IN The cauldron
4 \
WILFRED could not repress shud
der,
But. even as he shuddered. he wa;
conscious of q certain relief. AT least
he reflected they were not starving hi.
darling That outlet had smelt uncom.
monty good. and, II the fare was main
tanned at thus level, she had nothing tC
| complain of in the catering.
But his relief was short lived. What
after all, arc outlets 10 a girl who Il
imprisoned IN locked room of sinis-
ter house and is being forced To marry
a man she does not lOye7 Practically
nothing When the heart IN sick, cut,
lets merely alleviate they do not cure
| Fiereely, Wilfred told himself that
come what might, few days should pass
before he found the key 10 that locked
door and bore away his love to freedom
and happiness
/, The only obstacle In the way Of thi
| scheme was that 1t VAS plainly going q
he matter OF the greatest difatulty Il