The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-08-23

- hAc AiVil S0lt, 4lt AOu1E HAL 0Ol
tinued his way to the station. Exit
Colonel Manyan. The others express
sion had seemed to say exit for all
time from the comedy.
As the train started a man ran hur-
riedly across the platform and swung
himself up on to one of the cars. but
not before Bruce had caught a quick
glimpse of his face. He experienced
no surprise: il was the innocent look
ing James. Bamford's valet. Sir Arch
ibald had more than one spy or inform
er AZ his beck and nod.
The train made but one or two stops
on the way to the city. The first time
IL drew mp Bruce rose suddenly and
left the car. How long did they re-
main nj this station? he asked the con-
ductor. \ couple of minutes, came
the reply. and the young man darted
into the telegraph office and started to
and stood near, protesting to be oc-
cupied in a like task. Bruce did not
turn his head. but he knew well, of
course, who he was. He shaded the
yellow paper with his elbow and scrib-
bled in fine, almost illegible charac-
tiers.
The clerk who received il started to
read the message aloud while count
ing the words. The young man stop
ped him, He was not to do that, sharp
ly. How did the telegraph operator
know 1t did not contain a hint or an
important tip on the market? The
man finished in silence.
The conductors "All aboard. greet
ed him at the threshold. Bruce closed
the door of the telegraph office sharp
J. SO. sharply that he almost swung
ii hard against the Wallets face. But
that person again managed TO get the
train by clutching the hand rail of
the last car. Bruce, however, felt fair
" assured that the fellow had caught
only part of the address and nothing
in the telegram that would be Of serv-
ice to him.
Through the open door at the far
| end of the car he caught for a moment
the whisk of a woman's skirts as she
changed her seat in the coach ahead
a gown he knew and remembered,
draping Il form, young, yet full. After
a brief thoughtful interval Mr.. Bruce
rose and looked into the parlor coach
Miss Flossie Burke vas there and CON
versing c~onfidentially with none other
than Nj. Bolger.
Bruce dropped into the section be-
hind Miss Burke and Mr.. Bolger. She
seemed to have ingratiated herself
somewhat quickly and cozily into the
confidence of the man employed ny
her uncle. She permitted her green
eyes rather free. holder scope. In her
hand was a little russell bag win sli-
yer gilt trimmings. Her gloved nm
gers fondled 1t.
Had the detective been an expert at
drumming a sounding line into the al
most fathomless depths of womahklhd
he would have caught nea the
nlavful surface lights of her gaze IN
1icntions that Miss Flossie was not
entirely i'm the coquettish or charhlins-
lv idle mood her manner seemed to I'M
plv. But Mr.. Bolger had no special
training in this direction. He had
never attended that college where "o-
man constitutes the textbook the
primer. the abecedary ana All the rest
ue was no master of arts FEMININE.
riis trunnt eyes occasionally paid I'M
rering but respectful tribute TO MISS
Flossie's PROJECTIONS.
"yes" he said. lit is my OPINION theS
arc i'm New York, that they were taken
there by the Chinese servant VINO as
appeared a.o
She regarded the speaker tentative
lv. again passed caressing myers o.ei
,ha lao Bruce from the side OF Il
newspaper he held before him opserV
"A rho eloved fingers moving Softly
over the leather. The movement neiu'
fascinated hinr
..Snunose that paper, left Ill my I'M
,,o.s hox when the bonds were TAKEN
should again turn up: Ana uppos
= LILLY contained some Distinguishing
~ nointing directly to one person.
only one? suppose all TINS l sas.
could YOU convict that person on TINS
paper" - shrink back.
aarnan,bered a certain conversation
Vim samuel Page in the latter OF
sa rhe elderly tinancier had SPOKEN
~ ,.,,nr lost he scrap Of paper re-
Vi IL 81 nv his niece. The detective
had ON that other occasion coneiuusa
MIR Page had mislaid it. But Nov "ss
Mr. Bolrer continued 70 study miss
sanssie: his gaze more critical. steadier
IN ~ 4 growing knowledge OF ner'
- All her words implied u..h.r
OF an she laughed rather