The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
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~ would l''"
!. Heyer easily disposed Of. t
rs are lOo s,r nm a better expla- {
e, 5' ID Mr. CASTOR t@ 'n6Ss T lnem
: say when ne 'oo''1
w lining TO say. He was
~ ,ss,sd at finding them en-, aE "mov 70
hussleu -, vaults and did not
saf safe p y had them safely locked s'e,l
ut, ~ took q both iewet cases S1.D T Gin
\. nd made me go along Win HIM
4 uotect them" IN for the secret
Didn't you look a. La al about ,pc
..sreway told you aoO1 ts,+ oro
arsamins about that, are
still W. corman. "No, we didn't. /
aY' scU ,as 10 % the Granddeck the
~ the "e .,,oEe about it and l tod
= nla MAJ, = my opinion there was
20 ~. u 70 4. After he recovered .he
stnlns wss too excited to think
a. =, ANYTHING else. 1t seemed TO
'ss. MINI All up and I took him back
80 \. hot hotel and left him there he
as had some writing to do and
~ : wouId meet me at my Office
I noon today
.,.w do. you account for the re-
n a. near,sP- cried desperate
y. sa r your theory about themT
ssvan,t any," he replied. Its
= rou to explain it. Maybe oy
!. ,,me I come to see you tomorrow
IN have thought up a new yarn
) SPIN Econ b,,,
. be turned away, do look tonlor =
.od see If that secret passage is
I. rbere I said it was
u. xaIked away without answering
~ once more in my cell, l stretched
..,f despondently on my little iron
I. and closing my eyes, tried t'
.,,.sntrate my thoughts on an at
ruut to solve this new mystery
,s,eh could plainly see had all ou
..,roved Germans faith in my hon
I must solve ii If | was TO re
N him in aiding me to get free. We
4. xhole thing seemed inexplicablt
,opld hardly blame him for doubtin
j The great value of the pearl
N been motive enough for thel
aeo but what possible motive coui
hp,e have been for the thief return
n them?
Wlth shock it came to. me. TO
AT the restoration of the pearl
v,ctIealIy upset the whole theory
On defense. II | could have esta
Mid the fact of this theft, jul
Mint be persuaded to believe my IA
4 anonymous notes. mysterious VIII
m. and secret passageway |
rtIrh ne thief had gained access
ibr apartment. but without the mott
4 .4rft. my story, unsupported
Witnesses and uacorroborated by OF
Evidence, surely would be incre
nk Of belief.
Ihad. just one hope left. OLD huf
MT find that secret passageway a
~ whittier Il led. That, with o
hsxledge Of the identity of the tie
he girl and the possibility of PR
x Germans belief that Wick "
a ex-sonvict, seemed likely to be
IL salvation. Old Rufus must Fl
hat passageway. He must! He mu
Pur hours I lay there racking
hams over the unsOlvable probleI
n luncheon was brought in, but
rSed h sway untouched. Wear
wondered whether the recovery
n pearls had destroyed my aged
sfives fifth In me. as Ii seemed
lave destroyed .Gorman's. l co
hardly blame him if he doubted
a1er finding that my story of the
aDearance Of the pearls was apr
0tly untrue. In my brief experie
= prisoner 7 had learned all
vel the bitter fact that once r
discredited, henceforth no
nxn him. II Rufus CASTOR ia
ne at this juncturt / did not see
could possibly extricate myself
euthed from the web that unse
lands had so skillfully and n
dously woven around me. The ,
Nv OF comfort that l could find ;
where In the whole situation war.
~ nrm belief that though old II
va German and the whole W
douhted me, Barbara Bradford
harbara, l ventured to call her in
mnermost heart-would continue
oelIese In. me. She would be sure
natter how much appearances '
auinst me, that | was telling
uuth farbafa and knew. Eve
NE had not known that l could
possibly have fred the shot that K
Mss Lutan, l was certain that
~h would have trusted me.
Thinking about Barbara | rec
nat i was the day of her sisters
ing. ! had one of the prison at
snn get me the evening papers t,
mat they had to say about it
was fearful lest some breat
andai at the last moment invo
" bradfords might bring abo
e'ponement. Eagerly was h
at nothing had happened to pr
marriage taking place. Wit
tunes Of her sister assured
mothers future safe. | re;
the course Of my relations
nara would be likely to be
ther sailing. provided of c
! was acquitted. In the
had had with her. / had
mat wealth ard luxury and