Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1916-10-21 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE FALCONII RST MYSTERY J. in your hands now. Suppose he is r why should I care (Oontinued.) •• ft will moan more than that, perh "So much the better, she laughed, be in Adrian Devayne's place, and owner of man moved to the window again. loo' at a group of children playing in the . "I don't think you're mad. but yoir re talking ae •if von were, he retorted grim Sir OH:API:Ell XI. Brooke left f"von-th tug to Devisyne, and you For all that he war eager to lea lil n' t get over tha t tact to get away from its haunting " Are You willing to try ?" . g haw; ly ..1111,70,tE`I'V Wll (:11 wii: :lig to do anything that will get me pomain unsoi.v.,e4, Adrian r out of this hole I'm in." impoosible to carry out his " Then go and see Mr Ezra. You ray you re abroad with Hester. Ther . -rt.sadyto do anything if it will get you out of matt-ling his autenition that this terrible position.. Its like this, and Mrs and a month had gone by Ellison interrupted her earnest appeal for a Mrs Ellicson and Hester moment as he opened her handbag. caking out The efforts of the detect .. a piece of folded paper. ••I had called to speak engaged in the attempt to Sir Brooke one day—it was just after Mr murderer of Sir Bre Jodrell had been with him and something Falooniturst, never CR ght my notice lying on hio desk. Don't say I of times., was (tulle - oughtn't to have looked at it—l know it was ever. wrong to pry into his letters—' thought it was Not that this . .• only one of those, and my curiosity got the unhappiness, for hatter of me." the lorselineas Thew say that a woman hasn't a very keen against the le, SeMikA o ii on ou r. in cerrupted Dorman, and Mrs "119 Ellie/Ai laughed lightly. with tt the Women get heaps of thinga said about them that are not true. Anyway. a woman's got more Wi" (IC"' pl4lCli than moot men, and t4ley're ready to risk in u a, everything to help a man when has down. You Fc're ought to be the last to speak against women." was ar Why?" rouse whictBeoanse of that. It was for your sake this piece of per in my pocket. I stole it—yes, that the word you've got in your mind—and Sir Brooke might have been very angry with me. lie would have miewa it, and as he know 4 I had been in the lihritry, he might have aeciused me. natturally." Then it was lucky he didn't live to find or his toes.'' It was lucky for you that he died," Mrs Ellison. •He Might have changed "I'm still in the dark as to what a means... replied Darman. •' Sir Brooke 1. always intended Adrian to be his hecir talk of my outsurn.g him is midsiimmer What has that hit of paper to dc matter?"' "Sir Brooke meant to revoke his are the lest/ructions he gave Mr were written alter a quarrel Devay.ne.'' "He and Adrian were alway Why should they have rinarrei% Beta use of the woman that day you and I met at. Adrian's wife now. lan' anything an beSi Adrian with these instr . yourself.". and Mrs Ellit his hand. .••I suppo with her to cry off. a he married her. ice lese of everything, so tar. Sir Woo+ carried Mit his it know what folk •• Do yO,ll MP' about. her hue' .his uncle • • • Yc,. Ti f )(sr I nall pa,por Mr, came ' -Br no Ix TO bina.nd r 11 p ranT. Suppwe he is ruink..d,  ia in your hamtiA why 6•honlid I •• ft will nician more than that, perhap,s."  -So rnueh the beitter,'• she laughed, and Dorman moved to the window again. looking down at a group of ohddiren playing in the gutter.  _*