The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-05-25
Copyright Dodd. Mead q Company,

The same thought sprang to the
minds of each. Tommy voiced 1t first.
Julius p Hersheimmer !"
1--WE never told Mr.. Carter about
hearing from him."
"Well, there wasn't much 10 tell
not till we've seen him. Come on"
On inquiring for Mr. Hersheimmer.
they were at once taken up to his
suite. An impatient voice cried Come
in" in answer to the page-boy's knock,
and the lad stood aside to let them
pass in.
Mr.. julius P. Hersheimmer was a
good deal younger than either Tommy
or Tuppence had pictured him. The
girl put him down as thirty-ive. He
was of middle height, and squarely
built TO match his jaw. His face was
pugnacious but pleasant. No one
could have mistaken him for anything
but an American, though he spoke
with very little accent.
Get my note? Sit down and tell
me right away all you know about my
cousin"
Your cousinT'
"Sure thing. Jane Finn"
Us she your cousin?"
"My father and her mother were
brother and sister," explained Mr.
Hersheimmer meticulously.
"Oh" cried Tuppence. "Then you
know where she isY'
mol" Mr.. Hersheimmer brought
down his fist with bang on the table.
I'm darned If dol Don't your
1--WE advertised to receive Informal
ton. not to give It," said Tuppence
severely.
But Mr.. Hersheimmer seemed to
grow suddenly suspicious.
"See here" he declared "This isn't
Sicilyl No demanding ransom or
threatening to crop her ears If re-
fuse. These are the British isles. so
quit the funny business. or I'll just
sing out for that beautiful big British
policeman I see out there In Picca-
dilly."
Tommy FASTENED to explain.
1--WE haven't kidnapped your cousin. !
On the contrary. we're trying to find
her. We're employed to do So"
Mr. Hersheimmer leant back in his
chair. - -.-..-
Put me WISE" he said succinctly.
Tommy fell in with this demand in |
so far as he gave him a guarded YER
sion of the disappearance of Jane |
Finn. and Of the possibility of her |
having been mixed up unawares in |
some political show" He alluded to |
Tuppence and himself as private in
quiry agents" commissioned to find
her, and added that they would there
fore be glad of any details Mr.. Hers
heimmer could give them.
That gentleman nodded approval.
81 guess that's ell right. l was
just a mite hasty. Just trot out your
questions and I'll answer
For the moment this paralyzed the
Young Adventures, but Tuppence, re-
covering herself, plunged boldly into
the breach with a Renaissance culled
from detective fiction.
"When did you last see the dece-
your cousin, l mean?"
Never seen her." responded Mr..
"What?" demanded Tommy. aston
she'd
'No, sir. AS said before my IA
her and her mother were brother and
sister, just as you might be"-Tommy
lid not correct this view of their re-
they didn't always
ret on together. And when my aunt
made up her mind to marry Amos
linn, who was poor schoolteacher
tut west, my father was just mad
said If he made his pile, as he seemed
n fair way to do, she'd never see
cent of it. Well, the upshot was {
hat Aunt Jane went out west and we {
ever heard from her again.
1.-The old man did pile 1t I'D. He
vent into oil, and he went into steel,
nd he played a bit with railroads. I
nd can tell you he made Wall Street
1t upl" He paused. "Then he died
last fall-and I got the dollars. c
7ell, would you believe 1t, my con-
rience got busyl Kept knocking me
p and saying: What about your t
unit Jane. way out west2 II wor- I
ed me some. You see, figured It
ut that Amos Finn would never make t
bod. He wasn't that sort. End of IL S
as, hired man to hunt her down.
esult, she was dead, and Amos Finn a
as dead. but they'd left daughter "
been torpedoed in the h
on her way to Paris. She a
as saved all right. but they didn't
em able to hear of her over this
de. I guessed they weren't hustling W
~, so thought I'd come along over. Of
ID speed things up. phoned Scot oil
nd Yard and the Admiralty first W
ing. The Admiralty rather ehoked
E off, but Scotland Yard were very
gil-said they would make inquiries. h;
en- sent man round this morning ps
get her photograph. I'm off to Paris
just TO see what the Pre-
cture is doing. guess If I go to It
d fro hustling them. they ought TO mi
busy !"
The energy Of Mr. HersheiLlmer
Is tremendous Thev hovvad no | ~