The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-13

tapped u hell. A detective appeared in
alSswer.
"Show the gentleman ! IN 80 he said.
A moment later a business man en-
tered. and the iuspectcr retired tn. the
Dticr half hoslr in co~unuitation with him.
He was followed by. other visitors. Evi-
the routine business at the otiice
encc to Mr.. Jones' presence. So the time
passed until IL O'Clock. Al this hour the
inspector rstirne.i to his desk and tapped
the hell. To the detective who appeared
nm order was given in AN untcrtons. and
"a few minutes afterwarl MIR. Brown
Mr.. Jones' his face ,.,rnc.i sicKly gray.
and lac. leaned against the wall for sup
port. The prcscnce of Mr.. Brown affect
bly,. He grew white, bit n~.rvously at his
must.chc, and great drops at ~n.rspira-
ton stood ont on his fortlieadl. This incl
why he had been arrested. There were
oniy two things more to bc considered.
What cyidc,c' did they have AGAINST
Mr.. Brown WAS hurried from the room
as though his appearance AT that moment
had been "a SERIOUS accident, and was fol-
into the ante-roOm 10y the inspector.
Tiey remained ~ few minutes. and the
lnurin,r Of their voices was plainly
hsaTSa 6y the ''rry".,s Mr. and Ioh hni s~
himself at his desk he opened his drawer
and drew out ~ letter, which Mr.. Jones
had written to III. accomplice. This he
carefully read and placed ON lbs desk
under "a paper weight. Then he turned
glance, taking care to avoid
Indicated tina, his sianc.. had been
desk, pat ON his hat and coat and went
of the office, leaving the middlc-aRed
on guard during his absence.
II was 3 o'clock before he returned.
this time the office had been visit
cd by "a score of men, some on one errnnd
and some olI another. The sergeant lis
tened to their complaints or answered
their questions, and for the second time
the day Mr.. Jones and his arrest
were SWALLOWED up by the routine bust
municipal police. Half a dozen times Mr..
Jones attempted tn speak to his captor of
the day before, but each time the officer
skiiifuily found some pretext tai occupy
his attention and prevent "a reply. The
position was rapid becoming
was almost mntcarabic He had
made up his mind that when the inspector
he would speak to him at once
and learn the worst without further delay,
hut when the inspector did return some
thing happened to prevent the carrying
of his plan.
Mr. Jones heard the inspector several
minutes before he saw him. He heard the
sergeant at the desk i'm the outer room call
him by name. He heard the inspectors
were waiting there tai seq him. For IL few
minutes there was silence, then hc heard
the voice. of the accomplish. Al first il
was low. then IL rose a. II M anger. The
inspectors voice was soothing and rs.as-
surfing, and was supplemented by the
voice. of ~ third person.. who apparently
was acting as "a peisccInaker. This con-
tintssl for half an hour, and, during the
last part of that time. MIR. Brown was
talking, alone, save when he was inter
rutbtcd by an occasional question from tho
Inspector. When the conversation WAS
ended the inspector walked into the room
and took his place AT the desk. Before
Dpk iIiU mn tls. drew from IA tlr.l NHt.f. several
pawn tickets. examined them critically,
compared them with ~ slip of paper he
liked his eyes on every portion of MIR.
Jones' person except his eyes. Then. with
"a third noal of Satisfaction, he laid aside
the tickets and began the pcrusal of his
afternoon mail.
Ten minutes later, without u word of
encouragement from the inspector, Mr..
fcssiol. lie had planned a. robbery i'm u
New England town. IL had been success
fully carried ont ny his acconplice. and
his expectations. The pair had separated
after dividing the spoils. Jones had in
tended :" sail for Europe. and did no,
gone. His own arrest had been
= surprise. as he had left no
his confederate had been IA still greater
He did not know what evidence
there was against HIM. and had it not
he would have braved the matter ont.
Mr.. Jones, out of consideration of his
professional rcputation for nerve. de-
Sired the inspector 10 clearly understand
tins. But when "a poor. weak-mindcd
k~navc,'' "a he characterized his late lieu-
tenant, "Havs. him away and tried tai save
10y pcsching on IA pal, he would
give the whole snap away" and tell more
much more about tina and other unlaw-
ful .~lcprrdations than the 'snivclling
knew anything about. He would
put him behind the bars, no matter what
his own fate would In.
The inspector listened attcntivcly tn the
confession, jottiug down "a few notes as to
dates and names. and when MIR. JoIIcs
had flushed. without giving him the
slightest ASSURANCE of his prospects. he
had him conducted back tn his cell. Then,
with AN expression Of qualification that
bortierctl on u smile, and was accompan-
led 10y u chuckle, hc summoned ~ detec-
tive and had Mr.. Brown brought into his
presence. Confronted with the confession
of his superior i'm crime, with many am
oath, the accounplice added his confession
to the formers. CorroboratinH every es-
scntial detail, and painting the CHAR
acter of this trcchcrous
SO black hat ink would have made
"a white mark on il. Then hc, too, was led
into ~ cell, but this time he WAS placed i'm
one adjoining his fellow prisoner.
For u few moments after the door had
been closed and locked there was silence
unbrokcu. save by the football of the
turnkey at the end of the corridor. After
au effort to- control his wrath Mr.. Jones
observed savaRely: