The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-02-26

the superintendent of the Zudora dia
mond mine! This conversation wa.
going to be interesting. Bruce hat
put one over. Evidently Towards boa
had beat day from the trip, SO hi
had been scheduled to arrive the fol
lowing morning.
you have the gems?' asked Bruce.
81 have"
you pulled them through the Gus.
toms?"
II did. But that does not mean tina,
| intend to keep their arrival secret
from the U. s. government"
All" was the noncommittal utter
ance of Bruce.
Now Mr.. Bruce" went on Howard
there is another claimant to this
mine"
And without a foot to stand on, ,
said Bruce triumphantly.
We'll, that remains to be seen"
What do you mean?"
why, that this muddle has got to
be thrashed out. I'm honest, Mr.
| Bruce"
Nobody accused you of being dis
honest, said Bruce Indignantly. "We1l
go right now and get the facts as our
side know them, and you'll realize that
lit will take a long siege in court to
pry this mine out of our hands Come
along. Are the gems in that valise?"
In false bottom"
"Ah,"
Detective Hunt did not like the sound
of that ejaculation. He was mighty
glad that he had detailed Baird to
keep an eye on the garage. Bruce
meant to play some trick on Howard
There was nothing for Hunt to do but
to trust to Baird's watchfulness.
Sure enough, half an hour later
Baird saw Bruce and the stranger en-
ter the hut, and almost Immediately
two rough looking men and another
whom Baird recognized as Gyp the
Gunman came into view. Baird re-
manned in his hiding place. 1t was
going to be long wait, and he want
ed the men to reappear before he left.
He wanted Gyp's status in this affair.
Meantime Bruce and Howard arriv-
ed at Nine Du Val's through the tun-
mel. This tunnel did not particularly
reassure the superintendent of the
zudora mine. Why all this bother to
enter his employers house? Were
they smuggling the gems then, and this
tunnel was for madame's go-betweens?
He did not like the business at all.
He was more than ever inclined to the
opinion that he had been long the
dupe of these people.
But Nine. Du Val impressed him.
The beauty of her home and it's lux
urious furnishings rather upset his
preconceived ideas. This woman was
already rich. Why all this mummery?
He took a dislike to Radcliffe imme-
diately. The other individuals he met
he rather ignored. But he is duty
bound to turn over his present con-
signment of diamonds. The other clai-
mant must establish proofs. That was
all there was to it.
While madame engaged his atten-
ton Bruce signaled to Radcliffe and
they strolled out into the conserva-
tory.
THAT man" whispered Bruce, "is
of going to the other side
Ais niece has tumbled to
the fact that this mine is really hers.
You already knew that she held that
gold mine in Montana, worth a kings
ransom. Well, I've faxed stuff to make |
her believe that a landslide has des-
troyed the mine and that the trus-
tees have absconded with the funds |
This was done with the idea of making
zudora and Storm hike out to Montana |
10 investigate. Once there, there was
4 mighty slim chance of their ever
coming back. But, oddly enough, they !
nave accepted the fake as the truth,
and haua mo off 70 oc |
here. I'll write another anonymous
tote advising them that it would pay
hem to investigate the report But
meantime there's this man Howard to
axe care of. Well warn him, and if
lie does not fall in with us, why, he
must be pushed off the board"
'I'll take care of that end of it,"
greed Radcliffe. Were running too
to let fool cog us up. Trust
me-"
They returned to the salon, and
uarter of an hour later Bruce and
Toward departed.
Gyp and his two companions then
inferred the salon and were given a
mall bag with the best of the gems.
hey were to be cut at once in case
Toward jumped the traces. Gyp and
us companions returned TO the Ola
garage or junk hut. The moment they
eft the hut for the street Baird fol-
owed. He had an inkling that they
we're going to the diamond cutters
With the Howard collection, and he
determined that the game would never
Jet that far
The three crooks finally went into a
aloon, as Baird had a suspicion they
would He strolled In and took the
able next to them. Under the table
lie saw the little valise And while
he three were busily engaged in the
pleasant pastime of shaking dice for
he drinks Baird neatly fishei the
ralise from under the table with the
,rook of his cane. Then he LEFT the
saloon, and once outside he lay to it as
asst as his legs could go.
There was fine racket in that sal
Jon when the crooks discovered their
oss Each accused the other of care
essness. Gyp, more than the other
.wo appreciated the thunderbolt that
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