Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-21
THE MYSTERY GIRL
rioasine Of Battling Plot Thobbns Lou. Interest
BY CAROLYN WELLS
.roh Syndicate
ru,s BEGINS THE STORY

Fes,us.hmic' Nsv England seat OF
eeNe,.y 1, found tabbed to deafh IN
.er"'"y he u about to mdrrv
- M1., s'Ref Rates, o cultured 'oido,o. He
tm"v kno,cn enemies, and there
NO y" ~ wov IN phich a murderer
Sey Sn,e Isft tho locked room: INTO
ese sr "vh hos como Anita Austin, an
~; ..s;,t called the "Mystery G,r' ov
~ rotipes on account OF her ren-
80" ~ w. Meeting her at q fsd pdrty
Mcr;no had lot a CUP crosn 70 re
T,o,The nert nornsng Nogt ,ne
gonauese butler, q m.ssmo. uorao"
yIoeiwood, Dr.. War'ngs sso'eaa,p, ,o.,
ssamined BY Detschce o. uo,aom' ''T TSs
gnoe, ,tickpin and large sum OF
doclo, hs,s disappearcd. Mrs.. Pcy..
money ysc docfor's housekeeper, and
Mn, "S Ser niece, .cith fchon Pinkv
he.", Ms. Bates nephetc. IS smtt.
Pdpno' cramincd. The riU, in
,r xn, o." ~ Mrs. Bates. has disappeared.
"'| IyD HERE 1T CONTINUES
Fingerprints!
.,,rvE no right to assume that
W,hose paper ashes are the will,
nonfess 1 fear it. Crimmins an
but .G bis face drawn with anxiety.
nouhSSeUl nSenld he deeply sorry, II 1t Is so,
II sho shou,u unousin I speak Of is n cr-do-
fof tne rna man. and not at all favor
well !oh"s hia late relative. His name Is
te Oh m mTrosk and he lives In st.
Maa,'e' i. I suppose he mdst be notified in
any case 1T, rr,r "that must be
ppt, plcasc. all go out of this
done fnr Tho fingerprint experts and
.So", %. ,rbotographcrs are coming soon.
the ,,nrr pnu. moment you people stay here.
enu tl hsln to cloud or destroy possible
clues. ,,od nv his sternncss, they filed
mp ootbpred in the living room.
sus Is. amu they found ncighbor, Salton-
III Adams. awaiting them.
3.n W, ,ono over" he said. with scant
-.n,,;narv greetings, because / have
!om.tbing to tell. You in charge, Mr'
crayy; ay.s Salt. what do you know"
.,T%;. was awake late night
&.,,.. last--thc night Doc Wnring died,
osl9tp s : wos looking out my window, and
nu !. ros pretty light. with the sno"
&".a tho moonlight and all, and ] saw
."u sn1a small man, creeping along
- i;Ie As watched him. he wcn'
si.,n d. mast my house down toward th'
III. s.,iro.s tracks. He had bag with
H. and A bundle beside. | wouldn
hu, s.r. noticed him probably. but nc
.Iu,Led along so and seemed so fearfu
.h,t hs somcbody'd see him. :,
"Nopi?" said Gordon Lockwood
c.lmly. looking at the speaker. -,
"Don't say it was. and don't say II
r.sn,t. But | went down to the sta
t,on and the station master told mt
hat hat that Jap Of Warnings went OF
on the milk train.
"He did :" cried Morton. "What tim
aoes that train go through?'
Bout half-past 4. The fcl!o"
na,sed my house long about half. pas
p. I should say--though | didn't look
and no must have waited around th'
station all that time TIL the milk trai'
came along
"is the station master sure It wa
Nosi?" asked Mrs. Peyton, greatly ex'
dted.
"Said he was. and there's mighty few
Japs in Corinth. all told.
'Of course 1t was Nogi. said Lock
wood, and Morton snapped him III
with. "Why are you SO sure!
Lockwood treated the detective to on
Of his most dIsconcerting starcS, ant
aid,
"You. n detective. and ask such
simple question. Why. since there ar
but very few japanese in this town
and since one of them left on that mill
train. and since oil the rest are &c
counted for, and only Nogi is missing
II doesn't sccm TO me to require super
human intelligence to infer that it va
Nogi who took his departure.
"And who was mixed up in tn
murder of DR.. John Waring"' cric'
Morton, e1asperated beyond all cautio,
BY the ironic tone of Lockwood. IAN,
unless you can explain some matters
Dir, you may be considered mixed ~
In the same despica5le deed
what matters:" Gordon LockwOo
asked but his already pale fact turnc
q shade whiter.
First, sir. you have n larg" uumbc
Of unpaid bills in your possession.
The sccrctary's face was no lunSc
white Tho angry blood flew TO it, an
he fairly clenchcd his hands in an cffor
to preserve his usual calm, nor eve
then, could hc entirely succeed.
"Wh hat II I haveT' he cried. 'an
how do you know? You've searche
ny rooms
Certainly said Morton, II warne
you ! should do So"
But, in my absence -
The law Is not always over ccre
monous.'
"Now, Mr.. Lockwood" Cray began
don't get excited
, Gordon Lockwood almost laughed
sor him to be told not to get excited
ne, who never allowed himself to b
wen slightly rufhed or pcrturbed. Thi
would never do,
I'm not excited, Mr.. Cray" h
nid, and he wasn't, now. "but I al
,nhoEed that my private papers shoul
be searched without my knowledge
surely ] might"
=, Never mind the amenities of lie
Mf' Lockwood" Cray went on: "you
ss@ts were searched on the authorlt
~ "a Police warrant. Now, resardin
. Il have nothing to say. A man bo
.mgnt TO his unpaid bills
4. hnt he has not Il right to steal 500
,M. sasn ana ruby pin, in order to t
.oe 10 pay them 80 This from Mortor
caa instead of replying to the detect,
.ny ~ any way, Lockwood ignored Il
speeeh utterly, quite az il he had n,
A'ara s.M, II, and addressed Cray.
was anything further found to in
N,mInate meT' he asked.
,sMS.s,ss vas there anything else to
irnM iIa said Cray, catching at Il
implied suggestion.
l.. That's for your slcuths TO say.
snow OF nothing"
,.,l wen. there's your round. shal
.rhoider' And tho fact that you h,
~ TO all desk drawers. Also II
Iss mat only you and the Jap Il
hUah hoU 10 have been in that part Of Il
a's NJ. mat night. These things we
w." w. learned from the search of yo,