The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-29
And. indeed. hi. seemed to be the

And, indeed. this seemed To be the
case, for the day Miss Mole.te went
away her admircr was missing also.
II wonder what she will do with her
elephant" observed Mr.. Thornton
Send for the police. ] hope" said
Mr.. Bronson. That fellow il such \
confounded fool there Is no putting up
with him"
81 don't dislike the creature OBJ
served Mrs. Bronson. II know he
lacks polish, but then there Is some
thing syrBpathctic about him."
"Iie i. always thankful for being no
ticed." returned Mr.. Bronson. lit Is
a mystery 10 me how Miss Moleste can
endure to have him about her SO con-
tinuaily."
Miss Molette would i,irt with the
tOngs." said Mrs. Bronson. rather more
sharply than she usually s,,oke.
When Miss Moleite returned alone
from the wedding her felIow-bosrders
wished to know what she had done with
Mr.. Billings. and were surprised to
learn that she had not seen him. He
did NOD; make his appearance on that
day, and on The next he was forgotten
Tor the time being. for the diamond
robbery had again become . topic II
ali-absorbing interest. Bracelet and
ring had been found by the police in
the possession of the proprietor q;
Carew's saloon and the earrings safely
slowed away in Miss Molet,c's writing
desk- These WORTHLESS were now lodged
in Jail as the receivers of stolen goods
The thief had fled. having. so il was
supposed, received timely warning from
the prosecuting parties.
81 always suspected that Bronson
gamblcd." observe cd Mr.. Thornton. in
commenting on the affair. ''but | didn't
suppose he bad got 80 low down as TO
pay his gambling 'Iebts with stolen jew
e's. And the ny sicry To me is how
that Molctte woman came by the ear
rings. Bronson cidn't seem 10 be par
ticularly sweet on her"
This remark vas addressed TO the
company in general. and To the surprise
Of the others air. Hunter. the school
master, answered II.
That mystery is soon explained.
Miss Molette. who happened TO be onc
of Carew's dccoy-duoks. knew Of the
diamond transaction. and threatened To
blab (therc was n reward offered. you
know II she were not paid for holding
her tongue"
"How did you hear this?" asked Mr..
Thornton.
Prom Billings was the reply.
"Billing,?"
'Ycs; il wa by my advice that he
vas sent for. and had "A fifty-dollar
bet with old Cartwright that he would
find out about the matter in less than
ten DAYS. He came only on condition
that Cartwright would 90 home and
that ] would not claim acquaintance
with him as long as he STAYED here.
The first thing he did after his arrival
was To spot Miss Molctte. who was
dressed far too expensively for her visi-
BILE means of support. He followed her
around, and Of course in the way of
business she sou introduced him 10
Carcw and some oil the rest Of that gang;
then after losing money pretty freely
and getting dead drunk (nobody a
play at that better than Billincs), he
managed TO ovefhaar more in tarew's
dcn than was intended for his ears.
Then he followed this girl to R.,
10 the welding as 4 hired waiter
and saw her with The stolen earrings i'm
her ears This Glinchcd the matter,
and after notifying the Cartwrights. so
they might give Bronson warning to
get out of the way. he let loose the
police on the others, and the conse-
quence is Miss Cartwright has her dia-
monds. Mrs. Bronson is rid of a worth
less husband, and Carcw and his girl
will retire for awhile into extremely
private life"
Then Billings isn't a country fellow
alp" said Miss Prince.
"No-only one Of the smartest men
in the secret service. Clara Marshall,
in OR Continent.