Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-08-14


: Charmed to have met you, Mr.
Jameson he said, pausing. I'VE
shall see great deal of each other
: hope.'
had not yet had time to say good
by myself when slight exclamation
: at my side startled me. Turning sud-
denly, | saw very brisk, fussy old
gentleman who had evidently been hur-
rying through the crowd. He had
slipped on something on the sidewalk
and lost his balance, falling near us.
We bent over and assisted him to
his feet. AS took hold of his hand,
felt a peculiar pressure from him.
He had placed something in my hand.
My mind worked quickly. l checked
my first impulse to speak, and, more
from curiosity than anything else,
kept the thing he had passed to me
surreptitiously.
Thank you, gentlemen he pulled,
Strengthening himself out. Zone of the |
infrmities of age. Thank you, thank
you"
| AZ " blOluChb hC leu DuotlSu Oh 4ulL0
comically.
Again Del Mar said good-by, and !
did not urge him to stay. He had
scarcely gone when l looked at the
thing the old man had placed in my
hand. 1t was little folded piece of
paper. opened it slowly. Inside was
printed in pencil, disguised:
Be Careful. Watch Him.
Tread it in amazement What did 1t
mean?
At the La Coste, Del Mar was met
by two of his men in the lobby and
they rode up to his room.
Imagine their surprise when they
opened the door and found the valet
lying bound on the floor
"Who the deuce did this?" demand
ed Del Mar as they loosened him.
The valet rose weakly to his feet.
"A little old man with gray whiskers,"
he managed to gasp.
Del Mar looked at him in surprise.
Instantly his active mind recalled the
little old man who had fallen before US
on the street
"Who-what was he?" !
Come" he said quickly, reckoning >
his two companions, who had come in
with him.
Some time later, Del Mars car 1;
stopped just below the Dodge house.
"You men go around back of the e
house and watch" ordered Del Mar.
AS they disappeared he turned and s
went up the Dodge steps.
C
/ walked back after my strange ex. a
perience with the fussy little old gen. h
tleman, feeling more than ever, now b
hat Craig was gone, that both Elaine
and Aunt Josephine needed me. O.
AS we sat talking in the library, c.
Rusty, released from the chain on n
which Jennings kept him, bounded al
With rush into the library. OF
Good old fellow" encouraged u
elaine, patting him.
Just then Jennings entered, and u
Oar, who bowed as we welcomed him. al
DO you know" he began, 81 be- NJ
leve that the lost torpedo model is -
in this house, and l have
eason to anticipate another attempt a.
t foreign agents to find it. If you'll -.
ardon me, I've taken the liberty of ~
the place with some men
e can trust" al
While Del Mar was speaking Elaine -.
licked up ribbon from the table and -,
,arted to tie it about Rusty's neck.
s Del Mar proceeded she paused, still ~
olding the ribbon, Rusty, who hated ~,
bbons, saw his chance and quietly 10
died out, seeking refuge in the con- w.
,rvatory.
Alone In the conservatory, Rusty M,
lickly forgot about the ribbon and lib
gan nosing about the palms. At last
came to the pot in which the tor rvi
do model had been buried in the to
1T earth by the thief the night it had
zen stolen from the fountain. bet
Quickly Elaine recalled herself, and, me
eing the ribbon in her hand and Goa
lsty gone, called him. There was no out
swer, and she excused herself, for an
was against the rules for Rusty to I
lnder about. for
In his haste the thief had left Just a a
rner of the handkerchief sticking the
Of the dirt What none Of us had Tht
ticed, Rusty's keen eyes and nose the
and his instinct told him han
dig for 1t. In moment he uncov- F
I'd the torpedo and handkerchief and off,
fled. Del
lust then he heard his mistress call ed
, him. Rusty had been whipped for 81
,ging in the conservatory, and now, tate
tn his tail between his legs, he "Wl
zed the torpedo in his mouth and d
ted for the door of the drawing Jen1
I'M, for he had heard voices in the littl
rary. AS he did so he dropped the slip
ldkerchief and the little propeller, the
sened by his teeth, fell off. wait
Elaine entered the conservatory A