Saint Mary's beacon., 1919-08-07

/ beat them to IL. II there was to be n
fight, they didn't want II to happen
anywhere nesr the house. believe
Ugo Is the one who got the barOn-Or
Room. as you know him. Now, that is
the true story of the little affair.
ITO go back to my own troubles.
When got out into the hall night be-
fore last, after leaving her room,
heard voices whispering In Prince
Ugo's room. / beat it up the stairway
into the attic. Nothing happened, so
| sneaked down to have a peep around.
The door to Ugo's room was open, but
there was no light on the inside. He
came to the door and looked up and
down the hall. Then some one else
came out and started to sneak. away.
l leave you to guess the sex.
nicholas butted In at this unfor-
tunate juncture. He made the mis-
take OF his life. Ugo jumped back into
his room. In less than a second he
was out again. He landed squarely on
Nicholas back as the fellow turned to
escape. / saw the steel fash. Poor
old Nick went down In a heap. letting
out horrible yell. Ugo dragged him
into the room and dashed back into
his own. A moment later he came out
again, yelling for help. There was
only one thing left for me to do and
that was to get out on the roof IL pos
sible, and wait for things to quiet
down. I got out through a trap door
and stayed there for an hour or so.
swell. to shorten the story. I final
ly took a chance and slid down to the
caves where / managed to find the
limb Of a tree big enough to support
me-just as IL the Lord had ordered "a
put there for my special benefit. I
was soon on the ground. and that
meant safety for me. had heard Ugo
tell the others that Nicholas said the
man who stabbed him was yours truly.
Can you beat Il?
"And now comes the maddenIng part
of the whole business. He said that
the crown jewels were gone The thief
was running downstairs when he stag
gered to the door. IL we are to find
the crown jewels, my friend, we will
first have to find Prince Ugo. He has
them"
II don't believe a word of this
yarn" said Barnes fatty. "You have
the jewels and"
"Look here. Mr.. Barnes, I'm not GO
Ing to double-cross you again. That's
all over. / want to get that scurvy
dog who knitted poor old Nick. II you
can give me a lead. I'll try 10 run
Prince Ugo down. And II 1 do, wen
get the jewels"
"Wef You amuse me, Sprouse."
"Well, / can't do any more than
give my promise. my solemn oath. or
something like that. / can't give n
bond. you know. I swear to you that
IL lay hands on that stuff. win de-
liver it to you. Might just as well
trust me as Ugo."
"Get I'm the car said Barnes sud-
denly. He had decided TO take a
chance with the resourcefuI. indie
fatigable rascal. There was something
convincing about Sprouse's version of |
the affair at Green Fancy.
Barnes told him that he knew of |
Prince Ugo's fight. Sprouse looked |
thoughtful for long time.
$50 ODowd knows that L really was |
after the swag. eh7 He believes I got |
nF'
Il suppose So"
The only one who thinks I'm abso-
iutely Innocent is Ugo. OF course-and
Mrs. Van Dyke. That's good"
Sprouse smacked his lips. I've got a
pretty fair idea where I can fnd Mr..
Loeb. II W. take little time-a
eouple Of days. perhaps-but sooner
or later he'll turn M In close -nrox-