Evening star., 1929-07-01
ELEyENrH INsrALLMENT.

ELEVENTH lNSTAkLMENT.
"<O search London for q car tha
had disappeared before wal
able to find q taxi seemed
waste of time. coritented my.
self with making q guess at tht
quickly vanishing number and drove to
my rooms with the idea Of telephonint
to Breezeley. Smart met me in the
hall.
"a gentleman to see you, sir" he an.
flounced. "A Mr.. Bloor, sir. Connected
with the police force, believe"
mounted to the sitting room arlc
shock hands with my visitor.
Comfortable quarters here, major,
very comfortable, indeed" admit
ted.
II have always thought" he went on
s'that, If were young man with moth
ing particular to do In life, this Is pre-
cisely the. locality in which should
Suppose we agree not to waste time
with banalities," suggested. Join me
In whisky and soda and tell me what
inspector Bloor looked at me, OF
rather he did not look at me, for those
heavy eyelids seemed to have descended
like curtains.
THANK you, major. To get on with
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visit. Are you in q position to identify
him? If so; we might make deal"
How did you know2'' asked, that
I saw Joseph last night?"
mot your business. he answered
promptly. "You see, Tim on your track.
Let's cut out the immaterial. He was
9irl. % He didn't md her. Are you any
, nearer being able to identity him" :
at certainly am not" T. acknowledged.
) sJoseph Is full Of fantastic gestures. but
I imagine he's no fool He wore q
mask, he talked broken ccckney. ] am
still not In o position to help you, but
It Is just possible that you may be able
"straight to the middle Of It, Major.
Here am, and the law Is with me-"
what would you think II q man gave
you tip Of thousand pounds Tor
shadowing him out Of an auction room
and bowing him into hts carp"
''T should look at the note, was the
blunt reply.
I felt In my waistcoat pocket and
snoothed out the banknote before him.
Handed to me casually" confided,
ssby Mr.. Van Doom of Amsterdam, who
had bid up TO 10000 guineas for some
miniatures at ChristieS this afternoon
on the strength Of wad Of these"
The inspector took q magnifying glass
from his pocket and studied the note
carefully. When he had fnished--and
It was an affair ofnearly five minutes
he leaned back in his chair.
"This Is very interesting, Major" he
admitted. 'Pray don't think that was
all that time deciding whether the note
was genuine That 1t was a forgery
knew In 10 seconds. What wanted to
make UP my mind about was whose
work it was. think can put my hand
upon the man. You Wouldn't mind,
perhaps-it might be worth while--just
3 word or two as 10 how it really came
into your possession?"
told him everything In . few SEN
eences.
az cannot imagine" he observed at
last, why the Germans should be the
worst detectives in the world"
Just looked at him.
"You see," he went on, psychology Is
the favorite study Of the thoughtful
German, but It is the most neglected
one with US. Now that little story Of
the salesrooms at, Christie's explains
itself, simply because, IN crude way,
we are beginning to understand some-
thing about Joseph Don't you see that.
when q man with such q Puck-like
sense of humor is up against even the
greatest issues, he cannot resist yielding
to 1t? You understand, of course, what
Joseph did. He sent a puppet, or even