Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-10

a short automobile trip-yOn could Aaues
the detective in bis velvet Jacket d,ubn
away earnestly and with no necptd,uM
success. He could paint and paiut B.D, sll
he was a man who required acton uupsr
ties, to untangle, mobility; and Il laN Dn
to sit in chair for an hour or two viii
Odor of paint making him headadE
Madam Du Val sat so that iraRam1a
of her eye she could watch the hHhh D
and by Hunt laid aside bis palgs.
THAT will be all for today an rA
sure you are tired"
"Join me with cup Of chocolate sns
said amiably. u
While they were slipping the chocolate W
fountain Jet reversed. Hunt pretended ~
to notice this pecullarity but Ae could "
that madam began to stir reStlvey, Sudd'A
ly she set down her cup complaining o. =
violent headache. Hunt gathered up bis ni'
terials and politely excused himself IN
footman, however, in letting bin out iAlM
TO note that the ferrule Of Hunts cane na
caught between the door and the iano V's
tiously the detective reeBtered and up''r
into tbe conservatory He waited for ne
ment or two, then stole out into lhe '''l'
A spot on one of the columns ATTRACTED y
attention. Upon close inspection be l''n'
to be a sliding panel. de was fnstr'e lSs J.
for n method to open it when ne l'h" ''~
steps. He slipped benlnd the por'iSr' !.
1t was Madam Du VAL coming cow !
greet Can't. Radcliffe, who had just CONE =. I
She at once showed him the p0i'''I I I
shrugged. He was not at aH ,~
this style of art
@rbere goes the fountain" he TAi''', (,
"Merciful heaven, l had foTsou'l IL 4
ohont those fools! They struck tA' ~
while Ia Fontaine was here but n''4
did not notice it. Let them d. A.,
Hunt was very much surprised % ''sa', ~,
old antagonists enter the room ron l..,r,,, T.
tho columns. He was still more '',r, y, !,
sSo0 ~1 he saw madam open the 'e''', '',,, y
in the onyx table. His eyes ,napD,' ,I !. ~
tobIe would be worth while 'u'' :, IA
these precious rogues left the salon ,-,'s,a \ II
m"u ,e' but bis ingenuity failed utterly ~ ! NJ,
,na ,'a" ..crot cus Of the onyx table He v'' ' 4
however, ,nr svt',' that it held all he wanted "
He left the villa unobservea' ,,...,,,a ID
h1 IN ID, the meantime Baird had a,''o't' l'a' !, 3
~. - tnnueI 'r0 from the garage led d'''' " i
ton Du t,s Sa' investigation r,,a The three ''.I
ornIns FOR Ins from their visit caught y, E,
.prn'ns snn nsvs s chase. He reached iA' ~. ~ II
ana a. ,,s gave ssrars rsI r,t but before Be- m g. w.
in in. '%e Soog s'thsy they were upon him !, 4. , ~
n the a1ar a1S' 'lS, oat two Of them b., q y
IN ny,ns nna,eS Sp' to be tough ca','",I ,sa,,,,'
man man not Dt0Syq tSe first rs time Baird bad e. ~
Ike grip of the man .. doorway, -
They battled through ..s s,Aa tis ~,
tOe sidewalk, until they !, r.l, Y. h. ~ =
That That. PaTI ," "a. ''ups unexpected n,,l : !.
sole .o,'y storm. to .'' They recognized pr, ,.1 1
bis Ia,ns9n.sl m. .,,ssn below below where 'l'
s.s the ICY h ,II'p length the rep'r,', L '',t q.
getting free Of the 'la,'l y, i. ! l,I,iu ~
cause. ,.an Alstoa ~ "A
S,as he tied !. 70 ,rS oos won would thr'. ', Y,
a. %'',s sea, Baird was :, =. Y, IN ~
sauI.S s,rS,s'I away With vIl.,.,.,i vi.
nau'eu fro ~ cOSF's''