The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-06-24
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@ 1926 Ma SERVICE INC,

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PAULINE MALLIN GATE,
absent from her home In Lon
don for IS months, is believed TO
be sMrn. CreswoId," mistress of
@The Moat." "A mystery house In
place owned by Mrs. Bertha
Northwood. friend of the Mall
ungates.
HENRY EMERSON, wealthy
stepfather of the girl, has van
fshed m~ysterfously from a sum-
mer resort where he had been
staying with his wife and an
other stepdaughter. Lorna.
DR. JULIAN e M Il r. 9 ON,
claiming to be related to the
missing man. has taken Lornn
and her sick mother from he
resort to a strange house in the
country. where he II holding
them captive He has Informed
Lornn thaf her stepfather Inns
disappeared because he Ind no
right TO marry her mother; but
LOrnn Inns told her mother that
Henry Emerson was taken to
LOndon Genus of sudden ILL.,
ness
GERALD CRAVEN. Lornn's
lover. has tofned with Mrs.
Norfhwood and Noel shannon.
British war ace. in tracing the
missing family. Through tnfor-
%n,,on ostained from Ellen
Craven and shannon ny from
London 10 Paxton Common. .
distance of some 20 miles. 90 in
vesfigate the occupants of Null
berry House there shortly after
lnndinE. an indian y from
Mulberry House comes 10 the
neid with a note requesting she
services of a plane and pilot for
q flight TO Yorkshire nnD
decides to take the Job. while
Craven remnin~ ~ PAXTON Com
HsOn.
Aftel dusk Craven decides 20
r~econnoiter b Mulberry House.
He finds a high wall surround
ing the estate
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
THO climb that wall was an impos-
sibility without attracting some
attention. and then Craven did
not know what lay beyond. In all
prooa bility there would be a watch
dog who would give the alarm But
he was not going to give up the at.
temot and as be walked once again
down beside the wall that was oor.
1ereo by the fields. towards the lower
snd Of the grounds. his heart gave a
sudden leap
The moon mad risen. and there was
a soft radiance coming from 1t. BY
this hight everything was beginning
to De quite clear and the cause for
Gerald Cravens neart giving that
ieap was brought oy the knowledge
that ne caught sight OF the ,op Of a
adder standing against the wall
'lde the grounds II ne could reach
hat ladder he could descend quite
'asilv over the other side But. how
" each thar ladder
Then mis- eyes lighted on a half
unken gate some yards away, and
e made mis- way toward it as
Witty as possible
He tugged and exerted all mis-
trength to pull it out of the
;round ii was evident that if he
used much force il would break 10
his hands. for the wood was very
rotten our he got il free at last.
and ne dragged il across the
'ough grass toward the wall.
LITE ~ Ittle ne 'aImeo himsen
then ne put 1t against the
vail IL cracked omlnouSly when
e put ms foot on the first bar. Blu
mad oeen a great athlete
school and mis- war experiences
ad taught him a good deal, so ne
- 4 lite run eapeo On the "a
10 sprung upwards lntil ois oanG
utched the two ends Of the ladde'
hen though the hurdle crack
1deI nls weight ne had sufhcier
ge 10 pun himself on TO tn
al. He mad TO go slngerly 10
lere was broker glass along tn
% and II was not without SOM
oe laid mis- felt hat across
obstacle and was able to paus'
nomen before getting his feet ~
ne -ungs Of the adder
He touno nlmself in q part Of IL,
rounds in which trees grew thicR
Y and there were plenty OF shruos
ut DE could see in the distance tha'
here was a large lawn. and he made
g way towards this cautiously
nd then ne 81 'cf S'H tn6 1rct