The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-08-10

bic space of time, during which Briggs
felt us if some strange terror, the like
of which he had never experienced be
fore, held him in thrall--and then Cor
inge, still without making a sound,
gave one sigh, which seemed TO escape
from him involuntarily, and approached
the press in the room where the money
had originally been placed Here he re-
mained for some moments and then,
without uttering a word or making a
sound, he disappeared from the room,
leaving the door half open MS he passed
out.
Very neatly done, certainly" said
the inspector, speaking in a low tone in
order to reassure himself that he could
use his tongue. "He would make a
first class burglar Seemed almost as if
he were practicing bit Of sleep walk
ing. :"
He stood up, and advancing to the
door he found Goringe ON the small
landing outside.
"See, " said the detective, almost in
whisper, as Briggs, alarmed at the
apparition, and still more alarmed at
the voice close TO his ear, stepped back
pace, sit was quite easy to steal the
notes and make no noise. Not a creak-
ing step nor a squeaking hinge has
marred the experiment.
"You almost scared me out of my
senses with your clever acting-panto-
mime, believe they call it What
neXt?"
"Now, / shall go down stairs and ar
range the hasp Of the window. Then
shall ascend the stairs to the front land
ing, and when tap three times distinct
ly at the door of my room will you step
up and see if am securely locked in
from the outsider"
''The deuce you will"
Don't raise your voice Now get
back to your room. "
1.-The dead room 1t has quite given
me the shivers, can tell you, 20 be sit
ting in it. How long do You mean tC
keep me thcre?"
About as long as the thief took tC
make himself secure. Probably half aI
hour "
"Heayensi l should be dead Of tn,
cold and the darkness and the silence il
half AN hour.
"A little black hole won't hurt yor
for once in a way. But you must no
play the spy on me / do not anticipate
failure, but ii l do fail want to fai
my own way, aud let no one be TIN
wiser Have your word?"
Certainly. Honor bright. ="
"Now, then, in you 60 again. Shu
the door; you need not close it tight o
lock it unless you like. -
Inspector Briggs stepped back an'
closed the door, and again he sat dow
iR his chair, a prey 10 thoughts whicl
were anything but comfortable ]
seemed 10 him as if the whole TRACED.
murder, on whatever II may hay
been-was being enacted over again
and that he was powerless TO imped
the criminal
After some minutes he found that sii
ting was positively mbearable, so IA
rose and commenced 10 walk up an
down the bedroom, making as littl
noise as possible. Very soon he heard
, creaking noise as he continued his prom
enade. ''No doubt, he reflected, Co
: inge is now on the march mp stairs, an
has caught creaking sep What is HI
I game, wOndery OF course il is mo-
! plain the willy rascal has some reason {
his own for fixing his mind ON Stein
: worth, after all his pretenses. VIII
!, could the other fellow, Vickery. hal
meant? To accuse himself Of a erin
: which, at the time he did make the COZ
fession, he must have believed was
/ hanging job, could scarcely have bee
done for the purpose Of easing has min
about the minor offense. And II he co
Jared the notes, what did he do wii
themg Goringe, of course. must inca
that il was steinworth who stole q