| Show Confessions of ofA ofA A A. War Bride CHAPTER Jim and I Conspire Regarding Buried Treas Treasure re I What queer r chance what mysterious ous ch chain ln of ot events had bad brought my lapis ring back to me That question question ques ques- tion worried me And as I r slipped ques-I ques the ring onto my finger a n new w thought bothered me I realized d for forthe forthe th the first time lime that the ring actually I Connected me J Jane ne Lorimer with events V of ot stupendous Importance to tomy tomy tomy my country Goodness gra gracious ious Youve You've been so absorbed In a lot of silly sentiment sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment Jane Lorimer all beginning and en ending with your own feelings and doings doings se so I I. I Scolded myself that youve you've com come near missing a mighty bl talf bic responsibility to the 1 government gov gov- iti oh t r wrote to Jimmy-boy Jimmy Ive bee reading all I I Ican can get hold lold of about the senate committees committee's I tl fiS of German Getman propaganda Isn't th that t 6 a truly Weird tale Jim The Tho most thrilling dr drama ma of f intrigue I ever ver staged In the world And isn't It t perfectly stunning to find that you and I r are linked up wit with witti 1 it Or at al I least east we will be when we r report p rt to the authorities what we know about bout I Ithe the jewels in the U-boat U and the tho clue clue I have bave to the location of the sunken submarine And althou although it breaks j I ny tny heart Into bits I suppose we are re In n honor bound to give up our big I adventure and hand over all our in information In- In f formation formation and rm and and let a lot of ot congress- congress Mon nn n n have bave the fun tun maybe I could 1 i w weep e Jim I And I w went nt through th the next five rive d days s 's Ih iii a disgusted d and dejected I Irame I frame rame of mind rife Life wasn't keeping Its shining shirtIng promises The trail trad of thes the i imy s serpent rp nt was over everything Only my little job saved sated mo me from Being I I wretchedly morbid I I Finally Jims Jim's lett letter r arrived to cheer me Sissy Dear I egret t to remind I you that w we dont don't know a darn thing about any gems nesting somewhere Off the south shore shor V We just sur sur- sur I mise Now do we want to get the whole whole U. U S. S senate all aU het up over I what what Isn't Wouldn't It be a a. a poor a-poor poor policy to expose what may turn out only a pipe dream m And draw ridicule I down on the honored Clan elan of Lorimer B Besides s why rob a poor flying flyingman flyingman man of excitement when hes he's due to lose looe his Ms own Job in ft R. few months month i Why snitch his only chance for thrills j i when ho g gets ts home I Dont let lot your conscience nag hag you I Sis Sic Of cour course e no Lorimer wants to to stuff but theres theros them that I does' does and because others Are On the trail solely for tor their profit profit we we really Ought to beat em em to It Just so we can hand the goods to the government government If If found Dad will finance US sure a and d dwell well we'll hire a diver and convoy him with tugs and well we'll sail away sev away sev several eral miles aWa from away old Manhattan on on a re regular ular 1919 treasure hunting Jag I may a ate as well tell you right now though that your nifty nitty scheme to I glimpse the tho U-boat U from a plane proves prots a dud so far the waters water's too rough But at present that U-boat U Is In cold st storage raAe and safe sate Nothing In It Itcan Itcan itcan can help German propaganda as much muchas as S an oyster could But weve we've both to bo be dumb as oysters Now Sis Ive I've got a hunch a-hunch b hunch all 11 b by lone Dont Don't you laugh I didn't laugh I fit nt you vou r remember member What if there are gems in In that I Unk sunken n hulk hulk they are arc crown Jewels of Germany Germany sent sent over here by bythe the kaiser months ago ago to to be safe sate out of Europe In case his throne should wobble and shake him off ort as asIt asit asit it has since What If In I repeated in ft a a ast st stage g whisper et And I had to admit th that t In I J f th the theory of romantic adventure Jim had m ins t fairly rIY beaten t To ho bo continued r I I I I I |
