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ifpAf) rnrs rrnar:
John Tint, stepson of wealthy Laity
Tint, w» engaged to marry Lucy
liurnham, a widow. in France,
where the three were sojourning,
i.ady Tait takes a dislike to Gillian
jiundas. a beautiful girl, who, it is
dtsclosed, is blackmailing Tait for a
oast indiscretion. Back in London
Tait becomes alarmed when his busi
ness associate. Lord Mills, is found
shot to death. Mrs. Burnham takes
Miss Dundas "under her wing" much
to Lady Tails annoyance, a luncheon
given by Lady Tait in honor of Tait
and his fiancee, and attended by
John's cousins, Alysia, Etta and
Claud Naylor, is a poor success
owing to Tails apparent uneasiness.
Tea is interrupted by the discovery
of John Tails body on the sidewalk
t,i front of Lady Tails home. Sus
pecting he has been poisoned, Chief
inspector Pointer of Scotland Yard
investigates what appears to be mur
■ler and first questions the victim’s
niusin, Claud Naylor.
(NOW CO ON WITH TTTE STORY)
CHAPTER 36
ANP THE MAN brought back !n
a minute the mate to the glove that
superintendent Dartmoor had taken
from the room where Lord Mills had
been found shot. Pointer sent It
along at once to the superintendent
at til** Yard after the man had
initialed it, "In case it should get
lost too,” as Pointer remarked.
That done. Pointer was free to
hurry to the spot where Tait had
died. It was a bare three minutes’
walk from the house and. as he ex
pected. revealed nothing except that
Tail would have had to pass a cab
r ink and a letter box at the turning.
These two facts might or might not
mean anything. Four of the men
usually on the rank were away.
Pointer left word for them to report
to him should they have seen Mr.
Tait that morning, and then let the
constable return to his beat.
So Tait w’as probably the man who
had left those smudges on the mar
ble outside Lord Mills’ door. Tait
was certain that Mills had killed
himself, according to his cousin Nay
lor. and. still according to that young
barrister, knew why. Quite a plausi
ble reason too. Naylor would not
have put It forward as the cause of
Mills death unless he had every
reason to think he could prove it.
But what lay behind all this? Was
the onr clue so far available—the
top of the gold fountain pen, was it a
last effort on the part of the dying
man to name his murderer? It
looked like it.
But the two deaths, so closely fol
lowing one on the other, seemed, on
the face of things, to be linked In
some way. Both men. though not
business men in the ordinary sense
of the word, were co-directors of
companies started by Sir John Tait,
the poisoned man’s dead father. A
very good chartered accountant
would go over the companies’ books.
. . . Meanwhile, as he was not capa
ble of following that trail. Pointer
would hold to the bitten pen top and
'ee If it led to the city or away from
it. Somehow it did not suggest a
business woman as Its owner. Why
had Tait passed on to his cousin only
so Important a piece of Information
concerning Mills’ death. It looked
odd. Pointer would not feel at all
surprised If the one man had killed
himself to avoid some financial
smash and the other had at first
thought that he could pass that
death off as due to morbid terror un
til he himself was caught in some
dark stream that ran into or out of
the other—the first death. Yes.
Pointer would not be at all surprised
if the Yard accountant were not the
man to find the right key to unlock
the puzzle of the two deaths, but,
meanwhile, he must follow up all
other possible trails.
Pointer sent up word that he
would be much-obliged if Mrs. Burn
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ham could give him a few minutes.
He did not look forward to the Inter
view.
Lucy’s eyes were red rimmed, her
face drawn and pale, but she almost
ran to meet the chief inspector.
Is it true that it’s not heart
failure?’’ she stammered. "Scotland
Yard being called In—the constable’s
manner—oh, what has happened to
my John?" The last came In a tone
of agony.
Pointer thought that truth was
the best and the kindest.
"The doctors seem certain that Mr.
Tait was poisoned. I’m afraid it’s
not an accident." He spoke reluc
tantly. "Now, Mrs. Burnham, if
they’re right, have you no idea of
who the criminal could be?”
"Poisoned! Poisoned!" she re
peated In a hoarse whisper. She
covered her blanched face with her
hands for a moment. Then she
looked up, pale still but resolute.
"He had received a threat of some
kind, I think a couple of days ago,
but evidently he found out more
about it, or received another threat
today. . . , But I’m afraid I’m In
coherent, and I do so want to be
clear and to the point. He sent up
word after lunch today that he
wanted a word with me. When I
ran down he walked up and down in
the bay window—we were In the
library—without saying anything. 1
asked him of course what was wrong.
He told me that he had received a
threatening letter that Included me
too In its threat. And that for that
reason he felt he must tell me all
about It. He put his hand In his
breast-pocket and felt a moment. He
looked surprised and 1 said would I
wait a moment, he’d be back very
quickly, and rushed off. That’s all I
know." She broke off to say in a
tone of agony—“ Not a word of good
by between us! He in a rush to get
something, I all excited to hear what
it was. And that was our parting
forever!”
She fought down the hysteria
which threatened to swamp her.
"Could you tell me more about
what you mean by his having re
ceived a .threat of some kind?”
Pointer was listening very Carefully,
and showed it.
"The first time was the day before
yesterday. Something came up
about one’s character having a good
deal to do with one’s fate —I'm not a
fatalist, he was—and he said very
slowly and as though thinking aloud.
‘Yes, but what if one deliberately
makes a decision that inevitably en
tails fatal consequences?
then? Is that fate or is it charac-
(Copyright, 193 if
Old Fort Raleigh Is Fast
Being Restored at Roanoke
(Continued from Page One.)
ready visited the site of the settle
ment and more are coming each week.
Students of early American history
are evidencing much interest in the
work and one of the larger New York
newspapers has already obtained a de
tailed story of the restoration to ne
published in an early issue of its Sun
day magazine section.
Sunday before last more than 700
people visited the settlement site,
while there was a steady stream of
visitors throughout the week. Last
Sunday, when this correspondent visit
ed Manteo, the county seat of Dare
county, andi which is on Roanoke
Island, in order to see the restoration
work being done at old Raleigh, a
steady stream of cars from Virginia
and other states, including one from
California, as well as many from
North Carolina, visited the island and
the settlement now in process of be
ing restored. This was despite tne
fact a cold “northeaster” was howling
down the coast, making overcoats nec
essary for comfort. Most of these
parties had driven from 100 to 250
miles to visit the old fort.
The restoration work was started
several months ago as a Civil Works
Administration project and with an
allotment of only $19,000 for the entire
Job. It was obtained almost entirety
as the result of constant and untiring
effort on the part of R. Bruce Ethe
ridge director of the Department of
Conservation and Development, whose
home is on Roanoke Island, ana
Prank Stick, artist and architect of
Elizabeth City, who has for several
years been intensely interested in the
conservation and restoration of old
Raleigh and other places of interest
in this eastern coastal section. Mrs.
Thomas O’Berry, state CWiA adminis
trator was quick to see the value of
this project and approved it as soon
ter?* And I replied that If on®
feared any consequence enough, one
wouldn’t do whatever it was that
would bring the consequence down
on one. He seemed to turn that over
in his mind and still speaking a*
though in a sort of deep reverie ht
shook his head and said: % ’No. One
might dread very much some conse
quence that would be Inevitable if
one continued a certain line of co%»
duct, and yet be unable to change*
because to change would mean t*
change one’s character, one’s whole
outlook on life, one’s sense of right
and wrong. And death would be
preferable to that.’ Then he added
something about threats not always
coming true, and that death would
be preferable to allowing oneself to
be intimidated. He was turning a
letter over in his hands as he spoke,
but he put it away n his letter-case
without showing it to me. I did ask
him, of course, what he meant, what
was worrying him, but he seemed to
realize that he had been talking on
things that might frighten me, for he
changed the subject.’’
"When did he say this to you?”
"Night before last, we were alone*
walking back from a night club into
which we had dropped for half an
hour or so.”
“That would be the night that
Lord Mills shot himself?”
She looked startled. But after a
moment’s thought she shook her
head decidedly. "That’s not possi
ble! I mean that there should be
any connection. We talked of Lord
Mills’ dreadful end, and Mr. Tait
didn’t link it with this other —this
talk of a threat. From something
he muttered, as he thrust the letter
into his pocket, I have a very fixed
idea—only an idea, of course, as I
can’t even give you the exact words
—that the threats were in some way
connected with his family. Or to do
with his family.”
“Os whom does his family consist?"
“Oh, I don’t mean the Naylors, hK
cousins, or his stepmother. Lady
Tait. I have an Idea it was con
nected with some discharged servant
—that sort of thing ...” .
“Could you describe the letter at
all, that you saw in his hands?”
“It was bright violet in color, with
rather sprawly spidery writing on it,
very large and scroll-like, and writ
ten apparently with a very fine nib
and violet ink. I thought after'lunch
that he meant to show me that let
ter. but, of course, on thinking his
words over, I realize that he must
have had another, a fresh one, which/
as he said included me.”
ITO BE CONTINUED)
as possible, but with the provision that
Mr. Stick should have complete charge
of the project. He had i previously
prepared drawirtingS and plans of the
entire settlement, the old fort within
it and other buildings as a result oi
weeks of historical research. He has
since made even further studies into
the history of this “Lost Colony” ana
the plans now being followed in its
restoration are regarded as being as
similar to the original plans as can
be found. In some cases thed imen
sions of the buildings ibeing restored,
especially those of the fort, the out
lines of which are still preserved after
350 years, are identical with those
found in historical accounts of the set
tlement. i
The settlement proper, amounting
to 16 acres on the north tip of tne
island, is being enclosed with a pali
sade of split juniper logs, with potmen
top 3, as the early settlers are known
to have done. A log block house
stands at each side of the miarn en
trance. Some 300 feet from the en
trance and to the right of the road
way, a replica of one of the log houses
built by the original settlers is being
constructed, while farther down an
other similar log house is .under con
struction. On the top of a sand dune,
now covered by aarpet of pine needles
and surrounded by dogwood trees and
the tops of old pines whose roots are
buried 30 or 40 feet below in the sand,
a replica of the log church, the first
church ever built in America—will be
erected. All of these structures are
being built in the old, primative man
ner, without the use of nails or bolts
of any sort. The roofs will ;be of
thatch, using a type of bamboo reed
thatg rows in the marshes on the
island, held in place with tar.
Stone used for the foundation work
of these log houses, is believed to be
the same stone brought qver as bal
last in the ships the colonists were
sent over in by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Thev were dredged out of Roanoke
Sound a few hundred yards off shore,
where the ships are believed to have
anchored. Many are covered with bar
nacles as the result of their long rest
beneath the waters of the sound.
They have been examined by geoi<»
gists and found to be_unlike any stone
in the vicinity of Roanoke Island, but
very similar to stone found in the
section of England from which , the
Raleigh colonists came. In order to
prevent visitors from carrying these
HENDERSON, (N. CJ DAILY DISPATCH, THURSDAY, MAY 3,1931
stones away as souvenirs, it has been
found necessary to ibuild a high fence
around the pile of stones.
‘The most authoritative historical
sources indicate that when the colon
ists arrived on Roanoke Island, they
dumped the ballast stone over board
into the sound so they could scrape
the hulls of their ships and generally
repair them. Then on the return trip
they either used sand as ballast or
sand and timber both instead of try
ing to retrieve the rock,” Stick said.
Work on the reconstruction of tne
fort proper, has not yet started, al
though the pine logs from which it is
to be built have been cut and are
ready to be used. The outline of the
trenches around the old star-shaped
fort are still discernable and its exact
dimensions are known and will t>e
followed. It will be the largest build
ing within- the enclosure and the omy
one built of pine logs. AH the othei
buildings are being built of juniper
logs. All the logs being used now were
obtained from the mainland * across
Croatan Sound, since there was not
sufficient timber on the island now
from which to obtain them. When tne
colonists landed, however, it is be
lieved the island was much more
heavily wooded than at present.
The granite monument erected in
1896 in the center of the plot formerly
surrounded by the original fort, wili
not be disturbed, nor will any of the
trees of the “Croatan Oak” also witn
in the enclosure be bothered, Mr. Stick
said. For the log bastions of the fort
can be placed and the small block
house within it built without disturb
ing any of them.
Work has beentemporarily suspend
ed on the restoration work as a result
of the abandonment of the Civil
Works Administration program and
the limited Emergency Relief allot
ments made to the State during the
past two months. For a time there
was doubt as to whether the work
could be completed with ERA funds a;
all. But present indications are thai
Mrs. O’Berry is trying to get addi
tional funds so that the work can
proceed as soon as possible.
Highway Fund Os
Million Is Sure
lOontlnued rrum Page One.)
automobile license tax through April
for the first ten months of the pres
ent fiscal year amount to $19,386,698.
according to figures just announced
by the Department of Devenue. The
total appropriation for the Highway
and Public Works Commission, includ
ing $8,613,000 for debt service and $6,
900,000 for maintenance of both State
and county roads and 7,700 prisons in
83 prison camps, amounts to $16,700,-
000. So on the basis of ten months
collections, and without taking into
consideration the amount to be col
lected within the coming two months,
there is a surplus in the highway fund
now of $2,686,698 in excess of this
year’s appropriation and based on this
year's collections alone. In addition
to this, there is a surplus of about $2,
i 500,000 in the highway fund carried
over from last year. So there is no
doubt about there being any lack of
money in the highway fund to be di
verted into thegeneral fund.
On the other hand, the revenue col
lected for the general fund so far dur
ing the first ten months of this fiscal
year amounts to only $18,685,988
which is $6,499,337 short of meeting
the general fund’s budgete dexpendi
tures of $25,185,325. And wwhile the
Department of Revenue is bending
every effort to collect this more than
$6,000,000 difference during May and
GULF WINS MORE “HILL TESTS”
THAN 32 GASOLINES COMBINED
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tkenei in THAT GOOD GULF GASOLINE
June, the egeneral belief is that col
lections will fall short at least $1,000,-
000 or even more, making it neces
sary to take the $1,000,000 from the
highway fund to me«*t general fund
tippHq
D [ EOM|IE
J. H. Bridgers Conveys Pro
perty to J. B. Hicks, Both
as Trustees
A deed filed yesterday with the
register-of deeds covered the transfer
of the property of the old Townsville
Reilroad, a short line running from
Man son to Townsville, a distance of
about ten miles, in this county. It
was given by J. H. Bridgers, trustee,
to Jasper B. Hicks, trustee, and the
consideration was named as the bontvs
of the railroad as held by the pur
chasing trustee.
The rarJroad has been in litigation
for several years and is now seing
dismantled. Tdwnsville township on
two .different occasions issued bonds
for the road in the aggregate sum oi
more than $75,000, much of which still
constitutes a burden on the townsnip.
The only other deed filed Wednes
day was that in which A. A. Bunn,
trustee, sold to Cora Hawkins l tor
$630, property in the “Mobile” section
o? the southern part of the city.
WASHINGTON I
at a Glance
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Washington, May 2.—lt’s hard to ex
plain, but the obvious fact is that
there is a decided public reaction
away from President Roosevelt’s re
covery program, with apparently no
public reaction whatever away from
President Roosevelt. Contrariwise, it
wouldn’t be good betting that he isn’t
actually gaining strength.
NR A unmistakably is disintegrat
ing. CWJA is on its way into the dis
card. AAA is fizzling out.
General Johnson is a punctured
balloon.
The ibrain trust's stock is below par.
Not a. cabinet member has scored
conspicuous success; some of them
none at all or even less than that,
criticized or outrightly denounced
Administration policies are severely
But the President, accounts from
every direction indicate, is popular
as ever; tremendously popular; in
creasingly popular, maybe—which is
saying a lot, considering the majority
he was elected by.
* * *
Congress, to be sure, is resentful of
him, including numerous lawmakers
of his own party alignment.
Yet Congress is afraid of him, too
—including plenty of Republicans.
Next November's elections undoubt
edly will see considerable Democratic
losses on Capitol Hill. When (as now
looks like a certainty) the White
House tenant is chosen for a second
term, it is conceivable that a Repub
lican-labeled Congress will come into
office with him.
However, this .does not necessarily
mean (should it happen) that he will
bel ess potent than he is today.
Just how much or a Democrat
President Roosevelt really is, in a
strictly partisan sense, is a question
concerning which there Is a deal of
speculation among politicians.
, * * *
Among the cognoscenti I believe the
consensus to be that he cares far more
for a continuation of his own type of
governmental philosop. ters in power
than for the domination of any espe
cial group under some particular accv
dentally-inherited name—
That -he recognizes old-fashioned
Democracy as, in the long run,, essen
tially a minority set-up in this coun
try—
That his ultimate aim is the per
petuation of national control iby his
kind of folk, withoutr egard to the
interests of any narrowly-designated
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party organization—
That theterms “Democratic ann
“Republican” mean litUe to him.
That his objective, in snort, ts a
sorting out of the “rights” from the
“lefts”—a task which the radicals
vainly have been attempting to ac
complish ever since the era of popu
lism, or earlier, but with which he
seems to be making a fair degree of
progress.
1917—British flag unfurled over In
dependence Hall, Philadelphia, for
the first time since Revolutionary
days.