The Arizona copper camp., 1919-08-02

beat them to it. If there was to be a
fight, they didn't want it to happen
anywhere near 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.
'To go back to my own troubles.
When got out into the hall night be-
fore last, after leaving her room, 1
heard voices whispering in Prince
Ugo's room. l beat it up the stairway
into the attic. Nothing happened, so
/ sneaked down to have 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.
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 second he
was out again. He landed squarely ON
Nicholas back as the fellow turned to
escape. I saw the steel flash. Poor
old Nick went down in 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 if pos
sible, and wait for things to quiet
down. / got out through trap door
and stayed there for an hour or so.
SWELL. to shorten the story, I final
ly took chance and slid down to the
caves where l managed to find the
limb of a. tree big enough to support
me-just as if the Lord had ordered IT.
put there for my special benefit. I
was soon on the ground, and that
meant safety for me. had heard Ug0
tell the others that Nicholas said the
man who stabbed him was yours truly.
Can you beat it?
"And now comes the maddeuing 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. If we are to find
the crown jewels, my friend, we will
first have to find Prince Ugo. He has
them." M
81 don't believe word of this
yarn" said Barnes fatty. "You have
the jewels and" s
"Look here, Mr.. Barnes, I'm not go
ing to fouble-cross you again. That's
all over. [ want to get that scurvy
dog who knitted poor old Nick. If you
can give me lead, I'll try to run
Prince Ugo down. And if l do, we'll
get the jewels"
"We? You amuse me, Sprouse." j.,
"Well, i can't do any more than
give my promise. my solemn oath, or
something like that. / can't give a
bond, you know. swear to you that
if lay hands on that stuff, will de
liver it to you. Might just as well
trust me as Ugo."
Get in the car" said Barnes sud-
denly. He had decided to take a
chance with the resourceful, inde-
ldIlSdD1C WuS
convincing about Sprouses version of
the affair at Green Fancy. -. -
Barnes told him that he knew of
Prince Ugo's fight. Sprouse looked
thoughtful for long time. .
u $50 O'Dowd knows that / really was
after the swag, eh? He believes got
it?"
Il suppose So" ya
"The only one who thinks I'm abso-
lutely innocent is Ugo, of course-and
Mrs. Van Dyke. That's good"
Sprouse smacked his lips. "Pve got
pretty fair idea where / can find Mr..
Loeb. It will take little time-a
couple of, days, perhaps-but sooner
or later he'll turn up in close prox-
unity to the beautiful baroness"