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SYNOPSIS
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER L-Circumstances hayin,
prevented Spalding Nelson. clerk, joining
ne Amsr1can forces going to France, hl
calves an invitation to dinner from hi,
ereat-uncle. RufIs CASTOR. On his way
70 the house he meets, under peculiar cir.
sSumsstances. 2 young girl, apparently In
to be OF slight service. She lives IN ths
same apartment building as Rufus Gas.
ION, and he accompanies her to the house.
Saston and bis wife are going to Maine
charge of the Apartment ne s He ss aseepts' 81
Gaston and his VIE tell their great
nephew OF mysterious snoises-"whispers"
which they have heard In the house.
CHAPTER lion his way to the Gas.
ton apartment next Sunday Nelson again
meets shis accidental acquaintance of .
few days before. Barbara Bradford. She
Ssns nj. E 0s to ss tas sS' o,
apartment Nelson meets the superfntend-
emf, Wick. and instinctively dislikes him.
In . wall safe he finds q necklace OF
Meeting Barbara in the hallway she
passes him without recognition. Dining
IN restaurant he fs conscious OF the un-
pleasant scrutiny OF q stranger. but .
CHAPTER. 11I.-Eext day Nelson finds
wall sara His hrst idea Of informing the
police 1. not acted upon because Of Pc
eharssd from his position without ade-
quate explanation or reason. and feels
himself involved in something OF . mys-
terY. He decides to conduct ap fnvesti-
mails from iss window os her apartment.
which h opposite his and they arrange
2 meeting for ntxt day. In Me mSrnins
he finds > pots IN his room. asking him
the loss Of the Jewels.
CHAPTER iv.-Barbara tells Nelson
her sister Claire had some Years before
veaturer, from whom sic was soon parted
and the marriage annulled. Clairehis en-
gaged to be married and someone know
ing Of her esespsae has stolse dqsumsnss
Apartment aud & eemands i q large sas 0s'ea sum Of
money for their return, threatening TO
forward them to Claire sat fance II the de.
mands are not fnet Neither Barbara nor
demands. She tells Nelson She has also
heard mysterious sounds in the dat They
agree 10 meet frequently.
CHAPTER v.-The CASTOR laundress.
the only person in the apartment besides
Nelson. tells him. she has heard whispers
and footsteps. apparently In the wall He
begins to suspect his sreat-uncle Of some
him she also has heard the footsteps In
the mornings he discovers his pockets
have been searched during the night, In.
contestable evidence Of the presence OF
someone in the apartment during the
night
CHAPTER v1.-Nelson invites Miss
Nellie Kelly. telephone operator in the
md % oa; somethins "' tkat viii sIOsI help him
During her temporary absence from the
table' Nelson is informed by the house
detective that she is known associate
Moore" q convict in Sing Sing He tells
something Of the AFFAIR TO the detective
James Gorman-and makes an appoint
nent for the next day. Returning home.
he finds Claire Bradford in his apartment
She tells him she was trying to trace the
source Of the whispers, which had also
disturbed her.
CHAPTER vII-Gorman agrees to take
the case In a professional capacity. That
evening Nelson discovers a concealed pas.
sageway in the wall OF his apartment
While he Is investigating Barbara Joins
Meeting the two apartments. He shows
her the entrance TO the passageway. and
while they are talking they hear a
scream. followed by, shot. from the
apartment beneath than. Barbara has
scene OF the distur par e He meets Wick
at the door OF the :. below.
I'm no detective" he answered non
committally. IAN I know is that he
has gone He certainly amt here In
the apartment"
II was on the tip Of my tongue to
suggest that we look In the secret
passageway. / felt that the shock II
would be to Wick TO learn that knew
about this might lead him TO open his |
lips. felt certain that it was by way
Of similar passa geway to the one |
had discovered in my room that the
murderer had escaped. But before I
could make up my mind to speak the
doctor arrived.
He made hasty inspection and then |
said tersely:
There's nothing here for me to do |
This woman has been dead for some |
time"
"How lOngf" ] asked.
ut is impossible for me TO Judge
maybe twenty minutes, perhaps an
hour. should say that death was
practically instantaneous. She was
killed by a bullet penetrating the heart.
Who shot herr
He looked sharply from me TO Mr.
Wick, as II suspecting that 1t might
have been one Of US.
"A burglar got her Just few min.
utes ago" Mr. Wick explained. "Mr.
Nelson and me heard scream and q
shot. We let ourselves in here with
my pass key and found her here. II
must have been burglar that she sur.
prised when she entered the apart
ment."
st looks like IT," assented the ply.
sician. There are marks on her
throat where he tried to strangle her
screams. Have you notified the po.
licef"
"Yes," said Mr.. Wick.
"There's nothing more that can do,
them said the doctor, making his
to depart.
"Would you not wait until the po.
lice come?" suggested the superintend-