The diamond drill., 1915-08-21

all Mr.. Griswold was dreadfuiy SICK
and. or course, he couldn't tell US any
thing about himself. But while ne was
delirious he was always mutterin8
something about money. money; mon-
ey that he had lost and couldn't nnd, or
money that he had found and couldn't
lose. Then when we thought no
couldn't possibly get well. Doctor ber>
tie and ransacked his suitcases Tor
cards or letters or something tnsl
would tell US who ne was and whao
he came from. There wasn't tne
tlest thing"
And that was when you begAs
suspect" queried Raymer.
THAT was when the suspicion ber
gan TO torture me. fought IL; oh.
you don't know how hard | fought 1T
There he was. lying sick and helpless:
utterly unable TO do thing or say
word In his own defense; and yet,
he were the robber, OF course, We
should have to give him up. Il was
terriblel"
II should say so." was Raymer's
get II straightened out, at iast?'
1T hasn't been altogether straight
ened out until Just lately--within the
past few days" she went on gravely.
After he began TO get well, ! made
him talk to me-about himself, you
know. There didn't seem TO be any
thing to conceal At different times
he told me all about his home, and his
mother. whom he barely remembers.
and the big-hearted, open-handed ia
ther who made money so easily In his
professionals was the Griswold. the
great architect. you know--that he
gave II to anybody who wanted IT.
but suppose he has told you all thisf"
mo; at least. not very much of It."
Miss Grlerson went on smoothly
falling sympathetlcally into the remi-
niscent vein.
Kenneth went to college without
ever having known what II Is to lack
anything In reason that money could
buy. A little while after he was gradu-
ated his father died"
Leaving Kenneth poor. I suppose;l
he has intimated as much to me. once
or twice." said Raymer.
Leaving him awfully poor. He
wanted to learn to write. and for \
long time he stayed on In New York.
living Just any old way. and having q
dreadfully hard time or II, I imagine.
though he would never say much
about that part OF II. That Is why he
thirks he is a socialist. At last felt
that I Just must know. at whatever
cost One day when we were driving.
| brought him here and-and intro
duced him TO Mr.. Galbraith. was so
scared that could taste it-but did
i'll"
Raymer laughed. "of course moth
Ing came OF it,"
Nothing at all And then. right out
OF q clear sky. came another proof that
was even more convincing. Do you
happen TO know who the young woman,
was who discovered the bank robber,
on the steamboat"
II? How should knowf"
II didn't know but she had told you,"
Charlotte Farnham."
what" calculated Raymer. But
he was not more deeply moved than
was the man behind the window cur
tains. II Broffin's dead cigar had not
been already reduced to shapeless In
utility, Miss Grierson's cool announce
ment. carrying with II the assurance
that his secret was no secret. would
have settled II.
IT'S So" she was adding calmly. II
found out How do know7 Because
her father bought the draft at poppa's
bank, and In the course OF time Il
came back with the Bayou State Se-
curity's dated paying stamp on 1t. See
now easy il wasi'
Raymer's laugh was not altogether
mirthful
You are a WITCH" he said. "Is
there anything you don't know7"
mot very many things that really
need to know" was the mildly boast
ful retort. But you see, now, how
foolish my suspicious were"
Raymer nodded. Though he would
not nave admitted IL under torture, the
entire matter figured somewhat as a
mountain constructed out OF a rather
small molehili to a man for whom the
subtleties lay In region unexpIored
He wondered that the clear-minded
little social climber" as his sister
called her. had ever bothered ner
nimble brain about such an abstruse
and far-fetched question of Identities
"You said, a few minutes ago. that
Griswold calls himself socialist. That
Isn't quite the word. He Is a sociolo-
gist"
Miss Crlerson ignored the nice dis
tinction In names.
Socialism goes with being poor.
doesn't it?" she remarked since Mr.
Griswold's ship has come In. saD>6se
he finds Il easier, and pleasanterl)to