New Britain herald., 1921-07-26
"Yes, 1 was there.'

10 hunt for. that ring
 "How did you happen to lose it there?''
 My engagement to Heston was a secret, and so I wore the ring around my neck on a ribbon. I lost it sev- eral days before that and knew it | must have been at the lodge, because missed it shortly after leaving there''
 You met no one on your way to | the lodge on the 9th?" | No. That is, no one except Mart 1 Farnam''
 | Where was he?" 1 Walking toward his cabin. He'd | evidently been to Nixon's. He had been drinking
 Does the road from Nixon's to his cabin pass the lodge?" "Yes'' l Dld Farnam speak to you at all?" | "He-he-" Her cheeks became l scarlet He spoke hastily about MT. | Heston and me, and said had dis | Sraced myself"
 And you-?" T slapped his face and walked on. 1 He was drunk.'' How long were you in the lodge % Only about three minutes. I en- | tered the back veranda and walked | through the dogtrot. By that time 1 was sure that something was wrong left through the front door and struck right through the trees to my right toward MT. Heston's cabin'' l He was there when you got there?',
 "Yes. He had just been fishing He had string of fish with him." l
 Yes. Oh! I'm sure, MT. Carroll, that he'd been nowhere near the lodge.''
 l Carroll rose. I'm very much obliged, Miss Esther. I'm sorry you 1 found it necessary to mislead me for awhile at the beginning but I under stand now. I hope things will turn l out all right
 l Gray dusk had fallen over the swamp when they left the cabin. Carroll ordered the car back to Furness lodge Once inside fthe lodge tthey refreshed themselves and with ICarters assistance skirmished about for meal. The table was set in or der. But scarcely had they settled themselves to gustatory enjoyment when the telephone in the living room tangled insistently.
 Carroll reached the telephone in a few strides and placed the received to his ear, where, true to custom, he heard the clicking of other instru- ments along the general line. ! The deep, resonant voice of Sheriff Potter came to his ears. Hello! That you, Carroll?"
 "Yes.'
 "Tve been trying to get you for the last hour. Remember the friend you asked me about?'' > "Heston?''
 "Yes''
 What about him D.
 @tHe tried to get away from here and he's in jail awaiting your or ders!'
 The first rays of the morning sun found the three men awake and bath ing with gusto under the yard pump. crackers followed by few persim- mons which the watchful Carter had found, satisfied them and they set out for Hestons cabin at the bend of the river. They found it readily enough, pad locked as they had left it the previ- ous afternoon. It was the work of only moment to pry out. the hasp with a tire tool from the automobile and Carroll and Sullivan stepped in- side, the latter throwing back the solid board screens which, bolted from the inside, covered the four windows The room betrayed nothing. And finally the two men paused before a well-made trunk in the corner. With out a word, Carroll broke the lock with his sharp-edged tire-too1. The lid flung back ard the tray removed disclosed an array of tailofed, expen- sive clothing; even to a full evening equipment Garment by garment Carroll re- } moved the clothes from the trunk piling them neatly that they might be returned without too great disar- rangement. It was not until he reached the bottom of the trunk after discovering that every tailor's tag had been carefully cut from the clothes-that he found anything worthwhile.
 And that was photographs; pho tograph of very pretty girl which gave evidence of having originally l. been in a franc from which it had been carefully removed. The photo graph was under a blotter sheet in a small leather secretary; evidently put there months or perhaps years before-and forgotten; case of out l of sight, out of mind. But it was not the high forehead, the mass of brown hair, the perfect features ot the pretty woman which attracted Carroll. Rather, it was the reverse side. For there, as he exultantly ex- hibited to Jim Sullivan, was an in- scription in the clear, well-informe ed chirography of a woman:
 ITO George, with a heartful o1 | love, from-Ka atherine Carr!'
 Sullivan whistled expressive1y
 Katherine Carr!" he calculated
 ''The initials K. c. on the ring you l fo11ndi''