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"Nothing here but so inside

"Books?" said Miss Cornelia dubiously "I left no books in that hamper"

Bailey picked up one of the cheap paper novels and read its title aloud, with a wry se,' by Laura Jean--"

"That's mine!" said Lizzie promptly "Oh, Miss Neily, I tell you this house is haunted I left that book inwith 'Wedded But No Wife' and now--"

"Where's your satchel?" snapped Miss Cornelia, her eyes glea about as best she could "I don't see it If that wretch has stolen my satchel--!"

"Where did you leave it?"

"Up here Right in this room It was a new satchel too I'll have the law on him, that's what I'll do"

"Isn't that your satchel, Lizzie?" asked Miss Cornelia, indicating a battered bag in a dark corner of shadows above the

"Yes'm," she admitted But she did not dare approach very close to the recovered bag It ht bite her!

"Put it there on the hamper," ordered Miss Cornelia

"I'm scared to touch it!" moaned Lizzie "It er and thu it with the care she would have bestowed upon a bottle of nitroglycerin, carried it over to the hamper and set it down Then she backed away fro

Miss Cornelia started for the satchel Then she reraciously "If the ht to find it"

Bailey gave her a look of gratitude Then, sly, he crossed over to the satchel, Dale at his heels Miss Cornelia watched hi--even Lizzie drew closer For a ave a triumphant cry

"The money's here!"

"Oh, thank God!" sobbed Dale

It was an eh the haze enveloping the injured ot up, like afor his moment, and now that it had come was in no hurry about it With equal deliberation he drew the revolver and took a step forward And at that instant a red glare appeared outside the openand overhead could be heard the feet of the searchers, running

"Fire!" screa to the , even as Beresford's voice fro!"