The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11
Ill


"lust wait in that alcuve Abe no on..
wlli 80" YOU. said Judge Marrellis thu,
nest morning after the detective had
finished his story. II. A. you think. Mayne
viii ne over here directly. IL seems ad-
visAble for Won ~ hear him rfor. n.
hears you"
'rOnkite'- prediction WAS soon veri-
fled Tn. Judge was scarcely seated with
his f'ao"rs M his desk before Nr. Nayne
dashed into tbs. ofiC" boi-terois and
huoyant
Eureka. .Iudge!- h. cried The lost -
.orndl Think of il. NV Bottic.lli. my
unique. priceless Bottice.li. was left in a
neat roll AZ IN" club for ne. this morning
The porter aid il vas Il trim End likely
Young chap IN a black stit who gav. ~ -o
him. Now Il that remarkable. man of
yours wasn't IN solitary confinement, nm
At the hou-- h. might b. abb, t. nail
him
Why would you want TO nail him -
Won call il. when only Yesterday vour ON.
object was Z" recover the pictrIr. withou,
pubhcity'- asked IN" Judg.. coldly
Yesterdays don't count Judge. thank
Roodn'--- was ratified Yesterday. clean
ratified. by ghost that Wa nothing mor.
than a chance resemblance CONSCIENCE.
doe max" towards Of ~ all now doesn't
~ ] thought that AN old affair. Won
understand. was about to plague me-.
but The dead are not like tho. pctur.
they can't return
No. 10 i ~ pilin a. plain can he. tim,
the polio" haN. been right ia every mar
ticular They have pressed those. second
story Thieves 80 hard hat they have sur
rendered their booty IN The. hope. Of being
let alone IT that man of yo,r. YER.
here aud ~ any earthly good I'd show
hem that IN" laws 81 tn. band emit h.. |
violated with impuniry As II il. If Won
don't mind ri cali up H.ada,Iart.r.
and pat them on
"0uldn do that right away IL I ver.
you. Mayn.." interpreted IN. ,Iudy.
! hav" no curiosity about my clients
matters | never want Ia know NOR.
than what ~ enough for me 20 -erv.
hem.
But think n moment Tha, letter
which sent You IN alarm 90 m. was no
ghost. There was substance to IL Jtxa.
written by real person with an evil
purpose which you sought to avoid
1t must have been "A stall put mn hv
some u the boys" protested Nav,.
hough as the .Judg. noted hi. hand had
~ trembling -Th. fact ,ba,
hav" got back my Botticelli proves. II ,
staff
IL You have got back your Bottic.il;
hen Of course II bears the mark OF tn. ~
The mark Of the So
Yes. don't you remember the = sh,,,,.J
.trip ~ canvas left in the fram.g-
Heaven! Marcellus. | shall 20 Wild,
What doe II all mean? There Is no c,,,
n IN. pictuT" returned TO me; II ~ ~. Der
ect ia form "a 1t Is in design color. work
very detail Of the original. II Is IN.
,ri ginal. I'd -iak" my life on it
"1rsn IT." picture which hung IN vo,.-
yaIlDry which was cut out ~ the frame. |
stolen and carried away must have been ,
copy. isn't that trlIe' iou didn't buy
yo AuTuraE' 10y Bottic.Ih, did yous :
r. .r- never were two Aurrrc.' b., Beth :
eli wcr" ih"ref"
40 no. IT course not The picture !
ha; ! bought for II .DOO gIinsass was tn. 6
,lctur. that | shipped over here, that a
Sa- set ~ IN" gallery. that was stolen .
rom tn. frame there, can ba no po-aibl..
iO.Ibt 81 n Then IN. ona I was inst
about that I got this morning !
= IA" club l. nothing but 70 copy
And then. Oh. then my ghost NAV
VII ." alive. plotting some strang. re-
;.nE" on Elise. my innocent child i.lsten
iaTc"ltiI-. ! must tell YOU all
THAI ln'i"r said that Els. had taken
n" painting. that befOr" long I would
nav" proof 81 n IL gave reazOns why
his might b- 80
SIN. has had - foolish liking for Paul =,
Duane. n young man oncs in my employ
cant say anything against his character
but with no position. family or money. a
lopsiesrly ineligible. OF course That Is 4