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DRM eR ee ee ES ee ne ae Ce MR ky pen nt Nome ae AS es : 5 THE FACE OF ROSENFEL. 89 the cliff road alone at that time? At this point we find ourselves utterly unable to form any plausible theory. There is not a single clew to her identity—not a mark ss on the underclothing, not even an initial on the hand- aa kerchief. Suppose we are the police, under the circum- a stances, what can we do? Nothing in the world except | ad what they did do—photograph the girl and send her : ay description, not omitting the smallest detail of clothing oc “Ay which she wore, and including the curious fact that one 4 of the toes of her left foot is missing, broadcast over the Al community. The result is that the first day she is a brought here the stairs are worn out with the footsteps a of people whose only possible interest is that of curiosity, ay who come to see the victim under the pretext of attempt- 4 ing to identify her.” : oe | “* And who stare and gawk about with open mouths . until they have fairly to be pushed out of the room,” oe: added Miss Maxey. ae ‘«In short,” continued the artist, ‘‘ we are in danger a of being turned into a museum for the exclusive patron- a a age of all the idlers and dead-beats in the city.” This a clearly will not do, and we must get our medical adviser to a declare a public inspection irritating and dangerous to a the patient.” | a «‘T believe it did annoy her,” said Doctor Lamar. a «< At any rate it did her no good.” oo, ** And this is the strangest part of the mystery to my a mind,” continued Maxey. <‘‘That with all these pre- —. cautions, with the newspapers printing, people talking, eet and pictures and descriptions so available, nobody ap- ae. pearstoclaim her imallthistime. It isasif she dropped fo down upon that cliff road from another planet. Wher- — <a ever she has been people must have seen her; her friends ee L must miss her. ‘hen, why are they silent?” a »- EComicbooks.com |