Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1923, Page 43

¥ S e U A Ot oo et e e AT THE MYSTERY GIRL A Thrilling Detective Story BY CAROLYN WELL (Copyright, by J. B. Lippinoott Oo.) SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS n Waring. dencs of Corinth Engiand seat f 1 Aeathy in' his st 1 hoarding rning herse Lis drawn a® pryimz busipess with an el o midnight visi Interviewing Miss Mystersy. oment Gordon Lockwood's deserted hi fleeting instant, yet Cray's ht the look of utter! 1 the etary the usual hauteur e tremor. impassive Immediately returned and the met without guess he was saying other than abso- truth ut look here.” spoke up Maurice k “This won't do, you know. you people accusing a_girl of Dr. ring's murder? A girl of accusation yet” Cray told Diim “hut we want to know more bout the y & lady in question. Miss Mystery, And she came o see the doctor the night he he did not!” Lockwood asserted calmly. “Had she done so, I should have Known it.” . “Of course, you would,” . Trask “Ot course. looke him shrewdly. Eut the impress of her clothing was Joft on the ehalrback? 1s that 162+ 1 Helen sharply. And when en other things i don't positivel deep int | Helen's spitefulness scutsed, and her moth {and regretrul. Both these women had hoped that Gordon Lockwood's affec turn toward Helen, and eal that - such would in no way jons mig s thotoughly jealous for more reasons st her unbridled Hngs . and therefore it with a grain sult. And yet, he soliloquized, she could scarcely make up that rigma- role of the dress trimming. He fan- cied it was true. And why shouldn't it be? The evidence of Anita Aus- tin's presence in John Waring’s study that fatal night was far too strong to be ignored. Moreover, the girl's jossession of the money and the ruby pin had vet to be satisfactorily cxplained. [t was unthinkable that any one should have stolen these “planted” them in Miss buresu drawer! to see this young woman,” cuddenly over to see her now, nvited Cray, who was d by the perspleuity THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FRIDAY, REG’LAR FELLERS —J.et’s Hope Father Isn’t Hungry. TeNTo FIvE! 1 BETTER GET TANT sTeAk oN ok 1L LT MURDERED WHEN PAPA ComMes HOME! &ET ME THE MATCHES IN THE DINING RooM AND HURRY WP “fHeeeS onNey ONE. MATCH rerT! WHaTCHY JUNE _ 15, 1923. 43 Copyyight, 1932, by Ball Byndicate, ‘Tnc, Trade Mark Reg. U. 8. Pat. Offics. 1 Soeeose. 1T WiLL B JUST MY Luce “THATTHIS ONE oM™ Liaut! Turn around—oh,} opcned wide in horror. She seemed Inirly_paraiysed wig fright, aud But the girl sank Into a low chair [ gianced wildly from éne face to an- beside Saltonstall Adams and quietly | other. the | awaited developments. Maurice Trask's showed only frank | ““May I present Mr. Trask,™ Cray |admiration. He looked at the girl as #a1d, a little awkwardly, for it wae | if he had never before seen any one not easy to be casual under the|so attractive. glance of those pathetic eyes. Gordon Lockwood's face betrayed Anita bowed courteously if coldly, | no emotion of any and then there Was an embarrassing | been ndifferent to silence. stead of loving her, “Well,” Trask remarked, at last, |could have shown no less expressive vou people are not very talkative, | countenance guess T'll take the helmwnyself. Mis&'| And all the others present show- Austin, will you be good enough to[ed definite and decided suspicion, scorn and hatred. xcept one. Old Sait _looked kindly at the agitated girl. He even held out a protective hand, and with a gentle inflection, said: “Tell the truth,” dear child. you know Dr." Waring?” Slowly Miss Mystery's eyes trav- eled round the room. Looking at each face in turn, her own expréssion became more and more hard and stubborn. Then, seeing the kindness on the face of Old Salt, she broke down utferly and sobbed out: “Oh, ;:eés.du:l—he's dead! What shall Continued Tomorrow. FRENCH EXPEL GERMAN. PARIS, June 15.—Emil Hoellein, her shoes, mignified her readiness to | wanted to sav, 80_downstairs. | do!” Still in disapproving silence, Mrs, Adams marched by her side, and they went together to face visitors. The attitude of the girl as she en- tered the room was a triumph of ! perfection. Her beauty. which usu needed no artficials ald, was. mirning ana her large dark eyes rested on each in turn with an air of inuocent won- der, quickly followed by a pathetic, beseeching little smile that touched the heart of several beholders, even -3 though they deemed it disingenuous. | get up and turn around?” Maurice Trask, shrewd and calcu- | The request was 8o simply made, lating, elzed her up, as he would | that, almost without thinking of its have expressed it. | strangeness, Anita did exactly as she And his sizing up was decldedly | was asked. complimentary. So much 8o, in fact,| Sure enough, there were (W0 rows that he almost concluded to take her | of buttons down the back of her part against all comers. | bodice ana another row across the “I'm for her,” he said to himself, | sallor collar. “and yet,” he added, to the same con- | At a nod from Trask she sat down fidant, “she’s nobdy's fool! That girl | again, and then the storm broke knows what she's about—and, by | “I fold you so!" cried Helen Pey- jingo, if she wanted to kill a man, |ton. “That's the very dress that she could kill him! Tl say she made the marks on that chair back! could!™ Dare you deny, Miss Austin, that It was Miss Austin's dress that you were in Dr. Waring's study that caught every one's eve. Not a person | night he died? present, among the visitors, but The dark eyes of Miss Mystery Dld ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT PROTESTS USE OF NAME. Legion Council Disclaims Connec-| tion With Dempsey-Gibbons Fight. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.—~A pro- test against the use of the name of the Americ Legion on in any other manner, connected with the Dempseyv-Gibhons fight at Mont., July 4, was wired to Com mander A. M. Owsley of the legion by Milton H. Epstein, head of the San Francisco council. The action authorized by the council 'WEEKS GIVEN DEGREE. NORTHFIELD, Vt, June 15—The degree of master of military science was conferred upon Secretary of War | John W. Weeks at the Norwich T7ni- versity commencement exercises after tekets, or helhy was Mo, has announced that he h advised that the Unlted States Bus, Shippin when were Have Your Papering and Pai —done this summer, competent workmen; charges. Awnings made to order and re-| CORNELL WALL ‘I:APER CO. his address here. | 714 13tk N. Juns 15.—August d been g Board w charged i upon Shipping Board | vessels in violation of the Volstead act. that intoxicants moderate n 5373-5374 === inting | No_inconvenience | —By GENE BYRNES. | For Real Satisfaction H There’s Nothing Like REXOLINE MOTOR OILS The Ideal Lubricants! |SHERWOOD BROTHERS, Inc. Phone Lincoln 7558 | TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ¢ Architect's Offic, Washington, D. 1923—Bealed phoposals will be opened in this offico at 8 pm., July 2, 1928, for alterations nd repairs o Toof at the Auditor's Buil Washington, D. C. ] will be reccived ut the’ Office of Constructinz member of the German reichstag for Thuringia. hax heen expelled from | France.” " Hoellein w: arrested in Ma s a communist. He has been re since that tin . Hn\s‘n‘ Lockwood Ccouldnt Ail".r‘urmhnr'» Room 1804, Munitions unti! photograp) structure, Rolling Fleld. D, ( specifications mar be obtajned upon tlon_to_abore_office. 13.1 ~ EDUCATIONAL, George Washington University SUMMER SCHOOL Arts and Sciences, Education, Nine-week courses beginning Juze 1% Six-week oourses beginning June 28 Many urses at hours conventent for per sons ampioyed For Bulletin address: Director Summer Schos 2023 G St. N.W., Washington, D. C. u; applica 20 sitting room they con- ¥ R i Mrs Adams went up- | 4 3 § e Toom Iocieq, when. ; I s1vEaRsoLD | ' opened, Mrs. Adams * A s sad-faced girl, who Nigh estesm d they were just Absurd.” 1 with As i vou o } ming on a lady ‘But 1 d spurred by L. noticed it on (I . @ guess you'll have to,” Mrs. tern of the trimming of t Yiams spoke a little crisply. “It's and two rows down the b summons. - You've got to come.” then T saw Mr. Lockw X 3 Miss Austin’s manner he chair-back with i) §omanne And today, when I saw . then it 1 penized it here that night and he to come downstairs,” aid: “Mr. Cray is there, others hey want 1 wou't go down. 1 don't want to nvbod, o This summer travel costs are down. Round trip tickets to the North Pacific Coast only $130.45. Stop-over at Glacier National Park. Visit Rainier National Park and the many charming Northwest cities on your vacation tour. 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He things rubbing the chalr when 1 came Having N 'A_H him to breakfast—he can’t deny ace, Miss My: ry proceeded to pow- d r it lightly, and, horror of horrors, he added the merest flick of Touge to r pale chee And not content | with such baseness, she stooped to | further degradation and touched her pale lips with some heathenish con- hecause- traption that made them just a littl “Helen, * Gordon's look stop- | redder’ her ‘at once. “Don't say things| No, Mrs. Adams had no sympathy for girl who would do such awful .’nn} she waited in a grim and | ilence n Miss Mystery dark ridiculo Permanent Wave.Effect Now Quick, Cheap and Easy New Liquid Puts 7-Day Curl in Straight Hair A marvelous new liquid has been discov- ered which means that keeping the hair wavy and in curl is now one of the easiest things in the world, No matter how straight, dull or stubborn the hair may be, just epe application of this new liquid yill give it a charmiog perm e effect—which laxts from 7 to 10 o feéd fo pay big fecs o hair dressers. 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