Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 22, 1913, Page 7

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SMITH Y NOTARY PUBLIC LOANS, INVESTMENTS In REAL ESTATE - i some interesting snaps In { H Bl T e Will irade, Befor cash or oo easy fermi. 14, Futeh & Getry Bids. Room IL ELAND, FLORIDA w—fl' " . e [] DR. R R SULLIVAN PHYSICIAW E Special Attention Gives W H SURGERY % ernosler —————rre - fw 2972 ACHECLURG S CO 8YNOP&IS. Book 1. CHAPTER I-Rudolph Van Vechten, & young man of lefsure, is astonished to See a mun enter No. 1313, & house across the street from the Powhatan club. The house has long been unoccupled and is 8poken of as the House of Mystery. CHAPTER II—-Several persons at regu- lar intervals enter No. 1{1; CHAPTER III-Van Vechten expresses concern to his friend, Tom Phinney, re- garding the whereabouts of his cousin and fiancee, Paige Carew. A fashionably attired woman is seen to enter the House of Mystery. A man is foreibly ejected from the house. Van Vechten and Tom :‘{“m{ the man and find him dead in the ree 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 X:g d\wmcn to get his version of the edy. CHAPTER VI—Tom Phinney goes alone on a yuchting trip. He recognizes amo: some persons in a passing motor bo 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 selred, blindfolded and taken to a house. He hears a girl named Jessle, evidently the daughter of the man in authority, question his captors. A sweet- volced girl later protests against the roughness of his captors, Book Ik CHAPTER I-Van Vechten calls on his uncla, Theodore Van Vechten, blg man in Wall street and known as the ‘“Man of Iron,” in search of information regarding the whereabouts of Palge Carew. CHAPTER TII—-Detective Flint shows Van Vechten a gold mesh purse found In the House of Mystery. Van recognizes it as belonging to Paige Carew. CHAPTER TIT-The sweet-volcad gin helps Tom Phinney escape, but refuses to disclose her fdenfity, Tom declares he will meet her again, CHAPTIZR TV—Detective Flint tells Van Vechten he has a theory that Palge been kidnaped. Van goes to lay the case before his uncle, CHAPTER V-Messages are sent to Turope in an effort to trace Palge. Tom tells Van Vechten he fs in love and re- lates his adventure. CHAPTER VI—-A message from London reports that two ladles resembling Miss Carew and her companion, Mrs, Devereaux, sailed for New York some ;lmn‘pro\'inusly. A reward of $2,500 is of- ered, CHAPTER VII-It develops that the ladies visited the English home of Tem- ple Bonner, owner of the House of Mys- tery. Flint has a theory that they are connected with the mystery of No. 1313. CHAPTER VIIT-Tt is recalled that Temple Bonner was in love with a dsuehter of Compton Schuyler, who mar- ricd Max Willard. The other daughter married a man named Devereaux. Bone ner and Willard were intimate friends, A gearch is sturted for Willard. CHAPTER TX—Van Vechten enters the Honse of Mvstery by the back door in time to h John Callis threaten a girl, He inte and helpa the girl eseapa, but is rer 1 unconsclous in the strug- gle with ( Book 1. CHAPTER T-Tom Phinney gets a job ! Brownlow's yacht Kohinur ns master which ha . chartored for some mys- terlous mission. “My dear Mr. Phinnoy!” cried the Httle man, beaming, the while he vig- orously pumped Tom’s unresponsive right hand. “My dear Mr. Phinnes! Almost literally you have arrived at the eleventh bour. It Is impogsible for me to expiess my gri -ation at see- ing you. $o you didn't forze quest 1 made s0 bold as tc Mrs. Payue-French's!™ Tl topned with surprising abruptocse 1ho on in a tone expres o1 ) tion: “Don't ¥ that ‘ bV failed! Don'e toll n ¢ here only to bring ¢ would be a cruel act of kindness on your part, but Ahem! Sit down!” Tom dronped into the chair which the other thrust at him as if he meant to knock his legs from under him. “pPray don't give me any such ill- tidings, Mr. Phinney, for this is my last day of grace; if I don't get a skipper and mates for the Kohinur by gix this evening, I stand to lose’—he ratsed his hauds in a despairing ges- ture—"T can’t bear to hoar myself say #! 1 can’t bear to think of how much 1 shall lose—more than any man can gfford—good, honest money, just wait- ing to be picked up.” This was all more or less unintel- Ngitde to Tom; but he had succeeded in pulling himeelf together, and as soon as he couM wedge In & word be tried to impress upon the excitable merehant that he was oftering himselt for the opening. When st last Brown- low comprehended, be suddenly checked himself and stared at Tom in silent surprise; but in a moment he drew & long face, which put the finish- ing touch o his caller's @iacourage- ment. “You're not in earnest,” Brownlow voioed hie misgivings, golemnly wag- ging his head, but neverthelees main- taining an interested scrutiny upon the young man. “Why, ghould you be looking for such a billet?” ~Because I want the money,” was the blunt response. “And take my word for it, Mr. Browniow, I'm in earnest. If you doubt my qualifica- | ga! The other raised & silencing hand. o .l.?or_of - e Si erfihgé‘,‘i”?‘: crisply, broached the matter to you in the first place. activity in yachts and yachting would about them,” sald Te, shouldn’t have " konw all “else I I supposed your interest and “My Dear Mr. Phinney—My Dear Mr. Phinney.” enable you to put me in the way of finding what I wanted; I didn’t expect | that you would—er—ahem!—" Tom took the words out of his mouth. “Strike you for the job myself, eh? Well, I have,” Brownlow seated himself at his desk, upon which he thoughtfully drummed with his fingers, every now and then directing a sharp glance at his caller. Tom was beginning to real- ize that the employment of a captain for the Kohinur, for some occult cause, was not to be so simply arranged as such matters generally are; the pre- liminaries were unusual and—to him— unnecessary; he was becoming more and more puzzled, for he believed that Brownlow was needlesely investing the proceedings with an air of mys- tery, and this made him restive, By and by Brownlow drew a long breath and once more gloomily shook his head. “I'm fearful that it's not to be,” sighed he, heavily. “When you hear the conditions you will back out like all the rest of 'ém. Seems like these days navigators are too busy clipping coupons and drawing dividends to be attracted by a little thing like double | wages.” Tom pricked up his ears. Two pas- times had been mentioned which he, at least, never had enjoyed. He inter- | rupted with an exclamation. ' “Double wages! Say"—eagerly—"if the game's straight I don’t care to hear | conditions. Where’s your yacht? I'lli get my dunnage aboard without wast- ing any more time.” The little man bounded from his| chalr and began pacing the floor with | short, nervous strides. Every now . and then he would halt with a jerk and address a tew remarks to Tom, rub his | hands together briskly and dart off upon his promenade. “I declare, Mr. Phinney,” ho spoke | vehemently, “in a way this is a rare stroke of luck for me; but before we £o any further I must—my conscience impels me to tell you—ahem!—some | things. before you before I allow you, out of the generosity of your nature, to bind vourself to any obligation. The condi- tions, 1 belleve I may-truthfully af- firm, are extraordinary; indeed, with- | out exaggerating the state of affairs, 1 may even go 8o far as to say that they | are astoundingly extraordinary; and 1 must put you into posseseion of such | facts as I am at liberty to impart. “But"—he broke off abruptly—"T! need more than a captaln; I am pledged to secure the services of a first and second officer and a chief en- gineer. The scamps who have been serving me in those capacities—oon- found 'em—are poor, miserable, spine- less creatures whose proper walk in lite. is between a pair of plow-handles instead of upon. the deck of a sea-go- ing craft. They are a pack of cow- ards, Mr. Phinney, when an oppor- tunity is presented to them that smacks of adventure. As I.have al- ready intimated, I've had the devil’s own time trying to find men for the billets, and you'll have to ecare ‘em up somehow, somewhere, before six o'clock. That's the fix I'm in.” “But what is it you want to tell me?” Tom impatiently tried to pin him down. “If the thing depends upon so much we haven’t any time to spare. I've a motor below, and I'm pretty sure I can get the men.” Brownlow threw himself into his chalr and hitched it closer to Tom. Leaning forward, in a confidential atti- tude and occasionally emphasizing his remarke with a vigorous tap upon the young man’s knee, he impressively be- n: “Looky here, Mr. Phinney—here’s the way of it. A certaln party wants to charter the Kohinur for an indefl- (Continued on Page 8.) Certain details must be laid LU N i M. ¢ WE HAVE IT From Stick Candy to the Finest Box Candy Have you tried any of our HOME-MADE CANDY ? A Triai is All We Ask We also have a nice stock of Fresh Fruits. Nuts, Dried Figs. Dates and Raisins. FRESH APALCHICOLA OVSTERS H. O. DENNY eromyt Delivery Phone 23% Bargains Galore For the Holiday Shopocrs Get my prices on Blankets and Comforts before buying—can save you money. 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