Show The Colfax Bookplate a By AGNES MILLER e. e O e by Th nm Cw c. SYNOPSIS On a certain Monday morn morning InS Miss bliss Constance Fuller seller of or books nt at Darrows Darrow's s Booker Book Book- E rare er New sew York notices that t the first customer Is a dignified d old I gentleman who saunters Into the alcove placarded Medical h Works Peter Burton one of or orthe the employees amazes Constance by telling her he paid at auction n for tor an old law book containing con con- a Colfax bookplate SudY Suddenly Suddenly Sud Sud- Y denly a girls girl's shriek of ot Murder Mur Jur- Jur der rings out The elderly customer cus- cus toner tomer Is on the floor unconscious with his right wrist slashed just before the shrieking girl falls tails In a faint she he calls out to Peter Keep It Keep It for tor forme formet torme me met me Peters Peter's P sister Nancy fancy began be- be began began be be- gan that morning working at Darrows farrow's Nancy tells Constance of or her elop elopement ment with Brandon Tower Toner an elopement which was wae cut short when Tower atten pled to make off orr with Nancys Nancy's suitcase suit suit- case Constance explains Dart Darrow's Darrows Darrows Darrow's Dar- Dar t rows row's index card-index s system stem to Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Ashland a nephew of or Mr Darren's Darrows s They examine the i book Peter paid for and find findt t the bookplate te to be a forgery Constance Is asked to n assist DeJ Detective De De- J 1 Almy In his Investigation murder of ot the elderly of ot the genf gen ben gentleman P f The girl who fainted tainted t. t ti Julia Grosvenor turns out to be u his granddaughter She can j throw no light on the mystery Constance calls on Julia who seems relieved relle when told er Ar r cry Keep It for me me mer was not Dot Tn I II i unheeded Darrow orders Cents Cent's Con Cen t's ts I f t stance to remove the bookplate from the book i t CHAPTER ff I 1 1 CHAPTER VI Continued VI-Continued Continued 10 10 ID In emulation of her cheerful indus- indus j 1 the water In U tle e little aluminum D' D f t began to bubble merrily and three D mutes mites later tile later the correct time tilde I bece be he reo ce ve for tea to draw Captain Captain Ash I Id rid d was drinking the brew blew which h. t Ith the crown unites the British tl pure pre The two other gentlemen did oJ of t have to be coaxed long to Join i tin turn m so sit my Judgment In n laying layng In n plen pen 1 L or ot tea teJ proved pro correct The cup cap cupIn In n sat SU happily In a 0 big oak armr arm Jr r AIr lit Roberts accommodated hisa his a ib of fit limb to the radiator and r. r r. r Case tase leaned gracefully on a n tiling tHIng r binet DEt all nil chatting chattin g cozily of nf this nn and lulf tut lit t ih 1 i n nn d ed d rU 0 e e rl I III ii uC an ant Juu t J io e wind Ind blew and Nancy Fancy oncy contributed i 1 aei educational sketch cabarets cabaret cabaret- s hinn with a partner In n the person pelSon persons f s f a 8 messenger boy bov who ho came In with pakI e for Darrells Darrell's on Fifth ayes aye axe s e e. e t 4 nt this ripping I 1 cried the ca cup cap P Pin fin I in radiantly Of course coulse I know It Its It's tot hi manners to ask osk but hilt ma mayn't nt 1 I have haxe not her cup cun e fAs As s he 1 leaned forward fOI to pass his hist t anil r cup his glance fell casually on un the wa urn rn kIL binding of s Mes still soil un on iop nU OJ of the desk He lie Hethe It l the hook honk 11 up rip deliberately a ned the cuter cover and again gazed th Interest at the laboratory ry Inte j tor or r giving III un on the tile distant sea 1 J JI nrY nh f Miss JI s Fuller thinks Im I'm never ne 1 V 1 unie unless s. s i Im I'm m stopping some same un one ones one's s 's P work Iud and doing self mj vj none clone m myself 1 This time she was teas all nil 1 d b dy to lo soak souk off this tilts bookplate when did Id I'd what lull you call horned In and ked d fur for another her A American n tea l In InI I I Jr tr Case luse sUllied smiled u riled politely l Yes es were we're to tu s Jul il the book and ond Mate Sf separately j 1 hear tine often n does hotter better that WH wiry l' l rn Captain Ashland 1 dont don't w ull p prices here hen I under r rt rind 1 the hook honk five t was expensive IJ mill anti ten dollars wasn't Iti It UV i t liar I ii I would this curl curious r u. u c c v fetch r Ii J Horror wind and amazement tilled rn mt j ul UJ anil and I that I lt of Mr Ir Ruh whose II l CY r nee ie Intercepted mine mille II as its the tile cu cap cap- ill thus added to lu tile the list 1151 asters tl he hart had 11 I C I ii lit ill I I Mar MarIn ar Rs R's I In Iti le les less s s than four faro I dt lays davs s. s the fact fart r liI ij he e was WI Informed of ut t the lie l 1 y In that thin had bud the till t J urze e for far vears U 1111 ho had hUI phi old II himi him I nl i t UI i. i 1 j. j our nor Mr Ir Roberts Huberts not unit Peter as its It t II vet rill nil u ot n nn n 11 us nt might I have hu i Ir th thi tilt uncle who Willi so II dt sired ti n ine nl eJ t ri reason to hl Im him Mr I r list Case II f H flag Ht t t IM I'M I Tall I lo u ell rile e situation 5 however howe chois hi S 'S y fc R HR as Ia he did lid ti to III un answer st ver the first of ol 4 f Sr Wo I i J t I hadn't whar aas 0 paid fur t hank I If 1 Ill ht said air 4 I 1 i lin l' l lIn In pe interested I In n tl i it Ik kIr I lan J II art went wem OP no the ca 1 flour lI ly y ItC bt UN teacup HII l n I 1 it her her- ui ut rl 6 sf k the r day when I x wl U s t rId v J 5 4 Index x I noted dire I ly tI haft stiS I it II the chi Work ork of at o tint one fit ri roust le I Ith J II Hi th It II Va was 5 lily II a ado V Vt t do allow III y lid you er that In Ini ilia i Mr Y Yes 1 es r I will trill take if t t er cup It you jou OU please Miss Hiss II ful jj r t Anti Nd Try inu I ut UI till th r lint cult i In tn n. n It u I r u IB vii hI f finished wilt wilt- v It Itu It ut III I Ir Irs Ir's t Klir 11 s int not a n punt print II you vou see tI e suite I rI 4 over fI the hank t 8 sli e 11 t un an u fI I nt i t H n fine 1111 tine I 1 III J 1 In I ro 11 11 i y I n I I 11 I er 1 t lilt Ili unit til I bad Ill 1 lit III the flIP v 1 4 hn hared Ilan U a colN lul col N i nt 01 hu liti Ulf hp open p n fool n. ht j 1 II inferior to this one still there are are Auspicious r r us things s about it for in stance tun e the paper always to Q ored a 0 peculiar shade of ot brown This Is brown said bald Mr Roberts ellow Ca Captain 1 I tutu Ashland i r rod and md no nn doubt the fhe best could he got KUI but hut used al n a site cal l huff hulT tint tinted tinte ed dd e paper r winch which he col ctrl ored himself by hy some secret process process- probably ln involving however er died riled with him Ue He I c was a ar r groat ut arf 1st t. t mil full of whims Ive I've seen litany of his fits hl prints nil all done Anne on that shade of nr paper piper and of lour e on Oil ona nna a o paper In per a n century or more old nirl merle made of linen rn raps rags s Flits fills N is of rant modern man mil matte made de of ot wood Colfax died about thirty y didn't he lie I Inquired Yes he was v about seventy se five e I believe e The arithmetic have e tile me un an other oilier her reason for the nut auth n of this Ills drawing said the olio cap rain lain looking whimsical Colfax you von see was as a n patriot first and ond an artist afterward I laughed and helped him out lie De never ne would ac accept ept orders from Amei Americans leans hem because use be he absolutely opposed op posed d the Revolution He And n as it seems seem likely that this old American law hank book must have been heen the property of or an American It doesn't seem likely that the fhe plate would have hu been designed by hy Colfax Especially addea the captain as the design is pictorial As was natural natural nat nat- ural enough In n a n with Colfax's royalist sympathies and aristocratic clientele he almost always made mude heraldic he he- designs for bookplates that bookplates that is designs showing the family coat cout of arms firms Only something out of ot the c common would have ha led him to m make ike ikea a pictorial plate If he ever eer did May Inv I 1 have hn u look at It now asked Mr Case ose as Mr Roberts closed the book to drink his nonsensical tea ten Rather an on Imaginative picture Isn't It 1 All except the Immediate foreground foreground fore fore- ground agreed Cal Cai Captain tain Ashland That table covered ered with old Instruments ments I merits 1 dont don't recognize many of them them looks looks very realistic and ond the alembic and skull are con conventional owners' owners symbols us used 1 on nn many a 0 doctors doctor's doctors doctor's doc doe tors tor's bookplate What the rest of the picture sl signifies on one could hardly tell without knowing something t about the owner The ship looks realistic to me observed ed Mr Roberts absolutely un unable unable able to refrain from differing with some one any longer lon Maybe the owner was n a sailor And what about those e good gaud strong pillars Ma Mn Maybe be he he was an ex ex- sea captain fn They always build hullet a good goud substantial house some somewhere where to retire to Such cla classic columns column said I In ely for I couldn't let Mr Robarts Rob Rob- orts arts contradict and not do so m myself are often used as us a purely conven en frame for a II bookplate picture Mr Case nodded approvingly ln ly hut but the captain Intent lucent on malting making another point noticed none of ol us He lit said And theres there's an on unmistakable giveaway give give- giveaway he away ony In the signature did you yU notice It Miss Fuller Yes I audited the tile circled r led ser set serpent serpent pent n as It Its It's railed called Is quite wrong Yes hl his hill full Is 13 In hl lily hut mouth n nIt a as aIt It should he but hut tile the mouth I Is open n nut not closed Its It's a 8 very ery st strange ru error ii iiI I f fi i j jh Ii s h I I I 6 if J II 4 I I- I Ir r 1 4 i What Would This Curious Bookplate Likely Fetch In deW detail I for fur the lit Jc general execution of thai thin shows shows- a marvelous p JI t Il of iii lilt lint lint lint- of ut l won hold 11 II a few 1 rue fit irr Ir the t shut ful tails Its It's ln lu lust t the Hie I difference dIT reri IU e het between tie the l I nl the rite master mii tN ruin where H tI closed Another her the purl part of ul would have halve Item ien 11 Mr fir I use Case II e. e lightly I t goat suggested r mil ifill rid put pat lilt H it H nl III hunk bok I He lip flo Ili the hand mm HP us It I loin lain II lion n on the desk cheerful r r ceased She Ill ices ice's I saw sh she l 1 a. a me ale 1111 H the Hie tragic i herand her for more mine and Wilt was tI t f cl ye her hi Sortie III lust UM t I II when sh- sh h st stepped PP up qui II etly and pointed pC to a 8 pile of ot books book in to front of meShall me Shall Shull I take those now she asked Yes please I J said suld and und then place them all nil on he the wagon to be returned to the shelves She Site avidly swooped up everything e In sight yes thanks to her Industry s 's Notes would be listed after nil all Her enthusiasm for tor work seemed contagious cC The tea teapot pOI Wn was vas now drained and Captain Ashland moved that the fhe session should adjourn with a rl rising vote ot at thanks and In Inv Inquired eagerly as os he took tank his leave II it III I 1 ruin did ld not really think we really ought to have tea ten every ery day clay CHAPTER VII Night Watch Tell me shall shull you be tie able ahle to sell the book and und the rIle bookplate t e separately elUl ra tely for tire five hundred and ten dollars together to to- together gether demanded Nancy Nanty I had hud to wait walt one whole second before before be be- fore deciding what to say and ond it took toC her fur far less than that to transfer her herself herself herselt self to the fhe large oak chair choir jus va vu vacated by lIy the captain and a It thick pile of papers to my desk Please look at ot my work and ond tell me If It It Is right so 1 I can cnn go on she requested And what about the live On hundred bundred and ten dollars If It you want to get on at all you will have hove to occupy yourself with what concerns you I said suld Walt Volt a minute 1 I Theres There's more about the book bC Just now Wilkey nearly died after f jl 11 said Id I'd do what she me 1 I You haven't me mentioned tlC ned that occa occasion s Ion slon And hour bour ago she asked me to help you jou ou though it would be lie an nn ordeal especially since I l was 19 Inexperienced I said sold 1 J was here h to learn besides all my letters were finished though the tile theother theother other girls girls' weren't Then she asked me tae very sweetly to Inquire of Mr Case who was o always so nice whether there had been heen any offer yet jet for that old law low book bonk site she had sent down to lu you jou b bj by me on Monday l afternoon She said her cousin Magistrate would give I e a hundred d dollars for It II If that would be he enough And you jou have t not asked Mr Case Nancy Its It's vulgar to wink And I am really most st refined U as anybody can con see When have I had bad bada hada a u chance chalice to ask Mr air use Case I had bud only July time to St stop rup In the stock stockroom stockroom room mom and look at ot their t telephone h dl r rectory while u I was ns telling Dermis Dennis to 10 togo togo go 0 up tip arid and say soy I found mv my typewriter would he required utter after all and there really Is a Magistral MII And now It Its It's no use n asking I Mr use Case Miss lIss Wilkes P will ju Just t have hll to 10 accept the fact that the hooks hook going Into Info the catalogue Listen Constance where do no you keep leep It i Wh do clo you want wont to know Im worried about it It on Peters Peter's account I want It to lo he be sate safe Mu Mayhe he with a n fake hell he'll he be In a worse hole than Ihan ever er Perhaps U ii you jou have ha It right by you Jon vou might have e havea a 11 chance to make somebody hay It for more attire than Magistrate would offer uffer I felt touched Nancy dear I promised Im goIng go Ing to tn write the m in st alluring post ud of that volume and also of If the bookplate No shall lay hl his marauding lingers fingers upon It until the world I Is apprised d of ot all ull ullIts Its charms and anal until JUIces or fir some similar Juggins with money to fn waste wu-te comes along it shall r remain here in inthe the lowest left left hand hand drawer of 01 mv my desk Nancy went buck huI to work satisfied we labored through the chorus cho cho- chorus rus of Good Goad nights from the ewe eve exodus e Only for far Peter Ieter did I Itol stop stall one fine moment Im Ini going up 1111 tonight ht to tn I a place phil called culled s Baynes fItS to tn buy a u lot Ini lotof of it old trusty ire hp in med me rue discreetly viewing lewing Nancys Nancy's buck back Kids KIls doln doing better eh eel i Sires a 0 great greaf worker I J compromised compro compro- I 1 looked at Dt Peters Peter's downcast face and a 8 thought that had occurred to tome tome tome me over the tie steaming kettle reverted I felt convinced that he was currying carrying some heavy secret burden relating to Julia Julin Grosvenor Gros I had hod never nevel forgotten forgot forgot- ten that state stute of frantic alarm which had hod seized him on the threshold of Mr MI uses Cases office last Monday though er ever r since his manner had been so 80 calm culm as ns to he be almost unnatural particularly particularly par pur when he ne and I had hod been talking to Mr Almy IT I could have hove only told him of any my visit to Julia of 01 her recognition Ion of him In to the the shop her relief reller on hearing that he had bad denied denied de de- de- de nied riled all understanding of ot her excia- excia r ration I 1 Out But knowing that that visit |