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T LOUIS h has s a ghost that pl plays Ys a typewriter typeS typewriter type type- writer and antl writes long Ions lon and Interesting S letters on a machine locked Inside an office omco desk The ghost ghost or or whatever It Is that writes ls Is Is an Inmate or perhaps perhaps per por- haps only a frequenter of or tho the omco of or r ono of the largest est real estate firms In Inthe tho the elt city which Is striving by every cery means known to It to keep the story tory secret and to the tho mystery IJ t The Tho peculiar feature of tho the case Is that the Jho ghost t apparently Is able to write only upon one typewriter t or at least It has confined Its Us writings to tho the machine In tho desk of Ii 1 Miss s Grace Yawkey one of the tho four ri stenographers Although there are tiro five Ovo other outer stenographers stenographers L' L raphers rs In tho the the tho spirit stenographer never has hRs hasL I L touched one of them Tho Tile beginning of tho the mysterious writings was i about months ago ngo Miss 1188 Yawkey who Is 10 years old and pretty a small blonde with perfect comI complexion com corn and anti a n beautiful figure figuro had at that time been r employed In the office omco for about five 00 months There I is no doubt that one perhaps two of the other girls In were Jealous of her because of the attentions atten atten- r r l l bons paid to her er by Samuel ono one of or the bookkeepers bookkeepers book book- keepers who was the best beRl liked man mun employed b by bytho hi tho the firm and besides that the handsomest I 1 4 ot t d r f v Typewriter Girl Wins Admiration From the first dR day that Miss Yawl Yawkey ey appeared In the office the admiration of nf was pro pro- 7 Although he ho had general charge over all the work of ot the stenographers and cop copyists even een tho thomos thor r mos most Jealous of the girls could not noL complain that In Inthe the omco work he showed Miss Yawkey any any- favors I. I Ile J Ilo treated her In to the same manner manner that he ho treated all tho the others except that after a few weeks he rode rodo home homo with her and once or twice took toole her to the theater There Thero was nothing to which the other girls could tako lako any lako-any any exceptions and exceptions and therefore some of or them did because the tho newcomer no had app apparently cut cut them I ou out 1 It would appear appear and and the detectives who worked on tho the case each thought so at first that first that the tho spirit 1 stenographer was the direct result of the admiration allon of Mr for Miss Yawkey and each and every everyman man who has tried to solve the mystery has 1 gone to work on the theory that some same one who was Jealous of or ortho tho the handsome young oung girl was striving to frighten her awa away from the office And yet despite the unanimity of opinion every everyone ono one of the sleuths after aCter vigilant J W work has abandoned this theory theor and declared It not only Improbable but almost Impossible that an any one oney y connected with the office should have had a hand In Inthe f 1 the tho mysterious writing Startling as It may seem four tour trained detectives have worked upon the tine case and each one has abandoned It declaring his belief that It was Impossible for the writing to have been done b human by any agency 0 0 aJ f Spirit Writes Love Letters i. i The Tho first manifestation of spiritual stenography as early In the fall tall For several mornings Miss MIsa Missi i had appeared annoyed when she opened her desk and finally one ono morning when she throw threw up tho the YI top preparatory to going to work she flushed red and andr r then pulling a n sheet of paper from her type typewriter sheh she sho h walked Into the office of the tho manager and laid the tho L paper before him 11 7 Mr Mr Walker she said for for several days das somes some someone f s one has been opening my desk lIesk and writing on my typewriter leaving the writing In the tho machine Until r today nothing personal has appeared now I find this a She laid the paper before him It was a love lovo letter letter letter let let- ter addressed to to her No name was signed and In Indeed Int ln- ln t deed the letter appeared to have ha been broken off oft sud sud- 1 1 dent denly y The manager after reading the tho note said he 1 would Investigate and h he made mado a n. cursory In r t. t rr f r o- o v J U a j r I the thc girl of or n M m In tr try in Inn io iu prevent urn from tram writing to tell her his love n D it I i I Miss Yawkey Y show showed shone Id I'd d the note noto to th the manager r I to who was WUI anno annoyed 3 ed lie declared that he ho would discover fits dis S a v b cover lover who It that y was was writing the tho letters and andi 0 u i q picking the tho locks of A desks That afternoon he perL personally per per- f C. C f L r I o y l closed loed e d and locked the fife girls girl's desk and asked i 19 t t f permission to keep the Ic key y until the tho next morning I pj Then ho he told the ii p O night watchman of oC the tho hu building and 4 I J L the el elevator man and antI tho the scrubbers I b b era to watch the office L and report to him any ono who entered left or during i I ji J y the night 1 f 4 or early carly morning No o ono one saw un any person J 1 tm t IS enter the Hie real estate during the time Yet tho the 4 ti t. y at rl next morning there was another letter lector In the tho typewriter type type- t I dk i writer and this was signed Your Your Spirit Lover 1 1 i r tt f i. i w r i Y S. S A Girl Gi rl Not Frightened But Angry Mss Miss Yawkey was not frightened She I t 3 H t tu was angry u il x She declared that it wag tens an A and that she silo r. r 4 T t should be protected from Crom the anonymous writer Also k 7 t r t. t she be hinted that moro more e than probably some tome of the tho other r t I. I f- f 1 I t r q girls in the office offic knew more about thea tho the matter than a n nN 4 ar t J J N IJ j i Jt r l i Lt I rr 7 lI i awe fJ t I r 2 o In I I ad 1 d fJ 1 A T It r I i if lJ I S 'S i Ii or t. t f J. J 1 f 1 t t A f JJ z P i 1 fJ fI r I. I I oJ J. J f r 0 I 9 JI l t t w o 11 f al I J II M 0 i J i I o I apt aptt 1 It r. r q A t 1 41 1 t- t tl t r. r If l' l Il I u- u IW I t IQ 11 q I. I I J 1 I nu H m mV IA I r t r. r J f ii 1 L F G t I t J i tf J I II 4 t V t ii t J N i t t jr J tw u. u J. J lI r r i AJ r f r i B M 1 IS' IS w t. t ti on thinking that the file fact tact that the firm had tik n f f r notice of the affair would bo be sufficient to stop the tn writ I few another love y writing n A 1 days later there was r JE note noto In the machine and again Muss Miss Yawkey blushing i J Q and tho matter the 4 7 1 reported to angry manager 1 lE t ry 0 S V Jl 0 S i I. I L Chan Changes Lock to Circumvent Ghost i 1 I r I 1 t 1 y I There nothing with the was as wrong rong note except I i r l that It had been written on her t typewriter while her rf i K desk was vas locked It a appeared cared that some ono one had a r I 0 J r duplicate key to the tho desk and was using It ff M B r ij 1 Walker Talker that day called over every emploY of or the omeo omco b n a rf jM JIT Into his private and them r l room questioned guardedly w. w 0 t to discover cr If they knew of or who ha had rr Z ll nn any one been using Miss 1 Yawkey's machine but he ho learned nothing t t I f Two days dars later Inter there was another letter and Walker determined to act lie He summoned a n. locksmith or ordered or- or I dered tiered him to put a new lock on the girls girl's desk and J. J r then presented her with the key saying as ho he o. o laughed d I guess that will stop your our mysterious admirer Miss Yawkey But It did no not for the tho next morning there thero was a d. aletter letter full Cull of or complaint and recrimination accusing i they cared to tell teU Despite tho the efforts of or the man manager ager agor to keep the facts quiet and thus facilitate the Investigation he had set et on foot root the tho stor story of th the signal got about and the became an once office character Mr 11 1 Walker alker determined upon drastic measures He lie employed n a detective to watch the office at al night The man watched tho the door for two vo nights without tiny any in development but on the tile third night tho ghost wr wrote tl again 1 he detective e vow vowed that no one entered or left lert tho the office yet there was a l long love lovo letter leUer two full pages besides the half haIr finished one In the machine It was ono one of or the thc most b beautiful love letters over ever a Ci girl received but Miss Yawkey wn WOH beginning to bo be frightened especially a as one part of or the letter contained con con- t. a a. veiled threat of or something worse if silo she failed to to write to the Spirit Stenographer as ho lie signed himself himself him him- self Jolt that time Miss Yawkey answered Sho She left leet a u short curt note noLe In her machine requesting the person who was writing to cease annoying her with his letters It Sc V t Detective Sits On Desk in Vain That night a 1 detective sat talon on tho the top of or her typewriter typewriter type type- writer desk all night at least he declares that he hs never left the desk and never fell asleep Ilo He vowed owed that he heard nothing yet tho the next morning there was was' wasa a note a curt curl angry lovers lover's note full of or vague threats of or enge vengeance upon her and upon who W was 18 mentioned for the first time Y S r 1 Iss Miss lIss Yawkey was frightened She Sho wanted to re resign resign ro- ro sign but the firm Orm upon the urging of persuaded persuaded persuaded per per- her to remain Since that time every effort has been made to unmask tho the writer of tho letters but without a avail 30 11 The Tho c case e became so strange e that a spiritualist was consulted who carried on a r. r correspondence on the tho typewriter with the Spirit Stenographer without however however however how how- ever learning much except that the mysterious writer continued to declare his love for Miss Yawkey And Miss Yawkey confided In one of her friends 9 that she almost could love lovo the writer for his beautiful beautiful beautiful ful letters If It they were written n In the right way lay and ami she refuses to show them or at least permit an any of ot them to be published d although she has received dozens |
