Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-04
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vptvtliine was as we had left II, and |
here vas no apparent trace ct any |
INTRUSION. But one glance at the
hnitpr uf my camera told me dif
'ptrnt story. Turning to Mr Burt
aid
Your drawer has been opened
luriup your absence II IL only q
question of time now You will know
All aluut 1t ~ Il day or two"
Taking the camera ! went back t.
ny ofiicp and repaired to my dark
rmni will uot say that ! felt any
Tsitive certainty AZ to whose tact
should Discover on the negative
but will confess that should not
have been surprised at seeing certain
/ features present themselves in th'
prUcess of development.
What was my astUnishment, then
J 70 note as soon as the details OF tht
picture began to show up that no
hvIng figure had been present III Mr..
Burt room at all. The desk came
gradually Into view the outline OF
the char showed itself and. yes, the
drawer was undoubtedly open. but
the tainperer war not there. Yet
stay, Az developments progressed
minute objects began to be visible.
and FAINT line running from the
drawer out through the window
caught my eye. Clearer and clearer
it grew till at any rate the method
OF the mystery was revealed. The
draw end been opened from the out
side with the aid of long bamboo
rcd Whose hand had guided it,
and where had the unknown found
fOOthOldi
The next morning was early at
the offices of Burt q Co. The fnan-
cier greeted me effusively. the more
NO when informed him that we
were on the eve of a discovery. ALI
asked was To he allowed to give my
"clOck" another trial that afternoon,
Permission accorded. set the ap-
paratus so as To focus small window
high up in IA building which formed
a right angle with the wall of Mr..
Burt's private room. Judging by
the direction that the rod took in the
photograph. this was the position
whence it had been manipulated, and
had already ascertained that there
was something queer" about the
firm which occupied the one room
DfIice next door, as related in The
Million.
1t was o'clock when | reached
Bydenham. Instead of finding the
millionaire seated comfortably at
dessert, as | had expected. he met
me looking flushed and angry in the
hall
Come in here. Zambra, he said
leading me into the dining room
You may as well tell me all about
It, though | have a worse worry on
my mind now Stay, though. Be
fore you tell me anything about that
little business, just read that. may
want to put you on the track of the
villain"
Ee placed a letter in my hands
lnd read US follows, after noting
that tho date was Of the samo day:
DEAR PApA-Mr. solvyn and were married
this afternoon. You SEQ he has made so much
money lately that lie can afford it. | told yo,
there was lot IN thought reading lIopir.
chat you viii forgive us, am your ailectionats
| daughter, TEIxIE SoLyYN.
Money! exclaimed the enraged
father us finished. THE penniless
loaferl don't believe word Of it
How can he have made money!"
Perhaps these two pictures will
help you TO form an opinion, T." said
throwing down two photographs OIL
The table They show how and by
whom your private information has
been piltered."
Tho firsr pictureI have already de
sclrhed. The second portrayed Miss
lriXie Burt at the other end of the
rod apparently engaged in fishing
from top floor window. For mo
ment | did not know how he was 60
ing to take it. His face worked and
twitched so that it was impossible t.
say whether he would laugh or cry
Ii was evident, however, that the
whole situation was clear to him
Finally he threw the picture on one
side with laugh that shook the
room.
Hanged If | don't forgive them +
he shouted. The young monkey
deserves it for being clever. Smart
ness runs IN the family, you see
and it's better like this than if some
outsider had been getting at me"
So the millionaire's daughter wa.
forgiven and had an opportunity o.
explaining how it was done" Sh,
had no difficulty in borrowing hei
fathers keys and in thus getting ,
duplicate of the drawer key plaI
also pursued with the key of the bed
room during the time Mr.. Burt hat
carried his papers home. When ono,
the drawer was opened n pair of for
ceps was substituted for the key anC
the documents were borrowed fol
peruSal, to be replaced after in tn,