The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-29
A NOVELTY IN MYSTERY STORIES
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SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
AUTHOR OF AVERAGE JONES ETC

was Astraea?" cried Sedgwick
"Astraea Is. ! take 1t, lady long
since dead. A very strange and In
teresting lady who adopted that name
for her own peculiar pursuits along
our friend Jax's lines OF interest"
They call themselves all sorts OF
things" observed the astrologer
philosophically. Il had a follower
once that used to sign herself Carrie
Nation, and she wasn't the real Car
RE at all No name Is sacred to 'em
when they 90 dippy over the stars
Then the woman Of Lonesome
Cove borrowed that name from some
old record?'' asked Sedgwick.
Follow me through a page OF un'
written local history" said Chester
Kent, strengthening up. THE begin
ming OF this story goes back some "a
years, when there lived, not far from
Hogg's Haven, In a house which has
since been destroyed. an older sister
OF Captain Hogg, who married into
the Grosvenor family. She was. from
the evidence OF the Grosvenor family
historian. who, by the way. has with
held all this from his pages, wo
man OF the most extraordinary charm
and magnetism. Not beautiful, in the
strict sense OF the word. she had q
gift beyond beauty, and she led men
In chains. Her husband appears to
have been weakling who counted
for nothing in her life after the birth
of her children. Seeking distraction.
she flung herself into mysticism and
became the priestess OF a cult OF star
worshipers, which included many OF
the more cultivated people OF this
resion.-AmeAg- them was yotrg
German mystic and philosopher, who
had fed to this country TO escape
punishment for political offenses.
Hermann Won Miltz was his name"
That's why she called me Her
mann" broke In Preston, I'm an awed
half whisper.
Don't jump to Wild conclusions. ="
said Kent smilingly. Some OF their
correspondence is still extant. She
signed herself Astraea, in hand
writing similar to the signature OF
that note Of yours, Jax. There seems
to have been no guilt between them.
as the law Judges guilt. The bond
was mystic one. But 1t was none
the less fatal II eliminated In a
tragedy OF which the details are lost.
Perhaps 1t was an elOpement that
they planned: perhaps double sui
eide, with the idea that their souls
would be united in death. There are
hints OF that In the old letters in the
historians possession and In the
library at Hedgerow House. This
much Is known: The couple embarked
together In n small boat. Won Miltz
was never again heard or Camilla
Grosvenor's body came ashore in
Lonesome Cove. She was the Cove's
earliest recorded victim. The sketch
which that mischief-monser, Elder
bennett. left at your door. Sedgwick
supposlng IL 10 be a likeness OF the
unfortunate creature he had seen on
the road TO your house. IL "a Charles
Elliott sketch for the portrait OF
Camilla Grosvenor"
My God" Jax burst out, was IL a
ghost | met up with that night on
Hawkill Heights"
AS near ghost as you are ever
likely TO encounter, probably" an.
swered Kent.
But, see here" said Adam Rair
I'm lawyer. The law doesr't q
with ghosts or near. ghosts.
you trying to tell us. Professor Ken
that the soul OF this long dead As.
traea. Camilla Grosvenor. came back
TO inhabit the body of the Jane Doe
OF Lonesome Cove.
Not precisely that. either. Every.
thing Is strictly within The limits Of
the laws cognizance, MIR. Balm, az
YOU will see. Now I'm going TO make
long jump down to the present. n
! fail 10 keep the trail clear. any
where. you are any of you at liberty
10 interrupt me. First, then. want
YOU 10 follow with me the course OF
q figure that leaves Hedgerow House
on the late afternoon OF July nth
by chance. the figure Is not seen. ok.
cept at distance by Gansett Jim.
who suspected nothing. then. Other.
wise il would have been stopped. a.
ite wears Mrs Blair's necklace and
rings AM
"Dressing The part OF Astraea,
guessed Lawyer Balm.
Precisely. or ieweled figure. Ia
a dress that is an old one OF Mrs.
Blair's. and with package in hand
makes it's way across country to the
coast
ITO Join me" said Preston Jay.
ITO join you. Chance brings the
wayfsrer face to face with that gen