BLAKELY, CHARLES EVANS _Office_: Blakely Bros. & Co., 47 Wall St. _Town house_: No. 9 East -- St. (Dec. 1st to May 1st.) _Country home_: Scarborough-on-Hudson. (Goes up week-ends all year.) _Income_: $200,000. (Principally stocks and bonds.) _Personal description_: 41 years old; short, fat all over, bald, rosy; known as "Kewpie Blakely." Brown hair and eyes. Wears large, square-cut emerald on left hand pinky. Agent C.D. reports: Blakely is one of the _bon vivants_ of the Millionaires' Club, a jolly, open-handed, good-natured fellow, enormously popular. Is a well-known collector of Persian faience. Is happily married and has four children, but is reputed to be somewhat gay. N.B. Reports from female agents do not bear this out. Q. reports Blakely employs a body-guard to ride beside him in his car. Says Blakely never walks in the street. Has a watchman in the corridors of his house at night. On the other side of the card was a series of chronological entries, some of which were obscure, though the main story was clear enough. April 17th 19-- Sent form AA. 18th Instructed Anderson to follow up. 19th Anderson reports nothing doing. 23rd Sent form AB. 25th Anderson reports his solicitor thrown out of Blakely's office. 26th Instructed Anderson let B. alone for present. Sent G. M. to Mrs. Cleaver's with orders to get next to Blakely. May 3rd G. M. reports nothing doing. Blakely's in love with his wife. 4th Tried a man instead. Instructed J. L. to win Blakely's friendship through his love of art. June 11th J. L. reports success. Is on intimate footing with Blakely. Sent J. L. capsule with instructions for administering. 15th J. L. reports success. Blakely apparently very ill. 16th Wrote Blakely that he had been poisoned, and next time he'd get a fatal dose. 17th Blakely sent his secretary to Eureka Agency to subscribe. The story told by this card was typical. Some of the victims had required more pressure; some had given in easier. Some had fallen behind in their payments, and had required to be "persuaded" anew. Two of the cards Jack turned over, those of Ames Benton and Silas Gyde, were significantly underlined: "_Account closed._" Jack shuddered. From the card index he turned to the litter of papers on the desk. On top lay a typewritten communication which bore neither address nor signature, but from the contents was unmistakably to be identified as a report from one of "Mr. B's" agents. It read as follows: