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the platform, and some one passed
swiftly by the door and entered the
waiting-room.
" ‘Good Lord! is that you, Dave?‘ I
heard the man in the waiting-room say
as the other entered.
“ ‘Yes, it is surely I and no one else,‘
replied the newcomer, ‘and I'm mighty
glad to get in out of the rain!‘ ‘
“ ‘Ho do you happen to be here at
this time? I thought you were to come
back on the midnight train.‘
“‘Oh, I took another route,‘ was the
reply, ‘and I hopped off at thecrossing
a. mile from here and hoofed it the rest
of the way.’ ‘
" ‘Well, I'm glad you're here, old hoss,
for we have got some work before us,
tho I don't see that we can accomplish
much.’ v
‘j ‘We can’t get out in this rain. We’d
be drenched to the. skin,’
“ ‘S re! We had better wait here till
the rain slackens. It may not be for
long. What luck did you have in getting
rid of the-baggage?’ ‘ ,
“ ‘That was easy. I just slipped off
at a small station, and forgoyto get
back'on the train. Say, it ismot the
most pleasant job in the world to he a.
brother-to such luggage as that. And
to be playing the role of brother to such
' The words trailed off into a
,t.’D8TS8 laugh. .
“They walked over to the wall against
which I was sitting, and I heard their
hacks against the wainscoting as they
took a seat on the bench. ,
“'l3ut you haven't told me what suc-
cess you had,’ said the one called Dave.
“ ‘That is easily told,’ replied the oth-
er. ‘I made a complete water haul!‘ -
"The other one swore under his
breath. ‘You were tip to the Barclay
llouse?‘ he asked.
“Sure thing.‘ I
“ ‘And you searched the room occu-
pied by Simon?‘
"His words were cut short by a warn-
ing from the other. ‘Be careful how
you speak names,’ he warned, ‘and don't
speak quite so loud! There may he a
ulictograph lying in ambush!‘
“They both laughed at this. ‘As I
said,‘ went on the other, lowering his
voice, ‘I went up to Barclay Ilouse and
had a look thru the room. Of course, I
told the landlord I was a detective, and
showed him the little badge I keep for
such purposes, and he went with me
and I ransacked the room. I didn't find
the necklace, and that is all there is to
tell. .
‘ “ ‘Could it be that some one who had
access to the room got away with the
necklace?’ asked the other.
“‘Who is to know? I don't think it
likely. There is a possibility that the
murderer, whoever he was, lit onto the
necklace and got away, believing that it
would throw the detectives off the trail,
as it would be thought robbery was not
the motive for the crime.‘ -
".'That looks reasonable, and I be-
lieve that is the solution of the mystery.
But the ‘question is," who could have
done the deed‘! Could it have been the
work of some one who knew about the
necklace. and was content to take that
and leave the rest?’ -
"I could not hear all the)’ Said. F01‘
‘ STOPPED SHORT
Taking Tonics, and Built up on
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The mistake is frequently made of
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system on so-called tonics. '
New material from which to rebuild
used up tissue cells is what should be
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from proper food.
"I found myself on the verge of a
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study. and to. illness in the family,“
writes a Wisconsin woman. -
“My friends became alarmed because
I grew pale and thin and could not sleep
nights. I took various tonics, but their
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taking them. My food did not seem.to
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“Reading of 'Grape-Nuts, I determined
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of diet would do. I ate Grape-Nuts
[our times a dnxv with cream, and drank
milk also, went to bed early after eat-
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“In about two weeks I was sleeping
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used to accomplish the happy results."
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the roar of the rain made it impossible,"
went on the station agent, “but I heard
quite enough to convince me that the
pair were crooks, and that they had in
some way been associated with Smoot,
or knew something of his affairs, and
that the one of them who had been
called Dave by his companion had come
and claimed the body oi’ Basil Smoot,
C .
brother. This was done, it appear , for
the purpose. of getting hold of the dia-
mond necklace. It is a queer mixup,
but I think we have a good chance to
uncover it all,"
"By thunder! it is queer!" cried Slici-
don. "Say, Mr. Hartman, you are sure-
ly going some. By George! you have
struck an important lead!“
“Pure luck and nothing else," pro-
tested Hartman. "if it hadn't rained
and I lia.dn‘t come up to the office about
a freight bill, ‘and I hadn't stopped in
the ofhce to wait for the rain to cease,
and all that sort of thing, I shouldn't
have known a thing about the two
crooks and the necklace. But to go on
with my story: When the rain ceased,
which it did shortly after the second
man came. the two left the depot. I
called up the marshal over the ’phono,
but they got away in the darkness, and
we saw no more of them. But we may
e able to put hands on them yet. But
I got to thinking about what I had over-
heard, and this morning, as soon as I
could get aw , I came up to see you. but
found that you were gone. So I told
Quick I'd like to have a look thru the
room Sinoot had occupied. for it had oc-
'c'urred to me that the l']‘6Clil3Ce‘l]llgllI be
hidden‘ there, notwithstanding the
search that had been made for it by the
other fellow. '
“I had run the matter over in my
mind, and had come to the conclusion
that the necklace must be hidden in
some place where one would not be
likely to look for it. I went into the
room, and stood there trying to think
of some unlikely place that might have
been chosen in which to conceal the
necklace-some place where a thief
would not be likely to look for plunder.
Well,’ I then began my search, but I
didn't find it, and was about to give up
the search when my eyes fell on a small
flower-pot sitting in the west window.
It held a sultana with spreading foliam;
and full of bloom. I don't know what
possessed me to do‘it, hut I bent over
it, and parted the flowering hrancht-<.
And there, slipped in between the flow-
cring branches was the slim ebony case
containing the diamond necklace!
"I want to tell you. Mr. Sheldon. that
it was a long time before I could believe
my eyes. I seized the case, opened it,
and stood looking at the dazzling sight
that met my gaze like one in a dream. I
had already connected this nc('kla('c
with the one lost by Mrs. Pemberton in
the St. Louis hotel. for I had the (lip-
ping about it in my pocket at the very
time. Yet, when I tried to realize what
it all meant-how impossible, it all
seemed that the Pemberton necklace for
which skilled detectives in the city were
searching should fall into my hands 31-
most without an effort on my part, I
could only stare at it in speechless as-
said nothing to any one.
and tho I felt convinced that I had re-
covered the diamond necklace belonging
to Mrs. Pcrnbc-rton, I decided to await
your decision before taking any steps
toward restoring it to the owner. That
is my story. Now, what is your advit-e?"
"There is no doubt in my mind that
this is Mrs. l"emherton‘s necklace,“ said
Mark, "but that has not been provml
Until this is done, the necklace should
be placed in safe-keeping, and notice
sent to lilrs. Pemberton, advising her
that a diamond necklace has been found
which may prove to be hers. It can
then he delivered to her, provided shr-
establishes the proofs of ownership."
"That is what I had in mind. lint in
the meantime, what disposition should
I make of the necklace to insure its
safe-keeping? I don't want to intro the
thing hanging to me to tempt sonic
crook to cut my throat. I thought of
taking it to Mr. Quick and asking: him
to put it in his safe for the pres:r>nt."
“That's a good idea." nodded Mark.
"Then I'll do that. And I have just
hecn thinking that it might be host for’
you to send a few words to the chief in
Chicago, telling him that you think the
necklace has been lound. and have him
notify Mrs. Pemllerton. They know you.
The woman dot-.<n‘l know me from
Adam, nnd ii’ I Font her word she might
write me down us a fake."
"Your him is a good one," nodded
Mark. “I shall be glad to act for you."
“Then you write out your dispatch,
and Hi put it on the wire for you n:
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