The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

crack of the door, showing that there
was somebody at work in the old shoot.
I ran noiselessly across the room and
hid behind some old barrels which were
piled up in the farther corner of the
room. A moment later the oldb door
swung in and two men came into the
room.
"Now, amt this just the place to
hide 'em, Jack?' asked the first man
to enter the room.
''Couldn't find better, Jim," said his
companion, looking around.
"Then let's bring the things in. They
will be safe here, for I don't believe
anyone. has been in here for years ex-
cept me. The place has the name of
being haunted, but 1 guess I'm the
only haunt that ever was here" and
the man laughed at his. own joke, but
his companion quickly held up5the lam
tern which he carried, and as it
flashed on his own face I could see
that he was rather white. He did not
say anything, however, and the two
men went out, leaving the door open.
In few minutes they came back,
bringing each a bag, which they put
down in the farther corner of the room
and covered with rubbish, with which
the floor was covered Then they start
ed for the door again and the one who
answered to the name of Jack said:
'Now we will 60 back to the boat,
float down the river and stay on Grow
island all night, and keep in the woods
all day. Then tomorrow night at IL
we will come in the bigboat and take
the swag and by daylight we will be
we'll on towardssN eRs 81 ork.''.s,
that's the plan, II guess, : said Jim,
''butGI wish we had the: big boat up
the river now so we could get away,to-
night. They will be looking for uslto-
morrow, and we may have someStroubl bile
to get away without being seen"
''That's all right" said Jack; I'm
glad we didn't, for they would have
seen the boat come in and then if it
had gone off the same night they
would have mistrusted that she had
some connection with the robbery"
"Guess you are right, as usual, Jack,
and your plan is the BEST When the
boat comes up to-morrow.they will not
of course shspectsanyth thing" /.
{H''No, that's just its hive the plans
all laid, as told you before we cracked
the crib. johnson will sail up some
time tomorrow afternoon, 60 ashore
in the city and buy some provisions,
give out that he is fisherman just put
in for supplies, and say he will get
away. earlySnext morning. They will
suspect nothing there, and will be
watching the depots and roads leading
out of the city and this town. No one
will lthmk of our coming in boat, and
our leaving. this side, will throw of
every suspicion. Ipride myself that
this is we'll worked up job gm:,s s.s.
Fright you >are, Jack, - said Jim, and
they went out shutting the door tight
after them. fsa4f ~ss*fAsa =
7 ran up the stairs and to window
looking out, on the water, and watched
the boat as it went slowly down the
river. I watched about half an hour
then went downstairs, lighted my
lantern, and pulled off the, stuff from
the bags and took them into the boiler
room. On opening tfemI found then
filed with watches, jewelry and silver
ware. They had evidently been rob
bing a jewelry store in the city, a4t
after examining some of the boxes
found one with the lia mark ~ X Of Paterson
s. Co.. and ] knew. then that they hat
robbed the largest jewelFyI store, il
the city. /
What to do I did not know, but |.
concluded to hide the stuff where the1
could not find it and then go hom,
and think it over. I opened the ok
ash pit under the boiler and put botl
the bags carefully in the hole, thel
put out my lantern and went home. /
got into the house just as the sun wa
rising, and I tumbled into bed. bu