The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 23: what you’re looking at

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14 THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. that few ladies can resist; he has a gray mustache and small side-whiskers. This man is Colonel Larz Andrews. “Accompanying him is a woman who persists in — keeping her face vailed, and yet, if you chance to get a glimpse of her countenance, you will find it - strikingly beautiful. “Watch this couple—discover all you can about them, for the secret of your journey is wrapped up in their movements. There is a third party near by—keep your eye out for him. JI do not know in what character he will appear, but you will dis- cover him through his anxiety about this pair—he is apt to watch them like a hawk. “Now to explain the matter as well as it can be done just at present. This man is on a big lay; he is planning to get hold of a million at least. The woman is his confederate, and is known in England as the most successful confidence woman of the day, although hardly more than a girl in years. Her real name is Ann Reilly, but she long ago dis- carded that, and uses one more fancy. I1 don’t know what it will be this time. | “Watch this couple. Before long you will get on to their dodge. They travel as father and daughter, he a retired English officer. The game will begin under your eyes; when you see what they are up to you will comprehend what you are to do. If you are puzzled, wire me while en route, and I will answer at Harrisburgh, Altoona, or Pittsburgh; but I trust the game to your good judgment.” That is all. I turn the paper over and look at the back, but not another scrap of writing meets my eyes. Really, this surprises me. Itis not like the colonel to give such vague instructions. JI am all in a fog with re- gard to what I have to do, and must trust to my good sense, just as if by accident I had discovered that this couple must be playing some game which curiosity prompts me to investigate, | comicboo cS. co!