Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-21

yourself for the post. Here are your
references" he added, handing her
little bundle OF letters secured with q
rubber band. "Unexceptionable. ]
think you will find them. Lady Han
merton Is very fond Of money. so we
will make your selection certainty by
asking a very moderate salary--let us
say r. week. Live in the house II
you can. Exactly opposite lie grocer $
shop with q telephone. Make friends
with the woman who runs 1t. You
NAV have to use the telephone fire.
uuently. Take down these two mum.
hers. one for me. 1000 Whitehall.
which YOU can use at any time. night
or dav and In case of emergency or
certain other contingencies. which j
will explain to you. here IL a local num-
ber-100 @ Aldershot--which' Will put
YOU in touch with a STAFF officer who is
acting for us"
How long am to stay with Lady
Hannerton. and what Is my work 10
be-" Miss Brown inquired.
You may be there a week. perhaps
a fortnight" Dessiter announced. IF
YOU have exceptional good luck per-
hans only three or four days. From
the moment of your arrival l want the
names Of every one who visits the
house. both officially and for any other
purpose"
lis it Lady Hannerton who Is the
suspect?" Miss Brown inquired.
1T is. Suspect Is the word. What
wa need Is definite information. BY
some means or other an enormous
quantity of literature OF the worst type
is being distributed among the soldiers
in Aldershot. Camberley and the whole
Of that district. A great deal or II Is
i'm the shane OF placardS stuck up on
walls and trees during the night. but
a large quantity of pamphlets gets INTO
the hands OF the soldiers themselves.
and we believe by means OF their
wives.
Lady Hannerton Is the widow Of a
very distinguished general who was
killed during the last week OF the war.
She herself spends half her time on
the continent, where our reports tell
us that she CANDLES very high. She
has no money except her pension. so
that she has without a doubt means ot
supplementing her income. All these
things we want to discover"
May l suggest something" Miss
Brown venteured.
"Of course
"You have powers which would en-
able YOU TO examine Lady Hannerton's
banking account. Couldn't you trace
any sums that were paid in apart from
her pension"
Dessiter nodded approvinSly.
Quite right, Miss Brown" he said.
"but YOU may be sure that we've
tried that. There are very consider
able sums paid in at odd times. but
these are all by checks on foreign
bank over which we have no jurisdc.
ton and which refuses information re
carding it's clients. Even that has
stopped lately, but we believe that
Lady Irannerton has money paid Ia
her account at a bank somewhere on
the Riviera. There is one other per
son down there. Miss Brown. whom
want you 10 look out fora man
named Thornton
"A friend of Lady Hannertonr"
Not that we know of. Thornton
has been lecturing in Hyde Park for
the last two years, but he is lying
doggo just now. He is. az "A matter
OF fact, rather one OF the tragic figures
on the other side. He was a maGnlfi.
cent soldier. did spiendidly in the war.
got a V. G.. and every possible medal
When he came hack he found his wife
virtually dying of starvation. He had
large family and she'd worked her.
SCH 10 nFatn, Ills TWO ei1pf sons were
killed. and. unfortunately. their lives
were rather thrown away by n foolish
commander.
Thornton ought To have been found
Job, OF course. but he wasn't. He
took Ia drink at odd times. No one
seems to have looked after him, and
then he got into other hands lie was
mixed up in brawi and sent to prison
Notwithstanding his record That fin.
ished him. Today he's one of the
most dangerous men on the other side,
had talk with him once. He showed
me the photographs of his dead wife
ana the account OF his own conviction
NJ Bow street. He'd had it framed.
Hell go on In the end now. and I'm
AFRAID IL will he a bad end"
Miss Brown glanced once more n,
III" clock. Dessiier nodded
What YOU have TO do" he summar
iTeh. sounds simple enough. but YOU
may find IL not quite so easy ma II
seems. want the names OF every one