Nogales international., 1930-07-18
Twelfth InstaIlrnent
SYNOPSIS

Rex Leterre forgeS the name OF LUKE
Madison, wealthy banker and his sister
Margaret's fance, to large check. He is
found dead with a note IN his handwriting
accusing Madison of having ruined him.
Margaret marries Luke Madison, after
lie has given her everything he owns. She
leaves him, telling him she has ruined him
70 revenge her brother. Luke, bewildered,
'vanders about London, is attacked by thugs
who take him for a detective, RECEIVERS IN
hospital to find he is known as smith.
in this new character he becomes lnvo!vsu S'
with the Joe Connors gang, who mistake
] i'm for an Australian crook named omitn'
;nd is made an unwilling accomplice IN
-ewel robbery. He does not know that Mar
aret has relented and has returned to his
bankers all the money he gave: her, to the
.'ismay of one Danton Morell, her dead
I rothers friend. concerning whom Gunner
:Iaynes, an American jewel thief, whom
Madison had once befriended, has been
making inquiries. Detective Bird OF Scot-
likewise interested in Morell. Madison goes
20 his own old bachelor quarters, IS taken
.or a burglar, escapes from the police and
tries to get in touch with Detective Bro.
The Connors gang learn OF this, sanooag
near the river where he is certain to be
drowned when the tide rises. Meantime
Margaret, revisiting Luke's old rooms, hnds
a sheet of paper on which Luke had begun
letter to his friend and lawyer saying that
he is in desperate trouble Margaret's joy
over the discovery that Luke is alive and IN
London is tempered by the statement OF
Detective Bird that the man concerned IN
the jewel robbery, whom she now knows
was Luke, had been going around tor two
wears with the woman whose accomplice he
was
Gunner Haynes drops into Joe Connor's
hiding-pace just as Connor's men are
fastening Luke's feet with chains to large
The river, where the salt will DISSOLVE the
chains drop off and the body will be found
without marks of violence. Haynes dehes
The Connor gang and takes Madison into
the yard, pausing as he sees two men climb
The Gunner takes Luke to his room and
learns from him the reason Margaret hated
him was because she blamed him for her
brothers. death. Then Haynes calls on
Magaret and offers to help her and her
husband.
NOW GO ON WITH The STORY
"But-" she began.
81 believe he's in Spain. If mans
in Spain he can't be in London, can
he? And if he's gentleman at large
in Spain, taking long hikes through
the country, he can't be burgling
Tahfanny's or getting himself mixed
up with Connor.
"Now, Mrs. Madison, I'm going to
ask you that impertinent question all
over again: exactly why did your hus-
band leave you? No, no, don't mean
that. | know why he left you. But
why did you suddenly leave him fiat !.
I don't know that; I'll bet your hus-
band doesn't know that. Only you
know-and Dainty. l guess Dainty
knows"
She was silent; but she realized at
that moment just why she had not
destroyed Rex's last note. She had
kept it to show Luke some day, and
demand from him the explanation she
should have asked for when it came to
her. II was her justihcation-the
only one she could have for her con-
duct.
"That is an extraordinary request
for stranger to make, Mr.. Haynes,
and l don't know whether to enlighten
you or not."
She stood for a moment silent, and
then, turning abruptly, walked out Of
the room. Haynes picked up his hat
from the floor and rose, thinking the
interview was at an end. But in three
minutes she was back again with a
little envelope in her hand.
I'm telling you something that no.
body knows but me and Mr.. Morell,"
she said. "When my poor brother
shot himself, this note was found in
lis rocm."
She took from the envelope two
telephone slips and passed them to
him. Gunner Haynes read:
Margaret darling, I have lost.
for months have been gambling.
To-day 1 took desperate step on
the advice of Luke Madison. He
has led me to ruirl-money is his
god. I beg of you not to trust
him. He has led me from one act
of folly to another. God bless
you.
REX.
He read it twice and then looked
up.
"Is this your brothers handwrit
ing?"
She nodded.
"CQuld you swear to it?"
'Yes, I'm sure it's his. I've had
hundreds of penciled notes from him,
and I couldn't possibly be mistaken" ;"
''Who found it?"
"Mr. Morell found it in Rex's room.
Poor, dear Rex had a servant, a very
trustworthy man, and he saw the note
before Mr.. Morell put it in his
pocket
"He didn't read it, of course?" sug-
gested the Gunner. "The servant, l
mean?"
81 don't think so. He only saw the
note, and Mr.. Morel1 hide it."
The Gunner had an amazing mem
ory. He could from that moment have
repeated every word in the letter.
there was no need for him to take a
copy, and he handed it back to the girl.
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No man wasted less time or effort
than Gunner Haynes. His method re-
presented the very economy of labor.
He was satisfied that Connor had car
ried away his victim, but was wrong
when he associated Dainty Morell with
&he abduction.