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THE SUNDAY FICTION MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 27, 1916. 11 1M1 S By: . FranK Condon around the big, shin-' his eyes. had deceived him, lie gave the ing' table In the la-'. em tray ja Quick recount and proved It. mous billiaxd-room (fl H looked at the dowager, who was calm- Broadway. Scores ef ljr putting on her gioves.. 1 , ' men were clicking ' " ."EHls 'wriggled his left" ear,'. which' is ivory ballS wi th In the house signal summoning the head de hearing, and Lyon, tective,; and in a, few moments a confer- WETtE sitting diamonds was missing. Believing that - the latter part of Uyon's sketchy recital Chick Miller had picked up an evening "TTITir 'f ' Ing table : In the fa-" g?P tray ja Quick recount ana proveait. newspaper ana nia ktiboiw upoa uw ffJ !5':"raous bMliard-rooM oft He looked at the dowager, who was calm- margin two words In, pencil writing, ,He Y Broadway. Scores ef ljr putting on her gloves. . i , ' tore off the bit of margin and handed it to. Frank Walton, who read it ttaeompre hendlngly. , . "Yon don't know, so it's a story Lyon the man who writes, was talking about enee: began which Included young Ellis, went on after a slight pause. "The worn something or other. There sat at the ta the detective, and the -strange , lady t in an in the black silk lifted the diamond, hia. besides Lyon, Chick Miller, the gen. black auk. rolled It wp In a piece of gum she had eral advertising man; Bin Miller, the -,"EIn v explained the , circumstances been chewing and stuck it under the Jew street car advertising man: "Trank Wal- briefly being withered meanwhile by the dry case. The young man had -come to ton, the composer, and the transmitter of glances of the' outraged, cueen. There retrieve the piece of gum and its valuable this mystery. ". " -were eighteen expensive and unset :dla- 'kernel. Is that a' story or not?" ' ' TU tell you a story, said Ltfgp with- monds in the tray before the lady pawed ' Frank Walton held up the piece of pa out preface. "You can write it or not." -It them over,' and at the conclusion of her- per on which Chick -Miller had scribbled, comes straight from a dlaXnend galea- -examination there were seventeen. ' "Chewing gun," be read. man ,, v r "Therefore, It followed that .she must . "Certainly," Chick Miller said. "1 'Go ahead," rejoined the crowd in a have been perniciously active. The knew the answer when you got halfway critical tone. ' strange lady called young Ellis a low per- through the story. The point is. I read "This diamond salesman, Lyon con- son and froze him into a state of speech- the same -thing a long time ago. and to tinued, "was brought up with Gibboney. lessneas; but It Is somewhat difficult to "prove it; I wrote down the answer and vm knw Gibboneya Every diamond freeae a head detective at OJbboney'a handed It to Frank Walton." . ring in the world tries to pretend that It This latter person, who was of Irish de once came from Gibboney. jieeent, Md ...whose. Jaw protaruded acme dl. "Well, this boy mind you, his name Is tance, decided that the society leader must "Ellis told me the 'story nmieelf. having be searched, and without further Tormall witnessed It with his own eyes. On a ties she was led away to the ladies """But this man Ellis told me- that It happened to him," Lyon argued. "And I tell you X read It somewhere, Chick Miller answered. There was an .article somewhere telling about the varl sunny afternoon a motor car drives up to searching department, where a couple of ous smooth tricks swindlers use te cop the front door and -out steps a dignified expert female teeters went through aer woman of great wealth, Judging from her from Alpha to Zed. exploring herself and appearance. She was perhaps SO. fault- her garments to such a fulsome extent that one blushes to write it down. " ; lessly gowned In Mack silk, and looked like $30,000 in yellow money. Young Ellis adjusted his silk cravat and prepared to wait upon her . t ;) "Her demands were simple. She want ed to select a diamond or two, and Ellis brought forth a tray of velvet containing a dozen or more sparklers. Not a stone ba the tray was worth less than-a thousand, but the dowager duchess looked them over somewhat haugntBy and pronounced it as her opinion that they were a some what inferior cluster of gems. Young El the coin. That was -one of them." "Well," Lyon replied, "if you read It somewhere, X suppose it Isn't a story, "No,K,, I pu In. studying the Whole thing out carefully, "it, isn't a story- If 1 don't write it. If X do write itwellyou In an hour the lady searchers opened -neor can tell." ! the door and announced to the officials CoyrHht hy The Frank A. Munsey Co,) that If the lady had a diamond about her , , ' ' it must he buried In her heart. Three or "' ' " ' av T four head bookkeepers' had spent the GamCS Of Japanese searching, hour looking over Clbboneys ClailclxeTh cooks and bad found oat tnat tne missing -xWE of the most Donular aames amona- I-O diamond was jno. eroa, vamea at st,w, W Japanese chUdren Js otedama. played and resembling In size a small chestnut witn amall .'cloth - bags filled with red "There was nothing to do but release beans. The number of bags used Is seven lis explained to the empress that ana th strange lady in Mack fiilk. Gibboney or ten. The game consists in throwing would have to walk a long' walk' before Company sent downtown to a defective the bags into the air. one after another In coming upon better gems; but there was yagency for a man. Detective Batty lis-. suick succession, and trying to catch them nothing doing. , tened gravely, and finally gave ortera before they reah the grouiwL The Idea Is 'With a sigh of disappointment he pre- . "He explained that no person should be to keep allthe bags In motion. pared to put the tray back in the case,, permitted to enter the aisle upon which Another popular game Is faihikeri, or and in doing so he noticed that one of the the ease of. jewels was located. He or- stone-kicking. " Chalk lines' are drawn on dared that scrubwomen, floorwalkers, ctts- 4he street, making squares, in which peb tomers and salesmen be kept away from bles are placed. The game Js to hop from the particular section ox- tne store from - one square to another on one foot, kicking which the $1,400 worth of unset diamond had disappeared, and the Gibboney . Com pany gladly followed his Instructions, feeling mightily unhappy, but seeing a ray of hope to the' mysterious air of the detective and his strange commands. STOMACH ACIDS. CAUSE INDIGESTION Sweeten Stomaek With a Little BUorated Magnesia anal Soaraosa, Gas and - Fata Will rrompuy uo, "Acid" stomachs are dangerous becauae too much acid irritates .sad iaflses the eehcate t'-ig M the stomach, thus biaderutg sad pre vcnlvg the proper action of the stomach, aad . eadaaa to probably me-teth tne cases of stomach trouble - from which people suffer. Ordinary medicines ' and medicinal treatment acting only poa the stomach watts, or- as an artificial digeatant, ; are useless la atch cases, for they leare the source of the faxwrble, the excess acid ia the stomach, as dangeroos as ever. The acid must be aeutrahied, and its excessive formation preTeated, and there - is ahthiag better for this purpose than a , tea Speoetful of Blsorated Bfagncsm, a simple ant acid, taken in a httle warm water aitcr eatuic. which not only ' aentrmlixes the acid, bat also prevents the fermentation. Foods which ordi narily distress may be digested perfectly "the meal is followed with a little Bisarated Mag nesia, which can be obtained from any druggists and should always be kept handy. ' Bisnrated Masnesic 23 East 36th St Nv Y. C. PCUIT1IY PAPCl gjgu... au yen want to snow aaonc ear ana man, a cement of tmnltry fnr nhasare or profit. Kowr moatlw for lO eente. ftlLTIT AITSCtTE, tMt- 111. trraeaM, I. T. mm-w ma vAnimrtti9 T ' ImmA aad Waranawla. Kcca - In season. Illus. CataiociM. and 'XJrower'a Ootda," Se. Ataii4WfSt today. NIHRT ffUE. rarater- I, rroepors ssvv the pebbles. , In the game of mlmihikl, or ear-pulling, two boys ait opposite .each other with loops in their hands and try to lasso an ear of the opponent. Another hoys game is kublbikl, or head-pulling. Two boys . "For three days nothing happened. De- are tied together by the seek and then tective Ratty stood guard. In company, they try to pull each other about, the one with the head store detective' On the yielding being- defeated. - - thirdMay a dapper young man In a light in niramekkura, sides sire chosen, ifech blue suit, wearing gray spats and carry- side stares at the other, and the side none lng a -white cane, pushed openV the swing D( the members of which laugh Is the win door : and 'entered."' He -walked ' straight ner. Even to show the teeth is to lose. down the forbidden aisle and paused to Udeoshl Is " a " game wherein two boys converse with young ICllia . ' gjt opposite, and push hand against hand : "Five minutes later Detective Ttatty until one yielda In yubiaumo, or finger walked up to the newcomer; placed hia wrestling, two boys match finger against hand on hia shoulder and arrested him. Anger, the fingers of the opposing bands The stranger was lnstantiy searched and being locked together,, thumbs free. The Immediately the expensive diamond . was fingers are pressed against each other un round! - ' - til one boy's band is pressed back or down. Now.- said Xyon. pausing and casting ikusa-gokko Is a war game in which a triumphant glance upon the group of the youngsters dress In paper uniforms, cynical listeners, "Thow did the detective wjth swords and knapsacks, and parade. know that this strange young man had fNew Tork Times. the diamond T Of course, the detective ' . " ' ' knew-where the diamond was; but in orr - t" g- a vilAt'Wma' ; T0 -" der to make the arrest y-and to get P1 ClOta-eSp TOO? : a uuui voca - wava uiuuxisT aooai uaru the thief with the diamond on his person, the arrest had to be made just thatSray. But how did he know? . . -wAll of. the, creWd, except Chick Miller, looked mystified and Jnquiring. During Cotes r, j a i J. rnrm? jcsis. ' l!- ' w V x tMltTl I m ' 1 w i I5b ITnn-B tmmit rfca'ittllMlni films Vkan tmfwm m Immf Urns Way - nam ant Worn i Bt Bad Mtmm 11 IM bb, a u.s uk t ' a bb ' ' " r WWW UOktfW XiOVIO. 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