Adventure, December 1914 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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Registered in the United States Patent Office Fs Fre: DS wl Fees hele) <G ae , aig! vagiee See ne F ae THE STO WAR SECRET : AN ADVENTURE WITH CRAIG KENNEDY." »¥ ‘wh s £. “« - < SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE ““ ARTHUR B-REEVE CHAPTER I THE MYSTERY OF THE SPY T’ WAS during the dark days at the beginning of our recent un- pleasantness with Mexico that Craig Kennedy and I dropped in one evening at the new Vanderveer Hotel to glance at the ticker to see how affairs were going. We were bending over the tape, oblivious to everything else about us, when we felt a hand on each of our shoulders. “We’ve just had a most remarkable trag- edy right here in the hotel,” a voice whis- pered. “Are you busy tonight, Kennedy?” Copyright, 1914, by The Ridgway Company. All rights reserved. Craig and I turned simultaneously and found Michael McBride, the house-detec- tive of the hotel, an old friend of ours some years before in the city detective- bureau. McBride was evidently making a great effort to appear catm, but it was very ap- parent that something had completely up- set him. ‘“How’s that?” asked Kennedy shaking hands. McBride gave a hasty glance about and edged us over into a quiet corner away from the ticker. “Why,” he replied in an undertone, ‘““we’ve just discovered one of our guests—a Madame Valcour—in her room—dead!”’ Co DOO C©