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Story No. 9
The Missing Millionaire
Plot by Qaorge Bronson Howard,
Nov«lization by Hugh C. Wair.
Copyright Kaism Company.
(Continued from Yesterday.)
Mont waa awaiting hsr eagerly, and
listened cloaely to her report. "All that
w« need now la a mirror," flnlahed the
tlrl." Then we can read the blotter,
and will have a real Sherlock Holmes
clue!"
Mona smiled. "I am afraid, dear,
that blotter* are not read with mirrors
—except In detective storlea! However,
we can try It." For the better part
of an hour, the two sought Industrious
ly to gather the message of the tell-tale
blotter, holding a mirror In all kinds
of lights and angleß, and then going
bo far aa to try the effect of a magni
fying glaas—but all to no purpose.
The impreesion of, the envelope's ad
dress had left out several letters al
niost entirely, and those which re
mained were so faint and blurred that
at the end of an hour the two owned
themselves falrlv beaten.
"Well, we have done our best!" said
Mora. "There is some satisfaction in
that thought. Perhaps there will be
another development in the situation
soon which will set us on the right
track!"
Little did she dream how soon such
a development wag to occur—or the
sinister situation Into which It waa to
plunge them!
It waa shortly after eight o'clock
the next morning when the first ink
ling of the startling mystery, which
was soon to claim the attention of the
entire city, first obtruded Itself into
the usually well ordered routine of life
at the Grand Hotel. This was nothing
less than the fact that the occupant o'f
Suits No. 124 had disappeared over
n'ght—disappeared as thoroughly as
though the earth had opened suddenly
and swallowed him bodily. Such a sit
uatlon would have been sufficiently
unquleting had the central figure of
the mystery been an ordinary person
»ge, without any Individual claim on
public attention. But when It was
learned that the missing occupant of
Suite Xo. 124 was Roland Maxwell, the
millionaire plunger and amateur phil
anthropist. the official staff of the
Grand Hotel from the night clerk up
to the chief of the detective staff, and
from that gimlet-eyed individual up to
the august general manager, himself,
were thrown Into a condition of con
i ternation. bordering on panic.
A belated bell boy, chlded by Mona
rather sharply for his delay in an
swering her call button, brought to the
two Soc'al Pirates their first intimation
of the startling situation. The bell bov,
It developed, had been detained by the
houße detective to answer certain ques
tions regarding his last oall at 124. and
the youth, filled with the mystery of it
Ell. was mors than eager to pour out
the whole story to sympathetic listen
ers. The girls found themselves in pos
session of a fairly comprehensive sy
nopsis of what had happened. Mona
watched the door close behind the bc#r,
with his face glowing at an unex
pectedly large tip. and then faced Mary
Impulsively.
'lt strides me. girlie, that you and
I hold the key to the situation!"
"You mean those men I followed
ILfsterday?" questioned Mary, turning
bacjc from the window.
''Exactly. And what is more. If we
use our wits In the right direction, I
believe we can solve the mystery. I
am going to have another look at that
blotter. That Is a kind of a challenge
to me, aod I think I see a way by
which we can decipher ite secret,"
Mona carried the blotter to the win
dow. and for several mwenti sat
•taring at the reflection of its broken
letters In a hand mirror.
"Bring me a teleEhone directory,
Mory," she called suddenly. As the
other obeyed. Mona read aloud the zig
zagging letters in the glasj. When
Jotted down on paper they made the
following broken words:
D W It r Lu 1 w
Re vl w Sa ta i m
CI em t.
Quite -vldently when completed, the
wovds ere an address. "Turn to the
Claremont section of the directory,"
directed Mona. "I think we are fairly
eafe in assuming that Is our poyu of
depftrtnre. Now for the rest of It. Pun
youc finger over the name?, and places
listed under the letter R—and see whiit
you find."
For a fow moments Mary read stead
jly. as directed, Mona shtkJng htr
head dubiously as she tried in vain to
make any of the words match with the
fragmentary letters before her.
Restview Sanitarium," read Mary.
"Walt a moment," called Mona. ex
citedly. "I believe we have It." Her
pencil skimmed over the sheet of
oaper, on which ehe had Jotted down
he cryptic letters. "Eureka!" she
cried. "It matches perfectly. Rest
view Sanitarium Claremont. I won
der If we can have as much success
with the rest of the nuzzle. Let's see.
A sanitarium naturally suggests a
doctor. That may be the explanation
of the first 'D' in our top line. Turn
to the physicians. Mary, and see what
we find under the letter 'L.' That
ought to be the first letter of our
man s last name."
Mary read through the finely printed
names of physicians, her fingers trav
ellne slowly down the page.
"Ludlow—Dr. Walter Ludlow," ehe
said. And Mona stopped her, her pen
cil again busy with the letters of the
puzzle. She sprang to her feet decid
edly.
"Our address reads 'Dr. Walter Lud
low, Restview Sanitarium, Clare
mont.' " she said. "I think we can
profitably spend our morning in a visit
to the sanitarium, and Dr. Ludlow."
"But what can they have to do with
the disappearance of Mr. Maxwell?"
objected Mary.
"Everything—or again they may
have nothing to do with it. We may
be on a false lead all round. Thai is
why we are going to keep our owo
counsel, and work on our own Initia
tive until we see what develops from
our quest. You ring for a car, Mary,
while I finish dressing."
It was shortly before noon when the
flrls drew Up before a square gray
uildlng. set well back In a walf-en-
yard. Before an iron-spiked en
trance gate, appeared the sign, Rest
view Sanitarium. As the car halted, a
uniformed watchman opened the gate
and came forward to inquire the er
rand ot the visitors. Mona had already
determined on her course of action,
and now she leaned forward, and said
in a low tone. "I would like to see Dr.
Ludlow, himself. If possible, on a pro
fessional matter."
The man nodded, and swung open
the gate for the car to pass through.
"You win find the sign of his office
Just ahead." he directed. "If the
doctor Is at liberty, his secretary will
arrange an appointment for you."
Mona thanked him. and as the car
came to a halt Inside tte grounds, she
beckoned to Mary, and bidding the
chauffeur to wait, made her way
through the doorway marked Office.
''Are you ready for your ordeal, dear,
U necessary?" she said in a low ton%
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
TEACHERS RE-ELECTED
Special la the Telegraph
Dauphin, Pa., June 16.—At a recent
meeting of the school board directors
of the borough public schools the teach
ers were re-elected as follows: Pro
fessor Mllert C. Hummer, of Lingles
town, high school; Miss Anna Houck,
of Hummelstown, grammar school: and
Miss Eleanor Kmmert, of York Springs,
primary school.
TO PAVE ANXVILLE STREETS
Annvllle, Pa., June IS.—On Monday
evening, the board of township com
missioners took action in regard to pay
ing the streets of Annvllle and opened
negotiations with the Pike Company
to find out what they will do in the
matter. The citizens are heartily n
favor of paved streets.
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Forestry Notes
(From the Forest Service, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture.)
It is estimated that there is enough
waste from the sawmills of the South
/
; alone to produce twenty thousand tons
of paper a day.
Oiled paper has been found to be
an excellent material for packing tree
seedlings, when shipped in crates.
When crates are not used, paper-lined
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
I burlap makes a particularly satisfac
tory wrapper.
Th« value of livestock dying from
disease on the National Forest ranges
in 1915 was less than $200,000. A
majority of the cattlemen are now vac
cinating their stock for black-leg, one
of the chief loss-causing cattle dis
eases of the West, and thus preventing
th-' serious losses of the past.
Because of the heavy snowfall last
TUNE 16, 1916.
winter. Forest rangers found it neces
sary this Spring to remove two feet of
snow from the Beaver Creek Nursery
| in Utah, so that the young trees might
■he uncovered by the time they were
I needed for Spring planting on the Na
tional Forests of that region. Part of
the snow was taken off by Use of
shovel and pick. By spreading a thin
layer of fine soil over another part, the
natural melting of the snow was has
ened sufficiently to make shoveling
unnecessary.
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