The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-17

Twelve nalr Mattresses. $500 42OO0
Thtrty-six chairs ........... AGO 144O0
IWenty-four chairs. 100000. GOO 144OO
Twelve leather sofas ..... $500 10000
Two leather sofas ........ 1880 25OOO
Twelve center tables ....... 1000 $4,000
One dining table .......... .. 10000
| One sideboard ............. .. $4,000
Two library ses........... 125.OO 25OOO
Twelve willow rockers..... 1000 1000
Twelve rugs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5000 1000
One rug MISREPRESENTATION. ..... 25O0O
Four writing desks ........ 10000 10000
Miscellaneous furniture w w 1000 90
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Chalmers studied these items long
and earnestly.
"Looks as if Hestor had started a
hotel or boarding house," reflected
the managing editor. ga 12-room
boarding house. That is not the kind
OF furniture he would put up in q
New York house. He has his own
bachelor apartment. have been In
it scores of times. 1t is full of fur
niture, and mighty fine furniture"
He read and reread the furniture
bill. Then he leaned back in his
chair and invoked the resources of
memory trained to it's work and
responsive as the muscles of an ath-
lete or the fingers of virtuoso.
ut is about year." he reflected,
"since Hestor invited Bob Van Horne,
Blake and myself to dinner at the
Waldorf, and after dinner we went to
his apartment. He was loquacious1y
mysterious about some house he was
building. Bob Van Horne had been
| talking about summer joint he was
going to erect out on Long Island.
]Iestor said he was building one
which would make Bob's look like 30
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. "He said palm
trees all right. Seems to me as if
he said something about alligators.
Then he closed up and said moth
ing"
Chalmers examined the other state
ments. They were bills of various
kinds-for stocks of canned goods.
smoked meats, condensed milk and
the multitudinous articles which
would be used by we'll equipped
camping party. They were dated
between the o5th and Goth of April,
and were rendered on the first of the
month. 1t was late in the afternoon
when he was through with this work.
About II o'clock that night Chal-
mers received a 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, May 8.
To William Chalmers, Managing Editor
the New York Record:
l.. Sylvester Vincent is the kidnapper.
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 to abduct Rockwell Carmody,
Kent, Pence, Haven and Morton. Vim
cent is plausible but desperate charac-
ter. Have big story. Can send 10000
words. How much do you want?
Chalmers wired the impetuous
Seymour to send nothing except q
brief statement of the facts 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 tele-
phone message from Miss Carmody
asking him to call at her residence
if convenient, and in IS minutes an
automobile landed him at the Car
mody mansion.
He found Miss Carmody with Miss
Edith LIE Roy, Miss De Melville and
Mrs. Isabel White, the latter being
the widowed aunt of Miss Carmody,
and most charming chaperone to
that young lady. Mr.. Chalmers was
acquainted with all the ladies ex-
cept Mrs. White. All were eager
for the latest news. Mr.. Chalmers
repeated Mr.. Van Horne's instruc-
tions about the reward, and dis
played copy of the headlines and
the leading article for the following
day. He told what had been done in
the way of forming detective staff.
eve now have 40 men detailed ex-
clusively to this work." he said.
"Ten are with Mr.. Stevens at Prov
incetown and others are at various
points selected by Mr.. Stevens and
myself. l know you ladies will ex-
cuse me if ask for a few minutes
private conversation with Miss Car
mody. We must all do what we can
to advance her interests, and this is
a matter in which she is especially
concerned, and no precautions can
be omitted"
Certainly we will excuse you," said
Mrs. White.
"Why, of course" said Miss lie Roy
and Miss De Melville. But these
young ladies were devoured of curl
osity and would have given anything
quietly to have stepped into the ad.
joining room and overheard the sub.
dued conversation between Miss Car.
mody and the managing editor.
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 we'll worth follow
ing" said Mr.. Chalmers. 81 do not sup
pose you have ever heard your faith
er speak about man named Vim,
cent?"
Miss Carmody was sure that her