The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-01
THE GOLDEN IDOL.
BY FERGUS HUN

:'oly dazed to say anything, so 1 left
him"
why did you do tllat?'
We'll, thought he might stick a knife
III me or something" said Teddy. can
didly. Zone can't be too careful with
these Eastern devils. I thought he had
robbed old Burnley, ard quite intended
to take the Boojunt back to the general
next morning.
you didn't go near the house on that
night
No. What was the good? OF course.
IL known 1t was case of murder"
said Vyse between his teeth, I'D have
yanked Jinfou to the police station
straight away-or made shot at it. any,
how. However, I left him pulling him
self together in the frost. and wheeled
my smashed machine home. Next morn
ing l heard of the murder, and went off
to see Dyke at once
Why did you not tell him what you
have just told us?" asked Fancy.
Teddy sat down in his old place and
rubbed his hands 81 thought it best to
lie low, he said, slowly You see.
Dykes an official ass; and If I had told
him, he's have pitched into me for not
hanging on to Jinfou as a thief, If not
as murderer AS soon as I saw how it
was swore at myself properly, 1 can tell
you But 1 thought it best, as things
were. to wait until I had nailed Jinfou
before giving myself away But al
though 1 hunted for him everywhere 7
could not pick him up. This time he's
gone clean enough. So all did was to
ask to see the room. and make sure that
the Boojum was really gone"
You silly"' cried Fancy "Whfie #
was in your pocket! You couldAt be
much more sure than that, I should
thinli'
Might have been another" said Teddy
coolly. How do I know there isn't an
other BooJum knocking around? At any
rate, [ wanted to make sure, and I did
The9- l set to work to get rid of it, and
yet not to get rid of it,"
What do you mean?" asked Norah
opening her eyes very wide
We'll. you see, there's no doubt about
it's being beastly unlucky," said Teddy,
in his boyish way. First Leonard then
the general, then Jinfou-they all went
wrong somehow. 1 was afraid if kept
it I'd get messed up myself I didn't
want to give it to anyone lest they should
come in for 1t. At the same time. 1
wanted to be able to put my hand on 1t
at any moment. Then it struck me it
would be a good idea to hide it In the
Chinese jar"
81 don't see that 1t was good idea at
ALL" said Fancy. ''The jars soldn'
How did l know it was going to be
sold? It's been in that corner ever since
I can remember I'd as soon have
thought of the Pillar being removed as
the jari J. made sure if hid it there 1t
would be safe. and yet harm no one. 1
wrapped it up in brown paper. tied It
with string. and sealed il. Then called
here, on the chance of getting a few mo-
ments alone in the drawing room. You
were all out; 50 I told Jael I'd wait
When I was in here and the door shut,
it wasn't much of job to stow 1t away
in the jar. / had brought little bottle
of liquid china cement in my pocket: so
I just emptied it into the jar and drop
ped the parcel on top of it. and rammed
it down with that Indian club on the
wall 1t stuck to the bottom fast enough
Then showed in a newspaper or two. In
case any of you might happen to look
there, and-well the thing was DONE
You look positively proud of it. I don't
think it's anything to be proud Of SO
farr' said Fancy ''And it sounds UNI
commonly like some description Of exEcrt
burglaryi''
well, I didn't want the thing to rattle
about cried Teddy ''The lar might
have been unscrewed when the room was
being cleaned; and If it had been tilted
over, out would have come the Boojumi
Unless Marks has looked into It, the
things there still I'll go and see tomor-
row; get 1t back, if / can, you bet! That's
the whole thing in a nutshell. But. /
say, come now, you haven't told me how
that jar came to be Sold
Mother wanted money, and
Fancy" cried Norah. warnfngly.
Hold your tongue. Mother sold the jar
for reasons OF her own. Teddy"
She paused. and looked hard at him;
and in that glance she positively forbade
him to inquire further into the subject.
And as Teddy was both a young gentle
man and a creature OF tact, he saw how
it was and refrained. But he determined
to get 1t ont OF Fancy later on, neyerthe-
less.
Go Be Continued Dafly)