The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-09
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
Ee walked TO the street as the butchers
voUrg man wheeled In his cart and flung
away his pail Of water.
VIII you Just hang about here, Butt :"
he asked while / hurry round 20 the
nearest ironmonger's2 I shan't be gone
long. Were going 70 work a little bur
glary. Take note IL anybody comes to
,hat stable a. the further end"
He hurried away and / waited In a
few moments the butchers young man
shut his doors and went whistling down
the street, and in a few minutes more
Hewitt appeared
Come" he said. there's nobody about
now; we'll lose no time I've brought a
uai- % pliers and few nails
Ne re-entered the yard at the door Of
the court stable. Hewitt stopped and ex-
srafned the paddock. Taking a nail in his
pliers. he beat IL carefully against the
brick wall Then. using the nail as a key.
stIu held by the pliers. and, working the
padlock gently In his left hand. in an as
tonishingly few seconds. he had released
the hasp and taken of the paddock II m
NOT altogether a bad burglar" he remark
ID mot so bad. really"
The paddock fastened bar which, when
removed allowed the door 10 be opened
,pening e. Hewitt Immediately seized a
.anaIe stuck In bottle which stood on a
shelf pulled me in and closed the door
behind Us
Wen do this by candle light he said.
as he struck q match IF the doors were
,eft open il would ba seen from the street
xeep your ears open in case anybody
-ones down the yard
The mart OF the shed that we stood in
was used as coach house, and was oc-
runied by a rather shabby tradesmans
cart. the shafts of which rested on the
ground. From the stall adjoining came
,he sound OF the shutting and trampins
IF some impatient horse.
We turned 10 the cart. On the name
hoard at the side were painted in worn
letters the words. Schuyler, Baker" The
address. which had been below, was paint
Cd out.
Hewitt took out the pins and let down
the taiIboard. Within the cart was new
bed mattress, which covered the whole
surface OF the bottom. l felt IL. pressed
A. from the top, and saw that IL was an
ordinary spring mattress, perhaps rather
unusually soft in the springs. IL seemed
4 curious thing TO keep in a bakers cart
Hewitt who had set the candle on
convenient shelf. plunged his arms into
the furthermost reeesses OF the cart, ana
brought forth very long French ioa-,
and then another. Diving again, he pro-
duced certain ioayes of the sort known as
The "pIain cottage'-two sets OF four each.
each set baked together in row.
Feel this bread" said Hewitt, and
felt IT, Il was stale, almost as hard as
wood.
Hewitt produced a large pocket knife
and with what seemed 10 be superhuons
care and elaboration cut into the top CT
one of the cottage loaves. Then he insert
ed his fingers in the gap he had made ana
firmly hut slowly, tore the hard bread
into two pieces. He pulled away the
crumbs from within. till there was moth
ing left but rather thick outer shell.
NO" he said, rather TO himseil imam
20 me. "there's nothing in that" He mt
"A one Of the very long French loaves.
md measured IL against the interior or
the cart. It had before been propped dag
ouallv. and now il was noticeable that IL
was inst a shade longer than the INSIDE OF
the cart was wide. damned in, in tact.
II held firmly Hewitt produced his knife
again. and divided this long loaf In the
center. There was nothing but bread IN
Thar The horse in the stall fdgeted more
than ever. ,
"rhat horse hasn't been fed lately.
fancy" Hewitt said. ''Wen give the poor
chap a bit OF this hay in the corner.
"But." 1 said. what about this bread?
What did you expect to ind in 1t? cam
se what you're driving at
"Tu tell YOU" Hewitt replied. IT m
driving after something expect to md.
and close at hand. too. How are your
nerves today? Pretty steady? The thing
may try them"
Before l could reply there was a SOUND
OF footsteps In the yard outside, approch-
irg. Hewitt lifted his finger instantly Tor
silence. and whispered hurriedly: There
onlv one. II he comes here we grab him"
The steps came nearer and stopped out
side the door. There was pause. ana
then a slight drawing in of breath as OF a
rarsnn hnrriedly surprlsed. at the moment