Show 0 0 0 it 0 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 Z 0 1 01 I 1 V tyer stearla ad atwi ve rs ary 0 0 0 A 0 9 0 0 syly lalu ll 11 SYNOPSIS new new to 0 nOLO GUB realizing zing that she has a blo chance chanc of 0 being saved as aa the ania aide Is sinking sinkin iF u sti anger angor gives a as askea gsg american airl a package which leavis ks her to deliver to tho the american la englana she Is saved some cobb allieri AP All TEIl rERI I 1 ia In london former Ask limy my beresford nere Bere stord sord and miss miss prudence aay y dIschar discharged qed army iden idena ki form orm an n or 7 the young in ld makes a room appointment cwi a man ed boy bov 1 who offers her easy horsey menti but blut on giving her name as i finn thigh she had heard board on the e 1 whittington shows agitation and frien cince la is told to return next day welco rl II tn in the morning tho the girt girl art gums office deserted in 7 fader fa air to in advertisement signed jane casbe the two tw receive notes from mr to taa and nd julius P of an jg is really a high government boffl ot of a alis ot of a mysterious mr massei as head of 0 the bolsheviks in hla his dlf sd and the pair to at attempt I 1 pt the iho T jane F flaa lan whom he Is seeking for lant ant reamona of state meets meet leal 1011 iati tells bif I 1 18 one or two little things es have then ed up and your story little my idea they know h d 1001 looking CIng for jane jaae finn well belr name produce a jase jane finn of their line i fit at a lu in parts wes west tonce rice gasped and aad sir air carter 1 1 I no one oas knows in the least she looks like so all right cl pramod with a trumped up tale her real business Is to to get as the information as possible out of crackling ee the idear gy hoofs cn ca you think paused the the he supposition fully that line linean anc Cg s as jane j p plan that they gy wanted loo 0 carlos ili go to paris 7 carter smiled more wearily u black lack h mad e ever believe in colnel coincidences dences you riding I 1 he sold her h to T inde tg CHAPTER III fla best 11 bullus P and re p amy indulged 1 in a a chuckle sa s I 1 dont doat wonder whit got the wind up when tup TUI little ilelle dl plumped out that name I 1 hair li 3 have myself but look here bere Ma ll 11 defere taking up P an awful lot of nave have you any ady tips to give nels junore jua axe clear out 1 l gothing Go think not I 1 have information y no the big coup was planned for when biln the new year but the kowal ant i 1111 Is 13 c legislative which wn deal sure tak ta 1 effectually with boys ar an rike 1118 menace get w wind bifid ofa of it a dmn oon if they ha already find and around 81 10 elble that that may ay bring th things I 1 I 1 hope lt it will abelt myself yB elt I 1 the spence a think we ought i to be business line ant exactly can we count upon appeared mr carterr Carter 7 of horsy hors carters lips twitched slightly cikity 0 1 replied succinctly terest lil in ids within reason detailed ina lasso 1011 on oa any y point and no it was I 1 mean that if you t be at not care and mali at IT 0 for a up lay I 1 francl hoi 1101 of tills this 1 0 the itron and coy con I 1 strength I 1 be lifted i pleasure to cot coacci ce V to stay i FI I lorence 0 rence cadeli by their she gri of what hat so methin rounding she was i be alfred to fo it bould v aull roundup round up with her angly IP ne nela get yourself etli st li in trouble with and when hen 10 olice I 1 cant officially help e ir balse oprise of 01 11 21 si dont J melves into trouble with the aws ws yo rw delves py t help you out adoure on 0 your own boas ios WIN III i mee nodded sagely im sure bure can thel to 0 be e rude rode about the gov of cou 6 1 1 11 youve got anything to do its t e but ut you know one really has ali r I 1 I 1 of a me getting attlas anything g to 0 show w I 1 I 1 and n lf if have to 1111 nal lie I 1 we up 1 I 0 1 an elal send lt it la in and then olen inet roue the th bundi 1110 months they ey read us ui a and so on well thet that wont CAI q bachand hac that oie bi se will ing face iV sighed outright bering eye afi orr v i siss miss you had not 11 lita a personal demand to me bating vol vola trip it slow kloeb b k here and the money in notes shall be sent by return of post As to salary I 1 shall we soy say at the tha rate of three hundred a year and an equal sum tor for mr beresford Bere stord of course goodby and good luck to you both ile he shook hands handa with them and in another minute they were descending the steps ot of 27 carshalton Car terrace with their heads in a whirl Tom tommy inyl tell roe me at once who IS if mr carter carterr Cai terr tommy murmured a name in her ear oli oil I 1 said impressed and I 1 can tell you old bean hes IT m I 1 oil I 1 said again then she alie added reflectively 1 I like him dont you ile he looks so awfully tired and bored and yet you feel that underneath der neath lies just like steel all keen been and hashing flashing ohl oh I 1 phe he gave a skip pinch me tommy do pinch me I 1 cant believe its mr beresford resford no obliged owl ovi enough 1 yes tea were not dreaming weve got a cobl and what nhat a job the joint venture lias has really begun lets have lunch oh ch I 1 the same thought sprang to the minds of each tommy voiced it first julius P we never told mr carter about hearing from him well there much to tell not till weve seen him come on on inquiring for mr they were nt at once taken up to hla his out bulte te an ali Impat impatient lerit voice cried come IW in in answer to the page boys knock and the lad stood aside to let them pass in mr julius P was a good dent deal younger than either tommy or had pictured him trie girl put him down ns as thirty five lie ile was of middle height and squarely built to match his jaw nis his face was pugnacious but pleasant no one could have mistaken him tor for anything but an american though he spoke with very little accent get my note sit down and tell me right away all you know about my cousin your cousin sure thing jane P finn inn Is slie she your cousin my father and her mother were brother and sister explained mr meticulously oh cried then you know where she Is not no I 1 mr brought down his fest with a bang on the table im darned if I 1 dot do 1 dont you we advertised to receive information not to give it said severely but mr Hers heimmer seemed to grow suddenly suspicious see here he declared this sicily I 1 no demanding ransom or threatening to crop her ears cars it if I 1 refuse these are the british isles so quit the funny business or ill just sing out for that beautiful big british policeman I 1 see out there in dilly tommy hastened to explain we your cousin on the contrary were trying to find her were employed to do so mr leant back in hla his chair put me wise he said succinctly tommy fell in with this oils demand in so far as he gave him a guarded version of the disappearance of jane finn and of the possibility of her having been mixed up unawares in some gome political show ile he alluded to and himself as private inquiry agents commissioned to find and added that they would therefore be glad of any details sir mr hers heimmer could give them that gentleman nodded approval 1 I guess all right I 1 was just jast a mite hasty just trot out your questions lons end and ill answer for the moment this paralyzed the young toung adventurers but recovering herself plunged boldly into the breach with a reminiscence culled from detective detec tiro fiction when did you last see the dece your cousin I 1 mean never seen her responded mr Hers heimmer what demanded tommy astonished no sir As aa I 1 sold said before my father and her mother were brother and sister just as you might be tommy did not correct this view of their relationship lation ship but they always get on together and when my aunt made up lier her mind to marry amos amog hun who was a poor schoolteacher out west my father was just mad said if he be made his pile as he seemed in a fair air way to do shed never see a cent of it well the upshot was that aunt jane went out west and we never hearl heard from her again arlla TT old anan man did pile I 1 up he went into oil and ana he went into st steel eel and he played a bit with rall railroads roads and I 1 can tell you he made wall street sit alt UPS up lie ile paused then he died last fall and I 1 got the dollars well would you believe it my con science got busy I 1 kept knocking me ine I 1 up and ing what about your aunt jane way out west it worried me some you tern see I 1 figured it out that amos finn would never make good ito ile that sort end of it was I 1 hired it a man to hunt bunt her down result she was dead and amos finn was lead dead but left a daughter jane been torpedoed in the on her way to paris she was saved all right but they seem able to hear of her over this side ide I 1 guessed they hustling any so I 1 thought rd id come wong along over and speed things up I 1 phoned scotland yard tard and the admiralty first thing the admiralty rather me off but scotland yard were very civil said they would make even sent gent a man round this morning to get her photograph im off to parts paris tomorrow just to see what the prefecture Is doing I 1 guess gnesa if I 1 go to and fro hustling them they ought to get busy I 1 the energy of mr was tremendous they bowed before it but say now he coded youre not after her for anything contempt of court or something british 7 A proud spirited young american girl might find your rules and regul atlonia in war time rather irksome and get up against it if the case and theres such a thing as graft in this country ru buy her off reassured him good then we can work together what about some lunch oysters had bad just given place to sole colbert when a card was brought to Hershel romer inspector japp 0 L I 1 D scotland yard tard again another man this time what does he expect I 1 can tell hlin him that I 1 tell tho the first chap I 1 hope they lost that photograph that western photographers place was burned down and all his negatives destroyed tills this Is the only copy in existence I 1 got it from the principal of the college there them an unformulated dread swept over you you dont know the name of the man who came this morning yes I 1 do no I 1 dont halt half a second it was on his card oh I 1 knowl inspector brown quiet unassuming sort of chap A yell veil might with profit be drawn over the events of the next halt half hour suffice it to say that no such person as all inspector brown was known to scotland yard tard the photograph of jane finn which would have been of the utmost value to the police e in tracing her was lost beyond recovery once again mr brown had triumphed tho the immediate result of th this Is setback was to effect a rapprochement between julius and the young adventurers all barriers went down with a crash and tommy and felt they had known the young american all their lives they abandoned the discreet reticence of private inquiry agents and revealed to him the whole history of the joint venture whereat the young man declared himself tickled to death he turned to at the close of the narration ive always had a kind of idea that english girls were just a mite moss grown old fashioned and sweet you know but scared to move around without a footman or a maiden aunt I 1 guess im a bit behind the times I 1 the upshot of these confidential relations was that tommy and took up their abode forthwith at the rita in order as ag put it to keep in touch with jane finns only living relation and put like that she added confidentially to tommy nobody could boggle at the expense I 1 nobody did which was the great thing and now said tho the young lady on the morning after their installation to work I 1 we should map out a plan of campaign hear heart hearl well lets do it to begin with w wha we to go upon kr absolutely nothing said tommy cheerily Wron wrong gl 1 nip pence wagged an energetic finger wo we have two als distinct clues what tire are thoy first clue we know one of the gang nr yes tes id recognize him anywhere ilum hum said tommy doubtfully 1 I dont call that much of a clue you tou dont enow where to look for him and its about a thousand to one against your running against him by accident rm im not so sure about that replied thoughtfully there are places in london where simply everyone Is bound to turn up sooner or later piccadilly circus for in starve one of my ideas was to take up my stand there every day honestly I 1 dont think in much uch of the idea whittington be in london at all true anyway I 1 think clue no 2 la Is more booro promising lets hear bear it its nothing much only a christian name rita whittington mentioned it that day are you proposing a third advertisement tte ti wanted female crook answering to the name of rita 1 I am not I 1 propose to reason in a logical manner that man danvers lanvers Ian vers was shadowed on the way over lie be and its more likely to have been a aman baman B than a 4 man p 1 I dont seethaa see that ht at nil all 1 I am absolutely certain that it would bo be a woman and a rood good looking one replied calmly now obviously this woman whoever she was was saved how do you make that out if she how would they have known jane finn had got the papers correct bonow now theres just a chance I 1 admit its ifa only a cb chance rince that this woman my may have been rita and if 1 so BO it so weve got to hunt through the survivors of 0 the lusitania till wo we find her then the first thing Is 1 to get a list of the survivors orve got it I 1 wrote a long list of 0 things I 1 wanted to kv kaw w and sent it to sir mr carter I 1 got his bis reply this morning and among other things it tri closes the official statement of those saved from the Lusi lusitania tanta 11 but the great point Is Is there a rita iuta on the list just what I 1 dont know confessed you see bee very few christian names are given nearly nil all sirs mrs or miss tommy nodded that complicates mat matters matews he be murmured thoughtfully well weve just juat got to get down to it IL that all 11 well start with the london area just note down the addresses Is of any of the females who live la in london or roundabout while I 1 put on my hat bat five minutes later the young couple emerged into piccadilly and a I 1 J 01 how would they have known jane finn had the papers few seconds later a taxi was bearing them to the me laurels glendower road NT the residence of mrs edgar keith whose name figured first in a list of seven reposing in tommys tommas pocketbook the laurels was a dilapidated house standing back from the road with a few grimy bushes to support the fiction of a front garden tommy paid oft off the taxi and accompanied to the front doorbell ile he pressed the bell withdrew to a suitable spot A slatternly looking servant with an extremely dirty face and a pair of eyes that did not match answered the door tommy had produced a notebook and pencil good morning he said briskly and cheerfully from the hampstead borough council the new voting register mrs edgar keith lives here does she not aarts said the servant christian name asked tommy his pencil poised missus eleanor jane eleanor eleano r spelt tommy aa any my sons or daughters over twenty ono one kaow thank you tommy closed the notebook with a brisk snap good morning good wheeze it and we can repeat it nd ad lib wheres the next draw mrs Van Von demeyer 20 south audley mansions miss wheeler 43 Clap clarington ington road battersea Batters ca ashes a ladys maid ns as far as I 1 remember so probably wont be there and anyway ashes not likely then the mayfair lady Is clearly indicated as the first port of call south audley mansions was an im posing looking block of flats just off park lane no 20 was on the second floor tommy had by this time the glibness born of practice lie ile rattled oft the formula to tho the elderly woman looking more like a housekeeper than a servant who opened the door to him christian name |