The Washington times., 1921-02-24

her hair loose and flying as II she
in all It's natural loveliness impris
Of cne Of much-frequented mountai
Lying beneath the frozen surface
of the lake. her face turned to the
sky and her hands folded upon her
bosom. with only a small wound upon
her brow to suggest possible murder,
the girls body was discovered by q
rich young Texas mine -owner named
Larrick. one OF the guests at the
camp.
Blizzard Hinders Search
Between the time OF Miss Blakency' $
, strange disappearance and the start
ling discovery of her body locked In
the ice. q blizzard ragged through the
mountains. A desperate search was be-
gun for ber as soon as she was miss
ed, but the fierceness OF the winter
storm greatly hindered the quest OF
those who beat the mountain trails
and on snowshoes carried the search
to other camps.
The Texan. Larrick, nearly lost his
life In struggling through the blind
ing blizzard and was himself saved
from being lost by Miss Nancy Fleet
OF New York. who is famous as an
outdoors After repeated
failure to find any trace OF Miss
Blakeney in the mountains. Larrick
turned to the lake. At the first visit
1t yielded no trace of the missing
girl.
Visiting 1t again at point where
the wind. sweeoing around point or
land, had swept away the snow near
the shore, he came Unexpectedly upon
the ghostly vision of the missing girl.
Days had passed since her disappear
ance, and her slender figure was en-
cased as solidly in the clear ice as
a gem in it's matrix.
Body In Ice Casket t''
Finding 1t impossible to chop the
ice away from the figure which it
imprisoned. a huge. oblong block was
sawed from the lakes surface and
conveyed to the camp. where It wa
left in the low temperature outdoors.
Leaning against the rough walls OF
a huge log cabin. this CHASTITY memen-
to of mysterious tragedy presented
a picture probably never before seem
The dead girl appeared as enc
asleep in a glass cage. Her silken
nightgown seemed to ripple about her
figure, clearly outlining 1t in all it's
frail beauty. yet never suggesting
that it bore even a featherweight's
pressure from the encasing crystal
Through the ice. little flawed and
therefore well nigh perfectly trans
head could be examined, but it told
nothing except to the speculative
mind.
The snow-filled trails and the bank
ed land drifted premises have yielded
not the faintest hint as to what man
ner. foul or accidental, Miss Blakeney
came to her death. 1t is accepted as
a fact that she died on the first day
of the storm, probably early in the
morning before 1t came .oaring down
out of the north to blanket the noun
tains.
Not Seen On Tragic Day
Miss Blakeney was not seen on the
day of her disappearance, so far as Is
known. She was one of numerous
party which, because of the mild win
ter, had fingered at the remote camp
long past the usual time Of departure
for New York and its urban gayety.
This party included, besides Miss
Blakeney, Mrs. Roantree, the owner
of the camp and hostess of the party;
Larrick, Roy Coykendall, whose do
mestic unhappiness has long been
topic of sympathetic gossip with his
he nj nf
landscapes; Randel, the sculptor: Miss
Fleet, Norry Frewin, who was respon-
sjble for the presence of Larrick, and
the various guides, chauffeurs and
other servants usually found in
pretentious mountain camp.
All these, except two or three en-
pIoyes who were to be left to care
for the camp, were prepared to re-
turn to New York on the day of Miss
Blakeney's disappearance, word hav-
ing arrived of the approaching storm.
The camp. fifteen miles from rail-
road. is easily accessible in the sum
mer and autumn, but when heavy
snow falls It Is cut off from civiliza-
tion.
Maid Discovers Disappearance
On the morning OF the intended
breaking up Of camp Miss Blakcney's
maid carried breakfast to the noted
beauty's room. 1t was then that her
disappearance was discovered. Miss
Blakeney's clothes were In the room,
lust as she had left them. the maid
said, when she undressed the night
before. Her pet dog was in his usual
place, sleeping on a silk skirt.
A wide-open window. through which
blew a winter wind to chill the room
beyond comfort for sleepiny repre-
sented the rooms only change from
its usual condition. Ho oyever, 1t did
NOT at first cause any alarm.
Word OF Miss Blakeney's disappear
snce soon spread to all the cabins
occupied by the guests. rev OF them
took her absence seriously. They
Knew her to be OF mlschiavous ma
ture and thought she was hiding for
the sensation she might be ablc to
make at q time when all Were hurry
ing TO get to the railroad before the
storm could block the way.
he nfgr .1 OF taNg