Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08

seconds a hard-faced woman
4 Y 4 made her appearance. Martin
Hews handed her the key.
Bring the young lady here" he
ordered.
The woman accepted the key in
silence. He leaned back in his chair.
I'VE must make up our minds,
Major" he went on, whether it Is
possible for me to make any further
use of you. The purpose for which
engaged you was to watch the west
end of London, gaining entry, so sar
as you could, into such quasi-fashion-
able haunts as might be accessible to
Joseph, while my gangsters frightened
the Gordon around him in the east end.
know to a few hundred yards" ne
continued, where Joseph's east end
headquarters are. l am not sure tnat
could not narrow them down to
single street, but the fox has to be
there before I dare stop the holes, and
the fox very seldom ventures near
nowadays It's the west end that's
calling to him, Major. 1 have an idea
that in that part of town with which
he is not so familiar he sometimes loses
that cunning that enables him TO steal
about the sewers of east London I'M
touched"
He was silent for a few minutes,
scowling at the opposite wall.
"One false move on our part ne
reflected land we should have to begin
all over again. I have good man
there whom you have never met and
never will meet. Yardsley tells me
that he is aching to cast his net. hold
him back want certainty. l want
to see Joseph where. escape is not pos
sible-not in the hands OF the ponce,
he'd wriggle away from them, somehow
I want to see him with a bullet
through his heart and the glaze OF
death in his eyes. had hopes OF you,
Owston, in the west end. Joseph mas
been too clever for us. He has cut
the ground away from under your 1ee..
1T disagree. sir" objected nrniy.
"The Blue Skies isn't the only night
club in London, and have friends of
INV own whom 1 could look up. now
that 7 have the means, who could get
me into a dozen AS to those evening
parties, I am willing to take my FISK
of a snub. There were half a dozen
more cards of invitation this morning.
If go anywhere where l am not re-
ceived, will make the best OF IL; Re
member, too, I have not quarreled with
.tThatF" Martin Hews admitted, may
probably be your salvation. Let us re-
fresh our memory concerning him..
From a drawer of his desk he drew
out a volume and studied two pages.
At the bottom of one was small photo
graph. He held the book out TO me.
your friend, think"
s'That is the man." I assented.
Martin Hews read carefully from be-
ginning to end what was evidently some
sort of a dossier. Then he pushed the
"Ieopoid's career" he confided. has
points of interest. In his younger days,
he was suspected I. D. B. and had to
fn{a NJ
was also tried for murder. and there
seems to have been no doubt that he and
two of his associates really did shoot the
man to whom the ReitZvontein Mine
belonged, and by fraudulently signed
agreement became the sole owners OF
the property, instead OF holding only
tenth share. His later enterprises are
connected with the floating Of various
doubtful companies. and his reputation
in the city is not what it was. At the
same time, he appears to be rich, and
spends a great deal of money, although
the mine is no longer paying concern.
He would come into touch with Joseph
quite naturally on this I. D. B. business,
and there is not the slightest reason
that 1 can see why he should not be
connected with him at present. That
is for us to discover"
IT might have a stroke of luck there,
sir" ventured.
THAT is possible" he admitted. mo
one Is so likely to succeed with clever
man as a man whom that clever man
believes to be a fool. You're a blum
derer Owston, but you have qualities.
Il should have given you credit for more
common sense than to have accepted
the invitation of a stranger to go into
a might club while out with my niece.
On the other hand I should never have
expected you to have used the discre-
ton yoA did use when you met the man
who was responsible for taking you
there. I may still be able to make use
of you, Owston. 7 am not sure for the
moment how, but have an idea. Ra-
ichel leans to you as much as to her
own men. Something may come of
that"
eff could find your niece and bring
her back, sir" assured him, 1T should
be quite content to have you chuck me
out afterwards
: "If you could do that" he acknowl-
edged, there is no telling what might
happen, for you would relieve me of
a great anxiety. I like to live with a
clear mind and clear conscience. You
may think that run great risks. I do
not. I have one of the best lawyers in
the world to protect me and to see that
I evade the penalties of my necessarily
sometimes illegal actions. I have at
ACacV q NoSCh ASllbuie noodcSAlo W pIU-
tect my person, to watch me and deal
with those who would do me harm. My
house here is, since that accident the
other night, impregnable. No one can
reach this apartment in which I am,
against my will. live here in joy, be-
cause live with more of the worlds
treasures to worship than any human be-
ing knows of. In a secret chamber, major,
] have pictures-stolen pictures. many
of then-from most of the great gal
lerieS of Europe-sorne of them stolen at
my behest, all Of them Joy for my days,