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Undoubtedly something out of the common was going to happen to John Sairson. There had been sensation enough in regard to the mysterious attack on his life, but to find a palpitating romance attached to it set even the nerves of the seasoned pressman quivering. There was an air almost of the occult about it. It was like the first "curtain" of a sensational novel. What connection could there be between these innocent little birds and a serious crime?
The reporters bent over their notebooks, intent to get every word down.