Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-22
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Problems
Adj. Gsuissa's As- Phase sf
Revelations Of a Wife"
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The Mission on Which Lillian Sent
Tom Chestef.


Tom Chester.
Under Tom thestrts tense fingers
the lining Of smilh's eyeglsss ease
pulled away from the outer covering,
giving Lillian and me a flashing
glimpse OF white, then as he lifted
his hand. the lining snapped back
into place. giving absolutely no indi-
cation that II could be loosehed,
Lillian pu, out her hand. and the
young man sefulinized IL closely.
and handed Il to me.
Its eievefly constructed" she
said. "made specially TO order. OF
course. Give il the once over and
see II YOU can detect the joining"
In my turn ] examined the bean.
iiiully fashioned thing. and shook
my head in defeat
Tom Chester's Discovery.
How did you discover IL" Lii
liam looked a, young Mr., Chester
with a little touch Of admlring del.
erenee in her manner which made
me bite my lips TO keep back a
smile. Tha, she, with her experience.
had known from the first glimpse oi
the eyeglats case that IL hid some
thing I was sure. bu, for some rea-
son she wished Tom Chester to
think the discovery all his own,
"Whyl he s,smmered hoyishly,
ut seemed such a queer thing for
him 10 carry when he was climbing
up rope ladder and over roof.
that ] figured il meant something.
And I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS don't
laugl,-some,hing ] saw in a movie
once and thought I'd try to pull the
lining a bit. And when il came
away / saw these pieces OF queer
white paper"
anticipated Lillian's outs,retched
hand. gave her back the case, and
watched her tcnsely. as she pulled
away the lining as far as it would
go, and took out a packet of white
papers. so apparently gauzy in tex
ture that it seemed as though the
slightest touch would tear them. yet
evidently as indestructiblc as parch-
ment.
"Ah-hw The exclamation was but
a breath, yet | knew that suddenly
the importance OF the thing Tom
Chester had found had been cnchanc-
ed in her eyes. She took the ex-
treme corner OF one OF the thin
sheets between her thumb and FORE
finger. felt Of it, then raised the
packet to her nose and shifted ex-
perimcntally. t
Invisible Inks"
"You found something, my lad.
when you pulled that lining away
she said cmphatically. and young Mr..
Chester flushed to the roots OF his
hair with pleasure.
Invisible ink?" | ventured.
I'm practically certain Of it." Lii
lian replied, sunless the gifted Mr..
Smith has a patent. cigarette paper.
the secret OF which. he doesn't want
to share with anybody. But we can't
tell for certain until Allen Drake
gets here. There's no use in experi-
menting with the thing twice. and if
my guess is right, Allen will have to
handle the thing anyway"
She put the papers carefully back
in the case, pushed the lining into
place, replaced the eyeglasses and
closed the case with an air Of finali-
ty that told me she. wished no fur
ther comment or discussion Of the
incident until she herself should re-
open it.
with your permission, Mr.. Ches-
ter" she said perfunctory, "lll keep
this. Now for the next thing. Do
you think Smith lamed himself to
any extent when ne fell from the rope
ladder? You spoke of his groan-
ing" :.
Il don't believe he will be able to
take a step tomorrow, Mr.. Chester
replied. "It wasn't break, or he
wouldn't have been able to get home
at all, although ] imagine he's a
pretty gritty proposition. But ! i'm
agine he has severe sprain.'
"Of course, he won't have doctor
tonight" Lillian mused. "But in the
morning, he'll do doubt ask Mr..
Briggs which is the best physician.
Do you know whether or not DR..
Petit attends the Briggs family?'
II don't know" I returned, and
Tom Chester shok his head.
Lillian considered minute, look.
ing into space.
Il think it's time / had inter-
view with Mr.. Briggs she said.
From what I hear, he's very able
citizen. and will no doubt be able to
keep his mouth shut, a rare accom-
plishment these days. But | must
keep close tab on Smith. Mr.. Ches-
ter, can you manage to see Briggs
as early in the morning as he arises?"
~ She paused, and the young man
answered her with a smile
"That will be about S o'clock he
said, but if he expected Lillian to
be astonished he must have been dis
appointed. =
Elmer she exclaimed. That will
be Just what want. So you'd better
rrn along home now. snatch what
sleep you can and make it up to-
morrow. Just ask Mr.. Briggs to
come over here as soon as he can
without Smith knowing where he has
gone. Just hint to him that it is
r,nveromAnf work"