The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-15
By
Florence Bingham Livingston
Copyright By George H Dorsn Company
CHAPTER xx-Contlnued.


into her arms, she was Mortified tc
ind that the child's sleeve was soaked
with blood. Lettie had not tainted
she had fallen from dizziness. She
was still dizzy. Mrs. Penfleld carried
her into the bedroom.
It was only a surface wound, the
bullet having grazed the flesh for some
distance, but the subsequent violent
exercise had made It bleed freely. Mrs
Penheld washed and dressed 1t, refus-
ing meantime to listen to the wild, ex.
cited stories which both Lettie and
Thad were determined to tell. They
were home and safe; nothing else mat
tered.
II was a long time before she
soothed them; and after they had gone
to sleep, Mrs. Penfield kept vigil.
The crooked old clock had Travelled
to half-past nine, and she had heard
nothing from the police station. Then
Jerry Winston tramped into the kitch-
en- and threw his hat on a box.
-They got the money, Car'line. l
wish / could have brought 1t to you,
but It'll take an order from the court
to release it."
'The money! The money that I"
He nodded. 1.-TWO hundred and
twenty-eight dollars-bills and one
check inside 'em. They found 'em on
the rascal. envelope and all. He
hadn't had time to-"
"The rascalI Who?"
"Bosley"
against the wall, limp with consterna-
ton. "You don't mean-that Frank
Bosley stole"
Jerry Winston shook his head. II
don't mean he started out to do it
no. He's been playing for bigger
stakes'n that. But we got him at last
--confound his picture, we got him !"
he brought his fist down on the table
with blow that teetered 1t on its frail
legs.
Mrs. Penfield sank to the wash
bench. 1.-THE worlds a-swimmlng,
Uncle Jerry. Would you mind pinning
me to something somewhere
He laughed. ''Why, no. If you'll
keep mum about it-cross your heart
and hope to die, or however Lettie
puts it-Ill tell you the whole story.
You'll see my part in it can't be pub
lished"
at shall be as Lettie says" she
smiled back. "Are you going to ask
me to believe that Frank Bosley took
this money and"
Exactly. He came for the package
that his wife left, and you weren't
here He had to have it quick, cause
he'd got scared and was planning
getaway, so he came in for 1t; and
don't have to remind you, Car'line,
that it's easy to find things in this
house. He found the package, and
there was the money beside 1t. Why
not take 1t, as longs he was going out
of town anyway"
"What are you talking about, Uncle
Jerry? Why was he getting away
end"
"'Shaw, now, Car'line, the idea of
your being confused cause / began at
the wrong end of my story. I'll take
the other end II you'd like 1t better.
You see, been trying out little
sleuthing"
"Oh" Mrs. Penfield drew a deep
breath. On the instant her memory
caught up a few perplexing occur
rences in the past months.
Eyes, I've always had a leaning
fnx o,.1 ~
lowed what other fellers had done,
and all that; and when l got my
knockout for the woods, l naturally
wanted to go into something that ap-
pealed. had lot of personal recon-
mendations and a letter to man con-
nected with the lumber company.
Through him and considerable red
tape, l finally got sworn In as a spe-
cial with the secret service, when they
were taking on number of extra
men to work on the Bosley ring. My
particular assignment has been to
shadow Bosley. Believe me, I've sweat |
blood over that Teller, darn him !"
Mrs. Penfeld's eyes were fixed on
his face. THAT'S why you came here
took the loft and"
"Sure. / wanted to be round as
casually as possible. I've worked ev'ry |
scheme l could concoct to worm myself |
into that feller's life. But he was
slick one in his own line. He's been
stringing me on real-estate deal, and
I'VE allowed myself to be strung. OF
course he didn't suspect my object, but
sort o. made him nervous, hanging
round and getting in with his cronies."
"Uncle Jerry, you're worse'n a wom-
an for not getting at the main point
You may be star detective, but you'd
never make a reporter. Now will you
Kindly stay still in your tracks till
you've told me what you wanted him
'or?"
ooh, that" Jerry Winston chuckled.
yes, mebbe did overlook that, it's
been in my mind so long. Why. he's
been leader in ring that's been
supplying drugs to lot Of fiends in
exchange for their passing off counter
'eit money. Choice circle, and big
me, too All nations represented-Chi