Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-13

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| What is your opinion? The price Is high.
certainly. but. then picture the joy of II
the only one In the world!
And again came another message:
| I referred to Blue Atom, of course
! What did the postoffice make it into?
EVELYN.
Blue Atom was assuming spectral
dimensions He cursed the thing flu
emily. 1t was high priced. joy, alone
| in solitary glory. What could 1t be?
He strolled into the station and en-
tered into conversation with a plat
form inspector.
"By the way" he said casually,
shave you ever heard of anything call
ed blue atomT'
The man grinned. els that another
name for D. It's, STRIP
Grenier gave it up and resolved to
postpone a decision until the next
morning
BY late train Philips portmanteau
arrived 1t was locked, and the key
reposed In the safe Green, it ulti-
mately transpired, solemnly opened the
safe in the presence of the housekeeper
and butler. locked it again without
disturbing any of the other contents
and handed the key to the butler, who
placed it in the silver pantry.
In the solitude Of his room Grenier
burst the lock The rascal received
one of the greatest shocks of his life
when he examined the contents "a
quantity of old clothing, some worn
boots ball of twine bed coverlet
big iron key, the tattered letters and
variety of odds and ends that would
have found no corner In a respectable
ragshop.
He burst into At Of hysterical
laughter.
Eye gods and little fishes?' he cried.
"What a treasure! The Clerkenwell
suit, suppose, and woman's skirt
and blouse. Old timers, too, by their
style His mothers, l expect. He
must have been fond of his mother"
At that moment Jocky Mason, beetle
browed and resentful, was reading
letter which reached his lodgings two
hours before his arrival, in an envelope
bearing the ominous initials 20. FL.
M. S."
1t was from the Southwark police
station.
Sir-Kindly make 1t convenient to at
tend here tomorrow evening at p. m.
Yours truly, T. BRADLEY.
Inspector.
The following day it was Mason's
duty to report himself under his ticket
of-leave, but it was quite unusual for
the police to give preliminary warn
ing in this respect. Failure on his part
meant arrest. That was all the Off
; Gals looked after.
! whats up now?" he muttered.
Anyway, Grenier was right. This
gives me cast iron alibI III &C
knowledge it ut once"
His accompllce, hoping to obtain
sleep from champagne, consumed the
I contents of a small bottle in his bed
I room, while he scanned the columns of
the local evening papers for any ref
D erence to seaside mystery" on the
Yorkshire coast
$ There was none. Anson's body had
not been recovered yet.
I Before going to bed he wound Phil.
d ip's watch He examined it now with
7 greater interest than he had bestowed
on it hitherto
Although silver, it appeared to be q
good one. He opened the case to ex-
anime the works. Inside there was an
: inscription:
Presented to Philip Arson, aged ffteer
years. by the officers and men of tht
. Whitechapel division of the metropolitan
? police as a token of their admiration fo
his bravery in assisting to arrest a no
torious burglar.
Beneath was the date of Mason''
capture.
"WherA was / ten years ago?" h'
:, unused
!. He looked back through the soileC
"a leaves OF a sordid record and found
n that he was then acting in meIO
"a drama entitled 1.-THE Wages Of Sin"
n And the wages Of sin is DEATH The
IS drama Insisted on the full measure o.
Ie Biblical accuracyi Altogether Grenie
lay down to rest under u9enylable con
r. ditions.
# He dreamed that he was falling down
'e precipices and striking, sheets of blu
e. water with appalling splashes. Eacl
he time he was awakened by the shock.
ID But he was a hardy rogue whar
st conscience was concerned. ami n
er swore himself to sleep again. Rest h
u must have. He must arise with stead
head and clear brain.
ur He was early astir His first aC
IS was to send for the Yorkshire morn
m IT,. v,,,,,,,e, ,r1,,,. ,o,,tot,,aI M NOW,
- of Philip Arson dead. but the loca
- sheet chronicled his arrival at York.
-; This was excellent. The banke
=, would see it. 4 few printed lines cal
- ry great weight in such matters
- Then he signed the leases, dispatche
" them in a typewriter envelope an
i. telegraphed:
. Documents forwarded this mornin
N' Please meet wishes expressed in letter,
- ssc,roIv- he radaotaI "A hi0pdo