The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-04

Radcliffe.
"Send for Howard to bring the dia.
mondS here. We will have to see that
man personally. That story in the
newspapers Is the devil to pay. Tn;
girl is sure to SEE. If not she, Storm.
It's going to be n big game now, in.
stead of little Une," Bruce declared.
'All the more excitement In pulling
the wool over the eyes of the law.
This man Howard may be an honest
man." said madame.
IN that case, good night to Mr..
Howard, and well put a man in his
place who will not bother us with
Questions so long as he gets his rake.
off," said Radcliffe.
When Harry Howard received the
cable directing him to bring the months
find to New York he frowned There
was another cable at hand, and this
one astonished him greatly upon its ar
rival. For years he had been sending
the small but valuable output to those
he believed the rightful owner, and
here was n contestant, and this contest
ant seemed to be legitimate one. 1t
was mixup that disturbed him
greatly.
There had always been something
mysterious about the present owners.
He had never seen any one of them
only their accredited agent. who inva-
riably presented lettered heart when
he came to claim the diamonds. And
now they wanted him In New York.
Was there any sinister purpose behind
this command? Henry Howard was an
honest man, and before many weeks he
was going to pay for his honesty.
He sent two cablegrams, one to the
present company and one to John
Storm. The first read, "Will come to
New York" The second read: ARRIVE
New York 10th. Will give accounting
OF Zudora mine" Then he booked his
passage and sailed from Cape Town to
Liverpool.
Storm was elated over his cable. He
informed Zudora, and they visited De.
tective Hunt. And while they and Hunt
were talking over the affair Baird came
in, looking rather debonaire and carry.
ing cane. At first he had had some
difficulty in looking Storm or Zudora I'm
the eyes, remembering how Mt the in.
stigation Of the real Hassam All he had
attempted the young lawyers life. But
these days he was able to look with Sc.
renity into the eyes of all mankind.
Hello, Bairdr' cried Hunt. You're
just the man ! want for stunt"
I'm always ready for that"
Zudora looked at him gratefully.
Somehow his eyes always puzzled her.
1t always seemed that somewhere she
had known these eyes intimately. The
four OF them left the office together and
later separated In front Of a florists
shop.
Now" said Hunt, "a little work for
you. Friend Baird"
I'm with you, II there's any excite
ment In it."
"Therell be some. want to keep a
watch on that garage and Junk shop
where they nearly got you that night
Something strange about that Junk
shop. People go In there and don't
come out again. There's some kind
OF tunnel, and between you and me
and the gate post this tunnel leads to
the marble home Of Mime. Du Val"
81 never heard anything about tun.
nel," said Baird honestly.
''Or you saw but one of the facets
OF this clever diamond woman. In
that day you Were using her; conse-
quently she did not tell you any Of
her secrets. Now you watch the hut
and I'll watch the marble palace, and
then Wen compare notes as to whom
we see enter or leave the hut and the
palace"
But when they compared notes they
had nothing that was important.
About four weeks later, however,
they We're rewarded. Baird saw
Bruce enter the hut and disappear, and
Detective Hunt saw Bruce come out
Of the villa without apparently having
entered 1t. Hunt proceeded to follow
his man back to town. Bruce had an
office In one of the downtown sky
scrapers. The door had no business
announcement such as is usually
found upon office doors. There was
merely a number, and below that In
small letters the word private" Pri-
vate, Hunt was sure this office was
He hung about In the shadow until
Bruce left, when he set about calmly
to pick the lock. He was rather curl
GUS TO see what kind OF an Office this
was. He found many interesting
documents, but nothing discriminating
The smugglcr was a shrewd fox.
Suddenly Hunt heard footsteps. He
heard key I'm the lock. Bruce had
returned! Hunt made a quick scramble
out Of the window, where he chung to
the iron shutter. The effort was worth
his while. The man who accompanied
Bruce was none other than Howard,
The superintendent of the Zudora dia.