Show MIN w rhe he colfax bookplate BY AGNES AGNE S MILLER I 1 th the wu was it mystery la 21 t golf til it was o 0 drtad Dr Tid V the h ill artist colfi colfax who bo dourt la in to th I 1 late att eighteenth ja ably nineteenth Klo out but bad no aarl am I 1 fl cn can customers cuto mr tt yet tb plat plate wai was rand in in american book out oath of th if rara of at As old virginia family th the ie a li Is that colfax baid hald hal d en to a 0 count ot at abo tb war and refused to accept a corn 1 0 M minion lon from tali oil id et of the th how did h he come to bilk make as 10 excel kioa tlona tb history of all 11 II boltax book plate plates wf wag known pr pro ill all of them hid had been cata tt tot hr here I 1 as i aa an PIC 1 a ot of his hi art which nm rover bad corn come to alil before what peculiar lecul lar fr bad bed caused him to alak link hi his animosity expand his best ability oa 08 S piece pc of work for or aa an americal and then to kp keep tho the act fact blades arom prom the tb time tam the tb plate wait ai do red 4 inside bild ali the corn cover of a rr rare old torn tome la 10 A oa on lowr lower fourth avenue ma it betas 0 to o pat put forth SUP 1 the th hovag b boyr T who the hook book for tb the shop hoy nearly flY loit lost his job c acao of tt it ewy every clrk clerk and other amplo nipS 7 e irto wt touched it beam 11 io in a wits of peculiar bemal 1 ngi 1 it ltd led I 1 to A murder or what at haat least Ippo to t b be on am after a dribis rrt bl of dir dire ST renta onto th the diabolical proceedings aud god 4 danly il add ended and the tb old ala bookplate book plato be b earn COM tim fot agent of nes all the lie eunie some slier asked ur ito hob arte eyeing the yellow note gain yea yes jut just as those gifts lit ere are what did thil this instrument look biker A small nail cuba box I 1 con can I 1 eren even cues guess its it bai has what I 1 take for a handle on the back end and hat that looks like it imal lever on an top flat 1 ane ante this lostra meet appears CD on the bookplate la in thi this book which conceals a key and oa on this yellow alap picked up just before the accident there Is fofol pierced the pattern on the instrument I 1 fancy there come some connection among all these facts tell irell me about this key said mr roberts I 1 described how it as fastened into the bou bo U cover and made a it rou rough gh sketch of it also of the instrument drawn va on the bookplate which be he then recollected haung haing ceen seen the day be foe I 1 related bow how I 1 had bad eard the time clock rini twice la to the course ot of the past emins at twenty minutes past eve ven clock and at a quarter past ten en how directly after the sec see ond time I 1 had seen am ur care cart and the strai er standing stani lint below we as I 1 waited on the balcony how bow the two recognized tech other la in silence lence cl and how the stringer stonier vanished I 1 coo con eluded with al all the details of the morning including ur bit cases askin for be the book and returning it un touched its most unfortunate you had bad to be here lone alone all morning ti frowned owned ur mr roberts ll but ita time to send for aimy almy and ell tell him all conre dincov ered or believe youve discovered about that book bool do you really think ite its Import ocil at last I 1 possibly Por sibly dt least something of what you my say conliss a fact hitherto held la in confidence e to know tt it now may help yon you you ion saw ur cata seart lilar you believe for this book which you think ao an object to so many persons ell he was sh albent ent froni from conference oo 00 monday shortly before tic ten ind end during dorlo hit that time be b was icca am la in the fsr of tb the bool thop tha the thrill that rao ran through lug was anything but pleasant ct ur continued ile stepped on out of mr darrow darrows office omet be le 10 d to got i j cr crr talo list of books from ulu willa whose bouce li Is ol 01 courve on the 1 fourth floor I 1 few minutes later to L returned turned with kb the hit list bat but he 6 was een teen during that lime time coming down the rear gal al lery tain stairs into the be hop nho MIT savy biar I 1 demanded miss grosvenor Crus venor she t kaw him but in the bourre of accountis log ic for ber her moTt eminent ments to almy alloy the he de having OD teen ur mr cito cato that wy way do joa you think there wai wits any con lection between li and ud grosvenor after dair I 1 01 1 be he know him hlat no what he aid gold was ra hat tilt be fiad led never seen mr grosvenor la in the shop ai as fou you and the lie other clerk clerks hid bid it maj may be that he be did know him foor four statement of hit his interest to 10 this lav book provided it can con be proved thai that mr grosvenor airo alto had an interest lo 10 it might confirm thil this idez ade V hy did I 1 lose that book I 1 and who took Ter hara almy can trace it at all event events we bate thia this note cote of your jour your and your sketches to work on and doo don t let worrying over pad post mistake lead yoa you into further onea ones thia this case growing lesi less troublesome trouble tome esom A Vh lints nta happened nowr I 1 faltered apprehensively ur mr roberts looked decidedly dis ai as be replied i it bai has been learned that ulsa was groa gros venor in ili accordance with a frequent custom of tier hers her thera eafe safe deposit box laet last saturday the she allece alleges that be lent sent ber her that the tethered tel hered to him two jwo tho d Jell 1 gri la in liberty boods fulch he be wanted for iome ome transaction and a complete memorandum of their combas was found in bla his desk in her writing out but oa on wednesday there londi were bold sold in to the market for charit tharies be cousia 1 but I 1 thought he lit failed sailed O the rhe radio message regarding his hers death could oot not be de inhered Ili ered ue he was not on the ship I 1 wai was thunderstruck I 1 recalled ernestoe Erne she ilk alks bilm pretty good I 1 in sorry and bow how julia herself bad had told me ber bet cousin tind bow how strangely phe the bad bed apolen of him nhat does the site say ay I 1 finalle askill slie she insists fie he cave gave the bonds to her grandfather and knows nothing further about them looks bad aid sold L I 1 tes fee said tit roberts ll obert lift had bad agreed with mel I 1 left the domce it ID a panic CHAPTER IX ni nl i glit at normandy terrace nancy was awaiting ice we at my desk ai as it waa was two minute past ore she insisted on my accompany lak ber her forthwith to t normandy Nor mindy terrace dt di cli clinine allig my offer to appear tact tactfully tactful fulli lj just before dinner so we went ent forth say who ilo do you think spent last lost evening biti mer nancy asked 1 I 1 coda t pins I 1 returned wing enthusiasm but really tired oot out slid worried to a point biern I 1 care at all cheer dp up ba be interested Inter cited uen len I 1 tell you it wj wa that miss bliss gros renor venor who life ilves downstairs down stair the ne ideal dear I 1 gasped calved gal banned into life spin so won soon really joa where waw was peter gone to baynes For rolde yoa remember I 1 hope other time ba he wu bare latt a than 0 to intel her sh abi is 11 a 9 dice nice girl though no tot sophisticated I 1 bad toot her oo 00 the tain stairs that morning and nl introduce introduced myself ai its A 1 nr neighbor sad cd ached her to coni tocie and ra me m tf it shi she felt fell like society any time un becal liv I 1 al 1 I way ways div did coto t it seem a little soon 1000 after her bet bereavement for her to be b making calls on a 1 tiran gerr I 1 frigidly no 01 dot under the shei sties been lone alone ever since the sot back froni from the hospital 1 tuesday te had a die nice time I 1 made a pole VOID of telling tier her how food pod peter amo as to into roe bringing me to that lovely apart part dent ment and I 1 showed tier bet his hi I 1 Ic ture and told her tioff how everybody thought neb ruch a lot ot of bim at sit Da darron and the told me about tier her work la in the aldrich studios which abe she imply simply loves dal but im rm lure sure the detested her titer rm skated thil ehe the should bare have even hinted such a chlow thine 1 do you really think the would have bad loch such rotten taste t when he be vu deada then bat do yoa you mean by gayln abe the like blaird 1 I aid gold I 1 thought dot said nancy meekly 1 I saw in the paper that had a million dollars dot lara so of at conne course anybody an body would have liked ola him it poi poe able but ebe she bad to work terri till bard and site never teems to have had any fun fum she invited roe me to go to see her ihli this evening but I 1 laid said you were comlos camlo to see ae me so to as the she remembered your came the aid said from biang bit IDS beani board that you took can care of hir ht ben the fainted the invited lou you too I 1 no iff not dot impossible to go because I 1 have accepted for both ct 0 UL u I 1 it occurred to me miss having extracted the information ehe she desard from rueth roe the other aijo la Is now in a mood to give some the eveet may be pro profitable lable after nil all so after a suitable interval terral Ic lad ad followed to n elc excellent client urner dimier suavely 1 presided over by honesto hi nesto 8 I 1 followed nancy to the second story doer door which lan known to her I 1 had en ell two says days previously tho the long lon room with its bricht bright belling and row rose wood furniture oscr which now saied a ming clow glow made her eyes dance with deight df light but she be in trod iced DC me demurely enough to jolla julia grosvenor who made no reference to received me before though she war cordiality itself fet soca soon I 1 felt cure sure I 1 should never pass an evening more consummately dull dult julia did not even the roost most ordinary of ber her own alT affairs airs sd ad I 1 could dot not help wondering if it do th matter bautz bed bonds ta raj oot riot made ber her even r core vre secret secretive li e than before I 1 grew wearier and after the sleepless of the eight before and felt fe increasingly peevish over the wasted evening 1 I feir cincy weve were already kept miss up too late oh yoa you dont want to so to yet I 1 protested julia we don t want went to go at div all nanc assured her not from this loveli room I 1 I 1 ire to never seen so to much anict furniture end I 1 know quite a lot about furniture for one so to young mj ai father bai has kinks of mahogany tour four and tod applewood app lewood corner cup boards and banjo docks clocks low how be b would love loe that enchanting little sew ing table ia she indicated the minis ture table I 1 bad had noticed on mr my first arst misu weve nothing tike like hat that though I 1 re seep some in antique continued coelln aed saturday 0 to the lie of york Is the popularity of the ihorn evening dreu dregs with a mall small trail train she does 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