The Twin Detectives; or, The Robbers of the Tomb — page 157: what you’re looking at

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148 THE TWIN DETECTIVES. He gathered from their talk that she was shut up some- where to keep her from betraying the dark mystery which he was vainly trying to solve. The name of the man who kept her a prisoner was Story. Bob determined he would ferret out her hiding-place, and felt sure, from the way that Hall spoke, that she would tell the secret in revenge for her son’s unnatural cruelty in con- signing her to a mad-house. | Brierly saw Hudson several times after his interview with Mrs. Hudson, and he knew Madge haf not returned to her old home. Charlie told him how his marriage had been postponed on account of an attack of fever that Estelle was suffering from. Bob sympathized with him. ‘Tt is not a dangerous illness, I hope,” he said, kindly. ‘« No, only very tedious. We will not be married till some time in April, or we may have to wait even longer.” ‘<'Too bad, [am so sorry. You have never heard anything of the pretty cousin who ran away?” ‘¢ No, not one word.” Bob felt quite easy about Madge; if he had possesseda ° | conscience it would have stung him sorely, but he did not. He ascertained that Madge’s luggage was still at the house where she had spent the few happy days of her brief married life.. He believed her body was at the bottom of the river. He slept and dined, and lived on as cheerfully as ever. All his anxiety was now to find out the man who held Mrs. Hall a prisoner. He searched the directory for the name of Story. The name was not an uncommon one—he found that twenty-four persons of that name resided in the city of New York. There was nothing to be done, but patiently find out all about them, one after the other. This work occupied two whole weeks. Then he was as far from success ag ever. None of these m =_—) Gomicbooks (E(0)