The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-01
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PAULINE MALLIN GATE,
strangely absent from her
home In London for IS months,
II believed to be "Mrs. Cres-
woId,o mistress of ssThe Moat,S
= mystery house In Yorkshire,
not far from the country place
of Mrs. Bertha Northwood.
friend of the Ma1lfngates.
HENRY EMERSON, wealthy
stepfather of the girl, has now
vanished m~ysteriousIy from a
summer resort where he hnd
been staying with his wife and
another stepdaughter, Lorna.
DIR. JULIAN e M r. S ON,
claiming to be related to b
missing man, has taken Lorna
and her sick mother from the
resort to a strange estate In the
country, known as Mulberry
House, where he is holding them
captive. He has told Lorna that
her stepfather has disappeared
because he had no right to
marry her mother, but Lorna
has told her mother that Henry
Emerson WAS taken TO London
of sudden Illness.
GERALD CRAVEN, Lorna's
lover, has Joined with Mrs.
NOrthwood and Noel Shannon,
British war ace, In tracing the
missing family. Through fnf0r-
nation obtained from Ellen
Storey, "A mnfd Mt H"Fhe Moat,"
Craven and shannon have mir
pIaned from London to Paxton
Common. Their fortune gives
Shannon the opportunity of
offering his services TO Julian
Emerson. who Is willing to pay
handsomely for a quick trip to
Yorkshire.
Craven, remaining mt Paxton,
hns made his way over the wall
into the grounds of the Mulberry
House, where he finds Lorna.
Following an nffectfonate meet
ing, the couple takes refuge in
a wood-shed near the house,
where Craven tells her about
Ellen Storey, "The Moat," the
range womnn I'm charge. and
his suspicion that her step
father is Imprisoned herr
GO ON WITH THE STORY
.6TT is Pauline. my sister. who is
there at that funny old house.
Pauline, who calls herself Mrs
Sreswoldi Pauline, who is help
ing to keep poor stepfather a pris-
0ner. Pauline! Oh, Jerry! This
goes to my heart of hearts!"
Il don't think she is doing what.
over she is supposed to do willingly,
my dear one" Craven hurried to say
In her turn she poured out the
story Of all that had happened.
What Shannon and | think, Lor
darling, and we have talked it our
very considerably today, is that you
are OF great value to Julian Elmer
plans: that in some way OF
other your s%tepfather must have
made over a very large sum OF
money TO you. and that they want
o get control of that money and also
Il much more through you"
But dear stepfather has never
'aid anything to me about money
Jerry. or course, he has been gen
itself. You know he has
avished all kinds of things on me?
He opened a banking account for me
only a week or two ago, but l know
exactly how much he put IN there. Il
was $500. or course. that signifies
a great dea. OF money TO me. but ii
enough to make people do the
Dreadful things that are being done
o US and to HIM. is it?"
With this Gerald Craven agreed.
,ut ne mad another theory.
II don't suppose he intended you
D Know, Lorna. but l daresay ne
to make provision for you n
ase anything happened to HIM
borrower. of course, he must have
a big sum of money or your
lother when they married. | sup
use she had her own bank account
Yes" SAID Lorna. but ! am 0
she has no o money at the
,Ank than / have"
Their Gerald Craven put a very
important question TO her.
Lorna dearest, can you remember
the name OF the firm of lawyers who
acted for MIR. Emerson at the time OF
your mothers m~arriage?"
She answered him promptly
oh. yes. of course. II was Wide
& PettigIew. and their Offices are IN
Inn. A very nice head CLERK
attended and witnessed the mar