The evening world., 1915-06-02

for Information. The after
,s..s.s moons extras mention a re-
ward-twenty-f hundred dollars
being offered in London for Informal
ton OF Miss Carew. That would &C.
count for their sudden interest"
BY way Of answer the young man
handed him the cablegram from
Fotheringill. Mr.. Flint glanced at II,
then he sat up with a jerk and his
eyes narrowed to mere Sits. He pom
dsred the text for some time while
the two young men watched him In
silent curiosity.
Well" he breathed at last, return
ing the message. here is one more
link In the chain-notIa very definite
one. but an additional small detail
that associates Miss Carew directly
with your house of mystery"
Van Vechten stared In wonder at
the slip Of paper. Tom abruptly ex-
claimed: How the dickens do you
make that out?"
But Mr.. Flint was not to be hurried.
''While there may be nothing 40
very mysterious about the house it.
SELF" he pursued evenly, 'neverthe-
less II is by way Of promising US u
very pretty problem indeed. Does the
ndme whirlpool signify anything In
particular to your
.s2Nothing definite. 1t is familiar.
that Is ALL" ...,., y
70 whirlpool" repeated Mr.. Flint,
musingly. II have had occasion 10
look 1t up" - ....,.. IL,
...You have!" shot from Van vsoh-
ten In his surprise. What do you
know, Flint2 Tell i'll"
IT'S O little village in Somerset
on the edge Of Exmoor Forest-por-
haps one OF the prsttiest regions In
rural England. Still does the name
csnvey nothing to your mind? Think"
Here Tom Phinney interjected:
BUDDY thought IL was confound-
edlY familiar when he read the moi-
While Van vechten tried his best
TO recall the associations which the
name all but evoked, Mr.. Flint sat
shrewdly contemplating him.
V II rive IL up" declared the young
man 1t length. go on and tell it.
Why you jumped so when you read
the message. What's the answer?'
said that II was a pretty spot
ing-"an Ideally desirable location for
~ home-regular old fashioned Eng
Ash country home. you know-gables,
chimney pots. Ivy, deer park, hedges
And all that sort of thing. For In
1s..scontound you, Flint! Out with III"
N"Mr. Temple Bonner's."
For a moment the two young men
sat staring speechlessly at the I'M
moved detective. Then Van Vechten
o0ote tho table with his fist.
by Georgel" calculated he. vehem-
emily but not loudly. That's III The
very thing that's been chasing round
In. my SKULL" lie proceeded more
calmly:
"But. Flint. admitting that one OF
the two Indies mentioned hero 10 my
cousin"--tapping the cablegram-
the fact that you found her purse In
. house which happens 10 belong to
Temple Bonner. and that also she has
been mysteriously sojourning near
bis homo In England. presents only a
neutrality-suspicious.. perhaps. but
immaterial."
maybe so; but do not lose sight
Of fbe other iady-her companion.
mo was Schuyler. ! believe"
u True"
"Do you know that before No. 1919
cams Into Mr.. Bonner's possesslon IL
belonged 10 Compton Schuyler. Mrs.
DeyereauK's fatherT
The expression that now lifted
across Van yeohten's face was ono Of
bewlIdsrmsnt Iie had no comment
10 make, ..
Flint instead " the present owner
ssing ignorant that Eurh a shabby
a IA Ia ~ Al
tnif, ~ purchase Was prompted by
rsuilmsnt growing out ~ fOs
name in0is Thar ihiry years old.
10. you see, the C0lnrldsnGs begins
10 Hfsuna proportions that must sir.
Nifty something something that
sOhld BE- ~ value e. No n We could
Opiy Nsasp ~ nsanigR Tbsrs 10
stire ! hope you may help mo"
'JtiF 10 fHihFf Staggering, fiint"
~ Ven Nsrhirn, ne soon ~ hs hAd
glSp'sf his wlif. "but silll ths cir
tsInsfHn'rs 49, merely coincidence
81 M ! r.n fsad M mssninH into
them. n'r aHs iNry informative, fail
20 sss Hs7a Z rlu fsnd"f thf slight
Get hfY Torn here iH To- re- position
"a FulspiY 500 u'H tYmfiulnF mufh
nlsrs ~ 'lg pDiH.. fpf by ihs puf'u i
sesidsni Ls stumbled upon on sandy +.
COMPLY Iunff map.#iD apy nothing -
. Tlppins liYsuiIf' ~ name IL
JOIN rHii's"
Tho GsitriiYs favored Tom With a
Iosif ~ Interest sni ih'n bic stss
ami =
~ons ihlnr ~ uf0s. gentlemen. %
ssia no. "Dns tiIbr st r. line. You
ear Hs'fs HF - ht bret gsi
i8'yngh sIfh 'hs r.ir' ~ r"fs DE-
&C..
80 d faffFf liflhr fTaFh Tor me.
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fSoys tToflfal,ls iOn sfs, sh1s .
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