Charlevoix county herald., 1918-06-28
wonderful stone, SO don't fuss your

WOnueTIul STONE, 30 uou Iuss yOul-
self"
"Just the same the dark gentleman
is right In his view In the matter. The
management has no right to tag US all
as suspects"
Heffy's face was growing into a
dusky red. / caught his eyes and
knew he, too. had heard. I'm goln'
to get action as soon as can" he de-
clared to Laredo. "What'd'ye want
me to do? I'll listen to any dope you
got to hand out. saynor."
Laredo shook his head.
Il do not wish to interfere. ]
merely thought we came together to
discuss the situation. You will. o.
course. look over the scene of the W
fortunate AFFAIR.""
Sure" returned Heffy. I'm 30.
in' up there after breakfast. an ! want
Glace to go along"
"An' then what?" Laredo's smile ap-
peared irritating to me.
"Then If l don't find no trace OF
them things up there. I'll come back
here and search this dump. TIL folks
can like it or not. I'm within my
rights, an / know it. / amt sayin'
who took 1T. but it didn't walk off by
itself An if it didn't maybe it's UP
there.
1T was dark last night, an the
folks was huntin' for men, not images
or sparklers. Maybe If there was a
sort of fight with a snake up there,
the thing fell outen the professors
clothes an is lynn around loose.
That's another reason why / sent Bill
up there to stand guard. He's a square
guy, that boy"
by Jove, l never thought of that,
muttered Dayton. Maybe there
hasn't been any robbery at all"
While they talked had been think
ing. There's more to it than that"
l gave my opinion. IF your idea
were the right one, Heffy, what about
those two ten-dollar bills? Charley
got them somewhere and he didn't get
them for nothing We ought to try to
find out where he did get them, /
think
"They were new Ones" Hefy said.
Exactly, and an Indian wouldn't
carry them around in his pocket very
long and have them retain their fresh
ness, would he?"
Heffy shook his head. Nope.
Charley wouldn't have carried them
long anyway"
Then probably he got them recent
~ from some one who either had just
received them or else carried them in
a bill fold" l went on.
There's something funny about
the whole business" said Heffy. Dye
know / think If we could find that
green stone we'd have the key to the
whole works"
1.-The key is contained in the image
of Quetzal," said Semi Dual.
We all looked up. He had ad-
vanced down the room toward us, but
SO wrapped in our own conversation
had we become that at least had not
heard his approach. Now he stood
slightly smiling beside the one vacant
seat at the table, his hand on its back.
Good morning, gentlemen" he went
on, drawing out the chair.
Heffy was watching him, all eyes,
as he sank into his seat. Since Os-
borne had met him in the hall the
detective was the only one who did
not know him by name. DUAL" l be-
gan, "this is Heffy, the hotel detect
i've"
Mighty glad to know you, sir"
Heffy ducked his head, and half raised
a hand from habit, in salute. "You
mean the whole business hangs on
this here idol I've been hearing
about?"
Exactly"
Dual unfolded his napkin and
spread 1t across knee, as the waiter
slid up. Bring me some fruit, a cup
OF cocoa, and pitcher of milk, with
some bread, cut thin" he directed and
came back to his theme.
From all accounts it was a most
peculiar and interesting object. One
is led to believe that we today do
not give anything like, due credit to
the skill possessed by the ancients,
though as explorations go on we find
more and more proof that they were
in reality engineers and artificers of
no small degree of achievement.
Egypt and Babylon have yielded
up mass of very interesting data. In
America the ruins of Palenque show
II to have been an immense city, the
equal of ancient Thebes in area, with
temples and public structures OF a
magnificence undreamed of among us
of today. 1t was accurately laid out
four square, with a mathematical pre-
cision which excites ones wonder
and admiration.
1.-The Spanish conquistadores found
among the Aztecs so many beliefs of
religion similar to their own that they
alleged the devil had given them
parody of the Christian doctrines, in
order to confound the priests of the
Mother Church. Their rites of mar
riage were sacred and holy; they