The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-01-08
Million Dollar
Mystery
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cried Florence.
II don't know what is the matter,
dear. but l haven't felt well for two
or three days. I'm dizzy all the time.
l can't read or sew or eat or sleep.
why didn't you ten me?' said Flor
ence, reproachfully. She rang for tho
detective-maid. ELLA, ! don't know
anything about doctors hereabouts."
II know a good one, Miss Florence
Shall l send for him."
do; Susan is ILL.,"
Jones was not prepared for treach'
cry in his own household; so when
he heard that a doctor had been called
to attend Susan he was without the
least suspicion that he had been be-
trayed. More than this, there had
been no occasion to summon q doctor
in the seven years Mr.. Hargreave had
lived here. So Jones went about his
petty household affairs without more
thought upon the matter. The maid
had been recommended to him az
one Of the shrewdest young women
in the detective business.
The doctor arrived. He was a real
doctor; no. doubt of that. He investi.
gated Susan's condition-brougk
about by a subtle though not danger
Gus poison-and instantly recon-
mended the seashore. Susan was not
used to being confined to the house;
she was essentially al out-of-doors
little body. The seashore would bring
her about in no time. The doctor sug.
gested Atlantic City because of its
mildness throughout the year and Its
nearness to New York.
I'm afraid she'll have to go Alone"
said Jones, gravely.
II shan't stir!" declared Susan :"
shan't leave my girl even il l am SICK
| Susan caught Florence's hand and
pressed it.
would you like to go with her.
F%lorencer' asked Jones, with a shy
glance at the strange doctor. The shy
glance wat wasted. The doctor evinced
no sign that it mattered n way or
the other to him.
1T is nothing very serious now,"
he volunteered. But it may turn out
serious if it is not taken car of at
once"
What. is the trouble?" inquired
Jones, who was growing fond Of SUI
san.
Weak heart. Sunshine and good
,ea air will strengthen her up again.
No, MOI" as Jones drew forth his wal.
yet. "T1l send in my bill the first of
the month. Sunshine and sea air;
that's all that's necessary. And now,
good-day."
All very businesslike; not the least
cause in the world for any M to
suspect that a new trap was being
set by the 5snarers. The maid re
turned to the sewing room, while
Florence coddled her companion and
made much Of her.
Jones was suspicious, but dig IL
his mind as he would he could fine
no earthly eas for this suspicion
save that this attribute was now in
stinctive, that it was always near thu
top. If Susan was i'll she must b
given good care; there was no getting
around this fact. Later, he telephonet
several prominent physicians. TIL
strange doctor was recommended Al
a good ordinary practitioner and il
good standing; and so Jones dismisse,
his suspicious as having no hook t,
hang them on.
His hair would have tingled at tn
roots, however, had he known tina
this same physician was one of tn
two who had signed the documen
which had accredited Florence witt
insanity and had all but succeeds
in making a supposition a fact. No
vas Jones aware of the fact that tn
: telephone wire had been tapped re
Gently. So when he finally conclude
to permit Florence to accompany ST
sal to Atlantic City he telephoned t
the detective agency to send up
{ trusty man, who was Swallowed fro1
Z the moment he entered the Hargreav
. home till he started for the railwa
station. He became lost in the shu
: fe and was not heard from till week
= A0tSAS III havana II oAoNA AANAANA -
:. found a good profit in the shanghai
: ing business.
: Susan began to pick up, as they sa,
+ the day after the arrival at Atlanti
+ City, due, doubtless, to the cessatio
= Of the poison she had been takin
= unawares. The two young women b
+ gan to enjoy life for the first tim
x since they had left Miss Farlow'
They were up with the III every da
= and went to bed tired but happy. N
one bothered them. If some stray r
porter encountered their signatures Q
the hotel register, he saw nothing
excite his r%eportorial senses. All thi
of course, was due to Norton's polio
Of keeping the affair out of the p
pers.
Following Jones' orders, they mac
friends with none. Those about tt
hotel-especially the young men