Nogales international., 1930-06-27
Eighth Installment
SYNOPSIS

SINOFS1S
Luke Madison, wealthy banker, marries
Margaret Leferre, who leaves him immediate
" after the ceremony, after he has trans
ferred all of his money to her. She refuses
TO let him have any of it, to pay imme ediate
obligations, explaining that she married him
10 get revenge for the suicide of her brother
Rex who was, she believes, ruined by Mad
olson. Madison, madly in love, knows that
Rex was wastrel who had forged the bank
er's name to large check. He goes out
Into the London streets to think things over
snd meets crook named Lewing tor whom
gang attacks him, killing Lewing and sending
Madison to the hospital, where he is un-
conscious for two weeks. On recovery he
hnds he is known there as Smith" he
decides to keep that name, trusting to his
newly-grown beard for disguise. The Con
nors gang apologies for their mistake in
attacking him by providing room for
Smith" There he meets Jean, Gurlay, who
asks him to drive her. car for her lie does
...:s and finds himself unwillingly involved
q jje%",e1 robbery.
+ Meantime Margaret, believing that l.
has gone to Spain, discovers that she really
loves him and returns to his bankers all the
property he had given her, retaining only an
income for Lying expenses. p S1e Us, is aIou, 1Ss,,
Danton Morell, an old friend of her brothers
calls. Morell is astonished to learn that she
has given Lule's money back. While Moreu
is in her apartment Gunner Haynes calis.
Haynes is an American crook WHO has been
doing time for jewel robbery. He tells her
that Luke once did him favor ana ASKS nef
If she knows Dainty MoTelL
Luke, Learning that the police are looking 1is
for bearded man who drove tbs car IN
S.Asxes of al! but his mu:tache and lsSSas
Incidentally from his landlady. that Dainty
Morell is well known in tne Underworld as
Z confidence nan and crook. Before ne
4ecoyers from his surprise at this discovery.
two men burst in on him one rs Is nSs%' v.S' !. E
%,,-Iv Smith. recently arrived from Australia:
S,,riy resents Luke's use of the name OF
smith. A fight follows in which Luke throws
both men out.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
Luke closed the door with some
difficulty, for the fall OF the man
against the partition had thrown the
door out of true. Mrs. Fraser was
very pale and her breath was coming
quickly.
"I've never known them Lewings to
do that before" she said. Il wouldn't
be surprised if they didn't start
fire."
They had taken this course once
before, Luke learned to his horror and
amazement- explained the new
annex to the house.
33o Ginnett Street was obviously
Connor's headquarters. The place had
never been raided-for the matter of
that, it had never held a pennyMorth
of stolen property.
First he must see Jack Hubert, that
sane young solicitor of his. It struck
him that there was possibility that
lack might not be alone. The tele-
phone, of course! He stopped at the
first public booth and put through a
call. And here it was he was thankful
to Mrs. Fraser for her coppers.
The voice of, Mr.. Hulbert's servant
answered him.
81 want to speak TO Mr.. Hubert"
he said, and to his horror the reply
came: !.
"Mr. Hubert is not in England, sir !;
he has gone to Berlin for holiday
and will not be back till next week,
Who is it speaking :"
Luke for the moment was speech
less; when the question was repeated
ne H2Q an INSPIRATION.
"Can you tell me if Mr.. Luke Mad
dison's fiat is occupied-is his servant
there?"
The tone of the man changed
"Who are you, and why do you
want to know that?" he demanded.
Luke rang off without explanation.
He might have told the man who he
was, but he was chary of conflding IN
servants, and it was particularly unde-
sirable that he should betray his pres
ence in London to anybody except to
Jack.
And then thought struck him and
he called the number of his own fiat.
He waited for fully FIVE minutes lis
tening to the faint buzz of the call,
and then the operator said:
I'm sorry, sir, there's no reply
from that number"
Luke made slow way to the Mall,
and walked slowly toward Bucking-
ham Palace, oblivious o1sthe rain
which was now falling in earnest.
There was only one thing to be done,
and by the time he reached the end OF
the Mall he had made his plans, He
had often remarked jokingly how easy
it was to burgle his fat Recently
there had been erected new fire es-
cape at the back of the block in which
he had his residence, and access to the
yard where the escape touched earth
was by no means difficult. He could
climb the wall from the news which
ran at the back of the fiat; he knew
exactly how the window could be
forced.
Margaret Madison was preparing
for bed when the street bell rang
She opened the door Of her room and
listened: somebody was talking in the
hall below; she heard her footman's
voice and a deeper one, and ther
somebody said:
You'd better go up and tell the
lady. I must see her Scotland
Yard"
She sent her maid down to find Out
what was the matter, and in a few
minutes the girl came back.
"It's an inspector from Scotland
Yard, madam. He wants to see yot
on matter of importance"
"Is it Mr.. Birdl" she asked anx
iously.