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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY. SEPTKMBKK 12, 1929
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
Tobbjr Tucker
By Harold Gra
ijr R.A.O. WAIXINO-
Chapter at
TIB BAG'S UCIIT
I locked the studio door. opened
the safe and' took oat tho tax. It
W estraordlnsrv nesvv, rnsw
weight, when I first handled It. had
on tribute to the tear I felt. I
Hlted It to table la the window.
Sonunertlekl and I stared at the
lentertsot black beg. I hated to
touch the thine.
"Better take It upstairs." said he,
pointing -'gnlficantli through the
window to the lawn peyona st,
I carried the burden upstair and
rhimoed it on mr bed. Bomerflsld
looked at it curiously and pointed
to some worn indentation letters
mjTsved on the aide ot the bag.
"Original owner's initial!,"
Hommerfleld.
The black bag waa not even
locked or (trapped. It had a f prlng
latch that bant open when I de
pressed. It.
Somerfleld looked over mr ahoal
er. We aaw at first nothing but
what happened to be a mass of
turn fas. But oa one part
them there was a mark which
auned me cold with apprehension.
SomerMd end not realise tne slf
alflcanee of the broad arrow. .
"Whstl that meant he asked
"The evidence that Laxtoa want
edthe broad arrow that marks a
convict's dress."
I pulled at the tough grar mate
rial, but it would not come. Imps
Unit, Somerfleld laid hold of the
sag itself, turned It upside down,
and lifted It away, leaving on the
bed a rude parcel made up In a
prison t. Re gare It a roll and
It came apart.
Then we both staggered back, the
two most astonished young men In
England thst day. Wrapped m
the prison cost was what seemed
to ns to bo priceless and unheard of
things, golden trinkets with masses
of jewels, rings, bracelets, brooches,
snd above sll s golden goblet set so
thickly with diamonds and rubles
that its bowl was weu-nignt nioaen.
We stared at the display for a
full minute. Bomerfield spoke tint.
"Pretty little haul, I guess. I
dont know much about Jewelry.
but I'd say there was a. considerable
fortune there, Orenofen. Noticed
whether there hare been any big
robberies lately?"
But the contents of the bag ful
filled my old fean and produced
new ones.
"What can we do?" I said.
That's easy." Somerfleld picked
up the bag and stuffed the coat
Into It. "Burn this right away."
It seemed good advice. I thought
of my mother's Incinerator In the
garden, Somerfleld volunteered to
stand gusrd over whst ho called
the jewelry store while I cremated
the Incriminating bag. X found
some old papen, but them round
the bag and soon had It In the
middle of an incandescent mass.
Ttw jtaptxal ot Aladdin's trek
sure, however, wss going to be
much more difficult,; ' .(
When I got back to the bedroom.
Somerfleld met me with a Uttle
cry . of excitement.
"Christopher look here! These
were under the ornaments."
He pointed to a number of steel
tools fine saw. a Jimmy, a pick
lock, a hook, a silk rope. Be held
In his hand a book In quarto,
bound in a white-yellow vellum.
"The hook old Fotherbury missed
from his library, I bet a dollar,"
said he.
I took it. and let the leaves 'fan
over; a hlac It-letter manucrlpt, and
on the first elaborately ornamented
psse the words, "The Book of the
Abbott John Deacon."
It had been bound up before the
manuscript wss finished, perhsps
even before It was begun. . Nearly
t quarter of the pages at the end
ere blsnk. And on the Isst wrtt-
irn page was a plan apparently
me ground plan or a church.
"That's a plan ot Fotherburys
turns.- -
"The book wns stolen Saturday or
Sunday. ... Ton and Lsxton sow
man prowling about tne ruins
Sunday night , , , Lsxton must have
expected bhn . , . Lsxton Is keen
getting tne book, urenoien.
dont we begin to see that Lsxton
knew about Cousin John even be
fore Cousin John gave them the
slip In Devonshire? but look here.
Orenofen. we cent leave this sum
lying shout." " .
But u was easier to say get quii
of a than to do so. We hurriedly
discussed many projects .only to
ilrop them.
Of a sudden, somenieid seemed
to be electrified. Be leaped back
rem the window, cried, "Look outl"
and dived Into the corner of the
oom where I had an old full-plate
-am ere on a yellow case,
"Wstch 'em and tell me If they
some In," said Somerfleld, tearing
at the buckles of the earners -case.
kfy view commended the ' lane
from a point near oar gate to the
place where It disappeared under
the trees. What bad excited Homer-
field was the two men walking up
the reed. X had them in sight for
two or three seconds.
On was young Fotherbury. The
other I eld DM know. I sept
eye oa the gate, while Somerfeild
in breathless hast got the earner
out of the ease, dropped it on the
floor end oiled to stun into a.
"What will you do with ltf, X
asked.
"Never mind. Watch. The fet.
low with the cub Is one of Lax-
ton's men."
As he spoke, Fotherbury' head
appeared above the shrubs that
lined the little drive, and the next
Instsnt he bed stopped by the gate,
pointing. His companion pushed
the rste back.
"Be' coming In, I said to som
erfleld.
'Here's bluff, then, Orenofen.
It's about an even chance. But I'll
take It tor Veronica's sak and
yours. Bee me off the premises Just
as the door opens to bun. Beady I
Everything depends on bluffing
the mout. Down you gol When he
comes In, stand In the hall shaking
hands with me."
Somerfleld grsbbed the earners
stand, tucked It under his arm and
took the case In his left hand.
The maid was coming through to
answer ring at the door when we
reached the hall. As she opened
Somerfleld seized my hand snd
said:
Well, goodby, Orenofen. I know
what you- want just the detail of
the tower. I m going down to Ox.
ford from London this evening.
Hop to be back on Thursday. Pri-
day morning at latest." "Fine,
replied. "Ooodby somenieid. just
the tower. Best time to take It is
the morning before there's much
traffic about. And thanks r
X tamed to speak to the man In
the doorway.
"7es," X said. "Old you want to
see mer"
1ST heart was beating hard when
tns visitor, said;, ... .-
"Are you Mr, Orenofen? I'm
police officer."
(TO D continues)
FLANKB CHIEF LEAVES
SUverton A, B. Csrron, superin
tendent of the Silver Falls Timber
company, local plant, left Wednes
day morning for Massachusetts cit
ies where he will spend month vis
iting his ps rents and other relatives
an of whom he he not seen for
some years.
BATONS VISIT ALLENS
Woodburn Quests at the home
ot Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Allen tram
Tuesday to Thursday were Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Baton of Los Angeles.
The Estons are old time friends of
the Aliens whom they have not seen
for many years, and were all resi
dent of the state of Nebraska In
their youthful days.
Stayton Mr, snd Mrs. Herbert
Bennett and youngest son left Mon
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