The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-22
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- Isabel OSt1under~'

"No"
sTheu sou know what has oc
currtJr 10 you mean that you
have heard from Miss Patricia Drake
herself
Exactly" Wells nodded and TAX
Ing from the drawer "a crumpied
twist az paper be held q out 20 the
detective "See What sou can make
OF that while read what Hobart has
% say about tho matter"
The paper WAS OF poor texture.
limp and Erimy ana as no smoothed
il Miles saw that IL was lined not
only across tho paEe but vertically
AZ each slide. n appeared 20 he a
fragment torn from n larger sheet
and the Few sentences hastily
scrawlcd upon n In soft blue crayon
were 90 blurred ana umudscd a. 10
be- almost illeglhle.
Dear Mr. Wells.
Have promised man who brinFa
This that SOU viii glvc him five dol,
lars and ask no questions You VIII
harm an of us n you DO. ] have left
home but am safe, Don't look Tor
me. viii explain when ! can. Toll
A. 90 keep az work without fail but
no one else must know you have
heard from me. This Il vital Tor
cyerycnc'a sake. Warn NJ. look out
Tor tatteoea arm Pat"
What time ala you receive u and
what did you DO whom u came, Mr..
WelsF"
what she asked" The attorney
shrugEcd. About 10 o'clock this
morning tho man presented himself
and / went out 10 tho yestihule 10
give him the money personally and
have a look az him, lie was rough.
looking character but respectful
enough
what did he say7" Miles asked.
was his manner furtive and did he
appear 10 a hurry 90 be gomez"
con the o~ntrary Ho was brisk
and busincssiiko as n he had come
upon an everyday orrand and be
exhibited neither curiosity nor hosl
tatiou. Did sou set the young ady's
note. sore' no asked. II you're Mr
Wells. she aid there would be some
thing coming 10 me / admitted ms
IDENTITY. handed him five dollar bliI
and watched him SO or down the
street. ON snap judgmcn, he might
have been a porter. mechanic you
know tie tyne But what DO you
make % tho lctter7'
THE letter Is no; written under
compulsion. that Is scifcyidsnt. re
piled Miles. "sho left tho house Of
her own free viii. without taking ms
into hor confidence. Indeed. hay,
reason 90 think that she had an ap
poiuimcnt With sorno ono who waited
outside tho cato 10 aid her IN hel
flight and Il could not havo been IN,
young man who l. In love with her
Tor his presence elsewhere has beer
established"
What can be the meaning Of hci
reference to a tattoocd ARM"
When We have learned that. Dir
Wells" responded Miles, "wc win b
on Our way toward dispelline thu
nightmare Of groicsquc horror whlci
hangs over the Drake family. oui
young client has stumbled upon thi
path 10 the truth"
CHAPTER XI
TUE result OF - brief conference
l. was that Sergeant Miles shout,
engage n friend, Zorn. n private de
tectivc TO work out ne disappcarsnc,
Of Patricia. This would enable Arilci
to remain az Brooklca In his capacit,
Of houseman and. unknown TO Ho
! bart. keep in touch with Patriciai
disappearance.
Before Zorn arrives. Mr. Wells.
/ remarked Miles. Il wish you wuuls
tell me something about the earl,
history of tho family What VA
tho original sum which each Of then
inherited7 From whence did q
Gomez"
From a distant cousin Of thcIi
mother in England. He had ownet
or been interested in a South Afri
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