Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-09-01

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Mr. julius P. HersheImmer was q
good deal younger than either Tommy
or Tuppence had pictured him. The
girl put him down as thIrty-flve. He
was Of middle height, and squarely
built to match his jaw. His face was
pugnaclous but pleasant. No one
could have mistaken him for anything
but an American, though he spoke
with very little accent.
Get my note7 Sit down and tell
me right away all you know about my
cousin"
your cousInT
"Sure thing. Jane Finn"
as she your cousinT
"My father and her mother were
brother and sister" explained Mr..
Hershelmmer meticulously.
"Oh" cried Tupr ence. "Then you
know where she is7'
mol" Mr.. Hersheimmer brought
down his fist with a bang on the table.
I'm darned II I do Don't your
1--WE advertised to receive informa-
tion, not to give IT," said Tuppence
severely
But Mr.. Hershelmmer seemed to
grow suddenly suspicious.
"See here" he declared. "This isn't
Sicily! No demanding ransom or
threatening to crop her ears II I re-
fuse. These are the British isles, so
quit the funny business, or I'll Just
sing out for that beautiful big British
policeman l see out there in Picca-
dlny."
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.
al guess that's all right. l was
Just a mite hasty. Just trot out your
questions and I'll answer"
For the moment this paralyzed this
Young Adventures, but Tuppence, re-
covering herself. plunged boldly into
the breach with a Renaissance cullef
from detective fiction.
''When did you last see the dece-
your cousin, mean7'
"Never seen her." responded Mr.
Hershelmmer.
"WhatY" demanded Tommy, aston
ished.
mo. sir. As said before, my IN.
| Their and her mother were brother and
sister, just as you might be"-Tommy
| did not correct this view Of their re
| iatiOnship-"but they didn't ALWAYS
get on together. And when my aunt
made up her mind TO marry Amos
Finn, who was poor schoolteacher
out west, my father was just mad
Said If he made his pile. rs he seemed
/ in fair way to do. she'd never see
a cent of 1t. Well, the upshot was
that Aunt Jane went out west and we
never heard from her again.
1.-THE old man did pile 1t up. He
I went into oil, and he went into steel
and he played a bit with railroads.
and can tell you he made Wall Street
sit upl" He paused. Then he died
last fall-aDd l got the dollars.
Well would you believe II, my con-
science got busyi Kept knocking me
/ up and saying: What about your
Aunt Jane. way out west9 Il wor-
rIed me some. You see. I figured II
out that Amos Finn would never make
good. He wasn't that sort. End of ii
was. l hired a man TO hunt her down.
Result, she was dead. and Amos Finn
was dead, but they'd left daughter
Jane-who'd been torpedoed in the
/ LuSitanla on her way TO Paris. She
was saved all right, but they didn't
seem able TO hear of her over this
side. / guessed they weren't hustllng
any, so I thought I'd come along over.
and speed things up. I phoned Scot
land Yard and the Admiralty first
thing The Admiralty rather choNed
mo off, but Scotland Yard were very
| clyll-said they would make inquiries,
even sent a man round this morning
to get her photograph. Tn Off to Paris
tomorrow, inst to see what tie Pre-
lecture "a. Doing I guess II / so to
and fire. husting them. they ought to
get busy Z"
The energy Of Mr.. Hersheimmer
was tremendous They bowed be-
fore Il.