Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-05
Continued

-In n distant aneywey. lying on the
ground"
"Deadr'
Dead"
ut Is not she: know It is not she.
q cannot. win no; have Il the signo'
xina."
II hope you are right; 1 sincerely [
none you are right, but she had n pack
et by her side. and in that packet was |
a handkerchief and on that handker- |
chief name was written, and that |
name IS
jenny"
Jenny Rogers"
But she calls herself Valdi. Selma
Saldi: has been known as Selma Naldi
for years. Whatever her original
name might be she would have 'ValdF
and only 'Valdi' on her kercbief"
II do not think IL good reasoning. but
no matter about that. IL is a question
easily settled All you have got to DO
~ 20 accompany me 20 neighboring
station. One glance at her face"
Il had rather not do it. / have had
enough of such excitement lately. Yet
4 would never forgive myself il u were
really she and l shirked the RESPONSE
bnity OF the recognition. Let US 70.
Byrd. let Va 60"
The detective expressed himself rs
ready and they started. One glimpse
and Dccraw became new man. II
was not she.
..Singuiar.'- muttered Byrd. that
thcy should be both named Jenny"
Rut on their return he was tempted
90 muttor something more emphatic.
Il int he a.
ms they heard a voice speaking out in
loud and sh-in tones:
a girl missing from your school:
And what - her name. pleRSe|
1T is Jenny-Jcnny Rogers"
~Ah, And how does she look? What
Is her complexion and the color OF her
hair2'
Fair. sir; very fair. Her eyes are
bine and her hair bright yellow
A. this unexpected response Byrd
who had been turning TO speak TO De
zra,g. stared and exclaimed. In his As
trnlshment.
Fair? The woman cannot know
what she Is talking about" And push
inv forward he dragged Degraw 20 the
place whore this cOllOQuy was takln;
place.
.She IS an orphan" the good woman
was now saying. "or I should not Zee
20 badly about her disappearance. ant
shp Is so pretty. too. and so
sBut fairg~ Byrd here put in. With
deprecatory glance at the Inspector. I
whom the other was speaking.
"Oh. yes. sir. white as lily. Their
was not blueE eyed girl In IA
school"
And her nance"
"Is Jenny Rogers
'"rhe dead girl Is no blonde" ,
cried. "Her Jenny Rogers is not on
Jenny Rogers: yet how curious. Tw
Jenny Rocerscs on our books to-de
and
Here he was tapped on the should'
by an elderly man. whose countenan'
ait once attracted the artist by i
keenness and good nature.
You're wanted" was his word
the young detective. Something h.
turned up.
May l bring this gentleman j
Is secrecy itself"
The other. who did not seem 10 TIL,
Ct necessary TO look at the person III
commended. smiled in an indulge
sort OF way, and remarked:
eff he knows OF any one by {
name OF Jenny Rogers he viii be or
too welcome. But hardly think
Il know n Jenny" interpOsed l
graw. with q hasty look at Byrd "a
khOugh her name may or may not
Rogers, she has left her lodgings unC
circumstances so mysterious that
have come here FOR the express purp'
or gaining information In regard
her-"
'.Humph. aud her last name is ]
Rogers:"
That cannot say. 1t is not
name she is generally known by. VIII
Is"
Byrd pinched bis arm. I'VE We
detain Mr.. Gryee." said he TT
turning 10 the other: May bring
along7 We have already been toget
20 station. to see one Jenny Il
ers, and he has just heard this WON
who has tust come In. tel or the dis
pearance OF another. and consequeT
we are both profoundly interested
anything which touches upon this
pecial subject. l can vOuch for
discretion. and"
Come along" interrupted the OF
sVe have a clue TO the mystery. al
remarkable one IL is. too" And "
out further rarley he led them I'M
private npAstment. where several l
were already consregated aroun'
slim young fellow OF good cou
nance and frank manner. and as
eoOn found OF a mellow and cOnfide