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Jtmill* 22, 1905.
FOURTH PAGE
7HE SUNNY SOUTH
The Scarlet Bat, |
Fergus Hume, Author of
. "Th,Mystary of m Hantom Cat," _
| "Th, Golden Idol,'" Etc |
- i ■■ ***»^*irt X
N. Tale of Intrigue, f
Love and Mystery in |
the Metropolis of the |
j World
SYNOPSIS OF PREOEIDJNG CHAP- surprise, must have died instantly. It
TERS: A disturbance occurs in a thou- was impossible to say whether he was
ter bar between Lancaster, a journalist, knlfed flrst or shol nist—but that waj
and atnan named Starth. who, forun of-, pan of tho doctor's evidence. A card
bad been found torn in two and lying
ferupive remark, is knocked down
are regarded as being in love with .'lias
Berry, premiere in the now musical com
edy, and Miss Berry’s father it is—a
man with a bad reputation, acquired
abroad—who sees Starth safely into a cab
Lancaster, who is not. however, follow,
ins at Miss Berry’s heels, is free to give
his attention to one of the faces in the
boxes, which turns out to be that of
Starth’s sister. As he leaves the theater
a stranger, claiming the faculty to read
the future In hands and faces, warns
Lancaster that if lie meets again tho
man with whom he has quarrelled one of
them .must die. Starth writes asking
Lancaster to call, that Starth may apol
ogize, and Lancaster, after duly arming
himself with a revolver, goes. The tea
which the host offers contains opium,
and Lancaster loses consciousness. Awak
en the floor. It bore the name of Frank
Lancaster and an address. On the silver
plate of the derringer were the initials
"F. L.,” so the inspector, presuming
that Lancaster, owner of the pistol, was
the assassin, had called at the address
given on the card to arrest him.
At this point the coroner said that wit
ness was assuming too much.
Inspector Herny submitted the revolver.
Captain Berry, with whom the inspector
had come into contact at Lancaster’s
chambers—where he was paying a visit—
stated that the two men were bitter rivals
for the hand of his niece. Miss Berry,
known on the stage as Fairy Fan
“Why was not
ders. But Mr. Starth could ’ave let any
one in. 1 left him with Mr. Lancaster,
that’s all I knows. W’en I come back
after leaving Alf, I saw. ’im dead, w’en
I brought the lamp. 1 nearly dropped
with ’orror, an’ after puttin' the lamp
down I ran to woller on the kitchen
door with fear till missus come an’ shook
me up. I wos too feared to holler fur
tlio perliee.”
When Tilly was dismissed witli a
streaming face to the companionship of
Alf, who lurked at the back of the court.
Captain Berry was called. The little
skipper looked harder than ever, and
delivered his evidence in a dry fashion
with unwinding eyes and without saying
more than was needfiff. His language
smacked of the great Waste Lands.
“Yes, sir, I guess I knew the corpse,
and Lancaster. They’ fair hated one an-
, other, and there were always a shine be-
LAncaster arrested, i tween them when they met. My niece
sent ’em fair crazy. Thev both'wanted
“He fled, sir.” replied Herny. “After , to marry her> but she shied when tI
the committal of the crime lie did not her . Sh( . didn - t want to run in
return to his rooms. The’ last seen of him | double , ial . ness with eithw . Not muoh
was when he passed Matilda Samuels ai r tried to mak( . them tWo bovs friends
few minutes after 9 o’clock.” but , they wouldn . t cotton to on anot hcr
The doctor who had examined the body nohow starth dId U q uidate considerable
*1 ^ ! deposed that either wound was sufficient , ,, —*.*,.
near by, and they cull on the lady. She to cauae death . From lhe condition of 1 A h . ,7 ,
has. however, answered the summon to I , . . , , , r>i< Oh! he came right along, callin
town, and they learn from her eompan- . tl ’ e ; )0lly ’ le fbought 1 hat the man wa? Lancaster high and mighty names I
lo n that Berry had offered a X200 re-; killed between 6 and 8 o’clock it was J wanted to , the stopppr on Stal .' th - s
ward for the murderer. Jarman credits the doctors opinion that Starth had been | j aw
Berry with being at the bottom of the j shot first ind stabbed afterward. In
ing in the dark he stumbles over what
proves to be Starth's dead body. His j asked the coroner,
own revolver is missing, in n flush Vie
sees how circumstantial evidence is
against him. and dazed and bewildered
he passes out into the street. He goes
io Jarman, a friend living in Essex, who
provides him with a disguise and 'Shel
ters him as private secretary. Jarman
Is in love with Miss Starth, who In
to cause death. From the condition of
the body he thought that the
Whole affair.
he puts it, in
Jar phrase—“because of the scarlet bat
CHAPTER V.
The Inquest.
11FRE was i-onsiiii-ra ble ex
citement over the murder
in Sand-lane, especially in
theatrical and journalistic
circles. The deceased was
a well-known figure in Bo
hemia. as for years lie hud
consorted with actors, with
reporters, and with sun
dry idle men. who, doing
nothing themselves, sought
the company of those
gifted with creative and
mimetic powers. Walter
Starth being cursed with enough to live
on, had developed into a thorough loafer,
and chose Bohemia to dwell in, because
its gaslight attractions were congenial
to his mind. Occasionally he wrote an
article or short story himself, and .some
times walked oil in a melodrama as a
guest; but he never did any real work,
preferring idle talk and ooustant drink
ing. He was not a favorite with the
Slaves of the Limp, but his burly figure
and red head wore excessively familiar.
Consequently immense curiosity was
manifested regarding his untimely and
terrible death.
Frank concealed under tin- dyed hair
and brown face of Desmond o’Xeil, wish
ed Eustace to la* pres'-ni at lhe inquest,
but Jarman did not think it was wise to
put’ in an appearance.
“Is Mildred stopping in town for the
inquest?”
“Yes. Mrs. Forth lias gone up also,
as the poor girl is much -lit up. A
brother is a brother, however bad lie
may be.”
Frank reflected for a few moments.
“E-utst'ace.” sad he at last, ’’du you re
member what I told you about Starth
taunting me with not knowing my father.
That’s true, you know.”
”Yes. But afterwards lie confessed
tlgit be said that only to get you dun-
dered. ’’
“How did he know that he would rile
me in that way? Why should iie hit
the bull’s-eye with a pot-shot? I fan
cied at the time that you might have
told him something.”
"Aol” denied Jarman. '1 keep my
pores open and my mouth shut. It's
probable that Starth learnt something
about your family history from the
egregious Berry."
’But how does Berry n
anything?"
“That's one of the thin
find out. one of the elenier
with his attitude toward you.”
“Do you think he knows what the
Scarlet Bat means?”
“Yes. He knows moi
and on the face of ii
made your acquraintan
into trouble. Witness tl
suvgu- j vindictive spirit the
sassin might
"That depends on what you call love.
I certainly had a fancy for her. 1 thought
her pretty and fascinating, and she was
always on her best behavior with me.
1 think she liked me more than a little.
Eustace laid one big Anger on the Dally
Telegraph significantly. "It looks like
it,” said lie.
“Berry’s put her against me." replied
Frank in disturbed tones. "I'll swear
that she would never lie like that, unless
she was put up to it in some way. She
did like me, although she was always
too selfish to love any one but herself.
Jewels, laees. carriage and pair, admira
tion and cutting a dash—that was what
Fairy Fan desired. I could not offer her
these things, so she was careful no! to
compromise herself with mo In any way
I never got so far as asking her to
marry me. though I don't know hut what
T mightn't have been such an ass had !
not changed m mind.”
“And what caused you to change your
mind, my son?"
Frank looked oddly at the big man. and
then fixed bis eyes studiously on bis pipe,
while making an.evasive reply. “T saw
some one T liked better." he explained,
“and then my admiration for Fairy Fan
searned to vanish like a cloud <d smoke,
j After 1 saw that other face, 1 thought
j no more of Fan- and was -able to tell
I Starth with a -clear mind that I didn't
| care about her. I'd.have danced at his
{ wedding with pleasure."
i “H'm! And who i.g the—no, T have no
| right to ask that. But to continue with
j ibe lady's evidence.. We know lie the
| first. And tin- second?"
“I never expressed any wish to her that
Starth should die. I told her. certainly,
t,hat I sometimes carried a revolver when
slumming. But 1 never mentioned that
it belonged to my father, nor did I show
it to her. Lastly. I never said that my
father's name was the same as my own to
Fan.”
‘Was U?”
"Well, yes. Francis, same as mine.”
“And did the revolver belong to hint?”
j “It did. 1 got i! from my aunt. There
' was a silver plate on it with m.v father’s
i initials, and my own. of course."
I “She might have seen the revolver pro
duced in court," said Jarman, tbought-
' fully; “but why should she state that it
j was your father's?”
| “Chance shot!" suggested Frank.
“No. She knew the initials on it were
nir father's and not yours. H'm! She’s
1 vant leaving at 9 If Lancaster were jspeetor Henry Baird admitted reluctant- jin this conspiracy along with Berry.”
(guilty, he must have slopped in the rooni|lJ' that Lancaster had threatened to kick j Lancaster rose to pace the room in an
with his victim's body for over an hour, i Starth out of the world and that the two exasperated manner. "Why should there
The murder took place between 6 and 8| rnen were on the worst of terms. ; be a conspiracy?" I. demanded,
o'clock, and Lancaster did not leave till : Afterwards followed the cause of the I "You’ve asked me that before,” said
after 9 o’clock. trouble. Fairy Fan. <*quisiie!y dressed, j Jarman, calmly, "and 1 have replied that
“M-ost irregular, these remarks,” said arul quite overcome with emotion, depos- |l think money is at the bottom of it.
the coroner,, discontentedly. "Vuu have -that the two men both asked her to Evidently Berry Tot ed his acquaintance
no right to assume so much. Which'-marry them, she refused both, as she lon you; and Fairy Fan made the running
wound killed the man?” - wished to stay with her dear uncle. | to create jealousy rind bring about this
"Either wound would cause death," saidjStarth and Lancaster hated one another, j catastrophe. Money , my boy!”
tlte doctor, sticking to his opinion, “but I hul she never thought it would come to j Frank sat down in despair. “I don't
it is my belief that the poor wretch was j Starth usually started the quarrel, see if.” he said, pushing his hands into
shot. The mutilation was an after-1 but "'as always Lancaster who threat- litis pockets. “Supposing there is money
jaw. but Lancaster sailed in and lev-
lled him straight. A pretty hitter is
1 Lancaster; y dd n’t call it square of
a ; to wish another out of’ the world ”
ltd led | -Djd Lancaster say that?” asked (he
i coroner.
wit-; Berry spat and nodded. “Several times
r.ess had referred to the assassin as “he.” | you belt. He said he'd like t » wring
How did he know that the criminal was ajgtarth's neck, that he'd be better out of
tnan? ! tlle world than in it. and that he’d like
The doctor answered that he did not to kick him out of the world. Oh, there
know, but the presumption favored a male (was an holy show, r took Starth home
tainly
knife.
Starth
The -
have mutilated the body with the
He was convinced that he
with the revolver.
■oroner Interposed. Twice Ili>
criminal. It was improbable that a wom
an would be such a straight shot (the
doctor had been in South America and
talked so), and. moreover, the knife had
been driven so deeply into the heart that
lie doubted whether a woman would have
strength to inflict such a wound. Be
sides. after firing the shot and securing j Don't know anythin' of th' knif
her purpose, a woman would never have heard as Lancaster was in 'Frist
had Hit- nerve to stop in the room for
over an hour.
"There is uo evidence that any woman
stopped in the room for ail hour."
The witness explained that he was
thinking of inspector Herny’s remark of
Lancaster having been seen by the ser-
but he never let on that he was goin’ to
make it up with Lancaster next day.
They made no appointment as I heard
on. Oh! l guess Lancaster had a row
witli Starth in bis own shanty, and let
out at him with the Derringer. A clean
shot, sir.” Berry spat again. “Tile knife?
But I
so he might have imported a bowie. Yes, |
sir. that wound was made by a bowie." |
Berry said much more to the same ef- I
fed. and appeared to be quite stile that i
Lancaster was guilty, lie was followed I
by Baird, who had been imported into j
tile ease by the skipper on ,i word to 'In- j
thought.” ened. He frequently
When this witness stepped down, Mrs. [that Starth was dead
Beits, the landlady, was called. She knew I that
(though for the lift
where it's to come
>f m<
uT think
why is it need-
Berry and
know
must |
lected
nothing at all. Oil that day she had gone
to a wedding—one oi her cousins—and
had been absent from midday till half
past nine. She returned to find Tilly
(the servant) in hysterics, altd her
lodger dead. She then called ill the po
lice. Mrs. Betts never knew that her
lodger expected any’ one. He had said
nothing to her. She had never given
Tilly permission to go out during her
absence, and bad severely reprimanded
her for leaving the fcouse. It was Tilly's
duty to have remained in, until Mrs.
Betts returned. The landlady declared
that she never heard of any quarrel, that
she never saw Lancaster, and that she
knew of no one likely to have killed her
lodger. Mr Starth was a quiet gentle
man in the house, whatever lie may have
been outside. He rarely bad a visitor.
Captain Berry was one of the few who
called. Sometimes Mr. Starth would go
away for a week, and always returned
looking ill.
All this and much more of little ac-
expressed a wish
Lancaster told her
n slumming for his newspaper | ful for me to be hanged, befoi
h< ‘ sometimes carried a revolver. The I Fairy Fan get it ?' "
weapon produced in court was his. She ! "That's what nuzzles me." said Eus-
..id seen it once. ]t had belonged to his j trier, nodding. t'.u-y wanted you out
father. Lancaster said. The elder Lan- of the way. they’ could have polished
’asters name was Frank also, hence ] you off at Sand-lane -as easily as they
initials on the silver plate. The death did Starth."
th
of Starth and the wickedness of Lancas
ter had inflicted two severe shocks on
her. so that she had been out of the bill
at the Piccadilly theater. She never
thought Lancaster was so blood-thirsty.
He always seemed to be such a quiet
young- man. Startlfs language was cer
tainly most insulting.
Mildred Starth was then called. Sre
deposed that she was a sister of the de
ceased. She lived in Essex, and saw verv
little of her brother. They got on pretty-
well. but she was fond of a quiet life,
and her brother was never happv unless
he was leading a fast one. On the nig tit
previous to the murder she was in town.
Her brother was in tho box at the Pic
cadilly theater; that was the last she
saw of him. He seemed excited. an<T a
than you do,
lie purposely
l.o gt-t you
way in which
he brought you and Starth together and
secured Fairy Fan's 'aid to make bad
blood between you. lie wanted Starth
dead and you hanged. At least, 1 think
so: but, of course, I'm groping in the
dark.”
"But what is he driving at." asked
Frank, much puzzled.
"I don't know. Money, I should say."
"tfuj far as I know, there's no money-
worth all this trouble on Berry's part
coming my way.”
"Observe, my son,” said Jarman, pa
ternally, "so far as you know. That is
the crux of the whole thing. You are
as puzzled as myself over the meaning
of the scarlet baf As it's the only
mystery about you. save the reason of
Berry's enmity, I take leave to jam the
two mysteries together. Wlven they
make one, we may perhaps he able tj
get at the truth.”
"I don't see how we're to start,” said
Lancaster, knitting his brows.
"Nor I. Wait till the inquest is over.
Then .we’ll have something to go upon.
Berry will be a witness as to your quar
reling with the dead man. Berry will
collect evidence to make tlie case black
er. And when Berry has done his worst
we’ll know his cards. See! Then you
slid I will play our game with a hidden
hand. And now, my son, shut in with
the typing. I have to get this story
rinished by' tomorrow, and you must do
something to keep up the fiction of be
ing my secretary.”
While Jarman and bis friend were en
gaged in literary pursuits in Essex, the
inquest was being held in London on
the body of Walter Starth. The inspcc-
lor said no knife had been found, but
a. derringer revolver was discovered in
lhe fireless grate. There was no sign
of a struggle. Everything was in its
pla.ee. The man. apparently taken by
count was extracted from the garrulous j 1’Hle overcome with drink. She had heard
landlady, hut she could throw’ no light j llini express hatred of Lancaster, but he
on the darkness of the crime. She was j was careful in her presence not to ex-
succeeded as a witness by Tilly, whose j T**', 1 ‘ n tbe reason. She had never heard
evidence was delivered amidst floods of
tears. The poor little wretch had been
severely- l'riglitend when she entered the
house alter leaving her young- man.
"I went to take* Mr. Starth’s lamp,”
she said, sobbing, “as be allays liked oil
an" not gas. 1-Ie was lying a deader, so
I owlcd and dropped, till missus shook
me up. There wasn't any one in the
house. But that gentleman what called
come out just as 1 was talking to All'.
He looked white an' queerlike. 1 spoke
of the long time he'd bin, but lie said
nothin’, and jus' cut.'
"Were the two men on good terms?”
i asked the coroner.
“Do you think they -killed him?”
“i do, or else they- employed some one
else to do it. liut you were lured there,
to be inculpated in the crime, and, begad!
they've managed finely to. put the rope
round your throat. The money—well, l
can’t make it out. considering tin- means
they’Vf. taken to get you into trouble,
but there's money in the matter some
way. And a mighty big sum. too. see
ing they've gone as far as murder."
"But it's all so vague; and all sup
position on y’our part.”
"1 admit it. All the same 1 can theo
rize in no other way. unless—
"Well, wliut is it?"
“I was going to- say that perhaps it's
blackmail. They may find out where you
are and come forward, offering to save
your neck from being wrung if you pay
them well.”
“That inculpates themselves. Besides,
“Well, sir," said Tilly, hesilalin;
“I
can’t ’ardly say for certing. I wos left I tentlon of committing the murder. Per-
in the 'ouse when missus went to the J haps Starth—as seemed probable—had
weddin’, and Mr. Starth. he called me up, ; torn Lancaster's card in two (the pieces
ar,skin' if I wos in the humor to see Alt', j having been found), and the insult had
which is my young man, a bricklayer. j tired Lancaster's rage. Hence the mur-
I sed, 'Right oh!' and he tells me I could ; dGr - It seems that no one heard the
out when a gentleman called to see him. (Shot; at all events, no one could be found
- ——.v. if 1 am entitled to money ot which I knew
m rea en Lancaster, but twice she i nothing, it was easy enough for Fau to
-net '“' a , ld '** m . f ' x press fears lest Lan- j marry me. Then all would have been
! «/'• S 10U d kili * )!m - described Lan- [square for Berry and her, without having
M as a ruffian from San Francisco. I had to slay Starth and outlaw me.”
"' "ess had never seen the accused man. “Sure enough," groaned Jarman, who
ns formed the gist of evidence col-i was (getting more and more puzzled,
ected by the police, and it was quite j “What it all means I can't say. You
enoug i to pet mil the coroner making a have been outlawed in due form, and j
speech strongly condemning Lancaster. | the police are alter you. All you have 1
le said that no doubt Lancaster had in-j to do is to remain quiet and not give
timated his intention of calling on Starth. yourself away, as you nearly did to Mrs. !
as there was no reason to believe that | Perth the other day.’’ ’(
Starth. who was manifestly afraid of his 1
op ponent, had invited him to come. Lan
caster had undoubtedly brought the re
volver with Mm. and it would seem that
he had called on deceased with the in-
l hadn’t my feelings tinder control.”
said Frank. "Her talk of that stall in |
the breast startled me. I can't understand
why I didn’t see it at the time.”
'Did you feel the man’s heart?"
"No. The sight of tile bullet wound j
under the left eye was enough for me.
All 1 wanted to do was to get away and
hide.”
‘There might be a row,’ ses lie. ‘cos this
gent ’ates me awful, an’ I don't want
you to ’ear bad language,’ ses lie. Ho I
gets ready for Alf, and when the gent
comes after four, and very late lie wos,
I shoves him into the room and cuts."
“Did you hear tKe greeting given by
Starth to Lancaster?”
“No. I jus’ shove’s him in, and cuts.”
“It was Lancaster who called?”
“Yuss. Mr Starth ses as the gent he
expected wos Lancaster by name, an* a
fair, yeller-’aired cove. He seemed to
’ate ’im, tho’ he ses as it wos Lancas
ter who ’ated ’im,” finished Tilly 'con
fusedly.
“Do you think Mr. Starth got you out
of the house so as io quarrel freely with
his visitor?"
“Yuss. He said as there would be a.
row.”
“Could any one have entered the lower
part of tho house during your absence?”
Tilly stole a look at hurd-faced Mrs.
Betts. “Why, bless y’no. sir. I wos per-
ticler about lockin' an’ burrin’ the win-
who could give such evidence. The jury
must, therefore, take the doctor's opin- .
Inn that Starth had been shot between 6 j
and 8. It was Impossible to say why 1
Lancaster had remained behind with bis !
victim’s body until 9. But he apparent- '
ly did, as he was seen leaving the house
by the servant, Matilda Samueis. The j
jury had inspected the body, they had I
heard the evidence and the cause of |
death, and on the facts before them
would give their verdict.
This was easily given. Without the
least hesitation the jury brought in a
verdict of wilful murder against Frank
Lancaster. After thaC the crowd went
out. and the neighborhood buzzed with
excitement. Mhe one question asked was
whether the police knew the whereabouts
of the guilty man.
The police did not, and to a reporter
Inspector Herny confessed that lie had
absolutely no clue. Lancaster had van
ished like a water bubble.
CHAPTER IV,
A Scrap of Paper.
When the big dallies arrived at the
Shanty containing accounts of the in
quest, Lancaster was perfectly convinced
tthat Jarman was right. Captain Berry
was his enemy sure enough, though for
the life of him Frank could not conjec
ture the cause- of such hostility. Also ,’t
seemed as though Fairy Fan was like
wise against him, since, according to
Frank, she lied freely during her 5 roin-
i utes’ evidence.
! "Starth might have asked her to marry
j him.” he explained to his friend, when
they were tiled In, “but I certainly never
did.”
; “Had you any idea of doing so?”
Lancaster hesitated, not being willing
to reveal his deepest and most sacred
feelings even unto this staunch friend.
“X don’t know to what lengths my in*
. fatuatlon might have carried me.”
"Oh! then you did love her?” said Jar-
I man, alertly.
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destroying forever the very germs of the dis
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Total Eclipse
Catarrh Cure
It is a preparation that can be smoked in pipe
or in cigarette form and when so smoked cre
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inhaled, medicates the membranes of the nose,
the throat and the lungs. A single applica
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The following letter is one of hundreds of
similar unsolicited testimonials that we are
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The hearing is also much improved haS n °' r " Urned '
I fee? so much benefit that I shall
as may be necessary. Yours tr^ 116 * reatmen t as long
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Do you spit often 7
Do crusts form m the nose 7
Are you losing the sense of smell
Ing 7
Do you have pains acros.s your n<i
forehead ?... *>o you 5nwze oftoin f
Do you have to clear your throat '* yOUr lhroat 7
of mucus upon rising ? >s your breath foul?
is your hearing affeefed 7 00 have an of r e „s,ve dls- Ar * your «m watery 7 ...
Does your mouth taste bad morn- . ° har9e fr ° m th ® nose * A "V P«?n above eyes 7.
Ings7 royouworsem wet weather? ... Do you catch coin
Ar « you constipated ? °° W • as,, J rt
MAIL TO
ECLIPSE MEDICINE
& MANUFACTURING CO.
ATLANTA, GA.
Signed
Post Office
County or Street No.
,S Vour nose Clogged 7