The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-16

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Nobody lCOldd cUer recognize mr."
at the bell and moment later ''Mr.
Samuel Baker" was ushered into the
room. As he entered, / took stock OF
him, half fearing he might be some sort
OF police officer in disguise. He was a
stout, rather pompous man of middle
height, with fluffy whiskers, clean
shaven chin and upper lip, and from his
dress might have been linen draper or
small tradesman from some cathedral
town. Having warmly shaken hands
with me he put his top hat down on q
chair, seated himself on another, mop.
ped his forehead with red bandanna
handkerchief, took off and carefully
wiped his spectacles, returned them to
his nose, and then said quietly, "What
do you think of this for make up DIR.
De Normanville?'
Walworth, Z" 1 cried, in utter amaze
ment. "You don't really mean to say
it's you! i was just beginning to won
der how l should manage to rid myself
OF Mr.. Samuel Baker before you should
arrive. You are certainly genius at
concealing your identity, if ever there
was one."
Il have had to do it so often" he re-
piled, THAT have reduced it to sci
ence. {"
Have you anything to report?"
"A good deal, " he answered. "But
before begin, may light cheroot? l
see from the ash trays you smoke in
here -
Smoke as much as you please"
replied. May also offer you some re.
freshmert? Perhaps you haven dined?
III so, can tell them to bring you up
something's
mo, thank you," he answered. 81
have dined, and exoellently. Now let us
get to business without any further
waste of time"
with all the good will in the
world, " l said, seating myself again.
"Go on. Tell me all"
I'm the first place l have ascertained
that the van leaves the prison at def
mite hour every day. 1t drives down,
takes the prisoners up and drives Lack
again. This being SO, it is certain that
lt must be stopped Gu its way from the
prison to the court and in such O way
that 1T cannot go on again for at least
half an hour. In the meantime another
van must drive down equipped in every
way like the real one This one will
take up the prisoner and drive off. Once
out Of sight of the station, it will drive
into the yard of an empty house, a con-
veyance will then be in waiting in the
other street, her ladyship passes through
the house, gets into that and drives off
to railway station. There Pullman
must be in readiness to take her to the
seaside, whence a yacht will convey her
to some place where we can have the
Lone Star to meet her. shall cable to
Patterson to set off and be in readiness
to pick us up directly we have decided
where that place shall be"
but how will you cable to him with.
out exciting suspicion?"
You need have no fear on that score.
We have means of communicating of |
our own which / would explain now
only it would be waste Of time. What |
do you think of my scheme?'
1T sounds all right, but is it work: |
able?'
Il really think SO. However, we will |
discuss it item by item and try and or. |
rive at conclusion that way. To BEGIN I
with, money must be considered 10 ob. |
Ject. IL even $4,000 is necessary to its
success, el0,000 will Ee spent. In the
frst place, we must find competent
coach builder at once. If he has q van ON
band, which is hardly likely, we'll pur-
chase 1T. il not, well, then he must put |
on all his hands and make one, even if |
he has to work day ard night to Go IL. f."
Bat how will you explain the pur-
pose for which we want it?"
~ have thought Of that, and when
eft you l sent the following telepGm.
Here he produced a duplicate form
rom his pocket and read il aloud:
To the Lessee Olympic Thcator, Manchester:
what dates this month"; Reply terms, Stra-
'aus, West Strand telegraph Office.
MAx1MILLIEE STRAoAus.
"But who on earth is Maximillien
'tragaus, and what has the Royal
olympic theater, Manchester, to do
With our scheme?''
Everything. In the first place you
must realize the fact that am Maxi
nil,ien Stragaus, the world renowned
heatrical entrepreneur, and that you
re hts secretary, Fairlight Longsman.
having received a reply from Manches-
or. decide to open there with my