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Rub-My-Tism v/ill cure you.
Clean up ycur yards.
Rub-My-Tism will cure you.
We print visiting cards anc
stationery of all kind.
Dr. L. F. Magee was at El Do
rado on business last Saturday.
Mrs. Wm. Burk of Pine Eluff ii
here the guest of Mrs. J. D. Loyd
Supt. W. A. Benson was a busi
ness visitor to Monroe Wednesday
Miss Ora Wood of Strong is herr
visiting her sister, Mrs. E. Eth
redge. _ _
J. W. Perritt visited whh hie
parents and children at Strong Ias1
Sunday. __
C. R. Duncan's mother who lives
at Ruston. is visiting her son at the
fruit farm.
J. W. Murphy is home from a
three weeks sojourn at Hoi
Springs._
Mrs. T. B. Weaver vis'ted sever
al days the latter part of last week
with friends at Monroe.
Planer Foreman J. C. Bensor
left Saturday for Nashville to ac
company his family here.
R. T. Carter of New London wat
in this vicinity the first of the week
collecting delinquent taxes.
E. M. Cabaniss, who recently
moved to Kinder, La., from here, is
. now marshal at that place.
Mrs. A. G. Atnip and sister. Miss
Ruth Carroll, were at Crossett this
week visiting Mr. Atnip's sister.
Mrs. W. H. Mcore and childrer
visited this week with her sister
Mrs. E. L. Adams, at Camp No. 1
Eugene Crockett is home fronr
Arkadelphia where he attendee
Ouachita college, for the summer
Manager L. A. Bodine. of the
Wisconsin Lumber Co., made c
business trip to New Orleans thi:
week.
Mrs. H. C. Rushing and son
Clinton, left Wednesday for a three
weeks visit with her sister in Little
Rock.
The Wisconsin Lumber Co. wil
probably start up the other side o
their mill here by July 1 if noi
sooner.
Miss Edna Henderson shot her
self through the toe one day iasi
week as she was trying to load £
22 calibre rifle.
John Bolding and family o:
Strong were in Huttig Saturday
visiting Mrs. Bolding's sister, Mrs
J. A. Woolley.
E. S. Esthredge was at New
London last Saturday to accompa
ny his little girl, who has been vis
iting there, home.
W. A. Harrington of Bastrop
La., was the guest of his daughter
Miss Lulu, cashier at the Unior
Sctw Co. store, this week.
The Union County Teachers
Institute held at El Dorado Iasi
week was a most succesful one
the attendance being 12?.
James Gibson, who has been at
tending the State University al
Fayetteville, arrived home I hurs
day to spend the summer.
5 or 6 doses 666 will break anj
case of Chill and Fever; it acts or
the liyer better than Calomel, anc
does not gripe or sicken. 25c.
Rowland Cabaniss stopped of
here for a visit with friends Satur
_l
day and Sunday. He was enroute
to Kinder. La., from Peering, Mo.
We treat Piles successfully with
out knife or chloroform. Refer
ence and information on application.
Drs. McCall & Williams.
Lawson, Ark.
The jury commissioners appoint
ed to select juries for the next
term of the Union Circuit court
are G. W. Hearin, B. A. Hancock
land T. L. Smith.
J. W. Martin, J. M. Smitn and J.
A. Morgan have been appointed
commissioners of accounts of
Union county for the next two
years by Judge Geo. W. Hays.
The members of Rowland Lodge
No. 594, F. &. A. M., with their
families will celebrate St. John's
Day on June 24 with a supper at
the Union hotel and a program at
the lodge hall.
By the decisive vote of 740 tb
37 the Ohio constitutional conven
tion gave its sanction to woman
suffrage, and decided to put the
issue up to the people at the elec
tion next September.
Sweet Bay Camp No. 41 1, W. O.
W.. on last Sunday morning un
veiled a beautiful monument over
the grave of their departed brother.
J. E. Nash, at Harper Spring
cemetery with impressive ceremo
nies. _
By keeping everything clean
about your house and yard you can
assist wonderfully in preventing
sickness this summer. Every pile
of rubbish of any description is a
breeding place for flies and rnos
■ quitoes and should be burned or
■ piled up where it can be hauled
away. _
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Both the mills as well as the
planing mill were shut down and
the store from 4 to 6 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon out of respect for
H. H. Wheliss, secretary-treasurer
of the Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.,
who was buried at Shreveport at 4
o’clock that afternoon, having died
Tuesday morning.
E. L Mitchell and bride arrived
home Wednesday afternoon from
their honeymoon via Monroe and
were met at the depot by a number
of friends. The bride was escorted
to a waiting surry to be taken to
the hotel, while the groom was giv
en a ride in the new dump cart re
cently put in commission.
Another use is being found for
the banana plant. Namely, the
liber is being made into cloth The
big stalks are unrolled and steamed
and the fibers are then combed out
oy a special machine. The ma
terial can be spun and w wen the
same as linen and the cloth is dur
able.
A wtggletail needs only enough
stagnant water in which 10 wiggle
comfortably, in order to become a
mosquito. Drain your premise?
carefully and systematically, giving
particular attention to cans and
other receptacles in which water
may stand, and you will soon see
the end of Mr. Mosquito regime.
Efforts are being made to intro
duce in this country the culture of
the nammu tree of China, whose
timber is the most valuable the
Chinese have. This tree is of the
laurel family and is slow growing;
.its wood is very hard and takes a
beautiful polish, being favored by
the rich Chinese for coffins. It is
believed that the climate of our
Gulf states would be just thing for
1 it.
Competition.
•'You still assert that competition
Is the life of trade?"
“Oh, yes," said Mr. Dustin Stax.
"But we don’t care to compete for a
chance to sell our goods. What we
want is to find people with their
( money out competing for the privi
lege of buying them.”
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—The story opens with a
•cream from Dorothy Marche, a charm
ing debutante. In the opera box of the
wealthy widow, Mrs Doris M'ssloner, at
the Metropolitan Opera Hour* in New
York City. It Is o< « asionod by Mrs Mis
•loner's diamond necklace breaking and
scattering the string of rare and costly
gems all over the floor. Curtis Griswold
and Bruxton Sands, two society men,
both of whom love Mrs. Missioner. gather
up some of the diamonds, but the gem
of the collection, the celebrated Mahar
anec. Is missing. Griswold steps on the
apparent missing diamond and it crushes
under Ids heel. A Hindoo comes from an
adjoining box. and p!cking up a flake of
the crushed gem pronounces it a fraud,
not the genuine Maharanee, but —paste.
CHAPTER TI The entire party proceed
to the elegant mansion of Mrs. Missioner
where she takes them to a room having
a suft- containing other diamonds. She
afterwards sends for u Mr. Rascome. an
expert, who pronounces the stones ah
copies, substitutions, of the original gems
CHAPTER III Bruxton Sands tele
phones police headquarters and two de
tectives, Donnelly and Carson, arrive on
the scene. They examine the safe and
decide that the theft of the original dia
morals was ac complished by some one In
the house. The servants are questioned,
but without result. Then they learn that
Miss Elinor Holcomb, the confidential
» ompanion of Mrs. Missioner, has a dupll
cate key to the safe and they send for
h#r.
CHAPTER IV—The detectives Incline to
the belief that Miss Holcomb is Involved
In the robbery. They’ search her room
and In a cabinet, wrapped In tissue pa
per. they find one of the original dia
monds. Mrs. Missioner protests that
Elinor is guiltless, hut the delicate girl
is marched off to prison.
CHAPTER V Meantime, in an up town
mansion, the Hindoo of the theater episode
who is known as the Swami, and a Hindoo
prince. Kananda, discuss the arrest. Tiiey
are in the United States to recover the
Maharanee, which is a sacred relic of
India, and are puzzled at the discovery
of the imitation.
CHAPTER VI—Detective Britz, an ex
pert of the police force, now takes up the
case- He interviews Elinor who Is pros
trated by the cloud resting on her. The
detective evidently believes the girl Inno
cent.
CHAPTER VTT—Dr. Lawr»»ncf Fitch,
the fiance of Elinor, visits her in prison.
.->he is remanded for trial on suspicion of
being the thief, Britz talks encouragingly
to Fitch and asks his co-operation in
running down the real criminal.
CHAPTER VIII The detective advises
that Elinor does not seek bail until they
have located the real culprit. He makes
a close investigation of affairs at the
home of Mrs. Missioner.
CHAPTER IX Britz learns that Mrs
Missioner while visiting Peris had the
diamonds with her. He cables the poliee
• here and they ascertain that the dupli
cates were made from drawings of the
original stones. The person ordering the
substitutes gave the name of Elinor Hoi
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ter view with Miss Marche. He learn*
who of Elinor's friend* ran draw. He
clumsily draws a picture of the safe.
Griswold offers to assist blur, showing
skill a* an artist. Hater as the detective
Is walking through Central Park he is
suddently seized and thrown Into a closed
automobile.
CHAPTER XT—A wild ride ensues and
Brit* flndrt iie iuta been made captive by
three HfndcoK. He endeavors to escape
but Is hound and drugged.
CHAPTER X FT His captors imprison
Britr. in a deserted house. He finally
manages to get free from his bonds, ep
capes and reports at headquarters now
convinced that the Hindoos are materially
Interested In the case.
CHAPTER XITT Pretending to he p
newspaper reporter. Rritz interviews the
Sum mi as to the rare diamonds of India
,'fter he leaves the Swam! informs
F’rince Kanartibn that he has penetrated
the disguise of the detective.
CHAPTER X TV Mrs. Mlssioner visits
Elinor in prison hut is dissuaded front
hailing: her out until her Innocence is
J proven. Rritz learns of an insane dia
j rnond expert on Ward’s Island and asks
Pitch to go with him and interview the
! man.
CHAPTER XV The insane diamond er
j pert tells enough to lead the detective to
h-Meve that either Griswold or Sand* en\
| ployed h'm to make counterfeits of the
I Mlssioner gems.
CHAPTER XVI Griswold, interviewed
by Rritz. intimates that Sands is orf the
verge of failure He evidently wishes the
detective to believe that his rival in love
may have something to do with the dia
rnond robbery.
j CHAPTER XVTI— Two Hindoos burglar
i Ize the home of Sands, evidently thinking
j that he may have the Maharanee dia
j rnond. Rritz captures them and on one
discovers a no'o addressed to “Curtis’*
and signed “Millicent“ which thev have
j found somewhere in their wandering
i search for the gems.
CHAPTER XVITI The Fwami visits
Mrs. Misshmer and tries to solve the mys
] tery of the diamonds. Hater at his
own house he directs his Hindoo allies to
continue their search for the mysterious
ly missing gem.
< HAPTER XIX" Rrltz locates a woman
named Millicent D.-larmhe, He learns
* hilt secretly she Is affianced to Curtis
Griswold.
CM AP'f 1GR XX The Swsml attends s
bull at the home of Mrs. Missloner hot
does not learn anythin.!? furttieh ahout the
diamonds The detective watches Gris
wold hoping to sain a clew' to the mvs
terlous MlUicent.
CHAPTER XXI Rrltz disguised as a
hnrslar visits the apartment of Milllcent
Helaroche who he is satisfied is keeping
the stolen diamonds for Oriswmld. He
finds a box tiiat once contained them, hut
It is empty.
CHAPTER XX IT The detective con
cludes that the Hindoos have anticipated
hint In wresting the diamonds from Milll
cent. He and I-'ltch visit their quarters,
find the place deserted and have a terri
j hie experience with a poisonous snake.
t It A PIER XXIII file Swam I visits
Mrs. Mlssioner and returns all the real
diamonds except the Maharanee wlfieh lie
insists must he returned to a temple in
India, whence It was stolen. The lady
agrees.
CHAPTER XXIV—Rrltz gives his the
i ores to the chief of police, showing how
i Griswold de\ Ised the whole scheme for
copying and steulmg the diamonds, plac
I I rig tlie blame on Elinor.
ordinary size.
After a whispered conference wMth
Hicks, Blitz slipped his hand into a
side pocket of his coat, and took 0 4
something that glittered in the sun
shine. At a single word from Britz,
Gordon and Hicks wormed their way
along the bank until they were at the
bow of the yacht. Britz, Fitch and
Manning stayed near the stern. Sud
denly the lieutenant fired a shot over
tne yacht that echoed metallically
from the cliffs, and at the signal, all
five of the attacking party leaped
aboard the yacht, their feet striking
I the polished deck with a oonceried
I thud that must have made those with
it .!« cabin think they were feeling
the fti st shock of a landslide
The five men on the deck pave
those below little time lor analysis of
their sensations, Gordon and llirke
raced around the wheelhouse to the
starboard side of the craft, and
d; shed down the companionway from
that direction, while Rrtfz. Manning
and Fitch hurled themseiv » into the
port entrance to the cabin, a :;■*•*lug
on a richly carpeted floor a dozen feet
below the deck. Two shots followed
I before the police paitv could seize
Prince Kannnda and All, who. faring
In opposite directions, stood at bay In
the center of the cabin. Brit* and
Gordon struck upward the revolvers
of the Indians as the triggers were
! pulled The bullets flew high, harm
lug no one. Rehind Kananda and All,
| using a table as a breastwork, stood
two more Hindoos, both of th»m
strangers to Brltz. They were un
armed save for wicked-looking Malay
krises the> gripped nervously as they
crouched in waiting for an attack.
Blitz and Manning jammed their pis
tols into the faces of the men with
the krises: but the Indians, undis
mayed. made savage slashes at them
I with their razor-edged long knives.
Gordon and Pitch sprang upon the
i kris-bearers. Hicks with a pistol In
j each hand standing off Kananda and
All. Again and again the Hindoos
slashed at their assailants, and that
they did not split at least one head
was due to* the wary agility of the
four w ho attacked I hem. Shots from
the detectives' revolvers would have
brought them down at such short
range of course: but the policemen
seemed b«nt on capturing them alive,
and Filch was rot a man to have re
course to hlond hed until he could he
certain It was inevitable Blitz, and
Manning waited their chance. After
futile swings at the Indians, they
closed with them, cluhhing their re
Yolvers and bringing them down with
I crashing force on the gaudy turbans
I
01 'ns urieman. a ip* sn'omis 01
that virions pounding stunned the
Hindoos, and it was thru hut tbs
work of a moment to slip handcuff
on them. Kananda and AH. in the
meanwhile, had made no further at
tempts to use their postols. They
read death In Hirks' »th as he ron
fronted them with his long, hint
gleaming barrels aimed straight a
them. Their hesitation was fatal t(
their hope of escape. For even a
All. doubtless at a whisper or slgna
from »hp Prince, swung himself abou
to Interpose himself between Hick
and the petty potentate's sen, whit
Knnauda turned for a dash to tH<
deck. Fritz. Fitch and Manning, leav
Irg Gordon in charge of the rapture!
rrdtsns. surrounded the ofh’r twr
and disarmed them. Breathing heav
fir from the short hut sharp struggle
• he captors marched their prisoners
to the far end of the cshin snd seated
themselves between the Hindoos and
the doors. They were still on the
alert to prevent an attempt to es
cape on the part of Kananda or AH.
The other two Indians being hand
cuffed, it was less likely they would
make a spurt for liberty, but thp po
Herman took no chaneps.
"Now, Mr. Kananda," said Brits to
the Prince cheerily, "f reckon we'll
have those diamonds."
"Perhaps you will be good enough
to explain." parried the Prince with
his most blase Camhridge manner.
“Explain nothing!" shouted Brit7.
“I've fenced with you fellows long
enough. We've caught you now and
we want the goods."
“Since voti are reso'ved to carry
this miserable farce farther,” said the
Prince, "T suppose we shall have to
submit."
what you'll do!" Interrupted Man
ntng. "1 don't blame you, Rrit7„ for
losing your temper with this crowd;
fresh Is no name for it "
The Chief nodded to Gordon and
Hlrks. and they began a search of
the four prisoners that left nothing
undone to find the diamonds. When
they had examined every article of
the Indians' apparel, from the Orien
tal costumes of the low-caste Hin
doos to the conventional attire of the
Prince, they looked to Manning foi
further instruct ions, for they had
found nothing.
Then all four of the detectives, with
the Chief and the doctor, ransacked
the cabin, fore and aft and from stav
hoard to port, as thoroughly as the
Indian burglars had gone through the
apartments of Griswold and Rands
They even liftPtl the carpet op all
sides, rolled the heavy furniture
about, and prodded every locker. In
vain. If the diamonds were on board
the yacht, they were not In the
saloon.
Gordon went to the wheel, while
Hicks, who had some knowledge of
machinery, watched and regulated
the feed of the motor. Silently as a
giant swan, and as smoothly, tie
yacht threaded the cut to the broader
stretch beyond the Spuyten Duyvi!
creek and, passing under the lone
railroad bridge on which the famous
li'tle Dol!> V'arden train toddled from
bank to bank, swung downstream In
the Hudson anti headed for the Bat
tery. The vncht was off Grant’s Tomb
before an Idea occurred to Fitch, for
which Blitz r.ot only gave him full
credit, but hie sfd him heartily
"Sep if any one of those men is
wounded, lieutenant." Fitch suggested
Brit* and Manning looked the Orten
tala over, and made them walk up and
down the cabin The Prince halted
slightly in hia gait for an instant, then
recovered control of hia muscles, and
strode as steadily as hia low caste
compatriots.
"That man has the Maharanee,"
Fitch declared "You'll find it in the
calf of hia leg "
Brit* seized Kananda hv the collar
and shook him savagely
"Tf you don’t give up that diamond,
your finish will he the operating
table,” said the detective.
Kanannda forced another laugh
Brit*. Manning, and Fitch seized him
and baring his leg to the knee
| searched for marks of a wound
( Rtrangely enough, there was a little
1 lump In the calf The detectives
' looked at the doctor.
"Here's a slight protuberance, doc
tor." said Brit*. "I guess the rest is
up to you.”
Fitch took out a pocket instrument
case, and selected a tiny knife Ka
nanda on the point of beginning an
other struggle to escape, was choked
and held powerless hy Pr*t* and .Man
ning Gripping the Prince's leg firmly,
The Scowling Orientals Were Penned
In a Cerner.
the doctor worked hts scalpel gently
into the small lump in the <Vsh a
wound so recent that It had been
hound together bv pieces of court
plaster the color of the skin. Then he
trlumphantlr extracted something
which, though ruddied, sparktnd In the
gleam of the incandescent iarrcps with
which the cabin, despite the detviighf
still was illuminated.
“The Maharanee d'antond!"
Britz and Manning together.
cried
CHAPTER XXVI.
, V'jtual Explanations.
, Tt was< breakfast time. and Britz and
I Fitch after their exciting night \ee'«■
I bup.g’-y enough to eat a Hindoo hnl
„ they did noi s'np to shew confdTnra
, Hon to thofr Inner men.
, As he expected, Brit? found fris
wold and Mrs Heist rcehe !n the big
! reception room of the rteiective -t
roan with the defectives who harf t
rested them waiting ponderous!v ntj'.r
the door, and an interested desk not -
tenant looked up from his work to
hsar the denotieTitent of what Pol P*
ifpadona'i*rs had romp *o regard ah
the “star" cap* of tne year.
Britz waited slowly in his own
room, where the scowling Orientals
were penned in a corner, while iho
hief of the detectives antri his two
subordinates were taking well earned
ost in the lieutenant's eas - t ail .
Britz talked to Manning in whispers,
then went to the telephone and taller.
Mrs Missioner's house
"flood morning. Mrs. Wission»r!" he
said over the wire. "This is I.lenten
ant Britz -Britz., of lioadqnajtcrs. I
called yon up to tell yon we had ar
rested the Jewel thieves and —!»'s par
don? What did jmi say your jewels
have been returned to you? That'.'
strange. I have one of them in m\
pocket, now. How's that? You say you
have all your jewels? Then whose h
this- the Maharanee? Pardon.pie. Mr»
Mlssioner, I don't (|»!te iin<l‘*r»taiid
We have the thieves here and ihe big
cest of the diamonds. What did yo\
ay you don't want the tit lever. prosp
fitted? Why, really, Mi's. M isstraier
ps, of coursp—yes, I am talking from
I’oIIcp Hradrpiarters' they am hero
now. ail the thieves, lot No 1 and lot
No. 2. You say you don't unde.rsl and ?
Well, I toil you, Mrs. "Mlssioner,. per
haps you had better run down here.
Ye*. I know it is a great deal to as! .
but I have worked pretty harrl to find
ottr diamonds yes, da.y and night.
The Chief thinks It would he brtfter if
you could arrange to c#me down. I
won’t take you long; you naed n •# star
more than five minutes. (5h, b'rt yon.
don't know who the thieves ar«; yes.
you have guessed in part not alto
gethrr; but I think you'd better enmt
down, Mrs. Missiotter; you will bp In
forested. 1 am sure. How’s that*’ Print;
Mr. Sands? Bv a.ll means, if you wish
Yes, 1 will await you then you'll
come? Thank you very much, Mrs.
Mlssioner. Good by.
“Now, what do you th’nk of the*?''
said Brit7. to Manning. ‘‘After all our
work, Mrs. Misrdoner calm'4 inform-:
me that her jewels have be m re
turned to her, aud that she does not
wish to prosecute the thiev's. Sf'>.
says she is wilting to overtook their
little deviations from the p:»t!h of "hon
esty, as she Is so glad to re
cover her jewels. I told her 1 h: d tin
Maharanee in my pocket, and she in
slsted she had all her get***. WhaUd"
you know about that, anyway?”
Mrs. Delaroche was brought In bv a
private of the detective force, an4
Brit7.. with elaborate politeness, bowed
her to a chsir. She was too anrtrv to
acVnowled»a sis courtesy, and she so’
looking at the lieutenant and the
Chief with flashing eyes
"Mrs. Delarorhe,” sa!H Rrita, "I
may as well tell you at the outset that
the game Is up. We know all ahout.
your connection with this rase. and the
hest thing for you to do is to toil us
everything you know. Your friend.
Mr Griswold. as you have seen, is tin
der arrest. What do you know ahout
him?"
"I shall answer no questions,” said
Mrs. Delarorhe, “until I shall have
had an opportunity to engage coun
sel."
“Mr. Griswold Is engaged to marry
you ?”
Of oonrs»,” she replied with an In
dignant flush.
"Now, Mrs. Delarorhe,’’ Frit* re
, piled. "I’m going to tell you that you
are the most mistaken lady in Man
hattan Island right now. Griswold is
not engaged to you; at any rate he
doesn't understand that he Is.”
“What do you mean, sir?”
”1 mean, madam." answered Brit*,
"that Mr. Curtis Griswold, though he
engaged himself to marry you, has
been Industriously engaged for some
time past In attempting to become en
gaged to another woman.”
'Who is she?”
“She is the possessor of many mil
lions," said Brttz, "a woman of ac
knowledged beauty and of undrnlat'e
charm. Of course, I don't undertake
to say for a moment, madam, that her
attraotlvenes equals yours. Doubtless,
Mr. Griswold, being an enterprising
young man. has eyes more to her mil
lions than to her looks. Nevertheless,
she Is a beauty.”
He watched closely the effect of hl3
words on the high-strung woman facing
him, and saw that he had touched a re
sponsive chord. Her eves flashed as
If her very soul vibrated with jealous
rage. Her breath came and went in
short gasps. Her fingers twisted and
untwisted nervously, and she seem-d
to be on the point of a violent revela
tion when the situation was interrupt
ed by a knock on the door.
Brit*, a flash of amusement in his
fare, walked to the door, opened it.
and thrust his bead out. In the cor
ridor stood a man from the Detective
Bureau who said :
"The prisoner. OriswoM. requests an
immediate interview with Idcutonint
Britz."
Brit* hesitated a minute, then said:
Bring him In here." and then returned
to Mrs. Delarorhe
“I shall not ask von to take my
word for ft, madam," ho said “I'll soon
give you proof of the very host kind
that what I have toid vott about Mr.
Griswold Is truo. .lust sit nv»r boro In
this alcove where yon oannot ho seen
from tho middip of tho room, and pay
attention to wha* goes on "
Shortly after that. Oriswo'd was
brought into the room, and the lieu
tenant, his hands in his pookrts. his
shoulders squared, his features oast in
* an iron mold, oonfronted the elnlv
man.
' "How long is this farce going to he
kept up?" Griswold demanded.
"X*** offbsf now, Griswold, f’re
rot the goods on you. The less of that
Mnd of talk you indulge in. the hefror
for all roni erred. Mrs. Delarouh# l a*
eld everything!"
Griswold inquired sarcastically.
And what. pray, had she to le'l?”
“A great deal more than Mrs Mis
-inner knows." answered Brits', craft
fly.
"Don't you mention that lady's name
in such a place a* tills!" exclaimed
Griswold with a show of chivalry that
would have gone very well before a
Jury, hut which was lost on such hard
oned thief takers as Rritz and Man
ning.
"No harm in mentioning her name,
I Is there when the lady herself will
be here in a few minutes?”
This time there was no simulation
in the start Griswold gave He stared
nf the detective as if he doubted hts
own hearing
‘‘Why why—yon simply must not
let her come here." said Griswold
again. "I would not have her see me
here for anything in tb“ world Can’t
this be arranged somehow? Say. you
know I am not a poor man
Brit/ grinned at him
‘‘Oh. I know yon can't b» hought."
said Griswold ‘ But this is a serious
matter to me It means my whole
future. I don't want Mrs Missfnper
to come here and see me a prisoner
It will be different wb»n th» case
comes to trial. I will have rounsel
then, and 1 can take care of myself,
but Just now I'm helpless Don't brine
the woman here to make her iose all
respect for we; oh, man. don't queer
me!"
i
Millieant Dalarorlio from tha sirova
hoard and Raw all that panaad b»
twf#n tha man Sha grlppad tha slon
dar arm of har ohair until h«r tapar
Ing Angara curving around It hit into
har pink palm Sh* watobad th<* un
Tnlatakahla agitation of tha prisonor
until no doubt ramainad In h<*r mind
of bis attltuda toward Mr* V1s*ionar.
Than har raga broka through all re
straint. Casting tha dataotlvs'* ran
tlon to tha wind*, aha atrada to tha
oantar of tha roam and tawamd abova
Orlswold. a*, thundaratrurk »t Right
of har—In hi* aalf oantarad prida of
what might hap»»n. ha had uttarlv for
gottan for awhlla har pr*«anoa ,n Po
lira Haadouartars—ha marad unaa*
lly (n hi* chair
"Parlurar!" aha screamed. "Liar!
Tngrate’ Thiaf!"
Facb word w»* HVa tha *n»p of a
la*h that brought a winding start from
Orlswold a* if a blank snaVa whip
had Rtung him H» atratrhad hi*
hand* toward har Imploringly
"Mllllrant!" ha cri*d
(TO Bl- CONTINUI o Nl XT Wm-k.)
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