The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-11-24

rear seat of the machine aud notice.
various BOXES and bags. he d~cide<
that he had done something Of rea
importance In dfvesting the criminali
OF their means Of transportation and
their booty.
Jim had a definite point In view nj
he whizzed down the smooth country
road. He had gathered from what
Miss Davis had said, the location OF
her new home He had gone about X
miles when he observed a trim femi.
nine figure coming down the road
clearly silhouetted In the misty moon.
light. He slowed down with a jerl
and peered forward with a stare.
II declarer' he shot out briskly
"Oh, ma'aml-please. it's me-"
mr.. James, warbled up the mel
-odious tones Of Miss Davis.
Eyes, ma'am."
"And in an automObile?"
Borrowed, ma'am-that trunk ant
all. But you, ma'amf"
"The wagon broke down. It's just
ahead. 1t will have to stay here all
night. was going back to the mex
village to stay until morning." ex
planned Miss Davis.
"Why not go to your sisters
ma'amf" suggested Jim. I'm a care
full driver, being sober, ma'am. Be
sides, l want to get to some safe, sure
place, for I'm thinking there's lot OF
valuable STUFF in that back seat of the
machine, and we want to protect it."
The eyes Of ais interested passen
ger glowed with keen interest as jim
recited the story in detail. They ex
panded to their widest after they
reached her sisters home. The trunk
had not been opened. In the various
boxes and bags they found great
mass OF silverware, watches and the
like. Obviously some jewelry store ir
the village had been burglarized.
Il think 1 guess out just what ha.
happened" observed Jim, land some
one is probably worrying back there
at Reedsville. II / may stow the au.
tomobile In that shed and sleep in II
~"-A sAAOA AsA6y AAACA II ~ UuCA lily
tracks, and see what turns up"
Miss Davis was up and around
when Jim awoke. She suggested thai
they telephone Reedsville. Their cal
brought back vivid response. The
main jewelry store Of the town hat
been looted the evening previous ant
nearly five thousand dollars Of Its
contents carried away.
Within two hours Roscoe Woods, 6
weil-appearing, eager and anxiou,
young man, the proprietor Of the de.
spoiled store, appeared in an auto.
mobile. He was overjoyed at the dis.
covery that the entire plumber was in.
tact. He had just started in business
and his entire capital was invested il
the recovered goods. He insisted or
pressing 500 on Jim. He selected o
dainty brooch and asked Miss Davis
to accept 1t. for, indirectly through
her, affairs hod come about fortunate.
ly for him.
The police followed up the Darby
hint. They located him as proprietor
Va " N'ly SAh PuiuSc anu ISlcu MS OWL
er of the automobile. To evade con.
nection with the thieving gang he EN-.
ployed, however, Darby claimed that
he had sold the automobile to a party
he could not locate, palpably a lie, and
Jim was left in undisputed possession
Of the machine.
Very proud was he in a brand new
suit of clothes, seated in his automo.
bile and making a fair living as a
taxi servant Of the public. He
chuckled serenely when he noticed
that the young jeweler Roscoe Woods
came to visit Miss Davis a second
time, third, then regularly.
And one day when he drove Roscoe
up to the house, he noticed that his
passenger took look at a beautiful
diamond ring, and guessed the natural
sequence of affairs.
"You dear man ~ said Miss Davis,
all aflush, as she prettily showed an
engagement ring, a few days later,
Il hope you never leave us. You have
made everybody fortunate and happy
all around"
me leave" chuckled Jim, "when
finding you has made me quite a ma.
bob! No, indeed-more than ever do
l see that I've struck a land flowing
with milk and honey!"