The Detroit times., 1912-06-04
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BROWN DERBY
&,
Wells HASTINGS -
S1o Author Of Geo
The Professors Mystery
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CHAPTER XII.
(Contlnued.l

ODCe. IN the nelSnDOTnOu VI MAUI
son Square, We made detour 10
visit a haberdasher, whose name the
scarf bore: but there, also. failed,
was right. they told me. In suppos.
ing that they made few ties OF one
design: they had made only IL OF
this particular silk, but il was year
since they had had II In stock. and
they could not in the least recall the
customers who had bought them. In
deed. they sold many things TO peo-
pie who were not rated as regular
customers OF the firm, for their repu-
tation was somewhat national. and
transient visitors In New York from
ali parts OF the country We're apt TO
drop in and make few purchases, as
regular part OF their schedule OF
doing the town"
but If you could in some way find
out the gentleman's name, SIR the
manager politely told me- we should
be very glad TO inform sou whether
kor not the gentleman is on our books.
and perhaps supply you with his adj
dress
This | considered good-natured OF
the manager, and more than | had
any right 10 expect; for the torn tie
aud my possession OF ii evidently
made him curious. and yet | neither
told how | came by IL, nor why | was
so anxious TO find its owner; and In
addition | did not trade there myself,
so [ think IL must have been the day
which had something 10 do with his
unusual attitude
it was not long after this, however,
that | first picked up the trail OF the
laundry | was looking for. had got
we'll uptown, and the distances be-
tween the stops were growing shorter
and shorter, when | found man 10
| whom my collar and its mark of NJ.
As meant something.
That wasn't done here" he said
! .hut + tell yen where IL Was done.
happen 10 know. for was once fore
man in the place You go 10 Slater's
on PARK Avenue, between Seventy
NTH and Seventy .siXth-sts.. and they
VIII tell you whom that collar belongs
10 in two jiffies.'
Speed her up" ! said to my driver
And although IL seemed 10 me that
he was going more slowly than be
fore. vet | think he must really have
been hurTying: for We were stopped
lat Sixty-eighth-st by a traffic police
man. who lectured him long and with
limpassioned fervor, and told us the
loniN reasons why we were not arrest
ed was that he had never seen my
driver before. and that for the mo
ment he couldn't be spared from his
beat. Through it all fidgeted like
a man going to catch an ocear
steamer: for, now that this part o.
NV search was so nearly at an end
II became suddenly impatient and NIL
ed with a new anxiety. Slater,
Thought. might be going out at any
moment and we would not find him
He might be even going into the coun
TRY. so that | could not see him ina
day. and perhaps no one else in th'
establishment would have the lnior
nation | wanted, or having II wouiC
dare to give it in the proprietors aD
sencc.
With a sudden twist the taxicat
drew up before the number | sought
But evidently there had been some
mistake, for the place was coniec
toners shop.
Can YOU tell me- | asked the cash
Ter, with an abruptness that mus
have surprised her. the address o
Slatcr's laundry? | was told II wa'
on this block
She made change for customer be
fore replying.
: 1T used 10 be right here. she said
hut he went out OF BUSINESS a month
ago There amt any Slater's laun
cry"
CHAPTER XIII.
The Rendezvous.
II was a possibility that had neve
occurred to me and came TO me mrcI
. as II | had stretched onL mY- hand 10
some tangible object of which | va
: perfectly certain and found only "
mockery OF Elusive shadows. Con
/ out OF business The thing SCENE,
: Incredible.
DO YOU actually mean that?
asked after a moment. "or hasn't n
lust moved to some other place."
| Il don't know" said the cashiC'
| "Of course never saw him myself
! only came in here from our down
town branch after the place was II
working order. But what they toll
] me was that he had gone out of bus
ness.
. 'Well what's his home address .