The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-06


and saw the womafY>he had BETRAYED
and robbed. Before he could move or
say word Pat shut the door aud stood
with her back against It,
Phillips was now ready to listen to
reason.
''Ill give you check for the money"
he said, making a move toward his
pocket.
"Cold cash is the requirement-and
the pearls are yours" said Pat. 'Bring
the money yourself or send 1t by Phil
Kelly. Do 1t today or else you will
live to regret. And II you try any
tricks 1t will be all the worse for YOU"
Promising to provide the cash forth
with. Phillips hurried away. Going
first to his bankers to get the money.
he then returned to the hotel In search
of the Sphinx.
When Kelly heard what Phillips mad
to say, he advised immediate com
pliance with Pats demand.
"Will you take her the money. Mr..
ashamed of myself to face her again"
And the Sphinx speedily agreed to go
with the cash and TMce it in PATS
hands,
Phillips still had the ordeal Of facing
his wife, and was worried about what
he should say.
For some time Phillips walked the
streets, trying to conjure way to sat
isfy his wife
Finally, although still undecided. he
went to his apartments. His wife was
not Mt home. The maid told him she
had gone to hire detectives to trace the
missing pearls. The very thing Phil
lips dreaded had happened
Ilurrying to the telephone, he called
Pats number and got the girl on the
phone. Then he explained what his
wife had done, and begged Pat not TO
publish the facts.
"You may be sure / will keep still
about your despicable actions-but not
for your sake, believe me. think more
of the poor woman you have wronged
than to let her story be known through
any hasty action Of mine. The girl
was radiant in the happiness her fri
umph afforded her.
Within few moments after Phillips
had telephone, Kelly arrived with the
money and was ushered into the draw
ing room where Pat awaited him.
you win again, Miss Pat" wcs Kel-
ly's Introductory remark. "If you keep
this up in America, my reputation as a
detective will not reach very far,
am afraid"
perhaps you will have case in
which l am not concerned" said the
girl with smiling assurance
1.-THE business in hand is the pearls"
Kelly finally managed to say. "Here
Is the money-ten thousand was the
price, / believer"
Going to her dressing table. Pat
opened a drawer and produced the
string of pearls. She handed them to
Kelly and received the money In ex-
change. When she had counted it she
separated a few of the bills and ex-
planned:
This money l advanced on ship
board to the woman this cad betrayed
and robbed l told her then it was
only part payment"
A knock at the door interrupted
Pats remark. Kelly hastily slowed the
pearls away in his pocket and Pat
showed the money into her bodice. 1t
was Kelly's assistant who had come to
the door.
Three men, who claim they are de-
tectives, sent by some woman, are
downstairs" said Kely's man.
"Ill run down and give them little
conversation" said the Sphinx adj
dressing himself to Pat. Noticing
signs of CONSERVATION in the girls
face, he continued reassuringly:
Don't be worried about these men.
| will be here to see that you are not
molested."
On his way downstairs, Kelly trans
ferred the string of pearls to his as
sistant, hurriedly instructing him to
take them to the hotel and there await
keIly's arrival. And so the pearls
We're, eventually, safely restored to
their owner.
When the Sphinx left Pat alone the
girl made some quick moves. She told
the woman to leave the house. with
her baby, by a side entrance, assuring
her that her troubles over funds were
ut an end. Pat gave the woman some
of the money she had received and
told her when to return for the boI-
ance.
Then Pat made hurried transfor-
nation. She had been underdressed
in her Apache costume, and the work
of slipping off her outer clothing was
accomplished in jiffy. She donned
her Apache cap, locked the drawer
in her dressing table where she had
kept the pearls, and then stepped to
the fireplace.
She put her foot upon one of the
tiles. The mantle began moving Slow
ly along the wall, taking the fireplace
with 1t. In a moment door was dis
closed, and touching button, Pat
swung 1t open and disappeared from