Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-27
tcopuight: 1918; BY Harold MaoGrath.l ]
CHAPTER Y.

III ASSAM ALI, or, to give him his real
p- name, Frank Keene, died suddenly.
| Baird, his double, appreclating that
the end was at hand, left the house
by secret exit, taking with him only
luch things as belonged to him. When
lhe Hindu servant notified Zudora that her
nncle was dead she could not believe III
and one look at the dead man was enough
10 convince her that there was something
extremely mysterious In the change The
HSssam Ali she had seen few days past
had not looked IN; but this corpse was mute
evidence Of q long and desperate Illness, But
she never solved this puzzle; she was never
given the time to, That night the house
caught fire and very few things were saved
One day shortly after the fire she dragged
the battered old trunk out into the center of
the room and proceeded to explore It's CON
tents. The Grst things she came across
were her mothers old circus costumes, and
yhe sat dreaming about them for some time
knock upon the door aroused her.
Come lnl"
Storm entered with bouquet.
90, how pretty Walt until I put them
Into vase. Therel Flowers always mako
room look cozier."
And what's going on hereT' asked John,
pointing to the trunk,
"WhY, John, that trunk is about the only
Al a.. a, ~
know, I'm happier In this room than have
been in years. Uncle Frank was always
cold and rcpellent he Just wouldn't let me
love him"
" Good rlddanco Of bad rubbish
why, John Storm"
e" l don't care. I'm positive Of the fact
that he attempted to make way with both
Of us half dozen times, And I'm equally
again positive that ho was hand Ia glove
with some Of tho most dangerous criminals
In the country, Well, as you say, he's dead,
but az for me, I feel deal easier In walk
ing about these days, And yet that man
was your uncle, aosh and blood Have you
gone through tho trunk yetT'
No."
Well, then, let's take an inventory"
The two OF them knet down together and
dug out the ancient circus trapping. Far
down in corner they came upon little
box and zudora opened It curlously.
" A diamond" exclaimed Storm. "Aud a
mighty good one, too, X don't miss my
guess Look, there Is part of letter
under It. Let's see what It says,"
The contents--or the half contents--of that
burned sheet of paper affected them strange
ly, II had originally been letter to zudora's
mother from her father, and brokenly IL
stated that no had struck Il rich In Brazil.
lie, or his partner hsd stumbled upon nm
exceedingly rich deposit Of diamonds, aud
some day they would have plenty, no zu-
dora Il was evident that this had been writ
ten II few days before tho fathers death,
after he had made the strike In gold.
" Aud Hossam All kept this secret from
youl"
Never mind now II Is no longer SO.
crot" replied zudoro, She put tho little
nVN hhNe Hnu on'e hVIe kUNe hel hlleuNluh
to the interior Of tho trunk. She next rcsur-
rected locket This contained the likeness
Of her parents any father and mother"
she said, her eyes filing
" You poor little chlcken~ Ho put his
arms around her "wGd better SEQ what
cpn be done about this diamond mine,
I'm guro there must bo lot Of gems some-
whore But you don't need diamond mnc
DO far as I'm concerned, sweetheart you're
precious enough gem for any man."
Thank YOU, john
almost at this same moment a groat liner
plowod lts way westward across the At
lpntlc, And on board this liner was hand.
ful Of diamonds which rlshtfully belonged
20 zudoEa KeenN
There was passenger who went by the
namO Of Bruce he was a Snius, ruave lndl-