The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-12-13
synopsis.

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| CHAPTER IV-van vechtan 10 attract
! ed by the face Of 4 girl In the crowd OF
onlookers surrounding the body. Later
he discovers the girl gasing At him with
a look of scorn from the windows Of tAs
| mysterious house.
| CHAPTER V-Detective Flint calls or
| Van Vechten to get his version Of ths
tragedy.
CHAPTER vI-Tom Phnney goes alone
| on yachting trip. He recognizes among
| some persons in a passing motor boat
two men whom he had seen enter the
| House OF Mystery. He sees one OF them
a Mr.. Calls. on shore later and followa
him. Tom Is seized. blndfolded and taken
to house. He hears girl named Jessie
evidently the daughter Of the man in
authority, question his captors. A sweet
voiced girl later protests against the
roughness Of his captors.
CHAPTER Ivan Vechten calls on hia
uncle. Theodore Van Vechten, big man In
Wall street and known as the Man Of
IRON In search Of information regarding
the whereabouts Of Paige Carew
| CHAPTER II-Detective Flint shows
| Van Vechten gold mesh purse found In
| the House of Mystery. Van recognizes 1t
| as belonging to Paige Carew.
| CHAPTER III-The sweet-voiced girl
| helps Tom Phinney escape. but refuses to
| disclose her identity Tom declares he
| will meet her again.
| Vechten he has a theory that Paige has
been kidnapped Van goes to lay the case
| before his unc',.
Not glimmer Of one"
And If you were out of sight Of the
house, you couldn't find your way
back to it?"
If you told me not to shouldn't
even try to find it."
Every we'll. Now let me unite your
hands,"
The task was not an easy one, for
the knots had been tightly tied and
were still damp. But presently his
hands were free, and the first unham
pered movement Of his arms wrung
from him a groan Of anguish.
"Hush!" the girl cried in alarm.
IL couldn't help It," apologized
Tom. 1T hurts like the very dev-like
the deuce. I'll be all right In min.
ute"
And after bit, when the circulation
was restored to the benumbed mem.
bers. Tom himself made short work Of
the bonds around his ankles. He rose
unsteadily to his feet.
III could stamp a few times" he
said.
Mercy, MOI"
"Oh. l shan't. What next?"
While he lent himself submissively
to the operation, she bound one Of the
handkerchiefs over his eyes, tusging
the fabric and disposing it in such a
way that by no possibility could he
see when he got where it was light
Her fingers touched his face many
times, and the nearness of her, now
| on this side, now on that, and et.ird
him and in front, was mailing hiu
| giddy.
You r,sst walk just as carplGl, as
ever you cam she enioiEed ~"Mst rs
| quietly as if you were a h4Is'ar. III
take your hand When | sanec4t .tei
1t means you are to step doWn-tNlc.
! means to step up. .. . What Is il"
for Tom mumbled something,
| \ =.
upstairs instead OF down"
What in the world do vou wish
OH So that is all you promise
amounts to, is it?'
u can wish, can't II" sa ON
moodily. Il didn't intend for ou t.
hear"
Her response was sharr command
for him not to speak another word.
Give me your hand" she said curt
ly.
Their fingers met and closed, but
when she attempted to move away
Tom drew her to a standstill.
Just moment. must disobey YOU
this once. What will happen to you
when 1t is discovered that am gone.'
why. nothing"
1T seems improbable. don't you
know, that anybody who wanted me SC
badly would be tickled to death tc
have me get away"
Nevertheless nothing will happen
to me-" she repeated. 81 know tha,
what I am doing Is for the best, no,
only for you, but for US too. Pray
don't think l am going to all this trou
BILE solely for you"
q did think SO, Tom said in 8
| gloomy tone. Look here, if I'm moi
sure that everything will be all right
with you. I'm not going to bulge 8
STEP"
In her evaporation his guide gave
his hand vigorous jerk.
Mercy goodness" he heard her ex
! claim. did anybody ever see such ar