The three strings

“Hurry, hurry,” she gasped, as a white-robed figure stepped inside her room.
THE THREE STRINGS
BY NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN AUTHOR OF “THE MOVING FINGER,” “I SPY,” “THE NAMELESS MAN,” “C. O. D.,” “THE TREVOR CASE,” “THE OFFICIAL CHAPERON,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES L. WRENN
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1918
Copyright, 1918, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America
TO Mrs. Theodore Vernon Boynton OF WASHINGTON, D. C. Whose Loyal Affection Has Been Mine Since Childhood, I Send This Problem, in Full Assurance That She Will Pull the Right “String.”
To Alain Campbell White, Esq., of Litchfield, Conn., the Author is indebted for kindly assistance in working out a chess problem which his expert knowledge of chess made feasible.
The Author desires also to express her appreciation of the assistance of Dr. Alexander J. Anderson of Waterbury, Conn., whose help in solving a “knotty” problem was but one of many acts of kindness.
THE THREE STRINGS
EVELYN PRESTON ran lightly up the steps of her home and inserting her latch-key in the vestibule door, pushed it open just as the taxi-driver, following more slowly with many an upward glance at the blind-closed windows, reached her side.
“Put the suit case down,” she directed. “I’ll have the front door opened by the time you get the trunk here.”