The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-29
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BROWN DERBY
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Wells HASTINGS
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The Professors Mystery
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CHAPTER TX.
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Tic turned it over In puzzled sort
OF way. why, yes" he drawled'
certainly, but"
Thank you very much inter-
rupted. seeing another. storm OF ques-
tions coming; 1T IL quite important
and | know can depend on you
Thank YOU for the lift, too" And
leaving him agape with insatiate
curiosity, hurried away to the pas
sengcr platform.
There, as | had hoped, ] found
policeman; most towns so display the
force of their constabulary TO the In
coming traveller. This particular po'
liceman / found very satisfactory
one. He was tall and wiry and thin'
with a uniform which made but poor
pretense of fitting him. and when
came upon him he was leaning SOM
VIOLENTLY against corner OF the
station. So that. at first glimpse, my
heart sank, only &c rise again at his
words. for he was plainly an exile,
a down Easter doing duty in foreign
land | described Nancy TO him. and
made some attempt at describing the
man in the brown derby. | told HI
that | had last seen them driving In
a red-wheeled buggy. and to II all he
listened with a lounging alertness.
which was. | knew, the mask OF a
familiar New England sagacity.
No" he said at last, there amt
any clippers of any description taken
train here either yesterday or today.
and | am on duty about % hours out
OF the "a. You see | am chief or
oolice. and expected TO do three men s
work" He paused and scratched his
nose reflectively. II tell you what |
should do though, il was you. Peo-
pie clipping around in buggies are
pretty apt not TO go to the most
obvious place. Now, about four miles
70 the east of here is Buckingham.
where you can get train either
north or south, on the Pennsylvania,
and about 10 miles TO the west is
SoudCrton, where you can catch a
train on another branch. | should
say they might have gone to either
one OF them places; better try Buck
ingham. it's nearer "
Thank you" said; Il will"
Say" he called after me, as
started of, good plans TO ask around
at livery stables" 1t was good plan
and | should have thought OF II my
self, had been myself. set of now
In search of the nearest one.
Yes the proprietor told me, !
did rent out that red-vheeled buggy
to a gent yesterday, and fine state
he brought the horse back In. IL was
all very we'll To give me ten-dollar
note, but no one can tell how much
harm driving like that does to a
horse: maybe you don't find out til
weeks later. No, the gentleman was
all alone: there wasn't no lady at al
with him. Sure, could let you have
rig and driver TO take you over tc
Buckingham
AS drove along the red Pennsyl
vania road TO the little town o.
Buckingham, tried to picture to my
self. as best | could, just what the
man in the brown derby had done;
knew that he had hired a horse II
Doylestown, that he had driven to oul
farm and in some manner taker
Nancy away with him; but some
nours later he had returned alone
with the buggy. which had evidently
been driven fast and far; therefore
| he must have left Nancy in some
ether certain care, probably in thu
town from which he ultimately mean
to take the train. One can't very wei
lock up a distinguished and beautiful
young lady in village hotel; so tina
the probability was that he had lef
her IN the care OF some trustworthy
private individual; under what pre-
text ! could not know, perhaps undeI
none, providing the guardian n
chose was dependably INSCRIPTIONS.
So at Buckingham | again followed
the advice OF my exiled policeman
and went first of all TO the liver!
stable, and. TO my JOY, found out tina
the red.wheeled buggy had been pu
up there for an hour the evening be
fore.
why, yes" said the stableman
your party stopped in here abosIt
O'Clock. and asked II knew of an!
one who had lodgings"
was there a lady with him."
asked
Lady" he laughed. sure Their,
was. two on EN-. They had the tot
lup. and couldn't see them yer.
plain. but I should say one of then
was young and slim, the other mid