The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-11-18

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That describes A. lie concealed his
Interest In II very ncntly when you
caught him examining a."
"Funa nro harmless things" Enid
Aucc. "uud n there's my story NJ.
tnchcd 10 this one I'm not awnro of Vt.
My fnthcr bought " I'm Paris nhoui
three years ngo. nnd n hnH never been
out Of my possession except 10 hive
II rcpnircd. There's japanese Jew
clcr who does wonderful things I'm tho
wny Of rcpnlrng trlnkctR OF every
kind. lcr II with him Tor n few
dnya emit tell now which pnncl
wns broken, no ala his work 80
dcruy."
tool, q from her ana bnlnnccd II
! IN my nngcrR n WINS beautiful
| piece or workmnnshlp with the sim.
plcat carvings on the ivory pnncls.
"Iic couldn't huyc seen II anywhere
before tonight" observed Alice mus
mgly "m mci. hudn't used Il M MI
for ycur. n WINS rcnlly by mslnke
Tint my mnld pat N into my trunk
when went 10 Jnpnn. didn't want
10 risl, brcnking II ngnln, so I've been
carrying lt I'm hnndbng. che Inst
dny we were ln TOXIC / think | hnd Il
I'm our sitting room I'm the hotel, 10
mnkC sure II wnsn'l jummcd into the
trunk nEuiu. We had n good mnDv
Cnllcrs "a number OF people cnme I'm
60 hld us Eood-by. but I'm sure Count
MontOnl wns not nmong them. and II
would hnvc been Impossible for him to
see n nt nny other time"
"Oh. there rs nothing disturbing in
The counts interest I'm the thing" snId
Mrs. FnruswOrth with nm mir OF dis
missing the matter. "If II were jnde
trinkct inscribed with Chinese mys-
tcrlcs you might imnglne TINT {, would
De sought by some ONE hive henrd
OF such things but Allco's fnn has no
such history"
I'VE weren't very hospltnhle." snld
Alice. 81 might have asked Count
Montoni 10 dine with us tomorrow:
and we might even hnve put him up
for the night I'm this vust house"
Not with Antoine on the prcmlscsr
I exclaimed. Antoine IS convinced
that thc man is whut we cnll In Amer
len % crook And Antoine tnkps his
Responsibilities very seriously"
While ! was brcnkusuul at The
garngc the next morning Antoine APP
appeared and. waiting until plyun wns
out ot hCuriug handed me a slip OF
paper
"Ihuts New York automobile
number" he said. eft wus ON tho tang
OF thDt machine the party came IN last
n'ght ] heard him saying sir MS how
he bad wotorcd up from the Elkton
Inn ot stamford Visitors from Snm-
ford would hardly send I'm to the city
for q machine"
hadc him wait while called the
EIaHoD 10y telephone. No such person
as Giuseppe Noutnnl had spent the
night there or had been a guest OF The
h"JSo within the memory OF the clerk.
Auto.uC.s chest svCllyd M this COniir-
nation OF his suspicious.
"iC the wIu returns. trent him as
you did last uiEht-ss though De were
entitled 90 the highest considerations
Gle WON'T come baok-not the same
way" said Antoine. "Ue mentioned
'no E.btau just 90 throw you or. The
no>t sou hear of him Will be quite DIFF
fcr,rt"
'Nou mean he'll come 0s q hurrlarT
That's what's On my mind. Mr.. SIN
c'C,on. Everything seems very queer
SIR
"SuJb as what AntolneT"
"Tho widow has been tc'oEraNhInE
and tc'cNhoninc considerable, sir
There must be ua spying upon
these ladies'" I udmOnIShcd severely
AN thc people on the place must re-
member thu, Mis-. BaShfCrd Is mis-.
troSs here, ana entitled 60 fullest re-
spCCt"
He had hardly gone before Terrence
had me on tho wire 20 hC0r my report
and 60 say that E0yuor had ,ett Wash
UEtoD fCy 3 weekend In virginia.
7 assured him that nothing had oc-
curUcd 90 encourage q suspicion that
Mrs EaShfCUd was not an that she
pretended 20 he The DAY vnS marked
hy unusual activities on the part ~
the walters and hCu-hopS Instead 2f
she company drills 90 which had be
come accustomed they moved ahou, ln
pairs a,uNE che shore and the lines Ot
,ne fCucsS learned ,hnt Antoine
bad CUjCDo5 This and The "tr.rDs"
wcro orsy.nE htw with 'hc utmo>, So
rfcv>ucNS The service" on ne Cs-
tate was certainly abundant 10 was