The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-11
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On This
Continued from Saturday,

CONTINUED from Saturday,
Max was in very bad temper: I
suppose he had not had enough sleep
no one had But he came over
while the lottery was going on and
stood over me and demanded I'M
pleasantly, In a whisper, that | stop
n1asquerading as another mans wife
and generally making a fool of my
self-which Is the way ne put 1t. And
/ knew in my heart that he was
right. and l hated him for it.
why don't you go and tell him
them ?" asked hastily. No one was
paying any attention to us. Tell
them that, to be obliging, l have
nearly drowned in a sea of lies; tell
them that | am not only not married,
but that l never intend TO marry;
tell them that we are lot of idiots
with nothing better to do than to
trifie with strangers within our gates,
people who build--I mean, people
that are worth two to our one. Run
and tell them"
He looked at me for a minute,
then he turned on his heel and left
me. 1t looked as though Max might
be going to be difficult.
While l was improyising an apron
out of a towel. and Anne was pinning
n sheet into a kimono. so she could
TAKE OH HEE uitlHEE &ONU anu SILL
be proper. Dallas harked back to the
gobbery.
Anne put the collar on the table
there" he said. There's no mistake
about that. ! watched her do IT. for
j remember thinking It was the sole
reminder / had that Consolidated
Traction ever went above thirty
nine.
Max was looking around the room.
examining the window locks and
Hwhistling between his teeth. He was
in disgrace with every one. for by
that time II was light enough to see
three reporters with cameras across
the street waiting for enough sun to
snap the house. and everybody knew
that 1t was Max and his idiotic wager
that had done it lie had made two
or three conciliatory remarks, but no
one would speak TO him. His antics
were so queer, however, that we were
all watching him and when he had
felt over the rug with his hands, and
raised the edges, and tried to lift out
the chair seats, and had shaken out
Dal's shoes che said people often hid
things and then forgot about it, he
made a proposition
IF you Ill take that Internal fur
mace from around my neck. I'll I'M
dertake either TO find the jewels or
10 Elbow up the inner. ne SalG quietly.
And OF course, with all the people
in the house under suspicion. every
one had to hail the suggestion with
joy. and TO offer his assistance. and
Jimmy had to take Maxs share Of
the furnace So they took the soul
lery slip down stairs To the policeman,
and gave Jim Max's share of the
furnace. (Yes. l had broken the
policeman to them gently. OF course.
Ammo said at once that he was the
thief. bat they found him tucked in
and sound asleep with his back
agrinst the furnace
I'm the first place" Max said.
standing Importantly in the middle of
the room. we retired between two
and three--nearer three. So the theft
occurred between three and I'VE.
when Anne woke up. Was your
door locked DALE"
No. The door into the halt was.
hut the door into the dressing-room
was open. and We found the door
from there into the hall open this
morning"
From three until five" Max re-
peated. was any one out of his
room during that time?"
Il was said Tom HARRISON
promptly from the foot OF the bed.
Il was proving all around some
where about four, searching" he