Evening star. [volume], July 19, 1929, Page 17, Image 17

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Synopsis of rrrcodlnc Installment*.
Beatrice Fssiter Is kidnaped by Joseph,
the leader of a cans of thieves, while she
Is at a nisht club with Mai. Otvston. sec
retary-suard to her uncle. Martin Hews, a
cripple lawless methods of collecting
art treasures have made him many enemies.
Owston enlists the aid of Inspector Bloor of
Scotland Yard. He tells Bloor that he thinks
that the man who Introduced Beatrice and
himaelf at the club—a man named Leopold j
• !s one of Joseph's agents. Bloor and
Owston visit the club, and while they are
there Joseph telephones to taunt them with
falling to capture him or find trace of
Beatrice. Later, when Owston purchases
for Hews a rare 'treasure known as the
One-eyed Buddha, ho is attacked and barely
e. with his life. Then the hotel to
which he has gone to execute the com
mission is raided by thugs. In the thick
of the fighting, apparently defending him
* If and other guests, is a man known to
f. as Mr. X. With him is Leopold.
Owston Is sure that Mr. X. is Joseph in
one of his many disguises. However. Mr. X.
Is eble to convinre others that he is Ruben
Bams, a millionaire who prefers to travel
incognito. When the truth of Owstons
charge Is established the man lias dis
appeared. A messenger from Joseph gives
Owstcn an invitation to visit Josephs
home.
(Continued From Yesterday's star.)_
TWENTY-NINTH INSTALLMENT.
SC O the supreme moment had
arrived. I knew from Martin
Hews and Bloor and also from
my own observation of this man's
amazing skill in making up and
In counterfeiting personalities, but I
still thought tbs;, 1 was confronted by
a stranger when I glanced toward the
tall man in a well cut. but rather
shabby, dinner suit, who stood with his
hack toward a roaring fire. His black
hair, no longer sprinkled with gray,
vas brushed smoothly from his brow.
His cheeks were hollow to emaciation.
It was not until he smiled that I was
able to trace the slightest resemblance
to the man whom I had fashioned in
my thoughts.
'"Well, Major.” he greeted me. ‘‘Wel
come! I thought I could count on you
to take the risk. We meet- for the first
time under our proper personalities.
Here I am for what I am—Joseph.”
‘‘l didn't come to see you.” I told
him bluntly. ‘‘You are no use to me
under my parole. I wish to see Miss
E.viter.”
"That,” he admitted. "Is part of the
bargain, but you can imagine that I
did not take the trouble to send for
you simply to afford you an interview
with th'’ young lady. I have business
with vou myself.”
“Is Miss E'siter here?” I demanded.
“She is. You will see her before you
leave this place.”
‘‘And. in the meantime.” I asked,
“what is It you want with me?”
‘‘One thing, and one thing only. I
Want one interview with Martin Hews.”
•‘For what purpose?”
‘‘For sixteen years. Martin Hews and
I have been bitter enemies. The first
cause of our quarrel lies behind the
curtain. Since then we have come into
the open. We have ransacked the world i
for its treasures and sought to acquire j
them. But there was this difference j
between Martin Hews and myself:
Whatever I stole came back into
the markets of the world. What
Martin Hews grabbed was for his own
greedy longings, his own gloating eyes
and his alone —his own selfish joy.
Shall I ask you to choose between us?
I fought for what I could win. I risked
my life many a time, my liberty all the 1 ,
time, the chance of being accounted a j
common thief from beginning to end.
•'And what did Martin Hews risk? j
Hothing. He sat in his chair, with all I
the devices of science to protect him |
close at hand. Grudgingly, with stingy j
fingers, he paid a gang of robbers to j
fight against mine, to steal where mine J
■would have stolen, to acquire by cun- j
ning what my Wolves would have torn j
with their teeth. Then there came— I
it was inevitable —Donkin's downfall. I
There is no one left for us to fight!
against. My men are fat with gain. I i
myself am weary. I have credits at the j
banks of every capital in the world. I j
have money enough to satisfy a Monte i
Cristo. I have quitted the field. Mar- j
tin Hews is welcome to everything he !
has the courage to strike for. All that
I ask before I leave the field is one
half-hour alone with him. What of
that, Major Owston?”
“But,” I persisted, ‘‘l have been in
Martin Hews' employ only a few weeks.
I have no influence over him. Why
not ask for your interview and have
done with it?”
‘•Because,” was the reply, ‘‘l perhaps
know Martin Hews better than you ao.
You have been with him, as you say,
only a few weeks, but you are the only
man he trusts. Thanks to you, he has
attained his ambition. With the pass
ing of the Buddha into his possession,
he has the greatest collection of trea
sures in the world, and he sits there,
shivering and afraid. He knows very
well that many of those treasures have
bren acquired by bloodshed. Many of
them, cunning as he has been, have
passed into his hands illegally. Very
few of them have been bought In the
open market. By degrees he has
estranged the sympathies of every one
who might have helped him. He now
sees the writing on the wall.”
‘‘All this may be true,” I conceded,
ft little impatiently, "but Martin Hews
never, pretended to be a philanthropist
any more than you have done. I sup
pose I am stupid, but frankly I don't
see what you're • getting at. Tell me
what it is you want from me? Do
you want me to ask Martin Hews to see
you? He won't do it. He is more
terrified of you than of any human be
ing *n the world. I should be just as
likely to persuade him to make me a
present of the Buddha as to let you
willingly cross the threshold.”
“There might be a consideration,”
Joseph murmured. “You forget that
his niece is here.”
For a moment I saw red.
‘‘You want me,” I said, “to propose
to Martin Hews that he see you for
half an hour. In return for which you
promise to hand over his niece.”
"Precisely.”
"As against that,” I reflected, “in 12
hours after I leave this place, my parole
will be up. There is nothing whatever
to prevent my sitting outside your gates
until that time and taking Miss Essiter
myself.”
• "Nothing whatever,” Joseph assented,
with a faint smile.
"You say that Miss Essiter is here?”
I challenged him.
"Naturally,” he drawled. “Leopold,
perhaps you wouldn't mind ringing the
bell.”
It all came about so naturally that
for the first few seconds I could
scarcely believe in its reality. A brief
message confided to the butler, and a
moment or so later Beatrice crossed
the threshold and came into the room.
As her eyes met’mine a sudden flame
crept into them.
"My dear Beatrice,” Joseph an
nounced, rising with lazy courtesy, “I
conceive that it has become my duty
to remove a small misunderstanding,”
She and I were no longer lay figures
in the drama of our meeting. Joseph’s
careless use of her Christian name had
maddened me, and Beatrice had cer
tainly ceased to be the indifferent
chatelaine of Breezcley Mansion. She
looked at me with anger in her eyes.
"Major Owston has been engaged for
some time.” Joseph explained, “in a
quixotic search for you.”
. “He might have spared himself the
trouble," she laughed, with a very dis
tinct note of scorn in her tone.
Joseph held out his hands in protest.
"My dear Beatrice,” he expostulated,
“hear my confession. Maj. Owston did
not desert you on that memorable night
at the Blue Skies. He was in my way,
and I removed him.”
She looked from one to the other of
us. Leopold wheeled up a chair, but she
Ignored it.
“You removed him?"
“Precisely,” he continued smoothly.
“You were told, I think, that he joined
somp friends in a carouse. You read the
report of the proceedings in the Police
Court next, morning. All wrong, my
dear Beatrice. All, believe me, part of
one of those little schemes to which I
sometimes have to resort. The idea of
that angers you, perhaps, but see how
ready I am to put things right when
I it is possible. Maj. Owston has devoted
all his time since that unfortunate af
fair to hunting us down; he has neg
lected all his other duties, he has run
greater risks than he knows of. He
joined in r.p carouse that night. His
comparative silence in the Police Court
was a very clever move on his part, I
am sorry to say, to deceive and take
advantage of cur trlend, Leopold.
Against you, he is blameless. He touch
ed no drink in the club.”
She looked at me, and I saw in her
changing expression the turmoil ihto
which Joseph's words had thrown her.
"Is this true?” she asked me.
"It is true that I am blameless, ex
cept that I ought to have known better
than to have accepted Leopold's invita
tion at all,” I answered, looking her in
the eyes. "I went Into the secretary's
office merely to sign the book. The
world came to an end with me there in
a second. I woke in a police ce’l. They
engineered everything that happened
between.”
The rush of relief to my heart as I
watched her was one of the happiest
sensations of my life. I saw something
more human shining out of her eyes.
"But I am ashamed,” she acknowl
edged.
I raised her fingers to my lips. I re
fused to allow it place, but notwith
standing the joy of this meeting, some
thing of that haunting and terrible fear
still lingered in my heart. I had not
the courage to put It into words, and
she did nothing to help me. Our mo
ment had passed, and I felt that I had
failed to take full advantage of It.
"My dear Beatrice,” Joseph continued,
“I want you to use your influence with
Maj. Owston. I have already told you
that Joseph Is on the point of disap
pearing forever. Before I go, I want
one half hour with your uncle."
"He would never see you, and be
sides ”
"Besides what?”
“I don’t think It would be good for
either of you. You would quarrel.”
"On my part, there would be no
quavrel, I can assure you,” Joseph de
clared. "There are a few words long
overdue between us. They should be
spoken. I have come to the conclusion
that the only person who has any In
fluence over your uncle is Maj. Owstoo.
Why should h* not persuade him to
see me?”
Beatrice shook her head.
"My uncle will never consent to see
you.”* she declared.
"Why not?”
"He is far too frightened of you,
for one thing. His nerve has been giv
| ing way for years. I do not believe that
j there is any person who could induce
my uncle to let you inside the house.”
For a single moment I fancied that
I saw something of the old dangerous
light, flash in Joseph's eyes. His man
ner, however, remained unchanged. He
shrugged his shoulders.
“Then, since you will not back me up
here, Beatrice,” he said, "I will ask
you to spare us another 10 minutes
i while I finish my business with Maj.
Owston. Where shall we find you?”
"I shall be in the billiard room,”
! she said.
I never could understand why every
j one obeyed Joseph without hesitation.
! Beatrice rose, and rather avoiding than
i seeking my eyes, she left the room. The
disturbing question remained unasked.
That terrible uncertainty still existed,
j Joseph came back to his place. He stood
! looking at me grimly and doubtfully.
1 "The world is no place,” he said,
his eyes watching my lace all the time.
I "the world is no place nowadays for
j poor men.”
“Isn't it? I seem to have rubbed
j along in it somehow.”
"Uncomfortably, my dear enemy. You
were in the direst straits when Martin
Hews took you into his employ.”
"Quite true,” I admitted, "but I had
kept something worth having.”
"Melodrama,” Joseph sighed. “A sol
dier of honor! You’re warning me off,
Owston.”
“I'm hoping you’re not going to offer
me a bribe,” I admitted. "It’s hard
enough as it Is to remember my parole.”
"I was thinking about It,” he ac
knowledged. "If money does not tempt
you, something else might. What about
Beatrice?”
Something in his manner of speech,
his icy Insolence, maddened me.
“What is she to you that you should
dare to dispose of her?” I demanded.
“Answer me.: I Insist upon It.”
Again he smiled, but this time there
was a measure of contempt In his
gesture.
“You poor simpleton!” he scoffed.
“I could see what you were thinking;
so could she. Beatrice is my sister.
Haven’t you yet discovered thaW”
fTo be continued.)
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