The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-06-28

ALREADY CLEAR.
ready, Miss Leyland, I'll escort you TO
your carriage and the doctor will get
busy on his report
l felt as middle aged man might II
he should try to be boy again and
rob an orchard-ten times rs much
scare for tenth part OF the fun. Yet
wouldn't take dare. My hand was
at the door to open it for Amy, but ill.,
stead opened it for Stover.
'Ah, doctor!' he cried. Great case!
Have you got the plunder?''
"My dear fellow" said l. they
weren't there
Stover's face showed boundless sur.
prise, verging toward CONSERVATION.
You got the dogY
"Yes.'
"And-and"- He glanced at Amy.
YES" said l.
He was bewlldered.
"But this simply can't be-" he finally
managed to say. Look here" And
he pulled a sheet Of paper from his
pocket. Here's message that APP
plebec sent to Horowitz. the man that
handles the smuggled diamonds for
him. He sent 1t just before leaving
the steamer. We bring nothing this
trip And now look here" producing
a small memorandum book containing
| various sentences written In such a
way that saw at once the thing was a
L An 1Nvfs,S sr.fl Il,
Ing this trip means The diamonds go
with the dog This is Applebee's ci-
pher book. / got 1t out of his trunk.
But to make the thing surer | myself
| tracked the messenger that carried Ap-
| plebee's note, and nabbed Horowitz
| jingo, with his own cipher book in his
hand! And here's the book" He pull.
/ ed 1t out of another pocket "What dc
you say?"
Cant help It," said III desperation
THE dog had eaten no diamonds.
| Stover laid the palm of his left hand
on his forehead, and it seemed to me
that could hear him think.
/ "What did you do with the dogs col
lar?" said he.
There was an awful silence, and ther
4 Amy said:
Il thing Mr.. Jarvis carried it to his
stateroom with those other things"
I?'' cried Jarvis. turning pale. "Oh
no! l didn't touch It."
1t isn't here said Stover, flashing
keen eyes around the room. you thinl
he took it, lniss?"
II saw it in his hands" said Amy
icily and truthfully, of course, for Jar
Wis had had Dennis by the throat quite
recently.
"Show me where your stateroom is 7
; cried Stover as he dragged Jarvis away
And you hunt here, doctor"
I hunted and so successfully that
was able to place the collar in Stoyer'
hands when he returned pallid am
breathicss. Dennis and the basket wer
IN my inner room.
With Amy and me the mystery wa
already clear, for no sooner had "
seen the collar off the dogs neck thai
we perceived some part Of the elaborat
trickery Of its construction. It was
spiked collar, such as is thought becou
! ing to bulldogs, but when Dennis had
on it looked so thin that nobody woul
think Of it as the hiding place even 9
such small objects as diamonds, but
was rounded underneath most cunning
" to deceive the eye, and there wer
little spring traps communicating wit
the brass spikes, which were hollow an
as thin as paper. From these RECEIPT;
! cles stover took fourteen diamonds an
}! seven rubies, some Of them very fin
$ stones exceeding five carats in weigh
And when it was all over Amy an
e rode uptown together, with DEM
z in the basket and Jarvis stayed aboal
D the ship and wished that he had nev,
been born