The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-02-12


pered hoarsely, whats that? The
villain trying to get int"
1 said, "Mrs. Thlng-down-stairs be-
lieves It's music, lucky for us--we can
now breathe out loud without fear of
the villain. lie may be listening at
the front door---but he'll hear nothing
while she operates"
Billy forked lot Of chicken onto
my plate and commanded me TO go to
1t, and grabbed a roll out of his box
and said:
"Billy. he tried to murder me-"
"He?"
"That mamie was waiting for me
with dagger that night-look here
jumped up and got the dagger from
my penholder tray-"he dropped II on
the floor"
"Gee whiz !" he cried. taking the dag
ger from me; and then he demanded,
"Who7"
"That man--De Ravenol."
de Ravenol?-you mean that man
in Paris who wanted you to bring the
pretty daughter over with you and
you wouldn't?"
"Yes-that's the one. He was dla-
mond thlef-that's what he was" /
blew off. "He was In the act of steal
ing a million dollars worth of dia-
monds. And I foiled himT
"wow! You did?"
II should say I did And what's
more, I've got the diamonds here
there behind you in those hyacinths."
"Wow!" he whooped, and before l
knew what he was doing he was out
Of his chair. his hand on the glass.
Don't touch them |" shrieked.
"Wowl" he cried, dropping his hand
and jumping back. "Do they bite2'
"No-they sting. They pizen your
very soul. But. Bllly-stop wowing--
I'm watched"
He sat down with the command.
"Divulge the dread secret" and be-
tween bites I told him the whole story
up to Eureka, and brought In the alp
per to prove 1t.
He was still staring when I got
through and asked him. "And now how
am going to get those beastly things
out Of the house and where am I 60
ing to get them tot She doesn't dare
to have them at her house"
"Oh. can take them away and
hide 'em. IL that's all you want" he
answered carelessly.
'Tt isn't ALL" retorted, a BIT indlg
nant. "It's only the beginning of @
new chapter Of misery for the whole
Of us-it's throwing the responsibility
on you without getting me out Of the
net--it wort save me from being kid
naped and searched and maybe mur
dered TO keep my mouth shut"
Billy nodded at that and said
you're right"
He took cigarette out of his case
and with short. MAY II" lighted VI
and began to blow rings, gazing a
them abstractedly. I nibbled crumbs
After I'd stood his silence for half {
cigarette, repeated my question ant
told him. "We've got to do something
right off-now-tonight."
"Of course" He smoked another
quarter and threw the cigarette will
energy into the empty chicken tin
bouncing up as he spoke.
"What are we going to do7" he CAV,
forth masterfully. "We're going I,
trap that bold man oil by our littl,
own selves-you and I. And we'll Civ,
him one nice lesson on stealing dia
monds from defenseless women--an'
threatening you"
"But we've got to hurry" I urged
II can't live this way much longer
It's simply killing mew
"Sure," Billy agreed. suppressipg I
smile at me. "rm hurrying all I can
calculate to have your 'mossoo' II
handouts tomorrow night" And h
unfolded his plot and entered into I
with fervor. The truth is Billy and
were having the fun of our lives.
The scheme was to decoy monsieu
to the fiat by letter from Mrs. Della
rio indicating where the diamond
were hidden: we banked on his re
membering the one place he hadn'
searched-the hyacinths; and II he go
the tip we believed he'd return the mo
ment went out.
After some discussion Billy and
decided not to take Mrs. Delario int,
our confidence. not knowing how she,
act In the crisis, which necessitate,
our initiating her writing. The onl,
sample Of her writing we had was he
address In my notebook and som
titles Of books on spiritualism she,
wished me to read. But the sampl
did us. and the Joint literary efforts o
myself and Billy produced the follow
ing-this purporting to be from me I
her:
Ny Dear Mrs. Deiariei Since he ssarchs
everything but the bunch OF hyacinths as
! told you ove- the telsphons TuesdAy-(thi
struck me as an exquisiteiy neat. convincin
touch. for his detective must have rsporte
! both that telsphoned and the number Q
the caiD-I thought the same Place woui
continue safe In case Of q second invasion
got fresh bunch. 90 you will know wher
II anything happens to me- II 30. come an
get them at once; break In the nat II yo
have to.
. am going to try to see yos sssurds