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We print visiting cards anc
stationery of all kind.
For Sale—A new organ at a bar
gain. Call at News office.
Everybody has a hobby, doinj;
the right kind of job work is ours
M. W. McCoy was a Monroe
visitor Wednesday.
Robt. Reynolds and wife are
home from a visit at Camden.
G. E. Bennett transacted busi
ness at Monroe Wednesday.
Strong is to have a postal sav
ings bank in the near future.
James Bradshaw and wife visit
ed with friends at Clarks, La., this
week.
C. C. Bell is home from an ex
tended business trip to Chicago and
Cincinnati.
W. W. Miles of El Dorado was
here the first of the visiting hi:
broth rr, F. W.
Isaac Duncan has been confined
to his bed for several days with an
attack of fever.
Mrs J. H. Edwards of Haile,La.,
vi ited her parents, Mr. arid Mrs.
D. W. Spencer, last week.
Miss Ruth Moore left Tuesday
for Nashville to spend several
months with her grandparents.
G. C. Waller was called to Ellsi
nore, Mo., last week on account of
the serious illness of his father.
Misses Clara and Annie Mae
Perritt were down from Strong
this week visiting their father, J.W.
Miss Patsy Barnes of Farmer
\ wide was here the latter part of
last week the guest of Mrs. T. B.
Weaver._
Marshal Tom Ashcroft was at
Monroe Monday to meet his family
week who h.'.ve been visiting at
Calhoun. La.
Tom Millstead was called to
Winnfield. La.. Thursday to attend
the bedside of his dying sister.Mrs.
Alice Robinson.
Miss Carrie Har rell left Saturday
for Chicago to spend several weeks
in the public schools in that city
taking pointers.
Misses Lillian and Beth Pryor of
Spearsville, La., were here this
w< ek the guests of theis uncle, C.
J. Pryor, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Winbourne,
formerly of this place but are now
located at Mist, are the proud par
ents of a fine girl.
Mrs. M. H. Claybaugh and Mrs
Tom Millstead are at Winnfield.
La., for a two weeks visit with rel
atives and friends.
Quite a large number of the
members of Sweet Bay Grove No.
145. W. C.. attended the meeting
of Sadie Grove last Saturday.
E. E. Buchanan, superintendant
of the Wisconsin Lumber Compa
ny’s hardwood plant here, arrived
home Tuesday from an extended
visit in Michigan.
Wallace Watkins of Tyler.Texes
is filling the place of E. W. Mulkey
in the general office and Mr. Mul
k y is doing Louis Cartall s work
whilehe is visiting in St. Louis.
Owing to the advance in the cost
of the raw materials from which
paper is manufactured, ar.d also tc
the fact there is to be a readjust
ment of the wage schedule, all pa
per mills have advanced their prices
and paper stock used in job print
i ing has advanced from ’2 cent to 2
cents per pound recently.
V/oolless sheep are one of the
peculiarities of the Kongo country.
Old papers for sale at this office.
100 for ] 5 cents.
Overshoes are now being made
of a mixture of rubber and asbestos.
The commencement exercises of
the State Agricultural school lo
cated at Monticello will be held
from May 24 to May 28 inclusive
and the public is cordially invited
; to attend.
V/e treat Piles successfully with
out knife or chloroform. Refer
ence and information on application.
Drs McCall & Williams.
Lawson. Ark.
An adjourned term of the Union
County Circuit court will be held
at El Dorado next week when the
cases of the state against Benzie
Hinson and John Wysinger will be
tried.
Mrs. J. W. Derden of Felsenthal
was here Sunday visiting Mrs. C.
R. Duncan. Mrs. Derden and Mrs
Duncan were girlhood friends in
Alabama.
The business of Calo Oddo at
Felsenthal has been purchased by
Ike Felsenthal, Hendrick Alphir
and J. K. Mahony of El Dorado
8. K. Mahony will be the manager
of the business.
The senate has passed a bill re
quiring all ocean going vessels car
rying 200 or more persons, pas
sengers and crew, to employ tw<
wireless operators, so that one ma\
always be on dutv.
The annual school election was
held last Saturday and a light vote
cast. C. T. Thompson and E. N
Collett were. elected directors foi
trrms of three years each and a 5
mills school tax voted.
J. W. Murphy, the sm'lling clerk
in the drug department of the
Union Saw Mill store, is at Hot
Springs for a several weeks stay on
account of rheumatism. Russell
Moore is working in his place.
The value of the mine output of
lead and zinc in Arkansas for the
calender year 1911. according t<
J. P. Dunlop, of the United States
Geological Survey, was $81456.
compared with $112,896 in 1910.
Senator Swanson of Virginia has
a bill in the senate providing that
the government shall purchase the
tract of 400 acres on which the
"natural bridge" of Virginia is lo
cated. at a cost of $200,000, and
make it into a national reserve.
The editor and wife attended the
meeting of the Arkansas Press As
sociation at Hope this week and
also tee excursion which visited
the largest cement plant in the
world at Ashdewn. the largest
peach orchard at Highland and the
only diamond mines in America at
Murfreesboro.
The Methodist meeting which
h is been in progress at the Union
church at this place since the 18th
closed Wednesday night with 10
accessions to the church with oth
ers to follow. Rev. J. A. Parker
of Fordyce did the preaching and
he did it well. Rev. Parker is a
strong preacher and our people
were pleased with his work.
News comes from Monroe that
Mrs. C. B. Flynn of this place, who
j underwent, a serious operation
there last week, is improving rap
idly and will soon be atle to come
home. Conductor Flynn is laying
off from his work on the Farmer
ville & Southern passenger train
so that he can be with her during
her illness.—Farmerville Gazette.
CHAPTER I The story open* with a
■cream from Dorothy Marche, e harm
ing debutante, in the opera b^\ of the
wealthy widow, Mrs Doris M ssion» r, at
the Metropolitan Opera Hons* in New
York City. It is occasioned by Mis Mis
sioner'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. gathei
up some of the diamonds, but the gem
«>f the collection, tile celebrated Mahar
anee. is missing Griswold steps on the
apparent missing diamond ami it crushes
under ,his he'd. A Hindoo conies from hii
adjoining box. and picking up a Ma' e of
the crushed gem pronounces it a fraud,
no; the genuine Maharanee, but- paMe.
CHAPTER II The entire party proceed
to the elegant mansion of Mrs. Missioner
where she takes them to a room having
a safe- containing other diamonds. She
afterwards sends for a Mr. Rascome. an
• Xpert. who pronounces the stones al
Ctp < s. 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
monds was accomplished by some one in
tiie house. The servants are questioned,
but without result. Then they learn that
Miss Elinor Holcomb, the confidential
ornpanlon of Mrs. Missioner, has a dupli
^ate key to the safe and they send for
her.
CHAPTER IV—The detectives Incline to
the belief that Miss Holcomb is Involved
in the robb'Yy. They search her room
and in h cabinet, wrapped in tissue pi
per. they find one of the original dia
monds. Mrs Missioner protests that
Elinor is guiltless, but the delicate girl
is marched off to prison.
CHAPTER V Meantime, in an up-town
mansion, the Hin loo of the theater episode
who is known as the Swarni. and a Hindo »
prime Kanamla. discuss the arrest They
ere in the United States to recover tin
Maharanee, which is a sacred r-dic of
India, and are puzzled at the discovery
of the imitation.
CHAPTER VI— Detective Rritz an ex
pert of the police force, now takes up the
« ase. He interview's Elinor who is pros
trated by the cloud resting on her. The
i^tectlve evidently believes the girl inno
cent.
CHAPTER V7T—Dr. Lawrence Fitch
fian e of minor, visits her in prison
>ne is remanded for trial on suspicion of
being the thief. Britz talks encouraging!;,
to Fitch and asks his co-operation in
running down the real criminal.
< HAPTER VIII - The detective advises
that Elinor does not seek hail 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 Paris had the
diamonds with her. He cables the police
ih-ue and they ascertain that the dupli
'«’e* were made from drawings of the
original stones. The person ordering th»
substitutes gave the name of Elinor Hoi
comb.
CHAPTER X The detective has an In
terview with Miss Marche. He learns
who of Elinor’s friends can draw. H*
clumsily draws a picture of the safe
Griswold offers to assist him. showing
skill as an artist. Eater as the detective
1« walking through Central Pork he is
suddently seized and thrown into a closed
automobile.
CHAPTER XI—A wild ride ensues and
Britz finds he has been made captive bv
’Free Hindoos. He endeavors to escape
but Is bound and drugged.
CHAPTER XIT His captors imprison
Britz in a d^s^r'^d house. IT» finally
manages to get fre© from his bonds, ps
capes and reports at headquarters now
onvineed that the Hindoos are materially
'nteregted In the ease
CHAPTER XIII Pretending to be n
newspaper reporter. Britz Interviews the
Swami as to the rare diamonds of India
\fter he lea vos the Swam! inform*
Prince Kanfw.en that he ha« penetrated
i he disguise of the detective
CHAPTER XIV Mrs Missioner visit'
Elinor in prison but is dissuaded fron
hailing her out until her innocence Iv
proven. Britz learns of an insane dia
iiiond expert on Ward’s Island and asks
Pitch to go with him and interview1 th*»
man.
CHAPTER XV The insane diamond ©\
pert tells enough to lead the detective t*
believe that either Griswold or Sands ern
ployed him to make counterfeits of the
Missioner gems.
CHAPTER XVT—OrlKW'1,1. lnt*rvt*wirt
bv Britz. intimates that Hands is on the
verge of failure He evidently wishes the
detective to believe that his r’val In love
may have something to do with the dia
mond robbery.
CHAPTER X V11 Two Hindoos burglar
ize the home of Sands, evidently thinking
thiit he may have the Maharanee dia
mond Britz captures them and on one
discovers a not** addressed to "Curtis'*
and signed "MMlieent" which they have
found somewhere in their wandering
search for the gems.
rHATTBK XVIII T),» Stnml visits
Mrs. MIssloncr and tries to so]vr the mys
tery of the diamonds. I/Htor at his
own house he dlrocts Ins Hindoo nllles to
i onttnue their seurch for the mystorimts
ly missing gem.
rHAPTKK XIX Rritz locates a woman
natned Millicent Delat-nebe He learns
that secretly ehe Is affianced to Curtis
(Ins wold.
CHAPTER XX The Stvami atteyids s
hall at the home of Mrs. Missloner hut
docs not learn anythin* further about the
diamonds. The detective watches (Iris
wold hoping to gain a clew to the mys
terious Millicent.
OHAPTRR XXI Rrltz disguised as a
burglar visits the apartment of .Milliceni
Delaroche who he is salisflod is keeping
the-" stolen diamonds for Griswold. fie
finds a box that once contained them, but
|1 Is empty.
Fitch checked him with an upraised
hand, and the patrolman's eyes al
j most hurst In their sockets as, lower
ing his gaze. he saw the up reaching
death covered by the Headquarters
man's pistol. For a second's space.
1 none of the three men moved. Then a
metallic click broke the suspense,
only to leave It In another instant
more taut than ever as all three re
allzed the cartridge had missed fire.
The hluecoat's hand reached for his
j club. Panic-stricken though he had
been at first sight of the eolira, he had
the pluck common to the humblest
member of "the finest," and he plain
ly meditated taking the serpent from
the rear. He would not trust to hts
revolver, lest his aim, spoiled by the
Intensity of the situation, should fly
high anti hit one of the two refugees
atop the chiffonier. Hut Blitz saved
the patrolman from what would un
doubtedly have been a foolhardy act
of courage. Hastily breaking his re
volver open, he made a swift exam
ination of the cartridge, saw that its
rim wag not dented by ihe hammer,
an.i, concluding: an an blent for which
the shell was not to blame had pte
vented an evplosion. set the chamber
once more, and fired strain This
tine a crack followed. The great
i cobra shot into the air. and then fell
' squirming to the floor. Its coils un
bent as at fti'l lergih it writhed In Its
I death agony. Brit/, leaved tn the far
| side of the tab*'. seized a hr v hook
j and httrlf d it m the serpent
j That soon ended the reptile's strut;
. tries: hut the doctor, brave enough tin
d"r ordinary conditions, was not oon
j rent until with a dagget 'lke paper out
! tor he snatched from the table he
severed the snake's head from its
twisting body.
rtri.z ‘-j; h and the patrolman took
j deep breaths as they stood on the
! porch. The detective lost little time
i in recuperating thonch. and after httr
A Metallic Click Broke the Suspense.
rled Instructions to tr.e biuecqat, he
and the doctor Jumped into ’he coupe
The uniformed patro'man climbed to
the box, turning tile horses head
westward. He drove the weary brute
at high speed to a taxicab stand.
Where the de*ec;.!ve and physician en
tercd a horreless vehicle in which
they were whirled to Headquarters
where Fritz had » short hut tmpor
ant conference with the Chief.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Mrs. Missioner’s Visiter.
Mrs. Missioner, after the ball, took
In the fag end of a bridge party, and
stared so late that when she returned
to her home the east was strijied with
dawn, and the maid wtio had waited
ip for'her was sleeping soundly In a
I chair. The widow was not yet dis
posed for slumher It had been an
exciting night. Her fancy bad been
stimulated so greatly by her brier
talk with the Sw.ami In the ballroom
i hat she w as unable to turn It from
‘he mysterious Oriental hi torv of
the Maharanee diamond Fbe knew
no more of I he Jewel's past than she
had related to the sage, for her hus
hand had not acquainted her with all
the d°tails connected with his acquisi
tion of it. Pometbing in the Pwami's
manner caused tier to regard the ston»
with more or less aversion. She be
I sun to doubt the purity of its rerord
Pond though she was of gems, even
to the point of being a jewel worship
er. she was American to her Pnger
tips, and would shrink in terror from
any bauble that came to her stained
with the tiniest drop of human blood
| I : TT lift') HP » » * i 11 ▼ I linkin’ IMP 1*1 <*
way; at any rate, she had always re
speeted and admired him It seemed
Impossible be won Id be a party to
wrongdoing. Vet she ronld tiot shake
off a sensation of dread whenever slm
rememhercd how int’matelv the jewel
had nestled Ip tbe snows of her throat,
and rivaled the brightness of her ei rs
roilld it be she had worn a gem whose
dre was more suited to the glow of an
inferno than to the Kden of a good
woman's loveliness?
Drawing about ler shonlders a soft,
warm shawl, she tool: a seat at a win
dow in her boudoir and sat gazing into
a sky pink and gray with daybreak,
trying to solve her real feelings |p
regard to the recovery of the Mahara
nee diamond. She was in the mid -1
of her meditation when she heard thp
faint ringing of a hell at the zither end
of her h’g hose. In a little while,
a footman rapped on the done of her
boudoir. It awakened her maid, and
the girl tier eves swollen with sleep,
approaehed the widow with a card
bearing no name, but Inscribed with
the message
“If Is lmpnr*ant tl at I lie permitted
to see you at ones."
At such an hour? Mrs. Mlssloner
was astonished bv ‘he reonest. Who
could her early visitor ho? Surely no
one in her own eirele of acquaintances
would venture upon snob a libertv. If
tf were a nueetlon of lif" or death
there was still the telephone Seore
ey was Indicated bv tbe attempt of
the person to see her face to fare,
t^aste breathed In overv word of the
scholarly sprawl. Mrs. Mlssloner was
not nltraeopventionnl bnt the request
‘or an Interview at t! at t’rne of dav
an hour that almost m'rb.t be called
a Itine of nigM -was bevond the scone
of even her liberal views. However
cur'rnltv rdnouerpd P,s it has been do
tug In the eacos of women jewels, and
| apolcs since the world began and rv°
| !termed her ma'd she would see the
visitor In the library.
She controlled her rawnrsp for
understanding of the reouesl never
theless. «-o veil flat wl rn 'n a letsure
lv way she reached the blp room on
the main floor, the visitor was already
'v'thln It lie stood at a window look
toe ln‘o a street and shielding him
self behind a rnrtain from ebanee
glances As his head w as bare It was
not until the second plance that she
npcopnlred the Swantl. She was not
onlv astonished bnt startled hv the
recognition What could this mysteri
ous student of the occult want w'th
her? What could possible he the oh
ieet of his visit to her home at such
an hour’ He was an old acquaint
anep in a sense hut one Mrs Mis
sinner had not cultivated In this par)
of H'e world.
He waited until she was close to
the hearthrug before le turned, and
snM with a profound bow:
"Madam, my intrusion Is excused
hv the fart that I can restore your
"Is It possible!" she exclaimed.
"It is more than possible. It Is a
fact accompli* hedhe answered
Taking front an inner pocket a pack
ace In sill, tissue, he extended It
toward her with the words
"Yon wl'i And In this parcel, madam,
all the diamonds of vour necklace
with the exception of the largest -
the M: ha ranee "
"Rut the hlc diamond of the whole
cei l )ac“ the Maharanee!" cr>ed Mrs.
Mi=y'-'oer “How did you And these
and not find that?"
"I I aVf not said that T did not re
cover it " said the Swaml. "On the
contrary, 1 confess to you that T
can cd pos ession of the Maharanee
at the time when I got these: but jt
tern-t not. cannot he restored to you.”
"I am grateful for what you have
’one." He widow said gently; "hut T
nn unable to understand vour atM
Rule in regard to the missing stone.
Why should I not have that, too? Ii
Is mine
"Mnd-am," sa'd t'np Oriental. In t^o
• onr'llcst way, ‘ I tv nuld nnl for th<
world spy anythin* to disturh votir
faith In vonr husband Thorp lj no
ood of doing so Your faith is war
ranted Mr Mlsslonor when lip xyid
'list, thought ho was telling the tro*h
rnfortimatPly for son. as well as for
inanv othprs. lip was not sneaking the
’ruth. The renegade who nold tjhat
Jewel to your husband did not buy It
from a Maharanee He did not buy) It
from anyone He stole it I "
"Stole It!” the widow cried. wltbfya
little wail In her voire "Impossib1‘*t‘*
"Pardon me once more, madam It
Is so far from being imr'Oss1b'e thgit
It Is the strict truth Xnr was fi>«
theft the only crime of which live imm
was guilty. In stealing that jewel, he
committed a dreadful sacrilege ."
Mrs. Missloner was so overcome hv
her emotions that she was obliged, itl
spite of her in'pniioti. to sit down,
and therefore to extend to her visitor
an Invitation to be seated also, before
she could get herself well enough In
hand to follow fhe Swaml's narrative
calmlv.
"That diamond.” continued the sage,
"once Mazed in the forehead of the
great Puddha. in the Temple of Delhi.
Tt was revered h* thousands, hundreds
of thousands, by millions, as the most
acred work of the irr d; for tradition
arc it was the undisputed prope t'"
of Puddha himself when he watUnL
the earth In his latr?i Incarnation ”
Mr- Missioner's lips were parted.
Tier eyes •were fixed upon the Orien
tal's in tlie intensity of her Inters "
"On“ night ” tlie sage went on,
when a hind of mill'ant priests as
signed to guard the shrine of Rndriha.
In the g.cat Delhi temple relaxed i's,
vigilance, a sacrilegious wrntih on
whoso bead be all the curses cf all
ihe centuries' made Ms way Into.
Die heart of the sacred hnllding and
wrested tie diamorid from the b ow
of tt’o zoo I hat h<> was pot blactpo
■u hi?* tracks hr the lightning ot flh’irp
wrath proves that thp mind of >he
god at that roomer* way shrouded in
mcditadnn for t!•*» benefit of his chil
dren I ho slnno was missed at dawn.
Within the hour, anrol men won
scouring thp city for thp ariosiat*
i thief N*e trac° of him was found.
Tho Vahavafah of that kingdom. tax
| 'hough he had been in certain ol>
-.ervancps of flip faith, wan too into a
son of t’e Temple to lot the carelpf.s
nri°sts CO unpunished. Rv his order
they were seized. a hundred of them,
and thrown into prison. A royal d«
<r*e wap nromn'gatpd. the effect of
v h’oh is that pom of those unhappy
| captives is to see 'hp light of day un
I -il tho diamond ia rpturnpd to Its place
in Buddha's forehead, The temple
I was draped in thp mourning colors of
j iho oast, and those colors still dp. k
i its lor,p]v walls. No t>up believer's
i foot may ho sppu within 'ts portals
i while tho cmnt stone Is missing Ton
: hrsthroo of tho pripythnod languish
| In dungeons, hoping against hop© that
Buddha may manifest his mprcY hv
causing thp gem to hp regained and
replaced upon Us brow. Entended.
noworshltted. thp god sits upon Ids
thronp within thp shrlnp waiting for
thp rp-toraf.lon of Iris own."
Mrs. Mlss'oner was thrilled by the
narrative. She was somewhat at a,
lens, however, to account for the donth
of the R wand's interest tn the reran,
tnre of the great diamond t'ntl! !><*
; 'infolded I is story further, she did not
'now how personal that interest was.
“Tfow does this affpet you?” slyo
ashed. “V. hv should you be at sn< h
pains to find and restore ‘he diamond?
And to return tkeae other stones to
i rr.p?"
“You will need no further e\plnna_
1 ’Ion madam.” said the s<hob.r. with
utjnost courtesy, "when I tell von that
the priests who lie tn that Eastern
prison are mv brethren."
“But how Is It you are not atnon<:
f bf'Tyt y*
i a special dispensation or mercy
on the part of the Maharaja It." he an
swered "Whan tiro year*. as von
count th«*m. had flown and still tha
dinmond was missing—when all the
other servants of the kingdom had
searched India the re-t of the Client,
and even Kttrnpe for it. Ills Majesty •
re'euted far enough to direct that
the Imprisoned priests choose one of
their number to girdle the earth in
ouest of the stone. 1, being the voting*
e-t of the nriesthood was selected for
the task. For the priests themselves,
though prisoners of woe »re morn
concerned to have the stain wined out
than to return to the world fro*n
which they have been ev'led. They
(hose the youngest that the searcher
might have as lorg a time as nstvre
permitted to carrv out the quest "
The Swam! paused an instant, and
then continued :
“So you see that not only do a hun
dred human lives hang upon the re
turn of that single Jewel to the place
whence It was stolen, hut that the
faith, the religion, the very hope of
eternity of millions of persons are
equally dependent upon it t'ntil the
gem gleams again In Buddha's brow,
no prayer for redemption can he
breathed with any hope of response
in the most remote part of t1 e
Maharajah's kingdom Pan yon won.
der that I would sell life Itself to
a( hieve this task ?"
Mrs. Missfoner did not wonder She
clasped between her hands the packet
containing the other stones of her
necklace, and gazed dreamily into the
Are.
“What is it. then, you wish?” she
ashed. “What can I do for you? la
It a question of a reward?”
“Not in that sense." said the Swsml
quickly. "I want no recompense for
returning to von that wh<ch belongs
to yon Those stones are vonrs it
would he as wicked for me to kw>
•hem, according to the Vg’-t of mv
faith, as 1n the moral intelligence of
vottrs But I do want a reward In
wav. I ask your permission to r«tur-|
to my native land and I request that
you cause all further efforts to re.
cover the hlg diamond to end rt once.”
"How can I do that"" inquired t! «
widow
“The mat'c- Is now tn *h» hands of
tlio police Toil can sav truthfully
to the police." the S vatui reul|eqi
“thnt your diamonds have linen re
turned to you; that you are an*'sP'ed
with the explanation of their disap
pearance that accompanied their
restoration, and that ;ou wish all
further activity on the part of tr.e
authorities to cease.”
“I will consider It.”
“I trust your consideration will not
cover many hours.” said the Swaml.
[rising "If you come to a decision
-quickly and a favorable one. you will
avert a very strong possibility of
(bloodshed."
| Mrs Missioner stnrted.
“The Maharanee diamond, as you
caV It, is in the keeping of my col
league." the Swaml continued "That
man* Brit*, the detective from Head
quarters, who h8s been most active
In thesh'int for your necklace. Is (lose
upon <his heels. It is Impossible for
! —«—»—-—
V’..
Mr».|Mi»sioner Old Not Wonder.
my rormrarie to escs^w from the city
ttnVess you express .1 desire to have
the police corrkon now'surrounding ns
withdrawn. Me will riot give up the
Jewel •while he retains' the slightest
(park rf life with which ito fight tor It.
And neit her'will he stop at what voor
ph#-#e of rlflllvt-tlon WOtlH rail tttur
tier. If It h«r<rn]eg at all ivessary for
the defense of the atone."
A little shi tfder ran through Mrs.
Mfcssloner.
"I will com* for your decision at
noon," said t ,tv” Swaml. "H Is the
s.fest time fot me to pass through
the streets. as tthey are then at tbeT
h'uyiest ThlltP" well upon my request,
If you Ttleaae. ‘madam. 1-et nol the
Has red stone c< v'.hack to its shrine with
Western blood t^oon H.”
/ CHf rTVER XXIV.
(■^
Brltr r how* His Hand.
Ftd'owing ►> talk between I’.rHf
ht’d Mainline » office of the chief
rir detectives, flic lieutenant hastened
to his own jnfin, t where Flteh was
awaiting him. Me excused himself to
the physlt ian/and e ftered a tele;.hone
booth a tb<^ far ei! % of h's othce in
which P w;#r, areitf oed to conduct
M« more prirnte wj-w conversations.
Through tbo glass - ft' thd silence nartt
♦ Ion. Kltch <ew M g> defective s eves
sparkle as he. lit; tou«\i *o w hat the
tcan nt the oti»pr-end o’Jhe wire was
saying. WbUeittrfltz sMlt*\jv:M* talking.
Maiming camejtn. glanced kin'iniringlr
st the dot tor. and settled ‘himself I”
K big chair as If for a fi *fl cr IUI1'
liicre protrar'eid Interview- Vlrh his
• b’e lieutenant. 1
(To Be Continued Next Wei fr >