Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-07
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In 4 New York je~etry store Philip
severn. United states consular agent.
He p~urchases it: Later he discovers IN
q secret compartment a writing giVins
a cleW TO q revolutionary movement IN
t Ghiles eeoe %eover nfsei1s tie f. oy wiltine ue sfe
tions a rendezvous, and Severn decides
10 Investigate.
.atandsSa Sss iron 'S 'i feu -asS:sn Il the e'i fsnds s
conspirators and admitted. He meets q
strange Siha who appears to hitt,:
DAILY. The incident plays INTO severn's
hands and ne accepts it. His "a ac-
quaintance is 9 notorious thief. Gentle
l hsah G q elff ad sas5as; se re eonspi ssSsnn
rexelnt'on; Harris informs him Of a
az FUND. and sn ;yss' to spit III Win hin.
Severn accepts the proposition. severn
lee! Learns it was hil h new l friand j., ana a. =
which started him on the trail. Harris
tells him the woman is Marie .Gessier.
severn finds the body Of Captain Ava,
stabbed to death with a hatpin dagger.
T. or y like it, in Marie Gessler's nat.
the body to be discovered later.
escapes as" from. q Tie eG room o IN which ss Re Is
confined. lie finds Marie in another foo,1
and her. partial expls nation Of het part
N the tangled afair lnos conviHtces
presence in the house BY the fact that
she and ivan Waldron's wife. had been
giflhood friends: She has been dec4yed
TO the place by Harris II the hope That.
tors can induce severn 70 share the
money which they are convinced he and
the sirl had stolen from Alva; 49,.
a tight WITH Harris and WaidTen. .Har.
and Severn and lie sirl set away. stv.
ern meets d cab driver WHO gives him
Wine as the murderer or Alva~ Wine
%fonhdry.
is q witness TO a meeting Between Wine
and Waldron aud overhears enough to
conyirce him that those Two were. the
i fhs Money My'o seveth i is go, Wy III hI his
Attacked By both waldren and Wine
sever puts up e. fierce defensive night:
the window, failing three, stories. Severn
knocks out Waldron as the police break
into the room.
Ills connection with the consular
service made known, Severn is released.
Marie has disappeared. and in A last eff
fort. to disentafele tht threads 0f tie
mystery he yisits the office Of .Adolpi
hrantz. the banker Whe lad handled the
ia fneeta Marie ftsV G at'eaa! r lunis' H HeHre
Longdale,. sister Of an old .cb1lege friend,
and the clouds afs cleared away.
CHAPTER xm.-Uoaanued.
Even as they shot up out OF sight
! Has across the corridor With hard
on the knob. I feared a s%prihglock.
but was PLEASANTLY disappointed. the
door opening instantly, perm ting me
to slip inside. There were two rooms.
both small and Uttered with the
fragments left by the late occupants.
What struck me foreibly was that
there wac no CONNECTION between
those rooms and the next suite they
were. separated by a thickj wall. I
could hide here securely enough, and,
view of the eorriodr. but ii would be
impossible TO oetrhear. anything tak-
ing place iii Wines Office. At that,
the position. was bettsf for my pur-
pose than the open stairway, and !
unfastened the window sash. prop
ping it open a crack 70 as to afford
me a fAiF view. II Waldfen appear.
ed 1 would endeAvof to discover COME
means OF learning the object OF his
visit. Meanwhile 1 was safe enough,
and able to observe every mbTement
on the floor.
Suddenly, When ] least expected it,
the door OF the investment office
! opened. and a young woman came Gut.
she had her hat or, and I took note
Of i pencil stuck into her hair, and
felt no doubt yfie VIA Wines staiogs
rapher, who had finished her dAyl
J work and waa departing Tor home
Then the man was probably still thefe
alone. The girl disappeared down
the elevator ana could scarcely have
reached the lower floor, when a cage
tract ng in the opposite direction
stopped and discharged d passenger.
1t Was a waomati who stepped out
glancing quickly about ~ though un-
c~ertaii where to 60. and l recognized
Marie Geasier.
She started down this corridor, look.
Ing for this numbers on the doors. ana
then. discovering herself wrons, re.
traced her steps and appFoashed
Wines door. Even then she An
psafed to doubt her NEXT move. eiaac.
ing around as though anxious to "a
main uhobseryed before ~ventuefne
farther. Then, opening the d0oS
quickly, she disappeared within. IN
thAt ftf0haeit, before the door c,oSed
II caught The sodnA Of 4 lf6Anth vAaoA