Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-09-06
u.rrlm.y by Telephone.

| for BODBcid continued,
.,aaal criminal" he eoh. ,a,y
tonu' - cream from every new
.''an,;on If he a make use o.
M sa,e has yet been cohs.. =.
hat keeps out the shrewd anu :
QUO. n'a;ned burglar, and That's the way
i everything. But ! don't ree' a,ore
ease IN which the truth was "
e'su at,v demonstrated than n
| Maxwell case" an
IA newspaper man present.
don't r~ecollect Of ever hearing
before" don,t said Mr..
RonfieId, musingly. "Ihe laco - that
letter is it never was q ease
aaerlv belongs to the department,
-, can sneak of it now. % see
puo - tba time when the telephone
as ;,st been introduced into Lusi-
aass and nriyate use. George Maa
,rali.tbot,s not his real name, put ~
win do as well-was at 9iao ,,Iao
one of the most succcssiui uras
TORS ON the board OF trade, anu we
currently reported to nave piah
time ago tipped the scale "iicn
.na,kad the million. be was a
yo,,no and handsome man, ana ne
Iad inst married a~charming woman.
II was an out-and-out love match
a score or so of messages were dis-
PATCHED every day during business
| hours. They contained sich Inapor,
tant queries: "2:1O p m. 10" nre
Won now, loyey?" And replies IKE
This. Obs D. m. | sigh for you.
How is my sweetest? Welh to say
axnenses and to increase the faciii,
tia,. of communication, Mr.. Maxwell
conneeted his office with his home on
Ashland avenue by private telephone
wire He was one of the first men IN
Chicooo to do so. About five out o
six business hours were now spehtpy
him at the hello.
ssOne day just before the ~ OF
| business there was a ring at the tele-
nhone. The devoted husband, with
Il inmp. was there. What does my
sweet pet wish?' he murmured.
.aI'm no pet. You mistake me-,
sirp came the reply, in an unmlstake-
ably masculine voice, a voice gruf
and rasping, but very distinct.
"sWho are you, them asked the
~astonished millionaire.
"Tm Thomas Jefferson Odell, the
accomplished burglar, if you want to
know
q Repeat, please gasped the
| other.
"sodell, the burglar, came the an
sn er over the wire.
THE dewitt exclaimed MIR. Max
well. 49,
..sNo. only n of his faithful ser
wants. But, now, listen. ! have no
time TO fool away. j and two of my
pals have gained access to your
| house. The cook, the chambermaid
and your wife are lying here bound
and gagged. The Niger coachman
has peen disposed of. Some bundles
of oiIyrags have been judiciously dis
tributed about the house, ready TO
be ignited.'
"sYou bloody scoundrel?' shouted
| the agonized husband, whose eyes
were bullying during the recital.
"sDon't excite yourself. Now, sir,
here is my proposal. Ii you should
| disappear from the telephone with
out acceding to il, | shall set fire to
the house. It's no use applying to
the police for we'd be too quick for
them. You will see, Mr.. Maxwell,
that you are completely in my power.
The only sensible thing you al do is
to listen TO my proposaland toagree
JB. WISH 7 T1aT my Tand at Your
throat, you Internal Yillainl' shouted
the. millionaire, mad with rage.
".But you know you haven't, so
what's the use of talking that wayl
Let us talk business instead. i need
a loan of $40, 900 cash. need it at
once. If you are inclind to lend me
that sum without guarantee shall
leave your house with my pals in ex-
aetly the same condition in which /
found it.?'
"You are running me-" groaned
Maxwell. Nt'And / don't think | have
that much money in cash in the
office safe"
you'll fohce me to commit an
atrocious deel," came the remorse-
less reply.
IAN right thep-yes, I'll pay, but
to whom?"
at is now $50 exactly. At this
very moment my pal has entered
pour office to receive the money.
You will pay him and he win tell you
the watchword agreed TO between us,
which you will telephone to me at
once"
"Mr. Maxwell turned around. A
stranger of pleasant mein, dressed in
the height of fashion, stood before
him. Said the visitor: 81 have called
to collect a little matter of $4,000
for a friend of mine, Thos. jefferson
Odell."
"Corractl" replied Mr.. Maxwell.
who went to the safe, took from it two
bundles containing $4,000 each.
and handed the money to the stran-
ger. The latter a~scertained that the
amount was correct, then placed the
money inside his two breast pockets.
And the watchword?" queried Mr..
Maxwell.
do right and interfere notl, re-
Piled the burglars confederate with
a great deal OF dignity, and strobe
out of the Office with all the
dezza ola Spanish hidalgo.
DO right and interfere noti'' low
fully shouted Mr.. Maxwell through
the telephone. 'Andnowy ou'le leave
my premises, Mr.. 0dell, won't YOU?
And as for my wife
Have no fear, Mr.. Maxwell re-
piled the man at the other end. sYou
nave to deal with a burglar and q
gentleman
Mr.. Maxwell locked his Office. got
INTO his buggy and droyetoh his honsa
az Maud >. pace. The more closely
ne approached the keener his fear of
catastrophe became. But ms ba
stopped at the gate he noticed moth.
tL OUT OF the way. He sprang up
.ne STAIRS, two at a time, and entered
1Iie pretty boudoir of his prettier
we; She was quietly reading.
% you must have suffered NV
ne cried, and a sob shook his
The young wife looked mn os,o,
ished. suffered? I?'
That burglar, you KNOWS
m M rsin have been awful. Oh, you poor
Why, George, dear, what is Tho
matter! You speak in riddles.
HINT 1.1-Sa
5ue didn't he gag your he asked