The Mansion of Mystery / Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective

E-text prepared by Al Haines
Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective
Author of The Disappearance of John Darr
International Fiction Library Cleveland New York Press of the Commercial Bookbinding Co., Cleveland
1911
The young man was evidently in a tremendous hurry, and as soon as the ferryboat bumped into the slip he was at the gate and was the first one ashore. He beckoned to one of the alert taxicabmen, and without waiting to have the vehicle brought to him, ran to it and leaped inside.
Do you know where the Vanderslip Building is? he questioned abruptly.
Yes, sir.
Then take me there with all possible speed.
Yes, sir.
The door slammed, the taxi driver mounted to his seat, and off the taxi started at the best rate of speed the driver could attain. The young man sank down among the cushions and buried his chin in his hands.
His face, normally a handsome one, was now wrinkled with care, his hair was disheveled, and he looked as if he had lost much sleep. At times his mouth twitched nervously and he clenched his fists in a passion which availed him nothing.