| Show the colfax coif ax bookplate BY MILLER th the bookplate was M a 11 mystery in it 1 it t vii WIN Tod fi or the b manat artist colfix colfax who bo nourishes in tb ur late lit eighteenth and ula cot but colfix bad no tie amerl caa er rat at III tbt I 1 plat plats was round found la in to an american book eliut t of the tb library of ao an old Viral vinonia cla faulty tb the fact act lj Is tbt bit colfix colfax kadid Allar leans oa on fie fe count of e the tb bif and refused to accept a eom cow fron from bids id of the th how did be h corn como to make IB an acy atcon lion the th history of til all colfax book elate plate was wa pro guns tily all of them hid had been cu logged yet hr hem wai was an exquisite specimen a of his art which cover had coic come to light before what peculiar ei umi tanco bid lad canid caused him to sink his animosity expend bli big but best ability oa 02 a piece ct of work for an american and the to kp keep the tb tact fact biddens from the th time the th plat was dincov rd red inside the th cover of f a nr rare eld old torn tome la ilk a bookshop I 1 p on 3 lowr ower avenue it berrall t to pat lot forth sinister influences th the buyer who ad the th book tor for the th oh hop 0 0 nearly 1 let lost his hl fob job ea an account of f 11 11 clrk clerk and other nip loyf who touched it became involved IB in a malls of pecullar pt cullar it ltd led to a m arder or what at least ap pard to be b one oa after a able ne cession of t dire events tant the th diabolical proc edlon iud bud deuly aly ended and ho be eld old bookplate book plat bt be came ur the arat agent of delightful romanel continued from saturday wow now tell mo BS moi i did the professor profet sor do atil thIng while yoa rou were watching except look at these bookil book positively dot answered ue tras was wrapped op up in lem be turn his bead when the youns young lady the tile book books ond end the yellow pa pit per be I 1 even teem seem to notice the click ue lie jim jut stood there reading until be he turned to go down the aisle behind that last lost eliat 1 very well aid said mr alay almy flo back now u mill III you ion tucker to the po mitlon juu on were la in in to the history alcove alcore barton Cur tool I 1 res yes tir air ald paid cetera peters oce sti step b behind the aw book alcove 1 rl richt ht lo 10 front of that large arse book took on the tile fourth belt which the professor eay says be was of ilomae caw raw I 1 heanu peter move and hastened my preparations to leave tuckers Tu cLera story me more inore every minute vow ow farrell said aid ur almy 1 I caring hearing another movement I 1 glanced down the atte alste again and sad I 1 faw saw one of the stran cera 96 a aaa man several inches shorter thao than peter reter stepping into the law book alcove 1 ll heres eres your lour book arrell rr rell 1 went on M alray 1 arta acts and laws of the lit vistula iola legislature also on the fourth shelf on his this side yon you tee see and here at your right hand as it was at sir alt Gros vences well put the aprin 1 I lancet I 1 ve set IL it Is that position right tucker A uthe little farther forward eald said tucker ill it aas en on the edge ede of the shelf the little lever held it there and that long black thing was towa toward mo ile means the hammer said sald yar vell ell there therel I 1 flows that right uld tucker 1 I 1 tee see he be cr Is just hanging the edga of the shelf aid said ur aimy almy now ow then farrell you and durton draw your lour mo tao books off the shelf what happened next mr grosvenor stooped down and looked hard into the open space on 00 the tte shelf like be he was looking looting for bend down farrell until yoa you can see into the gap directed sir mr almy Is that the way it as tucker au u see het bet just ur Orosi Grom enors height 1 yes air but be ought to have his book la in jils his left b n and hij his right tort sort of st retried out along the shelf on the empty space itle as it he b was going to take Boa something ething off it the there w L now farrell lid said mr almy 1 what do yen you seel seer theres a gap clear across the shelf froni from front to baca back answered ans wired furrell farrell 1 I see burton plainly nothing else all rii ht had jour your posit leyA burton darton do y see the there was a very tery brief giue then peter reter yes sir T ibea reach through the PD line aa it aci up i that was the last I 1 beard I 1 fled out of rf darrows ea as fart or flood I 1 was uselma there as nse lese it teemed seemed to me as else was before that devast devastations AtIns story ot ol tucker who bad been unearthed tron from bis his obscurity to save julia it was true but only thereupon to in her uncle our 04 friend aly my superb dinner simmered daw into i a glass of hot bet milk to make malto mo 4 sleep which desirable eni it se c complIs con hed ct at three sunday morning and at seten the telephone rang ar arouson aro every one in 1 the bouse ex el capt myself for whoa whom the message ines sage was it wa was froni trow ur hr almy and be he asked me to come into town on the first trula train I 1 coull get and come glit to normandy terrace this was all bf ho ald said i he sounded I 1 could not ask for details in fact flett I 1 id ld oot dot with wish to hear beat them I 1 bad bid tx 36 so merely orders I 1 reached cached normandy terrace soon and in a state of anxiety and who should come dashing forward out or ot thel tb restaurant but ertol itol yea yes ernesto and 14 34 t knew tin bim of uld bemi tuf aa we tind lind nettena bod midnight alarms I 1 Is oas in gala am raj his hl black sunday tilt a addi da collar it purple abhi I 1 this clorain clor nin I 1 CO go to cl urcil cried arnesto Fr nesto clubbing na 1 bs his I berilla oot ot much I 1 dont don I 1 so go there it 11 S too lon long lo 10 church but ebli mort morr IDIL ID Kye yes I 1 ilroy bt up with a shock abat forr I 1 demanded as much at tea ICA its 1 l I 1 regular heathen creases bordered bordern Eram erastos tos eye eyes and arid nose and lips you think I 1 eel got 11 lie tie aw q ie ried tied coquettishly not me I 1 hat list other people oil lie cattar lie glanced up the tile well end and deuced his til blasic 1 avink tills tinie mif f bened by nril 1 I 1 go burn u calille van lie for them tills nil mor ulos anyway I 1 I 1 bre allitA d mulching ching tho the baal liter ter lou lion dont P n has something sime llilas als C bap penedo you dont doni cried cr fecto ily illy god godl I 1 IOU ou go upstairs airs I 1 I 1 did soffi somehow how perhaps they tad had beard card our wins for us as I 1 walked down doun the boll ball the door of the 1 I rosener apart apartment went sprang a pen and I 1 liard laugh laughters terl hot loud not a it happy of content cut out it pw merry when I 1 entered I 1 was wo so dafa to see julia julin ittin ou on u n blur blue sofa mul and beside her holding tier lund land itofe I 1 buffs ruffs sor or harrington client by 1 at I peair standla cs hat to hand nas vies ur almy alloy 11 e had to bare bore you here to make it complete completer cried julia toward me witt will nirh a anille on tier face as had ew tew t been seen thre there before A miracle has ha happe happened I 1 I 1 sank into a dair it must have I 1 Cr ernestos nestos tot got rel I 1 fun I 1 good old cried veter oil athy by aren arant I 1 you IOU joyful too erd a stance ancel tt esi I 1 glowered sei erell ot at air almy wh talio 0 I 1 tl 19 9 CUL of my talen taken an nn knuti uti aud the only calin person ilar ringlon was in such a state of he ile colida acci un t speak ot at all come to my rdoe ue e just wanted to return me of your correspondence be he dd said and froni from bis his pocket be ie produced my ros yells iv pe nel I 1 the professor now found bia 1 voke miss fuller kandil let me nee tx that bit of paper I 1 he saki tn in bis his gentle precise manner manir lit it wee to rescue me from cowit let and it finally coolly brought me to roy my dear brother ees child thora I 1 imd neier expected to see in to this world we were silent a moment before the picture of that one due old lonel cent leman len and that beautiful and gift ed eirl girl at last freed one froni from the sorrow the other from the perau ion lion which bad had filled their alies twe could be no doubt that their happy unexpected i wal ION too year years of sweet relationship they illey were absorbed lo 10 each oilier mr almy beckoned and me into the he little reception room and shut the door aa am I 1 never to know what bae has happened I 1 demanded deman did you mean bince you son slammed 1 darrows door doore inquired mr hr almy tt e beard heard all 1 I didat blame you then cut but this Is what leppere lep pene bartol Bur tol toj taking professor tons started to reach for ibe the sp r lalancet ln lancet as directed suddenly be he tit ened up and asked tucker bow far the professor stooped to ere tee into itie the law bool book alcove from the rear yon you see interrupted ieter peter bein beans just barrin tons height I 1 would of course ece see jost nhat hat saw and I 1 bad had noticed that when vurrell who ho took place bald ha he saw me sl h the cap rul as be tie 1 dida t fee him at alii now w that spring lancett was liblit on IIA cde efte of hie the shelf close betide farrell Farrr ll cud and white while I 1 could eee ste iti it I 1 sold I 1 you knowin ii aas as only by gnp ins ing over that I 1 did FO so it occurred tc me to ask bow how the professor bad stooped and he sald said cents I 1 lir almy ticking cp up bis his story it hat harrington aadil stooped at all but bad had upright all the time therefore we told dorton barton to look into the gap gild see where here the laut was ww an that ton might hare have sten sc n it U and then reached for it wilhoit bending and thin 1 I 1 couldn coulden t come within elgh nde of it IL without stooping overt ted kd peter triumphantly but you said the pr admitted le lie made those streaks flat fast wire found la in the dust betwee th the rowa fowl of WOW bools I 1 sq ettli I 1 I 1 tie he reach tn in 0 yes but just to feel ate ordin to his me story whether or not there as any third row of lio books ks doneald con eald ted be hind the front row as li Is often the case on crowded ghelev mr sir almy this explanation VMS as borne out to some extent by the fit fot that the marks in the dust were ere IQ in deed far back from the ole a of tit ilie lite shelf where the sarka lancet was placed and it Is partly by tucker a statement that be the sor or never stooped oer t it furnished famished a lew as to hy mr sir grosvenor should bare been booling 1 to lock through the cap gap he lie was wa ak wak ins ing a h search for thai that law book so then burton bad had another idea margatet Margat ft asquith bu him received rece ired for or A bovel sovel which it U li is MS ioa was as writ ton ib 6 tine line austin lyle we adnot 1 know abow the ther ever ud did that any seem 0 1 i 4 dt lelAe to a camai aalst 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