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, CHAPTER Rudolph Van vechtsn. ,
yo0n4 man Of leisure, u aStoniahod u
20 man enter No. 1a13. q house across
tne street from the Powhatan club. tn,
spoken OF a. the House Of Mystery.
CHAPTER 1I-Several persons at rssu.
NJ intervals enter No. 1S1A
CHAPTER 1n-van vechten expresss.
garding the whereabouts Of his cousin
end nancee. Paige Carew. A fashionably
sxIireo woman Ia seen to enter the House
O. Mystery. A man u forcibly elected
rom the house. Van vechtsn and Tom
Iouow the man and ind him dead In thu
| CHAPTER VIVIAN vechten II attract.
"a BY the face Of girl in the crowd OF
onlookers surrounding the body. Later
ne discovers the girl gazing at him with
look OF scorn from the windows Of the
| mysterious house.
| CHAPTER v-Detective Flint calls on
Van vechten to get his version Of thu
tragedy.
CHAPTER VI-Tom Phinney goes aione
on yachting trip. He recognizes among
nome persons In a passing motor boat
Two men whom he had seen enter the
House OF Mystery. He sees one Of them.
Mr.. Calls. on shore later and follows
MN. Tom Is seized. blindfolded and taken
10 mouse. 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.
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uncle. Theodore Van vechten, big man in
Wall street and known as the MAN Of
Iron" In search Of information regarding
mo whereabouts Of Paige Carew.
CHAPTER II-Detective Flint shows
yam vechten gold mesh purse found in
the House of Mystery Van recognizes It
as belonging to Paige Carew.
CHAPTER III-The sweet-voiced girl
helps Tom Phlnney escape, but refuses to
disclose her identity. Tom declares hs
will meet her again.
CHAPTER IV-Detective Flint tells Van
Vechten he has a theory that Paige has
been kidnapped. Van goes to lay tho case
before his uncle.
CHAPTER v-Messages are sent to
Europe in an effort to trace Paige. Tom
tells Van Vechten he Is in love and re-
lates his adventure.
CHAPTER VIA message from London
reports that two ladies resembling
Devereaux. sailed for New York some
time previously. A reward of $500 Is Of
fered.
CHAPTER Wilt develops that the
ladies' visited the English homo of Tenn
pie Bonner. owner Of the House of Mys-
terry. Flint has a theory that they are
connected with the mystery Of No. 1873
Hope of rehabilitating the family
and of recouping its dwindling for
tunes was now all centered in the re
naming sister-Henrietta Among her
suitors was one young man who was
not only her social equal, but heir to
one of the largest fortunes In the
world. Every mother in New York
with manageable daughter, to say
nothing of many abroad-especially in
England-had marked this young man
for her legitimate prey; but he loved
Henrietta Schuyler and was SO de-
voted and open in his preference that
the matrimonial schemers We're one
and all discouraged.
"But with all his wealth and superior
position, the course of true love did
not run smooth for Temple Bonner.
The facts would make plot for
novel. There was yet another young
man among those who came ACQUIRING
at the old brownstone mansion. but
one vastly different in many respects
from Bonner This mans name was
Wilard-Max Willard
1--WE heard the name muttered Van
Vechten
ut was an irony CT Fate pursued
Mr.. Flint, chat Bonner and Willard
should not only be friends, but the
closest sort of intimacy existed be-
tween them, genuine Damon ana
Pythias attachment.
"Willard lacked about every ad-
vantage possessed by his rival; ne
was poor, unattractiye in appearance,
and had many peculiar traits which
made enemies where Templer Bonner
won friends. He was regarded as
visionary, crank, man who would
never make his mark. However, ne
must have possessed some unusual
quality, because Temple Bonner had
implicit faith in him--believed that he
was n genius of some sort; but 1t was
of Willard that he would
accept no assistance from his more
fortunate rival.
Bonner, it would seem, felt his own
position keenly. He realized that his
friend was almost Overwhelmingly /
Handicapped, and as well as can piece
out from what actually happened, he
withdrew temporarily from the field ,
and gave Max Willard every oppor- |
tupity to advance his suit. | suppose
the idea was, that if Willard was sue
eessful. Bonner would abide by the
consequences; if not, then Willard
Was to stand aside and give Bonner
his chance. Much of this is guess
n.orl.. il is hard to arrive at the truth