The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-27

that he was dlie at the Winter Gar
ems, Scarborough, for the month Of
ruly. Then | lost sight Of his move
inents altogether until the Davenport
Mystery threw ne once again into his
strange compan
ThA matt r cgan with a little
paragraph IN a London halfpcnny
paper
<1nAHJ, OCCUR ENCE ON TIE
SCOfCH EXPRESS
nc friend Of ixton young lady, Miss
CLARA davenport, are seriously concerned AZ her
nsaerss disappearance from The Great Nor.h-
ern Scotch express Yesterday Miss Davc1-
port. who hs been vi for tbs past three
ears wss r.. maternal uT.le ard aunt At
Erl <tor. ad arranged to ~ visit 70 some
.-cn,.. in 81. tlard ard Oh Noltay morning
yarted on her journe' northward hy the 1889
from s'r Gross,
Ter inci Mr.. Arkwri ght. saw her safely
into the train in which by Miss Daycrports
psrticuia, request. ii-st-class cs:n)artmc.t
had bcs- !. t-.--i the whole j'eraey Iief
Scotch fr.,i ds were meet her al Aberdceas
brt on 4 rival II cxnr that station
they wy- surprised u hnd tha though her
ls6slss geag was duly o. the yoras
lady he q was moi ariDn, isssc-cc-s
aliqhtins - could they rs ,,- ~ IN the
train
4: firs. they suppos d :. ':,-- s.d been
some .Srns in her Ian r. "a 80 Lad
nnsse1 te~ s--- in LondeA But itl er.pll
Ing 10 rr..'>. the learned that sl hs drly
siari-d .. arranged ONE alarm Ut her
ncn-sr|c.l t.sy cs.. liczt with the rail
way snth IT ~. q : '.'s the o.ic A disquiet
ing 49, III -. - tn. outer door
cf Ass ,,.r..p IT, re. compartment,
III. ush > esuraa'ly closed Zen the express
tsn Montrose, ed 10 be wide open
" en- - ira, 40 Aberdeen station
a vreip along the lie has been
ifiysH.ted bs-u : The time cf going to press
9oss;sr; sSshC Kissing young lady have been
'iisso'efed q
Finally, il was discovered that only two
days before her disappearance she had Ccnc
into town alone, and, by the use Of her
lincle's well-known name, had obtained on
approval large quantities Of jewclry, to the
value OF some fsoo, from firms with whom
he was in the habit Of dealing. As Mr.
Arkwripht denied all knowledge Of these
transactions, and the jewels had disappeared
along with the young lady herself, it WIS
presumed that they formed partof tie pro-
posed means Of raising the money rable
her TO join her lover in Texas
4, On the strength of these significant dis
coveries, the police at lest took action, ard a
notice was put out offering rewa-- cf fIco
for information as to the iTir,irg lacys
whereabouts. A full description rss given
z Age a. rather tall-about 5ft. 81 in; fig
ure somewhat slight very upright and ac-
tive: complexion ruddy and sunburnt; gray
eyes: dark brown hair; rather large hands
and feet. When last seen She was wearing
dark gray tailor-msdc travelling costume
with motor hat, and she carried a small
morocco wrist-bag and an umbrella y
Then began the great Clara Davenport
hunt
Innumcrable miss Davcnporis' were
discovered daily by AL sorts Of people in all
SORTS Of unlikely places orly rnfortu-
uatav in each case very little invcstiga-
ton showed that mistake had been made.
II happened just then, that my annual
autumn holiday was due AS usual, | was
going for three weeks golf at Aulish, a quiet
SPOT near Foriar--so quiet, indeed, that
when pcspic ask inc what sort Of place il is
/ have 70 explain that, strictly speaking, it
Is not whp or would call place at all;
il Is JUS inks and nothing more There
Il 4 big, comfortable hotel. ground where
vhc yorngcr and richer men play polo, and
Ne finest cis:ltecn-bole goli-eotrsc you
hs<f ever scen.
1fhe train northward, ! slept soundly.
I haIx dim consciousness at last Of our
s,oppinsAst York, and oi somebody being
haadlrd snxo my compartment with iahu-
merabls a&rrels and packages. Then, as
Tia doarv - banged, and the train began to
move on opened ny eyes and found, to
~ asur~h ent, Chsnl~- Rao and his
dusty little sen on the seat opposite.
Cnanler did not seem in the least sur
rrsed at our chance senoounter. He was
gazing at me Shlhs hslal F!l6id fashion, and
the moment he saw that was awake he
began to oyerwhelm me with his elaborate
salutations and exaggerated protestations
Aof regard.
\ : But. Chanler," said, what on earth
bllays you in the Scotch express2"
1T Il a little holiday" he replied. mo
enxsRsaaents ios the neal seseA days- So !
run away TO your bonnie Scotland. And
..L.xl - Uhp IN Aberdeen tn find this