The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 38: what you’re looking at

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THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. 29 face, bright magnetic eyes, and wavy brown hair that has made him captive. As if assured that he will not be noticed—the sallow-faced woman is asleep in her seat; Larz _Andrews suddenly bends over and whispers some- thing in the ear of the Jew, who seems to receive the communication with considerable satisfaction, for as the other raises his head to pass on, the sup- posed Rabbi nods vigorously, and I take it he is signifying that he understands. Here is another complication—what has this - Jewish chap to do with the case. ‘He must be in the plot somehow, and doubtless means to play his hand at the proper time. My thoughts go back to the writing in the book. Then it means exactly what it says, and was placed there for my benefit. This raises rather an interesting question for me—what friend have I on the sleeper, and why should they know that I watch these people? The nun—suspicion directs me to that quarter the first thing, but I cannot reconcile the handwriting and style of the sentence with a woman. Is this nun awoman. Ihave not seen her face yet, and am not so positive about it, though her carriage and manner have so far given me no room for _ suspicion. At least I am aunvinced of one thing—there is a regular clique of plotters on board the Vestibule Limited, and the object of their game is Robert Hammond and his millions. Their hook has been cunningly baited with a sweet face, and the victim has already bitten; whether he can by their united efforts be landed, depends wholly upon their ability, and my own efforts. cS Gomichoo €o m1