Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-08-05

sole interest at the present moment IS
terry"
Entitled Dorothy Calendar Of
course. You've known her long"
Eight hours, l believe" he admit
ted gravely-'less than that, in fact"
Miss Calendars interests will not
suffer through anything you may tell
me-"
"Whether they will or no, L see /
must swing a looser tongue or you'll be
showing me the door"
The woman shook her head, amused.
Not until" she told him significantly.
VERY We'll, then" And he launched
into an abridged narrative of the
nights events as he understood them,
touching lightly on his own circum-
stances, the real poverty which had
brought him back to Craven street by
way OF Frognall. And there you
have it all. Mrs. Hallam."
ut is so like Calendar" she exclaim-
ed, $50 like him that one sees how
foolish it vas to truSt-no, not to
trust, but to 5~elieve-that he could
ever be thrown Off the scent once he
got nose to ground. SO if we suffer.
my son and |. l shall have only my
self to thank"
kirkwood waited in patient atten-
ton till she chose to continue. When
she did. Now for my side of the
easel" cried Mrs. Hallam and, rising
began to pace the room, her slender
and rounded figure swaying grace
fully the while she talked.
George Calendar is q ~scoundrel.'
she said, "a swindler, gambler-what
| believe y0u Americans call q conf
dence man. He is also my late hus-
bands first cousin. Some years since
he found it convenient to leave Eng
land, likewise his wife and daughter.
Mrs C~nlendcr-a cOuntrywoman of
Yours. 10y the bye-died shortly after
ward Dorothy, by the mercst acct
dent, obtained a situation as private
secretary in the household of the late
Colonel Burgoyne of The Cliffs, Corn
wall. You follow me-"
Eyes. perfectly.''
"CGlonel Burgoyne died, leaving his
estates to my son, some time ago.
Shortly aftorwarG Dorothy Calendar
disappeared. We know now that her
father took her away. hut then the
disappearance seemed ineNplicable.
especially since with her vanished a
great Zeal of valuable Information.
She alone knew of the location of GER
tain q. the Old colonels personal eff
fects.
"IIp was an eccentric. One of his
pecuiiaritios involved the secreting Of
valuahIes in odd places. lie had no
Saith in banks. Among these valua-
sles were tine Burgoyne family jewels
quite a treasure. believe me, Mr..
Airts wood We found no note of them
among the colonel's papers and with
out Dorothy We're powerIess to pursue
q search for them. We advertised and
employed detectives, with no result.
1t Gems that father and daughter
We're at Monte Carlo at the time"
beautifully circumstantial, my dear
lady" commented kirkwood to his
inner consciousness. Outwardly he
maintained consistently a pose of i'm
passive gullibility.
This afternoon for the first time we
received news of the Calendars. Cal
endar himself called upon me to beg
II loan. | explained our difficulty. and
be 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, a 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
l1citors. informing me that at last a
memorandum had turned up. indicat-
ing that the neirlooms would be found
ID a safe secreted behind a dresser in
Colonel B~urgoyne's bedroom"
a No. 9 Frognali street.
Yes. | proposed going there at
once, but ii was late, and we were
dining at tie pless With an aco1aiu+.
ance. n Mr. Mulreadg, whom / now re-
call rs a former intimate of Georrc
Calendar. 20 our surprise, we SAW
Calendar ard his daughter ut q table
not far from ours, Mr. Mulreadv be-
trayed SON" awitatj0n at the si4bt OF
Calendar and tod ms flat Scotland
Yard Lac y man eat with Il WARRANT