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The
Colfax Bookplate
By
AGNES MILLER
WVT Servire
£ by Th e C t U u t y 0 *
SYN O PSIS
On a certain Monday morning
Miss Constance Fuller, seller of
r.»re books at Darrow s Book
shop, New York, notices that the
first customer Is a dignified old
Kentleman, erho saunters into
the alcove placarded “ Medical
Works." Peter Burton, one of
the employees, amazes Constance
by telling her he paid J510 at
auction for an old law book con
taining a Colfaa bookplate. Sud
denly a girl's shriek of “ Mur
der!" rings out. The elderly cus
tomer Is on the floor unconscious,
with his right wrist slashed
Just before the shrieking girl
falls in a faint, she calls out to
Peter: “ Keep It!
Keep It for
me!" Peters sister, Nancy, be
gan that morning working at
Darrow s. Nancy tells Con: tanee
of her elopement with Brandon
Tower, an elopement which was
cut short when Tower atien pted
to make off with Nancy's suit
case
Constance explains Par-
rows card-index system to Cap
tain Ashland, a nephew of Mr.
narrow's.
They examine the
bo*^k Peter paid 1510 for and And
the bookplate to be a forgery
Constance is asked to assist De
tective Almy in his investigation
of the murder of the elderly gen
tleman. The girl who fainted.
Julia Groevenor. turns out to be
his granddaughter.
She can
throw no light on the mystery
Constance calls on Julia, who
seems relieved when told s er
cry. ’ Keep it for me!" was not
unheeded. Darrow orders Con
stance to remove the bookplate
from the book.
ored himself h j « i n « secret pnHt
probably
Involving
walnut Juice —
which, however, died with him. lie
win a groat artist. full o f whims. I’ve
seen many of his prints, all done on
that shade o f paper, and. o f course, on
a paper a century or more old. made
o f linen rags. This Is o f modem man
ufn eta re. made o f wood Abet “
“ t'o lfa s died about eighteen thirty,
didn’t he?” I Inquired.
-Y e s ; he was about seventy live. I
believe. T h e arithmetic gave me an
other reason for doubting the authen
tlc ltj o f this drawing." said Ihe cup
tain, looking whimsical
"t'o lfa s. you
see, was a patriot flrsl and au artist
afterw ard—"
I laughed and helped him o u t:
"H e never would accept orders from
Americans because he absolutely op
posed the Revolution. And as It seems
likely that this old American law book
must have been the property o f an
American, It doean't seem likely thal
the plate would have been designed
by t'o lfa v ."
"Especially,“ added the captain, "as
the design Is pictorial. As « a s nat
ural enough In a man with C olfax’s
royalist sympathies and aristocratic
clientele, he almost always made he
raldic designs for bookplates—that Is.
designs showing the family coat o f
arms.
Only something out o f the
common would have led him to make
a pictorial plate. If he ever did.”
“ May I have a look at It now?"
asked Mr. Case, as Mr. Roberts closed
the hook to drink his nonsensical tea
“ Rather an Imaginative picture. Isn’t
n r
“ All except the Immediate fore
ground." agreed
Caplaln
Ashland
"That table covered with old Instru
ments— 1 don’t recognise many of
them—looks very realistic, and the
alembic and skull are conventional
owners’ symbols used on many a doc
tor's bookplate. What the rest of the
picture signifies, one could hardly tell
without knowing something about the
owner."
“ The ship looks realistic, to me."
observed Mr. Roberts, absolutely un
able to refrain from dllferlng with
some one any longer.
"M avbe the
CHAPTER VI— Continued
-1 0 -
io emulation o f tier cheerful Indus
try. the water In the little aluminum
pot began to bubble merrily, and three
minutes later— the correct time, I be
lieve, for tea to draw—Captain Ash
land was drinking the brew which,
with the crown, unites the British
empire. The two other gentlemen did
not have to be coaxed tong to Join
him. so my lodgment In laying In plen
ty o f tea proved correct The cap
tain sat happily In a big oak arm
chair, Mr. Roberts accommodated nls
length of limb to the radiator, and
Ur. Case leaned gracefully on a filing
cabinet all chatting cozily o f this and
that, while the rain descended and
the wind blew, and Xancy contributed
a one-act educational sketch, cabaret-
fashion, with a partner In the person
o f a messenger boy who came In with
a package for Darrell’s on Fifth ave
'What Would This Curious Bookplate
nue
Likely Fetch?"
“ Isn't this ripping H cried the cap
tain, radiantly. “ O f course I know it's ; owner was a sailor. And what about
not manners to ask, but mayn't I have i those good strong pillars? Maybe he
was an ex-sea-capfjln
They always
another enp?"
As be leaned forward to pass his build a good substantial house some
teacup, bis glance fell casually on the where, to retire to.”
“ Such classic columns," said I In
w-nra calfskin binding of Clarihews
"N otes,” still on top of the desk. He structively. for I couldn't let Mr. Rob
erts contradict and not do so myself
picked the book
up deliberately
"are ofteD used as a purely conven
opened the cover, and again gazed
tional frame for a bookplate picture."
with interest at the laboratory lute
Mr. Case maided approvingly, but
rlor giving on the distant sea.
“1
the captain. Intent on making another
fancy Miss Fuller thinks I’ m never
happy unless I'm stopping some one point, noticed none ot us lie said:
"And there’s an unmistakable g ive
else’s work and doing none m yself,"
away In the signature; did you notice
he observed. “ Th is time she was all
It. Miss Fuller?"
ready to soak off this bookplate, when
“ Yes," I assented; “ the ’circled ser
1 did what you call horned In. and
pent,' as It's called. Is quite wrong."
asked for another American
tea
p a rty !”
“ Yes, his toil la I d his mouth, as
Mr. Case smiled politely.
it should be. but the mouth Is open
“ Yes. we're to sell the book and not closed. It's a very strange error
bookplate separately, I hear.”
In detail, for the general execution ot
“ One often d'*e* better that way,"
that drawing shows a marvelous grasp
observed Captain Ashland
“ 1 don’t of Colfax's characteristic m eth od -
know about prices here.
I under
bold. a few fine lines of shading, won
stand the hook was expensive— five derful clearness In the smallest de
hundred and ten dollars, wgsn’t It? tails
It's Just the difference between
What would this curious bookplate the master and the Imitator.”
likely fetch?"
“ Another Instance where a closed
Horror and amazement filled my
mouth would have iw-en the part ot
soul and that o f Mr. Roberts, whose w isdom !" suggested Mr Case, lightly
He closed the book and put It Into my
glance Intercepted mine as the cap
hand, and as I lain It on the desk
tain thus calmly added, to the Ifsj
Nancy'» cheerful clatter ceased
Site
of disasters he had witnessed at Dar-
looked at me expectantly; I saw she
r"W's In less than four days, the fact
had finished all the work assigned her
that he was Informed of the worst
tluke In buying that had befallen the and was looking for" more.
house for years. Who had told him?
I was ]ust about tc give her some
Not I nor Mr. Roberts, oot Peter, as
directions when she stepped up qul
sun-dly . yet all of us might have
etly and pointed to a pile of book* in
sooner than Ihe uncle who so desired
front of me.
"Shall I lake those now?'' she asked
for some mysterious reason, to Im
“ Yes, please,” l said, “ and then
press him favorably.
Mr. Case was
equal to the situation, however, choos
place them all on 'he wag<u to be
Ing as he did. to answer the first of
returned to the sh elves"
the two questions.
She avidly swooped up everything
“ I hadn't heard what was paid for
lu sight; yes. thanks to her Industry
the book." he said.
larihew’s “ N otes" would be listed
“ I'm especially Interested In till
after a ll!
Her enthusiasm for work
bookplate." went or
the captain
seemed contagious.
The teatsit was
finally ameptlng his teacup, "because
now drained, and Captain Ashland
when I saw It here at Miss Fuller’»
moved that the session should adjourn
desk the nther day, when I was study
with a rising vote of thanks and In
Ing your Index, I noted directly bow
qulred eagerly, as he took Ms leave. II
closely It resembled the work of one
I did not really think we really ought
o f our most famous engravers, Hugh
to have tea every day.
Colfax. Hi nigh It was. unmistakably, a
counterfeit."
CHAPTER VII
“ How did yon observe that?" In
qulred Mr Roberts. “ Yes, I will fake
Night Watch.
another cup. If you please, Miss Ful
"T ell rae, shall you he able to sell
ler
And may I look at the print cap
the book and the bookplate separately
tnln If you have finished with it?"
for five hundred and ten dollars to
“ But It's oot a print, you see," suld
gether?" demanded Nancy.
the caplaln, passing over ihe book
I had to wait one whole second bo
" I t ’s really a drawing, an awfully
fore deciding what to say. and It took
clever Imitation o f a fine line eftgrav
her far less than that to transfer her
Ing
I'm hardly «shamed to say I
self to the large oak ctolr jus. va
didn’t detect ffie forgery until I hod
rated by ihe captain and a thick pile
looked at the plate hard Many a col
o f papers to my desk
“ I'lease look
lector ha* been fooled by Imitations
at my work and fell me If It Is right,
Inferior to this one. Still, there xr-
so I can go on.” she requested. “ And
suspicious things about I t : for It;
what about the five hundred and ten
stance the paper
Colfax always ti
Hired a peculiar shad# of brown "
dollars?”
" I f yon want to get on at all. yon
“ This Is brown," said Mr Roberts
will have to occupy yourself with what
"Y ellow brown." corrected Captalr
concerns yon." I said.
Ashland, "and no doubt She best that
“ Walt a minute!
There’s more
could he got; but C olfax used a spe
about the book.
Just now Wilkey
cl a I huff i liiii-d paper which he col
nearly died, after I’ d antd I’d do whul
she told roe I"
“ You huveui mentioned that oeva
slon.“
“ And hour ago she asked me to help
you. though It would be an ordeal,
especially since I was Inexperienced
I suld I was nere to learn; besides, all
my letters were finished, though the
other girls' weren't. Then she asked
me, very sweetly, to Inquire o f Mr
Case, who was always so nice, whether
there had been any offer yet for thal
old law hook she had sent down to
you by me on Monday afternoon. She
said her cousin. M agistrate Juddcs.
would give a hundred dollars for It If
that would be enough."
“ And you have uoi asked Mr. Case!
Nancy, It’s vulgar to wink "
“ And I am really most refined, as
anytanly cau see. When have I had
a chance to ask Mr. Cuse anything?
I had only time to stop In the stock
room and look at their telephone dl
rectory while I was telling IV iinls to
go up and say I found my typewriter
would be required, after a ll; and
there really Is a M agistrate Juddcs
And now It’s no use asking Mr. Case
Miss W ilkes w ill Just have to accept
the fact that the book's going Into the
catalogue. Listen, Constance: where
do you keep It?'*
“ Why do you want to know?"
“ I'm worried about It. on Peter's
account. I want It to be safe. Maybe
with a fake bookplate, he'll be In a
worse hole than ever. Perhaps if you
have It right by you. you might have
a chance to make somebody buy It
for more than M agistrate Judder
would offer."
I felt touched.
“ Nancy, dear," I promised. “ Pui go
Ing to write the most alluring possible
advertisement o f that volume, and
also of (he bookplate.
No Juddcs
shall lay his marauding fingers upon
It until the world Is apprised of all
Its charm s; and until Juddcs or some
similar Juggins with money to waste
comes along, tt shall remain here In
the lowest left hand drawer o f my
desk.“
Nancy went back to work, satisfied .
we lalM>red steadily through the cho
rus o f “ Good nights" from the eve
nlng exodus. Only for Peter did I
stop one moment.
" I ’m going up tonight to a place
called Haynes Foreside to buy a lot
o f horrible old trash," he Informed me
discreetly,
viewing
Nancy's
back
“ Kid's doing better, eh?"
“ She's a greut worker," I conipro
mlsed.
I looked at Peter's downcast face.
at\d a thought that had occurred to
me over the steaming kettle reverted
I felt convinced that he was carrying
some heavy secret burden relating to
Julia Grosvenor. I had neve, forget
ten that state o f frantic alarm which
had seized him on the threshold of
Mr. Case's office last Monday, thoogh
ever since his manner had been so
calm as to he almost unnatural, par
tlcutarly when he and I had been
talking to Mr. Almy. It i could have
only told him o f my visit to Julia, of
t.er recognition o f him In the shop
her relief on hearing that be had de
nied all understanding o f her excln
• atio n l But knowing that that visit
was confidential. I merely said:
“ Buck up. P e te r! It's op to you to
Come hack from Raynes— whatever It
Is— with your shield or on It. Others
can be relied on to keep the home
fires burning."
Peter looked grateful but said noth
Ing. for nl thal Instant Nancy swung
round and saw him
He pul man’s
first question to woman
“ When are yon going home?" he In
qulred sternly.
“ At six o'clock." said Nancy, sweet
ty, viewing him with calm appraisal
“ Constance, came and have dinner
with us."
“ No. thank you—thank you bolt-
very kindly." I repeated as Peter
u-ged the Invitation on me brightly.
" I f you won't come to dinner to
night, you must come and slay with
me all night tomorrow.” declared
Nancy, tenacious as usual o f her
wishes, “ or I'll be all alone."
“ That's a fine Idea 1“ exclaimed Petei
“ Y es; It was mine.” said his sister
"W ill you come, Constance?"
"1 shall be delighted, my dear, to
help the eight other occupants o f the
uouse bear you company."
"Oue for you, Nance 1” cried Peter
'W ell. Constance, good by till Satur
day al the latest. I'm off for Plyro
outh Rock and way stations!”
Nancy and I worked alone In the
silent shop without further Interrup
lion
The silence ot the big building
was restful and unbroken, suve by a
dlstunt. Infrequent rumble o f Isle
traffic Not until I had nearly finished
dinner, sent In to me. did I bear a
single sound In the shop. Then, on
expectedly, far back I beard a faint
movement.
It was repeated . . .
It came
again
.
pattering footsteps
sounded on the left hand aisle. Next
minute a dim figure uiulerlalized In the
dusk as I turned, and to tny relief,
evei more than my surprise. I recog
nlzed Mr Case Just as he sturted hack
In amazement, close al my left.
“ Why. I thought you'd gone to
dinner." I said mnrter-of fnr.-tly.
“ I thought yon nad." he countered
•Everybody else has who's going to
work tonight. I was just doing some
of my work now. because I like a lute
dinner hour.
The rain has nearly
stopped.
Why don't you go out and
get something heifer to eat?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Transatlantic Plane and Its Crew of Three
“Babies Hove'Nerves-
u u n i H im t A iN
The transatlantic trlmotored monoplane Friendship Is shown above, together with Its crew
hart, above; Wllmer Slultr. pilot, at left, and Lou Gordon, copilot, ut right.
Of Indian Origin
Tennessee Is an Anglicized form ot
on Indian word—Tenasse, said to
mean either a curved spoon or rlv«r
with the great bend.
Mis* Amelia Eur-
Where Secretary Hoover Spends His Vacation
M udi o f Ilo* liervousiiesa III older
ehildrcu can ho traced lo Ilio over-
»lim ili ili- a d urtai Infoi'- '. I U N Ì by
rcgnrdlng baby a » a sort o f iiiilmalvd
toy for thè aniusemeiit o f pareiils. rel
ativi'* me! (Mentili
II ih) tua) li«
played wlth. hut Hot for more timo a
quarter o f nu h»ur lo mi lioiir dolly.
Iteyoud lim i, helug baildlrd, tlckted.
caliseli lo Mugli or avvili cervulo. Wlll
•omotliuc* restili In vomitine, und lu
vnrlnhly cause* Irrltnhlllty, crylng or
•leepleswiesa.
Frelfuluesa, crylng and •lc<plta*u«M
frolli lilla rnuao can easlly I»- nvoldod
by {reatin e Imhy wlth mora consider
atimi, hut wlien you Just cau't »<•«
vvlmt I* makliie baby reni lesa or upaet,
beìter ulve litui a few drop « o f puro,
harmles* Castori*. Il'* m ainine t«>
how qulrkly lt calili* baby’* nerve* and
«oolite* Min lo sleep; yet lt conlallis
no drugs or optale*, lt la purely veg-
rtnhle thè recipe I* on Ilio wrappor
Lendine phyalclan* presidia* lt for
collo, eluderà, diari bea, coustlpatloa,
Ciis mi Ilom ach and tiowels, feverlall-
Hess, Ina* o f *lcc|i and all ollier 'up-
scia" o f huhyhood. O ver
mllllou
hot (Ics u*cd a year show» Ita over-
whelmliie laqmlnrlty.
Wlth •- o li liofile o f ('ustoria, you eet
a hook nn Mollici flo o d
vv orili lt«
w.-ighi in ,-
Look I - oo. i l
Fletcher'* signature on thè package *o
ynu'll g.-t genuine ( ’ustoria. I lo-re are
mnuy liultnlloiis.
Fun of Bear Hunting
Secretary o f Commerce I Im.- " ’- decided .o spend bis summer
Calif. The ranch house Is showu In the photograph.
vacation
lu
Televox Now Talks Like a Man
his
LS'*) acre
ranch
near
Wasco,
WILL NAME REED
A bulletin o f Ilia American I in roe
association contain* the follow ing:
“ Bear* are now prized n* game lu
Maine a* highly n* deer mol moose.
The hear I* equlpi-cd wllh Wonderful
ly keen scent, and can drte*-| a hunter
for ut least half a mile when wind
condition* are right. Ills hearing ta
equally good, and It tests Ihe skill o f
the lies! hunters to approach him
wllhlu shooting dUtaueo.
Its eye
sight Is not keen.
"T h e Maine commissioner o f game
advise* tmnli-ra to use a heavy ride
In Iwar hunting, nothing less Ilian the
»> iUi. T h e
caliber full* lo deliver
a blow with enough shock to put a
hear down for keep*. He say* (hat
only nn average o f one out o f four
bear hit by Maine hunter* I* secured,
and many o f the wounded animal* un
doubtedly die later and are wasted.
It I* generally a waste o f ammuni
tion to hit a bear auywhere except
through the shoulder or head. A body
■hot will not stop them."
Archbithop and Reporter»
W e simuli) enjoy know lag (he areh
hlshop o f Canterbury. He mnkcs puh-
Ile deelurnllon thnt he I* n slow tli 1 nIt
er und speaker and thnt lo- smnellme*
«(um ide* ninnigli nu addresa, only lo
limi thal thè new*pu|s-r n-|Hiriera
lieve cangi'
hi* mcanlng and (ire-
■cu(ed II In |H-rfeet forni. Svi muny
(-copie— not nrelihlsliop» are Coutln-
ually complalnlng fligit thè rvportrre
“ never gei nnythlng rlglil.” — Woreee-
ter T e l egra tu.
Reporting Progren
“ Televox," the robot Invented by Roy J. Wensley o f the Wesilnghouse
Electric and Manufacturing company, which executes commands given over
the telephone, has been Improved l»y the addition o f a voice and when given
a command now answers In a deep hnss voice.
Racing Gobs Training on Dry Deck
Charles M Howell ot Kansas City,
who will place the name o f Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri lu nomina
tion for the Presidency at the Demo
cratic national convention In H< uston.
He la an eloquent orator.
COOLIDGE PREACHER
W e casually Inquired o f our ten-
year-old today how he m i* getting
along nl achool, mid he replied: "Just
fine. We pulled a fake pass and went
through 'em for a touchdown, and
they didn't even know who had the
bull."— Smith County (K iip .) Pioneer.
On the Carpet
"Y ou r slundlug In sludb-s Is rntls-
faelory hut your deportment Is m-L"
"W ill thal keep me from graduating,
professor?"
"W ell, If you keep on we mny have
to give you a black sheepskin.” —
Louisville Courier Journal.
N eceitary Preparation»
" I hear thnt your wife- has taken op
g olf."
"W ell, she Intended to, but the tai
lor was two weeks late wllh her knick
ers mid I couldn't get delivery on a
sports roadster for her. She expect*
to slnrt In about two weeks."
Part Owner
I.nndlord (In court) — I want an
ejectment order against my tenant,
who hns paid no rent for n year and
ten month*.
Magistrate (sm iling) — He I* not
your tennnt. He It your guest.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Wrinkles
Indicate
always good.
chnrncter— not
Only fool* cherish revenge
Protaic Shepherding
Shepherding Is becoming a science
In France. A school of shepherding
In operating at Itamhouillet. The
school I* a government Institution,
fostered by the ministry o f agricul
ture. It teaches many things that the
shepherds with their crooks, palmed
by artists and descrllied by [>oets, nev
er bothered about There are no pic
turesque costumes. Students are not
judged by their ability to sing or pose.
They have to rtudy the work o f shep
herding with a view to making a profit
on sheep. About all Ihe romance left
in the profession Is the sheep dog.
Don't Make aT oy
O ut o f B a b y '
Members o f the racing boat crew of the U. S. H. New York In Honolulu
waters, a* they nppenred In their raring craft on the dry deck o f the boat,
practicing their long sweeping stroke In preparation for contests with crews
o f other ships.
LITTLE BITS OF INFORMATION
An Internal combustion locomotive
Is being tested on English railroads.
There are slxty-nlne land grant col
leges in the L'nltcd States.
Am erica’s coal deposits are so
placer! that mining Is much easier
than In European mines.
Dentists' offices that travel nbont
In trucks are a great help to people
In sparsely settled regions o f Aus
tralia.
Four violins were sold at auction
In l/omlon recently for 17,750.
Motor bus lines are opening up a
number o f the rural districts ot South
Africa.
Four-fifths o f all sewage In the Unit
ed States Is (Jumped Into streams and
rivers.
The new “ baby” type o f doll was
the most popular In this country dur
ing the last Christmas season.
Ilev. John Tnylor, pastnr o f tlia
Congregatlonnl rhurch nt Brulé, Wls.,
where l ’ resident Coolldge wlll wor*
shlp durlng bis varatimi on Cednr
[stand. Mr. T aylor I» Mimi and renila
troni u lim ile Itlhle.
/(’• Side-Splitting
A Euro|>ean scientist predicts thal
within five yenrs we shall he able to
spilt on atom. And to think Ihnl a
few years ago we aneered at people
for splitting hairs!— Cleveland I ’luln
Dealer.
That’» It
We like the mau whose Impulse II Is j
to ray yes much better than the one |
whose Impulse Is to say no, but the j
trouble Is thnt ihe former never hns
anything to lend.—Ohio S I«!o Journal.
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into y o u r
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