The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-01

a curious ldea na0 come into my
head. What ii this man Dillon who
killed Jerry should also have killed
Andrew Ogden?"
"Why?" MacNair demanded.
/ smiled sadly. Just a yagrant
thought. II Dillon knew OF the note
in this pistol he would have good rea-
son for trying to get it. And If Og-
den also had come into possession Of
the dangerous information 1t con-
tained-dangcrUus to Dillon. I mean
you see my drift?"
MacNair shrugged. pure specula-
ton PEBBLES. See YOU later"
I picked up the telephone and called
Henry Deacon. There was no word
Of Jerry and my heart sank. I put
tho instrument down and looked into
Lucy's tragic eyes. She tried to speak
but her lips were trembling. Turning,
she fled from the room.
Horribly depressed, I sat at my desk
and tried to cvaluate properly the
little we knew. At length I fished q
little red-backed notebook out Of my
desk. I have used many such note.
books in my time. Opening it at the
front page ! began to write. carefully
numbering each paragraph Is ! went
on. When I had written down what
was in my mind I felt I had accom-.
plished something after all.
Deacon arrived just then and we
discussed thu note and the incident
that led to its discovery. His amaze.
rnent was as great az my own, but,
like MacNair, he made 1t clear that
q voice echoing out Of the compar.
alive antiquity Of 1896 would not
modify his theories to any extent. My
odd fancy that the man Dillon men.
toned in the note might have killed
Andrew didn't impress him.
He left me, then, taking the pistol
and the note with him and I went to
my room and dressed. Coming out, I
ran into Mrs. Moffit. She looked III
| and ! didn't wonder.
I have suggested domestic help to her
at least once q week, but she scouts
the idea. Her trouble Is an internal
something or other Of mysterious ORR
gin and perambulating habits. But
she steadfastly refuses to have 1t re-
moved. She has tried New Thought,
Divine Healing. Episcopalianism,
! Spinal Manipulation, Disciples Of the
Fiery Ring. Physical Culture, Olive
| OH, and the New psychology-every-
thing in fact but simple surgery. Re-
Gently she embraced Cosuaic 1ndul.
gence.
AS I entered the Ogden library,
Deacon and MacNair were sitting at
the desk. talking. On the desk were
q deck Of playing cards. q lead bullet,
q piece Of gold-bearing quartz, =
small black-boul1d notebook, and
three stacks Of red poker chips.
THE chips, the cards, and the note
book were in that safe over there"
Deacon said. THE quartz and the
bullet he went on. were In the
desk."
The cards and the chips astonishsd
nj. Henry" ! said, do you happep
to recall Andrews attitude towards
cards?"
"of course I do. He .detssted
them. He would not have them Ia
the house."
MacNair grinned ironically.
Know anything about gold
quarts2" he asked suddenly.
NO." I said. ! picked up the speci.
men. 1T looks rich."
"Rich!" MacNair grunted. TITS
rotten with gold. Th:t btu nun ten,
twenty, thirty thousand to the ton"
! whistled. Sounds like {. biz
strike"
He nodded. "But here's the queer
est thing Of the lot" MacNair slid
the black notebook towards mi.
Copyright, 1929, VIM. Morrow co..
Ogden's black note.bookl What
new mystery will Il bring into the
situation: The answer u In %.
motSoW'A in1tallment.