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2-M THE EEE: OMAIIA, " SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 192L 1 V " The YELLOW MWtmWlentine WilliamA SYNOPSIS, rvrtih. ar miinaiulra. 1m found dnad i Kbnn of tu auuulry pUnv. II irk tun, wiui hu svehrar In hit band li"Om Ornr. who bad I. It Mary Tnmrt, rarrtali-t DaJicen, W anger wan ha adauttre mwunTiary Bioliwa, u auauotkd ' 0n uanartloa wlla tba .urrnl ul.i.lo. Ua 4ud a mtxrloiu Uua P4r onaula i'arrua'f body and ad waaeaa tba Utorf Jrarrth murdorod. iiruoa Irruht, a turner etwijuy, tall (.rr of Pai-ruba l la South Afrk-a: ot VU-ua- Maruran. a poaaibta ar 1 1 ii ; of nrtati blua lotter that 1'arrtao frarad, and of Maxim auaocer tbat dla;perad I rum i'ar Mlah'a automatic. Itutortiva Maiuicrlon, who ana bean IftaUlaf fcobin. deriahoa praca and aaka help. 11a I mil thai J -oka, i-urrltib'a awrvtary. baa trlnd a (tar Bobia In a bad lwlit before Mary, and thai aa ,aOaaDf la aUU br-ur emit out for alma, do Malpaa, - rraocix oaua to rmah'a lift, aUbounh aba ' alaed. hV.Un oscbuM l'arrtab probably waa alam br ala limll' rl aiuw ho had final oua ahnt from Ilia oSamad automatic. Mary vlsiu Xraot Dulkinsbora. antrcr of aa nt cort-a, wllb oiia of tba btua klWrt. JU amda her to William 8 hula of HotUvUam. that tha aoorra of tba teller. Rliai ru dor Spycb m Oo, r-r ba bontou down. Jcakra dniira knowlwlse of any aaaa kttcra, bot later a-txla a mymenou totacram la "fcattardua, wbithn- Kublo ftlra by airplane. Hobta U m hit ill to Elian ran drr Bpyc Oo. wbra ba ta aatoumtod to ml Jtxkn. Mary rerelvee a borua lainin K-d rnaa to " VTiniam Bohnla'a rountry talara," wbcra m ailiow-txiad' oua of V noma of Vkior drura brr. Hobln enra irvJum In rooruraa with Victor and atepa bito tba motor ear with them. Oa-a tail I j country road they piub bim Into tba dttdt. EUJVaOJTn 1XSTA1XMKNX. Battle! HE 'ras furious with htmsetf for tba abject vay tn which he had been tooted Ttia man Victor hod tflvm Jeekoa hia orders hi Dutch and had purpone if picked the acft spot on the roadside and lowed down the car tn order that the un welcome Intruder might be ejected as safely M ppaFt', And to think that Robin had Mandly allowed Jeckea to open the door and throw htm ont on the roadl . - He waa round the second bend now. The sun waa shining; with quite respectable warmth and the steamy air made htm desperately hot. The perspiration rolled off Iris face. Bat he ncrer slackened his rait. Bobta knew these Continental roads and fhetr habit of running straight He reckoned onfldonOy on presently coming upon a long treteh where he might discern the car. He waa not deceived. After the second bend the cfetssjffe, just as he had anticipated, ' straightened out and ran clear away betweea an ever narrowing doable line of poplars to became a Mtnsh blob on the horizon. Bat tt the ear nothing waa to be seen. For the second time Robin pulled trp. He , Ink aerloaa owmset with hhnsetf. He eatt ' Bated that he aookl see for about three mHea Jooa; tba road. Iaoo than three minutes had ' aiapsed ahaea Us mlsadneutme, end there-' tee he was) confident that the -car should yet ' be to sight, tmiesB It had left the road, far It , ' Mould not' have warmed up to a apeedkaj sixty xxzflea aa hoar tn Ota ttme. . a no sign of the ear on the road; ft most hare left ft. Robin had . ne atde roads betww the scene of fbe . aoctdent and the, seoond bend; there- ; tea. he argued, he had the car before htm , ttO. ' He would go on. When ha started off for the thtrd time It ,jaa at a brisk walkmg pace. . Aa he went ha kept a sharp lookout to right and left of Om road for any trace of the car. It nerer am: uned to him thai to follow on foot a swift , ' aar bound for an unknown destlnatkm was -the maddest kmd of wild goose chase. He was profoundly uneusy about Mary,, but at the same time immeasurably angered by the trick played upon htm angered not so much . against Jeekea aa against the sallow-faced nan whom he recognized aa its inceptor. He had no thought for anything else. The flat Dutch landscape stretched away an either side of the road. A wtndmin or two, fbe Inevitable irrigation canals with tbear Mttle arnicas, and an occasional tree alone broke the monotony of the scene. But away to the tight Bobtn noticed a edvmp of trees aaaaWLaaW a - - a- . avav. w WaUCiia) Do BUi-nrTWcos, nngui cOaUcrirygLDfy n tfDaW m tlUUBSe Mm bo vsOdbA lie scrtiQiiJbscff ttm rou5way iDr any track of a csx. Bat on th hard Irlck ptv4 vfkeato left n mark. The flrvt , ? sale road ha cam to vaa HKewtaa pavad . jhi bf lulu &s tXHva pcxphiLctty Ro?rtn oaiaa ftabatt. Then Ms eye fe& vpasi a puddla. ' R lay an the edge of the footpath bordering the cftosssee, about Ova yards beyond the tura hag. The soft mud which skirted ft showed the punched out pattern of a studded tire! The ear had not taken this side road at any It had probably pufied ever on to the to pass the "manure cart which Bobtn had met He ashed est again aimfhsa1 hundred yards brought hhn aaoand aide road. There was no ' here, hut a soft. Bandy surfhee. And ft bora atuaity tmpi tiifed in the mod the fresh taste of a ear aa ft had turned off the road. StsskluaT Into a run, Rohtn followed the down the tui libit. Tt hsd hhn to a gato, beyond which was a twtsthnj grew! drive frtngfid with high huuets. And tha grswal showed fha sama ttra Ba vecrflted the gsto Bghfly and not Ha fha dil? a Ha waa revorvtDg ni hts head what hS next more shoutd be. Should ha walk boldly Into the bouse and confront Jeekaa and his rascally looktog companion, or ahcV he first spy out the ground and try and ascerMn whether Mary had ar rtredf Ha decided on tbe latter course. A4jatsiSngly, when an unexpected turn of tha diisa faitht him m view of a whOa paroh. ba left fhe avenue and took cover betrhsi fbe bszrel bushes. Walking soflly an tha wet gran and keeping weC down be hind the laurels, he went forward parallel with fhe drive. It ran to to a clean court yard with a coachhouse or garage on ewe and a smaS green door, swimlngty a i into the house, an the ethec I no one tn the courtyard and tbe I perCsoOy satst. FromhJepost f AM V VJWZ&ter-- r3Cw. . ASSjX i- tP'-.'-.m.thnm bta. to tha of oUaetiaBui behind tbe hrnrehi Bobtn ob served that a tall window beside the green . door comrminVttl the view serosa tbe court yard. Ha therefore retraced his atepa by tba way be had oatna. When ha waa past the corner of tbe boose ha returned to tba drive, and, keeping etose to tha bushes, walked quietly into the courtyard. ' There, hugging the won, ha crept round past the dosed doors of the garage until he found Umaelf beside the taO window adjomlmr the green door. ; The window was open a few inches at the top. From within tbe sound of voices reached him. Jeekea was speaking. Robin recogmixed his rather grating voice at once. " . . . no more violence," he was say ing; 'first Greve and now the girl. I don't Eke yoor methods, Victor . . very cemrrimsly Robin dropped cat one knee and shuffled ha ud m this position ant hia eyes were an a level with' tba window sOL He found himself looking Into a narrow loom, well Bjrtited by a seoond window at the farther end. It was apparently on office, for there was a Mgh desk running down the center and a largo safe ooonpssd a pronu nest piaee against the wall. awakes and the man Victor stood ohatUng at the desk. The yeOow faced man was gi timing; SSI ihHlll PlTTj. "Parrbah dont Bke your mefhods, TU be bound," he retorted. " Don't you worry about the Utile lady, Jeekea! Bless your heart, I wont hurt her unless . . . . , . , Tbe toud throbbing of a car at the front of the ha nee made Robin duck his head bastQy. Tbe ear, he guessed, might be round at the garage any moment and it wouM not do tor him to be discovered. He got clear of the window, rose to his feet, and thatoed round the house by the way he hod coaaa. , Then ha crossed the drive and regained the shelter of tbe htarete. CrawV hsg ah nig' nntfi he came leved with the parch, be peeped through. Iter Trevert waa Just euteiiiig fhe boose. As the girl cofhtpeed tha yellow faced man, with an adrott movement, whisked the hand kerchief off ber face and crammed it into hia pocket. Then, while he supported her wtth one arm, with the other he thrust at the door to dose ft Without paying further attention to ft he turned and, bending down, lifted tbe gtrl without an effort off ber feet and carried her across the room to the Ches terfield, upon which he laid her at fun length. Then he seized her muff which dangled from her neck by a thin platinum chain. ' Suddenly he beard the door behind htm creak. In a fash be remembered that be had not beard the cBck of the lock as he had thrrot fhe door to. He waa springtcg erect when a firm hand gripped Mm by the boric of the collar and pulled him away from the couch. Ho staggered back, striving to regain his balance, but then a savage shove dung him bead foremost iota the fireplace. 'He feU with a crash among the f re irons. But be was on his feet again in an Instant. Es sw a !!. athletic looking young man -t de couch. He bad a rcmars jl.R '" ': : ' :Vy ? VS- V J!Sr r pMM Jk, jj a mBmnd op, Mr. Smartyt Qtdek, tTymt kmar? ' v,a,1"ssa.av-' Sa p ' m Ul' dama yoa!" called oaf II. Jtmkn tttRy spjnare Jasry Mh agaas'iaara shtntflg send he breathed heavTty. He wore a blue serge suit which was heavily besineoied wtth white ! plasters, and tha trousers one knee, Straight at his throat ssasng fhe yellow faced man. ' Snmrrthmg struck hhn barf-way. The . young man had watted oompoeedly for hia coming, but as hia assanint advanced and shot out his left hand there was a sharp . crock and tha yellow-faced man, reeling, ' dropped face downwards on the carpet wltb . out a sound. In bis fan his foot caught a small table on which vase of chrysanthe mums stood and the whole thtng went over with a loud crash. Ha mode a apasmodto effort to rise, hoisted himself on to his knees, swayed again, and then ooDnpsed full length . on the floor, where be hty motlonleem, Tha sound of the tan aaaaaad to awwisii the girl. She stirred useaafiy once or twine. "What . . . what h) stf aha nwnV tered and was atffl agate. Bending down, the yoana; man gafhwed her up tn his arms and bora bar ont through the door with the brae em tain through a plainly furnished art of office with high .; desks and stoosi and ont by a afdo door into ' a paved yard. There an open car was stand ing. The fresh air Humid to revtve tha girl further. .As the jjonug man bad her an the seat she struggled up into a sitting position and passed her hand ncraaa ber forhead, . -. "What Is tha matter with met" she -said tn a dosed voice. "I feel bo flU" ' Then catching sight of tha young man as he peered Into her face she exclaimed: Ttoblnl" , "Thank God, yorjrVe all right, Mary, said Robin. "We've not got a moment to lose. We must get away from here ejutek!" He was at fixe bonnet cranking up the car. But tha engine, chfQed by the cold air, refused to start. As be was straining at the handle a man dashed suddenly Into fbe yard by the office door. , It was Jeekea. Tha ntQe accjetaij was a changed man. He stm wore his pince-nez. ' But his rand air had utterly forsaken him. "His face was HvM, his eyes bulged horribly from Ms head, and his whole body was trem- bUng with emotion. ' In his band he held an otrtomatle pistol. He came so fast that he was at the car and had covered Robin with . his weapon before fhe other had seen him. Mr. Jeekes left Robin no time to act He called cut tn a votes t rang; Eke a pistol shot: "Hands up. Me. Smart! e! Quick, dyou hearf Put 'em up, " your Slowly, deftnantly, the ytmug man raised his arms above his head. Mr, Jeekes stood close to the driver's seatl having prudently put tbe car between him self and Robin. As he stood .there, his auto matic leveled at the young man, a remark able thing happened. A black, soft surface v suddenly fell over bis face and was pulled back with a brisk tug. Mary Trevert, stand- - trrg up tn tha back seat of the car, had firmg "her fur over the secretary's head from be hind and caught him In a noose. Before . ICr. Jeekes could disentangle himself Robin i . v .. ' " was at his throat and hsd borne hhn to the ' ground. The pistol was knocked skillfully from his hand and fell clattering on tbe Robin pounced down on ft Then for the first time be smiled, a sanzry smfie that Bt up hia blue eyes. ' ' "Bravo, Maryf be said.,' "That w' an ' ideal Now then, Jeekes," bo. ordered, "crank up that ear. And ba quick; about Itl We want to be offT r,.:-?i": v-v V,-. The Tittle aectetary was a lamentable sight. ' He was bleeding from a cut on the forehead, his clothes were covered with dust, and his glasses had been broken In bis fan. Peering helplessly about him, he walked to the bonnet of the car and sullenly grasped the handle. The smfie had left Robin's face and Mary no ticed that he looked several times anxiously at the office door. And then suddenly tbe engine bit Hand ing the pistol to the girl, Robin warned her to keep tbe secretary covered and, leaping into the driving seat, turned the ear Into theave . nue which curved round the house. Mr. Jeekes made no further show of fight ' He remained standing In the center of the ' courtyard, a ludicrous, rather pathetic fig ure. As the tires of the car gritted on the gravel of the drive, the office door waa flung open and the yellow faced man ran out, . brandishing a big revolver. " Stop!" he shouted, and ' leveled his weapon. The car seemed to leap forward and took a sharp turn on two wheels Just as the man fired. - The bullet struck the wan of the house and set up a shower of plaster. Before he could fire again the ear was round the bouse and put of sight But as the ear whizzed round the turn an instant before the yellow faced man fired, the girl heard a sharp cry from Jeekes: r. "Don't Victor! . . ."" The" rest of the sentence waa lost in the roar of the engine as the car raced away down the drive. They left the avenue m a splutter of wet gravel. The gate stm stood open. They wheeled furiously into the side road and re . gained the chausxe. Aa yet there was no sign of pursuit Tbe car rocked dangerously over the broken pavi so Robin, after a glance., behind, steadied her down to an easier pace. Mary, who looked very pale and tn, was lying back on the back seat wtth her eyes closed. They ran easily Into Rotterdam, as, with a terrific Jangle of tunes played Jerkily on the chimes, the clocks were striking two. Robin slowed down as they approached the center of the city. "Where are you staying, Mary T" be asked. He had to repeat the question several times before she gave him an address. Then he found himself in a quandary. He was in a strange town and did not know a word of the language so as to be able to ask the way. However, ' he solved the dUUculty without great trouble. He beckoned to a newspaper boy on the square outside the Bourse and, holding up a two gulden piece. Indicated by signs that he desired hhn as a guide. The : boy comprehended readily enough and. springing on the footboard of the' car, Vroorht them safebr to the hotoL Robin loft Mary and the ear in charge of tha boy ' ad want to the ofnes and aakad to are tba ' 4 . manager. Ha bad decided 'awnt.tan.'.' ;.,.. "MUs Trevert," ba aaid when tha maa- had pro- i dentist and Would . up to i telephone for , a doctor. If there is an lCngltan doctor la Rotterdam,' X should prefer to have html" ''" The manager clicked ' In sympathy. He dispatch ad a lady typist and a cbanbennoid to help Mary out ot the car. " "For a doctor." he said, "it ees fortunate. We "eve on English doctor staying' in so beta! . now' sheep's doctor. . He la la aft , lounge. Kef you come heinf . ' The " sheep's doctor " proved to be a doctor off one of tha big liners, a clean shaven, red teed, hearty sort of person who readily vol- , iiteeied his aerrtcea. Aa Robin was about to follow ' him into the lift - tha manager .. stopped him.' ,- . .' . : , ' "Zero was a shentelman can to see Meoa .Trevert,'' he said, " two or three time 'e been . ' 'ere .' a ' Sherman shentelman, T3 ' leave 'er a note " . ' ,r wW you take it?" ' ., . ; Greatly ponded,' Robin Greve balanced in his hands the letter which the manager pro-. duced from a pigeonhole. Then he tore open ' ' tha envelope. s . v , ' "Dear Miss Trevert," he read, "I was ex- : tranely sorry to miss you this morning. Di ' rectly I received your message I called at , your hotel, but, though 'I hove been back twice, I have not found you In. . Circum- stances have arisen which make it impera tive that I should see you as soon as pos sible. This is tnoit urgent. I will come back at four o'clock, as I cannot got away before. Do not leave the hotel on any pretext until you have seen me aad DuDclnghorn's" letter as Identification. Tou are In grave danger? The note was signed "W. Schulz." " H'm," was Robins comment " be writes like an Englishman anyway." He ascertained the number of Mary Tre vert's room and went up to her floor in tha lift He waited in the corridor outside the room for the doctor to emerge and lit a elgaretta to while away the time. It was not until ho had nearly finished hia seoond elgaretta that the doctor appeared. The doctor hesitated on seeing Robin. Then he stepped close up to him. Robin noticed that his red face was more flushed than usual and his eyes were troubled. "What's this cock and ban story about ana you've put up to tba manager?" he said bluntly in a low voice. " The glrTa bean doped with chloroform, as wen you know. You'll be good enough to come downstairs : . to the manager with me. . . ." Robin took out his note case and produced a. card. '"" ; '" '" :-7. " That's my name," he said. " TouH see that I'm a barrister. . ..",. " Well?" said the doctor in a noncommittal voice after he had rad the card. " "I'm not surprised to hear you say thai . Miss Trevert has been doped," Robin re .. marked. "I found her here in a house on the outskirts of Rotterdam in the hands' of two men, one bf whom is believed to be im plicated In a mysterlouB case of suspected murder in England. Through the part he played this morning he has probably run his head Into the noose. But he'll have it out again if we delay an instant I told the manager that yarn about the dentist to avoid Inquiries and waste of time. I have here a note from some man I don't know, addressed to Miss Trevert warning her of a grave danger threatening her. It corroborates to some extent what I have told you. Here read it for yourself. " . ,. He handed the doctor the note signed " W. Sctiulz." The doctor read it through carefully. "What I would propose to you," said Robin," is that we two should go off at once to this Herr Schulz and find out exactly what he knows. Then we can decide what action there is to be taken. ..." He paused for the doctor's reply. The lat-, ' ter searched Robin's face with a glance. "I'm your man," he said shortly. . "And by the way, my name's Colllngwtxxl Robert Collingwood." ' "There's a car downstairs, said Robin, " and a guide to show us the way. Shall we go?" Five minutes later, under the newsboy's expert guidance, the car drew up in front of the small clean house with the neat green ' door bearing the name of "Schulz." Leav- ' ing the boy to mind the car they rang the bell. The door was opened by the fat woman in the pink drent dress. ' - Robin gave the woman his card. On it he had written "About Miss Trevert" Speak ing in German the woman bade them rather roughly to bide where they were and de parted after closing the front door in their . faces. She did not keep them waiting long, - however, for in about a minute she returned. Herr Schulz would receive the gentlemen, she said. . Within the house was spotlessly clean with that characteristic German house odor which always seems to be a compound of cleaning material and hot grea. v, Up a nar row staircase, furnished -in plain oil-cloth with brass stair rods, they went to a landing on the first floor. Here the woman motioned them back and, bending her head in a lis tening attitude, knocked. "Herein!" cried a guttural German voice. The room Into which they entered would have been entitled to a place in any museum . for showing the mode of life of the 20th cen- . . tury Germans. With its stuffy red rep cur- tains, its big green majolica stove, its heavy mahogany furniture, its- oleographs of Bis marck, Room and Moltke, it might have been lifted bodily from a bourgeois house in the Fatherland. A man was sitting at a mahogany roD top desk as they entered. The air in the room was thick with the fumes of the cheap Dutch cigar he was smoking. He was a sturdily-built fellow with blonde hair shaven so close to the skull that at a distance he seemed to be bald. At the sound of their entrance he rose and faced them. When he stood erect the sturdiness of his build became accentuated and they saw he was a man of medium height but so muscular that he looked much shorter. A pair of large tortoise shell spec ' fades straddled the big beaklike nose, and , he wore a heavyish blonde mustache with Its points trained upwards and outwards rather after the fashion made famous in tha Fatherland by WlUiam Hohoruollorn. In , his Ul out cult of cheap looking blue serge which ha wore with a pea green Us, Robin - thought he looked altogether a typical sped. . men of the German of the noncommissioned fflcer class, '" "Tou ask for met" be said in deep guU . tural accents, looking at Robin. " I am Herr , Bchuta!" The German's manner was cold and formal ; 004 Robin telt a little dashed. .'. "My name la Greve," ha began rather i , hurriedly. " I understand you received a visit today from a young English' lady, a .. 'Miss Trevert. ..." ' . ' Tbe German let his eyes travel slowly from . Robin to the doctor and back again. Ha did ' 'not offer them a chair and ail three remained ' standing. . , . " Te ea and what If I dldT " . -. Robin felt his temper rising. ' .. " Tou wrote a note to Miss Trevert at her hotel warning her that sha was in danger. I want to know why you warned her. What led you to suppose that she was threatened? Herr Sohuls made a1 little gesture of the , hand. . '. " Was I not right to warn ber? " ' Indeed you were,'! Robin asserted with '.. conviction. "Sha was spirited away and ; . drugged, . ." ' The German started. A frowning pucker " appeared Just above the bridge of his big,' spectacles and he raised his head quickly. - " Drugged? " he said. " Certainly," said Robin. " This gentleman ' with me is a doctor. . . pr. Robert Col- ' ' llngwood of the Red Lion Line. Ha bas ex 7 amined Miss Trevert and can corroborate my ; statement" .'"By Gad!" exclaimed Herr Schulz and this time his English was faultless and Puent ; " shut that door behind you, Mr. Greve, ' and shoot the bolt that's it Just below tha . knob! Sit down, alt down, and while I mix 'you a drink, you must tell me about this! " . In uttering those words Herr Schuls seemed suddenly to become loose-limbed and , easy. His plethoric rigidity of manner van- . ished and, though he spoke with a brisk air of authority, there was a Jovial ring In hia voice which instantly Inspired confidence. With the change the Illusion supported by his ap'palling clothes was broken and he looked like a man dressed up for charades. " Are you English? " asked Robin in ' astonishment "Only in this room," was the dry reply, " and don't you or our friend, the doctor here, forget' it You'U both take whisky? Three fingers will do you good,. Mr. Greve, for I see you've had a roughtsh time this morning. " Say when!" He spurted a siphon Into three glasses. ' " Before we go any further," be went on, ' "perhaps I had- better Identify myself to aave any further misunderstandings, dont you know. Do either of you gentlemen hap pen to know a party called Dulktnghorn? Tou may have heard of him, Mr. Greve, for ' I can see you have been In the army. . . . " Not Ernest Dulkinghorn of tha War 0 ' flee? asked Robin. ' " The Identical party." "I never met him." said Robhv "But I was at the War Office for a bit before I waa demobilized, and I heard fellows speak of him. Counter-espionage, isn't he?" . "That's right" nodded Herr "Scire. ' "Ton ... con read his letter to me Introducing Mtaa ., Trevert" " v ...:;..; ,.,. r,' ,. He handed a sheet of paper' to Robin. -"Dear Schulz," it ran. "Victor Marbranl ; " push appear to be connected with Hartley - Parrlsh, who has Just met his death under auspicious circumstances. Tou win have read about it In the English papers. Miss . ,, - Trevert was engaged to H. P. and has a letter from EUas van der Spyck and Com pany, .which she found on Parrlsh 's desk after his death. I should say that the Mar-bran-Parrish connection would repay inves tigation. Tours, E. Dulkinghorn. "P. S. The letter is, of course, in con.' ventional code. "P. P, S. Don't frighten the lite out of the Trevert girl, you unsympathetic brute! " Robin read the letter through to the end. " Then Mary Trevert bas this letter from Rotterdam which we have been hunting for," he cried. " Have you seen it? " Herr Schulz shook his head. "Miss Trevert called here this morning he said, " when I was out She gave her let. . ter to Frau Wirth, my housekeeper, with her card and address. Frau Wirth was cleaning; . the plate on the front door, and a moment after Miss Trevert had gone a feller appeared and said he was a friend of Miss Trevert. ' who had made a mistake and left the wrong letter. My housekeeper is well trained and .wouldn't give the letter up. But she made, the fatal mistake of telling the feller exactly -what he wanted to know and' that was who the letter was addressed to. ' The letter is addressed to Herr Schulz,' said this excellent -. woman, ' and if there's any mistake he will find it out when he opens it' And with that she told him to clear out Which, having got all be wanted, he was glad enough . to do! " " What was this chap like? " asked Robin: ., The big man shrugged his shoulders. - - "I can teach my servants discretion," he replied, whimsically, " but I can't teach 'em to use their eyes. Frau Wirth could remem ber nothing about this feller except that he wasn't tall and wore a brown evercoat. ..." "Jeekes!" cried Robin, slapping his thigh, "He must have been actually coming away from your place when I met him. . . ." . . " And who," asked the big man, reflectively contemplating the amber fluid In his glass, ' who Is Jeekes? " In reply Robin told him the story of Hart ley Parrish's death, his growing certainty that the millionaire had been murdered, the mysterious letters on slatey blue paper, and Jeekes' endeavor to burke the investigations by throwing on Robin the suspicion of hav ing driven Parrlsh to suicide by threats. He told of his chance meeting with Jeekes In Rotterdam that morning, his adventure at the Villa Bergendal, his finding and rescue of Mary Trevert and their escape. . Herr Schulz listened attentively and with out interruption until Robin had reached the' end of his story. " There's one thing you haven't explained." he said, "and that's how Miss Trevert came to walk into the bands of these precious . , ruffians. . . ." " There, perhaps, I can help you," said the ' . doctor from behind one of Herr Schulb's rank cigars. " I have it from Miss Trevert herself. Some one impersonating you, Mr. er, ahem Schulz, telephoned ber this morning after she had left her letter of introduction here, asking her to come out to lunch at your country house. She suspected nothing and went off In the car they sent for ber. , . ." "By George!" said the big man, thought fully, " I suspected some game of this kind . when I heard of the attempt to get at that letter of introduction. If I only could have .' cot hold of Marbran this mornlnc - Conttrmpa Kt Funday. (Copyright liU by Tba Chicago Tribune.) . -S