The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-19
A NOVELTY IN MYSTERY STORIES
THE SECRET or |
LONESOME COVE
By
SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
AUTHOR OF AVERAGE JONES ETC

. bennett hal btVN III mat AFTERNOON
ana made such purchase.
Then he must have discovered
something after | left him. said Kent
70 SedgWick. for he never could have
KEEP. his secret If he'd had it then.
But what motive could he have?'
cried the artist
Just mischief. probably That's
enough motive for his sort Turning
10 the store keeper Kent asked do
You happen 10 know how Mr. bennett
spent the early part Of this after
noon? '
81 surely do lie was up TO Dim
mock's rummage auction an he got
something there that uckIed him like
feather Hut he wouldn let on
what IL was
The original" said Sedgwlok.
What does Dimmock deal I'M"
All kinds OF odds and ends. He
scrapes the country for bankrupt
sales, ar has big auction once a
year. Every body goes. You can md
anything from ploueh-handie 10 a
secondhand marriage certificate at
his place"
we now cali on Elder bennett, =
said Kent.
That worthy was about closing up
shop when they entered.
Don't your lamp work right, yet,
Professor Kent he inquired
Perfectly" responded the scientist,
We have come 10 see you on another
matter, Mr.. Sedgwick and l."
First. let me thank you.' said
Sedgwick, for the curious work OF
art which you left at my place"
"Hay-ee?" inquired the Elder. with
a rising infection.
Don't take the trouble 10 lie about
il. put in Kent. Just show US the
original OF the drawing which you
traced so handily"
The town gossip shifted uneasily
from foot TO foot. How'd you know
l got the picture?" he giggled Il
didn't find II, myself. till | got back
from the auction
Never mind the process. Have you
the original here?"
Yes" said Elder bennett; and, 60
ing 10 his desk he brought back a
square OF heavy blush paper, slightly
discolored at the edges,
That's very good bit of drawing
said Sedgwick. as he and Kent bent
over the paper.
But unsigned" said his companion.
Now, Mr.. bennett, whom do you sup
pose this TO be-
why. the lady that stopped to talk
with Mr.. Sedgwick. and was killed in
Lonesome Cove"
Then why did you leave out this
earring in copying the picture?'
"Aw-well," explained the other in
earrings on when ! seen her. And II
looks a lot more like, without it,
Your bent for gratuitous mischief
amounts 10 a passion" retorted the
scientist Some day It will get you
into deserved trouble, | trust
Il guess there amt no. law TO pre-
vent my givin' away a picture, II !
like" sulked the Elder
Perhaps you'd like to give away
another one"
Yankee shrewdness sparkled In the
eye OF Mr. bennett. Mr.. Sedgwick
said that was good DRAWN, and |
guess he knows. / guess It's worth
money"
How much money, would you
guess?'
Five dollars" replied the other, In
a bold expulsion OF breath.
At this moment, Sedgwick, who had
been studying the picture In the light,
made a slight signal with his hand,
which did not escape Kent.
Five dollars Is big price for a
rough pencil SKETCH said the scien-
fist. I'D have TO know more OF the
picture TO pay that for it. Where
did you find it,"
I'm this book. | bought the book
at Dimmocks rummage auction" He
produced decreptt,- ieesely-eeaHd
edition of the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural Reports. The picture was
stuck In between the leaves"
mo name in the book" said Kent.
The fyleaf is gone. But here's the
date Of publication: 1890"
That would be just about right"
said Sedgwick with lively interest
Right for what?" demanded Den
lett.
Before there was time for reply.
Kent had pressed q fve-dollar bill
nto his hand, with the words:
You've made trade
Wait" protested the Elder. But
he sketch was already in Sedgwtcks
tits an Elliott" said that gentle
nan. I'm sure Of 1t. I've seen mis-
ketches before-though they're very
are-and there's an unmistakable
ouch about his pencil work"
I'm that case" said Kent suavely,'
Mr.. bennett will be gratified to know
hat he has sold for Ave dollars al
rticle worth fifty times that"
They left him. grooming at his
DOR, and went 10 look up Dimmock.
he rummage man. But he was
Wholly unable TO throw any light on
he former owner of the reports. In
which the drawing had been tucked
way. There the investigation seem
d to be up against a blank wall.
Isn't II astounding, said Sedg-
gick. Heres portrait antedating
$50. OF woman who has just died,
Dung. What was the woman | saw;
revenant in the flesh"
IF YOU ask me-" said Kent slowly.
/ should say. rather, an imitation
Further he would not say. but in.
listed on returning TO the Nook. As
hey arrived the telephone bell was
inging with the weary persistence OF
he long-unanswered To Kents
luery, Lawyer Bain's voice an.
"I've been trying to get you for an
,our."
Sorry" said Kent is II about
he newspapers?