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72 Dave Porter, and just think, he is bound for Oak Hall like myself!"

"Glad to know you, Porter," said the senator, and shook hands. He was a big man, with a florid, pleasant face. "I only wish you had hung on to that thief."

"I wish that myself," answered Dave, with a smile. "But when he started he went like a flash."

"No doubt. Well, he had to leave the silver and gold-plated ware behind, anyway."

"What else did he take?"

"Two diamond rings, and a diamond brooch, besides a masonic charm which I prized very highly. The jewelry was worth probably eight hundred dollars."

"That's certainly a loss."

"Exactly. Oh, we must catch that fellow, sooner or later," added Senator Morr.