Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 22, 1922, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER VFRlDA\’ EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1922 “THE AMETHYST BOX” Author of the Millionaire Baby, The Filigree Ball, The House In The Mist, Etc. :(Copyvighted by the Bobbs-Merrill Company) b s i CHAPTER 11T “Sinclair,” said 1, “the stool means nothing. Dorothy has ‘more jnches than you thiak. With this un- ! der her. feet, she could reach the sheft by ;tdl mng tiptoe. there a»: “True, true nm] he started up; “there are the chairs! 1 forgot the chairs. I fear my wits have gone wool-gathering. We shall have to take others into our confidence. Somehow ‘or by ‘some means we must The Search For The Missing Vial Besides, ing out,” grumbled Sinclair. “Dut- ton must have done it.” Dutton was the butler. “I have a notion to shake hxm suggested Sinclair. “It will not be" necessary,” said .1, as the heavy figure stirred. Mr. Armstrong eyed us with sleepy indifference for a moment, then rose ponderously to his feet. “What can I do to oblige you?” he asked. “Pardon me, Mr. Armstrong, we find out if either of them was seen | were looking about for a small pin to come j:o this room.” “Leave that to me,” said I. “Re- member that a’ word may raise sus- picion, and that in a case like this — Halloo, what's this?” A gentle snore had Lome from be- hind a screen. Sinclair had~ already bounded across the room. I presed hurriedly behind him, an dtogether we round- ‘ed the. screen and came upon the recumbent figure of Mr. Armstrong, gsleep on. the lounge. “That- a~counts for the lights be- dropped by Miss Camerden. She was in here just now, was she not?” The gentleman bowed, hawed, and smiled an unmeaning smile. “I am sorry but 1 am afraid | lost myself for a moment on that lounge,” he admitted. “The firelight always makes me sleepy. But some one was in the room. I remember it now. 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Jim Corbett Back in Ring * + “Gentleman Jim” made a brief return to the squared circle, ot to' face an opponent but to referee a bout between a,couple of tissueweights: in a Christmas Fund benefit. The two youngsters who did their stuff’ like veterans‘are Willie Wargo (right) and Harold Jensen: (lefth Not- “Doés Miss Murray wear white! tonight?” “Yes,” muttered Smcl«m', coming| hastily forward. “Tnen it must have been she for| I caught a glimpse of her skirt as| she passed out of the room. And that | skirt was white.” Sinclair ‘turned on his heel, stalk- | ed in a dazed way toward the door.! As farag I was concerned the! question as to who had taken the box from the library was settled. It was now half-past eight. I made my way from room to room looking for Sinclair. At last I returned to my old post near the library door and was instantly rewarded by th sight of his figure approaching in| company with the butler, Dutton. His face, as he stepped into the full light of the open hall, showed discompos- | ure, but not the extreme distre | had anticipated. “Miss Camerden has lost a pin from her hair,”. he impressively ex- plained to me. Then turning to Dut- ton' he nonchalantly remarked, “Per-} haps- you will be good enough to look for it.” “Certainly,” replied the man. “I thought she had lost something when | T'sdw her come out of the library a little \vlulc ago holding her hzmd to her hair” My heart gave ‘a leap then sank cold and almost pulseless in my breast. ;i I heard Sincldir’s voice rise ‘again in the question with which my own mind was full. “When was that? After Mr. Arm- strong went into the room or be- fore?” “Oh, after he'fell asleep. I had just came fropr putting out the gas when I saw Miss Camerden slip m and almost immediately come out again.” So Mr. Arstrong had made a mis- take! It was Dorothy and not Gil- bertine whom he had seen leaving the’room. I met Sinelair's but' Mr. Armstrong’s eye may not .ave been very good for colors.”” “It is possible that both: were in the room,” was’ Sinclair’s reply. “At all events we cannot now prove any- thing this way; we must revert to our | original idea. I wonder if Gilbertine will give me a chance to speak to her.” “You will have an easier task than L” was my half-sullen retort. “There is to be a rchearsal of the ceremony at half-past ten. I might! get a word in then;; only, this mat- ter must be settled first. I could nev- er go through the farce standing up before you all at Gilbertine’s side with such a aoubt as this in my mind.” “You' will 'se her before then. In- sist on a moment'’s: talk. If she re- fuses—"" “Hush!” he here putin. “We part | now to meet in thls same place agamn at ten.” It was some tlmL before T.had the opportunity, even if I had the cour- age to-look Dorothy in the face. | When; the momenit came she was flushed with dancing and looked beautiful. She leaned against the rose-tinted ‘wall an«l let her eyes for the first time rise slowly to where I stood talking mechamcall} to my partner. | Gentle eyes, they were, nmrlc for appeal. But they were held in check by an in‘inite discretion. Never have I caught them quite off their guard and tonight they: were wholly un- readable. Yet she wag trembling with something more tkan the fervor of the. dance, and the little hands were not still for a moment. Could her eyes rest on miney even in this cold and perfunctoral 'manner, if the dr fhich could separate us [nro\ €T la concealed \wer her heart? She knew that I loved her. And though she which could se ver lay homage and fr at- tempt on my eye. i, ~ “Porothy’s dress is gray tonight;|, value. Wian, therefore, I encoun- tered her eyes at the end of the dance, I said to myse!f : “She may not love me but she knows that I iove her, and, being ai woman of sympathetic instincts, would never meet my eyes with so calm a look if she were meditating an act which mu;t infalliblyplunge me into misery.” So, takin e bull by the horns, I excused myself to my partner, and crossed to Dorothy’s side. “Wili you dance the next waltz with me?” I asked. Hyr eyes fell fronr mine directly and she drew back in a way that sug- gested flignt. “I shall dancé no more tonight’ said she, her hand rising in its ner- vous fashion-{o her hair. 1 made no appeal. 1_just watched hat hand whereupon she flushed viv- idly and seemed more than ever anxious to escape. At which I spoke again. “Give me:a“chance, Dorothy.- you will not (fimne, come out on the veranda and loak at the ocean. 1 am most an‘(xous to ask you—"" “No, no,” ? she vehemently object- ed, very much as if frightened. I felt my heart sink and dreaded lest I should, betray my felings. “You .do not honor me then with your regard,” I retorted. She was silent. Her hand went again to her hair. I whigpered: “If I leave you now you tell me tomorrow why you are so peremptory with me tonight?” With eagerness she answered: “Yes, yes, after all this excitement is over.” And sljpping her hand into that of a friend who was passing, she was soon in the whirl again and dancing—she had just .assured me that she did not mean to dance again that night. i (END' CHAPPTER 11I) < QR IN THE DAY’S NEWS +Associate Justice Joseph McKenna of the supreme court of the United States, who is expected to retire at an early date, has been a member of the highest tribunal for a quarter of a century. He is a Philadelphian by birth and'is now in his 80th year. When 12 years of age he accom- panied his parents to California and is generally credited to the far west as a member of the supreme bench. 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