The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-07-03
terry cleared up. I'm ia favor Of
searching the board ers 3,

terry cleared up. I'm ia favor Of
searching the board rs.
A1ercyl shrieked Mrs. Moffat.
1T would \ do, Mr.. Glyndon. I'd
lose the last one. Fancy searching
Colonel Oyerton and his stylish.
fashionable wife or their rooms to-
find q stolen package OF money. No
mo! Whatever you may see fit to
do in this sad business must be done
secretly s s5.I /.
The detective took a new tack.
Mrs. Moffet; there is a closet ad.
Joining Mr.. Montgomery room.
May / occupy it tonight? / have an
idea, and would like to prove if my
theory is correct. HI If you consent, /
will slip into the closet after Mont
gomery has retired (there is another
door, you know and in the morn
ing | will make 9 faithful report to
you
Atlast it was settled. There were
only three nights before Mr.. Mont
gomery' s intended departure. They
must make the best Of the time.
The next m rning Frank Glyndon
smiled knowingly in Mrs. Moffet's di-
rection when he met her at the break
tast-table. The smile and the look
which accompanied it met Mr.. Mont
gomery's eye, and straightway a
strange conviction was aroused in
his breast. What did it mean? That
Mr.. Glynd was a detective he did not
dream. Shortly after breakfast was
over he saw Glyndon slip a folded
scrap otpaper into the wild owls plump
hand. The sight made Montgomery
gnash his teeth. s
"a billet bouxr' he muttered.
"Here, this is going on right before
my eyes, | suppose there will be a
wedding next!" and Mr.. Truman
Montgomery, as he left the house
and wendell his way downtown in
search of a new boarding place, GER
tainly did not feel comfortable.
Now the scrap Of paper had con
tanned these words.
IT have found out the mystery.
Have some of the boarders-all OF
them, if you like in the upper hall
tonight at about eleven o'clock, and
you will learn the truth. 1t was Just
as / had suspected y
Eleven struck in loud tones from
the big clock on the stairs, and most
of the boarders, obedient to a hasty
summons, appeared in the hall out
side the door OF Mr.. Truman Mont
gomery's room. A little later the
door was opened noiselessly from
within and the boarders saw before
them Mr.. Frank Glyndon. He laid
his finger to his lip and pointed with
in the room. This is what they saw
by the light Of the hall gas; Truman
Montgomery, in dressing gown and
slippers but sound asleep working
away diligently at the empty CRATE.
Two dozen eyes watched with
breathless eagerness while Mr. Tru-
man Montgomery, still in that heavy
slumber, knelt before the CRATE and
thrusting his hand up the chimney,
brought down an oblong tin box.
No wonder the chimney SIN ked!''
exclaimed Mrs. Moffet, breathlessly.
And right then Frank Glyndon
stepped to Montgomery side, and
slowly and carefully awakened him.
Turn up the gas-high Mrs. Moi
tet!' commanded Glyndon firmly.
Mr.. Montgomery GU somnambul-
list! your money is found!"
The next day Mr.. Truman Mont
gomery sought Mrs Mof1et, and
there was a long private converse
ton; when he left he kissed her and
called her dear Lucy.
Shortly afterward the placard was
removed from the door of the Moffet
house a bording house no longer
and only yesterday the paper an
nounced a marriage; the contracting
parties being named respectfully
! Montgomery and Mofet.
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