The Washington times., 1913-11-02

are several minor points. not directly
connected with the affair which l an
! investigating, which you can, am sure
make plain to me- In the first place,
shall be glad if you will give me the
present address of your fiancee, Mis-!
lsMuriel Kennedy"
Mr.. BlaisdelI started in spite of him
tself, and his face took on deeper
| tinge.
Miss Kennedy can have no possible
connection with your investigation" III
J protested hotly.
In spite of that fact, 1 should like
! to know where she is,'' persisted Yorke
in a quiet, steady voice.
= She is away, visiting friends for a
few days"
Il cannot tell you
dell?'
1T is impossible for me to tell you.
don't know where she is. 1 only know
! she is visiting somewhere-she has nu-
merous college friends she visits fire.
quently. i shall undoubtedly hear from
/ her in a few days"
"Mr. Blaisdell. is it usual for Miss
| Kennedy to go away in this fashion,
leaving you in Ignorance OF her where
Young Mr.. Blaisdell flared up at once.
| as Yorke had hoped.
81 decline to discuss Miss Kennedy s
| actions with you, sir!" he cried. Il can
drawing her name into this matter"
Merely because. as you undoubtedly
are aware, the mysterious servant who
disappeared at the hour of Mrs. Van
, Rensselaer's death, had on her arrival
mendation from Miss Kennedy. wish
! to see Miss kennedy, and earn from
| her what can of this girl Mary"
Miss Kennedy can tell you, I am
sure, nothing more than the woman
/ who ran the intelligence office from
| which Mrs Van Rensselaer, engaged the
girl can: She has doubles forgotten all
about her."
I'm that case. you can have no objec-
4 ton to telling me where can find the
and can give me some facts concerning
her"
Il am very sorry" Mr.. Blaisdell's
I manner had cooled down somewhat, and
he spoke more slowly, as if weighing
! his words. II haven't the last idea
! where General kennedy is. He is very
! hale and hearty, in spite of his years,
| and usually at this season he goes off
f, hunting for fishing with party Of old
| ifriends-sometimes up in Maine some
: BY automobile?' queried Yorke,
| quietly.
Possibly. / don't know. l shouldn't
consider 1t likely; but really I couldn't
lit is pity" observed Yorke, reflect
lively. You see, we know a little about
the girls already. Quite little more,
in fact, than the police do. do not
know whether % you Are Are aen aware or nc not M Of
Merriman thought they recognized this
girl as one who, under a different name
and with a slightly changed appearance,
4 had worked in a brokerage office as a
- NtnA xxvsNh y
a similar change of name, in the chorus
| Of a musical comedy"
The chorus of a On! preposeer-
! GUS! What senseless idea! It's un-
heard OFF,
and the hands which clasped his cane
shook with surprise as he stammered
his !ncredulous astonishment.
They must be crazy! What-what
| object could the girl have for such an
. absurd masquerade? ! never heard Of
anything SO ridiculous"
Yorke ignored the question.
Not SO ridiculous as 1t sounds, Mr..
Blaisdell," he returned, coolly. I'VE
have proved beyond dispute that their
surmise was correct We have wit
nesses who can be produced at any
time and whose testimony is uncontro-
vertible, who will swear to an absolute
identification Of Mary Kelly as the
stenographer and the actress both"
or what testimony they try to bring for
ward. You are mistaken. Mr.. Yorke-
You must be, Your witnesses have
imposed upon you for some reasons Of
their own. l am aston shed that man
of your astute perception could have
been taken in by them. Look at 1t DIS
passionately: such a scheme, aside from
the insane purposelessness of il would
be idiotic in the extreme and imposs BILE
to carry out. Can't you see how wild
ly impossible 1t is? How utterly abb
surd!"
Yorke smiled.
I'VE will leave that matter, then, Mr..
Blaisdell," he said easily. But you
can readily understand now how deep
ly interested we are in this extraordin-
ary character; how anxious to interview
any one who has ever had any connec-
ton with her. no matter in how re-
mote a degree"
And you can understand" retorted
Mr. B'aisdell, that If / knew where
Miss Kennedy was I should insist on
pertinent questions, and the notoriety
which would most certainly be her due
II this extraordi nary fabrication con-
cerning an adventures ever reached the
newspapers, and II was supposed that
Miss Kennedy had ever employed such
a person in her household in any ca
pacity."
"Of course we shall go as far in this
investigation as we can without the au-
thority which Is only vested in the po-
lice remarked Yorke, but when II
becomes necessary to compel a reluctant
witness to speak, we pust obtain their
assistance, telling them this whole story
which seems to you so impossible, and
giving them our proof.
"Such an eXtraord mary case will be
widely spread in the papers and Miss
Kennedy's name will surely be men
toned as having been one of her en-,
ployers. If Miss Kennedy is reluctant
to give the police the details of the
sir's position in her house-from whom
she hired her, on whose recommended
ton, and SO forth-it will strongly sug-
gest to the police and to the public at
large, that this girl has some hold over
her: that Miss Kennedy is afraid to
speak: in short, that she is being black
mailed
Continuation OF This Story VIII
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