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THIS STAIITS TIIH STOI5Y
HiirIi tinrlnml. of llio I'nltril Stale
Cilstotni Service, i" iissijtiicd In (lis
rover Hie ulirreiiliouts of n wonderful
led dinniiinil which Iin. been snni;;
fled into (lie count r III some nmn
ner unknown. To that end he ne
ccpts n ioitlon lis nssllnnl to Col
onel Wli.irton. n collector of mi
liquet nnd Reinx, In Hie i-olonel'H
house he inert Horn Wlinrlnti, Iil
hiere. nnd .lules .Ini-quellc mid Vie
lor .(n.Mie. cucts. (jarlnnil -ee :i
Inn li in rnij (IoiIrIuc iirouuil Hie
CroiimN. nnd Inter si.c- li tin in rtili-
verution with Vietnr .tn.uio. A
vlit fiom Doit or Henderson, a
neighbor, stints a cntivrrsnlloii nhniir
ii'mnnnti. nnd the colonel ilipla:s
Hie Star of the Smith, fhe jewel for
which (inrlnnd is linulliis. liar
land hrsiinte.i ns to his eonrso licrniisr
lie tins fallen in lne with Horn.
m iikijk it c(m:im;i'.s
i hrrp linrion '"' lie nkeil. "1
want lo .enk to him."
I told him I linil not 'et een
I lie
eolonel and that I feared he was sliRhtlj
nnuer tin- weamer.
lie looked at me intentl. for some
inonients and then he said ill I1I9 rapid
lire -lvle :
See here, Carlainl; ,1011 look like n
sensible fellow and there'-, no renmi
why 1 -houldn't talk to you. It'
about -
" lioul the led I li.iinond." I in.
lemiplnl.
"Preeiselj." he admitted. "Iilll how
111 all creation did joii irnes- that'.'"
"I'robnbh ." 1 explained, "because
it's been on inj mind, too."
".lust -o. just so." he nodileil. nib
Ihiir hi hand together. "'ov the
purpose of my visit this iniirniiii; is to
advise Wharton to set rid of that lied
Diamond. It's absurd to have a thins
like that in a private eollretiou. Wlij .
1 wouldn't lime it j (,P house. I'd
frel thai I was in s tniiih danger as
j I were siltin:: on a keg of dynamite
smokins: a cigarette not." he added
with a (piniut mile. "that 1 would
smoke a cigarette an. more than 1 .
would sit on a ke of d.innniilc."
"I understand juii perfectly." I .aid.
Hood, good I" he ejneiilated. "It's
sueli a pleasure to lie understood. Mo
people are lnistmileMnoil especially
doctors
The nppeni'fliiee of Hie head of the
house at thai moment in a Ions dress
jn;; sown and a skull cap caused Hen
derson to smile.
"Speak of the dei." he said, ad
vancitu: nnd extendiu: hi hand, "and
lie's sure to appear." .
Colonel Wharton looked tired and
jaded, like all the other members of
the household. lie smiled wanly.
"What's on Tour mind, doctor?"
"That devilish diamond of jours,
sir 1 II feel happier if yon get rid
of it as soon as possible."
The colonel's ejos lighted up as they
always did when his gems were men
tioned. "Superstitions'?" he asked.
"'t superstitious, but fearful I
don t bee how you can rest while it is
in the house."'
Wharton looked at him in silence for
everal moments.
"Come." lie said present Ij. "and -rr
what it. looks like in daytime."
He went into Hie liiinp room and
we followed him. He got down on
ope knee in front of the safe. Hen
derson watched hini curiuiislj. but my
nerves were so tense that 1 could have
screamed. The colonel was shaky and
it was some time before he hit on
the combination. Presently 1 hoard Hie
liolts full, and he pulleil the door
and reached ins.ide the safe.
open I
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
nv nvniiY
"The Magic Circle"
(I'eiiiy. Hitlii ttiul their school
mates, turned into iaoiifcci3 by Hollo's
Dream Stick, scclc the maiiir circle
through which fir their escape from
Monkey Land. Wilh the ticl;. llilli
turn'' Mrs. Ureal tSruien Dragon into
a itanot and the parrot Iradir into a
hniclinn monfrrj. I
The Moulin;: AlmiUcj'.s 'I'rlili
Uy: What'H the
s- mailer will
ilh nie?" wailed the!
parrol leader, who had been turned into I
a Ilonliut; Monkey lij the lJreani Stick. '
"Uw-ow-nw-ow I We're ciuuinj:,"
echoed the loud nnswerins howl from ,
Hie distancr. ;
f'Jee! rice!" squankeil the parrots
anil parrakeets. "riee! There's magic j
in the stick. Il will turn us all into i
llowlins Monkeys, rice! Flee!'' '
As for their lender, he was so sur
lirKeil nt becoming a Howling Monkey
Hint, be just sat on a limb of the tree
and bowled and hunted. '
"I don't want to be a Howling .Mon
key ' lie mourned. "Please turn me
baik into a Chattering 1'arrot. Ow ow
oiv '. I'll be good! 1 don't want to be
a Howling Monkc.v."
The howliug of the Howling Mon
key seemed lo have a bowling effect
on the pupils who had been turned inlo
monkeys.
"Ow ow-ow-ow! We want to go
home. ()r-ow -ow -ow I Please, linil the
Magic t'ircle (iiic. irw-owow! We
vanl to go home!" they wailed.
"Ow-ow-ow ow ! We're coining'."
The howl in the jungle was now neiuer.
Clinging Tail leaped to Ihe opening
of the tree. "We il
from here as fasl as
heller gel away1
we can. I hose
Howling Monkeys- will howl u lo death I
will tell all the other IlowlinR .Men
kys just where we are."
DOROTHY DARNIT
n nev i on I overcome us wiiu, lorce me saini- sioi-t , ciiiuieieii nuiy. -ion
of uuinben ' -now mine way urst ami wnen we get and dabbed Her eyes with a little lace e eav ncs- also all his spare eh cc
All acted upon his warning, even thei there 1 II turn you buck into Mrs. U resit lnndkerohlef. i l.ime leaungs. also ail ins spare cn.inge
bowling pupil-.nunke.ts. The.v (led away llrown Dragon." I ha?.'$r ,, ,.,, .hp ..,-,., bi-nrelv ' f'"" "T " "f 1"',w,,ic ,'""1 shc
through the tree topi at full speed. "Iliss-s-s-s-s-s :" went the parrot ' ..." i! L" ,- ,, , ' s0'e ns I s, el, nV I ''Tt?,11 laf"!,1KT,RS' , . ,,
"Ow-ow-ow: Don't lento me. Turn just as if it had been turned back into i ,," HW randtim 'n, S, ,?V, Then Ins father, began taking an in-
me back into a porn..." wailed the a snake.. "Kollow me then." And il ! " "' 0 rfn , h-l vT.-nerrhil m I '"f"1 ",0 ""'V "i"'1 bUit-.R t".''V
Howling Monkey, chasing after them. Hew slowly ahead of them. i'5,ou,r .?,. i?, Jf ' cheerful at coop from a packing boi. Later, he
"We Can't let that howler go with , , , , , , ! IIc.df.ewah!Tf th i.i r .v. , , , I b""Bht .mo,'P 1,ruR' nndJ thc Bclt,
.. ni,i Clinr.!,,.. 'i',iii "Tlis howls- ( I omorroir will hr told how the i 1 m not ti nnkmg of that, I de-isnrng. hnvinc a pronounced ease of
( ' W"T Y".T s :oJ'."J II 1)Wvva5i3s9 I I USl'TSTl'
S BUTCHER AMD SEE IF HE . iy i . ' Kr- S ..,) : ;; I mi MUM! L)Wi1
jiru w proq's Ltqs ( & pi (tN-rA a. jrf i A MyL - - A- A m ,. ifTm
lie
went
seemed disappointed and then
on liol i knees nnd nrci-cii ini"ii'iniii is ovcrnioncsi, i nni is '"
Hie little compartments. Ill" niu
urally pale face became waxen and lie
tell hack with a groan :
"(tone:" he murmured feebly.
"The diamond's gone!"
Doctor Henderson looked nl me with
nmar.ement depleted upon III honest
face, lie assisted Colonel Wharton lo
a elmlr mid I rushed 011I of Hie 100m
and brought him a glass of wnler.
Willie he sipped It the doctor went
down on all fouis and fumbled In Hi"
safe. In a few moments he aroe,
looking erj grnie.
"lie's right, "' lie said simply. "il'-
not there. "
Mrs. (Villi came in and 1 told her
what had happened. She gave a .hrill
scream which aroused the household.
In a little while Jules ,laeiuelte,
Victor .Iiij tie and some of the servants
had (nine into the room. Theie were
confused explanations during which
each one gazed blankly at his neigh
bor Dora Whnrtnn was the last one
to arrive and I noticed that she re
mained apart from the others and
did not look in the snfe or ask any
ipiestious. Her face had the pallor
of death and there was agony in her
eyes.
If eer guill n depicted upon Hie
countenance of a human being it
showed Itself, on the face of Dora
barton
At that moment my supreme desire
11ns to lake her In my arms and telliall iliai upon a man of Colonel lAhnr
her that I would defend her against ' ton's sensibilities-- "
the world. ! "What of Hint," interrupted the
Mill 1 could a.i nothing: do nothing. ' !,,,j'tol. "j"' "", "V"1''''1 ,?l"Uo' ,'.'.'.f u
.lules .laeipiette looked at
Wharlon iutentli and asked
i 'ni.nml
lihn if
nun it
an one but himself knew the cumlim- 1
ntion of the safe. Vut the -master of
lleilgewater House stared at the
Mraziliaii imantl -ami said nothing.
Some one else asked him a uuesliou. but
'lie colonel made no rep1 . He was
(lasted and 11101 eil aiounil the room as if
bereaved of his sen-es. When he wn
able to speak it was onl to sny lo
himself :
"Terrible : Terrible'."
At this stage of Ihe proceedings
.lacipielte demonstrated his forcefulness
bv virluall taking charge of things.
He looked disturbed -quite " nnieli
dislurbed as any one on the room but 1
he did not lost his self-possession.
"Doctor Henderson." he said in a
lone of authority, "our good friend the
colonel needs our kind ."Hiees. Won t
ou please look lifter hiin?" '
The ph.tsieinn looked ui prised at
this command, but he evidently renlied
its reasonableness, for be took colonel
Wharton aside and began to write out
a prescription for him. While he was
doing this .lacnuelte turned to .layne
and said quietly :
"See that no one leaves the bouse.
As .layne left the room the Mrnr.ilian
nett turned to me:
"Were you here when Colonel Mhar
lon opened the safe?"
I resented his assumption of authority
and was about to make some sharp
retort, hut changed 111 mind and said:
"Yes." . .
"Did ou know Hie combination of
Ihe safe?"
No'." I exclaimed sharply.
"I trust." he said suavely, but with
ihe suggestion of irony in his tone, "that
I haie not offended my young friend. Is
ii unreasonable to .suppose that the
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secretary
of colonel iMiarion si,oiu
Know the coiniiiiuuioii m iiuiiui 1111..1-.
tin-
. i! i r rt'i....i iii.ii.. i
ton s sate:
"No." 1 admitted, "but it happens
that I am not Colonel Wharton's secre
ifirr Mv business is simply to classify
his' collect ion of coins and gems."
"A distinction without a difference,"
"We Mill chase him and put him i
iu a Irre," said Itollo. but lliougli he
and 1 Sills, chased the Howling Monkc
tho.i couldn't catch liiin.
"You'd better turn him link inlo a
parrot," advised Peggy.
1 "Vs, jes, I don't waul to be a
Howling MnnKej," Mailed the parrot
leader.
"If I I urn you back into a parrot
will you tliow us I lie way lo the
Alriir Circle'" asked Hilly, knowing
that h. must act quickly if they were
to i scape Ihe Howling Monkejs.
"Ow-ow uivl Yes. will show you
the way lo the Magic Circle." howled
the leader, swinging himself within
reach of Hilly.
At once Hilly tapped him with the
Hi-cam Stick. The Howling Monkey
vanished, and in his place was the
parrot leader turned back into a bird.
"Avfk-nwk! This is the way to the
Maclc Circle. Awk-awl;! This is the
way!" and off flew the parrot so fast
that in less time than il takes to tell
he was lost in the jungle.
"We re hern
:,ngryo,.r Hie, rick played by ,e pn?.",
...iil.-.l. sain 1,1 v.
I ..ll..i ...-!. 1. .1' t i..ll .i
i,.'.l, nho..( ih! l.eim. He ri. L i '"
tion lo the Magic Circle. We will fol
low il."
So they hurried on. coming after i
Hhile to a parrot sitting in a lice and
looking very sad. It took only a glance
lo see that il was the smike-lurnnl-into-ii
parrot.
"AwU-aw-k-awk J'm sorry 1 led the
narrols against ou." souawked (he
mm. i urn ine nacK into .Mrs. (ireut
ISrown Dragon and 1 will show you the
I way lo ine .Magic i ireie.
'Hk-ek! 1 can't be fooled twice bv
snahe-titrncd'into-a-parrot also tries
lo trick them.)
Dorothy Ought io Wait Until
he said in his oiliest tones. "Mv nnne
I could have punched him for hv
impudence in putting me hi ! wrong.
chafed over his examination leciiut -
I felt that I should be the man to do the
(loss (iiestloniiig mid (hat he hon il be
on the defeusiie. Vel my linm I1111I not
come. I or the present, at least, I could
not afford to reie.l nself in 1.1 of.
lielal chaincter. '
it, it ,. 1 . 1 1 1
lotcior iienuerson .loineu us ni nun
inomenl, followed by Colonel Wharlon,
who seemed to have' pari hill reentered.
"(ienlleineii," said the doctor, "il
seems In nie Itiiil ti. ni.., liistm. t'.'iliinlitp
lime. Wli Itiisn'l some one sent for)
the police'?" ,
"No. no," fried Colonel Wharton'
excileill. " don't want the police,"
"Mill. Wharton, that's the only way
.inu inn posslbl recover your din
inoud."
"I don't want Ihe police: I don't ,
want the police I" he repented irritably.
"Why?" I
"That's my business." was the ifuick '
retort.
"(tenllenieu." said .laciuelte with
Ihe air of one who seeks to pour oil
upon Hie troubled waters. "I (lilnk I
can iiniersaUj t li i- 1 olonel s averimi to
ine nnroriety 1 lint would come lo lilm
if this marter weie giien lo ihe pidice.
The newspapers would be full of il. We
would haie descriptions of Ihe diamond.
picture 01 ueiiiinwaler Mouse and in
leri lews galore. Imagine the effect of
'" o "i nruiK oaciv nie (iiamoiui;
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.....Liiit, in,- ItlHMII'l III H,'l'lll.ll MINI'S
"I don't want il :"
(Mi. very well.
lias the crestfallen
i espouse, "-ion happeu to be the doctor
i'oii hi
in this
goes."
case and
w lintever you
say.
.lules .lacqucllo now stepped forward
and enlml took possession of the sit- j
nation. He rubbed his big hand across!
his bristly liuir. sa.iing.
"lieiitleinen, it iniisl lie evident to
you that this is what Ihe police call an
inside job. There nie no indications
lo pro u- that any one has -broken into ,
the house. Hence suspicion must fall
on all who are here. Il is a painful ,
suggestion lo make, but I must in .iu-
lice to in.v self at least -insist that all of i
the rooms be ransacked and that each I
one of us submit'to a personal .search."
"Oh. not Hint:" sobbed Dora Whar
ton. "Not that !" '
"Dora is righl." snj, the colonel
feelil. "I do not wish Hint indignit ,
to he placed upon ni guests."
"Milt jour guests insist upon it." '
Ilefore nny one renlized fully whali
.was being done the Mraziliau had 1
i thrown up his big hands- and was or
dering Doctor Henderson lo search
him. The ph.isician complied in a
i shamefaced way and found nothing.
'Victor .Inyne was the sCioiid to volun
I leer nnd in his cas-e. as in that of
the South American, there were no
results'. The next moment I found
.Inequette going through in pockets,
i patting my coat and trousers on the
side with the air of a professional de
, leetive and otherwise making himself
obnoxious. M cheeks burned with
shailie. but I could not resist wjthoiit
I placing myself in a false position. Mut
! then and there I resohed thai if the
opportunity ever presented itself 1
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t'H.i I u 1 (in- 1 1 1 il 1 l: 1 1 1 1 n i n -il I i mi'nr niii
I inn.
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After that the servants, one at a
lime, were compelled to go through (he
ordeal, and were cross-examined into
(the bargain. Finally the trunks, the
j bureaus and all of the articles in all
the rooms were carefully searched in
I Ihe hope of locating the niissu," ,ij;,.
mond.
It was not found !
. An hour later IJoctor Henderson loft
.the house fussing and fuming and de
I nouncinpr Colonel Wharton for his ob
istinacy in not sending for (he police
u r, .."! "e. ue ueeiareii ve- i
hemently, "might clear the business up1
in twenty-four hours. "
his remark gave nie
.thought. Whj should
i up?
nun li food for
I nol clear it
1 was there for t tint jfurpose and I
nio more anoilL the business than
any oue in (lie house. Worst of all I
could not rid myself of die impression
that Dora Wharton had il in hrr pon in
to solve the problem. 1 did not want
to feel, that she was muler ;i cloud I
would nol pprnut myself to think or her
I as a culprit. I preferred to feel that
, she could give an explanation of her
I conduct that would no satisfactory to all
I concerned, let if that
was the ense
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"'V '"" "v Permii ner uncle lo Miner
uffer
:is ill. wis iiiifimi.il ru v siinai.i.ir .
1 had no heart for the work of ar
ranging the coins in the museum nm
Colonel Wharton was too much dis-
traded and dazed to give the business
nny attention. The lied Diamond tilled
my iniiui to tnc exclusion ot everything
else. .
I many I resolved lo go lo Dora and
ni.l f..n n.incf!nnu i.. i.n.. .. i.:. i ,.
h"" -" , . , V " -V !
i "' cr trut ifulness. and felt that her
replies would clanr.i the situation. It
I was nearly an hour later Hint 1 found'
j her sitting" at the piano in the living- '
I room. She seemed to he bcmling oierl
j ii sheet ot music, bin when 1 came near i
I was pained lo see thnl tears were
iirickling down her ducks. 1 was em
barrassed at this evidence of distress
and might nave wititrfrnwn if she had
not btraienicneii up nnu greeted ine in a
' low voice.
nni sorn to haie intruded on
you at tins lime, i negan lamely.
it this time."
I began lamely.
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.-J1IP imiut- li ... .-i.- iiii.iuill 10 smile
I clared resolutelj. "hut wonderinc if
annot be ot some service to you."
He Goes in Bathing
lly GEORGE BARTON
Author of "The World's Greatest Mititari
Spies and Secret Service Agents"
"Voure awfully kind, but there l
nothing you can do- nothing."
There was an awkward pause, hut I'
had gone loo far to w llhilraw.
1 "Miss Wharton." I said slowli. ami
speaking each wind painfully. "I think
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lllkP. ,u. iiue.stioiis."
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! Mn- looked 1 I me In a startled wa.i
l""' l'll'l"',l '" '" "' "'''"'"' hrr l''ar'
i " in' 11 o
I-
I don't think I unite understand
Vou sa .11111 want to ilirslimi
jrui,
1110?
"Yes. ma I ?" (
She looked posllivcl scaled now nnd
glanced around as if to llnil 11 means of
escape. Then she said as a child might
sny when it lias liem driven into a
corner :
"What is il ou wish tin know?"
I cleared 111 throat witli an effort
and spoke as calmly as possible.
"Ilnre .1011 got the lied Diamond?"
A flah of ten or crossed her face
and showed i'tself in her Iriitililed eyes,
"No." she cried with sudden en
ergy. " I haje not got it."
"Do .1011 knoll where il is?"
I here was a pause for a moment
lid then she
replied in wailing tones:
'I haien't (he fiiiulesl idea where
It is."
There was another pause, audi be
fore I could lliink of what to sny she
had arisen from Hie piano sniil.
"I lliiuk." she snid with sudden
energv, "Hint you nie impertinent
and I resent our questions."
The mvAt inomenl she fled from the
room. I looked after her with a mix
ture of sorrow and suspicion.
I was sadly disappointed In Dora!
The Thirteenth Trunk
'I ii'..N minutes after that interview ivith
- worn
I receiieil a niesxnfn It-nnt
i.roinle.i Ilarnes sa.img that lie wns
at the lleilgewater Inn. where lie
wanted to see nie as soon as possible.
He added that Ilapgood, one of his
best men. would be nt the entrance u
Iledgewaler house to lake mi orders
I desired o cive bun. nnd lo wnleli
the bouse and its inmates
sence.
111 ab
Itesponding to Ihe call
mel Ilapgood nl the gnle.
lull, thin fellow, dress,.,!
ut once I
He was a
in rusty
; uinok ami with the lugubrious face of
' nil undertaker, lie recoiled mi ordeis
without Hie slightest emotion ami said
I that if any one left the house he would
make it his business to shadow Hint
person even if il were necessary to go
i to San Krnncisco ami return. ' When
i I asked him what he was going lo do
if more than one person lefi the house
I he said that he would relv on his as
sistants, who were within call.
On the wa.i to lledgewater Inn 1
I tried to think ol how I was going to
, explain xthe disappearance of the Med
I Diamond to Mromlev Marnes. I had
seen it and the fad that I permitted
it to slip awni from ine was rrnt very
I creditable either to my shrewdness or
THE DAILY NOVELETTE
COLUMRUS AND THE EGG
ll.v IA7.7AK M. TKAnODV
A v ( 'ni r.i im'li . . i .. ,i
L " '-'-'" " 1 M"(l HI Hie llllCaiCII
for back i;
back j aid, which was tilled with
M'nliliisli of all sorts
i ... . -. :
that hue autumn
morning. Ins pule blue eyes wore a
dreamy look and his thin little face was
turned toward the next yard, which
was very neatly kept. Isabella, with
her softly glowing dark eyes, her pink
I cheeks, her shining brown hair combed
1 smoothly, and her long, thick braids
tied with a bright ribbon, lo say noth
ing of the pretty plaid gingham dress
-he wore, embodied his ide-i of all that
was lovely. " 'Tis my birthday." the
I boy called out. Instantly she came over
I lo the old fence, which divided the
i yards.
What did' you get for presents?"
she asked,
him.
with
eyes fixed upon
"Oh! I didn't gel anything. Dad
'ays I'm getting loo old to expect birth
day presents. I'm twelve today, yon
know, and besides be hasn't had much
work lately."
For all his bracry he spoke a bit
wistfully, and Isabella suddenly ran
away from him. calling breathlessly
over her shoulder: "Watch ine!" which
was needless, as Columbus always
watched her wiien she was near. She
disappeared into a tiny lien coop and
when she reappeared her eyes danced
with delight. 'Mother said I might
l-. -n,.. .. ' ,.i, :.i
"HI" .IU' 'Kb' "HI Si.l.l,
'hut Ton shiill
iaVe it for your birthday
have it for lour hirthdav nresent."
land thrusting it into his hand she ran
'hastily into the house. With a pleased
j smile the boy walked across the yard
to the opposite feme, where a kindb
i neighbor stood
' "A birthday present
he said, and
With an an-
held it up for ber to s(
' swermg smile she
' replied: "And I've
,ius broken one winch I was to put
with a setting of eggs. Wouldn't you
like to have ine put it with the setting
and let Whiley hatch it out for you?
Your chicken will be brown, but the
others will be white." she added. He
hesitated only a second. An egg was
iery nice lo eat. of course, but think
of the joy or having a downy chicken
for his very own One. he could hold
and which would pick from bis hand!
"I don't mind," wns his diffidcnih
spoken answer, but his neighbor read
the truth in bis sparkling eyes, and
placed the egg with the 'setting.
In due time Whitey paraded proudly
with her familr and his nrichhnr agreed
, , ,. ,, , ,,. .,,!, ,, ,.
"' "-'I' ........... ... .. ,,
l,l,u nrr.il I r, liee nil 1 he sennit
I i lien fever, he moved into the eountrj
I where he had leased a small farm.
I
ability. Vet I hnd literally followed the f
instructions given me by Hnrncs. hup-
'"'"'"" hn. .". ,r.T..V r ... . t li e
Ion when he
llrsl drew it from the
would hnve happened '
escaped from the house
safe? What
Could I haie
alive? And if
I had tried lo tai.e ine
iliamund nnd failed would not Ine gov-
eminent hate been in a worse position 1
than it was at present? I
Thus I whiled awa.i Ihe time as I,
pl led toward lledgewnler Inn. At
one time I had made up 111.1 mind not I
,.i;.. ii, i.,i',i,..,i i,i.ei-cin I lorn 1
Iniil seemed lo lake the diamond Ironi1
Ihe safe. Mill mature retlcctinn coll
uneeil me Hull without that episode Hie
siory I nils about lo tell the veteran
imrsligator would be worse Ihnii use
less. Also I felt sure thai its .suppres
sion so far n Unmet was concerned
would be 11 grcnl injustice to the gov
ernment. She might be helped by .the
matter being held In tniilldence for Ihe
present, and I would ns Marnes to so
hold the stor.i.
I'nl. alas, for human frailt.i. for
when I reached I lie door of the inn all
of ni reasoning went lo Ihe four winds.
I lined the girl nnd 1 could not nceuse
her of a crime. 1 fell (hat I must post
pone that reiclatlon until llie very Inst
moment. 1 would lie fnilhfu
lilhfiij lo the
not iiniicces-
goiernuienl but I would
snril.i expose Dorn Whnrton to shnine.
The tilal thing was lo get the diamond,
mid I towed Hint I Mould out rest until
I had recovered it,
Marnes greeted me in one of the pri
vate rooms of the inn and 1 told him of
the incidents of the night, before nil
evopl the episode of the girl nt the
safe -nnd of how the diamond was
missing iu (lie morning. He listened
nltentiiel from start lo finish, but rx.
Iiibited no surprise.
.My investigations satisfied me llinl
the Ited Diamond was ul HedL'ewnier
House." he
lid
"Mill its
"That i
gut il soon
lisappearance?" I ventured,
not sitrprisj1Kbm W(,-j
I
did
breathed a ssh ( relief, and
so he said :
"We've gol one of II
behind lock and kei."
conspirators
Who- who is ,t? sta,n,eie,.
Ihe leleran investigator pulled a
corncob pipe from his pocket, filled jt
with tobacco, lit it. and. after taking,
two or three puffs, said contentedly:
"Well, il's a B stnrj. an if
jou II ! patient I'lbtr and tell you."
I was on edge wilh excitement, but
Ins ca in person disregarded mv agita
tion, lie did not look like a detective
ipid he did nol net like one. .Seen for
the first time he would be pointed out
as a prosperous business man or a
banker or broker. In his hours of
leisure he hunted for first editions of
American humorists, and his great am-
imiou hus io complete that collection
x-tn amy ne
duly he was shrewd as a fox- in !
.erse,ciK ,, ' collector
' I
as I
ICO.NTIM-ED TO.MOItnOW)
Thai was (he beginni
for the family, and a
they were the proud
farm.
ng of prosperity
few years later
owiicrB of the
All this time Columbus had been so
occupied wit h his work Hint he had had
no time to think of love; but when his
twenty-first birthday came and he
Marled out on his usual route with
nutter, rges and nonlH-v (V... oi i.
I met with an adventure. 'lie was stand
ing looking after an nnnsnnll,- r.,..-
(ustomer when a thin, pnle, shabbily
Mreei Sir.lnl- ."'7, IJ.'01" n M,l
eggs," she said. "Mother is' j nn !
should have the best "
Her eyes were wistful K Kln ,.,!
the price of the sm..,esi r,..vi :.. .i'.u
and lb.- slinrn ., e -!.....!. T11!
noted her sudden shrink!,,,. 71.1..! i.T...
as he mentioned it. and that I el if
more doselv he,- smnii , T-.t.V..' "In
"I'll nol InL-rt il, f.i .i..-'.. .
said, and turned to go; and Columbus 'nic Clara Rarnes Abbott, scholar
was ,-cally surprised lo hear hi own MV nt ,ho ' ""'"sily of Pennsylvania
lone saying: "Wail, please." The
i. .. .re- rll',p.ks deepened as lie
hlrflulnv ,,.! i"... '..
" ' I' 1113
in. ,,,. .1.,,,..,. ., 1... . . . . . - . '
'. """s i in1 graieiui lor: I'm
ilways thought tlii.it when things are
that way a fellow ought to be looking
iiiMiuu Kir some one lo give presents
isit-au ul expecting iiiem.
It was not like him 'to talk in (his
way 1o a sdanger, but sofnehow ho
coiildn I bear lo have her go. If she
went now he felt that he should never
see her again, and so lie went on talk
ing. " few years ago a prettv little girl
gave me mv onlv htrtlidnr nmconi
whifh wns airegg; and that egg changed
the course of the lives of our whole
family. Much for (he better, too.
Uould you help me (o pay a little of
Hie debt which I owe to her bv no-
cepting for your mother a present of
the eggs and fowl?"
The girl had been gazing nl him in-
lentty. and ns Jus pnle blue eyes looked
ageny inlo hers, tor an answer
'i-j whisked them both back lo a lovely
aiiiiimn morning wonderfully like this,
when (wo children talked to each other
over an old broken down fence.
"Columbus!" "Isabella!" they cried
i.ul in wonder, and Columbus'', still
holding her 'hand and gazing into her
eyes, discovered that for him her-fnee
held even a greater charm than it had
held in days of old.
Also he suddenly knew why lie had
never loved. It was simply that no
one else had been so well worth loving
as Isabella.
And so they were married; nnd the
story their children love best to henn
and the story their mother loves best
to tell, is the story of "Columbus nnd
the egg."
The next complete novelette
The Home lleautiful.
Copyright. "If. by tlic Bell Sjndlcate,
RED CROSS BUTTONS
' NOW IN 40 WARDS
. ,
25,000 Women' Making Final
Preparations for Annual -Rollcall
All- bill eight of the clly s torly-
eight wards have been supplied with
bullous, flags. I,'VT,1P"", unified
Jyr in preparnlb.n . r ' "'"'", "Jj
Cross rnllcall. n ' jell begins Siimlny aim
ends iNovetiiher u
.More Hum 'J."i.(MIII women ill nils euj
and Its four adjoining counties jeMei -dav
entered iu the last stage of prepa
ration for Ihe rollcall. In ninny see
lions posters hnve already made their
appearance and preliminary work on the
rollenll is about finished.
Mrs. .lohu W. (ieary. of Chestnut
Hill, who heads the rollcall for the
local chapter, yesterday announced
the quotas for the various wards, ns
follows : .
First ward. T.'OO members: Second,
CioOO: Third. 'l-JoO: Fourth. .'!o00 : Fi I 'I li
JoOO: Sixth. Hllllli Seventh, J.iOO:
Klclitli. 'J'-'oll: Ninth. 1(1.000: Tenth.
riir.O; F.leienth. 'J000 : Twelflh. SJ00;
Thirleenlh. "-"00: Fourteentb. ..-oO;
Fifteentli. imOO : Sixleenlh. lioOO ; Sev
enleeiilb. II.'OO.: I.ishteenth. 'loOO;
Nineteenth. 10.000: 'I wentieth. S.iOO'
Twenli -fust. KI.'J.'iO: Twenty-second,
L'0,000'; Tiienl -third. (I'J.".(I : T-V"''
fourth. 1.",o00: Tixcnt -lifth. S000 ;
Tiveiitv-si.xth. SHOO: Twenty-seventh,
7000; 'Tiicnt.i -eighth. OoOO : Teiily
iiiulli. 0000: Thirtieth. InOO; 'Hilrl
first. 1)000: Thirly-srrnnil. i.iOcl ; rhn-ty-tliird,
10.000; Thirty-rourtli. 1 i.
000: Thirtj fifth, L'iiO; 'I hirty-sixth,
(I.-.00; Thirt -seventh. :b"00 ; Chilly
eighth. ll.oOO: Thirty-ninth, ;S.;0I;
Forlielh. ll.r.00: Forty -l.rsl. .,00;
Fortv-secotid, O-'OO : 1' orty -third, h-'.iO;
Forty. fom Hi, 1 1 .'J.-.O : I-orty -fifth,
.VJ.-)0; Forti -sixth. KI.'-'oO: Iorty-sev-entli,
i"."00: Forty-cigliHi, SoOO.
WEATHER CHIEF NEEDS MEN
Must be Single. Healthy; Good Look-
Ing and Congenial i
The weather bureau is scouting
around for some brave, Uenlthy, good
looking, single men between the ages
of eighteen and thirty-five to help it
ni.istify American citizenry ahout .the
weather.
Mill the standards are high.
In the first place, applicants must j
submit photographs of themselves taken ,
within two years of the date of the
application. The bureau doesn't say
whv, but since it is expressly uccinrcu .
that preference is given to men who
have seen military or naval service, it
is to lie supposed that the bureau xvants (
huskies who can back up, it need be, i
their xveaflier predictions with ndequntc
proof.
The bureau needs assistant observers
ol "io woimier. inn n ; ....... ...u-..
wl, " 'iaRS 70 p,01- ?,c.nl n" "a'm"
ua on on seven subjects.
of the weather, but it wants only those
The subjects are elementary meteor
nlngy. penmanship, l.nglisli composi
tion upon some meteorological subject,
eiemenlry physics, mathematics, copy
ing an.d correcting of manuscript and
geograidiy of the TTnited States.
F.nglish composition is Ihe most im
portant subject. Tt is rated at twenty
five points in an examination that
totals 100. 'Possibly because a
weatherman needs most of all to be
glib, and next of all to be able easily
to change his predictions. T'pon Hint
latter point it. is interesting to note
that the examining board rates the
"copying and correcting of manu
script" nt ten points out of the possible
too.
PLAN SCHOOL MUSICALES
Matinee Club Proposes Series of Eve
"'"9 Entertainments
A series or evening entertainments in
the public schools by Matinee Musical
Club members is beTng planned by Mrs.
IMwin li. ( arngiies. who lias just DC
come nresnlent of the organization
The study of music would be fur
l,,0,'c,1 aml sl'mu, ,. t y M"-' n or7"'
oficonceHs by Killed musicians, she
believed.
lins been made permanent., .Mrs. All
boll iust retired ns president. The,
Iclub made surprising progress during,
I..h n.lminicll'nllnn.
c I (rt,. r.1,,1. ulso maintains a seholnrsliio I
'" """
in the Settlement .Music hcbool and a
an, ...... ... v : - . t : --. -
,. n.a .n nnrmi v. turn., him. .-.inmost-
tion in the University of Pennsylvania.
A series of nances anil entcrtain
ments will be held during the winter.
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