The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-08-02
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7 SYNOPSIS.
70 Goldman and her sister Loulie are
oft orphans. Their property has been
,Hs.ps ,sp "a sway .s. BY the death Of their IA, "a,
pe answers an Advertisement Of an inva-
the position. Loulie advertises for . po:
stion as companion. and Mrs- Hazard
sHis: 81. osr, Lorli. position ne, =.
chief work is to steer Mrs. Hazard's son
and daughter In the right matrimon!ai
= Hazard. The Due de Trouviils is be-
nsved to , be interested ere in Laura s ,n. Mrs;
world. Natalie Agazzz. TO- whom Hap
sraId bracelet during the reception. She
seare, s there T. not .1StseT iSs se baa
the baseball! game. "a tell: her he |.
cured OF his infatuation. The scene
.hers many notable. h.v. been NJ. ,nyit.d ,i,:,i
>the farm OF Winthrop Abbott. an author.
In whom Laura takes considerable inter
ard place. Loulie hears Winthrop's mo-
tor boat out late at night. Next morning
the papers announce the robbery sn.. OF Iy- sey-
IL Of % steslin9 her ruby pendant. Mrs.
Hazard assure. Louie Of her confidence in
She reciprocates. but viii not admit it as
she fears what Mrs. Hazard Will say:
Loulie is excused from dinner on account count
OF headache. She is bombarded with
Winthrop is arrested in the , presence ense,nf OF
asD spe and o
general. A box of Jewels Is found In win,
throp's safe. among them an an. emeraao IN, Ma
tale Natalie Apologies to Loulie for ac:
custng her OF theft Louiie is awakened
Next % morning Hap explains that he wa:
In pursuit OF q mysterious woman ne mao
seen In the corridor and who eiudeo MIN
by passing through Loulie's room
CHAPTER xviIi.-continued.
"Of course, I might have been mis-
taken. but the Due d'Aubigny Is not
easily forgotten. He has peculiar
scar"
Yes, I know" l interrupted. "A
saber cut"
Hes q handsome devil" she mused.
Saturday he seemed bit shabby.
and his hair was cropped close. as II
he hadn't been out of prison long. and
sttll he was handsome. l had leisure
to observe him, and I am absolutely
sure of him We were caught IN
matinee crush, and the Due d'Aubigny
! was standing at the curb not six feet
away from me. He saw me. He look
ed at me Just as one glances at any
stranger. but he knew me! started
to speak to him. but never act on
impulse, and there was bare chance
that I had made a mistake. But II he
wasn't the Due d'Aubigny 1t was his
ghost!"
But how could the Due d'Aubigny
have taken the ruby"
"sh-h-h-h!" she whispered. Il haven't
dared think that far. He couldn't pos
sibly have been connected In any
way" She did not finish. you
won't mention this to a soul. will you.
Miss Goldman? It's rather absurd.
But II Winthrop should need?
You said his arrest was not seri-
ous," she interrupted.
NO, 1t isn't. Do you think Mr.. Alb
bott is a thief?" asked her plainly.
II did think SO. I'm sure now he
isn't"
Why" l wanted to know. Have
you a reason?"
Yes. I've come to my Senses" she
smiled.
Just how that red-headed reporter
managed to come back up the drive
way in a noisy car without either Hap
or myself seeing him was an unex-
planned mystery. We both were with
in earshot on the tennis courts. andA
was not playing. II only Hap had in
structed Burrows not to take the card
to Natalie! But he never thought Of
that.
Natalie, at frst. sent back word
that she was not there. but on the
back OF a card which bore the name
"Mr. Samuel Dick. Evening Colum-
bian," the reporter wrote something
euficiently magical to bring Natalie
downstairs. and the conversation that
followed was sufnciently magical to
send Natalie to her room to don a
hat. She climbed In the car with the
red-headed reporter, and was driven
away, Two hours later she returned.
went to her room. and sent Minette
to say to Mrs. Hazard that she had
slfrht headache and didn't wish to be
disturbed.
The Evening Columbian fell like
bomb into our midst at Lone Oak just
before dinner remember one awful
line In that glaring heading:
Miss Agazziz Positively Identifies
Emerald Bracelet"
Poor old Winthrop!