The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
Something
On This
CONTINUED from Yesterday

,,.o.-,..,.a,- and .8,-,t fight" Anne
.ts..oIt.. .>.,, viii have
pi'NS 'i'
10 haNv i4,Nhv"H se'' A. ''''''''. Nv
bcdy mas oraeryd shy t1ing ir1m tht
shop. and Z feel die ella Mother iHt~
bard.
Il wish %ou would all g. "ai
said YEARLY. AZ eNer5 man Ill t@s
house says he did1 {ry IT, ger over
Il the next raat last utEHt A.' N''"
good. h01 y9u might look ana S'. d.
the board Is stu Wing where u 4-ii-
Thers was an instantaneous fa>h
for tbs window. and a second pause
Then Jimmy voice ih'!s1U'14S'
sHsd
= %ts, s7t-fi ~ -, 't'-'tTf XII t-'-f' u@>
Ny head really achr@ an" iAen, too.
olf T0t rare Il meet MI tiAf HIs'il'
il would have Il come. Feea1td tna'
meeting WIS l<sc' liable hHt want ;
&c time 10 think hoH We434 meet
him. il ouId bc Impossible {" 'G{
him, Without rousing fhe curiosity 81 .
the others Z" lever patcH, an3 X was
equally Impossible 10 ignore the as
graceful episode on the stars As II /
happened, however, need not nave
Worried -'t-ftf +sffFF Fl St+ ffstTff+-t, tn n
Eufdly. when every one was seated
and found Ajax al my rlghI ana MT
HARRISON moved over BESIDE Beiia.
Every one Waa taking at once, Tor
PLANNING, atah43iag around the taA!+
as airtly as he walked his beat had
presented Bella with her bracelet on
q salad plate, garnlshed with romano.
lie had found II in the furnace room.
he said, where she must have dropped
I 1t and he looked st me stealthily.
10 approve his mendacity!
Every onA NaS famtshed, and as they
ate they discussed the board in the
Erea-wa3, and pretended To deride II
as a clever bit Of press wcrk. to re-
vive dying sensation. No one was
deceived. Annes pearls and tue at
tempt at escape coming just after
pointed only to one thing / looked
around the table, dazed, Flanagan,
almost the only unknown quantity.
might have tried to escape the night
before, hut he would not have been
I'm dress clothes Besides. he must be
eliminated as far as the pearls were
concerned, having been locked in the
furnace-room the night they were
stolen There was ne one among the
girls 10 suspect. The Mercer girls
had stunning pearls.-and- could So
cure all they wanted legitimately, and
Bella disiiked them. oh, there was no
question about 1t. ! decided. Dallas
and Anne had taken a wolf to their
hosom--or Is ii a viper and the
HARRISON man was the creature Al
though l must say that. looking over
the table at Jimmys breadth and not
very I'M posing personality, at Max's
lean length. saIlow skin. and bold dark
eyes. al Dallas. blond. growing bald
and fferid. and then at the HARRISON
boy. tall. muscular. clear-eyed and
sanburned. one would have taken Max
ut first choice az the villain, with Dial
next. Jim third. and the HARRISON boy
not In the running
Ii was just after dinner that the
surprise was sprung on me MIR Har-
bison came around to mo gravely. and
asked me II felt able TO go up on the
roof On the roof after last night
had to gather myself together
4 luckily, the others were pushing back
their chairs. showing Flanagan the
Iiqueur gasseE To Take up. and light
Ing cigars
Il do not care To GO" said iclly
1.-THE others are ceming," he per
sisted. "and II could give YOU an
4 arm up the stairs"
II believe you are good at that" /
raid, looking at him steadily. Max.
will you help me To the roof
Mr.. HARRISON really turned rather