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So long as Fogerty holds fast to Mershone Louise is safe, wherever she may be." "Mershone may have nothing to do with the case." "I'm positive he has." "And Louise can't be safe while she's a prisoner, and in the hands of strangers. I want the girl home! Then I'll know she's safe." "I want her home, too, sir. But all your men are unable to find her, it seems.
He hung up, and Diana gave a sigh of content as she slowly returned to her den and the easy chair, where Mr. Mershone found her "coiled" some half hour later. "This is a queer go," said the young man, taking a seat and glancing around with knitted brows. "It isn't so long since dear Uncle Hedrik tumbled me out of here neck and crop; and now Cousin Diana invites me to return."
"Good morning," said Fogerty, alighting. "Thank you for a pleasant ride and other things." They dashed away and left him standing on the curb; and after watching them disappear the detective walked over to a drug store and entered the telephone booth. "That you, Hyde? This is Fogerty." "Yes, sir. Mr. Mershone has just crossed the ferry to Jersey. Adams is with him.
The man chuckled and waved aside the bribe. "You certainly are, sir; you're very busy, just now! But I think the sergeant over at the station will give you some leisure. And listen, Mr. Mershone: I've got it in for that policeman you fixed; he's a cheeky individual and a new man. I'm inclined to think this night's work will cost him his position.
Mershone was really talented, and had he possessed any manly attributes, or even the ordinary honorable instincts of mankind, there is little doubt he would have been a popular favorite. But he had made his mark, and it was a rather grimy one. From earliest youth he had been guilty of discreditable acts that had won for him the contempt of all right-minded people.
The girl appeared turned to stone as she gazed down at the gems. Mershone laughed disagreeably and picked up the recovered treasure, which Diana ran forward and seized. "H-m-m!" said the detective, with a shrug; "this is a strange occurrence a very strange occurrence, indeed. Miss Von Taer, do you wish " "No!" exclaimed Diana, haughtily. "I accuse no one.
He never appeared to be watching his man closely, yet never for an instant did Mershone feel that he had shaken the fellow off. On this especial morning the detective was nearly a block in the rear, with the snow driving furiously into his face, when an automobile suddenly rolled up to the curb beside him and two men leaped out and pinioned Fogerty in their arms.
"You have driven Louise to her death!" Mershone raised one hand in mild protest. "Don't waste time cursing me," he said. "Try to find Louise before it is too late." The reproach seemed justified. Arthur paused and turning to Mr. Merrick said: "He is right. I'll go help Fogerty, and you must stay here and look after the girls until we return." As he went out he passed Diana without a look.
She stared at him fixedly, and he returned the look with an evil smile. So they sat in silence a moment. Then slowly she arose and moved to her escritoire, drawing a sheet of paper toward her and beginning to write. "Is there a telephone at the place?" enquired Mershone abruptly. "Yes." "Then telephone Cerise after I'm gone. That will make it doubly sure.
"Would a man who loved a girl try to injure her? But perhaps his love has turned to hate. Anyhow, I can think of no one else who would do such a thing, or of any reason why Charlie Mershone should do it." Madame Cerise merely grunted. She was brushing the soft hair with gentle care. "What could a man gain by stealing a girl? If it was Mr. Mershone, does he imagine I could ever forget Arthur?
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