Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-09-09
1912, by the Bobbs>Mernil
Company

throw any light on the FORMER owner
Of the reports in which the drawing
had been tucked away. There the in
vestigation seemed to be up against a
blank wall.
isn't it astoundingv said Sedgwick.
Here's a portrait antedating 1880 Of
a woman who has just died, young.
What was the woman I saw-a reve-
nant in the fesh?"
"If you ask me-" said Kent slowly,
II should say, rather, an imitation
Further he would not say, but in
sisted on returning to the Nook. As
they arrived the telephone bell was
ringing with the weary persistence of
| the long unanswered. To Kent's query
| Lawyer Bain's voice announced:
"rve been trying to get you for an
hour
"Sorry," said Kent. SIS it about the
newspapers"
| Eyes," said the lawyer. 1--WE got
the information" And he stated that
four newspapers went regularly to
Hedgerow house-the New York Star
and Messenger and the Boston Eagle
to Alexander Blair and the Boston
Free Press to Wilfrid Blair.
Sedgwick set the Elliott sketch be-
side the copy and compared them for
a time. Then he fell to wandering
desolately about the studio. Suddenly
he turned, walked over to his friend
and laid hand on his shoulder.
Kent, for the love of heaven, can't
| Won do something for me?'
You mean about the grip
SedgWick nodded 81 can't get my
mind to stay on anything else. Even
this internal puzzle of the pictures
doesn't interest me for more than the
minute. The longing for her is eating
the heart out Of me-
"My dear Frank" said the other
quietly. 'if there were anything
could do, don't you think I'd be doing
it? It's very dark tangle."
"If there were only something to
do" fretted the artist. Its this
cursed inaction that is getting my
nerver'
eff that's ALL" returned Kent slow
ly, "I'H give you something to do
And I fancy" he added grimly, lit
will be sufficiently absorbing to take
your mind from your troubles for a
time at least
Bring it on. I'm ready
Call in good time. Meantime I am
, seriously thinking, my dear young
FRIEND said Kent solemnly, "of con-
sulting an astrologer."
you're crazy" retorted Sedgwick.
II wish I were for a few hours -
said Kent, with entire seriousness. 1T
might help"
"Well, that's where I'll be if you
don't find something for me to dc
soon. So come on and materialize this
promised activity
eff you regard a trip to the Martin
r dale Public library as activity 1 can
, furnish that much excitement
"What are you going to do there?"
Consult the files of the newspapers
, and pick out a likely high class as.
! trologer from the advertisements"
6 THAT has a mild nutty flavor. but il
doesn't excite any profound emotion in
me except concern for your sanity"
you've said that before" retorted
: Kent. However, I'm not sure shall
. take you with me anyway"
''Then that isn't the coming adven
ture?"
2 mo; nothing so mild and innocuous'
: "Are you asking me to run some
' danger? Is it to see her?" said Sedg
wick eagerly.
Leave her out Of it for the present
y There is no question of seeing bel
Z now. There's an enterprise forward
: which, If it fails, means the uttel
y damning of reputation. What do YOU
J. say?'
II whats the inducements"
''The probable clearing up Of tn,
! case we're on. When I come to tackl,
1t may find that one man could do
alone. But
"Wait. You're going into 1t, ar
% your
n "Oh. certainly
with or without meY'
i YES"
why couldn't you have said so 6
first and saved this discussion?" erie
- his host. 'Of course If you're in fo
90 1t. so am /. But what about you
If reputation?'
Id Its worth good deal to me-" col
j. fessed the scientist. And l can't den
g I'm stalking 1t all on my theory of tn
7e case. If I'm wrong-well. it's abo,
the fms Of my career"
~ See here. Chetr broke out b
ct friend. do you think I'm going ,
at let you take that kind of a chane
m for me?'
1T isn't for you." declared the 9th.
- with irritation. Its for myself. Can
you understand that this Is my case
I Do you care to run over to the library
4 No? Well. for the rest of the eveni1
I l can be found-no: cannot be foun
Z though I'll be therein room 571."
( "All right" said Sedgwick. ..Yo