The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03

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planned to employ it that way?"
"Come, ceme, sir" said the SER
geant. "You said yourself just now
that these gentlemen"
81 have changed my mind spat
Virgil, "as you have changed
yours"
81 have just remembered" said
Herrick, 'tthat one of the men was
called Max. Not the leader-the
burly man, who got out Of the car.
The leader was sharp with him, as,
indeed, with them all. / think that,
If you could find them, they might
give the leader away"
"And the name Of the leader?"
sneered Virgil. s'Quite sure you
didn't hear that?"
Herrick raised his eyebrows, be-
fore he returned to the police.
"You would not believe me-" he
said, ''if l told you the leaders
name. And so I prefer that you
should apply to Max. But I'll tell
you what / will do. I'll write it
down for you, and I'll seal it up.
And when Max has opened his
mouth, you may break the seal.
Thus / shall corroborate him, and
he will corroborate me-"
"Sir," cried the sergeant, ~ be-
seech you to tell it us now"
81 will write it down." said Her.
rick. Cor, better still, Mr.. Exon
shall write it down. You will OBJ
serve that ! have not mentioned
the name: yet he will 60 off and
write (which goes to show that
he knows it as well as To
With that, he turned to me and
asked me to do as he said
When returned to the drive, Vir-
gil was back in his car, beside HIM
self with passion and shouting down
the sergeant who seemed very much
surprised.
s'And if you choose" he conclud-
ed, ''to take your cue from couple
Of lying hounds who, if you had done
your duty, would now be under ar
rest, you can take it alone"
With that he started his engine, let
in his clutch and swung the car vio-
lently round. With storming gears,
it squirted between the chestnuts
and on to the road of approach.
The police stared after the fellow
with open mouths: then they turned
to see Herrick with a hand to his
chin.
81 gather" he said, "that you
find his behavior strange"
II can't understand it," said the
sergeant. "Ten minutes ago"
"Quite So" said Herrick. SIN fact,
ten minutes ago he did his very best
to get you away-because, when he
heard the hour at which we had en-
tered the park, he did not wish you
to hear what I might have to tell. J"
He took the envelope from me and
held it out. "You may open that
now, if you please, and read the
name of the leader whom Max will
betray. After that, you shall have
some tea, and then, we'll drive you
to Cable to take what action you
please"
The sergeant ripped the envelope
open, and he and his fellow together
peered at the sheet.
Percy Ebert Virgil
I thought they would never look
up.
When at last they did, they
seemed dazed; and Herrick called
for Brenda and told her to give them
some tea.
It was strange to sit down to sup
per later on with Lady Elizabeth
taking the head Of the board, but
she seemed so glad to be with us
and fell so naturally into the ways
we kept that, for my part, I soon
forgot how she came to be there
and began to accept a relation which
seemed too fair to be true.
Enough is as good as a feast, and
after supper that evening we spoke
Of the past and present, but left the
future alone.
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