The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-11

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scerrvep overhead. and thou Il voice,
{hies wlth ns,yous laughter, just out
side ;has sloor
aiiad the ccals!''
4 was dis Varncy' voice. TIE hall
door u,.agtd sbere w&s the Sc:i,-- of q
cart run.uiiae away. anti theI-aJter,
Significant silence.
"Greas heavansn' could Just gasn
cut i1or hoev long wc stood s,arine at
each other, taSne in the full realiza-
ton. should rot like to say. Trap?
Yes. inGeeG. Th, sweet young "wid-
ow' was ono OF che gang-perhaps
Mrs Winston hersolf. Possibly by &c
ciden:, more probably through the serv-
ants cunning chatter with the consta-
BILE. they had discovered that Detective
8 irlilestone was on their heels and had
concoc;ed this srotosguely simple trick
to inveiele the pcir Of usyinto the house
while they removed the plundcr to
place of safety ltwas their one chance
aud we had played clean into their
hands. Madden;ng? Not the word! That
it should have succeeded SO merited a
far stronger expression-and doubtless
woud get it flew to tie coal shoot.
Still immovable.
Your trnueheon !" easped. lyon
haren't one? Up with some CT this coal.
Aim high. ana splinter that door. I'll
have them YETI
Esng, crash! sounded through tho
housc. Tha tcp hinge eave-a panel
sba,te,ed IL two minutes we were
ala.gbering across heavy wringins
machine bat had been wedced between
t.c dor and projection of the wall
4 iause for breath aad then hasty
search Of tie house Five minutes sui
fed to ryove how incredibly we had
been fooled TIE place was. save for
orc or two rooms. practically destitute
Of urniture-clearly enough, it Eafl
been rented more for nefarious than for
domestic purposes. Signs of the silk
there were none Now we were out at
the door, all but coming to grief again
ever Il sto1e slab placed across the coal
shoot. Ten minutes later we painted
inta the police station and bad sent all
the available men. with descriptions OF
the young widow, flying over Cam
de:l Town. Then I started back for
home. lwoud get rid of the CRIME and
ccal dust, and then take cab straight
to Scotland Yard
got to the door and pulled out my
keys My keys! They were not mine
with a gasp stood and realized that
that clever creature, asking to try
them. had banded me back her own
bunch in exchange. Why, what
Twice l knocked loudly before the door
opened ard showed me my wifes face
as white as sheet.
lyon, Jimmy: Oh, thanl, heaven !
We haven't dared to novel
"W-what do you mcan:" in the
mercst whisper.
"Oh, we've bad such scare. Jane
and l. We were sitting III the Kitchen,
net half an hour ago, and we thought
we heard some one moving about up
htrc-creeping up and dawn the stairs.
] screamed out something, and Jane
..ys she heard this door click. We
couldn't stir hand or foot till | heard
you knock! knew it couldn't be you. -
"You krewr" With groan | strobe
into the parlor. l knew what should
find. My handsome bronze timepiece,
my choice vases and score Of other
small aluables-all gone. Up stairs l
sprang like mailman. On the bedroom
table had lain my presentation gold
watch and chain, that would not have
lost for a fortune. One look-and L
staggered back, fairly crushed Gone!
A daring double stroke of villainy
They had walked i'll with my own key
while | was fooling at the station.
And as if this second humiliating
blow was not enough to permanently
kill any mans good opinion of himself,
on the looking glass frame was pinned
a scrap of paper. bearing this master
stroke of irony:
"Mind the coals!
That was year ago, and Messrs.
Jowetts, the big drapers, still mourn
the loss Of their rich consignment of
silk. They seem likely to go on mourn
ing And well, my deepest ambition
is to come face to face for just one mo-
ment with that sweet young woman
who went by the name Of Varney. |
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