Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1923 — Page 8

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BEGI> T HEBE TODAT Vendetta bee Ins between and SIR NORMAS' GREYES. once of Scotland Yard, when Sayers' beautiful housemaid, JANET, saves him from Sir Normon by shooting: dead an officer sent to arrest him. Greyes falls In love with Janet and proposes marriage. Michael disguises himself and attends the wedding reception. Having stolen a pearl necklace, the gift of Sir Norman to his bride, Sayers is helped to escape by Beatrice Kinder - ley. Michael gives the pearls to Beatrice, who returns them to Janet. Michael reads a cipher message in the paper and decides to answer tt in place of the man for whom it is meant. He sets the time of meeting one hour earlier than that stated in the paper. He meets the divorced wife of a politician and a companion and buys from her a bundle of manuscript evidence against the woman's former husband. NOW GO ON WITH STORY Michael Continues: "Just cast your eye over that first.” she invited. "That’s an exact copy of the speech which Ted prepared for the mass-meeting In Liverpool in March." “In Liverpool?” I repeated, hoping for some elucidation. “The meeting that was called to decide upon the shipping strike.” she fxplained a little impatiently. I glanced through the typewritten rages. They seemed to consist of a vehement appeal to the dockers, bonders and Union of Seamen to inaugurate on the following day the greatest strike In history, promising them the support of the miners and railway men, and predicting the complete defeat of the government within six weeks. The speech concluded with a peroration, full of extreme revolutionary sentiments, and on a blank page at the end, under the heading "Approved of,” were the signatures of a dozen of thi best known men in the labor world. “This speech—” I began, tentatively, for the matter was no yet clear to me.

* MjSf I % “NW, MR. MARTIN, OR WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS. LETS FINISH THIS UP.” HE PROPOSED. “Was never delivered, of course.” the man interrupted. “You know all about that. Ted went down to Liverpool as mild as a lamb. He stood up there on the platform and told them that the present moment was inopportune for a strike. Not only that, hut the next day he bamboozled them into accepting the employers’ terms.” “Satisfactory so far as it goes,” I observed. didactically, but with caution. “And now—” “Here,” the woman interrupted triumphantly, “is Lord Kipdersley’s

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letter, delivered to Ted that afternoon in Liverpool.” I read the letter, dated from South Audley St., and its opening phrases were illuminative. I knew now that Ted was Mr. Edward Rendall, the present leader of the labor party in the House of Commons. It read. “My dear Mr. Rendall: “This letter, which I am dispatching by airplane messenger, will reach you, I trust, before you address the fleeting this evening. The matter with which it is concerned cannot be dealt with by the Federation of Shipowners. but confirming our recent conversations Sir Philip Richardson and I are willing, between Us, to advance tomorrowSs bank-notes to the value of 50,000 pounds, to he paid to the fundi of your cause or to be made use of in any way you think fit., provided the strike threatened for tomorrow does not take place. “Faithfully yours. “GEOFFREY KINDERSLEY. “P. S.—ln your own interests, as well as cure. I suggest that you Immediately destroy this letter.” “Asa matter of curiosity,” I asked, “why did your husband not take Lord Kindersley’s advice and destroy this letter?” 1 “He told me to.” she replied. “As a matter of fact, he thought he saw me tear it up It was just at the time I was beginning to have my suspicions of Master Ted; so I tore up a circular Instead and put this by for a bit.” “A pretty clever stroke of work, too,” the man opposite murmured with an approving grin. “You put a roo In pickle for Ted that day, Lizzie.” “And serve him right, too,” the lady remarked, glancing in her mltror and making some trifling rearrangement of her coiffure. There was a brief silence. The mail drew his chair a little closer to the table and addressed me with a businesslike air. “Now. Mr. Martin, or whatever your name is. let’s finish this job up.” he proposed. “You’ve got a copy of the speech that Ted Rendall promised his pals to deliver at Liverpool, typed at Mrs. Simons' office. No. 23 Dale St. You've got the original letter from Lord Kindersley, proving up to the hilt why he didn’t deliver it: and.” he went on. striking the table with his fist, "I am now going to tell you that that 50,000 pounds was Handed over to Ted at the National Liberal Club, the following evening at 0 o’clock, and was paid in by him. to his own credit, to five different banks j on the following morning. The I names of the banks are there, in j pencil, on the back of Lord Kinder- j sley’s letter.” I leaned back in my chair and felt my way a little further. " “if we make a deal and you part with these documents to me.” I said, "what use do you expect me to make of them?” “We know pretty well whom you're acting for.” the man put in. with a knowing grin. “I guess it won't be long before Charlie Payton handles these documents, if we come to terms.” “You have no conditions to make?” I asked. “None!” the woman snapped. “I’ve finished with Ted. He’s a cur. You can publish the whole lot in the Daily Mail, if you like, for ail I care.” “Then there remains only the question of price,” I concluded. The flush of wine and the momentary expansiveness of good feeling seemed to p%ss from the faces of my two guests. A natural and anxious cupidity took its place. They feared to ask too little; they were terrified lest they might scare me away by asking too much. “They’d be worth a pretty penny to Ted,” the woman muttered. “You don't want to sell them to him,” I pointed out. “I don’t, and that's a fact,” she admitted. "Look here, Mr. Martin, they’re yours for a thousand pounds.” A thousand pounds was precisely ' the sum I had brought with me. I Without remark, I counted out the ! notes and pocketed the documents, i The man and woman seemed very surprised at this uneventful finish to the proceedings. The latter tucked away the notes in her handbag, while I paid the bill. 'When I rose to take leave of them, I could see, standing in the doorway and looking at us with a puzzled expression, a middle-aged man. who I decided at once was the individual whom I had impersonated. I said at once: “The business is over, and, I trust, pleasantly. Forgive me if I take my leave. There are others anxious to hear from me.” The woman clutched her bag with her left hand and extended her right. "Well, I'm sure you’ve been quite the gentleman, Mr. —Mr. let me see, what was the name?" "Well, it doesn’t matter, does it?” I replied, “especially as it was only assumed for the evening. Good night and good luck to you both,” I added, as I made my escape * * * There was a fine rain falling outside, but I walked steadily on, obsessed with the sudden desire for fresh air. The atmosphere of the place I had left, the character of my companions, the sordid ignominy of the transaction which I had just concluded, had filled me with disgust. Then 1 began to laugh softly to myself. It was a queer anomaly, this—that I, for whom the police of the world were always searching, should feel distaste at so ordinary an ill deed. I had robbed and struck ruthlessly enough. In my time, at whomsoever might stand in my way. but as a matter of fact, blackmailing was the one malpractice which I had never happened to practice before. In any case, as I reminded myself, the ignominious part of the affair was over. Its continuation was likely to appeal more to my sense of humor. Over a late whisky and soda that night in my room, I began to build my plans. It seemed to me that the career of Mr. Edward Rendall, M. P., and the reputation of Lord Kinderslay. were equally in my hands. It was surely not possible that the two combined would not produce a reasonable .profit upon my outlay of a thousand pounds. As I sat and smoked, another idea occurred to me, and before I retired to rest, I wrote a long letipr of instructions to Mr. Youngs hus. ad' • *

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