Show Confessions Of a Bride CHAPTER The Burglars Fail in Their Quest but Reveal an Important Secret I slipped oft off my pumps and tiptoed to the door My shaking fingers managed man man- aged to turn the key leey without a click before the burglars reached the cashiers cashier's office Then I sat down on the edge of the cot and prepared to toh h hold ld my breath until the thieves should depart They must have manipulated the lock of the safe expertly I couldn't hear a sound but after a time I caught the shuffling of papers and was startle startled star star- tle by a growl gorol from one of the men m It seemed very close to me I looked up-a up ventilating fan which served both rooms was set in the wall high above me Said the voIce Tight wad wa Not a darn cent left Not n. n jitney to make change with Monday morning Da- Da But I 1 might aswell as well omit the profanity from Crom all their talk talle It was but ample mono to Rotten luck lucIe the growl rolled on Ive been hoodooed ever since ever well since a a. girl began It I At this I simply opened my mouth suddenly and sat with It so as It if it were the only way I could keep from screaming Hoodoo With that word the boat U-boat captain had denounced denounced de- de me I that an all the officers officers I cers of that craft were now dead Who Vho I Iwas was this thip hoodooed person the other side aide pf of the partition i ilore More lore rustling of papers more curses and then A few postage stamps tape em And nd that's nil all I Good p pla late e for a hungry n man s said the other Chow everywhere Lets Let's feed As they passed tine the door ot of m my retreat retreat re- re treat one of the men turned the handle handle han han- dle and rattled it hard I reached forthe for forthe the money box I prepared n. n melodramatic melodramatic melo- melo dramatic speech to go with It take it and Here Jere I I. I would say let me and alone the Hon James D. D Lorimer will send you twice as much more tomorrow I quite forgot that I Iwas Iwas was dear to dear daddy Look for a button somewhere on thedoor the thedoor door frame advised the leader Theres a secret spring in most such I doors See here It is- is 15 1 I was stiff as the dead and probably proba- proba I bly as white as a ghost More profanity and then It It wont won't work Well Vell who wants It to anyhow With a a. final curse and amI anda amIa a vicious shake of the knob the men passed on I I had to force my muscles to relax then I got Into a fairly comfortable position on the couch and burled buried my I fingers In the cats cat's thick black fur not for luck but just for companionship I would probably have to stay there a a. along I long time without making a single I sound Once the two were fed up they I II I 1 might camp out In the place over o Sunday Sun Sun- I Ida day Over their food tood and cups and bottles i bro brot ht from the soda fountain the themen i men exchanged confidences And inthis In Inthis this odd situation I came upon a secret II which concerned myself I Still growling about his bad luck the theman man of the low voice told how It I told started of my exploit In the UI U U- boat From that time their game was up The flora Were put the ashore I officers took the craft away and sunk her somewhere And one he-one of the I sailors had sot got to know where Why I he be could dig a million dollars out of I her Jewels Gems the kaiser alser l had hadI I sent over oyer He knew where to put his finger on them He was just a a. common comI com com- I mon sailor sailor-he had come by bythe the a secret accidentally The gems were In s a torpedo tor- tor case It was the lowest e case on the starboard side of the boat But he didn't know where the sub had been sunk I f secrets said I to Now I have both hoth myself and 1 am the only one in the J I world who the boat U-boat Is I berthed and where the box Is hidden In her Then the men made a compact I There was a party who held the secret ot of the U boats U-boat's boats boat's position They The would call on him Sunday night and force torce I the secret out of him or kill him The party's house houS was described described- and the way to get into Inlo it It I knew the party's name before the thief whispered whispered whis- whis I It To bo be continued I I I |