Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1915-03-05

Good riddsnes Of bad rubbish"
Ne for me. feel deai easLr In walk.
Ing about these days. And yet that
man WIS your unrlc. lcsh aud blood
Have you gone through the trunk yetfr
mo"
We'll. then, let's take an inventory"
The Two Of them knclt dowp together
md dug oiit the ancient circus trap.
pings. Far down inn corner they came
upon Jlitlc boa. aud Zudora opened
a. curiously.
"a diamond exclaimed Storm. "And
a mighty good one. too. II don't miss
my guess. Look. there Is q part Of n
letter under IL! Lets see what II says"
The contcnts-or the half contents
Of that burned sheet Of paper affected
them strangely. u had originally been
Il letter TO Zudows mother from her
father. aud .brokenly Il stated TINT he
Ind slrurs II rlch IN Brazil lie. OF
his partner. had stumbled upon an ca.
cccdlngly rich deposit Of diamonds and
some day they would have plenty To
ludom " was evident that this had
been written few days before her
fathers death. after be had made the
strike In gold.
And Ilassam Al kept this secret
from yUn.'
Newer mind nov: u Il no lOnget n
secrt" replied Zudorn. She put the
little iinN aside aud once moro gave
her attention 10 the Interior 81 tho
trunk She next rcsurfcrird lockct
This contained the likeness ~ her par
ents. My father aud mother" SHE
said. her eyes tilling.
"Yon poor little chickenl' lie put
his arms around her. Wed better
see what can be- done about this Ola
mond milne. I'm sure there must he
lot Of gems somewhere. Hut you
don't need diamond mine 80 fur Ms
I'm concerned. sweetheart; you're pre-
clous enough gem for any man."
Thank you, John"
Almost NJ this same moment a great
liner plowcd lts way westward across
the Atlantic. Aud on board this liner
was handful OF diamonds which right
fully belonged TO Zudop Keene.
There was a passenger who went by
the name Of Bruce. lie was q Snug
sunye Individual. but WIS far deeper,
far more cunning. thnn he appeared
outwardly. lie was In his stateroom.
The door was locked. The bed was
pulled from the wall The man him
self was between the bed and the
ships side. saving hole Ia the vain.
scotlng. From time To time he paused
10 listen for sounds In the adjacent
stateroOms. but he was quite satisfied
that the occupants were all on deck In
their chairs. When the job was com
pletcd he lifted out the square piece
Of board aud laid II aside Then he
drew bamboo cane toward him. lie
swiftly unscreWed the top aud dumped
something into the palm OF his hand
Minute flashes OF red aud blue tinme
darted up into his eyes, These flashes
came from diamonds Of tho purest
white He chuckled inaudlhly. Next
be poured the gems into little chamols
bag aud thrust the bag into the hole
ln the wall. With extraordinary def
ness he replaced the square OF vain
scOting. and only the closest scrutiny
would have told any one what had
taken place.
After that Mr., Bruce went up TO the
smoke room aud INDUCED In a stin
whisky and soda. Then he played
bridge until the second bugle call for
dinner aud In that period OF time more
than made his expenses for the trip,
Mr.. Bruce enjoyed his dinner enjoyed
his wine. the coffee aud partiga. The
secret agents could hear what they
pleased, and they could search him ana
all his belongings and no would SUD
NIT with the utmost complaeency'
Only fools wern caught these days by
the agents OF the United States Gus
toms. He had made some twenty voy,
ages, and what had they ever found
upon him that was cOntrabandf Moth
ing, absolutely nothing Tomorrow
they would dock. and that night he
would be able 90 conhde another sue
cess 10 his confederates. IL all De
pended upon nerve and foresight but
there was one man with whom ne hau
yet 20 reckon.
His name was Thomas Hunt, aud