Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 30, 1922, Page 12

THE BE! lDJl DAILY PIONEER !A'I'URDAY. EVENlfiG, DECEMBER 30, 1922 “THE AMETHYSI‘ BOX” ANNA KATHARINE GREEN S The Mist, Etc. (Copyrighted by the Bobbs-Merrill Company) hlhor of the Millionaire Baby, The Flh‘ree Ball, The House In g | kY Suspicion Again Falls On Dorothy at the same time, to save Gilbertine | (Mr. Chapter IX -So' our ‘dreadful secret .was not[as much as nos:nble from premature Lonfined to ourselves as we had sup- |if not final suspicion. é pqse(l but ‘was sharcd, or at least| ‘I therefore replied: “That is a suapected, by our host. question L ean answer as _well as! “Thankful that it was I, ratherSinclair. While he was shov{mg this th‘n Sinclair, who was called upon [toy, Mrs. Armstrong. came into t_hc to:meet and sustain this shock, I|room and proposed a stroll, which angwered with all calmness I could: . |drew all of the ladies from the room Yes; Sinclair mentioned the mat- | and called for his attendance as well. ter to' me. Indeed, if you have any | With no thought of tl}o danger im(ul. cyriosity on the subject, I think I can ved, he placed the trinket on a high enlighten you as fully as he can.”[shelf in the cabinet, and went out Mr. Armstrong drew me into his{with the rest. When he came back piftvate room. for it, it was gone.” 41 find myself in a very uncom- The usually ruddy aspect of my fnnahle position,” he began. “A[host’s face deepened. strange and quite unaccountable “This is dreadful,” was his com- change has shown itself in the ap-|ment, “‘entailing I do not know what, pearance of Mrs. Lansing’s body unfortunate consequenceg upon this the last few hours; a change [household and on the unhappy girl-” s and “Girl?” T repeated. rdjses in their mind; y unfor- H(: turned upon me with ténate ‘conjecturcs. What I want to[gravity. “Mr. Worthington, Kpiow is whether Mr. Sinclair still |sorry to have to admit it, but n ‘hds in his poss n the box which | thing-strange, something not easily is,said’ to hold a vial of deadly poi-|explainable, took place in this house s(m, or whether it has passed into|last night. You know there is & de- any other hand since he \hmwd it | tective in the house. ‘The presents to certain ladies in the library.” are ;valuable and I thought best to In Sinclair’s interests, if not in|have a man here to look after them.” my own, I usohed to be true to our I nodded. 2 S “Thatman tells~me,” continued great I am some- Wednesday January 3 * SUBPRISE- BARGAIN WEDNESDAY We are._going.to dispose of 1100 pair of Ladies’ Shoes at the ridicu- lously low price of per pair No Refunds or‘Exchanges 24 Pajrs men’s storm overshoes, $2.25 values, until sold on]y /$1.00 1 Table Ladies’ shoes, all styles Iow or high shoes, until sold only $1.00 No Refunds or Exchanges Jec 2 Tables Shoes including Men’s., Boys’ and Ladies’ fine shoes, until sold _qnly $1.95 No Refunds or Exchanges Armstrung, “that. Just a- few' minutes. previous to the time the whole household was aroused last night, he heard a step in the hall overhead, then the ‘sound of a light fogt descending the little_staircase inithe servauts’ hall. . Hedewered the gas, closed his door and listened. The stepss went by door again and looked out. A young girl was stand- ing not very far from him in_a thin streak of ‘moonlight. She was gaz. ing intently at’something in her hand, and® something had a purple gleam to it He is ready to swear to this. Next moment, frightened by some noise she heard she fled back and vanished again in the region of the little: staircase.: It was soon, very soon after this that the shriek came. Now, Mr. Worthington, what am I to do ‘with this knowledge? /I can not think that Miss Camerden—"" .The ejaculation which escaped me was involuntary. '“Did he say jt wag Miss Camer- dén?” °T hurriedly inquired. “How should he know Miss Camerden?:’’ “He described her,” was the reply- “Besides, we know that she was cir- culating in the halls at that time. T declare T have never known a worse business. Let me send. for Sinclair; he.ig more interested than any one else in Gilbertine’s ‘relatives; or stay, what if I should send for Miss Camerden herself? ” She would be ablé to tell how she came by this box.” I thought Sinclair would like me to answer. 1t is a serious and very perplexing piece of business,” said I; “but if you will -wait a short time I do not think you will have to trouble Miss Camerden. I am sure that explana- tions will be given. Give the lady a chance,” I stammered. ing.” “Naturally not.” “If T ¢ould take counsel of : my is of too nervous a o you think I can look ‘for ;Miss- Camerden: to- explain wife! But she temperament., herself before the or_befare. Mus.. Lansing’s physician, for whom I have telegraphed, can arrive _from_ New, York?” . “I am sure that three hours \vlll not_pass before fou hear the truth. Leave me to work out. the situation. Ohly . keep the gossips Camerden’s good name.” “Evexry one prgbably knows this time that there is some doubt felt ‘as to the cause of Mrs. Lansmg S death, You can’t keep ‘a suspicion of this nature sceret M a house so full of people as:this.” I made my way-at once to the din- Should: I find Miss Lane there? Yes, and the place beside her ing-room. was ‘unoccupied. I was on ny way to that place when T was struck by the ‘extreme hich. the room had fallen. In the hurried glance I cast about the: board, not a look met mine in recognition or welcome. What did it'mean? Had they been qmu. into, talking .about me? i way, it would seem, that was not altogether flattering to my vanity.. - seat T have indi- cated and let my inquiring Iook set- I passed to the tle ‘on Miss Lane. in_imitation of the .others straight | Peen directed. into her plate, but looked up and acknowledged my courtesy. with a faint; almost sympathetic smile. “How is Miss Murray?” T asked. “I do mot see her here.” Did you.cxpect to? Poor. Gilber- |; uot the bridal day she tine! TI THLIRSDA‘Y SUHPRISE BARGAIN ! 100dozen,6 and whlte, 10 sp ord spool cotton,; black . LADIES’ COATS Our.entire stock of Ladies’ Coats - $49 to $75 only $29.75 Entiré stock of Ladies’ Coats val- : ues to $39.00, only $19.75 A big lot of Ladies’ coats to se- t.from only $12. 75 "She dui not ¢ome-down this morn~|1z waS just horri |d in thc old v/oman to die the night before thé wedding; don’t" you?” ‘“Indeed, I do,” T emphatically re- Jjoined, humoring her in the hope of learning what. 1 wished to know. “Does Miss Murray ‘still’ cherish the expect: n of being married today? No one seems to know.” “Nor do L I haven’t seen her since the middle of .the night. She didn’t come back to_liex réom. They say she is sobbing out her’terror and disappointment in some attic corner. doctor’s return, fx'om Miss But even- that is better than—" Think of that for Gilbertine Murray! | ROMAN NOBLEWOMAN WAS GENIUS' GUIDING STAR New York, Dec. 30.—The friend- ship between the great artist, Mich- elangelo, and the .Roman noblewom- an, Vittoria Colonna, is one of the world’s’ most illustrioug examples of platonic friendship, ‘says ‘Oliver Bar- ton in the January Mentor Maga- zine. A When they first met, Vittoria Co- lonna was forty-six and Michelan- gelo sixty. She became the greatest influence in-the life of the fiery gen- ius. They were accustomed to meet outside of the church of ‘San Silvies- the life. line, water? tro and discuss painting. _and The gist of these dmlog\les was seb down by another artist publhhed as Michelangelo’s logues on Painting.” After withdrawing to the cloister Marquessa+ Colonna to communicate with the master. book of her sonnetg was always with him. She died in 1547, but until his death he remained.as devoted to her memery as he had been to her in and ‘later “Stands by Burning- Ship”—hea- Isn’t that standing expected.”>Then she adde! by The sentence trailed away into an indistinguishable murmur. ° T'finished my coffee ag soon as possible “and quitted the room, but not ‘hefore many had preceded me. The hall was comequently as full as before of a gossiping crowd.~ I was on the point of bowing ty- | self through the ' various ' 'groups blocking my way to the library door, ‘when I noticed renewed signs of em- | barrassment ‘on all the faces turned my way. These marks of disapproval [} did not seém to be directed so much at myself as at someone behind me. Who could this some one'be? Turn- ing quickly, T cast a glance up the staircase before which T stood and saw the figure of g young girl dress. ed in black hesitating on the landing. | This young girl was Dérothy Cam- | erden, ‘and it. was against her this | ifeeling of 'universal constraint had ! Puasxb'ly and in She was staring (End Chapter IX) General Bliss is writing some in- | eide dope on the war and it seems that ignorance is not bliss, Alabama woman of 38 has 17 chil- dren and we just \wnde if she “L think life. “Dia- continued . the on SOME MEN CALL IT LUCK' The-suceess. that. brmgs with it influence, power friends and money. But those who have sucozeded will tell you that it’s nothing but. : efficiency and hard- ‘work, Let us give .you the y I>usmeqs Tlalmng that will make y ficient: and you’ll find success easily with- in your grasp! School Opens Januiry 8. EMQJI BUSINESS COLLEGE Day and’ | Nig] FRIDAY SURPRISE BARGAIN 6:Bars of P. & G. 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