The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-21

guos,a ~ Ml.nout being searched, the
sueSts volunteering to submit 10 tho
vrueal II they We're Obliged 70 loo
before the gem was found 'eo'e
held long deliberations With y,..
s"eel, .o VINO was now profoundly IN.
'es'eu ih the case. These del,bara
tions, besides giving us sometbina T.
common enabled me to be good deal
WI ~an ner' l hoped, If l made.any fur.
.ner progress. to lead my assistant 70
Junk that it was her ingenuity or
perceptive faculty that was doino .ha
work and not mine.
,. nave made discovery" said
MISS sweet to me one day. with great
glee. eiea'
You don't mean it," I ren,,ed
naVe you found where the gem is
concealed?" e'i -
NO l have discovered that Mrs
'ernegan's nursemaid shares her co.
cret with her
How so?"
Ihey know that we are watching
.hem' Whenever the nurse sees me
looking at her she Quails."
Its two against two, isn't itY
Yes, and we'll beat them yet"
mo doubt Of It,"
have you anything to suggest~
Well, no; not just now"
we saw the nurse 60 out with her
cnarge and knew that every afternoon
I she took the child to a little mark IN
! the neighborhood. Treusdail should
not have permitted this. but he said
tnat 1t wouldn't do to keep the little
elri IN the house. proposed to Miss
sweet that We walk out, follow the
nurse to the park and see II we could
learn anything. She consented. and
getting her hat and wraps. we sailed
forth.
we soon saw the nurse walking
slowly, the child trotting alone, either
beside or behind her, carrying a toy
balloon. We measured our pace to
suit theirs, and they entered the park
without knowing that we were near
them. A moment later the nurse turn.
ed and, suddenly seeing us, gave an
involuntary start
'The plot thickens." remarked to
my companion. IN bet that this
nurse, being permitted to leave the
house. will get rid of the diamond"
. Suppose she has It with her now
said Miss Sweet
"Its possible"
Il have never seen her so agitatet
as when she turned and saw US be
hind her"
"You are on the track. You mad
the discovery that she was In League
t with her mistress. Suppose we let he
) see by our acts and the expressions o
J our faces that we are watching her
( 1t may drive her into doing something
E that will expose her
a BY this time the nurse had taken
4 seat OH bench, while the child playe
S about with her balloon, On several oC
n casions she let go the string, the ba
! loon rose, and the nurse caught \ onl
l. In time to save it. We walked BY tn
r woman and as we did so stared at he
o ominously. She trembled like lea
We walked on short distance an
e turned. The childs balloon had e.
It caped and was caught In the branche
r Of a tree overhanging the seat wher
q the nurse sat. The child was cryln
Q for her toy, and the nurse was tryin
o to quiet her
s am buy you another, dearie, ST
r. said THAT one has gone where OF
II can't get II"
n The nurse spoke the truth. Only
long ladder would enable any one
!, reach the toy. 1t had lodged son
d thirty feet from the ground. AS
% walked past the tree looked up at
I noticed that the string attached 10
it hung straight l suggested nothing
first. but presently l asked my COZ
q panion:
ADO YOU notice how straight tn
ID string hangs? Is 1t caught ON prahc
ly and does the balloon keep 1t tauf
ly mo; the balloon Is against Doug
ID Rut there Is something small
ct He'd TO the end Of the string"
,p $50 there is"
/, glanced at the nurse VINO Khe
we we're talking about the pailoon a.
7e saw she was holding her breath iro
er suspense / called some boys y
se were playing near and offered any
Or them a quarter who would chmo :
Id tree and bring down the balloon. y
y, Of the boys took my ofrer' ana IN
he few minutes was In possession oi
'e. TOW At the end OF the string was
ty BIT Of tissue paper. In the paper '
lp the diamond. g
~ I looked around for the nurse
at The delight both of myself and NJ
ne sweet may be imagined. We STAR :
et 10 the house with the little girl !
a. down the street we saw the nurse r
'p- Ming ahead Of US. 1t did not occur
10 ia what she was going to the mouse
ne t,,, u we got there. when we discover
~ that she had warned her mistress .
sanaon . Refore saying word TO q
NJ