The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-24
THE SALT LAKE HERALD MONDAY AUGUST a. 1895.

find that 1t contains all expected
Why. what did you want ?'-Paine
was on his mettfde now. You would
hardly expect a three volume novel for
the price you offeredr'
Il didn't bid high enough. that's a
fact, the publisher confessed. But l
want the rest OF it-badly. 1 am think
you know about Navy"
+ IA a series of short stories, like this
otheTs?"
"Oh, anyway you Iike-yesp' Perkins
got UP and walked the floor impatient
~ II can't explainl-It's this way:
You have what 1 want. ard if l can
make a deal with you we won't decker
about the price. Now what can you do
for me.?''
q can supply the demand" said
Paine, confidently. but you must give
me time for this Unfortunately all
my notes were stolen last night
THAT was all you knew about
Navy" asked Perkins, hopelessiy.
Everything I had. StayLtfnere is
Nays own story; but L have already
dipped into that for a few of his pecu-
liar ideas"
Nays own story!' the publisher
echoed, in strong excitement. What's
thaC?"
Paine made brief explanation, ana
upon learning the fate of this scory
Perkins drew a long breath as if tan
talized almost beyond endurance.
But you say that you copied it, . he
exclaimed, with a CLEAN of hope.
Where's the copy?"
TT is still at my old home-packed
away with q. trunllful of old letters up
in the attic
Then you could get it?"
Certainly; if it is of envy value to
you
Strangely enough. the publishers
eagerness was quickly abated by this
reply. I'VE via let the matter rest
awhile" he decided, after a moment
of abstraction; and then quietly with
drew.
A few days afterwards Paine re
ceived a letter and a paper addressed
in his mothers handwriting. With a
pleasant anticipation of home news, he
opened the letter, but its first para
graph drew from him a cry of surprise.
His old home had also been entered
by burglar. 1t was a matter of slight
Importance, but in the light of his own
recent experience, it was sufficiently
disturbing.
Further details made it very clear
that both of these trivial robberies had
been committed by the same myster-
ious person. AS in the former case moth
Ing Oh value HdU Deen SlOien, OUT the
contents of an old trunk had been found
scattered over the attic floor.
Il send you the Gazette, which has
just arrived Mrs. Paine wrote, in con-
clusion. 81 see that the Penniwell
money has been recovered, and that
one of the burglars is in custody Pos
sibly this is the man who entered our
house
A sudden light broke uoon Paine's
mind. There was but one man who
knew Of the papers in his trunk-one
man who had shown an insatiate Curl
osity about John Navy. Snatching up
the Gazette, he quickly ran over its
proliX account of the arrest.
The last paragraph was especially in
teresting to Kepler Paine.
The prisoner registered at the Union
House as Perkins of Chicago. His con-
nection with the Navy gang has been
clearly established, and it appears that
Re discovered the long-hidden booty by
means of q CIPHER message from his old
chief. Part of this cipher was con
tanned in certain obscure phrases of a
story entitled John Nays confession
which was recently published in the
Maxima"