Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 2, 1914, Page 7

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Under the inspiration of your kindness we ( » alreadv determined to serve you still better next year. Now | Christmas is over, the next thing is Lakeland's big Carnival rogress, and we are prepared with a full line of Decorating Material rior and exterior paper festoons, flags, bunting, etc. For Carnival night i Conlfetti, Masks, Ticklers, etc. % he Lakeland Book Store Benford & Stcitz A ann Plumbingce Place BSt your Order ork Now Under Now gd Glenada Hotel and tv‘est 1 3 DineStreet Avoid ces the Rush Jork Guaranteed First Class in Every Respect. Estimates Will Be| Furnished op Short Notice. Office Phone 257 Residence Phone 274 led.~ TP T PO ST F YOU ARE IN GHE MARK:T or Tin! Sheet Iron, Copper, Zinc or any kind of Roofing Work, call the - AKELAND SHEET METAL WORKS £ 212 South Florida Ave. i Ask for J. P, CARTIN b can fix that leaky roof. Our Motto is. Bdest Prices and All Work Guaranteed, = ' The Time Lock § (By Charles Edmonds Walk.) De0E04 0L BOMISOBOR P i f SYNOPMIS. read you something" said he; then Ly he fixed his attention upon the memo- Book bk g I-Rud Van Vi & CIAFI'I:!“ hl‘llolbi 'an *.” the street from the Powhatan elub. The house has loi spoken of as the House of g CHAPTER Il—Several ot rege- lar intervals enter Ne. CHAPTER III-Van Vechten expresses oconoern to his friend, Tom Pkinaey, re- | garding the whereabouts of his and flancee, Paige Carew. A fashionably :!fth’;d :vomnnAll seen t: ;mr::'u‘ha House ystery. man oreibly from the houss. Van Vechten m :g:x&:mmummmm-m o~ fic?‘z"‘“.l}':“’u “mfi of y the of & g:looknr- surrounding the my ter discovers the girl at hm with a look of scorn from dows of the mysterious house. CHAPTER V—Deteotive Flint calls Van Vechten to get his version ef the tragedy. ; CHAPTER VI~Tom Phinney goes alone 1 On a yachting trip. He recognises amon, | 30me perwons in & passing motor boal {wW0 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 seized, 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- voiced glvl later protests against the roughness of his captors. Book Il CHAPTER I-Van Vechten calls on his l uncle, Theodore Van Vechten, blg man in Wall street and known as the '‘Maam of Iron,” in search of information regarding the whereabouts of Palge Carew. CHAPTER II—-Detective Flint shows - Van Vechten a gold mesh purse found in the House of Mystery. Van recognises it as belonging to Paige Carew. CHAPTER ITI-The sweet-voiced girl helps Tom Phinney m?, but refuses to | disclose her {dentity, 'omz declares he will raeet 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 unclo, CHAPTER V--Messages are semt to Furope In an effort to trace Palge. Tom tells Van Vechten he is in love and re- lates his adventure. CHAPTFER VI—-A message from London reports that two ladles resembiing Misa Carew and her tompanion, Mrs. Devereauyx, sailed for New York some :'lm:dnreviously, A reward of $2,500 is of- ered. CHAPTER VII-It develops that the | Indies visited the Ehgllsh 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. 1318 CHAPTER VIII-Tt {s recalled that Temple Bonner was in love with a daughter of Compton Schuyler, who mar rled Max Willard. The other daughter marrfed A man named Devereaux. Bon- ner and Willard were intimate friends. A search s started for Willard. CHAPTER TX—Van Vechten enters the | House of Mystery by the back door im ! time to hear John Callls threaten a girl. He Interferes and helps the girl escape, but {s rendered unconscious in the strug- gle with Callis, Book I1l. CHAPTER 1-Tom Phinney gets s job as master of Brownlow’s yacht Kohinur which has been chartered for some mys- terlous mission. CHAPTER TI—-The charterer and his friends board the yacht at night and Tom hears the volce of the unknown girl and also of a man involved In his adventure of n few mghts previous. CHAPTER 1TT-Tomn finds the girl more hetutiful than he had anticipated, The harterer turns out to he Max Willard, CHAPTER 1V--Willard that Mis mission is b . et wi Tom a Intd th he one {9 t his viica, assures ant Ve I hat r A the vacht withe Wi, the 2ir) of the indd while Tom jimps over ¢ blown to | md dis- | ippears canse 1 then 7 ¢ and e in the coffin CHAPTER 11 « cleared » The Kolinur t on a nevino wvith P’ ind Tom and i rh Van Vechten as the 1 ured a temple, and thus received his feath wound. . L * - L B Tom had drawn Paige off to the smbrasure of one of the library's cur- ained bay wirndows “What in the werld is the matter with ycu?" the girl remonstrated in amazement. “You are as rough as a | pirate.” “Tom did not heed. His eyes were unnaturally bright and he was breath- ing heavily 5 en!" he cautioned in a whisper. Ile could not repress his excitement “That's Flint talking to Jessie—to | Miss Willard, | mean. She and Mrs. | Devercaux came with us from the | Kohinur. . Hang it all! Don’t make | so muck noise! I want you to hear what they are saying.” Jessie looked a trifle frightened. She and the detective were standing by | one of the big tables. He was hold- |ing in one hand a pocket memoran- | | dum book, and talking in his quiet | | way. | Paige, with her head close to Tom's, | peered through the curtains. heard Mr. Flint say: “l am not often controlled by im- pulses, Miss Willard, but at the time it struck me that the occasion might come when this would form a rather interesting document.” ! “You frighten me.” “I I_have your permission, I will ! more absurd than to imagine the girl | I saw being engaged in anything crim- | He methodically closed the book, ea' That Mr. Flint pursu hands that he | of us “.’i randum book, and continued: “‘Nothing in the world could be inal, or even entertaining a suspicion that she may be surrounded by & criminal atmosphere. She is young; she is beautiful, she is refined and gentle; the stamp of purity and ad- herence to right ideals is unmistak- able in her countenance. Whatever comes of your investigations, you will find to be unqualifiedly true all that I | now assert concerning her.’” snapped the rubber band around it, and returned it to his pocket, while . Jessie stared at him in blank amaze. |' ment. , his eyesl _erinkling th a smile, “is what Mr. Ru- + dolph Van Vechten told me at a time " when I honestly believed you to be a crook.” After reciting the circumstances, he went on: “You see, I hadn’'t Mr. Van Vecht- en's faith. T had never seen you, and appearances were all against you. [ might say, the odds were against the , correctness of his estimate—in which case I meant to show him these words.” Jessie was breathing fast; her eyes were very bright and their regard was very steady. “And if you had been wrong?” she asked. The creases at the corners of Mr. ' Flint’s eyes deepened. “Why, I felt that he would need a champion, and 1 determined to bring the memorandum to you. You know now, that from the very first, at least one person has retained a firm belief in the innocence and purity of your motives.” The two in the bay window could see the color rush to Jessie's cheéks; she blushed furiously. “Have you,” she said falteringly, “shown this to—to him?” “He doesn't even know that I pos- sess such a thing.” The girl's eyes were dewy. Herl voice Towered “Then,” said she, “this is your \\'flyl of telling me that all your doubts are | removed. Thank you.” ! “Well,” returned the impassive de- tective, “that's one way o" looking at the matter. 1f Mr. Ruddlph's judg- ment had been in error, T would just | as freely have shcown the reminder to Van Vechten caime eagerly forward and took the girl's hands into his. Mr. Klint slipped unobtrusively away “Jessie -Jessie Willard,” said Van Vechten, “we do not have to wait the week: T am more cager now than evar. I understand everything, dearest.” Very deliberately she disengaged her hands. looking at him desperately. | “Truly?” she said with an 1-vid:-nt, effort at sarcasm. “You seem indeed to be very sure of yourself.” He caught her hands again, and as her head drooped, drew her toward him. “Sure of myself!” he exclaimed. “Why, God bless my seul, yes! 1It's all up to you, girl. . . . What was that!” It was Paige Carew trying- -vainly —to break loose from Tom Phinney's ecstatie bear-like hug. Swinging her clear from the floor and between the curtaing, they stood confronting l!m: dumfounded gaze of the other two. “Looky here, Ruddy,” said 'l‘nmv. “Mr. Willard's get a yacht on his | has no use for what- ever: vhat's the matter with the four { him. . . . Here he comes now.” | | “The very thing!” Van Vechten de- | | eigively interrupted, looking intently at Jessie Willard Jessie averted her gaze. and her color mounted again. “And listen here,” Tom went on eag- erly. “sShe’s all ready to put to se steam’s up this minute-—supplies all on board—crew's drawing pay for loaf- ing--why, Moses and green spee- tacles! it would be an outrage not to take advantage of such an opportuni- ty! What do you think?” What otherwise could Paige and Jessie think? Here was an argu- ment that even a woman could not guccessfully oppose. And so, the next Aay, the Kohinur weighed anchor, dropped down the river, and by sun- set had lost the Statue of Liberty be hind her THE END. LW.YARNELL Successor to W. K. McRae TRANSFER LINED Uraving and Hauilng of All Kinu Prompt and Reasonable Service Guaranterd Household Moving » Speciait: Residence Phone 67 Green; Office 10 Notice is hereby given to all real estate dealers that the property or; Mrs. M. A. 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