Show The me colfax bookplate BY MILLER tb the bookplate wi was a mystery ll 11 it alf sell it was ly oly the tb 1 colfix who la in ur the lit late eighteenth and sad irla early cn tur bat sot colfax colt had no at acan t customers eulton un yf lot the tb plate was ft found la in an american book out of th ili library of to ell aid virgiaia 11 family the tb fact is hit thit colfix bathed Arner Amr leass lc to no e t aunt of the war r and nd l refused to accept a con com 1 15 from this we ld 0 the tb how did he b corn come to millo ma as excel it tio cloet a the tb tili botory torr of f ill all colfix book boote platte w brown rown pro aebly ambly bly ill all cf et them bad had ba been tita tongued fua tt bore was ai an a exquisite of hi his of r which bad had corn am to light who toiler pc atar circumstance hd bad caused clued kin to ik ak ble M animosity his but best 01 4 a piece of work for far an 0 Amert alsi 1 ad id t hot to hp keep the th fact hida biddy from tb the tn rae th ih put plate was ii dikeov rd red ingles nila the th of a rr fare old torn in a secondhand tok bop on lowr lower dourth avenue it ba to pot put forth sinister influences 7 na 0 boyr buyer who purchased the tb book bool lot ot the th hop nearly loit lost his bl job ea on ac bont of it 11 every clrk clerk ind and other employed employ mp loy co 10 it became involved 1 ID k reif 0 of f peculiar happe cling dingily it ltd lea to 0 o a murder er or what it at itkis appeared to k be oni afar t s terrible loi of din dire s ants nt the th diabolical proceedings tad and d only ended aad the tb eld old bookplate book plato DO be came the th ant of delightful romance continued from wednesday oh it was so 0 o lel shuddered thod dered reI daly daisy 11 1 I finally deeded thursday mornin that I 1 ought to try to find ll 11 aglid am XI aire ve it up after all and I 1 rt what book I 1 bad had put pill it til hot Is I 1 I 1 rebern I ier er the book by name I 1 was wa seared just absolutely oliff I 1 koen knew I 1 4 hould nt have a hidden the filp lip for it yn t in 10 the brat place and slid if it I 1 suspected it was important Im porton I 1 t hould hare have told some one IQ in authority aej then gradually cro dually the more 1 I about the tile thing the more I 1 that mr case badu t rf rr FIRn ded at all to ulysses in tat I 1 led e d film up much to tot quickly and then that tame same thursday I 1 suddenly BUdi lenly any wan isyou qu know tie the way wily you do nil utti 4 a thins thing wj itry bard hard that I 1 had seen a n mr air cyse long along the south gal lery to the door that lead leads upstairs on douday morning just before the thet awk struck el eleven eveni 11 hy by t lou ever say to 0 o be foar demanded ed mr robert roberts evl ext dantly as much stained As a I 1 wa wit and und mabbe as mr almy oas basat at this totally unexpected cm of julia GrosTen Grosve orn nors statement eta that she h had reen peen mr case IQ in the same place at the some time 1 I naver thought of it again until tt minute rat n atel cri cried ed DO daly I 1 4 y sharply chy hy should 11 and why sir mr cae the south callery I 1 he lie does aery eiery day nearly I 1 but I 1 iad bad remembered that the attack nas eald said to baie been made shortly before eleven md and that made me uneasy taken in inaction t with the nay iny clr case had lost till bli head before elysses and then he cot got me a mond wonderful erful position in I 1 coul dut help wondering if it be he had hail done it to pat put me under obligation to film because I 1 bad beard him LIM and alyese Ll 1 lime you further you too would like to tell ioe me miss abbotte sir mr almy inquired that ie Is positively all know about the yellow botel I 1 absolutely Absolute lyl towed daisy 01 sol ol choly bo nhe the wa was remitted to depart CHAPTER XI 4 the Spring Lancet iii ernestos Erne stoa box tree trees were halt half a abilock block away mr almy said cappone Cap ap pote you take back this key alid tie the bool bookplate plate if it at any oily time you too they might get a response from alls W grosvenor Cros Tenor liow show them to her 1 I give 1 thero them to yon you because the so tot clates latt you tn rather illian blunn me with that book bok and rod you in might hive have a chance to ln in her more adroitly once more do your tout best to tit kr nr to tall ile e the box tree trees we paced the blue and nolte bite tiled hallway w we 6 timoted the steep staircase to tho the beconi floor and the door of the and out of it walked mr it cast cesel I 1 I 1 decided that the ball hall was too dark for we to see him what mr almy did I 1 dont know kno for or bo be was behind far but at erea etea he be treat the ruid admitted us to the ilcin room and there sat julia in the same chair where we ve had left hr the previous arning to still that it naad as a it the oil had neter mored ala mla grosvenor we want to do for yau it you will orl let us us said mr sir almy nobody obo con can do anything for gnei the answered in a dead level 11 tone mr ile almy alroy lanced glanced at fit MO you re mistaken nil nid I 1 rather motif to 0 o route rouse ber lr 1 I should not tinte blite dreamed cl of intruding hero it I 1 could wi not belp yoa you 2 1 I wa was here lat last night alen a and nd 10 cousin had that discussion you yoi m moncher you aled asked me to stay tay nd I 1 thick think I 1 hare have here what whitt yon you were with him that object yon ton went 0 I 1 tak the key from xay toy bog b and held it vet vat to ber she locked fit at it 1411 v turned the th mout paper oblong over and scanned the th blink blank bark dark avidly ith gerfen blankness her bet aird a ion on channi changing from beli bewilderment derment to disappointment then to suspicion abot li to it the demanded with some 1 I haven t the tb faintest aaion I 1 I 1 flung it down on oil the tho table and BD drew ibe book bookplate PlAtO out of my tie ii 19 this what joo lots want thear I 1 asked her tier eydi fairly bland with recognition I 1 with trembling flacon the h snatched it from my band hesitated almost one instant aa as if it screwing ber her courage op to a an on preme effort then tomed tura the stout paper oblong over and the blank back avidly then with a heartrending cry of bitter the flunt the book bookplate plats go a the floor door mr alroy almy matched snatched it up V MIM miss Grosi groener Gro enor toor yen recognized thiet be announced sharply IOU ou aw saw it at the bucton pillerree pil lerlee in a beek eek aco ago last it thura thurs day julia grosvenor Gros renor caught ber her breath sharply half hall in chagrin in having bet herself no so utterly half la to CO iraa Uon at tit mr informs lion lou IOU wanted to buy the book with the bool plate jant surel surely there was wa no reason why you should cot zot hae hilie done 0 to o it yiu wished the she finally whispered but I 1 had DO no money so I 1 really went nent to e who would buy It where it would ie be afterward your cousin entered a bid foro forlotte five hundred dollar dollars mohmed mr sir alm 1 jella made no algi or me movement as a you know he was wa outbid den hr mr burton gat the boob book it wai was in Darr oica khop ishop last monday she gazed steadily at the floor door in dead ill ills grosvenor Orom nor I 1 alast ti ast remind yu bat that the authorities flie gle still waiting ailing for you to explain your lout pretence pre ence at that hop shop on monday corning morning for an hour and arld it halt 1 I have explained ill you wont believe mel ion IOU think thiril I 1 followed my grand filber there to kill chlio rud denly blazed the girl arl frightened and fur furious lui 0 o A naj mr almy vry ry quiet ly 1 I 1 tilina yuu went there lk ater that bool plate again but you find 14 it and something else lie happened hat hot I 1 am going to find out miss grosvenor when did you learn that mr burton was darrows buyer hen I 1 left the auction directly after the book had been bought I 1 made inquiries she answered reluctantly did yon lea tell your cousin that dor bar ton had bought no I 1 I 1 even meet him in richmond nich roond if he knew be arst have found out from the gall gallerie erfe continued on Wednes wednesday Wed neily ay |