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Dr. Long Is visiting Southley Downs, to which he is conducted by Ahmad Das, an Oriental. There he meets Mr. Southley. whom a detective friend, Alexander Pierre. bad told him to watch, and his son Ernest Soulhley, Mr. Haywnrd and his son Vilas, and then Josephine Southley, whom be had seen him on the train. Josephine tell: him the story of Soulhley Downs and its ghost, which is not the ghost of a human being but) of a tiger. I Dr. Long has a quarrel with Vilas Hayward over Josephine, and finds that the Haywards have a strange‘ authority over the Southleys. He is ordered to leave Southley Downs. The} rain prevents him leaving at once. Dr. Long 1nd Ernest so out on the road) in the rain looking for the tracks of a tiger that Ernest says are there. They find the trucks. Later Ernest and Dr. Long see a prowling creature in the In“ of Southley Downs. This frightens the elder Hayward, who also sees it, Ernest begins to feel that Ahmad Das is perpetrating some dev- iltry. _ ' -- . m" B-w..- g..,..," order gnaw“... . .“.‘.___, Dr. Long becomes jealous of the love he beliéves to exist between Vilas Hlyward and Josephine. During the course of investigations of the crime Dr. Long MOEE; suspicious of a man named Robin. He determines to watch him. - NOW GO ox WITH THE STORY ‘In some way that Lwas yet to find out. he was involved in the problem of Southley Downs. He had washed the blood from the rock on the hillside, He had eluded thritvspeetof and my- self in the chase in the darkness. Now I had found him with Southley working upon the engine in the pow- er-house-and yet they had seemed merely to be examining: it. rather than at work. I remembered that neither of them had held tools in their hands. or even seomvd to have any tools with them. . I was suddenly deeply suspicious of this man Robin. I remembered WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE ho LATIN-AMERICAN awe, SAYS Imam NO Ml“ Ambm‘ Thcre is of course same friction m SAYS “Gm and misunderstanding between the , United States and Latin-America, _ .‘But this IS not uniform. is much NO COMMON AIMS SEEN _ more pronounced in some countries than in others. Just no". for in- -----. islancc, Argentine seems very much . . ave) peeved at us because our protective sottcS'edfeal' 2r1r,iN','t' ltariff is really protecting our farm- varied . ntcmts. itie [ers against Argentine's imports. But - on spec] I In his recent addresses on the Pan-l American conference at Havana and ooroUieies toward the nations to the south of us. Charles Evans Hughes makes the point that there is no Latin-American Moe, This is some- thing which must be taken into con-‘ sideration when Yre go to study con-3 ditions in the countria of Spanish- America, says The National Repub- lie. All of the nations to the south‘ of 'us. except one. speak a common -e--spanistt. But this does not mean that they think and act alike, that tiny have common politi- calaimsnndidenls.andthnttheyan lined up to a nation against Uncle Sam and his policies. Common [Ln- - does not dways mean politi-l solidarity. We have had enough din- agreements with Great Britain to prove that this statement is true. The things which make for interna- tional uni-aces and understanding! are similar political and economic ohm; F‘“' V'" _. nun-'muh-vh‘ "iia-autturr--d."- dun-III- "wiut-tetottheUtiud titueoti-sotdoetootrdetr, M pomieat Inniyulntio on the t2rf'l'rrld2'll'"dta"l'hrei7 __ _ A ___ J1..- No Can-on Ain- The countries of Latin-America do not posses! such common gin-s and for thtt. mason there is no Latin- American Moe opposed to Uncle Sam. That thir is true 'ls evidenced in the conference " Havana when more often than not a great majority of the nations to the south were lined Goes It'- in at the (Id that -isT-t-te-orPrurytlttt at 'Tiki -r"iLiie - of 'Pt 1b.? of the United that he had volunteered his service” to the negro Sam, and that looked aa‘ if he had business of his aim at Southley Downs, His excuse for cum in: seemed somewhat tr-ed-ap. Besides, he looked his part too well. He was too perfect an example of a certain type of squatter. He had an English accent. and I had been watch- ing all through my visit at Southley ‘Downs for the intrusion of some one with such an accent. Roderick, of when Alexander Pierre had told me, who evidently had not yet put in his appearance. had lived long years in England. The names were somewhat similar, too; and l up to the great dormer window that, overlooked the power-house. And Il didn't see one word of the type be: heath my eyes. , The hill was swept by moonbeams. There was a silver path across the fare of the swamp. leaping ever to ‘my eyes. I waited possibly five min- utes. And then I 5.!" Robin emerge "rom the power-house. For a long minute he waited in the shadows, and my suspicions leaped to a certainty. Then I saw him steal away toward the edge of the marsh. A minute more and I was out in the darkness too. trying to shadow him. Ihtried to keep to the less open A minute more and I was out in the darkness too. trying to shadow him. Ihtried to keep to the less open part of the hillside and yet not lose - .. "find; ..A___, P"'"' v- -_eee _ sight of any quarry. He walked slow-' ly at first. and I shortened the dist tance between us to one hundred yards, As yet I had no reason for thinking he had seen me. His form was ir'i;"nG1srr-isib1e in the moonlight, but I had kept mostly in the shadow. But all at once he increased his pace. I walked faster. too. My quarry broke into a slow trot, It was im- possible that I could run behind him and still keep out of sight. So I made a furious dash toward him at tnp speed. For a moment I thought I would Some Frictio- The are: important dawn" said of Essex is said by buyers in the large: 6erlimler a. and the mod whining com- petitive Incidence of automobile history. SSEX- niiri'ors pUblic choice “(Mn co-"".-.-".-' 'to--,- Alp-1.5m ‘h-nu-m iovemke him before he saw Ill; but ‘when I had covered half the distance between us he began really to run, hie straightened out his long legs. 'mssd furly seemed to ttr-straight for Pe marsh art the bottom of the hilt "Stop, Robin!" 1 shouted " him. "Stop " once!" ’mmmmmun. He only increased his speed. I - saw a man run faster. I In: in good condition, and I gave him the beat I had. He hadn't the chute to elude me that be had in our previous swimmer earlier in the evening. The moon VIE out now. A He sphshed ICYOSS l pond of shal- low water at the base of the hill. Pos- sibly he thought I would not. follow him here. But he was to be disap- pointed. No water was dress enough 'to throw me " now. I was going to find out his connection with the crime if I had to follow him to the mainland across the swamp. . But at once he splashed out of the pond and circled back up the hill. I was soaked to the knees. but I give it no thought, Of course he couldn't run so fast up the steep slope. nor could I. And my breath was coming in great the house He swung about the great struc- ture. Ind l dipped far enough to one side to watch. I saw him slip into the postern door that led to the ll- brary. Twenty seconds later I entered the same room. Evidently he hopéd to elude me in the maze of rooms. But he had forgotten one thing. 1iiri,iaCUtii," same book that had left the telltale track besideotAe rock n-u LEFV" Km-“ ...... my.“ “a. - --were splashed with mud aiiersGter. They made a trail across the rugs and hardwood floor of the library. And they turned mm the don. Once more the drama of Souxhley Downs had shifted to this little room, Once more I stood at its threshold. 3nd I had a curious sense of porten- tous developments that -would come to pass within its ders. soartSity and Jugsephino were stand- ing up ncar the same table that had tizured in the drama of the previous night . "CIM,, the door." Southiey told me. "But whvre is that inan Robin? t saw him rush in here. And I know he has mmmhing to do with thw “Rut-m? You mean {he man helped me. in the power-house?" on the other hand. Brad. a more powerful nation, is very friendly to Uncle Sam for various wast-us. The misunderstanding is due not to a common policy against us but to the fact that we have not tried to get as close to our southern migh- bors as we should have tried. The European propagandists have taken advantage of this And have sowed the seeds of American distrust down “is before I approached saw an; bot' A hm blue Portiore but " the the duteside of ttred-det-ttteo"?", ally to run. of my ere I at it um. No wind in long 1ees.ttew it, And then. looking Itrli‘ht. airtight for" saw the ends of white Ilium that n of the hill clutched ita folds. who He pulled the curtain aside. the "gray eyes laughed at me. I “If through the disguise at last. and mur- veled " my blindness heretofore. Of tonne it was no one but my old and trusted friend. that world-tamos de- _ teetive and fisherman, Alexander ' Pierce. “ifaniiJ the In: in behind that cum-n not!” - Then the man behind the tannin mustered at himself. "Oh. old Doc bong!" came a {unil- iar voice, “You‘re the most persistent devil;" i There is only one person in thel world that calls me "old Doe Long.“ The hope of hiring his voice about "his cursed house of the Southieys was dead in any breast. " In: the lvolce of the Iran I had longed for. whose’keen brain and able bands would so quickly bring light where there was shadow. V - After we had trot through pounding one another on the back Ind routing out what a plenum It I'M to meet Iain I begun to put I few questions to the great detective. And I" the time I marveled at his disguise. "But why didn't you let me in on it?" I demanded just a little hurt. Y I aw laughter In his ryee. but his face remained graveV “You were doing so well without me. doc." he replied. "And the Guy you chased me thmugh the mud-it '3: rich. my lad? What a pennant den! you' ark Miss southley--if ever thr, young man gets on your trail. you'll [never be able to shlko him ML" "Mb: southiey already knows that," I commented. "And look git my trouser iet- my best dinner doth”. You are a tride wet yourself." A "These' beautiful boots protected inc." Then he - serious. "Besides, twr.-- your min; talc-ms I'm afraid yin: can't claim to he an ulur. 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