Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-10-01
NEVER GOElE
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fearful that Bailey might regret the transac-

fearful that Bailey might regret the transac-
1T will do for that cabinet of Hindoo
idols and Chinese gods murmured pdiies'
thinking of his den in New York
He inspected the jug on his way back 10
+be train. and found it half filled with hard
ened yellow clay. When he had scrapea inls
out with his pocket knife he discovered
denosit in the bottom of the vessel OF some
substance that resemb1ed hardened wax u ms
nroved too hard for the blade, and he let 1t
alone. Clay still chung to the carvings ung 1
meath the three faces on the outside Inc
handle was merely flat knob
''You must have lain in the earth quite %. a
few years Mr. Janus unused bailey.
wonder what sort of chap that Aztec poten-
tate was Must have been dull company lor
Won these last thousand years.
In the low doorway of the adobe shop the
1eather-faced Mexican vender watched the
White stranger disappear, nuttering spanish
words and chuclling softly to himself
The Aztec lug certainly added much to the
weired appearance of the cabinet OF H1ndoo
idols and Chinese gods and called torth many many
admiring comments from bailey ausuc
friends when they visited him on his return,
but it was extraordinary that SO much lh-luck
had befallen him lately.
II was bad enough to have valuable terra
Gotta Nubian figure topple OFT the man5ei
shelf from no apparent cause and neatiy ue,
capitate itself, but when this was followed
bv the smashing of a rare Pompeiian vase and
an almost priceless Moorish lamp it was time
to call halt. D.,,
absence. and Louise, the housemaid, who took
care of his rooms, vowed indeed she haan
touched EN-, cause she knowed MI; Daiiey
was alway particular about dustin EN- MS
self 1t is true he might nave SCI 'h % M
bian figure too close to the edge the Pomp-
elan vase could have been Jared from us
place on the teak wood cabinet and the chai l
Z of the Moorish lamp might have Deen wedh;
happened before. :,
Bailey was superstitious. He was welded
TO his curios and from the time OF hrst
accident he had felt distrustful toward the
Aztec jug. With the bits OF the rollpea,ali
vase in his hand he stood cycling it suspicious
w. but its three faces were as lmpertupaDly
hideous as ever though Bailey could have
sworn that wicked leer lurked about the
stony eyes. ,..,
BAILEY took up the Jug from its resting place
among the idols and the gods and pore II
awav into his bedroom. He placed 1t on
bamboo table. intending to lock 1t up with
some other banished curios, but Just then
Dick Shaw burst into the outer room
Dick was an artist with impression,l,stc
tendencies and next to his work and Lillian
Bell he carried more for Bailey than anything
else in the world. Lillian, tall, dark beauty
happened to be his fancee. Bailey, who al
WAYS declared himself to be an unregenerate
Bachelor, because he had never seen the
woman he could love, had taken Drotherly
interest in the match.
Dick was rafting off some experience. of
the day, at the same time helping himself to
the contents of decanter on the buffet, when
there was a crash in the bedroom
''What the deuce is that?" exclaimed Dick
pausing with the glass half way to his mouth.
II say, old chap, you haven't got anybody
concealed in there, have your?
Bailey, with the air of man who knows
what he is going to see, walked into the bed
room ard beheld his choicest copy of Rem
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