Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-27
CHAPTER x. (Continued.)

The rings were really valuable.
eTheir grandmother, their mothers
9Inother, whom they had never seen,
slad divided her real jewelry"g be-
Mween her two daughters. And the
mother Of these parsonage girls had
further divided her portion to make 1t
1feach through her own family OF
igirls! Prudence had small but beau
1tifrl chain Of tiny pearls. Fairy's
share consisted of a handsome brooch,
with 'tsure enough diamond"in the
scenter! The twin 2rubies of another
brooch had been reset in rings for
5Carol and Lark, and were the price,
Hess treasures of their lives! And in
The dungeon was atsolid gold bracelet,
waiting until Comics arm should be
] sum clentiy developed to do it justice.
Our rings! Our rings" the twins
sfWere WAiling, and Connie, awakened
sby the noise, was crying beneath the
seoverS Of her bed. 9L@ j"
Maybe we'd better phone for Mr.
ALLAN; suggested Fairy. THE girls
Iare 80 nervous they will be hysterical
~ the time we finish searching the
House, ISfI g~a21-s~ - sn@-zR.: s-.@
Welt let's do the upstairs, then,
aid Prudence. l. Get your slippers
and kimonos and Wen 60 into daddy
room. sI Sa4AE ~" q. q
But Inside the door of daddy's room,
Aith the younger girls elm ging to her,
and Fairy looking odd and disturbed,
s1rudence stopped abruptly and stared
inbOut the room curiously. ID IL - :
Fairy, didn't father leave his
watch hanging on that nail by the
g. IN 7
3m0fning / rem mber thinking l
would tease him for being forgetful.'
And the watch was not there.
Il. think it was Sunday he left II"
answered Fairy in low voice. Il re-
lnember seeing 1t on the nail and
thinking he would need it-but l be-
1eve 1t was Sunday"
Prudence looked under the bed, and
! IA the closet, but their fathers room
1as empty Should they go farther?
Tor moment the girls stood looking
! NJ one another questioningly. Then
they heard loud thud downstairs, as
i0l some one pounding on a door.
There was no longer any doubt. Some
one was In the house! Connie and the
twins screamed again and chung to
Prudence frantically. And Fairy
sSSaaid, Il think we'd better lock the
door and stay right here until morn
ing. Prue." b.. a.
But Prudence faced them stubborn
lly. II you think I'm going to let any
One steal that fifty dollars, you are
mistaken. Fifty dollars does not
come often enough for that, can tell
you"
Its probably stolen already" OBJ
jected Fairy. ra Il .... -
well, If it is, we'll find out who did
III and have them arrested. I'm going
down to telephone to the police. You
girls must lock the door after me, and
sstay right here" .: g.
The little ones screamed again, ana
Fairy said: Don't be silly, Prue, If
you go I'm going with you, uf course.
Well leave the Riddles here and they
can lock the door. They'll be per
fectly safe in here" ..
,ga But the children loudly objected to
this. II Prue and Fairy went, they
would go! So down the stairs they
trooped, timorous trembling crowd.
Prudence went at once to the tele-
phone and called up the residence of
the Allans, their neighbors across the
street. After a seemingly never end
Ing wait, the kind hearted neighbor
left his bed to answer the insistent
telephone Falteringly Prudence ex.
planned their predicament, and asked
him TO came and search the house. He
apf0mtsed TO be there in five minutes
With 66 son to help. = =. 80
Now" said Prudence more cheer
fully, well just go out to the kitchen
and wait It's quiet there, and away
from the rest of the house, and We'll
lie perfectly safe" To the kitchen
then, they hurried, and found real com.
tort in it's smallness and secureness
Prudence raked up the dying. embers
eof the fire and Fairy drew the blinds
\ TO their lowest limits. The twins and