The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
rR. LAXwORTHY was lunchin,

= v u iho'e' III 's"""'' WV" .'s""'s
wing passed through the
swing doors. escortine remarkably
pretty young lady. lie al 'hce coz
quoted MS companion toward ms chief
MT. Laxworthy. he said' II want 10
introduce you TO TINS young iady--M'ss
fhyihs Ihorndyke.
Mr.. IaNworthy rose ana bowed.
waiter pushed FORWARD chair' mo
when the giri-she was iitt'e more IMAM
chiid-suosided.
MISS Ihornu!ke' Sydney continued
4 rs IN great distress ana IL occurred 10
me that you might perhaps We o. as
sis,ahce 10 her:
Mr. Laxworthy looked AZ the young
may ior seVerai SECONDS thro"gh ms
thick spec'ac'es. Inc resu'. Oh ms oo-
ser.atiohs was ehureH n her ia'or
shouid ne very siau indeed TO I've
of any assistance TO you. MISS morn
u!ke' ne ihurmureo. nave hotice"
mat Tor the last Few ua|s you nave
"en alone
she maze a httie eHort 10 recover her-
sell. IL was obvious that she was ON
the point Oh tears ana mere was
frightened expression IN her large soit
eyes.
III Is FOUR days. she SAID since my
ia'her ieit me 10 pay business can III
+ inc CITY. ne expected 10 DE hack TOT
iunrh' Ihat was THURSDAY morning Mt
ma" past ten nave not seen MN
since
whom have seen In here with your"
She nodded
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'N' '"e iou mus nav
seen us ,"se'her' because we nave no
TRENDS nave not spoken 10 any one
else except the hotel and shop people
since we arrived-until." she added,
"Mr. Wing was 40 kind TO me-"
MT ''"Nwor,hy glanced at the young
mai 'np".rihsN.
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In case I am not home for some lit.
tie time Phyllis. ! am sending YOU Q
s,osed note Tor twenty pounds Do
not mehtioh my absence to any one. II
~c,va ~. o ,,r,h u an. ,u, ,h,s" easily IN.
ts,i Won ,ha, hon. ~ r.. IA "' OIL, vm.y
shortly. Whatever you do. do not apply
to or communicate with the police. Your
affectionate father.
STEVENS THoRNpYKE.
Tho .,,ra,uro mo. in ,rL
.vo,r ,o,hor.. h,nau,r,,;r.," ~
r.xwor,h, a.Laa
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W- I~,ou,.,, $500,
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IL, IA .,,
I. -. 80 90 '..s
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'u",o" ',"e' w one n"o"s
VIZ ",oue"' IL vi now u so' 'nere'
II Is the ohiy communication you
nave received from MN!
A"so'"'eN'
WI i~""'"! was S'e"t io' lew
moments
MISS IhorndyRe' ne SAID nnaily
h am TO be or any service to you,
! must ask you some more questions.
How long have you been In this coun-
try?"
"A week to-day.
Have you any friends at all in Lon
DOM
Not one. ! have never been here
before"
rs this a pleasure trip or business
one on your fathers part?'
Will tell you Just what happened
] left boarding school about six months
ago. We had an apartment. my father
and !, on Riverside Drive. in New York.
one evening We were out motoring
and stopped at restaurant for sup
per. There was a big. yellow car
which had been Just behind ours for
over an hour wherever we went.
1T drew up too at the restaurant
ana az my iather was talking about
.apie 10 the waiter man VINO had
oeeh r,uihe IN II to"cheo my ia'her on
az. ms e'" ,u an" cav "nn note
az, no d,dr., sea,, % wan, an" "" an q. an