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(Concluded From Page 9)
mask before her and found, to her as-
tonishment, that the eyes that gllltered
from their depths were as black as cut
. The ex-convict of that morning
had had eyes of the blnnkest blue. Vvith
a. swift. animal-like stroke, she bared
his face-at first it was a strange face,
lank and lean, with kindly but piercing
orbs of black. It very soon took on a.
familiar aspect and Opal realized that
she saw before her the original of nu-
merous pictures she had seen of a. very
well-known detective.
"I see you ‘are a little sudden," said
Detective Corsiield Grant.
“Ho h re
w-w ” she gas ed.
"Most willingly! As to ‘how.’ he is
bound and gagged this evening. As to
‘where.’ he is in the tonneau of my car,
two blocks down. You see. I had reason
to watch Tlnny Merlow from the mo-
rnent he'was released this morning."
She looked unconvinced.
“You see, Miss Delnam,,the man lower
down in that old forgery has never been
turned up, and so I had to be a younger
brother to Tinny and tag him to his
playgrounds. An by the way. YOU your.
self had b
with his alias and your name
dress upon’ it.
few hours now.
‘Detective Grant then performed one of
his rare, one-eyebrow-up-one-eyehrow-
down smiles and, introducing himself, re.-
Dlaged his mask and disappeared up the
stairs and into the festal-room.
and ad.
I shall release him in a
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E hall had become anlmatedly joy-
. ous in the interim Grant had been
absent. The be-palmed and silken-
rugged orchestra. island was throwing
its tones bounding tram
etter keep this notebook leader
midst. Every masker stood motionless,
with mental mout wide. Mr. Standih
was the first to stir the congelatlon
and at last a breaking-up or- he con-
versationnl ice-iioes was start . An
undercurrent of murmuring accom-
panied the crowd as
slow descent to the outside. "
sthis 1” "“’hy,’ Thele Senneck."
“Absurd? Absolutely humorous!‘ "This
is ridiculous. don’t ou know!"
Once without. several of the men had
their automobiles driven up the drive-
way a row their searchlights upon
the scene while Detective Grant cen-
tered the groups upon a large plot or
crisp, brown turf adjoining I front 12-
cade of the mansion. Here he directed
the attention of the assemblage very
pointedly to some wiry sparse bushes
beneath a second story. slightly open
window belonging to the hallroom
above.
He bade the people approach these
wiry bushes.
"Can you make out anything in them?“
he asked.
An awed murmur electrified the park.
frantically sniihng,
as tho it had lost its little canine mind.
Sheiheld walked up to' the animal. but
instead of touching it. his hand went to
his coat-sleeve and he drew out I small.
foiack handkerchief. Holding it high
above the bushes. he allowed it to fall
into the branches. eyes were as
one pair as the little dog sniffed about,
nosed up into the branches. sprang sev-
eral feet into the. brambles. muzzled the
handk
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beside the restoration of our goods. Do
I speak for us all"“ He turned to the
nssomhlnge.
" es,” spoke a
Mrs. Senneck wll
ciew whereby we may recover the heir-
looms and incompnrables we have lost.
we murrwisn for nothing more.“
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less recent loser, "if
i give ear us
“That's it!" said another, "We wish
no scandal or notoriety.“
Detective Grant addressed Lira. Sen-
neck.
neck?"
The reply came with startling clear-
riess. It wn “No! Call your ‘city de-
tectivef” And cloaked in her mantle of
moody indifference, not another word
would she nufler to be evoked from her.
’ ha read her v tima. n fact, only
"4‘e you agreeable, Lira. Sen-
lllrs. Senneck, I am
my affairs." He held the Williamson re-
ceipt up, shrugged his shoulders and
tore it into flakes. -
X.
N HATEVER happens. Splnko boy,"
said Grant as his housekeeper re-
red with a tray of empty coffee things
and the names licked the logs to crack-
poae, in his dumb way he's responsible
for averting matrimonial crime to
say the least-not to speak of the ten-
19
thousand-dollar item we were mention-
llut do you know--
secret-I believe society
. believe It
would be right willing to forfeit 1 gun
or two now and then [or the intoxication ‘
of her company, for, in the“ words of
hiiliionnaire Sundial:-and perhaps an-
other man-v‘she was
woman and it was is pix)’ to lose her."'
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‘There for a Purpose.
RS. TOMPKINS hadgivcn nn invita-
tion to I few friends to spend 2.
pleasant evening with her. ‘Vlth music.
cards and gossip the time. was passing
beautifully, when one or the invited
guests noticed the hostess’ little girl
sitting on I chair where she had been
all the evening.
Going up to her the good lady said:
‘Well. my dear, you are a good, quiet
little girl. Will you sit on my knee?"
"No, thank you.” said the little one
demurely. “I mustn't"
I don't under-
stand." queried the lIdY.
"VVell, you see." was the meek reply,
"I've got to sit still and hide the hole
in this chair."
I R 7.
llln Advice.
"Your rifle.” said the military instruct-
or, “is your best f end. Take every
care of it; treat it as you would your
wife; it tnoroly with In oily rag
every day."
was .loi=iixisi”o:ihi“
EQYCLES
The “airline” to anywhere,
Get out into the beautiful country; breathe tho
, , tiny dancer's gyratio s, , ‘ ,
skilfully sought out the Sphinx instead pure. fresh-lr:eni0y1rh
and watched her from vantage after
other black handkerchief. this one heav-
out a dash of the dra-
An lvnr Johnson bicycle will givo,you endless F -
vantage. Sh was a iitney. insidious “'0” Id H, 3 . , H1- .
:1-eat‘uti-e or rare attainments and per- gage 5.335913,‘ sum e5u:;fii::::' v.0 E plenun, add to your health, save cnrfnres, and 1
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off her mask in fun, si in id l l d .. - ‘
She was enjaylng mMe‘I9mr"ted.l‘i7:Sg:“9E- an IR The], Se,“-“ck ruck, me 5;, ":hu truss-bridge fume, lenmles: tubing oi’ “
tent,-.g.,y, excitement than the social lence. "Klndlynexplaln your insult HC 91 Heel, drop-forged para, two-piece crnnlr .
game alone would warrunt. Shiny black to, "'9-and ouicklY- set-than are some of the tnres lhnt gunnin- I g
hair laced size by chaplets of e 'W“““5ly' Mm’ . G""“ W", "’",'I'' tea the strength, speed, and durability of every .5‘
Pearls brought out the deep setting of “N” W "'3 “'1' '1'" me "me ' ’ 1‘..,John.onH‘-,c),. Thooldest mm“, . I
her cool,-fine eyes, the rich dusklness of h‘“dk"‘M't yo“ s ‘’‘’k e 5' . ‘..-m...’
he:-chek and me youthful’ rounded up; Malone. Do you recognize this hsnd:er- America nnldng bicycles continuously.
A a“.h0ur.g‘an hmmgmou an hie tho it had no s in it to ay, V -
doubk an mm. “awed. The bin, and . I drew it fro my eve 2. Write atone.to:-rneBicycloc.t.iu"32v.
the beetle were careening before her in :‘n0;n9;I:urnsdo$gtliCi;e:;hit onmtage b:::l‘ni:i. simnm catalog "AH"Iluoueutonrcdhe-t.
every contortion of ecstasy when what g
seemed a hopeless evening suddenly took 83313,”: do mom” . ,;"“'f;ju Qfglm IVER .lOHli50.‘i'S ARMS 1. crcua woxxs
W‘ ‘"9 “"3 ‘” "‘ "’” h"' f" “ 6”” know it by its i'aint'odor or echinacea 29Riv-rslmi. Fur-il>-tr. Hm-
Broanwvas heard to emanate some feet . h ‘Se k wn ls og-
away from the Sphinx, from the Snow ;-”vp0d""mv 0’ "W “O ne-I-vaonrmmcs--s--st.
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.. .. ,, "V y good. Now. bou realize. at
liy five-carat! he ouavered. I had xas‘'erthat ‘ “changed handkemmds ‘
it-you saw it-in front of my crown all
eleningl-er. not an instant ngu!"
Every mouth paused on its word.
hundred gestures ceased and n hundred
masked faces turned toward the laser.
“Better remove the masks." said the
beetle. who was no less than Tomson,
the city detective, “and while Mr. Dick-
son secures the exits, would you gentle- K M (
men and ladies kindly arrange yourselves drhexuh Y$urm‘og':‘: n:lt“:;V,m:g’:$,p:,::g E;
‘txgrayn topposne 5”" 0‘ me room Drum". ll‘!c rid nulenst corner of which Pierrot Ad‘ d
o a. searc .' h first came to "V '‘’f'
might have seen when e ‘
Eplegktr flash, Grant stood beside the the Mn, OM). I am not us, -d.,gd.nipmo: E.’..$7.u"i';;:','2's”3.‘...,... 4..
"May I suggest another ‘course?’ he ‘he one I ‘mew “ your 1"‘ In M: pee. It-Irwin-1.
asked. >"’I‘hank you. It is this:
with you at the ball upstairs tonight.
You are beginning to recall how you
found a black handkerchief at the toe of
our boat and thought it was yours
rot picked
lady. in so doing. do you not think he
could have draw from a pocket In Your
hardly need to remind you good people “a n on
. . h i it I dye it in. 5. when
of the past uselessnessea of this search 33:” ltmtntxgd Mr. Standish-3 dumond
lready en
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caret snowflake taken from the Snow
Kins‘: crown.” -,, , '
It was indeed a bomb hurled into their
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Makes Gas Prom Kerosene.
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But could you have
how he jumped for this,
The ahsurciest nonsense
You do not realize
that you are laylng YOIIHG11 “S515 59‘
gaming one-'9 character oefore all.these
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peggaent looked long and seriously at
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burner heats stove and Oren in half the of paper had crumvled '-‘f"I“"h 2 yur. n.no ms mm-. or on nnllho. ‘So in only 2 one-nu
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wood. 1: an e 9:: 1;. En, atove ln . Delnam had ed; I I t .5 e, um .13. can inn new lllun snu Iiihin n in an: it sou hunt.
law minutes and is so simple a child can "X-“'5' W‘m‘"'”n 5 "C9 D or 53“. have mm-
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