Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-24

Possibly If we had been real guests in search
OF reircshmcnt we would have pounded on
were merely amateur detectives. we sal
sim patiently waiting the arrival OF mine
h sn,,, II would have beSn extremely adNan-
JUS what the missing host was doing.
PRESENTLY we got extremely tired of the
vast Indifference to our presence which pre-
vailed. and Jimmy decided to go on a liti!o
tom OF investigation. lie crossed over to the
hen heard my name called yith ecntle
iHssj"1cc and ran 30 the Kitchen. ! saw
par; - he i!oor Jerking up slowly. E.vi-
dch;ly ~ was trap Goor and someone was
snetkinS up from The basement with intent
20 Ioine through IT, jimmy, gave me :,
bling aim Il ;aolecloth which Ne would tear
in;o strips and TO bind the approa chin.
~ ihc time got back Jimmy was hold
in- man powcrlcss at mis- feet J.; did not
take ,ong TO tie and gag him. and suDL
"a that was accomplished Jimmy rolled hin,
over ana took a gun from his pocket. lie
ITS the proprietor" he explained. "Cuarc
the fellow. I'm going down into his sun
70 save myself from my own terror jr
regard to Jimmy, began to consider III.
other phases OF She story which We ,yor+
Investigating. What had become Of icai,
Moore" So man! girls vanish and NJ" never
John AIlcs had never liked the grm-faccd.
gray haired woman vino kept Jean 80 bound
Jean had insisted that il silly TO talk
about Madam Gaillard when they had SO
so they had not discussed hcr--had made
no effort to discover what manner Of woman
she outside of her workaday cXistcncc
VIVA, manner of woman would she prov,
to ne? What part did she play in the lfa
OF lean Moore?
>, suddenly knew ] could no longer hc.f
into the thcl of thc fr:,y--possibiy "} ~, !,
grave danger. looked at my wrist woiri
tie had been gone almost ten minutes. Pos
as that of the girl for whom were search
ing must know. must try TO help.
went over to the .rapaoor and opcnc,
stairs, little moro than ladder. I grippc,
my. gun FIRMLY and started down.
twcnty-four hours and trace Jean Moor,
from the moment when she gave her happ,
parsonage at & O'Clock that night to maj
other niack moment when she came face tc
regarding Madame Gaillard
ON glc morning when her worl; ,va.
completed, John Miles tolcphoncd hcr 20 re-
mind her Of the quiet little wedding the,
age She hung IN the receiver happilv AN,
returned to her york. little later he,
and said her indifferent farewell to Inc girl: '.
may pe out whcn YOU leave. 50 III p1y yoi
now ana say SOou -oy.
Then MaGare Caiilard opened hcr ours,
and took out q roll or oils. tnno.icc .,
either lean ear or the oi% mir, w%man Key Eel
Kept her money and droppcG noiselcssly I,
the rug at her feet
she had all day in which TO set her affair
in order pack her belongings and maxi
them dainty with the first cxtravagancc o
her workaday lifc-ribbons and s:chot I'm
first the girls instinct for ncatncss mad
her put her desk in order. When this, wa
done she started to rise.
: Her foot struck something hard and ,h
glanced at the floor. There at her feet lay TN
/, key which Madame Gailinrd had dropped .Tca,
. stared at IL for a moment indiffcrcntly-an,
then memory stirred
Several weeks before, when first Jean ha,