Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-09
Who Stole the Rrides And WhyF
The Night of the Wedding
Bye. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON
Authors of The Lightning Conductor and other fasci-
Mating romamces of mystery and sore
Copyright 1924. by Public Ledger Company
wro,s WHO IN rHE sEo4x

WHO'S WHO IN xHE SSo&x
EVELYN HASTE. beautiful and ficn
girl. who sits down at the piano on
her wedding night--and myster'ous'
KE y SlEiSpsHsLASs HASTE, her husband. wh99
suspects completely on the part "
his old war comrade.
SIR RAWDON WELLS, an amateur
scientist, who has insistse ON r .Sm
his gloomy and mystery.ridden ss,
tate. for their honeymoon. ana we
is found after the disappearance IN
q secret chamber. - s,..d
PANDORA, q. gipsy-ii sed ger secrs apiin in
love With Wells. rs. vbo
MISS GtLLETT, an ex-war nurse. VIZ
fell in love with Haste IN q nospi'
tai, and who is an intense pssso" s.
tective, who has done gloriied Spy
work" in tho war. He il OF vivlo
Latin temperament, though cana
dian in training.
The Portrait
She had a dream. She felt opilgeu
to COME! And no had tried furious
lv to remember whether Eve mac
cea sed to sing before he saw the I'M
oxpected vision OF Pan. IL only ne
Could recall that one detail. It would
make ail-or nearly all-the dt,
ference. But at the time there nae
been no motive for impress1ng TINS
fact upon his mind.
just because it was not impressed
there, when morning dawned hen
felt that he could not 70 to Ardry-
e-Mare and beg for a word with
Pan--or permission to send her a
message. He believed in her stu
of course-but-he just couldnt!
As for seeing Rawdon Wells. thai
was also impossible for Kennedy
Haste to do of his own free Will. IL
Pan were guilty, Rawdon was IN
nocent. And he might be innocen,
in any case. But when Ken learned
from Fanny Gillett that Sir Rawdor
was In the house still, by request oil
the police, he longed fiercely to be
out of il himself. Nevertheless. II
was as necessary Tor him to be
there as for Wells. He had not
pledged himself to remain. But II
was the last place where he hao
seen Eve. the place where she might
to which, perhaps, she had beer
lured, He had thought OF a man In
London, a famous architect who was
great expert on secret hiding
places In old houses. and had writ
ten q scientific sort of book about
them. Ken determined to phone Sii
Edgar Larned to come down a
once-wlth or without the advice OF
the police. As 1t happened, he<had
just called the architect up and got
| an answer when Mr.. Dagon. from
Scotland Yard, with Police Sergeant
Arson were announced.
Let them come I'M" he said.
The two men entered and al
ksrl.A % h. 1>H In a. ~ 49, a
a sharp exclamation.
Good heavens! Who are your
Ken flung at the newcomer.
Dagon, who had stepped briskly
into the room, paused, and Ansor
Immediately introduced him. BY the
time this short ceremony was over
Haste had controlled himself.
Il am very jumpy." he apologized
yet he continued to stare at tho
young man from Scotland Yard, as
If fascinated. Let's go to business
as quick as we cam" he added
| evidently wishing to change the
subject. But Dagon delayed;
That's what ! am here for" he said
Still, 1 should very much like tc
ask. when you inquired who l was
just now. for whom you took me?'
"oh, I took you for no one In par.
ticular," Haste returned. Il was
surprised - preoccupied - hardly
knew what l said"
II understand. That's quite natu-
raj" Dagon accepted the explana,
ton with no further questioning
But his words, II understand" held
more than one meaning. 1t was
| clear to Arson that the detective be-
lieved Captain Haste had taken him
for some one in particular" ant
that he was wondering who thai
seme one was. or trying quietly t
deduce the truth from evidence be.
yond the sergeant's mental sight
The incident brought back to An.
son an impression of his own al
first glimpse of the boyish- lookinl
motorcyclist. 1t had been a fieetinl
one, because surprise at the detec-
tive's youth had soon pushed 1t Out
OF his head. But he remembered
now saying to himself, "This fell,
low is the image Of some one w
seen. Who il it,"
Arson stared hard at Dagon, az hi
recalled this first impression of his
own. He wondered IL Captain
Haste's thought had been the same
and IL SO, why the dickens he OBJ
1ected to admitting It? Yet for his
llIe the sergeant could not get that
first impression back. In losing it
he lost the chance of recalling the
Illusion face which ressmbied
Dagon's.
Haste was willing to be catechized
He told the detective how anxious
Miss Carroll-as she then was-had
been to accept Sir Rawdon Wells
pressing invitation to pass the honey
moon at Hidden Hall Court. She
had, he said, admired the place inn
mensely, and had seemed very
curious to know IL 1t hid secrets. ar
the name suggested. As for him
he would have preferred to nc
abroad. Not that he had any real
suspicion Of Wells motive in lending
the house. But, az many people
knew the story. there was no harm
IN mentioning that Sir Rawdon
Wells had promised to Miss Carroll
and had been refused. That was
all. Thore'd never been a definite
engagement between them; but in
the circumstances Captain Haste
wasn't happy in accepting his
friends generosity.