Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-26


SaHderson, iDhose property his uncle's
body was found, peGrs heavy steel
bracelet on his right 'grist.
NINTH INSTALLMENT.
|HERE was dead silence IN the
room for a moment; then Shore
ham spoke.
i "Yes?" he said, softly. Eyes,
Engleden?"
Engleden glanced at Johnson.
THAT man Sanderson of Wraisdale
Abbeyl" he exclaimed. HE wears a
sort of steel band, something like a
bracelet, but plain steel, an inch and a
half wide, round his right wrist!
saw it when we found my uncle's body.
johnson may have noticed it since:
he's seen Sanderson at close quarters
two or three times"
mol" replied Johnson. mot so close
as all that. Mol"
'It's there-waS there, that morn
Ing" repeated Engleden. I noticed it
as something very unusual. Not a
wrist watch, you understand, but just
a plain band of steel-highly polished
I saw it clearly-he stretched out his
right hand to point to something"
MANY men wear bracelets now
adays," remarked Shoreham.
Young men, perhaps. But this
man!-not the sort to fall in with
fashionable fads, think And-steel!'
said Engleden. plain STEEL"
Whats the man like?' inquired
Shoreham.
"A tall, well made man, good looking,
with very full beard, dark, turning
slightly gray" replied Engleden.
"Snelling-if that's what you're think
ing about-was tall, well made man,
and what's called handsome, in a dark,
somewhat daredevil way" said Shore
ham. THE sort of man admired by
women. But the convict dress, and
the convict crop, and a convict shave
Ell? They don't add to mans appear
ancel 1t would be difficult to identify
Smelling the convict in Sanderson the
gentlemanl Unless"
THAT mark?" interrupted Engleden
eagerly. What was t?'
Birth mark. Queer mark as ever
saw, just above the bone that sticks
out on the right hand upper side of the
name for i'll mean for the bone.
Right in the center of the outer side of
the wrist, you know"
That's precisely where this man
wears that steel circlet!" exclaimed
Engleden. "And why does he wear it?
I've known men who wore a leather
strap around their wrists, shackle, for
strengthening weak wrist when play
ing golf or cricket, but--a steel one"
We'll, theren be a reason" said
Shoreham. But it won't be to remind
him of handouts, you may be sure!
What is this man? Somebody of i'm
portance, of course, if he's a magis-
trate"
'Fe owns the Wraisdale Abbey
estate" replied Johnson. "As Col
Engleden's body was discovered on that
property naturally made some quiet
inquiries about it and the people con-
necteo with 1t. Sanderson came to
LnlS neighborhood a few years ago
five or six, think-as a purchaser of
the estate. It's not a big one-there's
nice house, a fine park, running down
10 the river, with the remains of the
OLD abbey in one corner, a couple of
small farms and few cottages. 1 heard
that he gave 10000 pounds for the lot"
Smelling had money! remarked
Snorenam. And, as far as I remember
the case, 1t was understood that he
had well-to-do wife and rich friends
Is there Mrs. Sanderson?"
There Is" said Johnson. I've seen
ner In their car with him, here in the
Town, several times. Fine woman
middle aged, Of course"
:, Shoreham smoked in silence for
Queer business that escape" he said
et last. 1T beat all of us. Col Engle-
cen was awfully upset about it. No
1ault OF his, Of course-no fault of
anybody's. But I've often wondered if
the Two warders were squared"
COL Engleden, according to his
diary, had high opinion of both men"
remarked johnson.
Col. Engleden was the sort of man
VINO always wants to think well of
everybody" replied Shoreham. But
! nave wondered that. So have others"
don't think Millwaters was squared
from what I saw of him the other
night" said Engleden.
Pernaps not Millwaters was a very
decent chap-conscientious about his
Joo. But the other man, Settle-ah. I
oont know! Settle was always in good
ooor with Col. Engleden-he was the
sort OF man who knew how to get at
the colonels soft side, an ingratiating
SOFT OF chap. But I always considered
wrong 'un.'
Where is he now?" asked Engleden
On, l don't knowI He left South
moor not so very long after that af-
Ialr. II he really was squared. the
squaring, possibly, included some pro-
vision for life for him. One thing.
Engieoen. about that escape is abso-
~ eeA4A HAAOCFGI engineered 10,
did SO with extraordinary cleverness
and at great cost
Evidently! And with great sue
cess! 1t seems amazing that a couple
OF convtcts should be spirited away in
that fashion and never be traced I
should have thought it impossible-ut-
terly impossible!"
moi" said Shoreham, emphaticalIy.
mot II there's money behind them and
those who are helping. I think know
what would occur in this particular
case. should say that every single
detail had been most thoroughly and
carefully worked out. The two men
were got clean away to some place
most likely London or some large city
or town-where they remained safely
hidden until their usual appearance
had come back TO them, with, no
doubt, the addition of boards or, at any
rate, mustacheS. They may then have
been got abroad, or taken of to some
other part of the country where they
could begin life anew under assumed
names. All this of course, would have
been difficult if they'd been men with
out means. But these men had
means, or, which was Just as good, the
people behind them had"
He paused a moment then went on
Now I come to think of it." he
said, II remember discussing this af-
fair soon after the escape with a
friend Of mind, city man, at our
club In London. He told me something.