Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-20
Who Stole the Bride? And Why?s
The Night of the Wedding
By C. N. and A. NJ WILLIAMSON
Authors of "The Lightning Conductor" and other fdsc
mating romances of nsystery and love 49,
Copyright BY Ledger Company -. =
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her wedding night--and mysteriously
KENNEDY HASTE, her husband, who
suspects completely ON the part Of
s, hi' R S,a Tsr oo WEfs.s an amateur
scientist. who has insisted on lend
ing the couple Hidden Hall: Court.
his gloomy and mystery ridden es-
tate, for their honeymoon, and who
is found after the disappearance in
a secret chamber.
PANDORA. q gipsy-like girl. adopted
sister Of Kennedy and secretly in
MISS GILLETT. an ex-war nurse. who
tai, and who is an intense person.
DAGON. youthful Scotland Yard de-
tective, who has done gloriiisd spy
work" in the war: He is of vivid
Latin temperament. though Canadian
in training.
The Handsome Movie Star
Il think" the pretty little woman
went on rather nervously. that
Italians are the most romantic.
picturesque people on earth. and I
just adore them. You do look rather
Italian. / see. now you speak of 1t!
But you are simply the image OF
Have you met her yet%"
NOL YET, OiSOu GuSWGTSu. by
this time he was seated on q chair
opposite Mrs. Payntor's sofa: and he
realized with a certain brisk en-
lightenment how much she had
changed since the time when his
services had helped to restore her
lost pearls. She had been q good
looking. middle-aged woman then.
Dagon had taken her for forty-six.
| Five years had passed, and she was
| ten years younger-or II wasn't her
| fault II she was not! In those days
| she had been innocent OF makeup.
and her neat hair had been frankly
| fading. Now she had the pink and
I white complexion OF a girl; her
eyebrows and lashes were as dark
! as Ewes; she had quantities of
''marcelled" golden hair; and her
! dress was suited to the part of q
siren" on the stage.
She was in love with q man
younger than herself, of course
That was one OF the things Dagon
had come to find out, and he had
found 1t out almost at first glance
He thought that he had already
spotted" the man, too. but be
would soon be sure. And he hoped
to turn several other conjectures
into certainties as well.
80 I am like Miss Haste!" he
said.
"Oh. astonishingly! You nigh,
be brother and sister"
Maybe We are!" Gle pretended
to laugh at this jest.) Il hear she
was n founding. So was Ia self
made founding! I hope to see Miss
Haste. Did the Captain tell you
how she'd Disappeared"
Yes. she must have escaped
clever little creature! She's not
guilty! The idea Is ridiculous"
$50. think"
mot that I'm fond Of the girl.
could have been, for she's fascinat.
she couldn't bear Eve. Naturally
resented that, though I always be.
haved nicely to the child. used t
be quite sorry for her, too. She wa.
sick with jealously!"
"On account Of her brother?'
well. l suppose she wanted Il
give that impression. She mus
have known that she showed he
feelings toward Eve now and then
so she hoped people would believe i
was on account of her brother. NJ!
private opinion, however, Mr.
Dagon, is that she was dead in Low,
with Rawdon Wells. Very likel!
he'd have cared for her if he hadn'
met Eve. He'd known Pandora anc
made great pet of her since sh,
was a child. Used to give her pres
ents and flowers. take her motoring
and all that. I've been told
especially after he was invaded on
OF the war in 1915. while he
brother was away. But SHOULD
say she was-is, mean--a prout
and honorable little thing. Sh,
wouldn't have hurt Eve for the
world. How quixotic that sh,
should try to sacrifice herself to say,
Don Wells from suspicion. I dom
imagine he appreciates 1t!
I Il think he will, some day." sal,
Dagon; who fully intended tina
that's a good picture of Captain
Haste you have on the piano, and =:
beautiful one of his wife. May
ask who is this very handsome
young man, rather like Sir Rawdo,
Wells, but better looking?"
oh, that! What a wonder yo,
don't recognize his face, Mr.. Dagon,
exclaimed Mrs. Payntor. jumping u,
and fiitting-if a plump woman ca,
fiit--to the piano. He's one of tn
most popular cinema actors In tn
world, Paolo Magnani. Rawdo,
Wells first cousin. That's VIII,
they're alike. Their mothers wer
sisters. Paolo is great friend O
. or Ewes and mine. We admir-
him immensely, and-he likes ms
(She was all smiles and bushes,
He is certainly very hapdsonn
indeed. There couldn't be a fine
looking man." said Dagon, gain
at the three portraits.
Mrs; Payntor beamed on him
/. Ihats absolutely true." she agree
rapturously "And he's as charmin,
as he looks. You know. there's
great romance about PaoIo Marnant
lie might have been in Rawdo,
Wells place. with those splendi,
estates and all that fortune. instea,
OF depending on his own work 70
money" ~
Indeed! didn't know. Do tel
me the story Dagon encourage,
The lady was delighted with +n
invitation. Evidently IL was dc
Magnani. ao'
Yes" she explained. "The sister
were twins. 1t was Paolos mothe
toi course she wasn't married. an,
SO ne was not born them wifi
whom Sir Rawdon Wells feIi /,
Iove-in Naples. I think. She wa
a singer---wonderful voice. By tn
way Paoio inherited it. but, alas
iost It after an attack Of diphtheria
otnerwise he would now perhaps h
the leading tenor OF the world In
stead OF a motion picture actor
S Sue we were speaking of the mother
sne and Rawdon Senior were goin,
70 De married when the twin siste
49,. uancer-came home to Naples, {,