Putnam patriot., 1908-04-17

.t,.ntt. come. lgngied Mr Ken ,.f4E= -yau gain nothing by being per .anaf Buf listen. You saw man in ,gs fr.tfa- though you confess you ,.t, r3anerd at him-and Immediately -..,rsiIzed him as brlstly murderer ,[ao ms committed the crime of being l=HrFr Did you see murderer Ne. rst of the train? Ne. of course not. lie K probably dining in the bosom of tss humble but honest family. while van my dear sir. are aching to clap bia in the peniteHtiary." Mir Ren- v-xek paused 10 laugh. Really. Mi- ehael you amuse me. Age is respon- s.h,e for bad eFesight perhaps. but 1t k vonr .oor old brain that troubles no You have developed into fnssy ot3 wp.an-Miss Michaela Corrigan, snfa ster. sixty-one aud afraid to say boo to Il bat.
 The cid lawyer paused suddenly In his walk aud thrust the ferrule of his cane deep into the gravel path.
 ..J0coh." lie said in tone of sup pressed anger. that will do. You have gone just d little too far, l told you what | thought without any wish for ap argument. and now I'll tell you something else. 1 don't care whether yon lose your diamonds and plate or not. Whats more. l hope you will. Good night"
 He had intended staying for dinner, hut changed his mind and swung rap idIy away. while MT. Renwyck looked after him. laughing merrily.
 .Oh. say, Miehaela." he called. Don't forget to look under your bed tonight. You might find a burglar with cast in his eye.'
 For once Mir Renwyck had got the better of his brother-in-iaw. and the faei pleased him immensely.
 The poor old granny" he muttered aS he went into tLe house. Upon my wafd, I'm astonished at him.
 Ii may be stated that. contrary 10 AIH Gefrieanis flat dehal that gentle man cid take further interest in the pazsihe burglary. if only to prove his oea theory On the following night fi#e private detectives came out to lr4metou and stole separately to the laUye7s house About II o'clock ae- caHHaaica by Mr. Gorrigan in person. theg concealed themselves It various points If vantage on the Renwyek place and awaited developments. The night was damp and gtoomy-most excellent weather conditions for houSebreaking party. but with disad- t1, ,iat at ba advanced age of sixfy=one- Beyond q touch of rheumatism Mir. Corrigan bagged nothing, and the morning found him very disgruntled old gen tleman However. there was humer- ous side to the vigil. and with this the old lawyer censoIed himself.
 Lord" he ehuekled. 'The jokes on me this time. but l wouldn't have Ja- eob find 1t out-no. not for thousand dollars cash.''
 Meanwhile Mr. Reewyck. having scared deeisiyely on Uncle Michael. enjoyed his dinner as victor should. He was in the best Of spirits. not alone because of his triumph. but because of certain cheerful developments which had come to light at the meeting of ihe stockholders of his new deep water harbor company. He was so elated ever his certain success that he cast ont bread hints which were mystifyinS enigmas to all present with the exeep- ton of Richard. who understood only too well To him they meant the col lapse of his fathers cherished hopes, while he. dutiful son, was forced to sit calmly and watch an enemy gloat.
 Dinner was scarcely over when call ers were announced. They were old friends Of the family. claiming the at- tention of Mir and Mrs. Renwyek and Miss Schermerly, which left the four young people to their own devices. For this Richad thanked tn visitors feryently and wandered with Miss Harriet across the lawn. where they seated themselves on fayorite bench aud enjoyed long and uninterrupted chat. Had Uncle Michael been present instead of sulking in his lonely bach eior home Ee might have had cause to exchange his frowns for ehuckles. in view of the fact that certain young scamp was assurediy making progress
 The progress was not of tremendecs moment. after all, yet Richard forgot