Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-04

finished the girl Then we can read /
the blotter, and will have a real Sher-
lock Holmes cluep
Mona smiled. II am afraid, dear, /
that blotters are not read with mir
rors! However, we can try IT," For
the better part OF an hour the two
sought industriously TO gather the
message Of the tell-tale blotter, hold
ing a mirror in all kinds OF lights
and angles, and then going so far as
to try the effect of magniylng
glass-but all to no purpose. The
impression Of the envelopes address
had left out several letters almost
entirely, and those which remained
were so faint and blurred that at the
end OF an hour the two owned them
selves fairly beaten.
well, we have done our bestW
said Mona. There is some satisfac-
ton in that thought. Perhaps there
will be another development in the
situation soon which will set us on
the right trackp
Little did she dream how soon
such a development was TO occur
or the sinister situation into which
it was to plunge theml
Ii was shortly after 3 o'clock the
next morning when the first mixing
Of the startling mystery which was
soon to claim the attention Of the
entire city, first obtrudcd itself into
the usually well ordered routine OF
life al the Grand hotel This was
nothing less than the fact that the
occupant OF suite No. ia had disap-
peared over night disappeared as
thoroughly as though the earth had
opened suddenly and swallowed him
bodily. Such a situation would have
been sufficiently unquieting had the
central figure Of the mystery been an
ordinary parsonage, without any indi-
vidual claim on public attention. But
when il was learned that the missing
occupant OF suit No ia was Roland
Maxwell, the millionaire plunger and
amateur philanthropist, the official
staff OF the Grand hotel, from the
night clerk up 10 the chief Of the de-
tectiye staff, and from the gimlet-
eyed individual up TO the august gem
eral manager himself, were thrown
into a condition of CONSERVATION Dor
dernR on panic.
A belatcd bell boy, chidcd by Mona
rather sharply for his delay IN an
swerng her call button, brought to
the two Social Pirates their first in
timation Of The startling situation,
The bell boy, Il developed, had been
detained by the house detective to
answer certain questions regarding
his last call at l24, and the youth,
filed with the mystery Of it all, was
more than eager 10 pour out the
whole story 10 sympathetic listeners.
The girls found themselves in posses
sion OF a fairly comprehensive synop-
sis OF what had happened, Mona
watched the door close behind the
boy, with his face glowing at an UNI
expectedly large tip, and then faced
Mary impulsiyely.
1T strikes me, grille, that you and
hold the key to the situationp
you mean those men | followed
Yesterday" questioned Mary turn
ing back from the window.
! Exactly. And what is more, II we
use our wits in the right direction, |
| believe we can solve the mystery !
am going TO have another look at
that blotter. That is kind of chal-
! lenge 10 me, and | think ! see a way
by which we can decipher its Sc
cret."
Mona carried the blotter to the
window, and for several moments sat
staring al the reflection of its broken
/ letters i'm a hand mirror.
Bring me a telephone directory,
Mary" she called suddenly, AS the
other obeyed. Mona read aloud the
zig-zagging letters in the glass. When
jotted down on paper they made the
following broken words:
ID w ltr Lul
Re vi W Sa ia ! III
CT en- l.
Quite evidently when completed
the words were an address. Turn
to the Claremont section OF the di-
rectory," directed Mona. 81 think
we are fairly safe in assuming that is
our point OF departure. Now for
the rest OF it. Run your finger over
the names and places listed under
the letter Rand see what you find.
i For few moments Mary read
steadily, as directed Mona shaking
her head obviously as she tried ii
vain 10 make any Of the words match
with the fragmentary letters before
her.
"Restyiew sanitarium.' read Mary
Wait a moment" called Mona, eN
citedlY. 81 believe We have IT," Hel
!. pencil SKINNED over the sheet O
paper. ON which she had julted dowr
the cryptic letters "Eurekap shi
cried IL matches perfectly Rest
vicw Sanllatium, Claremont ] won
der II we can have an much success
with the rest Of the puzzle Let's see
A saniiarinm naturally suggests
doctor That may BIC the explanation
III The first I'D in nur top line Iuri
90 the physicians. Mary. and sec wha
We ind under the letter T. lhA
ought 20 be thc first letter Of ou
mans last name
Mary read through the tnel
Iptintcd NAMES ST the physicians. bf
fingers travelling slowly dawn thI
lpAEF
ludlow pr Waiter Ludlow Cd.
said And Mona stopped hFf he
pensl again bNy with tht letters 81
tht pHf lc She spfaug o. her Gee
decidedly
um address reads pt Waite
tu4iuW. Kttttiew hANWaFmm lars
.mHal she saii t tNhE Nr tl0
'pfoitably spend ihs morning be-
,ntt to che saniauWm and h lHl
luM
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tht HaarpfBTaHge et So Nasus'lt
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