Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-04-18

with the cash and place it il. 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 at home. The maid told him she i had gone to hire detectives to trace the missing pearls. The very thing Phil | lips dreaded had happened.
 Hurrying 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 I 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 nasty action of mine. The girl was radiant in the happiness her tri- umph afforded her.
 Within few moments after Phillips had telephone, Kelly arrived with the money and was ushered into the Graw- ing room where Pat awaited him.
 You win again. Miss Pat" was Kel- ly's introductory remark. 'If you keep this up in America, my reputation as a detective will not reach very far, l am afraid"
 Perhaps you will have a case in which l am not concerned" said the girl with smiling assurance
 ''The business in hand is the pearls" Kelly finally managed 10 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 d few of the bills and eX- plained:
 "This money I advanced on ship board to the woman this cad betrayed and robbed. I 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. It was Kelly's assistant who had come to the door,
 s'Three men, who claim they are de- tectives. sent by some woman, are downstairs" said Kelly's man.
 ..I'll run down and give them little dressing himself to Pat Noticing signs of consternation in the girls face, he continued reassuringly:
 Don't be worried about these men. will be here to see that you are not moIested."
 On his way downstairs, Kelly trans ferred the string of pearls to his as sistant, hurriedly instructipg him to take them to the hotel and there await Kelly's arrival. And so the pearls were, 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 side entrance, assuring her that her troubles over funds were at an end. Pat gave the woman some of the money she had received and told her when to return for the bal 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 a 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 a button, Pat swung 1t open and disappeared from the room. Then the fireplace and man. tie moved back to it's original position.
 Kelly had, during this time, been ar guing with the detectives about the fallacy of searching further for the p6dTlS. lucy dIc AOL ucIc, was Aci- ly's assurance to the sleuths.
 But argue as he might, they were de termined to search the house. They began with the upper floors, where Kelly left them, ransacking every nook and corner, and hurried to the drawing room to inform Pat of the proceedings.
 When the Sphinx opened the door he was astounded to find the room empty. He searched in the adjoining room,