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PNMEM HENMAN MCAD NONE ELEN, HE PREMIO THE TIME-LOCK: NA NEW Y RK CITY MYSTERY=-ROMANCE |} QE SLES 1B CHARLES E. WALK | SHAAN AMR ARIAS Wepiriehs, 1012, by A.C. MeCimg & Oo.) thataym and determination mount as fine —— ba OF PRECPDING CHAPTERS, “Tha: any rate,” Hee Feat ant tem ane ote? Van Vechten admitted witha show ef reluctance. “Your will lose you nothin, promise you. But where did you find the purse?” The rp gray eyes swept Van To Bunt, rom Olina “deter, earnest face, Mr, Flint re- toh ‘wlle at y 5 Bir seen, 4 arrows 4 eat boat at rend travelling abroad, be, resognlans one at 1 “Now you have hit upon the cir cumstance that connects Miss Carew with the affair. I found it hanging from @ nail, In a dark corner of an upstairs closet, across the street—in. your precious house of mystery. The young man's blank {ramobisey lone betrayed his stupefaction. sy, Funt," said) he, un~ ‘Kindly repeat that; this 4 infernal @narl is dulling my facul- The other did so, adding: “or course It wag left there—overiooked— by somebody; whether by Miss Carew or somebody else, 1 am not prepared te Bay,’ I pass,” said Rudolph rpolgnediy. "The thing's utterly beyond mi up to you, Filnt. Go on. “Well, you have all the details that suggest a possible kidnapping con- spiracy—first, tho uncertainty as to the young lady's whereabouts; sec- ond, the advertisement; third, the secrecy and extreme caution observed throughout by the unknown conspir- ators; fourth, the callers at Number 1318; fifth, the purse.” Van Vechten breathed another sigh, ono of relief. “Mystifying {t all ts, to be sure, he sald; “but that array might sound more formidable if it were more cer- ‘bate: I simply want to present @ tain and positive. At the same time, my anxiety about my cousin has by theory for your consideration, sug- My analety aos gested by such few unsatisfactory — “On reflection,” Mr. Fiint medita- facts as wo have, In the hope that tively continued, "I' was scarcely ‘ one more Justified in asserting that the facts together, wo may arrive at ‘9F° suggest the possibility of Miss Carew ible. having been kidnapped; tt would be ere is ono thing, thank heaven, more accurate to say: Tf it turns out } ” te a been, why, then the facts Phat I can do,” fervently announced that she has 5 jus young man, “Money generally W®,ToW have would dove-tail with in a case of this kind, and “sy tho ‘crime. thinking of Mrs, Devereaux." ev nny of my fortune is at your n the other+"you know who she Slapabaly if it should be necessary to tung money nd Paige, Only find goles; don't even think of ex- veaee let us get down to facts,” purgyed Mr. Flint, “so that you m View the matter more calmly; gen- eralities are too disquieting. 1, too, have .been mypking some inquiries— since finding’the purse—and 1 eatb- t the idea that some uncertainty cting Miss Carew's where- rned nothing very defl- 1 shall expect you to nas you can fo detectite, etows. hit el been fond in of mystery.”” CHAPTER V. (Continued) Mr. Flint Advances a Theory. © not become unnecessarily alarmed, Mr. Van Vechten, but it is possible—barely possible, understand—that wo have run upon @ kid- napping plot.” “pint! Do you really know what you ‘are saying?” “put, Mr. Van Vechten, I sald ‘barely possible,’ I meant no more.” fe sheng have you to support your \ Meee much. And I have no positive is The detective nodded. Van Vechten asked: “Could she have been kidnapped also?" “Dismiss “Mrs. Devereaux for the present,” returned Mr. Flint; “sho is an item against the possibility. 1] —————_—————_____ want first to mention the most serious ‘spect of the whole affair, for there , For @ long time Van Vechten pon- one circumstance that makes dered. At last he said, very soberly: criminality almost self-evident. ‘i ‘You ae DES Flint; 1 haven't “Assuming that the man who was Deen perfectly eee bid re My killed went to the house in answer joucention of detectives and the po- to the advertisement—and there Is no bot fpelleve 1 ake pect reason to believe otherwise—in ail byte gas dry Samah “You mentioned that the house had not been rented through the regular channels; please explain what you meant.” The youosg man did so, telling of the club committeo's experience with the Bonner estate's resident man- himself, Next morning, Rudolph Van Vechten was seated at bright Barnicle replaced the receiver as noisciessiy as he had taken It down, and after switching off the lights stole away to regions best known to and early, tall, Understand, 1 am laying before you ranger to the Stress upon the “you.” “I am going 48) = his writing table, while Barnicle, the feed bth SiEDY date. SS Ler eee tnas hiaee abou We iboKe th Re any rate.” ‘ Ae ee ee aaah ane tay aman White haired, cadaverous of | coun- @ kidnapp! for a motive? nd then he recounted the episode 4+ aii_or that none of his office for BO Do ene eerclnneny, SUOlsbts id be prepared tc meet any con of the veiled lady in the taxicab, the incident of the girl and the sandy haired man in the crowd, and of his subsequent view of the former at a window in No. 1813. “This strikea me as the most prob- hia,acruples balked at the enterprise; “he denounoed -the crim- » who were thus threatened with had: that the house's occupancy hi been arranged in some other w That is all the satiatuction we could get. Temple Bonner, as you know, is Ige--kidnapped!” exclaimed Vechten, aghast, Van v r, Flint ceased trying to dis- thin. re and arrest if they did not the . et tr present head of the family, He use his mind of its feare by un- pxposive and He the intractable “My impulae toward reserve is #0 jus resided for years Im Hngland, A tendon, chose the second difficult to account for,” he sald in cy Bonner, is a mem of Pais nephew, Pi of this club, however, ‘Put he didn't know the property belonged to the te until we told him.” ay 1 inquire whether you Intend ng any move to locate Miss individual. = 'Th alternative, which would indicate that they are desperate enough. “Now let us consider the facts sup- porting the {mprobability that Miss Having ed assurances, . eRe ie go back to yesterday,” bo is » four resumed. "The episode of the you saw enter the house over me! ot mystifying to me. yooter was not my! ane conclusion, “that I had determined to me the matter to myscif.” “IT am glad you didn’t,” was the low-voiced rejoinder. “Flint,” said Van Vechten earnestly, | jeven while you were relating port! waa pretty certain vergeinont of oan Wat of oi, therein the extreme “40 you believe that 1 am qualified aw?" occasiont oft . to form a fairly accurate estimate of t was my Intention to call upon “e part difficulty of doing such a thing In any event—the lack of opportunity, Put usin the difficulty te even “she is in Europe with @ and a num- maatudy of my uncle immediately, lay the case before bit and then set the cables to King.” Phat's right @ person's character f that person's features “You should be, Mr. Van Vechten,” was the reply, “Your habits of life, dally associations, naturally oullar- lome description, The only pecul in thefact that they arrived length of time ‘ene es to an advertisement Fis: recisely the same Instant ¢ 1 » greater: I was coing to aug- trustworthy companion fl clreumstance also your st something of the kind,” Set eiainen: the advertiser had ber ot ee on mpyone suat, Be Would develop a certain atti! In that Af M ‘ had gone Van footfalin ed for more than one man, and be Kidnapping hypothesis can be ac- direction. 1 would attach conside , to dine He Pr ally for more tity tem one at © fbi ble weight to your opinion in such hone that his utter a /wanted to i opted as a working theory. & case.” le would be at home, then sum- clank anc ne an- C&P meetung one If the deed was committed abroad, ned a eab and aped through the time without thei yugh the file t “Then with much positivencas, other. Upon running throug how was the young lady conveyed to D atifiing night ight that eee ] fortnight “a? e e “nothing in the world could be m neg La a nigh hat augured of the dally papers for a fo America? If she was Orst lured to Pelion | nto lmagine the sf na storm=-to ‘Theodore Van Veohton's jon of my And he wapaper how was she persuaded important move vlatives? And this country, huge, dreary Fifth Avenue palace, to make such a CHAPTER VI. back 1 found a ¢ conelusions. Here it in anything criminal sore, aining @ suspicion that being en, handed Van Vechten without notifying her vy wee ping, which the latter seuuled 1006 jiwayy there Is Mra, Devereaux to be Pen a8 ee srentnal iid ala and tntently before returning. considered, If Miss Carew was gep- HeiPr nr ean ed and mentle: Tom Phinney Returns. greh ata who will O# rated from ber, how is her allence to moved quickly tasks, and so quietly that the young man was not aware of his presence, Vechten was compiling a list of his friends and acquaintances in and Barniel put together with, ‘s friends as completed thi suc ug two much of the recip ne Goor close he heard bis sharp “Dows d ol Van Vechten had ne or two comp ched, Hste of nan his morning b names lett ma work of his (ite, tor ‘ ® atamp of purity and adherence to FW hlea ae dese. hari fully folded and placed In bia poc oxy uined? If she was not separ Hent Ideals ty unmistakable in her HE: Man of tron harkened ““in the mean time ® tai uted from Mra. Devereaux, then {he figs, “Whatever comes of your in attentively to what Ru- veyed Van Vechten to the nes older lady either must be rex vestizations, you will find to be un- dolph had to say, but If the telegraph office, where he filed it jou are erate OF tt. qualifiedly true all that I now assert narration prompted any flowing message directed ta si, sumed vas forcibly taken also—either assumption belng €X- tremely improbabl sald Rudolph, “you will reapecting her.” During this sincere declaration of faith in the unkuown girl's impec- misgivings he showed the: He considered @ moment ” Mr, Flint wens on, “certain not at all “Now, person on bly tnt: Jost my Cousin Pal until. she all, faction he next directed ty Attention to the composition which, he trusted, of a cablegram would elicit news of Paige or Mrs, Devereaux without comment on it. It was well after 10 o'clock Whon he finished his labors and departed, Marnicie tert of what he happened to be doing at the Ume and stood listening lo the ywing fainter in the hall. ters Voice an ensuing tter of the elevator door vroke into activity again. sing over to the writing tablo nt deftly through a number of Tho BEV 1 rough drafta of the cablegram ete, a, but One con arent the euch Oarew's addrem, bears frau me Can you wupply har prevent jusions may bo drawD + . chvseue | Mivertisenent, and certain nfuaion by dis. saullity Inno noe Bae, oo thed after the younger man had finished, tMaes concerning It may be PFeLLY fainging the ping theory en Beedueed & memorandum ‘yan then said oft instructions that all replies dently inferred. tively, My cousin is an exceptionally Which he was how hes’ ad “One woman might drop from aight be delivered at the Powhatan, Molever, the enterprixe, It IN jovel-headed person, It would be next Yechton he vines at tne ing number of w but it lv too Wilther he betook himaeif to wait eaanger; it requires YOUDK ty imponsible for a stranger to gain yes, and watched him ALA Burely bad be made himacif com ree pave cal strength and daring; ag to her, and absurd to think mity, Mr. Flint wrote improbable to believe that bOtO foruule in fropt of one of the wit and it i» of wuificient Importance, to anybody ‘could persuade her to Methudice y one in 8 min 4. Paige and Joxeyline could have bean dows overtook the street when for lim to expood @ andor hor plans and come secretly When he had Anished, CY made awey with without w ripple the bull door wealn opened He the ee Mot money in pulling no; that’ gh book, anae vs FUUDEr spbing ihe s OLN aah & od round and beheld Tom Phir BN pand aroun: q t to i x ah + Kreeting un ft through: -say four or tive thoy werd ip On@ 60 pie pocket, Then te addressed hin wtern rebuxe, ulthough | apprehend roy, grew nontur, ie wen whout ta dollars, ‘t Ton Bin tance, C2Mpanion, but dit mot allude to that nothing werious bh ape torn away again, but someting in , the deserip' ‘owd glance, Of i“ men answering bie t what he had recorded \ Tom's r 1 beurin ue ployed, fF * ms i" a mont, Piige'® allowanve bal) bo» fi and beuring ployed as well at on oh Cr that oo g9r fife, HOt aueation your fudement aie esive 4 abruptiy. struck him aa being a bit whan The a Moe ar ae curih ty thot auld ha, Sine apport fOR i Wk more than probably Yet yaar oe eee hati mu the odd.) He gave the Cruant 1 aharD Sree iwas deluged with applications farts ne, 1m bound to adit: {eof lowe importance than the wir. RIPE rem 1 Caule in my § nek hen what is his aext obylaue wa tay have 8 Uinbied upon & Fri cumatanee that the youns norma Baie I 4 “ but den mphe he pute the mane o * denvoua 0 r ' ey “to entertain a very cordial dinlike “4ae 9 set rouah.® D tow purec ine been wtolen fram tor you" And ; aS ener tion, From Mine Carew in Murope weeks oF even wttilated the othar, “aha 2 1 t ria rejee' h ‘ \ raaw Cone i ony f mi " ee foe wd Vechten decinively shook wiy y bo the writers The n thas not been out of ber knows ' “ Nude a Vomder win necured ua 4 Di woul rg 72 : ¥ ' ' 4g ” fw he \ i ' ; ee ae aiid ' uid he,“ have be knows you n far ua hore fu uw a, ae Verne raieed bin th Mr Van Veohte duet ia concerned, amounts t . yoink wat ‘ wed auld be v $e " / me aamea thing . ned 1 later, 1 wan io aalagiad tall” of, Month t ' vt has taat of , to tone” the ° fore te the J . ’ ' f . one ' ' began ve, W 4» wat wot f before . ' ui! fone with on Muff * 5 te 9 t y Vor Wueer enoueh.” wan t * 4 ' z i nn ' ° * " , nore . y ' “ bot b be uiee of ‘ W A oY F fronk ow ! wee pot aie oe re i ae . a with of t upon oe Ft t “ Me ve ‘ y free fi wd the girl wind ' . r Mr} , , ) tw ‘ te thet shows in f 4 “ of af Mr. Klint went om, 4 Mt Od al : ¥ i + path ; Mr 8 ‘an that a : Boge dt ehrewd remer ‘ Se te amid Pav to i Th tw hed ve i mo ' we ait y It ' ‘ y toneh. ' " ’ t f gues . ething » , ' And her halr?-—-her ' ari f this came f whe debie tut wh pere y ‘ealthy le she ta Peyche, oF we mh wae n nye A ie itipe ” . “ ryine 2 yuur fi t know.” wtom * tod * ¥ yours 4 he ; . rd that ‘ ° 4 T ted end saute 4 tind that | haven't “ee Fade i “ interest in Onding Mine h and out of Daw it abit” 4 to view ie ‘i d sate sir fess “wn br foesional stand personal a oo Ca whe ir vestigation lo merely tneidentas Ww oa vureuiog.” everything out of me, When I say H know what he looks Lik but it makes mo Sus But 1 haven't idea Yet I want to we than eyer L wanted don't mean just that @ blooming | @oen her, 1 what she looks like, find her wi anything in “Suppose, ‘Hold That Berlin Wire « weittiditha, By J. H. Cassel the ¥ life.’ aaid his fri thetically, “you toll me « And Tom did. day upc ‘Benge atic. ven’t the least He be; boat and its occupants, At mention of the white hatred ser- yan, Van Vechtan He violently, he ejecula- bat ihatieeed to restr tion that Teaped to the lip of his tongue. His interest was ow doubled, and he seattied himself to barken to the narrat which he followed thenceforward to the end with a concentration that tnapired ‘Tom to genuine eloquenc At you—of all pe blundered into that! But that you pledged for the m ne pursued, the enten remained @ long tme ab-+ rd in thought To think,” he said fnatty, “that close ndded, he exclaimed “To he m pened to my questions annie ae posnthios anawered, tn how your promine to th “ that ared of the recital Van ra should an adventure have like Tommy, it t* ynfortunate yourself got to hunt 40, suppose It occurred to you that these peop who occupled thirteon-thirteen?” » are tho same hon Listen to this,” Van Vechtea “During Paige's silence has juleting aspect; I mneerned) about ting replies to 4 dozen or more «rams 1 sent off (his morning. Hor gold purse w tn that house, Hie friend “How tie dickens did it get there™ your absence smumod & really now deeply ch now ag her—e found yester lay him blankly, And what has hap- sin? { am extreme to have anawered as soon questions that must fact. be you not nee unidentified bo young lady has Ued our hands at « vital moment?" Tom did see miserable after and became very they dincunsed J after he wae it bone admire ed of something. ltorky Cove u mien bo any ave you replies T wae Melty Ber t wtand for it { know, © “wr * ‘Lom eaperiy tutene dash ET ae pia RN. APR end sympa~ about her.” an with bis waters of the Sound, concluding this stage of his adven- ture with an account of the motor- Thome are two y many Witnesses in case anything very wy eval Sib “She is alender, her hair and eyes are dark, She is very beautif: But Tom was empoaticaily shaking his head, “That—excopt for the beau- tiful part of It—could not be tho girl who came to me in the dark. 1 don't know why I know it, but I do, but on with what you started to aay.” 1 was going to say that L am confident of this girl's innocence, oft any wrongdoing, or even a suspi- cion of wrongdoing. Such being the case, no barm can befall either of them from anything Flint and { do. “Ia the sandy halred chap that I want to get at; 1 suspect he's the mainspring of ¢ whole affair, and indubitably Flint thinks so too, Flint’s a pretty clever chap; I respect him more every time we talk. 1 believe he Is thoroughly dependable. At any rate, if that hulking bruiser kaows anything about Paige, he must be made to tell it; Flint can do what over ho pleases with regard to ‘the murde: The Satey of a messenger with a sheaf of cablegrams for Van V ton caus as a Welcome diversion, ‘al- though anticipation lent the incident an upwonted excitement, He took them with trembling hands, ‘The first ‘proved to bo from Lobby Massinger, who made it a point to propose to Paige every Ume he mot her. “Why did you not tell me that Miss Carew was in England?” oom plained Robby, regardioss of the num- ber of words. “Do not know her prea- ent addreas, but will find it without sighed Van Vechten, open the other en- weet ”, But his spirits steadily fell as he read. One and all, the replies dis. closed an ignorance of Paige Carew's presence in England, or that she was even expected thera, “Here's tho situation, Tom,” oatd Van Vechten, unable to control the quiver of anxiety In his voice, “Dur. ing all these weeks that I believed Palge to be with hor English friends, Heaven alone knows what has been happening to her. Always heretofore I have at least been able to vom. munieate with Mra. Devereaux.” Wait till you get all the answers,” — Tom spoke encouragingly Rudolph'a eve fell on a newspaper lying on a nearby table. He snatched ft up. For In glaring headiines was a quéstion that struck him like a blow ‘vetween the eves! | “where Is Palee Carew? Talonted Violinint Mysteriousty Missal And below this was a two-colnmn half-tone portralt from a photograph of his cousin, CHAPTER VII. $2,500 Reward. 1EN Rudolph Van Vechten rallied from the staggering blow of the headlines, he contrived by a mighty ef- fort to focus hig attention y, upon tho news story that lay below. | In tho firat place, according’ to the account, everybody who knew or should have known where Pyige Ca- rew was olther would’not tell, of else they did not know; and it was demon- strated how this reticence was cor clusive evidence that she bad. en- countered some untoward fate. Next followed an account of the papers attempt, (and failure) to trace her by cable, the effort of the London correspondent’ to run her te and his interviews with her London friends and acquaintances, who expressed the utmost astonish- ment that any necessity whatsoever of ascertaining her whereabouts should exist Van Vechten instructed a page: /Telephone tie Kenmore garage and have Humley fetch my touring car here Immediately--the larges! “Thiv beats bunting taxis overy minute or #0,” Van Vechten explained to Tom, “and miley might as well be earning hiv wages. T'U just keep bia for emergenctel “L Rauley go; Ud rather run the listen to you talk, any- a Tor candiuly, “A tele chance to think.” ‘Tho offer was co ed, seriously, cover, and, to Tom's satisfaction, favorably Perhaps,” Van Vechten roturoed, “it might bo as well not to have Woe private occurs; even tho best of sors Vanta—excluding Larnicle, of course ean be made to Lali if cleverly manips wuldance the wmehs p y over to 1 Ave across Unlon Mquarn Hrowdway, and channel if it were speed Mankwe only with mi Tieod y and vialiy bid ' tof lua sine y further news ( iron veiieved 1 ' “ ab ' ~ ¥ « Muddy wor Wek tke Wo me, Vechten climbed,into Sua sa cea tonneaw dicated that this hait-! wan accepted by him for ow Quivscence. “Let's find Flint,” he sid, “Spqed You and I shall go Veohten announced fort to locate Flint. not require a sleuth to fi particularly in a region are not so plentiful. Rooky only @ village description of house's occupant! finding some Pans who can serve as waldo post? = Dolleve i i owe’ at this Juncture thing oc Hs nag Ree ye “Grove from his thoughts, for ak afterncan at any rate, consideration Rocky Cove, He and Tom wero In the aot af leaving the club to enter the auto mobile when & messenger ent and banded Van Veohten gram. Bofore tear) Kg F-—¥) he was a bit puzzl it was addressed both, tortie hie ancle and himself; which meant that @ plicato would be delivered to the te Iron, If, indeed, he had not received one, The message was dated at. and this ts es yar Vechten CHAPTER VIII. . Deeper Waters, HIS message, so condensed that for a moment Van Vechten believed it to be in dne incomprehensible but none the leas pregnant item, The line of: per> plexity botween his brows ag he continued to stare at it, while’ Tom looked on and wah nt curiosity. “Withypool,” Van Vechten voleed his mystification—“seems to me I've heard that namo before—I'm eure T have—but hanged if 1 oan associate it with anything definite. Asd who the deuce is Fotberingiil? He handed {ho slip of paper over te Tom, The items began to appear slowly by degrees. “"Withypool — Withypool,” he re peated, in an‘effort to spur his mem- ory: ‘Where’ and when did I ever her that name? od papi eet Vuigo mentioned. Mus in Homeraet. And seh peer sailed up Theodore Van Vechten. ie up | re Theodore’e or some gele Unel | ‘The surmise Feapecting Pothering!lt Lenepird pa a pekreae shrewd One. That s wentioman, It api ber of the arnt ne Hires! a bankers, the Man of tron’ Briton representatt He [+54 Instructed to-wend all oy duplicate—one for the Ven ‘Vevhten's Information, the ether for Rudolph uidance, The latter learned | furthe ep. that all oth tkewise was to be sent to Obviowsty, 345 = wasted no time In Inqtituting MS cope for tho missing girl; bat the £500 reward, Van Vechten had somewhat exceeded thority. Sie “Frankly,” the Man of Iron's: im clgive voice went on, “lL am now em ceedingly worried; if there were eo many vital business matters aoting, my personal -attentios ntl tan't neglect 0} the welfare of othera-—I would everything and take up myself, But I must ive tat of it to you; I know you wll be be Joined them, ell, so you bave turned . Van “Vechwn greeted rly. “This ia the fret opportuntt Piy-+4 found for commun: since We parted last” was runes calm response, “Don't fear but that 1 shall keep in toueh with the way matters are shaph ving to look a@ though T shall your assistance pretty constan| Van Veehten bent eagerly across the table, you learned anything? he “Hay demanded. You gen about M inay of may sot have @ bearing our inveatiqation~for f am including the tnyelery of your eousin's disap- pearance with the -) pours s leat Ung lak so aawhers cagh OF beveo Chit upon iL The dead wan'e Identity has been established.” h young men looked am int Mr VlUnl proceeded, we have tear whe be © ond to eo there T no It would soom « worthless #01 tut at oGte wi jited meneraily by wnbere of bie Wade ne yReul Me never worl 6 ond Wie quilting of @ rially (he euluination of sort or anuther.” The abruyly altered, Kood an manner Carew ve ’ wrod wery ue wye! aehed a aly t y i your queetion.” tu Me Continued.) —— GOING AWAY FOR THE UMMER? Remember The vee ning World prints each week @ mplete uptodate novel —g week's reading! Have The five. eng World sept to your sum | mer address, gl et Be