The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-14
D SERIAL STORY
 GHOST DEToUR

else would 1t be2 This money wouldn't have been left here by anybody else. I'll just sleep by the vault and keep watch"
 And so he had slept there, but nothing had happened. No intima- ton of the possible return of the robber, nor of any other than nor- nal tourist interest in Goldcrest, came until the morning Roselee came running to Dick, calling him. She had received fiattering offer from a business man, she explained. The man has wanted to buy the place, and had offered her up to $3,O0Ol
 "He said he was from the Vest ern M. & M.2" Dick asked. "The corporation you bought the place from2"
 "Yesl"
 "Nuts. He's lying, I bet. I'd bet a horse he's interested in that money, Roseleel 1 would pay him to buy you out to get us out of the way"
 "Dick, he was here once before. With a tourist party just a day or two ago."
 "No!"
 "Yesl I'm sure recognized him as the same man. Whatever will we do?"
 "Um. Nothing we can do but lay low and wait. And listen, Roselee- don't you lose any sleep about It. see? I'm hired to do the worrying My 200 pounds can worry better than your 100."
 T weigh 119, Richard Bancroft so there!"
 He grinned. "scram, small fry I got work to do.
 But he didn't take 1t as lightly as he pretended to. He did resume normal work, but he kept thinking about what she said.
 He thought about 1t again that night, and next day, and on the second night he made up his mind he should take a precaution. The burlap sack in the vault now was dummy, all right, but five people including Mrs. Hogan, knew where the real money sack was. It occurred to Dick that this was an unhealthy situation. Franklin had gone in tt Flagstaff on business for the night and 50 he had nobody to consult But presently the young man made up his mind to take action alone.
 Roselee Dale told herself that sht had never seen group of custom. CTS as enthusiastic as this one sht guided now. She had 20 men anc women in tow, leading then through the old Bucket of Bloot saloon, the Hummingbird Bar ant Gambling Emporium (strangelJ contrasting namesD with its fare tables and chairs still there, the Twentieth Century Club which wal just another barroom with famous nudes on its walls, the several "Genl. Mdse." stores, Pry's Photo Gallery with @ lot of old nega- tives and prints still there), Me- Gonigle's Saddlery, the Goldcrest Hardware and Mining Machinery Company warehouse, the Goldcrest City Bank (front part only), five oi six residences, the Mohave Opera House, these and several more pic. turesque relics of yesteryear's pros- perity. She gave her little talk ano answered questions in each place and steered them finally to Mrs Hogan's refreshment and souvenir counter in the Ace High Hotel.
 T thought there was an old jai up here, dug back in mountain, one man mentioned, there in the Ace High. "I'd heard about that A sort of dungeon for their tough criminals"
 "There is," Rosalee admitted. "But the truth is, 1t isn't ready to show. It was so very dirty, and so dark, that 1t was positively fearsome. I have set aside tomorrow night, when the people stop coming, to go in 1t and see just what 1t needs. may have to hire help to make 1t safe and clean enough to bring guests in."
 They were interrupted then by other guests who wanted to talk, so that she forgot the matter until the following evening after supper when she was alone in her room with Christine. Counting money and comparing mental notes on the days activity, oselee remembered