Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-04-14

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NV lie FASTENED AZ.
tor the lad. and a. be reached the head
Of the stair. he heard tho paitering %
hare fect several nights below, going at
a rapid rate ~ speed.
lie called to him. but the owner Of the
paticring feet took no heed of his call.
and. p,rcciving the usclcssness of at.
tempting Ia follow him. be dcsisted and
returned a. llolbrook's Office.
A. be- passed the door ~ the elevator
shaft. Il opcncl to discharge carload u
Passengers. and among them Tom rccog'
niEs,l the man who had watched them IN
Lexington avenue
lie made no sign % his discovery.
In the samc carload vas the Shadow.
and Ia him Tom gave a sign 10 follow.
A. be entered the Office again he me,
ilolbrook going out.
"whsre are you goingi- be- asked.
Going To help Annie. To rescue
her. Of cour-. Where else would ! L.
goingr
This reply was made In q tone Of the
suprrmcst contempt
"wait a moment want 30 have .
lnomenIs Conversation With you"
Don't stop me, Tom You've becn
particularly irritating today. and ! ain
hardly In condition To bs responsible
fVr my actA
That's tho truth replied Tom. calm
ly. ''or clsc you have q desire 10 make
tho rescue u that girl impossible
"what do you mann cried llolbrook
b.,side himself "Ilave q care am In
no moa.l to L. tIifisd With.
"Pcfhap~.- saii Tom. looking him
steadily In the eyes. Dat you are In a
mo..l to make an eternal a.s u yourself
by heaven. IIolbrcok. u you leave that
door In tho frame - mind you are In
thi. minute. | pr,siici you will regret u
to the very last hour of your life. ;.
lIolhrpok lcokcd at him angrily. but,
nevertheless. ho va. somewhat stag
gcrcl by Toms sudden exhibition OF
energy.
sscing that he had made an imprcs-
slOn. Tom coutlnued,
"You want Ia rescue the girl, but
you are going AbOui u In a way 10 make
Il an imr.p..ibiliiy you have taken leave
of your usual guod common s"n-e. Now
give me i've minutc. and I'll convince
you.-
lie laid his hand upon llolbrooks arm.
The lawyer suilenly submitts'l 10 bcing
l-,I into his private office. Tom closed
the dooT after them.
Il ID MT know but the damage IL
done already. The man SUSPECTED u
watching us In Lexington avenue l. In
tie hall now. II be- vas within carshot
be has heard your injudicious talk.
Point him out Ia me, f" aid llolbrook,
spnnung to the door. "and bell never
watch any one again"
Tom placed him-.lf bctwesn llolbrook
and The door crying;
"In the name 10 heaven how can you
l., such a lunaiicY
Ilolbruok glarrd At him. Tom turned
the Icy la the door. took Il out and put
| Il in his puckst. saying
Il am positively ashamed of you. iioi'
bruok. YOU act and have acted In this
matter ike mailman tell YOU. man.
thi. /. ca.e where the lion skin will not
DO. the foIs skin Is the one We want
| 1t the sec that note.
IIolbruok handed Il 81 him with bad
grace.
"Of course. Where were you golngi
To Mott street. three doors from bay
arl."
IAN IDIOT would know that, replied
llolbrcok.
bat which house, There are four of
them In Mott street. thres doors from
Bayardr'
IIolbruok WINGED under this, but he
replied doggr,llyi
"Td 20 90 each one % them
That answer proves how absurd you
are. H. YOU realize that as she ). con
fined In one only. there are thrce in which
she l. nOU That the chance u your
striking the right one hnt 3, AZ three
against onei 10 YOU imagine the people
Who abducted her. and who have carried
out their plans - skillfully - far. are
bOm idiots. aud that you would not H.
recognized the moment you 1T your foot
In Mott street, That the girl would not
b. spirited away bsfore you could say
Jack Robinson | know something OF
that part % town. Why. man alive,
from the moment you left this spot you
would b. followed. and when you turned
your steps In the direction of Mott street
the alarm would IL given. Your own
common sense. u you will only give ii
chance, must tell you this"
IIolbrook was forced 90 acknowledge
the Justice Of Tom. remarks
swell. then, what would you dor
"Act Immediately" replied Tom. "bui
no, rush up there like mad bull LIS
ten t0 me. Tie course 10 pursue seems
10 me plain enough. The Shadow i. here
now. In the other room. will send him
up 10 Mott street 10 take observations,
4 alll tu httfhAAifs ~ htdAtN n Wv NaaAf hs
which of the four houses Miss Temple
ton l. confined. This be can probably do
exactly. for he Is excellent at that sort
Of thing. While be has gone about this
business. you and will 40 10 friend of
mine--the heasd of q private detective
agency, and We will get from him a
force % trusty men % assist US But
the first thing We must do will bs 10 get
out of this building unobseryed by the
spy outside.
| ''Saike him and tie him up
"No,- laughed Tom. ''thai won't do.
We want him Ia remain here under the
impression that We are still In this Of
fee
TIolbrook. who had cooled down con
siderably. thought a moment
"These offices are connected all the
way through to the rear. The janitof
has keys 20 them all. and he can carry
US through to the rear hall without Il
being necessary to go out on the one va
ordinarily use"
"The very thing said Tom.
"rll send word 10 him at once
"Ilold ON moment" interposed Tom.
"Send out trusty clerk TO him, and LEI
the janitor come 10 us from the rear
hall. unlocking the doors rs he comes,
% that when we do leave ws can &C
Il