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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY. ~~ Bamuel Honeybun, retired English oun n, finds blood in his. rain- on the. morning of the death of Francis Lathrop. Sir Francls' iter, Margaret, had planned to ~ 8ir Guy Lithrop against her fath- or's wish, Sir Guy is suspected of the murder Inspector Roake of Scotland Yard, While Adrian Klyne, private detective, 'employed 'by Margaret, succeeds in op ng as Lord Bulpeter to Roake, but os ionplussed by the strange behavior Adela Larkin, daughter of Rev. Sep- . timus Larkin and niece of Silas Stam- page, who reported blood found in his gauge on two occasions. Silas Stampage writes to Rev. S. Larkin and exposes Lord Bulpeter as an im- postor. Klyne, out for a stroll, meets Adela. . She reveals her surmise of Klyne's disguise. Klyne attempts to bluff, al- though for the moment, less interested in sleuthing than in the fetching miss before him. Adela and Klyne agree to join forces. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. "A letter from your Uncle Silas," be said, handing her the document and watching her as she read. "I' think. you told me that you had met thie Lord Bulpeter, whose services Roake has commandeered," he said as she passed the letter back. "What age should you say he is?" . *Adela screwed up her eyes, as though to fathom her father's inten- tion in putting the question. "Unless he is made up to look younger than he is I should put him * down at about thirty-five," she replied. , "Then he is an imposter," declared Mr. Larkin. "You have seen what your Uncle Silas writes about his age. No one would be so silly as to try to deceive a Scotland Yard detective by disguising himself." "Why have you shown me this let- ter? What is it that you want me to do?" Adela inquired of her parent. "As Inspector Rodke seems unable to help himself it ds our duty as good citizens, to help him," the Rector re- Joined. "This false Lord Bulpeter - will be the undoing of him otherwise | --upset his plans for the arrest of Sir Francis Lathrop's murderer. A hint might be dropped to--er--our execu- tioner--I méan Wilmot, the chauffeur --+that Roake's understudy would make an ornamental addition to King- dom Come." "Why not call a spade a spade, father?" said Adela. "You want the chauffeur to do the self-styled Lord Bulpeter in. I agree that he is a dan- } and I subscribe to the view of Silas that this man cannot be his former patient. He is certainly not a fat, lethargic, little creature over fifty years of age. He is fairly tall, brisk, and he cannot be a day over thirty-five, if so much. If you will _ Jeave the mattér to me I will under- take to clip this gentleman's claws." "You will set Wilmot on to him?" "In_w case of this kind, father, even to you I had better not be more specific. © If, later, you have to dy Jmowledge your denial will come more matorally if it is genuine." Adela, as sly a little miss as ever men, prepared for the fray 'orth in her smartest low- cut blouse and most bewitching bat. Her walk took her past the inn, and the only mistake she made was that when Lord Bulpeter overtook her she rather overdid her start of astonish- ment. - "You nearly made me jump out of my skin!" she exclaimed. "That would have been rough on your skin," was the gallant reply. "If my eyes do not deceive me 1 see 4 convenient hayrick in yonder meadow. Come, let us seek its friendly shelter for our conference. When you sailed past the inn just now I guessed that you wanted to confer." Ensconced in the fragrant shay, Adela commenced the "conference" by showing her companion .Mr. Stam- page's letter. He smiled during its perusal and handed it back with the remark: "Fairly conclusive, isn't it? It will help me to draw the net a little closer: What worries me most at the moment ja how, to wind up without involving your father in the scandal. He does Adédla wommenced the confer- ence by showing her companion Mr. Stanipage's letter. not seem to have shown much discre- tion in his selection of a brother-in- law." - "Don't you worry about ns," replied Adela stoutly, "You wouldn't if you had heard father discussing you after rooting in Debrett." He was for set- ting Wilmot on to you." "With homicidal intentions?" "He didn't say so, but I inferred as |. "It-would interest me much to Jearn who initiated the idéa?" Lord Bul- peter's double inquired in gentle tones. "You will have to keep guessing," laughed Adela. "Anyhow I shall not tell. you. Because," she added more soberly, "I really don't know. "One thing 1 can swear to. Father didn't come into It till after the murder." "So I have always figured it," was Wilmot. I avant you to conmive at that, Nol has occurred to make them think that you are now. in the camp of their 'enemies?' - = 7 © "1 believe they still regard me as my father's aide-de-camp." : s "Then I will sketch out a plan for my undoing for you may take all the credit, unless you like to spare sotfie of it for Mr. Larkin." The sketth of the plan for his own murder was concluded in five minutes, {but the conference did not break up [till half an hour later. But the last part of it was not concerned with the Lathrop case; or indeed with anything but' the most intimate and private matters. . Mr. Samuel and Mr. James Honey- bun eat smoking in the summer-house at the edge of the lawn at The Larches when the parlor maid announced that Miss Adela Larkin had called: "Bring het out here)' said Mr. Honeybun. Preceded by the parlormaid, Adela came tripping up to the two gentlemen in the summer-house. "No, 1 won't sit down, thanks," she said as they politely made room for her on the bench. . "Of course I shouldnt be so for- ward as to call on you, Mr, Honeyburf, on my own. I am really a messenger, but the message is not for you. It's for the chauffeur you recently. engag- ed. Wilmot, I think his name is, Used to be with Mr. Symes of Long Paston Manor." : That was all right. Both the Honey- buns jumped to the conclusion that the message came from the Reverend Mr. Larkin. But, true to his forty years of "business" in the City of London, Mr. Samuel showed caution. His smile was friendly not to say paternal. "All right, missy," he said. "You shall see. Wilmot and hand him the message. But you might givé us a hint of what it is about. These days servants are treacherous beasts, and we have to keep tabs on 'em." "Don't I know it!, I spend all my time at the rectory screwing our wretched maids up tothe mark," was Adela's unveracious reply. "Yes, I will let you a little way in behind the soenes, but not very far. Dad told me not to, because he thought it would be fairer for the people running the show to incur all the risks. You had better read this letter, Mr. Honeybun." She tendered the epistle received from Uncle Silas. The grizzled head and the black one bent over it, the perusal, judging by frequent .oaths, giving rise to much agitation. The elder Honeybun handed the letter baci k. "Well?" he barked. (To be continued.) lpg Lovesight. Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a dual genius. He was ome of England's greatest painters, and aleo a great poet. As a poet, his memory will live for "The Blessed Damozel," written before he was twenty, and for his son- nets. The following is perhaps the finest he ever wrote:-- When do I see thee most, beloved one? When in the light the epirits of mine eyes . Before thy face, their altar, solémn- ize The worship of that Love thrBugh thee made known? 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