The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-23

| ulaD uDu dSSuTp HIS SHcuSc. dc NOdib | not do this without Mrs Darnelrs | help.
 As he expected. she flew into TOW
 ering rage. but her keen mind saw
 that Drake must be pacif1ed, and she
 managed to control herself at last
 She read the account carefully and
 then looked through the rest of the | paper for some item about John Dorr | Her eye It upon an advertisement
 which she read twice before speaking.
 then she pointed it out to Wilkerson | He, too. read it: | FOUND.-Deeds to certain mining prop l erty On proof of ownership same will | be returned Reward expected j. C.. POI Hill street.
 "They must be the papers" he ac knowiedged "Pell probably threw them away for fear of their being used
 as evidence against him, and some one picked them rp.'
 '"This time shall see to the matter" | jean said sharply Whether they are the papers or not. We must be sure.'
 Other people will see that ad.." he suggested.
 All tho more reason for hurry" she snapped Then she called Der maid
 "Estele," she said. 'l want you to dress for the street and go on an CT
 rand for me It is very important. and you must hurry" "YpS, madame" And if you show good judgment
 you shan't be sorry You know how Miss Gallon dresses and acts. want while"
 But. madame"- There is no danger at all" Mrs. Dar- ueli went on. All you have to do Is | 10 go to this address and get those pa | pers."
 The maid looked at the advertise
 tueut and finally consented to go to | the Hill street address and see if they were really Ruth's deeds and if so re cover them. In few moments she
 had departed on her errand. and Will kerson and Jean once more resigned themselves to waiting. Estelle tripped along the street to a car line and took the first car that
 came along, which. the conductor in formed her. crossed the street she
 sought
 Arriving at her street she got otf and found herself in uelghborhood
 inhabited by very poor people. She | looked with disgust at the tnmbledown
 shanties and dirty shacks that filtered ! the rubbish heaped yards Two blocks | up from the car line she found her | number. house slightly better kept
 than most But she noticed in the
 yard an uptilted ash mans cart In the
 rear was rickety stable She entered
 the gate and rang the bell. A very large, Hi dressed Italian wo
 man opened the door, letting out a | tremendous odor of garlic and cheese | She surveyed her caller with suspicion
 and then beamed "Oh you come looka de Iupes?" she | demanded
 Estelle merely showed copy of the
 advertisement
 Yes. my husband he put that in de | pape, the woman said, losing her | smile
 For some moments Estele tried to
 get a glimpse of the documents The Italian himself came on the scene and
 demanded full description. When l ESteile said that they had been lost 1 from the Manx hotel he nodded and 1 explained that he had been removing | the ashes therefrom when his eye had been caught by the folded papers, but
 he still insisted on an accurate de | Scriptiun which the maid could not give Al last she said quietly, The | papers are of no value to you, md l
 am authorized to pay good reward
 for them"
 At the word reward there was q change and the woman demanded to Know how much 1t would be.
 Estele thought rapidly. 1t had been
 impressed on her that haste was nee essary. She decided on offering good
 Iy sum. yet not enough to make the ash man and his wife think they were Ill possession of papers of extraordi
 nary value She pulled out her purse and held out $5 The man was taking
 t. His wife intervened
 "1'Wenty dolla," she said cunningly. | Estelie bargained for some moments
 and then said in a tone that was de
 cisive, "It you show ne the papers
 and they are the ones 1 want I'll give you $15 ana no more"