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her euds. Why not! Il had been her
business. her professional duty. TO
make use of him In order 70 accom-.
plish her plsndering And because
she had not dared to ask him for the
Jewels when he isft her In the morn.
Ing, she had naturally returned In tho
evening to regain them. very con.
fidsnt, doubtless. that even II surprised
q second time. shs would xet Oh scot.
free. Unfortunately for her. this fel.
low Anisty had interfefed. Maitland
presumed cynically that no ought 70
be grateful to Aninty. The unaccoant,
able scoundrei! Why had he'returnedf
! How the girl had contrived to es-
cape was. OF course. more easy to un.
derstand. Maitland recalled that aud.
= den cIatter Of hoofs In the street, and
he had only to make a trip to the
window to verify his suspicion that
the cab was gone. She had simply
overheard his concluding remarks to
+, the cabby. and taken pardonable ad.
I. vantage Of them. Maitland had footed
the bill. She was welcome to that.
-, however. He, Maitland. was well rid
Of the whole damnable business. Yes.
jewels and all!
| What we're the jewels to him? De-
yond their sentimental associations, he
| did not hold them greatly ii prize. OF
course. since they had been worn by
4, his mother, he would spare no ex.
kpense or effort to trace and re-collect
them, for that dim sainted mcmory's
sake. But in this case. At least. the
| traditional usage Of the Matt!ands
/ would never be carried out. II had
! been faithfully observed whom. after
his mothers death. the stones had
been removed from their settings and
stored away: but now they would
never be reset. even should he con.
( trive to reassemble them. to adorn the
bride Of the Maitland heir. For he
| would never marry. OF course not.
| Maitland was young enough to be-
\ lIeve. and to extract . melancholy sat.
ifcation from. this. -""!fl =
PUSHED and saddened. his mind
/ harked back forever to that casking.
! question: Why had she retaraed Z
What had brought her back - the
fati II she and Anisty wero confed-
crates, rs one was inclined Ut times to
/ belieye-if such were the case. Anisty
! had the Jewels. and there WAS nothing
else Of any particular value 90 par
: sistently to entice such expert and &C.
complished burglars back to his nat.
/ What else had they required OF himf
His peace of mind was nothing that
they could turn into cash; and they
! seemed to have resved hin Of nothing
else - 49, .r...f 7--%F' - - '-EE2&
But they had that: unauestionably
they had taken that.
And stih the riddle haunted, him:
why had she come back that night!
Ard, sNNaA6ver her reason, had she
! eome In Anisty's company. or alone?
One ieihuts II seemed patent beyond
/ dispute lthAt the girl and tho great
piunderer were hand.in-glove: the next
. minute Maitland waa positively a.
unred THAI THAR recent meeting had
! been altogether an accident. From
what he had heard over the telephecs.
, he had believed them to be auarreling.
! although at the time be had assigned
; to O'Hagan the masculine side Of the
| dispute. But certainly there must
!, have arisen some di0eroace Of opan-.
| ion between Aniety and the girl to
have drawn from hars that frantic neg,
alive Maitland had heard. to 6ayo,
been responsible for the overturninE
Of the chair-an accident that seemed
, to argue something in the nature Of 4
| physical struggle: the chair ttseR lay
upon its side. mute witness to hasty
! and careless movement on somebody's
part. . ..'s ~
But II was al inexpllcable. Event.
| ually Maitland shook his head, to sig
nify that he gave II up. There was
but one thing to do-to put Il out OF
mind. He would read . bit, compose
himseK. 30 to bed. -
Preliminary to doing %. he would
take steps to Insure the nat against
| further burgiarixing, TOR DIST NIGHT =,
flsast. The draasht moving through
the hall stirred the port1ere and r.
minded him that the widow II the
trunkroom WAS still open, An invit1r;
ton 10 any entefpr1aing sneak-thief of
secondstory man. % Maitland went:
to closs and mske Il fast. 81
A. - shue down he vtnAow-sash
and eisRpsd The cateh hs trod On
semethiag SOFT and yaeldfns. wonder.
ing, be ssoopsd and 'picked n up. and
carried n hack 10 TIE light II proved
| to be the ssrrs hasd-bas. ~
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