The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-07-20

Mr.. Beresforl obliged.

minds Of each. Tommy voiced 1t first.
Julius p. Hersheimmerl"
1--WE never told Mr.. Carter about
hearing from him."
"Well. there wasn't much to 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 q
good deal younger than either Tommy
or Tuppence had pictured him. The
girl put him down as thlrty-fve. 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 cousin7"
"Sure thing. Jane Finn"
''Is she your couslnT
"My father and her mother were
brother and sister," explained Mr..
Hersheimmer metlculously.
"Ohr' cried Tuppence. "Then you
know where she is?''
"No!" Mr.. Hersheimmer brought
down his fist with bang on the table.
'Im darned II do! Don't your"
"We advertised to receive informa-
tion. not to give It." said Tuppence
severely.
But Mr.. Hersheimmer seemed to
grow suddenly suspicious.
"See here" he declared. "This isn't
Sicily! No demanding ransom or
threatening to crop her ears II re-
fuse. These are the British isles. so
| quit the funny business, or I'll just
sing out for that beautiful big British
policeman 1 see out there In Picca-
dllly."
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.. Hershelmmer leant back In his
| chair.
"Put me wise," he said succinctly.
Tommy fell In with this demand in
so far ms he gave him guarded ver-
| 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. Y
'T guess that's all right. 1 was
| Just 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 reminiscence culled
| from detective fiction.
"when did you last see the dece-
| your cousin, I mean2"
"Never seen her." responded Mr..
Hersheimmer.
ewhatf" demanded Tommy. aston
ished.
"No, sir. As I said before, my IA
.tbkr and her mother were brother and
sister. just as you might be"-Tommy
did not correct this view Of their re-
ationship-"but they didn't always
get on together. And when my aunt
made up her mind to marry Amos
Finn, who was poor schoolteach
4 out west, my father was Just mad
Said n he made his pile, as he seemed
In fair way to do. she'd never see
cent Of It. Well, the upshot was
chat Aunt Jane went out west and we
never heard from her again.
"The old man did pile II up. He
went into oil, and he went into steel
and he played a bit with railroads
and can tell you he made Wall Street
sit upi" He paused. "Then he died
last faIl-apd 1 got the dollars
Well. would you believe 1t, my con
science got busyi Kept knocking me
up and saying: What about your
Aunt Jane. way out westf II wor
ried me some. You see, figured II
out that Amos Finn would never make
good. He wasn't that sort. End of Il
was. hired q man to hunt her down
Result, she was dead. and Amos Finr
was dead, but they'd left a daughter
Jane-who'd been torpedoed in thu
Lusitania on her way to Paris. Sh,
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