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{ } F oceans FRIGAY SEPTEMBER 11th BOARS 6.58 p.m. TRAIN LLEAYES CAR NEAR STATION! one ~ CHANGES 70 ARLBERG EXPRESS SATURDAY-SEPTEMBER 2th] LEAVES TRAIN. 3 a.m. The lady vanishes— - in a BIG CAR © f | by “GEOFFREY H ARE | wiitgly identified a4 having been ower ak Vienna station. . What in facy she did wae 1o ibe “Artbecg @agresk oat aca but to leave Ju. gaciy Katurday morning. at fhe small Yeraiena villsae ef Seiwarracls Gr. Melt, 40 wiles. froin Salzburg fdeatificuiion Here War PYG vided De aN Kanamed American enone who wae travelling 62 cya Ariverg to Vienna train. He soared a frst-elacs garringe with ely ha the Maclean fasiiie. who had not. serapers although it Wag 3 might JUGTREN, * When het heard of “Mis. Mac- feun's disappearance he gaye ite ‘ormation {@ the Aunerigan “ucberities in Vienna. who is farmed. the Swiss, Palies, who in thse dure told th@l French Patice. whe passed it,0n go Mrs. Dupbsr, “His descripiiongat the pathetic Hike family whaditravelled with hina that. sight far too visid nod atcuraie fo leave Boy, Foam jor doubt. ‘The two falr-halred lithe boys to grey flahnel suite who told him they want to school iiGeneva: the one expanding sulfease and the iwo raffia hoetd- alip irom Majorca: Melinda and hed clothes—the bright blue three-quarter length coat-—-and, & detail whieh is so wholly convinc. ing that. nothing else [s really 8 wR needed, (igh fact that she wns wearing 8 father cheap Lit_ tansenline wristwatch. . _ dag adh Melinda, having broken. the bracelet wt her own weich, “gis using une aiueh Mrs. Dunbar hid bought for Fergus, ag in- expensive watch of the kind ane wield normally give fo a M+ year-old boy. The colonel saw train ai Sehwarzach St. areund 8 oon. the moruing Satatday. Sepiember re them Jeave the ¥Yeit of ‘Trail ends” if further fdentification were hecessary, if was supplied porter at Schwarzach 51. of the train, saw them go. inte the restaurant, end thes, sbout 30 minutes Tater, drive away in Jarge American tac which bad. arrived while they were drinking their coffee. The driver was des- eribed- asa slimy man of average height who spoke Gorman With air Austrian accent. - “ . thet was the end of the trail Melinda, Tile Donald had gone ever which follow “her, Th gathered evidence) a that between the two valk " wamnpekably Witle “lime station, who helped the Macleans the car and conduct her ANG should anythine go wrong, as. Gr before herin, yond ihe boundaries’ th Jesiam investigation. igi ste the station, inne bl fer the inquiry started on Tues~ dav, September 15, and war oai- cloded -five days ioter, wee _gansidered convincing enough for the Swiss Police to anngunce that the bunt was of as it was elvsrt “ho purpose wuld be served Sy a further search” “There are, hawever, suveral “points in the aetual arechanien of the jouragy from Geneva. te the Austeian Traniie® whieh have yoy beach cleared Up. fa Ee Hirst plsee, Melinds left home: iv ber quite fast and powerfnl: gar at 830 on the Friday afernoan. The next verified appearance wag at the garage in Lausinne ust before pim-<fthiree and 4 half. hours Jeter, The distance Oo omfles—not nich ynase: than ihree-quariets of an hour's drive. What did. she do. gnd where did she. ga, in the meantime ? Shc gave herself, or was given, ta park, “ever anly Party with a-eertain amount of wugage Bhd-a baby in arms. from the garage to the station, Some- body must have helped. : Tt is clear during ‘this Ume, thiv uns _exphavied three ours, that Melinds saw whoever ih was who wag. instructed. ta contact her, and received her final instru Hong « wot ig ig almest certain, too, th « tickets for her long Journ: were given to her before ashe ppt fer not only had she, ao far ag is known, , barely ints ig hews. Pr ed « SAME DAY—9.30 3.0. | “ORWES AWAY Of SAMERICAM GAR tw * ehinigh fooney, but she certainty had fo time ta “take tickets a: Lawsarie. 3 Fran what Mrs. Budbar told: me L estimated that Melinda tefg Geneva with around £30 in Swiss fravgs 2 pred phe drew this rode: from. the bank (rat alternaen at her mather’s reghest | i@y colleadue Hugh MeLeeve, aie-of the News Chronicle crime reporters, who followed the trail from Geneva te Sebwarzach §t Veit and who obtained the rehable and. detailed fdentifea- tien by ihe porter at the. little Austrian station, worked Ug out ag. fellows? Cine Sest-class ticket for her- self and twachaives for the beys from Lausanne to Zurich: £7 Las. Frony 2urich te Bushs, on the Austrian irontier, would ext £4 Gs. tor the three of thom, and: frain Buchs. onwards ‘another. Spent out The total for actual. fares was) dyerefpre £20 los. wilhaut taking Inia eongideralion any additional expenses such ag nicals, porters and anvthing she might have had Jo spend i Switzerland, after she teft her Rue des Alpes flat in Geneva and before. ehe caught the trait. it could be done, but it would have left a very small balance with whieh to: fage unkiowi adventures of any ermersengy example. should she suddemy, have wished to go. back. | [World copyright! te me that tf wag ver