A League of Three: Boy's Detective Stratagems — page 119: what you’re looking at

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. A LEAGUE OF THREE, ur. Oe a Addie’s story was quickly told. Miss Senley had dis- Lon eovered that the girl possessed a remarkable voice, she was , we keen enough to know that there was a fortune in the girl’s Y i . voice, and she had set to fascinate the girl. She suc- ‘ a ceeded and finally made the girl believe that Mrs. Metcalf a was really a designing woman and her enemy, and that she ; fe would stand in her way for the future. We will not go : Ma over all the inducements tried, but Miss Senley actually ; ‘ hypnotized the poor girl, and finally persuaded her to steal I away and thus carried her to Boston. It was not long after her arrivalin Boston that Addie’s eyes became opened and she wrote to her friends, but had reason later to suspect that all her letters had been intercepted, and finally she determined to run away and return to New York. } When Addie’s story was completed Madie told his won- derful tale and he was still rehearsing his narrative when the train after its run of two hundred and thirty-four 7 miles drew up in the Grand Central depot. Madie took Addie direct to the home of Mrs. Metcalf where all the explanations followed, and the fair girl in all her beauty, declared that she had learned a lesson that would last her all her life. On the day following Patsy returned to New York and heard the strange story and he exclaimed: | “ Madie, it’s wonderful, and you are indeed a wonder.” "| A week later our hero returned to his mountain home | A, and to his friends of the League of Three, he detailed his oN strange adventures. They were bound to secrecy and to 4 no one else was the strange narrative related. é Madie only remained in his native village a few weeks | a when he again returned to New York, and he and his _ | | whilom friend, Patsy, both secured positions in a law : ee office. Our hero had determined to pursue his law studies | Pi near to Addie, who had resumed her music lessons, and it i x will not be strange. if in the near future, Madie and Patsy | | i GOmicbooks- com