Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-27

| talk business instead. I need 6 loan oi l SIG, 900 cash. need 1t at once. If you are inclined to lend me that sum without guar. antee I shall leave your house with my men ! in exactly the same condition in which | found it.
 "'You are running me, 'groaned Maxwell, and don't think have that much money in cash in the safe.' You'll force me to commit an atroci. ous deed, came the remorseless reply. 'An right then-yes, I'll pay, but to whomr
 "It is now 5:15 exactly. At this very moment my confederate has entered youI office to receive the money. You will pay him and he will tell you the watchword agreed to between us, which you will tels- phone to me at once.'
 ''Mr. Maxwell turned around. A strang- CT of pleasant msin, dressed in the height of fashion stood before him. Said the wis itor:
 q have called to collect little matter of SIG, ,000 for friend of mine, Thomas Jefferson Odell.'
 '1understand, replied Mr. Maxwell, who went to the safe, took from it two packets containing SIG, 900, and handed the money to the stranger.
 s'The latter ascertained that the amount was correct, and placed it inside his breast pockets.
 "'And the watchwordP demanded MT. Maxwell.
 "'Do right and interfere notl'replied the burglars confederate, with an sssump- tion of dignity, and strode out of one office with all the grandeur of Spanish hidalgo.
 ".Do right and interfere not!' joyfully shouted Mr., Maxwell through the tele- io es, MT, Odell, won't youa And as for my wife
 "sHave no fear, Nr. Aaxwell,' replied the man at the other end; you have to deal with burglar and gentleman
 "Mr Maxwell locked his office, entered his carriage and galloped to his residence. The more closer he approached the keener his fear of catastrophe became. But as he stopped at the gate he noticed nothing out of the way. He sprang up the stairs and entered the pretty boudoir of his prst- tier wife. She is quietly reading.
 "'How you must have suffered, my an- gelr he cried, and sob broke his voice.
 "The young wife looked up astonished.
 "'Sufferedl IT
 "'That burglar, you know-it must have been awful. Oh, you poor darlingr
 "sWhy, George, dear, what is the mat ter. You speak in riddles
 "tBut didn't he gag your he asked.
 "'Now, my dearest George, wish you would talk sense What do you meanP
 "After MT. Maxwell had finished the re- cital of his adventure he asked:
 "'Wasn't there somebody here using my telephonea'
 "'why, yes, there was,' replied Mrs. Maxwell. "A young and well dressed man came in, introduced himself to me as Thomas Jefferson Odell, a speculster and business friend of yours, and requested permission to make use of your private tel ephone to send you a most important mes sage on business. Of course I gave him permission. He used the telephone but a short time, and then came back into the drawing room, thanked me for the favor had done him and went away, saying the telephone was a most useful and admir- able nyention-facilitated business so much
 "'And that was alli' queried Mir. Max we'll; he did not gag you and the seryants! He was alone and did not offer violence to your
 Not at all. He was most polite and gentlemanly-quitea as much as you are at this moment, George "'Great Scottp exclaimed Maxwell, with wild outburst, 'how gigantically I've been sold. Excuse me, dear, but l can't help it. I'll drive over and interview the police.'
 --~'iAndst that's what'h did ,n concluded the detective, land that's the way I came ir possession of the facts. But after talking the matter over and consulting with the smartest detectives in the service, we ar rived at the conclusion that there was lit | tie chance of recovering the money. The pals were too adroit. In spite of all our eff forts since we've heard nothing more oi the S1O, 900, nor of Thomas Jefferson Odell and and his confederate"