Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-23
CHAPTER Xxx
In the White Room.


"Annalaka. July is.
ITO the Hotel Eyrie. Martindale
Centre:
Dust 81 and send up seven ehairs.
CHESTER KENT"
KTow I wonder what that might
IN mean?" unused the day clerk OF
the Eyrie, as he read the tele-
gram through for the second time.
Convention in the room of mystery,
maybe"
To satisfy his curiosity he went vp
20 the room himself. It's white bare
ness confirmed a suspicion of long
standing.
ANY. man. he remarked to the
scrub woman, who would pay i've
day for room Just to put nothing at
all in 1t, has sure got kink in his
cogs."
Nor did the personnel of the visitors
who in course of the late afternocf1
arrived with requests to be shown to
571 serve to efface this Impression.
First came the sheriff from Anna
laka. He was followed by man of
Enthusiastically African derivation, who
gave the name of Jim and declined
to identify himself more specifically.
While the clerk was endeavoring,
with signal lack of success, ito pump
him, Lawyer Adam Balm arrived, and
so emphatically vouched for his pre-
decessor as to leave the desk lard no
further excuse for obstructive tactics.
Shortly afterward Alexander Blair
came in with woman heavily yelled.
and was deferentially conducted
aloft. Finally Chester Kent himself.
appeared, accompanied by Sedgwiclr
and a third man, unknown to the
clerk, pompuusly arrayed in frock
coat and silk hat. and characterized
by a painfully twitching chin.
who have Gomez" Kent asked the
clerk.
That functionary ran over the lists
Looks like something to do with the
woman found in Lonesome Cove last
week." he essayed hopefully.
Kent glanced out Of the window.
st looks like rain" he observed.
land it looks like wind And 1t looks
like number of things that are any
bodys business. Furthermore, ! may
mention that we shall not need, in
571, ice water, stationery casual mes
sages, calling cards, or any other
form of espionage He favored the
willing clerk with sunny smile and
led his companion to the elevator
Sedgwick put a hand on his arm.
1.-THE woman with Blair2" he asked
under his breath.
Kent nodded II rather hoped that
she wouldn't come" he said. Blair
might better have told her-so far
as he knows"
Then he doesn't know all2'
mo. And perhaps she would be-
content with nothing else 1t is her
right And she is a brave woman, Is
Marjorie Blair, as Jax here can tess
tify. We have seen her under fire.
"She is that" confirmed the man
with the twitching chin.
This, then. is the final cleareupe"
asked Sedgwick.
Final and complete"
Thank Cod 1t will be weight
off my shoulders,
loft many shoulders" said Kent.
! Here we are
| Greetings among the little group,
so strangely and harshly thrown to-
getf1er by the dlce-cast of the hand
| of circumstance, were brief and for
NAL. Only Preston Jax was named
! by Kent with the comment that his
story would be forthcoming. The
seven guests seated themselves, the
Blairs at one end of the half-circle,
/ Sedgwick and the astrologer at tSe
other. Kent, leaning against he
wall, fumbled uncertainty at his ear.
] II hardly know where to begin.
! he said, his eyes rowing along the in
tent line, mot that the case isn't
perfectly clear, but there are certain
startling phases which-which-'
| He glanced toward the Blairs.
Marjorie Blair smiled bravely at
him. Don't be alarmed for me. Pro
lessor Kent she said. What I
most want is to have everything
cleared up-everythingl"
First. your jewels them
/ Kent turned to Preston Jax, who
handed him package. Opening IL
Kent displayed the wonderful Gross
venor rose-topazes, with a nhiscel-
] laneous lot Of rings sparkling amid
| their coils. With cry Marjoria
caught up the necklace,
Are all the remainder of the lost
/ valuables there. Mrs. Blair2" asked
Kent.