Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-11
SYNOPSIS.

. ram wreck, 10 nnd That he mas acct
large sum of money. thinking it to be
MS own. In the morning Hcooke reads
the paper to learn that a dead man sup
posed to be himself has been picked up
IN the railroad yards. A newspaper man
interviews Brooke. ~
Brooke stores the suitcase, and falls
in with a crook, Shorty Hanks, who be-
ey through a big haul. Having taken the
name of Moore, Brooke receives a note
IRON a woman named Lucille Mumford.
Central park. Brooke assists a beautiful
girl, who hal been knocked from her
morse, ny the man with whom she was
riding. The girl says that she had run
Mumford, who Immediately after the we'd
ding had stolen pearls valued at SEQ, 900.
Brooke, calls on Mrs. Mumford, who
to the hotel and meets the other maj
who bears his name.
Brooke pursues an automobile contain
ing persons who had taken the suitcase
the suitcase. and returns the pearls to
the girl in Central park. Moore and
Brooke go on board a yacht where Mum
! tSe ki aRSsass w siri: Moore : SS" and s MnmferS
fight, the latter getting a sound thrash
ing, and later is locked up. The yacht is
wrecked. the passengers being taken on
cues two m Mumford n Rosen-
stein are lost, and papers found in their
coats Indicate. that they are camps
pears. and proves to be Constance Colby,
taken in mistake, for her sister, Annette.
whom Brooke assisted in the park when
knocked from her riding horse.
Annette and Constance are reunited.
Brooke receives a mysterious call from
, Moore. who kept an appointment, evil
IDENTIFY u,eant for Brooke.
The mysterious telephone call asked
for the SnifcaSa which Rr0nko nooLc
with papers, towels, etc, carefully hid
ing the money in his trunk. He enlists
the services of the hotel detective, and
they start on a chase of the suitcase,
the detective finding that the call came
from the Albright apartments on West
S1th street: When they arrive there.
Ing a whom Brooke can scarcely be-
lieve is entangled in any crooked affairs.
Brooke and the detective gain entrance
to the mans apartment, where they later
apartment, claims to deal in stocks, and
says that the money in the suit case be-
longed to him. He was going to try to
prove to some business men with. whom
thoroughly worthless mining stock, a
fixed market value far in advance of
some Of the most worthy stocks on the
list. He says everything was going beau.
| tifully until his right hand man could
stand the temptation no longer, and
skipped with the suit case, containing
] ln0s money. q
In the excitement of chasing the suit
case. Brooke forgets an appointment
which he has with the Sphere reporter
n the following morning a big story
ed aboard the Inflated yacht appears ir
the Sphere. The story claims the sinking
of the yacht is to be made the subject
of investigation.
ton on the wire, hears a telephone con
versation between Stoughton and SOM
one else, in which It is learned tina
dead in the railroad yards, at the be
ginning of the story. Brooke receives s
father Of Annette and Constance. who j.
looking for Kennedy, and tells Brook,
to hang on to the money.
CHAPTER xXIII.-Continued.
"You don't know. who he was, o
course?'
The Candy Trusts presidents fac
"Just a day or two" he said in
diligently, with a repetition OF hi
alluring smile. g
"And Kennedy" Brooke persisted
hungry with curiosity. lis he to b
arrested?"
Mr.: Colby patted him upon tn
Wen :. he replied, non-com
mittally. well see."
his eyes with his clenched fists.
Lord, I'm sleepy" he exclaimed
with q yawn. "A bed and a pillo,
for mine: double-auick. march!"
I'm wide awake now" Brooke de
clared. "but I suppose we ought t
get some sleep while we have TIL
chance. There's no tell,ng what ma