The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-20
CHAPTER VIII-Continued
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ueT ulSdpDOlIlI Hle0J. BuI now VINO
could be quite sane with such q fear
confronting her? Yet-she left all OF
her things In order: as If, deliber
ateIy, she prepared for death She
burned her papers and letters See
Danny pointed to the fireplace.
| crossed the room and looked into
IT. Papers had recently been burned
there. | took the poker and stirred
in the futtering, black bits; but moth
ing had escaped the flames
81 believe" said Danny, that you
are the only one in the house who
hasn't looked at what Gaby had in
her bag"
She walked to the table by the
window. followed her. dreaded
seeing that bag again; but | was
curious about its contents. 1t was
lying limp on the table
She picked 1t up, brushed It flick,
eringly with the tips of her fingers.
and blew on it, as If she were trying
to blow something off of it Every.
thing" she explained. "sticks to the
little pointed beads.'
took il from her and looked al
II closely; out | could see no ~peck
of ash, no minute particle of tobacco.
nor of dust.
at is a beautiful thing" | said
"Tve wondered why u was that Gaby
had all the beautiful, expensive
things, such as this Your clothes are
pretty and tasty, but they aren't near
the quality of Gaby's"
She hesitated moment before an
swering. II have been in England
for the past eight years, while Gaby
has been on the continent, where
beautiful things are more plentiful.
and cheaper
r"Lands alive! | thought you girls
had lived together, all these years. !"
mo" she said, and picked up
Ga6y's cigarette case, and handed It
to me.
). 1t was made Of dull gold with her
monogram, &c. e." set In tiny black
opais, with green and blue tights
Pickering in them as If they were
alive,
| set It down and picked up an,
other little gold box. 1t had powder,
rouge, lipstick, and a mirror In It.
] had seen 1t often enough before.
l put y back on the table. and took
up beaded coin purse that matched
the large bag. 1t was entirely empty.
Isn't 1t queer that that should be
empty?" Danny asked. And her bill.
fold is missing. She surely would
not start to go anywhere with not a
cent of money. Doesn't II look as
If she had been robped?"
"Only," said. "if anyone had
robbed her, why would he have left
the valuable gold cigarette case. and
vanity case"
HE might have thought they
would he hard to dispose of. Mary"
Dannys voice, always low. grew low.
er still with her intensity, "there is
one thing that no one has thought Of
Daniel Canneziano could have reached
here from California In q few hours
by airplane."
81 had thought of that. But, Dan.
nv, no airplane ever came within
twenty miles of the ranch without
every man-jack of US hearing It, and
rushing out with our heads tipped
back to cape at II. Airplanes aren't
steaIthy things, you know, that peo-
pie can slip up In, and slip off again.
But, on the third of July, two air.
planes passed over. going to the Telko
celebration"
ION the third" reminded her, .as
advertised. And you know how much
noise they made. And how we all
went out and watched them, from
tiny specks in the south until they
were tiny specks and lost in the north
again"
l picked up the carved ivory Gig
arctic holder. 1t fell to pieces In my
fingers.
"Was this broken In her bag?"
questioned.
"Yes. Snapped in two And. she
loved f."
l fitted the pieces together again
on the table, and took up a folded
sheet of paper. and opened It, and
read:
GLORIOUS Gaby: Be a good sport
Be a darling. Be game-that is, be
Gaby, and meet me this afternoon
around four thirty, In the cabin. a.
n"
"Welli" said.
"Yes, I know" Danny answered
"but Hubert Hand swears that be
wrote that note several weeks ago
Too, we know that he was playing
chess with Uncle Sam at half-pasi
four"
'He could have gone to the cabin
later, when the men went to do the
chores. OR was he right with Sam
and Chad all the timer
81 suppose so. He must nave sat
isfied the coroner's jury, at the In