The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-07-10

that she locked up her emeralds with
her own hands, and had the key on a
ribbon around her neck"
81 am glad we left when we did" |
remarked as she paused. mot that !
| am burdened with jewels, but 1t
must be awfully unpleasant"
1T is" she agreed; "one is inclined |
to look suspiciously at ones neighbors, |
not to mention servants. AS for me, |
have put my treasures in this box and
carried II with me everywhere this
morning. | would not even trust my
maid, who has been with me for years.
| do not know what in the world to do
with them, and am more than half in
clined to dig hole and bury them
deep and safe"
She gave vexed little laugh as she
spoke, and raised box wrapped in
white paper which she held on her
tain bonbons.
'Ill tell you" said Elizabeth i'm
pulsively. Leave them here. There
is a little iron safe under the china
closet in the dining room. | can't
imagine why it was put there. for II
Is not big enough to hold much silver,
! even If VIC ad anything but the most
obvious plate but 1t possesses two
| padlocks, and you could lock it and
keep the keys"
do you really mean it," said Lady
Edith, incredulously.
"Yes-why not? I'm sure we won't
be pursued for our valuables, and, If
you will take all responsibility for leav-
ing them, you are more than welcome
to the exclusive use of the safe-isn't
she, girls?"
OF course we agreed willingly, and
were quite repaid by the look of relief
in her big brown eyes and the pretty
eager manner with which she endeav-
ored to express her gratitude.
Let us put them away at once and
get them off our minds" suggested
Gabrielle, springing from the ham
mock and leading the way to the din.
ing room.
So we opened the door-which
looked like an ordinary wooden panel
below the corner closet-and disclosed
the little iron safe with it's two pad
locks-both so rusty from disuse that
1t took all the strength | possessed to
turn the keys.
"There!" | remarked, handing them
to Lady Edith and closing the outer
wooden door. Now you can rest in
peace
You have removed an incubus from
my shoulders" she said, with quick
display of dimples, land am more
grateful than | can express. | should
not have had an easy minute after
Mrs. Bundy's experience, although
am inclined to believe II was one OF
the strange men who spent the night
here, rather than a guest or servant Of
the hotel i would rather think so.
And do you know" she continued
; thoughtfully my maid says that sew
eral of these men left very early with
out waiting for breakfast-as soon as
it was light in fact. That in Itself
I seems suspicious, under the circum
I stances, but then, as | said, every one
| is inclined to suspect every one else
and it Is all very horrid and uncom
Portable. Now, do let us go outside
again, and not waste this glorious
! day"
We had a delightful morning, fol
! our guest was even more charming
than usual. There was a subdued eX
a hilaration in her manner, and an ex
uberance of spirit we had never seer
before; her cheeks were softly pink
and her eyes shone, as she chatteC
= merrily of various things after thu
fashion of girls the world over. II
her soitened mood, with the grand'
dame manner laid aside, she was quite
irresistible, and | found myself won
dering why her left hand bore neithe
I wedding nor engagement ring, ant
whether she as well as her brother hat
c an unhappy romance to be lived dow
u and forgotten.
She did not, however, convey tn
n impression of a lovelorn damsel, for
|, more radiant creature | have neve
r seen. BY the time lunch was over w
e felt as though we had known her a
g ways, and were planning a summe
abroad, part of which was to be spen
- at her fathers castle in Scotland
81 hope" she added, that Wilfri
y will have quite recovered his pois
y before you come over, and you can Sc
e him as he really is-such a dear fe
e low! And then, who knows wha
=" might happen? One of you might
induced to stay in the old world, fo
a we have many friends, and America
II girls are very popular, you know"
# After lunch Elizabeth declared he
G intention of going down the cellar I
n see what it was like, saying that