The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-12

IL you knew" said one Vi INC
with a laugh. There's a standing re
ward of $4,000 for the discovery 0
the way 1t goes"
II should think some OF you lei
lows would have pulled that none!
down long ago." suggested Dunsetn
There must be some one who Knows
THE ones who are In the know arr
getting more than the $4,000" REMIND
ed the other man with a laugh.
Some talk of the conversation
reached the assistant superintendent
Blasser, and he promptly reported i
to Ogden and his daughter. He wal
glad of an opportunity to turn hntf
against the stranger. for until Dun
seth had come Blasser had paid Ruth
assiduous court. Now she seemed te
prefer the man from the east ano
Blasser was quick to press his 40
vantage.
I'm going down the road this
morning." he said lightly. Il WISH
you'd fix it so that l could ride in the
engine" said Dunseith one morning
Ogden nodded his assent without
speaking, and after the meal the two
men went across the grounds to the
| storehouse. Already the engine was
attached to the express car, and the
messenger was on hand to check up
the invoice. Dunseith watched as the
| boxes were checked off and slowed
In the car. Then the seals were put
on, and Ogden impressed on the soft
| wax the impression from one OF the
seals. At the end of the run these
seals were removed entire and re-
turned to Ogden, who checked them
up. Dunseith clambered aboard the
engine after borrowing a suit OF over
alls, and the engine pulled out to
hook on to the train of ore cars that
completed the load. The express
messenger took his seat on the ore
car nearest the express car, and the
train pulled out
1t was a twelve-hour run to the
shelters and it was late in the eve
ming when the camp was thrown into
an uproar by the announcement that
the leakage had been discovered, but
beyond the bare facts nothing was
known until the following day when
Dunseith turned up on the train and
hurried across to the office
Did you get Murphy as | wired?"
he asked as he entered the room.
Ogden nodded Il don't think that
he did it," he declared.
Not at ALL assented Dunseith,
but he made it possible for the man
who did to get along bit easier. Did
1t ever occur to you that you had
60foot car that measured a little
short of IS inside?"
What's that got to do with it,"
grunted Ogden.
The ends were false" explained
Dunseith. They contained some
plain ore, pair of steelyards and-a
man."
don't see what good that was
when the boxes were sealed" was the
reply.
Send for one OF the boxes" sug.
gested Dunseith, and when it came
he knelt on the floor beside it.
The shipping boxes were of wood.
bound with metal. The metal rims
were bolted to the sides and ends and
one of these bolts Dunseith RAPIDLY
unscrewed with an odd shaped tool
that grasped the irregular head like
a wrench.
i am something of an amateur ma
gician." he explained. The construc-
ton OF the boxes seemed to me pecu.
liar and this was the first clue I sat
over here smoking with Murphy and
when he went on his rounds to tonch
the clocks l had chance to investi.
gate"
AS he spoke Dunseith drew awav
the loosened bolt and showed that II
ran through the side of the box to the
opposite metal band, Once the rod
was removed the bottom could he
lifted up without disturbing the seals
IN the least. Ogden uttered a cry Of
establishment.
Under cover of the noise made by
ne train," explained Dunseith. the
nan In the car slipped out of his
compartment In the end. He weighed
Tut the ore and replaced 1t with eyact.
y the same weight of valueless rock
1t the end of the run the boxes were
indisturbed and of the same weight
Is before, but there was an exchange
u from two to three hundred mounds
u ore that ran almost pure gold.
ihere were three men in the game
II the other end. One was the ward.
master, the second the station agent
no the third the express messenger
N another run. After the doctorad
re was delivered at the smelter tho
ar was run up to the yards and |
mptied OF the stolen ore. This was
AIKEN into the freight house nv tho
gent and the express messenger
ook 1t up the road and then shinned
10 another smelter as ore from a
title mine which the freight aeen,
wned. Murphy was taken into tho
anne to make things easy for the
ian IN the car in case there was a
clay here"
And you knew this all the time p.
ogden. Il thought that
gu mad your suspicious of me-"
Dunseith smiled.
II was talk he explained and
Ink tnat made people look the Other
ay was good to throw suspicion n
really had suspected you I Should
ave MADE an excuse for moving over
the Palace and living there"
mere was an exclamation from tho
unopened door and Dunsieth turned
lickly. W. neu
AS 1t is" he went nm aos,,- -