The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-07-06

HlDltlOn FO0m Us any One! CIlcu
Julia. Don't dare speak to me that
wayl Why were you so interested In
the bookplate yourself?"
you'll never know that!" sneered
her cousin. "And lot Of good the
bookplate has done you, hasn't 1t?
Keep It'll" He gave it one final ap-
praising glance and flung 1t on the
table.
81 will keep It," returned Julia,
calmly; cor, rather, Miss Fuller will.
She has charge of it." And she hand
ed it to me.
His suspicious blaZed up again.
you've been lying to mel That
bookplate's not all there The idea of
pretending you don't know what I'm
talking about!"
"If," said Julia, refectively. taking
all our circumstances into cOnsidera-
ton, part of the bcokplate is not
there, according to your judgment,
and If there is something secret about
it which | must not know because
it would be to my advantage and
against yours, | guess that you were
expecting to find down at Richmond
some document which would give me
a right to part of the estate!"
$50 this is why you've been In
cahoots with all that gang at Da'-
row's-Burton, and his sister. and this
woman. Anybody else?" he stormed.
81 haven't an idea what you mean !"
cried Julia.
you've been working against me-,
after the special kindness | showed
your The emphasis In his words
was deadly.
Julia gave start, and looked
frightened, but did not reply. Mr.
Almy, however, broke promptly in !:
especial kindness S!nce it suits
your taste to refer to such thing.
MacIvor. you'll not mind saying If
you mean that trip you made to Dsr-
rows Thursday night?"
Charles MacIvor sprang from his
chair.
"That id sneak Case!' he
shouted. $50 he's a friend of yours
too, is he, Julia?"
HE certainly is-a good oEep'
cried Julia, outraged. "You shent
speak so of him! He was here To-Day
TO offer me the aid refused me NJ
the men Of my own family-and he a
strangerl He said he knew you, had
seen you off and on all your life; h.e
warned me against you'll And he did
right ]"
"He warned you against me, did
he? And he told the police | brt'ke
into DarrOw's late at night to steal
suppose, by way of helping you?"
NO" interpcsed Mr.. Amy, suaNa-
ly, "Mr. Case did not mention TIE
circumstance"
MacIvor turned violently on his
cousin.
Then you did! You're the one per-
son who knew l was going, and yon
knew well whyl For your own safety.
you try to betray me, do you?
Charles" Julia denied, 81 did not
say one word about it !"
do you expect me to believe that?
Who did, then?" a
81 did," said |, boldly, 81 saw yo1
at my desk, from where ! was stand
ing in the north gallery!"
Then it's a conspiracy against me,
in behalf of you, is it?' shouted the
Infatuated MacIvor to his cousin.
"Very well, then it's time for NE TO
explain why went to Darrow's
Here's the reason."
Needless of her cry, of her hand
stretched out to stop him, he dashed
to the rear of the room, threw open
one of the glass-doored bookcases.
and snatched small object from n
lower shelf.
"That's what l went to getr' re
cried, and flung it on the table. whise
Julia, overcome by his fury, sank
back and covered her face with hGt
hands.
Mr.. Almy picked up the small o.
ject.
1t was a cube-shaped brass box, the
bases of which were about an inch
and half square. He revOlved 1t
slowly in his hand, and we could see
it from every angle. From the top
protruded thick black metal Shaft
nearly an inch in length, out of
wide slot about half the length of the
base. Beside this shaft, in the very
center of the top was fiat black
screw that stood out perhaps a quar-
ter of an inch on the round base of it's
own, sunk into the box. On the side
of the box, just below the shaft,
was q small black lever projecting
from small slot. And on the hot
tom, as he slowly turned 1t toward
me, saw-a pattern of slots which
instantly recognized Straight across
the bottom base they ran, in just
the formation had seen elsewhere,
clinching for me that conviction
which had instantly sprung to my
mind as Mr.. Almy picked up the in
strument: had seen 1t on the book
plate in miniature; had seen the
pattern of these slots on my yellow
motel
But | had little time to do more
than identify the instrument. Mr.
Almy grasped the box in his left hand
and tentatively pressed the shaft II
slid readily along the wide slot in
the top, and reaching the other end,
stopped there, caught in place by the
springing back of the small black
lever in the small slot just below.
DE- &c he bod proccod fbo ehof< ~
had held the bottom of the box to-
ward me, and from each slot ! had
seen small sharp blade flash, all
of them in one moment, describing
a semicircle and diSappearino again