The diamond drill., 1920-06-26
ROBERT AYES BENNETI

psnvsr q WclI-dressed traveier is famil.
eGe. Tho traveller ignorce The advance.
bg ian'ss an sia.lis ~ s.a s ssssS ss
Who stop their auto 20 speak. He imag-
announces himself az Richard Clinton
pear greatly surprised. and learning he
10 20 be Ia town until midnight, the lady,
introducing herself as Mrs. Kirkland. and
h nsr husband ~ Snd a. Doctor Kirkland invites
MS truly remarkable resemblance to Q
fIfend OF theirs. He accepts. AT the Kirk
hnd home he meets q young lady who
kirkland. and plainly Is greatly hurt by
Ais assertion that he Is Richard Clinton"
CHAPTER !L-At dinner clinton"
learns that his host Is q medical special
fst and that he is believed 10 be VII
Lowrie. a young man who Nad beeI suffer-
Ing from a nervous breakdown and had
gone east for medical treatment Lowrie
had had in his possession bonds OF the
value OF 100000. belonging to the bank
whore he was employed, which have dis
appeared And. and OF which he has no reool::
goes 20 the Lowrie home. the doctor be-
Ing satisfied that Amy Lowrie, WINS sfb-
ter. win convince Clinton he Is really
Lowrie. SUFFERING from loss OF memory.
CHAPTER II.-Amy declares at once
he Is her brother, and insists on treating
nim as such. 70 his great embarrassment
CHAPTER Iv.-Doctor Kirkland ar
ranges 10 send a telegram 20 the SANTA
rum where Lowrie 10 undergoing treat
ment, inquiring as to his whereabouts.
CHAPTER v.-Ellen and Amy try in
vain 10 convince Clinton" he Is VIII Low
rie, brother OF one and the fiance OF the
N until fnF
Kirkland and cashes a draft. BENIN tells
the president OF the bank he Is sure "Clin-
ton" Is VIII Lowrie and agrees 10 find
out the whereabouts or the missing bonds.
CHAPTER vI.-with BENIN "CIinton"
visits the athletic club and there BENIN
discovers that birthmark. familiar to
Lowrie's friends, has disappeared from
'Clinton's" arm. BENIN is somewhat dis
concerted but unconvinced. That evening
an answer 20 Doctor Kirkiand's telegram
arrives, with the Information that the gu-
perintendent OF the sanitarium 10 away,
and the matter Is left thus.
CHAPTER vII.-Bemm is very much In
love with Amy Lowrie Her brother has
discouraged the intimacy, and BENIN
thinks he can prove 10 Amy that her
brother has made away with the bonds
which only BENIN can save him.
kobe and held out his bare forearm.
She stirred az II incredulously.
"WellP he queried.
Tt--it can't be that rm-that fits
the other7" she murmured.
He barred the left arm. "You see
Can there be a more positive proof OF
Identity than such a mark as that on
your brothers arm (which Is not on
my armf"
The vague dread that clouded her
dllated eyes swiftly increased TO a
paralyzing terror. She stared at him
as whlte-faced and immoblIe as mar
BILE statue. Stricken with concern for
her, he bent forward. Instantly her
cheeks flushed scarlet with maidenly
shame. She cIutched wildly at her
loose hair and fled TO the door. In a
twinkling she was out In the hall, with
the door shut between herself and
Clinton.
He had not moved. For some time
he stood where she had left him. His
body was motionless, but IL was EVIL
dent that his thoughts were in whIrl
OF almost violent emotions. Across
his face, In quick succession, passed
looks OF bewilderment, pity. delight.
tenderness. Last of all came contri-
tlon. and again pity, both OF which
merged into resolution.
From the closet he brought out his
suitcase and the suit that he had worn
on his arrival In town. Next came a
rummage through the dresser and
closet to restore TO the suitcase the
articles that had been taken from II.
Some he could not find.
He dressed himself In the suit so
heatly tailored by old Tillie, and
glanced around the room. preparatory
20 closing the suitcase. The hairbrush,
lying on the floor where he had
dropped II. caught his eye. He picked
II up and gazed at II several moments.
He then went 60 the mantei, where
stood the framed photographs OF Ellen
and Amy.
When he returned 20 his suitcase
one OF the frames was empty.