Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-03

pulled card from the box cOntainin the
REJECTED and discredited risks OF the
Charakter Surety company.
"It orter be luck" reflected large? for
all the meaning Of IT," and he read as
follers:
Auglum, Pierre, 2s. Single. lives at home
with his father, Dr. Robert Anglum, the
noted scientist, and young sister Annette:
Milky for Pierre's application TO be bonded
as trustee under his uncle Peters win.
sleep, writes poetry, forgets his own name,
hides things. TO the funny house for him.
1T is luck" began eagerly.
"'Tis the postscup tibet has the sting
in Il. like q scorp'un's tail" large whit
on, unheeding. Evidently jotted down some
time arter in pencil by the inspector hisself
for his own pussonal use. Hear to It, now
and he read:
Good shot-s5OOOO saved. p. A. dead and
the diamonds gone. explains. II only
had the magnet
Nov. what in the divvle-" he began.
at is luck" persisted. ut all comes
back to me now; / kin see what he's
drivin' at like the ind OF a road. ex-
plains'-that's the sintlnce above, don't you
see, Jarge?-about Anglum's walkin' In his
sleep and hldin' things"
HE tucked away some'ares for keeps
will-s500O0 wuth. 'Unly a magnet7' Well.
guess, yes. If he unly had q clue to
lead him to that needle in a haystack.
But wen make try for thin. large
'tis more an even chanct." And thin, as
he brought down his hand heavy. 1 told
this vofac'us tale.
1t was a year back whin large and me
was apart was stumpin' the pave dis
consulate wi ma within hut banda n ms
pockets, and those blue and cold.
A hearty old gent. with long white
beard, stopped me, lifting me chin and
perrin into me face with his bright, blue
eyes Thin he offered me good pay and
prog IL wud go to his house and act as a
subJeck for a trifin scientific investigator.
1 whit to his roomy, ramblin house. so
tired and weak from me bed and boord OF
stone tibet hardly had he told me to look
at a big, blinlxin' crystal and hardly had
he made a pass and a stroke before / was
niddle-noddlin In the Land of Nod; talkin
yis, in answer TO his questuns, but l don't
know sayin' what, EXCEPT 1t was about
somethin' that was hid and must be found.
He KEEP me there for tree days in a
vereptable land of Canaan, served straight,
widout milk and honey at the side, tank
goodness, and when he dismissed me as
not proven, me pockets were warm enough
TO keep me hands from gittun blue and
cold.
This was DIR. Anglumr' asst large, i'm
patiently. And you think he was
searchin' for the di'monds?"
Right, bot ways" l answered. AT
fust I fought he was simply dairy, but
now 1 kin see he was daffy wit a pup
pose. like every. odder man of genus.
.N..fa
me, he liked my gintle ways. His last
words wore an ixprissun OF confidence.
It's in you. all right he said. with a
sigh. but / amt got the power to revoke
It. Some'ares in the wurroid, young man,
is you complimint, the strong will that is
a key to your sinsitive soul, which kin un-
lock and unfold the mysteries of natur'.
Promise me, If the two hemispheres are
iver screwed togedder by fortutus sue
cumstances into a globe OF pufict knowl-
edge you and he will come to me as me
honored guests"
ct see your drift at last" interrupted
large; you want me to play the role of
anudder Cally Ostrum. But what do I
know about amy such rot?'
That's half the battle" I cried, ex-
ultant. Your method is sure to be an
advanced wan. Under your magical in
looance I'll lead you by gradooal and har-
monus SIPS from ciller to roof, from cold
20 warm, until be he PROCESS of elimina-
ton we locate the di'monds. Talk about
a needle in a haystacki I'll go t'roo that
fodder with a fine toot' comb"
large assinted at lengt', but in a half
hearted way.
"'Tis all very like with a dotty old man"
he grumbled as we started on our quist.
''but there's a girl-whats her name-An-
nette7'
There is a girl. very much of wan. too"
] agreed with an ipicureen smack OF the
lips. "She was away whin I was there;
but ] seen her pictur and It wud make a
did octoginerain skip with jy. wisht
I cud put meself in your place. large: I
wisht that unly for the onct I might pose
as the masher univussal"
But It was no use. The etarnal spark
of Jarges vanity was blinked under q
bushel OF doubts. His Arab steed was shod
with buriap and straw instid of IRE.
But this sleep OF yours. Smithers." he
fretted. WAS 1t genooine, was 1t nateral?''
whin had assured him OF my ability to
sleep at will under amy and all condi-
lions, but allus with wan eye open, ]
began to see the drift Of his quams The
fear of the unknown was upon hlms-a fear
that has ratified many a stouter nerve
than his.
Not that large was a coward-pride
ambitun. eagerness, greed. united to give
him a sort OF desprlt courage. But there
was nawthin matter o. fax abeut It.
It was allus under excitement. inspiratun
with narves frightened up 10 the highes
pitch, and Mysteries follerin clus like {
shadder. No forlorn hope for large, secl
as propin' t'roo a tunnell to locate a mine
he wanted TO see the way livery time; yis
and to know 1t wore his
Howiver, the perliminaries were 81
familiar as to put him at ease. DIR. Angiun
recognized me at onct; he greeted me will
feverish glee. The old man had failed Il
the year. as II the hand of Deaf had al
ready begun to smooth and soothe hin
into mort.
'Is It really so?" he quayered. you hav
found your Alter Eggo at last?"
Were from the very same shell. and n
mistake" 1 replied.
IAN adept. a true adept, vussed In tn
mysteries OF the Yeast" he mummered a
Jarge tossed back his flowing locks an,
casht his eyes into a Garner OF the Collins
It was rally pititul, so II wore, to watc
his tremblin' eagerness, his implicit fat
that. his own crazy not'un had come true
as he explained how vital It was tina