The Marshall republican., 1913-04-11

IOTeeIKnt 10 beS Sx1cuy Wbas Wsr Su-
ing to happen. I'm Codman-mad my
self, and was from the very begin
ming" She chuckled, then she went
over and drew JOS head against her
motherly bosom. my dear, be sure
10 pour the coffee for John every
morning. and you have my blessing"
And them may just as well admit
tive all cried.
When John and Detective Thomas
came back they brought a suit Ease
which they insisted upon carrying up
stairs themselves, right under the un-
%suspecting noses Of the newspaper
men scattered about the terrace. John
opened IL and spread the glittering,
b~ewildering contents on Mrs. Hazards
desk. Jewels! Great goodness! The
kings ransom we have read about.
We stood and looked at them amazed,
and the most awful part Of 1t was
that neither John, nor Detective
Thomas knew to whom at least a
third of them belonged. They were In
a series OF little chamois cases. John
unfolded them one by one. Laura and
Natalie recognized Mrs. Dykeman's
necklace OF p~ear-shaped diamonds
and a jeweled aigrette. the wonder Of
two continents, which belonged TO Mrs.
Loring.
That's a part Of the first north
shore robbery" commented Thomas.
,nere otner Things no one
recognized.
III that isn't Alice Peabody's Alex
andrite collar III eat It," Laura said
suddenly. and we hadn't heard a
word about that being stolen"
Il wonder II Ills Grace embraced
her to get ~" Natalie whispered to
us.
Gradually John came to Natalie's
missing jewels: the six bracelets. the
pendant and the rope Of pearls she
had missed from her jewel box on
the night Hap had seen n woman'r
skirt-Mrs. Cutler's-disappear into
the card room as he came up the
stairs; the night he kicked up the row
about the card room being locked. The
sapphire and diamond bracelet. which
she has lost at the Abercrombies', sp
peared. and the bracelet missing al
Mrs. Loring's. the very first Jewel she
had lost. The ruby pendant. which
made me positively SILVER. came next
and the brooch the duke had secured
the night he embraced her. Their
those other jewels lost on similar oc
casions.
At last John unfolded-the emerald
bracelet! Not another like II In the
world" Natalie had said, 'or 50 man,
emeralds matched 30 perfectly" ie
she had identified "A family heirloom
OF winthrop's as her bracelet! II she
had only looked she'd have seen
didn't have the patent claspl
II think you and Winthrop SHOULD
look mp your ancestors" Laura r.
marked. Tor way back somewhere
those bracelets were a pair
Hap had me by my unbroken arm
~.uriylng me across the strip OF law
IN the direction OF the beach. w
CATERED down the steps that le'
rom the rocks above to the sand. an,
sat down on the lower one.
Now shut your eyes and put on
your finger" Hap said.
which fnger?" ! shut my eyes an
nut out all my fingers 20 be sure q
he roper me-. It's n blessing ! ba
broken my right arm.
There! Now It's settled"
Hap ~cxtrayagantly kissed the III
gers one by n as l opened my eye
aud looked at my ring.
"ls II all really true?" asked afta
A while, and two tears threatened 4
my eyes.
lis it7" Hap repeated softly.
fumbled with the ring. Hap LITE
my hand and kissed 1.-THE ring.
mean.
There's not another like Il In III
world" he said. See. the ninetee
rubies are you. and the TWENTY-FIVE
diamonds are me-"
whats the big n In the middle?
asked.
That's U.S." he grinned.
There's not another like II In III
world" I whispered.
"'or 10 many rubies matched q
perfectly" Hap quoted.
And Notwithstanding the seriousness
Of the situation we both giggled. w
were awfully young! Hap put hi
arm around me. There was no us
struggling against a kiss. was o
the injured list anyhow, and he wa
the best tackle Harvard ever had.
THE, ENn