San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-10

once.
"Do you think you really love himf"
The man of science is himself again.
mo, don't"
"Then-well, it's hardly my place to
say it."
what you mean. intend TO do so; but,
Elmer, ] wish you could be here with me. ="
at would be impossible. Oh! I've an
idea"
"Have your There! knew you would
help me. You are SO bright, Elmer, and
so kind
He nipped her enthusiasm in the bud.
do you think you-could telegraph TO
me from your pocket"
II dor't know what you mean"
"You now the letters now perfectly,
and if you had your hand on an armature
| you could send off messages quickly?'
Eyes. You know | learned the alpha
| bet in one day. and it's nearly a week
since you put up that line to my room.
| Think how we have talked with il al
ready And you remember the tea table
when the Lawsons and the Stebbens were
| here. Didn't answer all your questions
about Minna Lawson while | was talking
with her by tapping on the table with a
| spoon"
"Yes. So far so good; but now Pm
| going to try most dangerous and difficult
| piece of scientific work, and you must help
me. My plan is for you to keep in tele-
| graphic communication with me while the
| interview goes on. Then, if he is insult
| ing or troublesome, you can call me-"
"How bright Of you, Elmer. If Law
renee had been half so good and kind and
| bright-if he knew half as much-I might
have loved him longer"
"Wait bit and III get tine lines"
'May go, tooi'
ooh, yes, come"
The two went softly up the hall stairs,
| through the long entry to the l., and into
| Elmer's room. They set the lamp on a
table, and Elmer dragged forth from the
| scientific confusion of the place n col
lection Of Geographic apparatus of all
kinds.
"There's the battery. That I'll keep
here. There is the recording instrument.
That I'll keep here also Now you want
q small armature to open and close the
current Wait bit! I'd better make
one"
Alma sat down on a box, and her new
LOhengrin set to work with shears and
file to make something that would answer
for an armature and still be small enough
to hide in the hand. Cutting off two
small pieces of insulated copper wire, he
bound them together side by side at one
end. The loose ends he separated by
crowding bit of rubber between them,
and then with the file AID his knife he re-
moved part of the insulating covering
till the bright copper showed at the tips
of each wire.
''Thcre! You can hide that in the
pocket of your dress, or hold it in your
hand even. When you wish to close the
circuit, pinch the wires, and they will
lected all the money that had been paid
IN the supposed extra height of the CHM
aey."
"That was very easy, sir, for he had it
in his own pocket. l met some of the
work people in the village, and casually
asked them how high the chimney was TO
be- and every man gave the real height
Mr.. Bedford lied to you about it, and
pocketed the difference between his meas
urements and mine. OF course, when de-
tected he promptly restored the money,
and thought himself lucky to have escaped
so easily. More than that, he claimed
that the chimney was capped with stone.
1t is not. 1t is brick to the top, and the
upper courses were rubbed over with
colored plaster"
II can hardly believe it. Besides, how
can you prove it,"
THAT will sir. Look at it carefully"
So saying, Elmer selected photograph
from those on the table and presented it
to Mr.. Denny.
The old gentleman looked at it carefully
for few moments, and then said with an
air of convictions:
at is perfect fraud. 1 had no idea
that the man was such thief"
YES, sir. Look at that bare place
where the plaster has fallen off. You can
see the brick
ooh, l can see. There is no need to
explain the picture. Have you any more?"
eyes, sir; quite number. I'm glad l
brought them with me-"
Mr.. Denny turned them over slowly
and commented briefly upon them.
That's the house. Very well DONE my
boy. That's the mill. Excellent. should
know it at once. And-eh! what's THAR
The batting MILF"
Eyes, sir. That's the new building
going up beyond the milpond."
"Great heaven! what an outrageous
fraudl Mr.. Bedford told me it was nearly
uOucs udS uTdWn all Tue llOHty
for it already, and according to this pict-
IRE only one story is up. When was this
picture taken?n
On Saturday, sir Alma was with me.
She will tell you"
Mr., Denny rang a small bell that stood
at his elbow, and a maid came to the door.
''Will you call Miss Denny, Anna?''
The maid retired, and in moment or
two Alma appeared. She seemed pale
and detected, and she sat down at once as
if weary.
What is it, father Any new
troublesS'
Were you with your cousin when he
took this photograph
She looked at it a moment, and then
said YEARLY:
Eyes. It's the batting MILL"
Just here the door opened, and Mr.. Bel
ford, hat and travelling bag in hand, as
if just from the station, entered the
room. The two men looked up in undis-
guised amazement, but Alma cast her
eyes upon the floor, and her face seemed
to put on more ashen hue than ever.
"Ahl excuse me. / did not mean to in
trude. I'm just from New York, and
have been so successful that fastened to
lay the news before you
What have you to say Mr.. Bel
ford" said Mr.. Denny, coldly. "There
are none but friends here, and you need
not fear TO speak"
Mr.. Franklin hastily gathered up the
pictures together, and, rolling them up,
put them in his pocket, with the mental
remark that he knew of one who was
not a friend-no, not much"
81 hnya arraO Uad aypryt hinu ~ Soi1 Mr.
Belford, with sublime audacity The
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