Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 16, 1913, Page 2

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PRESTON, LAWYLR Office Upstairs East ef Bourt Heun BARTOW, FLORIDA Examination of Tities and Real | Estate Law a Epeclalty | O JEPEMIAY B, RMITH 3 KOTAEY PUBLIC LOANS, INVFSTNENT® IN REAL ESTATE i Have some interesting smaps Im oty and suburban property, farms, o, Better see me at once. Will frade, sell for cash or ou wasy lerms. Boom 14, Futeh & e Bidg. LAKELAND, FLORIDA 7 £e. S8YNOPSIS. Book |« CHAPTER I-Rudolph Van Vechten, & young man of leisure, {s astonished to see a man enter No. 1313, a house across the street from the Powhatan club. The house has long been unoccupled and is spoken of as the House of Mystery. CHAPTER II-Several persons at regu- lar intervals enter No, 1313, CHAPTER III-Van Vechten expresses concern to his friend, Tom Phinney, re- garding the whereabouts of his cousin and fiancee, Paige Carew. A fashionably attlied woman is seen to enter the House of Mystery. A man is forcibly ejected from the house, Van Vechten and Tom :lt)ll-leoez the man and find him dead in the CHAPTER IV—Van Vechten is attract- ed by the face of a girl in the crowd of onlookers surrounding the body. Later he discovers the girl gazing at him with a look of scorn from the windows of the mysterious house. CHAPTER V—Detective Flint calls on Van Vechten to get his version of the tragedy. CHAPTER VI—Tom Phinney goes alone on a yachting trip. He recognizes among some persons in & passing motor boat two men whom he had seen enter the | House of Mystery. He sees one of them, & Mr. Callis, on shore later and follows him. Tom is selzed, blindfolded and taken to a house. He hears a girl named Jessie, i evidently the daughter of the man in authority, question his captors. A sweet- voiced girl later protests against the = Walk, J inor of "=T§— ¥ I SR rea o NE roughness of his captors. Book Il. CHAPTER I-Van Vechten calls on his | uncle, Theodore Van Vechten, big man in | Wall street and known as the “Man of | Iron,” in search of information regarding | the whereabouts of Paige Carew. i CHAPTER II—Detective Flint shows | Van Vechten a gold mesh purse found in the House of Mystery. Van recognizes it | as belonging to Paige Carew. CHAPTER I1I-The sweet-voiced girl helps Tom Phinney escape, but refuses to disclose her i{dentity. Tom dgclares he | whHl meet her again. CHAPTER IV--Detective Flint tells Van Vechten he has a theory that Paige has been kidnaped. Van goes to lay the case before his uncl~, CHAPTER V. Tom Phinney Returns. During this ride it occurred to Van Vechten that he had seen nothing of Tom Phinney since he had sent him away brusquely the day before. He wondered not a little at his friend’s prolonged absence, hoped that Tom was not huffy, and finally concluded that he had tired of walting upon an uncertainty and had gone off upon some jaunt of his own. The Man of Iron harkened attentive- ly to what Rudolph had to say, but if the narration prompted any misgivings he showed them not at all. He consid- ered a moment, after the younger man had finished, then said: ““One woman might drop from sight in a number of ways, but it is too im- probable to believe that both Paige | and Josephine could have been made away with without a ripple reaching the shore. Both merit a stern rebuke, although I apprehend that nothing seri- | ous has happened.” And Theodore Van Vechten dis- missed the subject, nor would he dis-| cuss it any further during Rudolph’s | stay. A furious thunderstorm was ra~‘ng when the latter was ready to dep.rt, g0 he perforce dined with his uncle, ! and instead of returning to the }’nw-! hatan, went directly to the Kenmore, where he surpriced Barnicle with an explicit injunction not to be per..ii-! ted to sleep a minute later thai sevon i o'clock. “Seven, did you say, sir?” ar’el] Barnicle, too thunderstrick to bolivve his own ears. | The you rarded his agel! valet a trii.c sardo: 1y. ! “You old saiyr. Go to bed ot a do- ! cent hour, and to slecp—mark that, | Barnicle?—and you will find it no great hardship to rise before seven o'clock.” ! “Oh, it’s no ‘ardship at all, sir; just ! —er—beggin’ your pardon, sir—just a ! bit unusual, if I may be allowed to; say so, sir.” ; “Well,” Van Vechten announced, “I | am going to turn in now. And I want | to be up by seven.” An hour later, satisfled that his | master actually was in a sound slum- ' ber, Barnicle blinked at the bedroom door in a bewildered way, then at the cellarette. Next he produced a key, opened the richly carved door and poured himself a stiff peg of brandy. Having consumed this with evident relish, glass and bottle were replaced, the door was closed and locked, and then Barnicle moved with an alr of stealth to the desk telephone. Cautiously he seated himself and noiselessly took down the receiver, calling for a2 number in a voice so low that he was obliged to repeat it, Muf- fling the mouth-piece with one hand, he held a long conversation—all in 2 mysterious undertone-~in the course of which he replied to numerous ques- tions on the part of his unseen Inter locutor. Followed several minutes of intent' listening by Barnicle, then he said: “Mr. Rudolph is not a gentleman that showe 'is feelings, don’t y'know, and that {8 what makes me sure thaf ) noiselessly as he had taken it down, | | Mrs. Devereaux without occasioning | utter a sharp “Down!” an ensuing ! clank and clatter of the elevator door, ; Vechten’s into which he sank delib- i er we had last night.” i — » whatever Is bothering him Ts serious. 1 can tell when anything is a-worryin’ him.’ And, In a resenttul tone: “’E called me a satire. 'E ’'as something “Where |s Paige Carew?” on 'is mind, so 'e 'as, yet 'e is a-sleepin’ like a 'ealthy hinfant.” Another pause. “I understand—some time tomorrow night. I was afraid for a while that I could not find an opportunity to call you tonight; his coming 'ome so early and unexpected like, don’t y’know, and his heing that concerned quite took me breath away.” Barnicle replaced the receiver as and after switching off the lights stole away to regions best known to him- self. { Next morning, bright and early, Ru- | dolph Van Vechten was seated at his writing-table, while Barnicle, tall, white-haired, cadaverous of counte- nance, but extraordinarily efficient, moved quickly about his morning tasks, and so quietly that the young man was not aware of his presence. Van Vechten was compiling a list of his friends and acquaintances in London, together with such names of Paige's friends as he could recall. Hav- ing completed this to his satisfaction, he next directed his attention to the composition of a cablegram which, he trusted, would elicit news of Paige or too much comment on the part of the recipient. It was well after ten o'clock when he finished his labors and departed. The instant the door closed Barnicle left off what he happened to be doing at the time, and stood listening to the ! footfalls growing fainter in the hall. Presently he heard his master's voice and Barnicle broke into activity again. Hastening over to the writing-table, he went deftly through a number of papers. Van Vechten had left sev- eral rough drafts of the cablegram and also one or two complete, but badly scratched list of names. One each of these Barnicle selected, carefully fold- ed and placed in his pocket. In the meantime a taxi cab con- veyed Van Vechten to the nearest telegraph office, where he filed the following message, directed to each person on his list: “Have lost my Cousin Paige Carew’s ! addross. She will not write until she | hears from me. Fear she is ill. Can | you supuly her present address?” ! He jef: instructions that all replies ; be delivered at he 1 3 ie Powhatan, whither | % himself to wait, 1ad he made himself comfort. | n front of one of the windows overlooking the street, when the hall | door again opened. He looked round | and beheld Tom Phinney. Reserving ' his greeting until Tom drew nearer, he | was about to turn away again, but ' something in Tom's appearance and ! bearing abruptly struck him as being | a bit cold. He gave the truant a sharp glance. For one thing, Tom's noiseless en- trance was in marked contrast to his | customary boisterous arrival; a grave | and thoughtful cast now sat upon his | usually good-humored countenance, | and he was coutemplating Var Vechten ! with a preoccupied stare which plain. ly took no note o? his surroundings. Seeming all at once to becoma aware of the figure over by the window, Tom | halted, uttered a faint “Hullo. Ruddy,” then proceeded ‘o a chair beside Van erately. He sat gazing dreamily into the street, as inert as protoplasm, Van Vechten surveyed him from time to time, growing more and more puzzled, as the minutes passed with. | cut sound or movement from his com- | panion, “Well?” he dryly broke the silence at last. “It was an invigorating show- | A grunt from Tom was the sole re- sponse. He didn't evea trouble to look around. Then Van Vechten injected a | note of cheerfulness into his next l speech. “But it has turned delighttul today.” “Uh-hub,” from Tom. (Continued on Page 6) Best Butter, per pound..,...,,.. ... .. il | Cottolene, 10 pound pails, ..., ... .. S e U oo +0e01.30 | Cottolene, 4 poung L PR $e VNV 6% 4 pounds Snowdritt Lara. . ..., ., . il RS ol Snowdrift, 10 poung DIy i . M ; 1.2—’ 3 cans family size Ly b e j i : .n'. 6 cans baby size S ; 12 barrel best Flour... . 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