OUR HEW SERIAL
THE VANISHING VENGEANCE
By DOUGLAS NEWTON.
Author of "Double Crossed," "Low Ceilings,"
Green Ladies," a
drive to Otto's latest attitude and his command to Streach to kill Stanard.
CHAPTER XIL The wenry Mr. Dudley smiled his dry smile at Joyce. It obviously
Mr. Dudley listened with that gavo him tremendous satisfaction! Lo startle her with his knowledge. weary calm of his that was baffling "Thought I didn't know about to irritation. He showed not even Stannard," he said, as she stood the slightest emotion when Joyce's aghast. "But I do. Shouldn't voice shook with horror. When have let you know, only you ain't she stopped, panting, he was lean- that Rigg feller's sort. You eceming over his saddle, as before, star- to be the only honest person in the Ing ut the ground. district who does know anything about him, except me, of course." "What do you know about him?" Joyce gasped.
Presently she heard him saying softly, as though to himself: "So Bool. That's it, ch? I thought that was the line we were travel- "It's me who is coming to youling. Deep-yes, milles deeper than for information, miss," he said, we thought. And ugly. But that's dryly. "It's what you know about the way the finger pointed from the him, his doings in this business, beginning." want to learn."
He looked up abruptly, as though "You're certain he is in this busi-only just remembering Joyce waN ness?" she said, suddenly on her there. guard.
He stared at her for a weary half-minute: "I know he is in this, This is the reason why."
From his pocket he took a folded *keet of paper. It was Henry Maker's note paper. Written In Henry Maker's handwriting were) the following words:
"Martin Stannard has been here He's got us. There's no escape, Ho's made me do what Gamalin did. He's got us. I'm clearing out Henry Maker."
Thut," said Mr. Dudley, "was under Henry Maker's desk when I got to his house. I went there bei
"You've helped men great deal, miss," he said, in his tired way. "A great deal. More than you realise. Thank you." He straight- ened, turned his bike to go, buck to the village, moved a few steps away,
Suddenly he said in his habitual minner:
Here's the man Sroach com-
to spy on you, miss. Be care- fut how you deal with these folks. Dangerous. If you can go away from Greenhayle--go away."
Нін
astonishingly winked at her. Amazingly he said
loud:
weary eye
"Well, miss, I don't think you cause Maker had sent that big sumare telling me all you know. It'd of money to the Public Trustee, and pay you to be straight with me. the Public Trustee felt that his an officer of the law, you know; gift, on top of Gamlin's, Indiented have a right to ask questions. A rather queer business. I came What is more, I can enforce that along to get some information from Henry. I guess this letter was swept off his desk by Henry while he was collecting things in the panic that made him bolt. The envelope
right-just you remember that."
He mounted and rode away, leny-
ing Joyce gaping, astounded.
It was not, until she heard the
was addressed to Otto Rigg, but as rastle of leaves and the crack of It had not been stuck down'I co-branches in the hedge behind her alder I was acting inside my that she understood that the last authority in examining the con- little comedy had been played for tenta.
the benefit of an eavesdropper,
She played a little comedy her- "You ace," he went on, in my
cried aloud, and foolish way I got Otto Rigg to let self. She me know in half a dozen ways that petoluntly, "The beast. The cad!" there was some one behind this and prepared to mount her bicycle you don't always have to say as though no one was within a mile. thing to tell. I guessed that man of her.
Was Martin Stannard. Besides, Martin Stannard fits in: You know about him?"
1:
The branches of the hedge crash-
ed apart, a hoarse voice called: "Miss Alleyn. 'Ere, Misa Alleyn."
"Only that he was, the sixth The hot red face of Stronch appear- director of Consolidated Exploited amid the leaves. tions, and the man whose theft" caused, the smash-and also that they are afraid of him."..
"Ah, that's definite, is it? They are afraid of him-do you know why?"
1.
"Mr. Strouch?" cried Joyce, in apparent astonishment, a piece of acting that was greatly helped by the fact that she nearly did fall off her bicycle.
He blundered through the hedge Joyce told him, why, that is, and walked up to her, his little foxy Otto Rigg's reason for being afraid eyes on her face. of Stannard.
■
"That's plausible enough," he said, wearily. It may even be true, Stannard certainly showed himself a brilliant blackguard over that Consolidated affair,"
"That was that feller Dudley, wasn't it?" he said, vindictively. "Wat were you doing talking to that copper's nark?"
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me? The beast-he was rude. He THE FAMOUS was asking the most, impertinent question."
"Oh, you saw hìm," cried Joyce. come and help Joyce's breath caught and her "Why didn't you, face hardened at this implicit con demnation of Martin Stannerd. The uninterested Mr, Dudley, whose eyes were so listless and missed so little, said:
"He would, the crawling little sneak," snarled Stroneh. "But the So you've met this Martin Stan-real point is, was you answering
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"So you are being impertinent
W ton," she snapped. "One of us had
Joyce frowned and tightened her better speak to Mr. Rigg about
lips. She was really, afraid ofhis this,"
man, who seemed so stupid and was
so shrewd. She was afraid for Martin Stannard. She made a
"Come, coine, miss," he said, un- easily, "I didn't mean any harm,
gesture as though she would re-really, It's my job to be on the
sume her ride,
►
Jook out, you know. You didn't
answer his questions, eh?"
"If
three
The man did not move, but He
you'd been here said, quietly: "I'm not the police, miss, but I have power to call the minutes earlier," she said, coldly, police in. You may not want to tell but knowing he had been there, liave heard him me anything, but perhaps it would "you would
be heller to tell me now than to threatening me with the law be
tell it out in the courts."
"Are you thinking of arresting me?" she laughed, bitterly.
"No-subpoena you as a witness
in the reopened inquest on Seward Gamlin."
cause I wouldn't answer him."
Stroth, who had heard Mr. Dudley say just that, looked at his tocs..
"Also," said Joyce, even more frigidly, "I am certain Mr. Rigg Joyce gave a little cry and back-would not like me to tell him any-
ed away from him.
thing."
"Hell! he wouldn't," snapped
nor
"I think we are getting at it, Stroach, looking at her with hi miss," he said, in his tired wayred, fierce eyes. Abruptly he thrust "So Stannard did call on Gamlin as
Joyce's. he called on Maker. It was that his mean face elose to visit of Stannard's thut made Gam-An' you keep it in mind, Miss in take his own life, just as it Joyce. It ain't wise, no, caused Maker to bolt. It was also 'ealthy, to do what Otto Rigg don't Stannard's visit that made them want yer to do. Remember it. E send those sums of money to the ain't a nice person at all to cross." Public Trusted. It was also Stan- Joyce remembered how implac- nard who took all the papers and ably Otto Rigg had forced this man the diaries of 19, the year of the to agree to do murder, and shudder- Consolidated crash. If we can get ed inwardly. But, however sick hold of Stannard we'll find the with fear her heart was, she gave whole secret of this queer business." no sign of it as she mounted and
Abruptly, then; she began to tell rode on.
Mr. Dudley all she knew-perhaps Joyce deliberately played caves- not all she knew; she hid some dropper again that evening. Slic things, her call on Mrs. Sondes, for felt she was so deeply involved in example; but in the main she told this mystery now that she must all that mattered, from her firat lose no opportunity of getting facts. seoing the stranger in Gamlin's
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