Show NAMAN MARRIES S el m whim which fhe pl vas DAYS W S made R ROBERTS TIlE MAN IN Cop t. t 1909 Tb BobU Campas CHAPTER VL V. I Mighty Poor Joko Joke k one knows that there are arc bo ho bin in a different grade of of BO- BO r be shoplifters an and pick pick- they arc aro restrained b by jr ll or Of environment ment they be be- at bridge or ore orri sables or 0 stuff a gold old ri e wrong brush intO a n muff at at a recep recep- remember tho ivory dress dress- u U Theodora Bucknell had that LO ith fine finc gold cold old chains Ann And Anci lion tion It sed at tho the Bucknell Mr Mrs Va Van ZHe went to her carriage arriagO with two feet chain hain han hanging nJ from front the front pearl collar was dH differ lu er I t the first place instead n tead of people eople the thc suspicion had to told toled toled led t ld among amOD toa And nd of those hose least lust eight of us liS were friends other Bother two t-o had bad had been vouched he Browns and nd Jimmy It was blo bio For the necklace c e thore there couldn't t bo be nn any doubt and although as Dallas sai said paid nt t gt get out of tho the house still ere plenty of places to hide hido It c of our trou trouble bJ e 11 ith Max Reed after all nil For it n x who bo made mado the tho silly wn wager cr telephone with Dick Ekk Bagley even that one of us at rould break quarantine with with- i lext iXL t four hours and of I that hat settled it Dick told it t the club dub as a n joke and a man manai manas manI I as ai a n newspaper ne heard him and n p. p the paper Then tho the paper PI the health office after sots sot sot- s flaming caro head Will Free Them Themi Board of ot Health i na saire ire i almost 3 S when the house set set- ra Nob Nobody d had an any night although h finally through b Dale Dal Dal- pave gave e them hem to Anne who n e ethe the tile rest iett we got cot some thin things ij's and and I r Iwas was still dressed se se perfectly quiet and toning carefully I went slow slow- the tho stair stair- There was a light licht till bill lland and another back in the tho oora m and I got ot along alone without But the pantry bero i lied leil Jett dark and the thel l sawing door would not eta stay r it ht ny bt my 1 skirt in the door as I T Trough rough and I had to stop to TAnd And in that awful minute breathing just beside ad d to m my gown gon and md I Iny ny 1 1 head w without straightening in ha e raised myself to an for my my knees were gh under mc- mc me arid and just at my feet till ill tiU plowing glowing end of of a match t to swallow twice twice- before I Ik ik k Then I said sharply II anWat a was so 50 close it is a won won- ad d lI t w walked Jk d into him his liis BH ht at my car enT l fraid I startled you ho be tty X t was wag a afraid raid to speak or move move for foT fear fear- I would iI I have done aone Mr Harbison thought you von ou were were were-it It is very to say 1 with dry cIry o you know where tho the elec- elec i rii IB Wilson It waR was wa clear he be had bad in rame inne ne no dont don't rill ll confused ed I t muttered i retreat into th the tho dining inin ro room m. m the friendly light we could U tee tet each other and I think much impressed bv by the trI ti hid had not undressed as aa I Ithe Ithe Ithe the fa fat fact t that he had partly partir i tl hi hideous dressing gown own of Ouch too small small and end and his hair tp plastered down in the carl early food lood up Jn iri ina a sort of of brown over OTer his hili head He was try try- en it with ith his hands bands it b be 3 0 clock o'clock ho he said y tt and and the bousel house bouse l birn irn ar You lOU ought not to be bo od your arms arms Unco ilson tWilson oIl Surely you could t f some seine of at us iTt th wish to di disturb anyone t distinct distin t truth troth It ioe you are like me me ho bo Ih novelty ov of 01 t the be si situation tua tion tithing ng I Jot got to thinking Te nr and then I realized the tho 1 Retting getting cold so I thought c am e down and take a n look ate ace I didn't an suppose any any- t think n of ot it But I lost that stumbled against a nd drawer and nearly went dumb darn um waiter walter An And Andas as eat ent on mOo me nia at that instant rather ather terrific ie thumps from 1 f below delow and inarticulate to ed f e A rather i than spoken It fly v of course coure coming as it U h the register at our feet n a l i looked 00 okd cd startled the tho way i I said as careIn care care- the In the e excitement to 0 mention it There is a m n l th the furnace room S we O will have to keep him finished cd as airily as in in the cellar at me uie and anil lie ho no ra gd th f pantry door or t go RO down down I said t tt h of D Della Bella lung In K on the kitchen table t bY soiled soiled dishes and ancl all all ali aft math ath th of i t i dinner clinner on t go o down I Ii i I its it's t s sr r i cr to let Jet Iota Jeta a stran stran- t t tIme tao kitchen n. n I Im I-I'm Im I'm waY and nd besides its it's through te le io quito l elf 1 W Wils Wilson he said Whit d do 90 I rare about the theU A I U In down lir n tor for di disturbing the the down lown L t lY lYthe pipes pipes' I saul R with ith des tsi 1 hc I is JS probably j state atc just now now- Vo Ve D 1 an and l then ont toll ten m me the whole ald d. d 41 Y 11 ll all VC ve been 5 you and can r b because I a ea t e am i. i rn f this crazy r D bre am an off to t the thebe e be ho he said o r dont don't know any any- you lu- lu You e I see Eee I 1 Iu t VOu u tell me hav hay t. t edep of an any of ot of ow ten tell mo whom me-whom whom t ae collar besides I t to t deceive him him he be W was as S looking L straight into my eyes oyes So I decided to make the best of a bad thing Anyhow it lt W was N going go ing to require strength to get Bella Beila through h the coal hole with ono arm armand armand armand and restrain th tho policeman sith ith the other Come I said making a sudden resolution and led tho the thel l way downstairs Ho He sa said l nothing when he saw Bella for which 1 was grateful She was sitting sitting sit sit- ting a the table with her ber arms tm in front of her and nail her ber head buried in them thorn And then thou I saw she was asleep Her hat a and d veil lay beside her and und she had taken off her hel coat cont and draped it around her Sho She had rummaged out outa a cold pheasant and some borne salad and had hall evidently c had a n little supper Supper Supper Sup per and a nap while I worried myself my self gray beaded headed bout l her herl II She She sho she in came unexpectedly unexpectedly- something about the butler I explained ex ox- under my 1 breath And she And she doesn't want to stay ta She is on bad bd terms with with with-with with with-wih with some of the tho people upstairs You can see how impossible the situation sit tion is I doubt if jf wo we can eRn get gt ge her out out he said as if the situation were quite quite- qUte ordinary However Howe we can try Sho She seems vcr very verj comfortable Its It's a pi pity I to her Here tho the prisoner in the furnace room broke out afresh lh It I sounded as though ho he had taken a lump of coal and was attacking the lock Jock Mr Harbison followed the noise and 1 could hear him ar arguing uin not gentl gently Another sound he finished and and you YOU wont won't get got out of hero at all al Unless unless un Un- less you crawl up Ut the tho furnace pipe When ho he came caine back Bella Betla DeJa was rous rous- lug ing She Sho lifted her ber head hend with her ber eyes ces shut siut and ant then opened them one at a time blinked and sat up She didn't see him at first a You wretch I she sho said sid un ungratefully rte fully after she had yawned n Do you know what time it is 1 And that that that- Then she saw Mr Harbison and sat staring at him This is Mr Harbison I said to her hastily He ho lie ho came with wih Anno Anne and Dal and and he he is shut in too By Bv that time Bella Bela had seen feen bo how handsome he was was and she fhe took a hairpin hair bair pin ou out of her be mouth and arched her ber eyebrows which was always Bella's Bellas best pose poso I 4 1 am Miss she said sweetly of course the court had g given her back her het name and I stopped in in tonight think thinking n the house bouse was empty to see seo about a a-a a a butler buter Unfortunately Un Un- fortunately tho the house was qu quarantined just at that time and here and hero I am Surey Sure Jy y there thero cannot be ho any harm in help helI ing me mc to get out out Pleading tone I II I have not been exposed to an any contagion and in the exhausted state I of my health tho the confinement would be positive positively eJ dangerous Sho She rolled her eyes at him bim and 1 I could see she was making an sion sien Of course she sho was free She had hada a perfect right to marry again but 1 I will wi say this Della Bella is is a lot bettor better looking looking light iy by i ht than she she-is the nox next morning The upshot of it was that the tho gentleman gen gen- t who built bum bridges and looked down on society from a lofty lonely pinnacle agreed to help belp one of the most gleaming members of the aforesaid afore said society to outwit the law Jaw It I took about fifteen minutes to quiet the tho policeman Nobody ever e knew what Mr Harbison did lid to him but for twenty twenty-fo r hours he be was quite tractable He changed after that but that com comes s later in the tho story Anyhow the tho Harbison man went upstairs an and ana came care down with a Ba Bagdad dad curtain and anda a cushion to match and took them into the tho furnace room and came out and ind locked the door behind him and then we were read ready for or Bellas Bella's es es- es cape But there were four our special officers and three reporters watching the house bous houseas hous as a a result of ot Max Ma Reeds Reed's idiocy Once after atter tr in trying all al the other windows and nd finding Ending them thorn guarded wo we discovered a little bit of a hole in an out of the way corner corer that looked like a ventilator and ana was wile covered ered with a beav heavy wire screen No prisoners over ever du dug tb their ir way out of ofa a dungeon on with more moro energy than that with which w we attacked that screen hacking backing at it with kitchen kichen knives whis whit like conspirators being cing scratched with tho the ra ragged acl edges of the wire frozen with the cold air one minute min ute tito and boiling boing with wih excitement thene the tho ne next neat t. t And when the wire was as cut and Bella Des had rolled rUp her ber coat up and thrust it t it through and was standing on a chair ready redy read to follow something outside that had looked like a a 1 barrel barel moved and said aid Oh I wouldn't do that if I were von you It I would be ho certain to be undignified fled fied and md probably it would be unpleasant ted ant ant later We Wo coaxed and pleaded and tried tred to to 0 bribe and that that happened happen cd as it turned out to be one ono of tho the wor worst ortt t things we wo had to t endure For the whole conversation conver coaver- came out Olt the next net afternoon in inthe inthe inthe the paper with wih the tho most awful drawings drawings draw draw- drw ings and tho the reporter said it was WS the flashing fashing of tho the jewels we wc wore that first attracted his attention And that brings me nie back to t the thc robbery For when we had crept back to the kitchen and ld Della Bella BeJa was fumbling for her hor handkerchief to cr cry into and ane tho the Harbison man was trying tying to apologize for the language ho bo had us used d to the reporter reporter re rc porter and I wa was a on the ver verge o of a nervous nero ncr OUS chill chull chi well it was th then thon n that Bella Dela all al about crying cring and jumped nail and hold heM out her arm 4 My Mt 1 diamond bracelet she shO b screeched Look I Ive I've I c ye lost it Well we went over o cr c every inch of that ha basement until I knew every crack in inthe inthe in inthe the flooring every spot on the tho cement Arid And Ard Bella Behla was nasty naRty and said sid that she had never ne seen peon n that part of the house housein in such condition and that if I Thad had acted nete like ft a 1 sane pane person and put her herout herout out when she he had no business there at atall atall all nl she sho would have had hd her freedom r dom and her bracelet and that if we wo were playing play play- ing mit int a iok on hor her as if ife we e felt like joking n we would please g give e her the bracelet and nd let her go ao and die in in a corner she felt fel very vcr queer At half 4 1 o'clock lock past 0 we wo gave up Its gone I sa said l. l I dont don't he be o Hc you YO wore it here No one could have vo taken it it i. i There Thero wasn't a soul ul in inthis this thi part Tart of the tho except the policeman po and he's hes locked in in At t 1 r l o'clock wo we put nut her to fa sleep in in inthe inthe the tho den don She was wa in a fearful temper and I wa was glad enough to bo ho able to shut the door on her Tom Harbison that was a his hiR T name namo helped me mo to creep and wanted to get got mo am a 1 of ale to make me sleep leep But Bit I said raid it would bo he he of no use UP as S J I had bad to get getup et up p and get Jet the breakfast The last lass th thing na be ho fa said d was that tho policeman seemed scorned above e tho the average in in genco eneo seemed and nail perhaps wo we could train him to do plain alain n cooking and dish washing I did not go to fo t sleep at nt once I lay on ou the chintz covered divan In Bela Bella's Bellas 8 dressing room and stared at th the tho picture picture- of her hor with wib tb the violets underneath I couldn't sec see what there was about Della Bella to such undying devotion Dela inspire fuch de but I ha had bad to admit that she sue had looked looked handsome that night and that the Harbison liar Har bison man had certainly been impressed At At- 7 i 0 o'clock clock Jimmy Wison pounded n at al my door dor and I could have choked him joyfully I dragged cd myself io in t tho tM door and opened it and then I heard excited voices Everybody E seemed to tobe tobe tobe be up ur but hut Aunt ScUba Selina Setna and they were all l talking at once Anne Brown Drown was s in in the center of oC the group croup wa in waving her hands whilo while Dallas DaJas was trying to b book ok t the tho o back of he hI her gown own with one hand and lick hold n a blanket blan ket around himself with tho to other No Noon Noone ono one on was w-as dressed except Anne am she slit had been up for nn an n hour looking hooking in shoes and un under el the corners corers of rugs ruas and around clothing for her je collar cellar ben she saw m me she b began all al allover over again I I I ha had it on when wIlen I went into my she and I 1 tit it room declared pu put on the dressing table when I undressed I meant to nut it under tinder m Iii my pillow pio but butT butI T I And I dim didn't t I cr wn was awake half the ni night ht Wasn't I Dalf DalI Then when the tho clock downstairs R Rin In tho the hall ball haJ ns chiming 5 something roused me and nad T I sat n bed ocd It TI I was still sUU dark but I pinched Dal and wild said there thero wa was somebody in in the room You remember that copt don't dont you Dal Dali I I tho thought ht you yon had ni nightmare b he ho said sheepishly hl I I lay hay still sti for ages it seemed to me mo and t then then ten tho door leer into tho the hall closed I heard the catch click chick cick I turned tuned on I the tho light over o thin tho thC bed then and tho the I room was as empty J thought of my collar col Wn lar mr and although it seemed ridiculous with thin tho tIl house homo sealed scaled as ns it is and all of ofus ofus ofus us friends for wc years years well I got up and nud looked and it it was gone J JNo No ono one spoke c for an instant It I was wasa a queer situation for the tle |