The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-25

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 after sa11 beautiful as her face was it was a deeper beauty that went to my heart in the first glance at her, that has there while my heart beats, I know It was the, soul Of her that called to my soul Did she know that her soul called to mine there in those few moments of our meeting? Did she know2 Oh, she must have known
 There, I've rhapsodized enough on pa per, though I'll keep it up in my thoughts whenever think of her, which is pretty close to all the time. And to think that don't even know her name. All my own seeking and that of the Sleuths employ ed, fruitIess- But somewhers, somehow. I'll find her. I must, That's destiny. That was the end of the passage. The Master Mind sat erect and cast the book from him with a hoarse cry of triumph His eyes glittered in saw age delight; his lips bent to a mocking smile in which was remorseless crueE ty. After moment he lifted his gaze to the pencil sketch of a girl, which, set within an oval frame of gold, hung on the wall above the desk The pie ture was in truth rather crudely done. Nevertheless there showed in it, de spite the clumsiness of the craftsman ship, definite suggestion of feminine love1iness which was inexpressibly all | turing. Even Andrew recognized the | tender -potence of the spell exercised i by this unknown girl, but he resisted its softening sway; fiouted it with his hate for the man that loved her. He l nodded toward the picture with l nna1evolent grin.
 e.so Wainwright couldn't find youp he muttered.s Well, can And you. my lady, shall be my pawn in the I game
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 The impIacable man had venomous gleam in his eyes as these thoughts ran through his brain He had won derful capa acity for using other people l for his own purposes, and he was de- I termined to demonstrate it thoroughly
 The Master Mind took measures at once to make good his boast With scrupuIous fidelity he restored Vain xErightss apartment to the order in which he had found it. Then, his work there accomplished, he left the place and boarded the fastest train for Chi- cago. On his arrival in that city he
 devoted himself at once to his quest
 for the mysterious maiden With a
 few notifications of his personal ap-
 pearance he undertook in person q
 painstaking minute search throughout
 the neighborhood where had occurred
 the automobile accident. In an ad- I jacent side street of none too savory
 a character he. at last came on a street
 urchin who had been present at the
 time of the accident and who, more
 over, possessed some information that 4 might serve as clew to the identity
 of the ministering girl of that occa-
 sion The boy had seen her at other
 times, both before and after the acci- | dent in quiet and respectab bfe neigh borhood few blocks further down the
 street. He cheerfully guided Andrew
 to the vicinity.
 The Master Mind was hugelysgeIated
 by this initial success A garrulous
 woman, who took a frank interest in
 all her neighbors, welcomed his ques-
 fions- and answered them with the pos
 ittve information he sought She had
 long known the girl by sight She had heard of what had happened the ' time of the automobile accident. As . the girfs home was only four houses away from her own, she had had nc , l dif6cu1ty in learning the name-Margas ret Flint.
 'eBut she's gone from here now,s' tht [ woman concluded; 9'been gone for three months. You see, it was this way, she explained: Her father was pretty , poor, just a house painter, aud hii
 
 ! most of the time. Her mother wal dead, and there wasn't any other chil , dren. And then her father died. I 2 was after that she went; had to- , couldn't pay the rent. And that's all know"
 . The Master Mind finally, however 3 succeeded in tracing Margaret Flint tt : the house of prosperous merchant ; where she had secured employment al 3 a nursemaid for two small children
 There Andrew had an interview wit the girl herself. At his first glanc : into her face he was forced to Iivel. I appreciation of her 1ove1iness. Thel g the girl voiced a response to his greet ing, and instantly. the spell was broken 5 A keen critic might perhaps have de tected musical respnance in the tones 7 But if such a quality was indeed pres ! ent it was hope1essly covered by tn 7 harsh, nasal, treble utterance of he I class.
 CHAPTER Ill., 2 A Pawn In the Game. 6 THE Master Mind professed t s7 have known the girls fathe