Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-08-17

Scotland Yard" nc told her bllntly
he promised that Dorothy should send
us the Information by the mornings
post. When l insisted he agreed to
bring it himself after dinner this
evening. make it quite clear?" she
interrupted, little anxious.
'Quite clear. l assure you," he as
sented encouragingly.
Strangely enough. he had not been
gone ten minutes when my son came
in from a conference with our So
licitors, informing me that at last
memorandum had turned up, indicat-
ing that the heirlooms would be found
in safe secreted behind dresser in
Colonel Burgoyne's bedroom"
Sat No. Frognall street"
eyes. l proposed going there at
once. but it was late, and we We're
dining at the Pless with an acquaint-
ance, Mr.. Mulready, whom l now re-
call as former intimate of George
Calendar. To our surprise, we saw
Calendar and his daughter at table
not far from ours. Mr.. Mulready be.
trayed some agitation at the sight Of
Calendar and told me that Scotland
Yard had man out with warrant
for Calendars arrest OH old charges.
For old sake's sake Mr.. Mulready beg.
ged me to give Calendar word of
warning. l did so-foolishly. it seems
Calendar was at that moment plan
ming to rob us, Mulready aiding and
abetting him."
The woman paused before <irl1wood
looking down upon him. "And so,''
she concluded, 1--WE have been tricked
and swindled. l can scarcely believe ii
Of Dorothy Calendar"
81, for one don't believe it." Kirk.
wood spoke quickly, rising. Whatever
the culpability Of Calendar and Null
ready, Dorothy was only their hood.
winked tool"
But, Mr.. Kirkwood, she must have
known the jewels were not hers"
"Yes," he assented passively, bu
wholly unconvnced.
and what" she demanded, with q
gesture of eXasperation-''wha would
you adviser
Scotland Yard" he told her bluntly
But it's family secret. 1t must
not appear in the papers. Don't yol
understand? George Calendar is my
husbands cousin!'
81 can think Of nothing else unles.
you pursue them in person"
"But whitherT
THAT remains to be discovered.
can tell you nothing more than have
May thank you for your hospitality
express my regrets that should un
Willingly have been made the agent o
this disaster and wish you good night
or rather, good morning, Mrs. Hal
lamp"
For moment she held him under ;
calculating glance. which lie withstoot
with graceless fortitudc. Then, realiz
ing that he was determined not by an,
means to be won to her cause. sh
gave him her hand. with common
place wish that he might find his af
fairs in better order than seemed prob
able. and rang for Eccles.
The butler showed him out
We'll" appreciated Mr.. Kirkwood
with gusto, shes got Ananias an,
Sapphira talked to u standstill. a
right" He Illuminated over this for
moment. Calendar can lie some, toe
but hardly with her picturesque toucl
Uncommon ingenious. | call it. A
the same. there were only about
dozen bits of thing that didn't fit int
her mosaic little bit. | think they'r
all tarrcd with the same stick-all bu
the girl. And there's somethin
afoot long sight more devilish an
crafty than that shilling shocker c
madam's. Dorothy Calendars &C
about as much active part in ft as
have. I'm only from California. BIT
: they've got to show me before III b.
lieve word against her Those IL
be on the girls SIDE and | seem
: have drawn the lucky straw. Goo
heavens! Is it possible for a grow
man to fall heels over head in love
3 two short hours? don't believe
It's just Understanding more. Al
I'll have to have Il change of cloth
before cen do anything further"
He struck across town us direct
!, us might be for ST. Puncras static
4 1t would undoubtedly be long wal
/. but cabs were prohibited by his stra
: ened means. and the buses We're
: abed and wouldn't be astir for hours
He strobe along rapidly, finding
3 way more through intuition than
I observation or familiarity with Lie
0 don's geography-indecd, was scar
: aware of his surroundings, for
8 brain was big with fine imagery. "a
;. in glowing dream of knight Grant
. and chivalric deeds,