Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-01-05
CHAPTER xxlv.-continued.

oh, that wal only . procaut1on on
their part. They took the chance I
might have recovered the Maharanee,
I suppose. Maybe they expected to
dnd In my possession something that
would give them . clue to the where
abouts Of the stone. Then. once they
rot me, they thought they might as
well keep me out Of the running until
they got what they wanted. 1t was
no part Of their plan to let me find
the Jewels and turn them over to
Mrs. Missioner"
you had q close call there. lieu
tenant" observed the physician.
Close enough" said Britz calmly.
sBut It's all In the days work"
Al Britx finished there was a timid
tap on the door. In response to Man
ning's curt Come I'M" Donnelly and
Carson crossed the threshold. and
did their best to stand at ease in
front Of the n~eutenant's desk.
you sent. huh, for us. Chisf?"
Yes" said Manning. Lieutenant
Britx wants you TO attend to q little
matter for him."
Eyes, Donnslly." said Britx coolly;
III you have nothing better to do Just
now. suppose you run up to Curtis
0riswold's apartment. and tell him
the Chief wants to talk to him."
Suppose he won't come said Don
nelly. who evidently did not yet u.s.
pect It wal desired that the clubman
be taken into custody.
Bring him, then" said Britz. You
haven't forgotten how to show q gen
tleman down to Headquarters, have
your
Donnelly WINGED under the lieuten-
ants scorn, and Carson turned gray.
..And you. Mr.. Carson" said Britt.
renewing his instructions, "be good
enough to take q trip to the Hotel
Renaissance, and ask Mrs. Delaroche
to come down to see US for q little
while"
Carson. in the crisis. felt he could
not be too precise. s
Suppose she declines - he asked.
."Bring hsr!" said Britx.
Fitch laughed aloud at the con
sternation IN the faces Of the two de-
tectives. Il Wa manifest both DON
nelly and Carson were 20 far from
the facts in the mystery that not only
had neither Of them dreamed Of ma
king ! prisoner Of 0riswold, that
suave society man who had volun-
tsersd 20 much assistance to them In
their efforts to weave . web Of cir
cumstantial evidence against Elinor
Holcomb. but that they wsrs abso-
lutely ignorant Of the existence Of
such Z person - Milllcsnt Dslarochs.
They shumod their feet with incrsas-
ing nervousness - they felt the syes
Of their chie1 upon them. Duonelly
ahot . glance Of iIlrepressd hatred at
SBr1ta ~ tho lieutsnant. at oass In his
revolving chaif, faceA the crsstfallsn
dotocttves with . satlricAl smile.
Once or tWtce Donnslly essayed 70
opoak, hut each time hs caught the
lrooso -sxpression On the facss Of the
Chief and Dr1ts, and The words died
- His throat. Nothing remained ave
for the two brilliant crime-hunters %
carry out The lieutenant's orders. A.
they turned TO 20 their discontinue
was augmsntsd By the real dstss
tivo,s mock soficituds.
'You'n And It an easy Job. boys.
lust ask the two Of them to come
down here quietly and II they don't
want to come, make en-. Show them
your shields. you know. and al that
sort Of thing
whsn they had gone. Br1ts IN
dulsed His amusement 70 the sxtsnt
e Z laugh: Fitch Joined him. and
Manning. after brisf attempt to
keep his facs straight, also laughed
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