Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 19, 1913, Page 8

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Phone 93 Pure Food Store 5 Gl ¢ S SHIHEN Don t Forgebf & That Christmas will soon be here, and : & that we have some beautiful Holiday § Goods to'dispose of at very low prices :§:§ © Bathrobes and Slipper to match, ¢ ¢ Friees 3 3 + ; $10 worth for ] @& 4 - $6.50 Ties and Stlk Socks in boxes for $1.00 and a host of other Holiday goods, ‘ including Initial Handkerchiefs in ¢ silk and all linen. il g oo e i A prices for the Holidays. H Some good Hats at $1 g DONT N}Rfifl Tfl[ STORE ¢ OB PIPD Foefe B I Outfitter The Hart Schalfner & Marx Clothlnl The Hub JOS. Futch & Gentry Bldg N T PR R LIRS 1 SL OGSO A IR F 00 & SROAMIEC S OPOIEDMIT Qe LSRR PHONE 340 I-LORIDA . All our cloth- 3 & ing in men and boys reduced in :§ ‘cw on the wealthy diamond importer. LeVAY By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of “The Silver Blade,” “The Paternoster Ruby,” etc. i:.eocooo.oooQtoo (Copyright 1912 by A. C. McClarg & Ca.) across the street. It is remarkable that he should do such a thing for any- body. If Max Willard is alive, the old friendship would supply that motive. Then it would be high time to get in touch with Willard and learn what he's up to.” “Perhaps,” Van Vechten reflectively offered, “Temple Bonner’s sentiment about the house extended to preserv- ing everything just as it was when he was attentive to Miss Henrietta. But he has never come back to it.” “That was precisely the impression 1 gathered. Aside from the gold purse, I found nothing whatever of any inter- est to my investigation.” Van Vechten asked carelessly: “If one were minded to, could one get in?” The detective smiled. thinking of attempting it?” “Maybe I shall—if the obstacles in the way are not {nsurmountable. You see, Flint, I may stumble upon some- thing of value as a clue; something that was meaningless to you with your “Are you scant knowledge of family traditions.” The detective passed a flat key across the table, saying merely: back door; you reach it through alley.” Van Vechten pocketed the key. Turning to Tom, Mr. Flint had just asked him to recount his Rocky Cove experience, when the arrival of an- other messenger boy with a fresh bundle of cablegrams him. : These messages were the remaining replies to those sent by Van Vechten in the morning, and, in addition, a no- tification from the telegraph company of failure to deliver the cablegram to Paige at Paris. They proved to be similar in tenor to those received earlicr in the day— one and all they decl: rance of Paige Carew’ interrupted whereabouts. CHAPTER IX. | Un Enfant Perdu. ‘ ! erystallized. “Now is as good as any time. It’s too late in the day to under- | take anything else; besides, there lsl Lord—wait! | nothing to do but wait. It would be a relief to have the unl- verse come tumbling around ones ears. After Flint’s yarn, it will be in- | | teresting to have a squint | Queer, queer.” Now perhaps he forgot hie promise to Flint to leave word respecting his | movenients, or else he did not consid- er a brief abscnce merely across the | street of sufficient consequence to be mentioned; however that may be, he left the club without a word to any- body. A minute or two later he stood in | the indescribably littered and filthy | { loomed dimly before him. d entire igno: | Whether Mr. Flint attached any par- ticular importance to anything in Tom Phinney’s recital, Van Vechten was unable to determine, either from the detective’s fixed expression (or ab- sence of expression), or the few ques- tions he asked when Tom had finished. These interrogations were aimed sole- ly at aiding Tom to remember the mo- torboat’s occupants; but excepting the suppositious servant and the sandy- complexioned man—now identified as John Callis—Tom's description was exceedingly vague. Before leaving, Mr. Flint said to Van Vechten: ! “I am liable to be looking you up al- most any minute of the day or night 1 expect to be pretty busy, but it is im- possible to foretell precisely in what way my efforts will be directed. May I count on you spending as much ot’ youi time here a3 you can?” The young man nodded. “If 1 am not here I shall leave word so you may know where to find me.” Tom, after the detective was gone, reverted to a topic which he had broached carlier in the day. “Are you geing to use the motor for a while, Ruddy? T want to take a run down to Maiden Lane if The other roused sufliciently from his puzzling reflections to give the speaker a questioning look. *“Maiden Lane?” he repeated. Tom amplified. “Chap down there—wealthy dia- mond imperter—was wanting a skip-| per for his steam yacht. Brownlow's his name—met him at the Payne- French's last week. He was asking me about it; suppose¢ he heard that I was interested in yachting. I have a master's certificate, you know; that's one job I can hold down.” Tom was moody, and for the time being Van Vechten laid aside his own perplexities. “So,” he said, “you are still deter- mined to go to work?” Tom nodded. “Most of the time you chaps were talking I was thinking the whole thing over. It's really not like- ly I shall ever meet that girl, Ruddy; it's too deuced improbable to hope such a thing. Just the same, I mean to get busy. I want to get away. I want to feel that I am doing something worth while, 1 ean run old Brown- low's racht just as well as anybody 1 might reeommend, if not better, and I'm g¢ p le mrln. myself. Can I refer him (o you? “Certainly,” said Van Vechten. “Take the car for as long as you want | it; if 1 have to go anywhere I'll use & taxi. Send Mr. Brownlow to me if he wants any recommendations of your qualif or sail. And you would be safe in men- tioning Fred Carteret, too. Good luck, Tom.” And Mr. Tom Phinney departed to | « first floor than his strained attentive- | were, | ward the rear of the house. finite caution, he crept up the rrontg ations to handle a yacht, steam | Left thus to himself, Van Vechten took from his pocket the key which Mr. Flint had given him, and sat con- templating it for some minutes. By and by he returned it to his pocket, then pushing back his chair, rose and feli to pacing to and fro the width of the lounging-room. As he passed each of the big plate glass windows—they were screened, however, at this sea- son—he would glance across the street at the silent house. At last he halted and, hands in pockets, stood staring at the dingy facade, his mien pensive, . “Why not?” his thoughts gresently backyard of Number 1313, In truth, the place was no more than a small brick-paved court. It was walled all about, and a short flight of stone steps leading downward to a basement door bore the only evidence of recent use. Here, patently, was the door to which the key belonged. He unhesitatingly went down the half-dozen or so steps, and when he stopped to insert the key in the lock received the initial surprise of his ad- venture, Before he succeeded in getting the inside. | key into the keyhole, the door swung open at his touch. Besides being un- locked, the latch was not even caught. “Humph! Shouldn’t think Flint would have been that careless,” was his immediate conclusion. It did not occur to him that somebody already door behind him. He glimpsed into the kitchen, and | promptly withdrew with a shudder. Off on one side a huge range stood, red with rust, and everywhere were cob- | webs and layer upon layer of dirt. A sleek rat darted into the denser shad- ows, and the opening door disturbed | hundreds of enormous cockroaches. Some scuttled away, but others re- | mained motionless and watched him | with malignant eyes that sparkled weirdly in the half-light. He shook off his feeling and ad- | vanced stairs, which | But thence- | forward he moved with utmost circum- | spection, pausing frequently at some toward the might be within, but contented himself with the belief that the detective had ! " | neglected to make fast the door after‘ " | his visit Sunday afternoon. Settling the incident thus to his own 1;:: psatisfaction, he entered and closed the “The Dcor Swung Open at His Touch.” ;) imagined sound, or to determine the | nature of some shape unexpectedly confronting him in a carker corner. And scarcely had he arrived at the ness was rewarded by a sound that was unmistakable—one that brought him up short—a sound of human voices. ling sensation playcd over his scalp and at the back of his neck. The tem- | s porary alarm, however, instantly van- ished, and instead he was filled with wonder and curiosity at this unlooked- for exploration, Who could have chosen a spot so desolate and God-forsaken in which to carry on a conversation? He recalled the unlatched door; manifestly whoever was inside with him had entered by means of a key, precisely as he had been equipped to do, and had neglected to fasten the door after them. At any rate, the mat- ter was worth investigating; then, if he saw that he was an intruder, he- would quietly withdraw. I When they first startled him the voices were so low that he was unable to determine anything about them— how many were talking, or in what portion of the house the speakers Then of a sudden he received | a fresh shock of surprise. One of the voices rose in a note of anger It was a woman's—nay, a girl's. And now he was able to locats the source of the sounds. 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It costs less. : A postal will brino full information A distinctly unpleasant ting- 5 — ——— IH[ PHO[NIX 3 C‘mstmas. Call again during 1914, bring a friend, L. E. PEACOCK, | The PHOENIX BARBER SHOP émmmoweim A< stairway to the upper hall. The voices sounded incessantly, first | a man’s, hoarse and rumbling, then the girl's, then sometimes both to- gether. Van Vechien paused at a real- ization that the two were quarreling and that the girl's voice was quivering with intense indignation. He advanced more rapidly, and pres ently came to a halt before a closed door, on the farther side of which the | two disputants without doubt were en- gaged. And then perforce he became an eavesdropper, “Go, go, go!” cried the feminine voice, shrill with exasperation and anger. “I tell you, I will not stand this annoyance. Whatever in the world possessed you to follow me I can’t imagine. Go—get out of my sight. I don’t want to hear a word you have to say!” (To Be Continued.) 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