The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-07-25

manager. "He called here just once.
some time after his arrival IN Lon
don. / saw him-in this very room
he was jiSi going fni a tom in the
north Of England. and would look in
ON his reluIn. few weeks hence
And-that's all"
And once outside the great door Of
the bank, Crole gave Maythorne a
sharp glance.
UNI" he said. "Armlntrade !"
Just sol" said Maythorhe, LAS you
say-Armintrade !"
"A man might nave reasons, when
ulan he knows is murdered under
his very nose. for not coming forward
TO say that he knows him,' observed
Crole. But think. considering
trades position the other day should
nave said. 4 know tins man-hes So
and-so, and I'll tell you all | know
about him. Eh?"
"I'll tell you what think" May
thorne said "Arminrrade is the man
whom Mazaloft wanted to see al Mar,
rasdaIe mOorl Now then-tlid he
see him? Holt doesn't knuw-nobody
knowS-at least, nobody thai we've
heard OF But -Armintrade's the man
Armintrade. as we've just heard did all
Mazaroffs business al the hank we've
Just left-it was mo Armini rade' $
hands that the registered letter or
which I've got the receipt in my pocket
would fall We must have a little talk
with A~mintrade. But before that"
he paused and waved his land TO a
passing taXicab-"before that we're
going &c examine MaZarof's rooms
and belongings al the Hotel Cecil"
The three of us were presently in
the rooms wherein | had first met the
dead man. Maythorne made some dis
cOveries that were OF use, II OF no
great apparent moment. In an old
trunk he found some schOolbookS: on
the hyleaf of each was written the
name Andrew Merchison. with dates {:
these he handed TO Croie.
There's no doubt whatever that he
was Merchison," said Crole, turning
these things over. "Its not likely that
he d nave kept these books else. These
will come in handy L. show TO Mrs.
,EIphinstone But wish there were
more papers"
MaythUrne, however, found some pa
pers-iD a letter case that lay In
drawer, unlocked, in Mazarotf's writ
ing table These were letterS-privaie
letters. all, with one exception writ
ten recently from Cape Town by a
Mr. Herman KIoop, who appeared TO
be a close personal friend of Maza-
rolf. There was next to nothing
about business affairs in them-they
were chiefly filled with gossip, club
gossip. personal details, and such mat
tiers: the sort of stuff exchanged by
old cr0nies But they had this value,
observed Maythorne-he now had d
name and address u Cape Town TO
which he could cable for certain in
formation about the dead man
The one letter not written by this
Mr.. Herman Kloop was in the same
case that held the Klo0p letters, hui in
an envelope which bore on its flap
the impressed seal OF the Imperial
Banking Corporation of South Africa.
with the address OF the London
branch Maythorne Immediately drew
attention to the pOstmark and date:
the letter had been posted in London
on the previous 3rd OF January.
From Armntrade TO MaZaroff.
without doubt" said Maythorne. Then
his face fell.
written in cipher" he exclaimed.
The sl:eet of n0tepaper was almost
filed with writing. But TO us il was
all so much unmeaning jargon: we
could make neither hgad nor tail of it,.
There were however certain things
on the sheet of paper which were
plain enough. The paper itself was
the ordinary letter paper of the bank,
with its title and address engraved at
the top of the front page. The letter
began in understandable English
bear MIR. MaZaroff. And il ended in
plain EngliSh-Yours faithfully. John
Arnintrade. But all that went be-
tween, notch. potcb of cabalislic
words and figures was so much double
Dutch to all three of US.
"A cipher!" repeated Maythorne.
'MaZaroff, of course, would have a
key. In his pocketboOk, no doubt,
and therefore stolen. Well IFS more
evident than ever that we must have
IA little conversation with Mr. John
Armintrade."
We left the hotel. Maythorne i'm
mediately hurried off to the nearest
telegraph office: he was keen on
cabling TO Mr. Herman Kloop for some
highly necessary news of Mazaroff.
And as il was then well past noon,
Crole and turned into Romanos for
some lunch.
This is queer business. Holt"
said Crole as we settled down in a
comfortable and quiet corner. Il
mean-what we've found out this
morning. You've seen this man Ar
mintrade?"
For few minutes only" | replied.
"What sort is he? he asked "You d
have Thought that he'd have come for
ward and said that ned had business
dealings with MaZarof1. Instead-not
word! !"
HE looks the sort of man who
would probably reply TO that that
MaZaroff's death was no concern of
his" suggested. "He gives one that
impression"
AVE, WE'LL" remarked Crole, 1--WE
shall Just have TO tId ont few
things-leave il to Maythorne."
left Crole after lunch and went
home TO my rDoms IL Jermyn street
| spent a quiet afternoon there. and