Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-09-16
SYNOPSIS.

calves an invitation 10 dinner from MS
grsat-uncle, Rufus CASTOR. On his Nay
to the house he meets. under peculiar cti-
eumstAnces, 3 young giT!. apparently IN
trouble. TO whom he has an opportunity
to be OF slight service. She lseS in the
same apartment building as Rufus Gas
ton and he accompanies her 10 the house.
CASTOR and Els wife are gong 70 Maine
for a trip and want 10 leave Nelson In
charge OF the apartment, He accepts.
Gaston and his wife tell their Sf1ai-
nephew OF mysterious noises-"whisQcrs'
which they have heard in tbs house.
CHAPTER N.-on hi. way 70 the Gas
ton apartment; next Sunday Nelson asa!n
meets his accidental scauaiHiaHee o.
few days before, Barbara Bradford She
urges him not 10 allow the fast = t.ef
apartment Nelson meets the suHersntend-
ant, Wick. and ins;inctively e!sl.kes him;
In . wdl safe he fnds a necklace OF
paSnincsnt pearls, worth a smal! fortune.
pas.es him without recognition. DINING
h . restaurant, he Is conscious OF the un-
pleasant scrutiny OF a stranger, but =
maa whom he had seen before.
CHAPTER III.-Next day Nelson finds
the pearls have disappeared from the
wall esfA His frst idea OF informing the
police 10 not acted upon because or Pc
culiar circumstances. Fs Las been DIS
qpafs explanation or reason. and feels
kErssls tnvolyed in something OF a mys-
teF~. He decides 10 conduct an inveSd-
! n himself. That might Barbara SIG
& - site his, and they arrange
" next day. In the morninS
se J;e in his room. asking him
Why \ not Informed the police OF
ths less Of the Jew els.
CHAPTER tv.-Barbara tells bNelson
her sister Claire had some years before
-A -a--g va -=H~H ~ n
ventYz-. from whom she was soon parted
and the marriage annu!ied. Claire is en-
Saged TO be married and someone know
Ing OF her escapade has stolen document:
apartms and demands a large sum OF
money 70, heir return. threatening &c
forward - Cla!re's fance II the de.
mands a. let Neither Barbara nor
her sister Re money 10 satisfy the
demands. els Nelson she has also
heard = -Ious ounds il the fat They
agrse !. meet frequently.
CHAPTER. v.-The CASTOR ~lsundress,
tina only person In the apartment besides
Nelson. tells him she has heard WHISPERS
and footsteps. apparently in the wa. ne
begins 10 suspect his great-Hncle OF some
him she also has heard the footsteps In
the morning he discovers his pockets
have been searched during the night, in.
contestAbls evidence OF NE presence OF
someone IN the apartment during the
night
CHAPTER T-Selson invites Miss
Nellie Kelly, telephone operator in the
md opt something that Will help him.
During har temporary absence from the
table Nelson is informed by the house
DIGESTIVE that she is a known ASSOCIATE
Of criminals, and the wife o: LET.
something Of the affair 70 the detective
yAYnAA 0nYran-aHH yrakSa en- 0rr0i-f-
msnt fer the next day. Returning home,
he nnds Claire Bradford In his apartment.
She tells him she was trying to trace the
eolrce Of the whispers, which had also
CHAPTER vII-GorTHan agrees TO take
the case IN 4 professional capacity. That
evening Nelson discovers a concealed pas.
ssssvsy In the wall 0. his apartment
While he Is i~nvestigat!ng' Barbara Joins
him. making her way across a l+dce con-
meeting the two apartments He shows
her the entrance to the passaReway and
while they are talking they hear a
scream. followed by a shot, from the
apartment beneath them Barbara has
tens back and Nelson hurries 70 TIE
scene Of the disturbance; He meets Wick
At the doc Of the fat below.
CHAPTER vIII-Entertng they nr5
the occupant Of the apartment, Daisy La.
tan. 20 actress. dead. W.ck's opposition
picions, and he insists on their being in
formed. Answering the detectives q9es-
tioning, Wick apparently tries to throw
apartment. he sees Claire Just leaving
Detectives fbd q revolver concealed in a
bureau drawer In Nelson's room, TIE
weapon with which the crime was cout-
mitted, and arrest him as the murderer.
J CHAPTER TX -Cfrcurstanra' evidence
apparently 10 overwhelming against Nell
b. 10 rsmanded without BAH. Claire Brad.
ford makes him a visit.
: CHAPTER X-Selson and Claire agree
must Be kept secret. In a consultation
| German expresses his conviction that
Wick 10 q Crook The detective is Of
opinion that a band of criminals Is op-
picious Of his great-uncle. German re-
fuses to believe In the existence Of the
secret passageway.
CHAPTER XII visit from Rufus
0aston convtnces Nelson that his great
uncle 10 not connected with tire plotting
Nelson tells him everything, including the
discovery Of the secret passaeeway and
the old GENTLEMAN agrees to help him all
CHAPTER xII.-visiting the apartment
German and Ruff. Castor hnd the pearls
Nelson - shaken. CASTOR Is found muir.
deyed In his study. and the police are
more than ever convinced than an organ
ised band Of criminals OF which Nelson
Ss: member are operating In the 'u''''
CHAPTER xTIL.-Comforted and en-.
aged by q visit from his mother. Mel.
tsce, MS rial with fortitude. Wick',
ce les to implicate Nelson
= the witness stand Nellie
Kelly she 10 the wife o. Lefty
Moore. s..u in view OF the Importance o!
the testimony an adjournment Is taken.
CHAPTER xIV.-when the trial In re.
sunsd the Erl t~estifes that the murderer
0aStoa was Harry Kent" owner Of the
building, In reality Orv.lle Granders. ex.
convict. In collusiOn with a gang Of thugs
o. which LEX w Wsss w = pro ON men EN-;
custody and Nelson released The secre,
p~assaEswa' Il. Investigated and the mys.
terry eluciC Gaston's will makes Mel.
son heir zig estate, and the hand
OUT ) | located her still sitting be
side my mother. Her veil now was
boldly thrown back. and 90 She gazed
at me with sparkling eyes and n con,
ndent smile, ] felt sure that across
the distance she was trying to send
some message Of good tdIngs. Ny
mothers face, too. / observed, now
wore q happier look. and about Cor
MAD and McGregor both was m air
Of greater confidence than either had
msnifssted before.
What had happened? What had
thsy found out3 Eagerly ! waited de.
velopments.
The telephone girl was recalled 10
the stand and her cross examination
resumed.
Mr.. Moore" began McGrrgor-
and observed curiously that his