OUR NEW SERIAL
THE HOUSE OF SIN.
CHAPTER XII.
So Dr. Tarleton left the Duke's
mansion.
A cab was already drawing Up when he reached the front door, the police bicycle was placed on the roof, and they proceeded to the distant police-station.
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Berlin, Oct. 20. Gerniany, headed by Berlin, is taking a definite stand against the dancing bear. The spectacle is more frequent here than in England: the animal is led round. by a ring in its nose, and la often miserable in appearance "Altringham, did you say? The and certainly badly kept and fedor. old sinner! One of the greatest The Roumantan vagabonda seamps in England. Married old other vagrants of the gipsy typ Towertown's daughter-beautiful chiefly responsible for the cap creature-and treated her shame-ture and training of these bear fully. She died of a broken found Germany a more comfort heart, they say, though I am not able country to wander in than cast. The dis sure, she didn't hasten the end with others farther
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Arrived there, the inspector in chris came out to receive the elebrated specialist with all due honour. But Tarleton brushed The investigator made an effort him aside almost rudely in his im- to bring the conversation back to
The the Duke of Altringham, patience to view the corpse. police had been afraid to touch it after the other doctor's mention of poison, and it was still lying on the ambulance cart, covered with a sanitary sheet.
Tarleton drew down the sheet far enough to expose the face, and recognised the body he had last scer lying in the steward's room on the fourth floor of Trafford "Do you know who this is?" be asked the, inspector.
“No sir,”
House.
The mixture of truth and malice
post, too fierce to let anybody approach it and obviously aban toned on purpose by its owners set the German Animal Defence League to work; and their appeal has found a speedy bearing.
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in this description of the inmates of black ribbon to which it was at
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There are a number of locks of "Ah, yes," the scandalmonger resumed. "Two daughters, one The League has, at the same hair of Willian Penn and his mad, and the other compromised time made an appeal for per-wife. Some of the halt is wrap- herself with an actor-I forget his forming monkeys, which are less ped in Penn's invitation to the of William. III. in name. Stepmother, clever woman, often found in Germany than in Coronation hushed it up and has taken advan- England, but the authorities de Westminster Abbey. This gives THE MERCANTILE BANK OF tage of the scandal to arrange a not, without further details which the number of his seat." match with one of her relatives, are being collected, regard the
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A Book of Devotions, cinted-Up Capital..... Beer Fund' and rest of Wil- 1639, contains the name of Trafford House made the listached as viciously as though itiam Penn, founder of Pennsyl "Have you a morning paper?” tener bite his lip. It was only had been
the scandulmonger's The Inspector stared, but by a great effort that he restrained tongue. He was still immersed in vania, and of other members of his family. There are a number Answered respectfully, "I think himself from defending Lady thought they have just been delivered, sir." Rosa; however, he feared to put acquaintance strolled up, who re- of wills, with seals attached, sterkok bearing names of the Penn family:aavia "Let me see one, please." the backbiter on his guard by cognised the symptom.
also private letters. Beginning, to guess what was showing his own feelings.
"What's bothering you, Tarle- coming the inspector hurried into "Do you know anything about the outer office, and returned with the present Duchess 7" he threw ton?" he queried.
The investigator out in as careless a tone as he bundle.
round anatched up first one and then could assume. another, till he found what he
Jimmy Borall's lip curled in wanted. It contained on the front corn. page a double-column heading: know all there is to be Theatrical Mystery: Mr. Edwin known." he affirmed confidently. Montacute Missing" And the Girl sprung from nowhere, article below was illustrated by Alicia Hemans, she called her
self, real name probably, Mary portrait of the celebrity.
"Look!" said Tarleton, handing fones, tried to get on at the halls, the paper to his companion,
couldn't sing a note, no notion of dancing, hissed aff everywhere, and had to take to low-class film:
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The Inspector took it, and com- pared the portrait with the face of the corpse.
"You are right, sir!" he ex- elaimed in a tone of admiration "I will telephone this to the Yard Can you say anything as at once. to the cause of death?"
work.
The specialist Inoked abstractedly.
I
"I was just wondering how could find out the maiden name of the Duchess of Altringham."
"Blegn" my soul!" the other ex- earth don't claimed. "Way on you look in the Peerage?"
Tarleton sprang to his feet. nearly dropping his magnificent re- peater.
"What on earth has came over Pretty face, of course; me! My wits scem wandering to- soarse type, but made up well for day. Thanks!" he camera."
It occurred to the doctor to test his informant's accuracy by Juestion.
"How did the Duke come across
"I prefer to express no opinion till 1 have made the post-mortem. Pace A You had better communiente with the Coroner at once.
Jimray Boran Hughed know "Ha, ha! That's a good story, is Altringham tells it. Pretends e fell in love with her face on the of the peer. The expert walked out to his waiting taxi, and bade the driver age, what? The truth is she black- take him home. Not till they had mailed him into it. "Lured him gone at least a mile from the into a scrape, and he had to marry police-atation did he change the her to get out of it." direction to Parliament-street.
The investigator did not know
The sooner gly. the inquest is held the better. 1 shall be back here in the course of the day."
reen. A romance
His face was set sternly, like how much of all this to believe, that of a man who means to strike it was becoming more and more a blow. The Duke of Altringham desirable to find out something de had played him false. The body finite about the Duchess of Altring- had been secretly conveyed out of ham, but mere gossip of this kind Trafford House in order to escape was useless. the publicity of the inquest.
Jimmy Borsall finished
So far the Duke had scored.whisky, and got up. But, in the interval, the other had
his
"Have to be off now, doctor.
acquired a new and sinister clue Going to the theatre to-night." to the mystery, which gave him
A sudden though came to Tarle-
terrible weapon against histon. "You are not going to the
King's by any chance?" opponent.
Dr. Tarleton had long been a "I don't know. Going with meniber of the Anthropologists' friends.. Why do you ask?"
"Because, I have reason to think Club, an institution originally
founded as a meeting-place for that one of the actors there will men of science, but which had be missing to-night."
Jimmy Borsall became keenly gradually attracted a wider class
who excited. "Which of 'em, doctor?" of social representatives
is known. freedom from "The man who appreciated its formality and its tradition for Mantarute." plainness of sheech on all subjects.j Hener there was no club in London we
"Gemini! That's the very chap Affair were talking about.
in which a Kreater variety of with Lady curius information could be What's he pieaned; and it was this which, her?" " constituted its greatest attruction
"Nonsense.
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Ile hastened off to the reading. and turned up the entry room, Then he closed the volume with a causec resounding smack that everyone in the room to look round
The maiden name of the Duches: of Altringham was recorded in the Peerage as Amelia Dunlop. Ans Dunlop was the real name of the murdered man!
Iosa, you know. done? Bolted with,
his suppress Tarleton could
Aro You for the divisor of the Home Office, indignation. no longer, Its private practice frequently mad: it necessary to pick up what wrong about Lady Rusa. There ordinary acquaintance. ever jossip was afloat concerning was never anything between them the great ones of the earth, and but an among the regular habitues of the The Duke came to think that one Moniscute had aspirations to his promptly Anthropologista there was man who seemed always loaded to daughter's hand, and the lips with scandal, which was foruade him Trafford House. If at the service of the first ques-you will exeuse my aaying so, Borsall, you ought to be more. earo- tioner.
Jimmy Borsail was the younger full how you repeat gossip about a son of the younger son of a mar-young girl." quess, and therefore, near enough to the aristocracy to soe a good deal of what went on behind the scenes, while envy of his more fortunate acquaintances led him to ing that he in dead." console, himself for his compara- tive inferiority by taking away their character behind their backs. It was not altogether plennant to a man of Tarleton's character to liston to the spiteful chatter of
The specialist shook his head. this well-born tell-tale, but an
"You mustn't ask me for any agent of justice has to accustom himself to some queer company. more information just yet. But I Accordingly it was in search of think you may rely on what I have
told you."
"Sorry, old man. Didn't know she was a friend of yours: But what has Montacute done?"
"I have good grounds for believ
**Dead! Teddy Montacute! Why, he was playing as usual last night, wasn't he?",
"I have no doubt he was!" ""Then what's happened to him? Motor spill? What?"
Jimmy Borsall that he had repair- Jimmy Borsall looked at the od to the club the previous even-clock. There were seven hostesses ing, after leaving Trafford House; to whom this precious, morsel of and he had been fortunate enough news must be served up Immediate- to find him in the smoking-room. ly, with the flavouring of scandal The judicious offer of a large which he was proficient in impart whisky-and-soda soon loosened the ing, and he had barely three- gossip's tongue, and Tarleton had quarters of an hour to do it in. only to pronounce the name of the He dashed out into the hall and Duke of Altringham for his in ordered a taxi to be called, formant to start off like a hound in full cry on the scent of a fox.
The Investigator slowly drew out his repeater and pluched the scrap
(To Be Continued)
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