The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-10-25


30 the police in their daily dealing
with criminals.
Philip awoke shortly before Z.
de was cold ana sim. Inc weatne
wac chilly, and there was no arden
meteor in the back yard to keep tn
temperature Of the house at grateiul
point during the night
But his active young frame quickly
dissipated the effects Of a deep sleep
ON a drafty floor He washed his face
and hands at the sink in the sculiery
and his next thought was for breaA
fast, a proof, If proof were needed,
that he arose refreshed In mind ana
body.
In the Mile End road there are plen
ty of early morning restaurants. AT
one of them he made substantlai
meal. and, ca his return to the news
he lost not moment In carrying out
systematic search through all parts OF
the house and yard for any traces OF
the meteor which might have escaped
his ken In the darkness.
Amid the earth and broken stones OF
the excavation there were few frag-
ments Of ore and some atomic speci-
mems of the diamantiferous material
not sufficient, all told, to I'LL the palm
Of his hand, but he gathered them for
obvious reasons and then devoted nVe
vigorous minubes with 0 Brien's spade
to the task of filing up the deep hole
itself.
By lowering the hagstones and
breaking the earth beneath he soon
gave the small yard an appearance OF
chaos which might certainly puzzle
people, but which would afford no pos
sible clew to the nature of the disturb
| ing element.
At best they might imagine that the
dread evidence Of come wss1d crime
| lay In the broken area. Ii 90, they
could dig until they were tired. But
indeed, he was now guarding against
most unlikely hypothesis. The prob
| ability was that Johnson's News would
soon cease to exist and become al
most as fabulous as the island of At
lantis.
Moreover, he had project dimly
outlined In his mind which might be-
come definite if all went well with
him that day. Then the ownership of
No. 8, Johnson's News, would cease
10 trouble him, for Philip was quite
sure the whole power of the law would
be invoked to prevent him from deal
ing with his meteor If once the exact
place where it fell became publicly
known.
| OBriens shop was scarcely open be-
fore Philip was there with his Fmain
ing portmanteau.
| "Arrah. Phil, me bhoyI Where in the
name Of goodness are ye gatherin' the
beautiful leather TRUNKS from?' ask
cd the pensioner.
This is the last one,v laughed the
boy. Il am of now to find a cab, and
you won't see me again until Monday
~Faix. he's a wonderful lad entirely
commented the old man. What sort
| Of plumber has he In the bags, at all
/ at allT"
In idle curiosity he lifted the last
addition TO the pile. 1t was normal,
even light in weight Then he nodded
knowingly.
"a lot OF ouId duds belongin' 10 Mrs.
| Arson, I'll be boun'. All, we'll the
Lord rest her sowl it's she was the
fne woman wish had some one as
oliver as her TO write for me to that
| thafe OF the worruld who thried"-
| AS there are no signs in the art of
literature similar h those which serve
the needs of musicians, whereby
thoughts can be expressed da capo
like musical phrase, without risk os
wearying the reader, 1t must be under
stood that Philip had returned from
faraway Fenchurch street station witt
a four wheeler before O'Brien exhaust
cd the first TRADE of the day agains;
the war Office.
with a cunning that amounted to
genius, the boy placed the large, light
portInanteau and the two small. heavy
ones on the roof Of the vehicle, whe.s