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Show THE PROVO HERALD "After some time they called to m. Between the two of them they explained, everything. Tbey had long been lovers and. with the aversion tbat lovers have for the clattering of village gossips' merciless tongues, they " " bad succeeded in keeping their attacht ment a secret-Th- ey had "been en gaged for some time, and H was their custom to meet at the borne of a kindof an evening, she . ly old widow lady lt " 4HHhrew-r-roft-- of bills in my lap stone "knowing of their engagement. On the night of the robbery they; had and continued: con- spent the evening together at the wld "My confession is sufficient to vict upon. 1 wiii repeat tt'la- - court "She and Mason had left the" widand I want you to arrest me and get ow's about tea o'clock and Mason bat me soon from as as here of same the away Just as character the sage left her at the gate, After leaving ber. . . morning's note. It was, but there was you can.' a decided, conflict in the news it con vJJust at this juncture the depot- - Mason bad taken a long stroll and. about sildiilghtrhad passed 1hg-;pettained. In a craniDeiL the"OffieewHha--teI- e Office In returning to his home. As be a for five mesme. was a It woman's, wpro gram vldntly cipher " " words: sage from the department Taking approached the building he had seen Miss Lundjr la the robber. ; z out my code "book, I translated U l a "Frabkly, I : didn't know, what to moment and the contents of it, In the the door after her. tblnlLSuspicion and these mysteri- light of Mason's confession, was noth- - "Next' morning, when be opened ous notes pointed to the: postmaster ing less than the safe he discovered the robbery "i unnerving, and his handsome assistant. The letHis suspicion of Miss Lundy had then a mesword I wrote the "Without ' ters were written by different persona, . come uponxhlm. ' out over and Mason: to it sage passed and was a lovers "It The easy to imagine thaTTda-son- . tangle. pretty order Waco. and Money being passed .... i i. . and theyoung lady had robbed other Texas towns. . v i.au suai&uieuuu it irai-i- u tacir own -44 'What does it mean?" he cried. the safe and that each of "them had satisfaction and, while' I knew that been seen by a different person - as "Before I could answer him. Miss tieither ot them had any guilty knowlthey left the building; that these per-- Lundy came into- the offlce," With a edge of the deed, 1 was far from being abo.ut .the very language of his incoherent confession and-himanner ta making it that told me that Mason ,w.aa not the thief. , "'What more do you wantr- Mason did It, I tejl you. Ahd I breathed, shall be convicted of it I can't restore the stamps and the money order book because I bare destroyed them, but here is the money, every penny of s T1Q1 f. riUfOKT, ' - -- ll H A N A fi Self 021 MminJ Csxra, Mm. Ctiei Lntfns and Boiler Repeura, Iron jA Brass Castings, Efc . , -. A Pie Iof a Clew an of the. Secret Service 5 Machine 03 ProYO Foundry - .. By r " , .. - r . Ex-Operati- ve : "A"- Castle. Gate arid Clear Creek ; I i crime? retired-secr- et tr ' , red- is.. o.i Dickson,- - a serv- ice officer, bad re-- ' peated the words of my question. After some moment he thought, - replied: V - s v Wellfronj mjwn experience, U has become a fixed conviction with me -was i.-t- ; yiUage-wflef-- ... ' II IHIIW)li'lJ7,WfflVjilt',';J'JI. . Jt' , , 11 U I '. e post-offic- JOSEPH W. DUNN. General Mani Teer. .it. t.. : that no crime ; Is ever committed where the criminal fails to leave behind some, clew that, if it is only found and its worth appreciated, will in variably lead to the detection of the--f culprit , "I have.a xase in mind, a robbery. It happened when I was connected with that department, 'before I was transferred to the broader field of the secret service, 1 wilt never forget ,f the ot:curfed.: It was a townof some 300 souls in the tSreen mountains. It had only one hotel, and in the three weeks that I was detained there, I almost destroyed my .digestion endeavoring ta support life on its abominable farr-believe that I felt a keener satisfaction in the royal meal J secured at Ronton, on my return to Washington, than T dfd" in capturing the" author of ' the robbery. .... safe 'had - been "'The of stamps; tapped for n about 500 in money and a brand new book. This last item gave importance to the case, because a bH5k of money-orde- r blanks in the hands f tslever crook can cause the overnment more trouble than a ses-1- . umi sion of congress. . . X'The saffi was a cmfttt irnn Affair which was fastened by nieans. ot.. a clumsy "brass key. The key was tod largeXand too heavy to be lugged about, and afer the safe war locked Jtja?. cash-nia -- awaytne drawer. Va peculiar circumstance of the rbbbery; was that ihe. safe had been fcjundslocked and the-- keyrwar ini 1; t us piace oi concealment. t ne culprits had possessed an"!; intimate UTAHr - -: disguised-SfrlUxageat-eBte- - 3th North Street, ' . PROVO, '' I I ; HAT do I consider thfi most. Imnnrtant Mrig to notice when first investigating; a Capt. Utah Timber Co. ; Both Phones; - VV CiOiAiL HO Weit -- tectiye's "Nose for Details." . .r - Capt5ickspnJU Woot Oeri?6i Pro vo, U taH -- . ft or-40- 0 . 1 -- Current Tlme-Tobl" e . post-offic- e large-quantit- LEAVB PBOVO FOB BA&x . for all points east........... for Banpete points. 2 for all points east..,.........' Wo. 8 10 M . 8 for TinUo poinU " No. 44 LBAVH PBOVO 9:16 4:25 6 .04 8:41 .,-- " p.m. " ... ,,.......11:40 a.m. . ..... 834 " FOR WEST west and north.......... Salt Lake ...... ... . 1 for all points west and north r. . , . . . . . , . . . . 9 for Bait liake and Ogden .. 8 for air points west and north .'. .. 5 for T for -- .... .... ..r. 4forall poiatseast.. -- . money-order- 9:31a.m. , 1 :56 4:25 9.61 p.m. No. 122forJ3eber ' ... , ,...... ........... ... 9:30 a.m. , ABRIVB PBOVO FBOMNOBTH from Heber - ' 8:45p.m. .The only line to Ogden and Denver without change. Free rin.eraini reclining chaircara, throngh leepjngjpanand JNo. 121 . Vv all through trains. -- ' 1 ' L'X' Bkntos,P. - ' S. KtHoopeb- ,1 G P. r A. - - A-T- QrjL - t " F. Fbirre, D. w. mm,,,,,.. - n sAz"Zi III .'IVD mmiir. Jll II 111 m i ?.ajv . I in II I 1, 1 I I III II 1 1 II I II: 1 1 ,rif iif 1 III III l II 111! j 1 1 knowledge of thehabits of "the post- nd hl8as8tsrfintrMlss L'undy a young lady ofvflne appearance and elgt r " nimmmw r :m 'mmmM rmamm mam km -- LBAVB PBOyO - 'FOX'irOBTR . -, xhamtag-personajityr- -: rTTr Hfcl a jzztl": Mason,- -'. ibeory that fwd tramps had committed Jbe theft He said that two suspicious characters had come IntoLthe office tbe afternoon,, before tha.jdbbery and had t bought flv stamps. He considered this a suspicious ctrcumstance, as he said that persons of their type Agent. ii I'M I is i M i ia i ii n miimiM i i tr - 'I iiiiiinii II .; i i two-cen- Via N He AU more than they needed at the time and that they always mailed their let- i ters before leaving the office, address-lng them - with - tbtH dllapidatedv pen Overland Route - i ' i nj I i r i Mil I ii 1 1 a'l tw : 'Tc mmw" k r rf j n w n .ill l: anil n i iiiiiiijhi l ii ..ii maintained by, the postmaster atall country offices for victimstwho hare the Way. It. At ttie 1 back ol the building a window-glashad been broken out, and Mason especially directed my attention, to it, as he said it must have been by this means that fie fdbbeVs gained entrance to the building. All 'of the doors had been securely locked. J made a minute cgainlnattofijof The s v v r Means comfort all the way ': when you travel east Don't buy a ticket via a broken rpute . HV50VJ fimlsead-the-onlything- was a small steel pin with a head.- It was In a crack of the floor Immediately in front of the rifled sfcfe.lf Without attracting attention, 1 secured tbe.4in and stuck it beheath the lapel of my. coat I thought it might prove of value. It did. It. was ' the key to the "situation. ., T J'Myxarhinatk)njsho wedTlhat the robbers had "entered the through the front-dooand that the broken window was merely a blind or green-glas- .TeU the agenC'THE ROUTE as far as it goes. It means saying of time in avoidance of changing cars, broken connections, etc. "You'U Know When You Go." Ask any Short Line Agent for rrates and particulars. . ... D -- A sons were T f)s 'fit, , S"rTrr-fTti- r i e r, as woman, and a man and 1 " F nt teL;iholuatariy-Peximo"rn.fni- L I dldn't burned the stamps", and the money-or- take much stock lSTlfils last aa soon as "my ey es dpenej there, a third note,, oa the pa4L-defehook. L band and.xofJhe deliberate effort to muddy the water. peiv.;, 1b 'Bhe dldn do: itapt-fiickB-on here were two ;door8. a front and a same. purjMrt.afl inacoi tne mwrunig TantetKM asonrllkO- - man aemnted. heforer 'The oaly' f hangie Was: ih th e Slie knows nothing about it. I alone 4 am guilty locked! and. the key. to it : hung on a wording of it,,. nd she Is merely trying to Maaafai". nail in thgfflcej-.tjn!- yi Wliy ili.n'l yaif Mason and is my af savefinefnralTrr8o'bflhe Aek him it h Miss Lundy had keys to the front robbed : the- - postoffice.wtatfow-jfja...I fianced brtde'-JLa didn't iraak 4he f ."'Hold on there," I cautioned, 'you - "K was not so easy to the .morning ateda 4air3)tJtimentat;yohngnn .. "I worried - through-never ahdlihaJyoung lady on trustln? xnyself to cehts, and while I am willing to give somehow, evening. After J some ; considerable work " I show np at the At nooti I youmy, blessing; although it is a bit learned that neither of them had been waa forced to go back to the hotel, as out ofxmy line, I am not going Jo at home the early parjt of that par- ItTwajbefonfypcoljUtlc'JS..' ssjuaboui ticular evening. No one knewwhere tainmenlJnhelJitgei this robbery-- and don't either of you 4hey-ha- d been ttoirwhaTtfieyTfaone. straight? for my room expectlngTo dare .areatbe-worttof auh was absurd . nonsense ' to l find durinrtbigerlod: Mason JnadJeft-h- i anylwia know-of itwasr-a- s elsff.. l that neither h9hlJBdlMlssiBdy7herftroaTdlnt not "disapptlnted,-for-therf exact as houseearly-afte- r ther counterpart-oIW UU VIM life; IUUUQU MIC big JUU upperrsn-lhacouldn't cobvince you talked tight ori the" pretext of taking a walk. the day before:-- - " 1.,-- : a -t- housand years-a- nd MasoaJud returned sometime "after prod uced - the M)s Lundy Is therobber1 "More than ever puzzled, I strolled charred remains oX that money-orde- r midnight The hour of Miss Lundy'g - return was uncertain, over to the postoffice. after lunchMas- book itsdf, the evi on, was there and alone. Lundy; : shake yoorsetf together," MajAlreadjreJipaszle4ier dence which. wa9 accumulating, one Lad not returned from ber dinner. son, and let's get downo serious talk morning, upon arising, I Was more The' postmaster's face was piteous to and clear this thing .up. See here,' I than ever irivaHflft!hYf1,l,T1ng; f slip j-hehnldMift Arank i rom me as 1 greet continued,rodud pt paper nhd6r' IB a door of m bom. ed "hrm" a&d""php file3ands" that had fieeif left stray Toor,",hoflor a HiB like hands i a shook man's face. la sprawling, unnatural hand, four bright, now, you "wrote these notes, ' ' words were wrjtteff upon it with the palsy. - Hefore I could find a didn't you ahdwent Jntahia prfe tay to hear niorft bu'eat When I visited the postoffice, I no- vate office, beckoning me to follow, vf but of the office as If the furies were ticed that Mason was pale and hag- . "I seated myself and watched with at my back Instead of two lovers hapgard nd he was as, jjervoua as v a I patience, while be strode back and py beyond expression In "the knowl- ' caged leopard. forth across the limited space oL the edge: that their doubts were unfounded J "When I the to went hotel at noon, pllVee. , Suddenly; be atopped. squarely and that Jthere was happiness still rei I found a tlnjjote on the table In my before me, and bracing himself with maining: Jor Jheinlwasatvoing-t- o room; It 'a9adaintjperf umed bit a painful tfortr1jturTeduta7 Jumble take chances on their being disturbed, of paper, just the kind"-threined of words," Confessing that he. had "so I "look possession bh the porch beyoung "ladles employ in their polite robbed the safe. I was struck all of fore Ibe a off any door I jumped to the" a beap, lut never for' an Instant did persons who mi? tit feel inclined to incorrespondence.thBt it must be a furthf-- mes- - I believe Mm. There was something trude upon their privacy, , the-sa- me: : . : : - ; -- ,r' ;LJLJI.J ni ''ili)'.llu!LJ!l-1l'.i- naimNr-rn- r ,. 'm irnil trace-Maso-- Sunsliinc, Frui! and Rowers within 24 hours of your very doorr It's the place for rest and rec-- 7 reation, health and , plea8are.:LFi6hingr - Golfing, Antomobiling ' " Yachting and other out door sports may be indnlged in every day. A. in the winter. ; "v. ; . r." " post-office- : fourthnote-orrilirtableTI'- e- . t - Fifty Dolllrs Lound Trip mt-bfitl- - f - v- Miss-Lund- y SAJLT LAKE ROUTE man to tell you how yoa can go to Southern California and return via SaD Francisco . at a alight' ad- -. . ditional cost and stop over most anywhere. v - ff 1 Beat-Jaelaro- Lifcrn:t!:a end tickets, 1C3 So. T.Idn St. Szli Itlt r;?f se -- . , . -- at THE HERALD FORLIrTHEniEWS post-offlc- - n r 1 '. . v T'' I- --STtr-7 T.- . woman's intuition, she saw tbat spme A look of terror, vise me of what- - they- - had sees - by which smote me to the heart; swept means of the brief, unsigned notes, over her. face. 6he; Sprang forward "The situation puzzled me more and stepped between Mason and me, than ever and I didn't fall asleep until who stood- - staring at each other like Jwvin grossed late nsi the instru-melyphCaptlckBMi-SheiJobbe- d, many7re8tle788;hodni,W of torture which uid. service for 'don't you believe, him. He didn't have' a thing to do with it. i did it myself. ihat-rfiight- L4t IM 11 -- ; 1 lV fcW rxrtmSi that they had. taken the pains to ad: thing was wrong. -- Alsflilthadbeerrb :' 7y ziil.m s - post-offic- - A. C found -1 ' OVER-LAN- . : -- Ge-Piree- t-r -- VA i -- . satisfied and felt that mywork had ' Just begun. ' "With . . j - my suspicion of Mason set at Test, I could confide more fully in him;' so I set out 'with two clews, the worn- .. . ' A v1. l lJ. . aiuai. .juaauu uauj ueu auuA nit riBiiur tfie- 1 thejliCTrrthi: headrTBere glaS" WMejQianyjvomen la tlie village that fitted the description In a general way and that was a. hard cfewto IollQWsa Melt bacfei Bpen the pin; w There were none of the kind for sale in the village RrheTe"everheen,BO I "knew' that be'ahmported one. This was some progress," but I ::was .still far from shore. . 'i aon t Know that i wotjh ever have run the thief to earth If it .hadn't chanxeahrTlTiet: a iatvfitiai aft noon who wore a flower pinned upon her breast. A glance showed me that the pin which held It was the. twin brother to the one I had found. The lady, I learned, bad been in the Tillage some four or. five months teach Ing a dancing school with great sue- mn ""una n aw Tir n n rrt ara .'huh duo .am B"r fix-the-ptmn- -- a. 17 frm. ,','7I ..fliv lauiq 7... . 7'it' was aia'easy matter to clear up the "robbery after this. ' She was an old timer In criminal deeds and, as slick a crook as everwore petticoats She had easily learned the careless metBod8of-th- e and,' when she deemed the occasion ripe', had selected a skeleton key from her stock and pulled off the robbery, a neat Job except for Mason's untimely anrsear- -- -- e post-offic- had most aacepM--e-'acene'."''''''She of the stamps in ber possession, but she bad Bent- - the money-orde- r book to her husband, who was then operating in the profitable field of the south' v est. .. . "How about ,tbe lover,, did you say? They were married in due time and. I had the pleasure of officiatlnis r ."than.'"." .: Sl '' - jest (Copyright, 1909, .".::" (Copyright by W. O. Chnpwan.) 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