Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1910-10-22 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.  HE story opens at the little station of Eg,ton, and shortly afterwards the reader is introduced to the Westford 'runnel. A railway porter had gone to it to look after a spring which may be ' affected by the wet weather, and he discovers a dead  body of a woman in it. A local doctor, ..he stationmaster, and the police prowl for tne' district are called on the scene, and in company with the porter, Bloor, they go to the tunnel. The body is afterwards conveyed to the mortuary. And then start the investigations. What was the story of the girl? The sergeant goes to the signal-box, and there communicates with Jim Fiimcaux, from whom he gets information as to the passing of trains and traffic of pedestrians in the vicinity of the tunnel. He has also noted the marks inside the tunnel itself, while the stationmaster is making arrangements to report the affair to the company. The address found on the bady was "Susan Denby, 47, Chelmsford-street, Bloomsbury," but her landlady said she had no visitors, and the mystery therefore deepened. Dr. Perks accounted for the extensive injuries to the body by falling out of the train. The big family of Egton, the nearest town, was the Burnetts—Sir Ewart, his mother, and Cyril, his half-brother Cyril is paying court to Edith Robinson, daughter of a wealthy man ,N•ho had made money out of coal. Edith, visiting Lady Burnett, mentioned that the case was one of suspected murder, and proceeded to Cyril's room to get further news. He wee absent, but his room was upset, and a photograph fell under her gaze. It was exactly similar to that of the girl murdered in the tunnel.  She stood irresolute, declining to believe the obvious deduction, and yet unable to resist it. Lady Burnett entered, and on asking if Edith had seen Cyril, was informed that she had not, and did not want to. No longer were they lovers. Edith declined to await Cyril's return, and left for home. Her father had set his heart on the match, and was astounded when told she wished to break the engagement. He asked herr not to do so, and she promised to wait. Sir Ewart returned, and meeting Cyril, advitecl hint to stick to Edith, and give up his escapades, promising to recoMpen.se the woman who was concerned in the matter, and end it. Sir E.vart claimed tht. incriminating photograph, as his property, and thus fall from the high pedestal upon which Edith had placed him. She did not i ealise that Sir Ewart acted on the impulse of the moment to prevent a breac:u between her and his brother.  Detectives visit the :odgings of Susan Denby,' and find all in disorder, but a chic is thought to have been obtained by the finding of a curious necklace war the tunnel entnanoe.  yivestigations showed Sir vart had bought such ik.nacklace. He was arrested for the crime, init refused to make any statement at the trial. Edith Robinson, !.lowever, does not believe him guiltY, and secretly engages a detective—Eulil Partens—to unravel the mystery. Then Miles Curran, who had seen military service ltrider Sir EWart, and is devotedly attached to the old commander, makes an important discovery connecting Cyril with the murder. Meanwhile Detective Partens makes inquiries which tend to show that Susan Denby lived a dual life, being known on the stage as Trixie Travers., and during the day filling the role of a typewriter. Ile.discovers that an admirer of Trixie Travers had P.resented her with a necklac-e of Eastern pattern, slmilar to the one found near the tunnel, and bearing the initials "E. B."  A  T