Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-09

CIV men in the car one milknan, the
other a stable boy, and held up
to the shocked gaze of everybody present JOS other
slipper.
While the detectives John had had sent down from
town and the local police following up clues that
led nowhere Charlie had stumbled upon that
seemed to be good through pure unauthorized chance
and puncture. He had started to town, don't think
he himself knew why, and he got the puncture
stretch of roadway that didn't boast tree for mile
It's thirsty job fixing puncture more so when the
isn't particular just how hot it Shines and it's the
first time the shoe has been off and it has rusted the
rim
When Charlie finally threw the pump and the jack
into the tonneau, the only thing in sight milk
wagon Now don't think Charlie ever took a drink
of milk in his life but milk is better than nothing and
Charlie hailed the wagon While he drinking the
milk the milkman began reading morning paper
Charlie gazed at the back page, knowing that on the
front page just under the milkm ms story
capped by two-column head to the effect that Miss
Goldman still missing. He asked perfectly silly
question: with startling results
"You don't happen to have seen young woman IN
dark blue dressing gown looking lost strayed, or
stolen?'
stable boy where we keep the wagons he jerked his
head toward the interior of the wagon says he thinks
he knows about this here young woman who stolen
from this Lone Oak Are you looking for herr"
ayes" admitted Charlie, "I'm looking for her."
The milkman whistled then held up two fingers and
dexterously spat between them.
"Well, Bill says that he thinks he picked up them
three and the young this here very road
about four o'clock in the morning and drove EN- about
two miles, lie ain sure; he don remember nothing
about the dressing gown, for it dark and he didn't
1t; but he said this morning that 1t did seem to him
as if it must have been them
greenback changed hands, and the result that
the mlkman agreed to take Charlie the stable and
introduce him to Bill.
Bills story that he had driven couple who had
missed the last train up to stable which boosted an
automobile and there he had turned back toward home
1t late then, rather eary-somewhere between
half past three and four AT point which he did not
exactly remember three men accoSted him and asked
if they might ride with him. He didn't consider this
unusual, because it had happened to him before. The
were supporting young woman between them.
advance bill that in the light of smoky kerosene
stable lamp later turned to be dollars but that
too had happened to Bill before when he had given
lift to
They rode what Bill considered about two miles and
got out at path that evidently led to house. just
before coming to small bridge. He remembered the
bridge distinctly. They had called "Goodnght!' to
him. One of the men, he thought, spoke in German
He had ceased to think of the incident until he the
row the newspapers had kicked up about young
having been presumably, abducted from place
in that vicinity on that very morning. He had hest
tated about informing the police because he didn want
get "mxed up bout nothing when he wasn't "sure
couldn't be spared from the stable go "bout
nothing
But when he had been promised full pay for any time
lost and guarantee of his job from the of the
stable, he consented to accompany Charlie to Lone
Oak, if the mkman would CO. and place himself and
He gave Charlie slipper he had found in the carriage.
1t was JOS.
THE terrace became newspaper Office and at the
rustic tables where usually had tea in the late
afternoon reporters were rantically writing The pho