Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-02

a memory trained TO its work and
responsive as the muscles of an ath-
lete or the fingers of Il virtuoso
at is about a year" he reflected,
"since lIeStor invited Bob Van Horne
Blake and myself to dinner at the
Waldorf. and after dinner we went to
his apartment He was loouaciously
mysterious about some house he was
building. Bob Van Horne had been
talking about Il summer joint he was
going to erect ont ON Long Island.
lIcstor said he was building one
which would make Bob's look like 80
cents. He raved about the scenery
and all that. Seems to me as if he
said something about palm trees.
Bob asked him where it was, and he
shut up like a clam
Chalmers reflected. ole said palm
trees all right. Seems to me as if
he sid something about alligators.
Then he closed up and said moth
ing
Chalmers examined the other state
mcnts. They were bills of various
kinds-for stocks of canned goods.
smoked meats. condensed milk and
the multtudnous articles which
would he used by well equipped
camping party. They were dated
between the 2jth and Goth of April.
and were rendered on the first of the
month. II was late in the afternoon
when he was through with this work
About II o'clock that night Chal-
mars received telegram from Mr..
BERNARD Seymour dated from Chi
cago. Mr.. Seymour had been detailed
by Jack Stevens to hunt up the Chi
cago record Of L. Sylvester Vincent.
seymour was first heard of in the
following bulletin. filed in Chicago
at eight o'clock that night.
Chicago. Nav g.
To William Chalmers. Managing Editor
the New York Record:
L. Sylvester Vincent Is the kidnappcr
He formed plan in Chicago two months
ago Has been seen in conference with
Joseph Reiterman and other big stock
operators. Was probably backed by
them 10 abduct Rockwell, Carmody,
Kent. Pence, Haven and Morton. VIM
cent is a plausible but desperate charac-
ter Have big story. Can send 1900
words. How much do YOU want?
BERNARD SEYMOUR.
Chalmers wired the impctuous
Seymour TO send nothing except n
brief statement of the fats he had
learned; not for publication, but for
the private information of Mr.. Ste
vens and himself. Chalmers then
wired stevens to put his men at work
at Provincetown. and return to New
York at once. He received a tele-
phone message from Miss Carmody
asking him TO call at her residence
If convenient. and in Il minutes an
automobile landed him at the Car.
mody mansion.
He found Miss Carmodv with Miss
Edith lie Roy, Miss De Melville and
Mrs. Isabel White. the latter being
the widowed aunt of Miss Carmody.
and most charming chapcrone to
that young lady Mr.. Chalmers was
acquainted with all the ladies en-
capt Mrs. White, All were eager
for the latest news. Mr.. Chalmers
repeated Mr.. Van ITorne's instruc-
played a copy of the headlines and
the leading article for the following
day. lie told what had been done in
the way of FORMING detective staff.
I'VE now have 40 men detailed ex-
ciusively to this work." he said.
"1en are with Mr.. Stevens at Prov
incetown and others are at various
Mt oil I,
myself. | know you ladies' will ex-
cuse me if | ask for few minutes
private conversation with Miss Car
moody. We must all do what we can
to advance her interests, and this is
II matter in which she is especially
concerned, and no precautions can
DE omitted"
"Certainly we will excuse YOU" said
Mrs. White.
"Why, of course" said Miss lie Roy
and Miss De Nculile. But these
young ladies were dcvourcd of curl
osity and would have given anything
quietly to have stepped into the adj
joining room and overheard the SUBJ
dued conversation between Miss Car
Chalmers briefly recited the story
of l.. Sylvester Vincent and told Of
the telegram he had received from
Seymour at Chicago.
This is a clew well worth follow-
irg." said Mr.. Chalmers. Il do not sup
pose you have ever heard your faith
err speak about man named Vim
cent"
Miss Carmody was sure that her
father had never mentioned tho
name. 1t was an odd one and she
would have remembered it.
did Mr.. Vincent ever call here?
Your butler or footman might know"
Miss Carmody rang a bell. y SER
want appeared.
'Tcll Smith | wish to sec him."
said Miss Carmodv.
"Do you keep the cards of all who
call on Mr.. CarmodY?" asked Miss
Carmody as the butler stood in the
| doorway.
Yes, Miss Elem"
Bring me the cards which have
been received in the past three or
| four weeks"
The butler bowed, disappeared, and
soon returned with formidable as
sortment of cards. These were
spread out on the table, and Miss
Carmody and Mr.. Chalmers began an
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