The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-14
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BROWN DERBY
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Wells HASTINGS
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The Professors Mystery
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CHAPTER XVIII.
(Contlnued.)

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! came in. | couldn't sleep wink for
| thinking about you and that young
lady, and | looked all this morning
for a telegram or something from you.
Then ! just locked up the house and
started for New York. It's kind OF
been borne in on my mind that | was
pretty big fool TO let those rascals
! fool me. It's bad enough for a woman
TO fool a woman, but when a man can
do il, too, II is time she was doing
something about II. argued 4 out
to myself that IL they were slick
enough to fool me, you'd be- baby
| to them. oh. | know, all you men
think you're awfully independent and
clever and all that, and suppose you
| but you all were babies once, you
know, and you never seem TO get over
! II the way the girl babies do. Why.
Adam would have never found the
spunk to get out OF that baby kinder
garten Eden place TO real Interest
ing world where something was going
on and folks wore clothes like grown
ups, unless Eve had put him up 10 IL.
So here am, and here | stay until
we find out something. Has anything
happened already"
Yes | said, "a good deal has hap
pened Just few minutes ago got
letter from my wife; so that now |
know where she is. and I am going to
start there tonight"
Miss Lathrop took of her shawl
and tossed 1t into chair.
IAN right she said. What time
do we have to start?"
'We?" | repeated
Yes, we. When L said | was here
to stay | didn't mean at this hotel.
meant here, right on this Job"
But, Mrs. Lathrop.'I protested, Il
don't see how that is possible In
the first place II is dangerous; in the
second place | am going away up m
the northern part OF the state.
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sit here in New York and twiddle my
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was puzzled Her proposal. al
though it seemed so absolutely i'm
possible. was made with such force
and determination that, as a matter
OF fact, really was at loss for
reply, And the more | thought. the
less impossible ii seemed, and | found
myself secretly arguing on her side,
touched by her wholehearted inter
est, and, in spite of my better judg-
ment. pleased at the prospect of COM
partnership
Very WELL" | said, at length, you
can come"
Mrs Iathrop shifted Thank you,"
she said II was going to do that
anyhow"
But" | went on, little discon-
certed, 81 want you fully to realize
that | really think you may run into
some danger. | know that is queer
thing to say in these modern times
of ours, but ii has been proved to me
already that an INSCRIPTIONS man
fighting for his desire. and feeling
himself above or outside the law, will
use unexpected and dangerous weap-
ons. or course If you come I shall
do my best to- protect you"
Protect fiddlesticks.' said Mrs.
Lathrop; you just get me of your
mind and | will do all the protect
ing that's going to be done"
Very we'll" | laughed II merely
wanted to warn you. Now, Mrs.