Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-20
THE SECRET OF LONESOME COVE
was elaborately displayed, as foI-

was deliberately displayed, as fol-
lows:
Your Fate is Written in the Heavens.
Consult the
Star Master
Past. Present and Future are Open Books to
His Mystic Gaze-He Guided Alright in
Business. Love and Health
Thousands to Whom he has Pointed Out the
Way of the stars Bless Him for His Aid.
Consultation by Appointment.
Preston Jax
Suite ~ Mystic Block. 10 Royal Street.
Mrs. Blair glanced at the announces
ment
f'Some of my friends have been to
him." she said. For time he was
rather a fad
But you haven't ever consulted
him YOURSELF"
mo, indeed"
THAT is well. want you to go
there with me today"
ITO that charlatan? Why, Pro-
fessor Kent, ! thought you We're a
scientific man.
Translate science down to it's
simplest terms in Saxon English"
said Kent
TT would be knowing 1 suppose"
Exactly. When / think a man
knows something which / wish to
know but do not know, | try to
possess myself of his knowledge.
whether he is a microscopic, astrol
oyer or tinsmith. To that extreme I
am a scientist"
And you expect the stars to tell
US something about my lost topazes?,'
They seem to have had some in
6uence on the career of the original
owner" said Kent, with his half
smile. And one star has already
llghted up the beginning of the trail
for me-"
I can't understand your motives
she said. But | know that | can
trust you. When do you wish me to-
go?"
Il have an appointment for us at
high noonr
As the clock struck IL Kent and Mrs.
Blair passed from the broad noond5y
glare of the street into the tempered
darkness of strange apartment. r.
was hung about with black cloths,
and, lighted by the effulgence of an
artificial half-moon and several PLAN,
cts, contrived, Kent conjectured. of
pisinglass set int the fabric, with arc
lights behind them. A soft-footed
servitor, clad throughout In black, ap-
peared from nowhere, provided chairs,
set pitcher of water beside them
and vanished silently. A faint, heavy,
but not unpleasant odor as of incense,
H. i Ffyl-l
slowly in brightness. illuminating the
two figures.
Very well fixed up, whispered
Kent to his companion. THE astrol-
oyer is now looking us over"
In fact at that moment a contem-
plating and estimating eye was fixed
upon them from a dead star in the
farther wall. The eye beheld q girl
whose delicate but vivid loneliness
was undimmed by the grisly trap
pings of mourning which a Christian
civilization has borrowed from bar
barism to belle its own Christianity
withal, rested a moment and passed,
with more of scrutiny to her COM
panion.
Preston Jax did not, as a rule, re-
ceive more than one client at a time.
Police witnesses travel in pairs, and
the star master was of a suspicious
nature. Only an extraordinary fee
and the cultured languor of the voice
which requested the appointment over
the telephone had induced him to re-
lax his rule. Now, however, his I'M
easiness was appeased. He beheld q
gentleman clad in such apparel as
never police spy nor investigating
agent wore, rather puzzling swell
ness (the term is culled from Mr..
Jaxs envious thoughts), since 1t APP
peared to be individual, without be-
ing in any particular conspicuous.
Mr.. Jax, an adept at extracting in
formation, wondered if he could per-
suade the visitor to disclose. his tailor
to the stars, for he was himself. in
light vocational moments at
Atlantic city and in the Wall
dorf- Astoria, something of dress
err One point, however, the con-
noisseurship of the Star master could
hardly approve;~ the monocle dis
played in his visitors left eye, though
it was reassuring to his professional
judgment. The visitor was obvious
ly light
Quitting his peep-hole, the Star
master pressed a button. Strains OF
music. soft and sourceless, Allied the
air from a photograph muff1ed in
rugs. The moon glow. paled little
There was soft rustic and fuctua-
ton of wall draperies in the apart
ment The light waxed. The STAR
master stood before his visitors.
They beheld man of undis-
tinguished size and form, eked out by
splendid pomposity OF manner. To
this his garb contributed. All the
signs of the zodiac had lent mag
nifcence to the long, black, loose robe
with gaping sleeves, which he wore.
Mrs. Blair noted with vague interest
that it was all hand embroidered.
(To BE Continued Tomorrow