The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-27
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letters addressed to him when he was too ill to attend to themT
 Yes"
 What was the nature of his ac Quaiutance with Mme. Du Val?"
 Rather formal. so far as 1 know"
 Nothing between them?"
 There may have been. You see. Hunt, it was only toward the last that 1 really did any Hassam Ali stunts. And wish to heaven you'd forget that part of my past. I'm trying hard enough"
 Hunt put his hand on the young mans shoulder "Cheer up. 1 shan't mention it again."
 Thanks Now I've a bit of good news for you. I've seen the man who does that mysterious cutting. I know where his shop is. and I have seen him st work"
 "Fine Wait q minute" Hunt took down fat volume and turned the pages rapidly. Here did he look any thing like this?"
 Line for liner
 Il thought so. He's been lying low. If you know where he lives you might take me around there and give me the lay of the land for future use, mind you"
 Come along, then"
 At half past 10 Zudora sat before the fireplace in her room twirling the brace l.t T ,oI,, la I.n felt this presage of evil. If she told Storm about the gold he might believe that that stood between them and the altar. So she must still keep that secret. What was that? She started up with a repressed shriek Before the window appeared the ghostly form Of woman. It seemed to dissolve into nothing even as she looked. Zudora's cry, however, brought in Mrs Ramsey the landlady
 What has happened, childY
 "I don't know, but either I've seen ghost or some one is playing a sorry trick on me-
 The two examined the window, drew back the curtains and peered outside. There wssS nothing to be seen.
 "Perhaps you were dreaming" sug gested Mrs. Ramsey.
 'l never dream with my eyes open, not that kind of dream" declared Zudora .stoutly. some one has at tempted to frighten me, and perhaps the best thing l can do is to make be- lieve that he or she has succeeded I'll have Mir. Storm come over in the morn ing, and we'll let him think that have been badly frightened. He'll go hunt ing around; he'll tell Detective Hunt. and maybe I'll find out who did it and why they did it"
 Storm, however. appeared rather skeptical about the ghost proposition.
 Some ones been hoaxing you"
 For what purpose?"
 That remains to be found out. Sup pose We run down to Hunts office and see what he has to say. He's d sens ble chap"
 Zudora readily agreed to this Storm called up the detective, who replied that he would await their coming
 When Zudora told him about the vision he did not laugh, as she expect ed he would. He began pacing the office. After awhile he spoke.
 Do you want my honest opinion?"
 "Surely!'
 'Well, some one wants to get you to run away. And what some one would this be?'
 Zudora thought for a moment. Some one who knows about the diamondsr with sudden excitement
 "Right-o! At least that's my opin ion. We're getting warm. Africa is farther away than New York. The secret may be right here in this little old burg itself. Play up to it. Some one will be watching you. and your game will be to let them believe they've got you scared Confidence in crooks always breeds carelessness."
 That IS my opinion" said Zudora.
 You ought to know Why don't you set yourself to the job yourself?' asked the detective curiously.
 ''The truth is, Mir. Hunt, I've really lost my grip since my uncle died. seem to be oppressed all the time. l jump when l hear unexpected noises; I find Pm always looking over my shoulder"
 "For what?"
 "If l knew that I could face it with out the Ieast difficulty. It's the un- known that rasps on the nerves. |. who until recently never knew what nerves were"
 "Well. whatever game your enemies are playing you finesse your cards and see what they've got. They've surely