New Britain herald., 1927-03-10
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Diana Brooks. beautiful daughter of Roger Brooks, and publisher ot The Ca'1vba City Times and q chain of nine other daily newspapers Was lI5napel rom ,he Eeranda Of her home, but releaso1, unharmed. EoE- er Brooks rcGoI6lrs his efforts to break the power Of the Ring its ally, the Underworld, then himself dIsap- pears. Four msmbers of his loyal staff devote their efforts in search ing for hir. They are. Edna Ted 1y" Farrell. reporter and Sob Sis t.r; Ill rauiIe'i, n5tr eAl.nr, Don- ,.1 k"snc. literary editor and Tei- dy's guardian, and blquy Morrison, city hall reporter.
 Diana has received one clue 10 her farhor's whereabouts but learns tha. ha has been removed from the place Of his original concsalmeNt They arNioUsly await further dc v@lopmcN+s.
 Tatdy hv her act!ons. ba,raya her secret love for lor guardian.
 .Ioanwht}a. Don is approached uHsucccssfully by B stranger wh- tells him le has heard that some Brooks newspaper s'ocl. is for Sale. Don. surprised, learns that other holders of Brooks stock have hc.n sought out by wou.d-he rur- chas-rs. H. goes 10 John W. Wal lon, Jr, member of the ci'y's load- iu= law firm. for explanation of the sudden bull move iH tho stocks, Wallrn is svasjte, and Don returns 70 rhG office troubled and mystf!ed.
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 Teddy Farre.I passed them at that moment. Parhars she assumed that Don's broad smile was for her, Al any rate she turned and came back to the city desk,
 NO word yct7'
 The interrogation dropped from her lips in q tone almost accusa'ivc in is sharpness. Both mon shook their heads. Donald Econe's eyes, resting on the girls exquisite face, hold a tenderness in their brown depths that brought flush 10 her checks
 Something has happened, T"d- dv," he said in his comradrly way ! og talking to her, that may throw l g light on th' mystery eventually" 1 He told her of his visitor that morning and the subsequent events. As she listened, and listening, watched the play in the lines of his attractive mouth. the winscme. wo- man-l.ke smile that showed the per feet white teeth. Teddy told her self she knew why Donald Kecne was so universally liked hy men and loved by women.
 No girl could help loving him Y he ever smiled at her" she Whisporod under her breath. "Fc. a man he certainly has tn darling est smile in this whole worli,"
 But little Edna Farrell-to use ! her haptismal name -- had more i reasons for loving Donald Kcano than was indicated on the surface { Watching him as h. talked, her ! thoughts went hacl; along the years to the day more than a decade be- 1 fore when this man first entered 1 her young life.
 She was just past i2 when her l mother, after an illness of months, | died. leaving her without q dollar and with neither relatives nor friends to whom she might turn. The days immediately following i her mothers burial were dark days for little Teddy Homeless, penni- 1 less and friendlcss sine prowled the streets of the city half starved. lonely and dirty
 l Then Don koene came along. He { saw tiny bit of humanity hudd!ed i in the dark jungle of a bleak hall way. T. looked 10 hn alive so he prodded t with the ferrule of his I umbrella. He heard it whimper looked closer and saw two biz brown eyes swimming in tears Then he caught a flash of white teeth shining behind adorable rcd lips. He stepped near, took an. other look and That night littls Teddy slept in q bed tho like o' which her childish imagination had never conceived. And yet t was only q servants bed in the Keent home.
 Don's mother had taken the dirty little waif. washed her and clotho( her in clean garments after whicf Teddy sat down to q meal that l scemei to her T feast any queer might have e jed.
 That was the beginning of Ted. dy's life, she always told herself What had gone before had beer just a nightmare. And 1t was tn