The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-03-17
CHAPTER VIII.
The Note That Came From
StorTne.

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IHEII1N DUMONT vas a peculiar
Il young woman. She was rich. and
Yet she was happy.
Her parents both Of them members
| Of the most exclusive set in town, were
| long since deceased. sac was mistress
Of her own house, and kept with her as
| a companion an aged aunt.
Miss Dumont was a general favorite-
Perhaps it was because she enjoyed life;
I because, unlike the crowd around her.
she exhausted an that was good in cx-
| istence, and rejected the bad.
She entertaiucd-uot layishly, but well
on her reception nights her house was
crowded. II was the one place where
one might go and feel at ease.
Sturme had never attended any OF the
functions except one large reception.
He had pleaded some excuse. But she
prevailed upon him TO attend the last
Little dinner Of the season
lie did 50. There were two OF three
people there he knew, but most of them
he did not know.
The dinner was about half over. Poo
PIE had begun to talk VOlubly, as they
always do, once the ice is broken and
their appetite has somewhat dbated.
StOrme said but little, ne listened.
Its absurd one man was saying.
The police department say they can't
STOP IL. stop IL. tI course lltE can
stop II They don't half try
Here's Canda & Willcts the fifteenth
ON the list And who knows how many
never come 10 liEht2 And its the same
fellow, by George, and he works in the
selfsame way every time. And they
say they can't find him. Pshaw, Don't
Well volunteered another, 1.-The
banks say they've got several parties
under surveillance, and they claim
they've narrowed a. down to one man
and then again. they say that that's
an tommyrot. that they haven't found
him, after all
81 don't know what 90 make Of it,"
care SO much If they'd confine their
depcdations 10 the banks; but they
don't Diu any Of YOU hear about Mrs.
Eradlcy-Coates2 Did YOU. Mt StormeZ''
StOrme shook his head.
~ rarely read the p-pers,' he replied
with some cmharraSsmen and II
really have heard but little about any
thing Of interest in the city. Nv time
is So taken mp that I have but little 70
give TO the newspapers"
lie said this in IN awkward. Stilted
sort OF manner. and as though he were
trying 10 E'ake an explanation ne felt
was needed.
oh. II wasn't in tire PAPER inter
posed the woman. They kept IL out
hut one night just a week or so ago
as Mr.. and Mrs. BRADLEY Coates We're
their own house. mind YOU this as
though il would have been quite a mat
ter Of course had they been in some
body cISc'S huuSc-"Whiic they were
eating dinner they heard some sort Of
q noise outside. and she looked over
her husbands shoulder. and there was
% mans face staring into the room
She couldn't see tie face we'll, be-
cause liS. coat collar was turned mp
and the lower part was entirely con
ce1lcd. He disappeared at once. They
called the servants an0 raised an alarm
but they couldn't find the man.
And later they found the ivy vine
ON the side of the house all torn and
the window, pUt they never found tie
Wasn't anything taken?" asked
somebody.
The woman smiled. She had. BEEN
waiting for ,uat inquiry.
Nothing much. she replied. only
every biz NJ ievnlTy that Mrs. Bradley
Coates had IN lho hcuse-ani YOU know
what u.Et means. You krOw low much
She WUIc Nobody knows how much
they Were worth-ceTtaiHly a fortune
u themselves"
SIC. S,ODEed Suddnly-
w hN-why-EtheI. what's the mat
trr"''
They nh turned and looked AZ a pretty
-l~i who sat with wide omen mOuta and
staring eyes. her gaze fixed upon the
window.
oh" exclaimed the girl. shiverinS.
he face growing paler every second.
.'I nm so scared Just as You were talk
ing looked a the - iDdoW, and there
rc-thcre-therC-
She pointed wildly with her hand, and
then reCled against her ncighbOr and
flintcd dead away
StOrmc srragC to the window, threw
II open. and looked oIt.
here 27s nothing to be seen. Every
mi