Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 20, 1922, Page 8

R PAGE EBIGHY | Author ‘of the Millionaire Baby, (Copywrited by the “THE AMETHYST BOX” ANNA KATHARINE GREEN The Mist, Etc. The Filigree Ball, The House In Bobbs-Merrill Company) CHAPTER 1 It wag the night before the wed- ding. Though Sinclair, and not my- self, was-the happy man, I had my own causes for excitement, and sought the veranda for a solitary smoke in sight of the ocean and a full moon. I was in a condition of rapturous delight. That afternoon a little hand had lingered.in mine for just an in- stant, and small as the favor may scem to those who do not know Dor- othy Camerden, to me, it was a sign that my long, if secret, devotion was about to be rewarded and that at last I was free to cherish hopes. I was reveling in these anticipa- tions when a sudden shadow fell acrosg the broad band of light i ing from the library window and Sin- clair stepped out. He had the appearance of being disturbed; very much disturbed, I thought. “I have something to say to you,” he whispered “Come where we shall run less risk of being disturbed.” “What’s wrong?” I asked. “I never | saw you look like thig before. Has the old lady taken this last minute | to—" “Hush!” he prayed. “The little room over the west porch is empty Jjust now, . Follow me there.” I sauntered in after him. I thought | 1 understood his trouble. The pros- | pective bride was young—a mere slip of a girl, indeed—bright, beautiful and proud, yet with odd little re- straintg in her manner and language. The fault was not with her. But s e | had for a guardian (alas my dear girl had the same) an aunt wno was a gorgon. This aunt must have been making herself disagreeable to the prospective bridegroom. i But, once confronted witih Sinclair | in the room above, I perceived that I had better give my full atention to what he had to say. For his eye was clouded and his manner, when he strove to speak, betrayed a nervous- ness 1 had considered foreign to his. nature. “Walter,” he faltered, ‘“‘something has happened, something dreadful, something unprecedented—yop may think me a fool-——God knows I would be glad to be proved so, but this thing has frightened me. I—" He paused and pulled himself together. “Don’t beat about the bush. Speak ; up! What's the matter?” | He gave me an odd look full of gloom, then coming closer, he whis- pered in my ear: “I have lost a little vial of the deadliest drug ever compounded; a Venetian curiosity which I was fool- ish enough to take out and show the ladies, because the little box which ‘holds it is such an exquisite example of jewelers’ work. There’s death in its taste, almost in its smell; and it's out of my hands and—" “Well I'll tell you how to fix that up,” I put in. “Order the music stop- ped; call everybody into the draw- ing room and explain the dangerous nature of this toy. Aifter which, if anything happens, it will not be your fault, but that of the person who has so thoughtlessly appropriated’ it.” “Impossible! It would only aggra- vnt.e matters, or rather, would not i relieve my fears at all. The person i who took it knew its nature very well - and that person—" | “Oh, then you know who took it!’ I broke in. “No,” he modily corrected. “I do i not know who took it. That is, I do | not know the exact person. Only—" } Here he made a fresh beginning. “When I came here I brought with me a case of rarities chosen from the variqus collections, In looking over them, I came across the little box I | have just mentioned. It is made of a single amethyst and contains—or 0 I was assure when I bought it a tiny 'flask of some very, very dead- | 1y poison. Conceiving that the sight | of it would please the ladies, I car- | ried it down into the library and, in and evil hour called three or four of those about me to inspect it. | “I was holding it out on the palm | of my hand, when someone inquired | to what use so small and yet so rich ] CRERER—" i i i i i e e 1 | S S— : The House That Held a Drop ed up such-a revelation of—what? That is wkat-I am here to ask, first of myself, then of you. For the two “Who?” I sharply demanded. “Gilbertine Murray and Dorothy Camerden:”—his prospective bride and the woman I loved and whom he knew I loved. ““Destribe the sound,” I said. “I can not,” he replied. “I can on- ly give you my impression of it. You, | like myself, fought in more than one skirmish in the Cuban war. Did you ever) hear the cry made by a wound- ed man when a cup of cool water for which he has long agonized is brought suddenly before his eyes? Such a sound did I hear from one of the two girls who leaned over my shoulder. Can you name the woman, can you name a grief capable of mak- ing either of these seemingly happy girls hail the sight of such a doubt- ful panacea with an ' unconscious ebullition of joy? You would clear my wedding-eve of a great dread 1if you could, for if this expression of concealed misery came from Gilbert- ine—" “Do you mean,” I cried in vehe- ment protest, “that you really are in doubt as to which of these two wo- men uttered the cry which so start- led you?” “I can not; as God lives, I can not. Indeed, if the matter had stopped there I would have thought myself the victim of some monstrous de- lusion; but when a half-hour later 1 found this box missing from the cab- inet ‘where I had hastily thrust it at the peremptory summons of our hos- tess, I knew that I had not misunder- stood the nature of the cry I had heard that it was indeed one of se- cret longing, and that the hand had if a death occurs i nthis house to- night—"" *‘Sinclair, you are mad!” I ex- claimed. “Death here! where all are so happy! Remember your.bride’s in- genuous face! Remember the candid expression of Dorothy’s eye. Cou ex- aggerate.” “You are losing time,” was his simple comment. “Every minute we allow to pass in action only brings the danger nearer.” “What! You imagine—" “I imagine nothing. I simply knpw that one of these girls has in her pos- session the means of terminating life iin an instant. Now, as Gilbertine has mever given me reason to doubt either her- affection for myself or her satisfaction in our approaching union. I have showed myself—"", “To think that the object of your fears is Dorothy,” I asked. He did not answer and I stood bat- tling with a dread I could neither -conceal nor avow. (END CHAPTER 1.) 1t is acknowledged that the Chin- ese are very skilful at making con- fectionery and possess the reputa- tion of having many secrets. They are able to empty an orange of its fruit jelly without being able to find the smallest cut in the rind or even a tiny ‘hole. women pressing behind 'me were—" | pulp entirely, then fill it up with | SOLWAY-JONES Mrs. John Earling who has been confined t othe Rutheran hospital is expected to return home this week. Mrs. Dee Powers was on the sick list last weck. Miss Anderson and Clifford Sor- enson were callers at Nels Saltness’ home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Fred Peterson, son, George, and daughter, Mable, Mrs. Parks and son, Vernie, and Clarence and Mar- vin Sorenson were callers at Heaths’ Sunday. ped a carload of cattle to St. Paul Saturday-. Adolph Gustenson has captured several wolves which he getg by run- ning them down horseback. Good job, Adolph. G | Stone; Peterson went to Bagley last week to consult a doctor. He had the misfortune of sawing his hand. The young people are busy prac- ticing for the Christmas program. Nels Sorenson and son, Clifford were business visitors in Solway Wednesday- Lenore Anderson was absent from school Friday on account of sickness. Andy Jerome has been getting up wood for the school district 61. Mrs. Heath and Mrs. Parks were callers in Solway Saturday. CORMANT Alma Kreuth ig working ‘for Mrs. Clarence Johnson at present. Mr. and Mrs. Dane Wester enter- tained a number of their neighbors at their home last Thursday evening. Agnes Nelson and Lloyd Engberg were shoppers in Blackduck last Sat- urday. Carl Bean has been busy sawing wood in thig neighborhood the past week. Mrs. Nels Nelson returned from Thief River Falls last Wednesday eve- ning. Melvin Nessit had his upper lip cut quite badly last Wednesday while chanking a gas engine. struck him in the face cutting a dcep gash. He went to Doctor Douglas The farmers around Solway ship- | Jhonny Evers, “Kid” Gleason and Eddie Collins (left to right) chummed around with Judge Landis. during the New York baseball meeting. While they talked some baseball, there was much more talk of the old golf game. l - es, necessitate congressional legisla- ! tion. Such legislation could not be The crank | at Blackduck immediately and is get ting along nicely, Only a small crowd attended the Farmers Club last Sunday. The ex- treme cold weather kept a good many from attending. The .annual meet- | ing will be held the first Saturday in January. Alfred and Alma Krueth spent Sunday, at theih home at Firman. George Bauer was a Bemidji shop- per last Saturday- Remember the Christmas tree in the Inez school next Friday evening. One will be held on Thursday evening at the West Inez school. A Christma trce and program was held at the Firman school _house last Friday evening. Clarence Johnson went to Mizpah last Monday to get his planing mull which he bought there. . Lloyd Engberg and George Gun- derson are ‘working for Adam Ki- winski, cutting pulpwood. Jesse Sandberg is busy hauling pulpwood to Shooks for Ed. Kirby. Robert Koehn ig cutting pulp- wood for Ed. Kirby. RIO F3POSITION WILL SHUT DOWN MARCH 31 Rio “de Janerio, Dec. 20—Offi- cials of the Brazilian Centenary Ex- positiont today ‘declared to a corres- pondenit of the United Press that the closing . date of the exposition— March 31, 1923—will not be extend- ed as has been rumored. The_officials also declare that the rumor’that the " exposition would close on March 31; as scheduled and then reopen later, ig entirely without foundation. - It would be impossible to run the exposition for a longer period than for which it was sched- uled previous to inauguration on Sep- tember 7. The \foreign govern- ments represented by special mis- sions to the, exposition have their del- egations on a budget and extension of the exposition would, im most cas- adopted in sufficient time. It is a serious offense to ride a bicycle anywhere Rear the city of Constantinople. e s o a rcceptacle could be put. Expect- ng no greater result than lifted eye- brows or flushed cheeks, I answered I.)y pressing a little spring in the fil igree-work surrounding the gem. In. stank.ly" the tiniest of lids flew back, revealing. a.crystal flask of such mi- nut_e proportions that the usual as- tonishment. fallowed its disclosure. ~ “‘You see, I cried, ‘It was made o hold that!" 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