Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-26
lear that somebody within the partments

1nere was no marks OF 1OrceQ en-
trance, and no time had been wasted in
| aimless searching for valuables, as would
I have been the case with one not well
posted in the ways of the household.
| And then, Madalena had been tied with
such surprising tightness, compared with
the bonds which had been imposed upon
Mrs. Jacobs. Wasn't it possible that our
burglar had been little too anxious to
prove her innocence,of completely in the
crime?
Two or three points which had made
out did not Care TO publish lust then,
but fixed them in my own mind for future
use.
First, the thief was man of short sta
ture, for in putting match to a gas-iet
over the bureau-it had been found burn
ing in the mornlng-he had stepped upon
a stool; the position of the latter demon
strated this fact.
Second, he had supple and ingenious
fingers, as witness the deft slip-knots in
the interlacing cords which had bound
Madalena.
Third, if Mrs. Jacobs pink silk hand
kerchief had not been in close iuxtaposl-
ton with very good cigar long enough
to imbibe its fragrant aroma, nv nose
very much deceived me.
Fourth, if the fellow was really irving
to avert suspicion from Madalena, he was
an artist in his way, for he had not only
drawn the cords SO tight as almost to cut
into the flesh, but he had torn her ears
IN taking out their cheap ornaments.
The girl herself seemed simple and hon.
honest, but in the hands of willy ruffian,
she might be pliable tool
took look at Mr.. Carl Braun during
the day. He was drug clerk, slender,
dapper little fellow, with smooth, light
hair plastered very close above his fore
head
Carl" said another clerk, passing as
he did up the five cents worth of chloride
called for, ''do you know that it's a
quarter to three?''
$50 it isl said Carl, slipping a knot
along the string and swapping it hastily
in two
threw down quarter and he called
to the other to make the change, picked
up bag of specie and started out of the
store to go to the bank.
L followed, thinking there might be a
chance to speak to him outside, and in
that way came to see that after doing his
regular business for his employer he made
a three-hundred dollar deposit of his own.
He flushed all over when he looked UP
from putting the certificate in his pocket
to see me standing there.
"Mr. thompson he said Il did not
suppose he knew me before) 'sId like to
see you tonight after working hours
'.All right, SIR" l said, and took his
address.
1t was half-past eight when he came
home to his lodgings. knew, before he
told me, that he had been to the Central
, Station to see Madalena, for I had kept
one eye open on the gentleman, not
, knowing how far troubled conscience
might drive him, nor but that he might
: try to skip off without notice.
, "Mr. Gale has put in suit against
Madalena for that money!" said he sE
he gets back his three hundred dollars
they won't any of them appear agains
her. Its shame to swindle Door fel.
low like me IN that way, but what else
can dor"
"You intend to pay it, do your
'.Ot course" and he gave me look
which, as Dick Swiveller would say, was
, a staggerer. "You don't think she had
anything to do with it, sir? At least ]
l know better''
Then he went directly to the point. He
: wanted me to see if Mr.. Gale could not be
persuaded to make easier terms.
"But If he WON'T" said Carl, give GOT
the three hundred dollars, and I'll paw ii
sooner than have Lena shut up in that
cell another night. l did think we could
set up housekeeping on 1t, and that is
what makes it hard''
, "Y our savings?'' / asked.
"No," and he turned red again As he
gave his account of how he came by the
l money.
A German friend of his, a runner for &
Cincinnati house, had come to the city
l two weeks before, and together thew hac
bought ticket in lottery which drew &
six-hundred dollar prize. His friend ha6
paid over the half of it to him, the last
l thing before he had left the city, now
e four days.
Chow does 1t come that you neve1
banked it until o-day?"
"You see l wanted to show it to NADIA.
lena. Mrs. Jacobs is particular abou,
followers, and this would have been he1
evening out"
"Oh'' said "And how is it that vol
smoke such good cigars, Mr.. Carl?'
The end of prime Havana was stick.
ing out of his pocket
81 DON'T" he said, ''it's--it's one thai
was given me. Have it, won't you, Mr.
? Thompson?'
l declined. To have taken that cigal
then would have seemed very much like
eating OF mans salt, and then betray.
ing him!
When l made my report to the CHIEF
, next morning he fixed me with that stern
eye of hist always seemed to me that
if l were an offender of justice he would
look right through me and read my crime
like print-and he said:
"With all that showing, why didn't
you arrest the clerk"
1t wasn't so easy to tell why, but had
versed about in my conviction regarding
Carl Braun's guilt. 1t was natural, per-
haps, that green hand, after deliberately
executing a robbery, should be willing
to give up the booty to save an innocent
person, but every word of his showed a
tenderness for his sweetheart which |
couldn't reconcile with the rough treat
ment of Madalena's ears
"The lottery business is an old dodge. -
continued the chief. ''The friend, being
travelling agent, cannot be produced to
prove the truth Of his story. Ingenious,
! but, must say, very thin
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