Show Meau sags head hy Josep josephine Idne Da bacon e copyright by D av apilton Appl pla ton tea company service SYNOPSIS in concern ove over r the disappearance of th the a young and beautiful wife of hla his wealthy friend alend crandall white J aaron G glaenzer laen zer engages motherwell private investigator to find her A note fro from m tb the 0 miss ing woman warns warn her hu husband S not to call in the police saying the he hoped to come back mr write Is considerably youir than her husband hla his devotion has han been the talk of now new york tork her leaving him Is if unexplainable she 1 in known to b hav ave with her a remarkable jewel the medusa medusas Me dusas head p ad 11 the astonish astonishing ini fact develops that sits she has all her jewelry with her CHAPTER ill III continued 4 1 I dont knowl know the woman sobbed instinctively altering her manner even through her tears to something new in his tone they wont any of them tell me serl lie ile searched her pale gray eyes but they hardly wavered under his and yet and yet there was something he be could swear there was something sit up he said abruptly and listen to me they dont tell yon Y 0 a coggeshall because they dont kno know w why nobody knows arid and weve got to find out it was quite clear to him that although she was not entirely unprepared for some disagreeable news of her mistress she was honestly ignorant of her whereabouts but happened to her sir happened to her where would she go and why she send us word you yon mean theres been no word at all ile he looked her straight in the eye yes there has he said but it do us much good she will come back bach if she can she says but not if the police are notified she swears she means it if you have any idea coggeshall the remotest ghost of an idea as to where she might have hava gone and could get any word to her your chance to help her she elie looked drearily back bach at him yes tea sir but I 1 she said ile he scowled all right he said shortly now these jewels ashes got them of course took them with her undoubtedly no sir said eald the maid definitely she do that sir that I 1 know I 1 went straight down to the front door with her and all she had was her beaded bag on her wrist and a square box with the big onyx paperweight that broke that id done up myself the evening before she was waa to take it to the jewelers herself and talk it over I 1 knew the package for id tied it myself then she had bad them on her nine where on her the maid repeats a fully will you tell me aher air the way the ladles dress gowada nowadays ys where would you put what came out of these boxes bunched out like that indeed I 1 you sew them ihrl in he began but she cut him short 1 I tell you I 1 dressed her I 1 she cried and he gave way well anyhow pa he said now see here either she wanted to run away or she if she wanted to well that I 1 dont see that theres anything more to be said or done well know soon enough if she ehe which I 1 believe then she wants to get back and it if she want to come back why did she write that way why not just go what way sir air she said 1 I hope to come back and 11 1 I must leave you for a little but she also said that she was waa frightened to death said mr wells slowly frightened to dea death 1 the tha woman repeated frightened to death I 1 oh dear met mel dear mel and po poor or mr white on the flat of his bis bacal but if she said shed come back air all very well said the young man but suppose she cant she said she hoped to come back a little different you as see e there may be some funny business here you know when I 1 thought sh she had no jewels I 1 felt very different about it but with all that junk on her well she must have known all that when she wrote he swung to the sale safe door having tumbled the boxes back in it now where was she going on wednesday he asked was she upset at all mrs white had been worried for some weeks sir but I 1 cant say why and its no good asking me she said facing him obstinately 1 I know youre your here helping mr glaenzer and id id help you all I 1 could it if this had any ways to do with madams going off sir this that I 1 mean ill swear to it before anybody police or otherwise 0 ther wise ladles have their worries borri es mr wells and my lady has not been herself to say herself for or some time but its got nothing to do with dreadful things like this and disappearing away aud ml all I 1 know nothing whatever about thil dot but my dear woman you cant pos judge excuse me air I 1 can judge about th this Is raid maid the maid obstinately and you would agree with me directly you knew of that I 1 im in sure its this way she went on almost pleadingly and quite honestly he was waa certain if she dont come back air ill tell you and ten to one laugh at it a gentleman would she added bitterly but if she ehe does and you yon think she means to then shed never forgive me in gods world it if id tell you sirl well I 1 know that you see its that kind of thing 1 but bat nothing like you think she ended looking keenly at him there was something convincing about her she was no fool this woman why did you tell me at all then he asked her because I 1 be honest and not slie she answered promptly and ashes forgot a lot of things lately mr wells and let a lot of things go and and why she mention to me about those jewels row now and where are they her face worked painfully she drawn any checks he be said watching her theres a big balance at the bank oh its not chati she cried impatiently and and then cant you do something sir air it was extraordinary the way she appealed to him seemed to trust him A man she had supposed to be a jewelers clerk ten minutes agol ago ne realized in himself a distinct alteration of feeling that flair of his had shifted with the wind how much did he really believe in clella white the glorious haired just now how philosophical he had become all of a sudden I 1 sensitive as a clairvoyant he had bad experienced a real thrill of terror the terror of the writer of that jumbled blotted letter when first he read it why did it seem to him now that she knew her own business best probably im afraid shell have to do a little something for us first coggeshall he answered dryly 1 I must telephone mr glaenzer mr glaenzer listened in rather noticeable ti silence to his young friends communication the articles that were wanted for repair sir dont seem to be in the closet you suggested no sir air nothing whatever absolutely certain yes sir air lady must have taken them herself yes sir obviously of course that alters the situation I 1 In imagine ingine the lady I 1 met this morning could be of a little more help than ashes willing to be at present but I 1 dont despair of her of course I 1 understand that money Is no object I 1 advertised to that effect this morning yes I 1 think we shall hear again myself goodby good by sir ne ile came back to the bedroom coggeshall was sitting just as he had left her 1 I must get along now he said kindly picking up hla his bag ill look in later of course it depends depend on you you yon know whether this gets get out or not very well sir she said listlessly you may depend get nothing out of me sir ill be here there might be a message for me mr wells went lightly down the stairs bag in hand be here will you he be muttered to himself now I 1 wonder CHAPTER IV at the door of the next nest house he met an idle looking youth with a hat box who whistled as he be watched a game gaille of marbles therell be a lady coming out fairly soon I 1 think billy he said dont lose her no sir said bald the messenger boy still whistling mr wells stopped at a newsstand and bought an eleven special sitting in a corner drug store he swam through the sea of advertisements it offered him stopping suddenly with a by georgel george I 1 found wednesday green brooch with womans comans head returned to owner on proper identification he be read mr wells jumped into a taxi but he did not drive to the address given tn in the paper instead he got out at a decent it if rather second rate hotel on the west side and emerged from its if washroom without spectacles or mustache which made a vast difference in his appearance when he came down from a room to which he owned the key apparently hla his hat stick and neck scarf were by no means those of a young man who would carry a bag in the street the address led him to a dingy but perfectly neat little office where a typewritten sign announced that mul of the highest quality would be executed promptly and with espe caal accuracy A brisk young old lady answered hla big knock and sent lent a keen gray eyed glance through him can you describe the pin please 7 she he asked 1 I can do better than that said bald mr motherwell pleasantly ill show it to you and he took from a billfold a colored disk cut from some illustration tra tion Is that it by any chance he inquired the young ladys features relaxed well im glad to get that oft off my mind she said and going to a black dispatch box on her work worktable table desk she opened it and came back with a pin the size of a dollar 1 I told mother id hear from it she sha said eald with some satisfaction but she sha said I 1 was crazy I 1 knew it worth such a lot of course but it was wa so unusual I 1 was sure it was in the family or something mr motherwell gazed calmly at the tha head of medusa in his palm he even tossed it lightly and the Nv omans carven face jeered at his terror as he did so no the idea exactly he said my sister will be too delighted for words I 1 cant thank you enough when did you find it she missed it wednesday about noon it I 1 if the multi grapher cried 1 I told mother that lust just because whoever took it got mad and threw it away when she found what it was that say it valuable to somebody I 1 I 1 suppose you see she thought it was real neal he sti emerald or something the idea that sizel what I 1 always say any about that imitation stuff they make it too big dont they not that a lot of it get sold all the same at the department stores there seems to be a regular craze for it thosa queer ugly oriental things especially department stores oh ob yes mr motherwell oth erwell repeated and the writhing wondrous snakes that were Me medusas dusas hair laughed wickedly at him chinese it she asked 1 I mean of course its meant for that yes tes he answered 1 I believe it la Is but my sister throw it awny away she lost it oh lob yes your sister lost it till all right but the one that stole it threw it away she corrected him 1 I was sitting in the window watching out for mother and a woman came out from over there somewhere I 1 notice and jumped into a taxi that hardly stopped I 1 sort of watched her for a moment and what did she do but take something out of a bag and throw it right out of the window 1 it fell in the mud that was left in the gutter on this side I 1 have thought much about it you know but she looked so mad it struck me at the time perfectly furious she looked and just then I 1 saw mother coming along alone and I 1 ran down to help helo her over so just as we stepped on this ehlt side I 1 remembered the green button slid and I 1 looked down and there it was wast I 1 I 1 thought it was quite pretty at first im dreadfully shortsighted short sighted without my glasses till I 1 saw those dreadful snakes so real looking ugh I 1 mother wanted to throw it away on account of germs and everything and then as she says bays it have been worth much for a woman to throw it away like that but all the same I 1 do think its worth more than P she paused and blushed his slater sister had bad likel it anyway I 1 1 I told mother I 1 thought it was wag worth nearer twenty five than five she said look at all the work on it I 1 im sure it Is he agreed its lt worth that to my sister to get it back I 1 she wanted me to oh lob I 1 think of it pl please easel I 1 cried the embarrassed 1 I told mother be glad to pay for the three insertions and it cost me anything I 1 was wag sure it was wai a family piece I 1 ile he bowed politely As it happens he said bald my firm has hag quiet a bit of multi graphing to do e every v ery now and then you ton may be ba sure sur e I 1 shall remember this miss miss fleshman she bhe said bald gratefully ive always satisfied I 1 think he paid for the three insertions insertion briskly what did this thief look like by the way he be asked 1 I my glasses I 1 all I 1 could say was that she was white as a sheet and had a green ribbon around hr her head and she looked dreadful I 1 he took out of his pocketbook a little photogravure of a popular actress whose resemblance to clella white was well known in new york tork did she look like that he asked TO BE BB 0 00 0 C |