Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-22

In her flight and it could not have
been the young man who is in love
with her, for his presence elsewhere
has been established"
What can be the meaning of her
reference to a tattooed arm?"
when we have learned that, Mr..
Wells" responded Miles, 1--WE will
be on our way toward dispelling the
nightmare Of grotesque horror
which hangs over the Drake family.
Our young client has stumbled upon
the path to the truth"
CHAPTER XII
The result of a brief conference
was that Sergeant Miles should en-
gage a friend, Zorn. a private de-
t~ective. to work out the disappear
ance Of Patricia. This would enable
Miles to remain at Brooklea in his
capacity of houseman and, unknown
to Hobart, keep in touch with Pa
tricia's disappearance.
Before Zorn arrives, Mr.. Wells"
remarked Miles, II wish you would
tell me something about the early
history of the family. What was
1.-the original sum which each of them
Inherited? From whence did it
Gomez"
From a distant cousin of their
mother in England. He had owned
or been interested in a South Afri-
can diamond mine. if / remember
correctly, and died leaving no other
heirs. l was not the attorney for
the family at the time but later,
when Hobart and then Jerusha
placed portions of their inheritance
in my hands for investment, l
learned that they had never seen
this cousin but had kept up a desul-
tory sort of correspondence vita
him since their mothers death and
1 do not know whethey they al,
shared alike under his will or not.
fBut what has all this to do with
the test you propose making? What
has it to do with Patricia's warning
about a tattooed arm?"
Miles was saved the necessity of
a reply by the entrance of the SER
want who announced Mr.. David
Zorn. The latter proved to be a
young man with an expression OF
polite boredom In his sleepy blue
eyes.
Sorry l could not get here be-
fore. Sergeant. You mentioned "a
er-little proposition over the
phone-?"
ITO. be brief, Mr.. Zorn, a young
lady of eighteen who lives with her
father, a maiden aunt and two
bachelor uncles in a Long Island
suburb has left her home under
mysterious circumstances in which,
however, we are satisfied no ro-
nance is involved. Her father has
asked me to engage a. private de-
tective to locate her, but we are, at
the request of the young lady her.
self and without his knowledge or
that of his sister or brothers, inves-
tigating a certain matter which
threatens them. The position which
Sergeant Miles and / have taken is
this: the young lady must be locat-
ed at the earliest possible moment
but not disturbed if she is in safe
hands, and we do not want her
father informed of her whereabouts
although he must be persuaded up
on to take no further step on his
W initiative. Do l make myself
clear?"
Perfectly The drawl was gone
from Zorn's voice. when did the
young lady disappear, Mr.. Wells,
and in what manner?"
The attorney turned to Miles, who
quickly recounted the circum-
stances.
"This letter is self-explanatory,"
he added. But can you think of
any legitimate occupation which
would take an honest city working
man out into the country on short
trips At night?"
The first superstition which &C.
ours to me is that the fellow might
be a helper on a moving van," re-