Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-10-08
CHAPTER V-Continued

well, there, old son, at the mo-
ment you have me beat" conceded
Hugh. 81 sort of figured It out this
way. Whoever the bird is who bunged
that bomb, he recognized me as being
the leader of our little bunch. l mean
1t was me he was staring at through
the door, with eyes bubbling over with
tenderness and love. 1t was me that
bally bomb was intended for-not
Ginger Martin, though he was actual
~ doing the work. And If this cove
Is prepared to wreck his own office
just to get me out of the way-I
guess I must be somewhat unpopular"
1.-THE reasoning seems extraordi-
narily profound" murmured Peter.
Now the great point is-does he
know who l ann" continued Hugh.
"Our great difficulty before Zaboleff
was kind enough to present us with
the address Of their headquarters was
to get in touch with the man at the
. top. And now the Headquarters are
no more. No man can work in an Of
fee with periodical powders falling
on his head from the roof, and large
hole in the wall just behind him. 1
mean there's no privacy about It.
And so-unless he knows me-he
won't be able to carry on the good
work when he finds that neither of
my boots has reached the top of st.
PauPs. We shall be parted again
which Is dreadful to think of. Why,
we might even pass one another In the
street as complete strangers"
II get YOU" said Peter. "And you
don't know him."
'Not well enough to call him BERTHE
There's a humpbacked Brighter up
there who calls himself a count, and
on whom 1 focused the old optic for
about two seconds the other evening.
But whether he's the humorist who
bunged tho bomb or not is different
matter" He glanced up as the door
opened 'What is it, Denny2"
II found this bag, sir, in the pocket
Of the coat you were wearing tonight"
His servant came into the room car
rying the chamols leather bag, which
he handed to Drummond.
The door closed behind him, and
Hugh stared thoughtfully at the bag
in his hand
I'D forgotten about this. Saw it
lying on the floor, just before we
hoped it. Hullol it's sealed"
For goodness sake be careful.
boy - cried Phyllis. ut may be an
other bomb"
Hugh laughed and ripped open the
bag; then his eyes slowly widened in
amazement as he saw the contents.
Great Scottl" he cried. "What the
devil have we got hereP
He emptied the bag out on to the
table, and for a moment or two the
others stared silently at half a dozen
objects that flashed and glittered with
a thousand fires. Five of them were
white; but the sixth-appreciablv
larger than the others, and thew were
the size of walnuts-was q wonderful
rose pink.
What on earth are theyP Jumps
of glass%
With a hand that shook LITTLE
Toby Sinclair picked one of them mn
and examined II.
No, you fellows" he mutterad
they're diamondsp
"Rot!" cried Hugh increduIouslv.
They're diamonds" repeated Tohv
81 happen to know something about
precious stones. These are diamonds /"
'But they must be worth LOT -
said Phyllis, picking up the pink one
worth a lot" said Toby dazedIv
Worth a lot Why, Mrs. Hugh. thew
are literally worth untold gold in the
right market. They are absolutely
priceless. I've never even thought of
such stones. That one that vou,ra
holding in your hand would be worth
over quarter of a million pounds
If you could get the right buyer"
For a moment no one spoke; then
Hugh laughed cheerily
Bang goes next months dress al