Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1920 — A BEAUTIFUL GHOST. [ARTICLE]

A BEAUTIFUL GHOST.

Bynopata-Spalding Nelson U occupying the apartment* of hie great-uncle, Rufus Gaston. The Gastons, leaving on a trip, tell him about mysterious noises and '‘whispers*’ that have scared them. He becomes acquainted with Barbara Bradford, who lives in the same big building. He instinctively dislikes and distrusts the superintendent, Wick. The mysteries in bis apartments begin with the disappearance of the Gaston pearls from the wall safe. He decides not to call in the police, but to do his own Investigating. It is soon evident that someone has access to his rooms Becoming friendly with Barbara, he learns that her apartments are equally mysterious. She tells him that several years before her sister Claire, who lives with her, had made a run-away marriage with an adventurer, from whom she was soon parted, and the marries* had been annulled. Claire is engaged to be married and someone has stolen documents Concerning the affair from the Bradford apartment and la attempting to blackmail the Bradfords Nelson Htgkeir Miss Kelly, the telephone girl, to dinner with the idea of pumping her. Gorman, a hotel detective, recognises her as the wife of Lefty Moore, a noted burglar. Nelson partly confides in the detective and arranges to meet him.