The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-05-04

asked.
"I suppose So snapped ont
Marchmont; why should any one
have watched him? We've got some
thing else 10 do besides barring the
door after the horse has been stolen.
"'Get me a stout hammer and I'll
show you, said !.
"Well, finally be rang the bell, and
one Of the old TRUSTEES brought a
miniature sledge 70 me. And then,
Colonel, took chance, for, without
another word, drew back aud hit the
bottom Of the compartment a whack
at my full strength. The plste-it
was nothing but q thin steel plate
shivered like glass, and in another
moment we were examining as pretty
a piece OF trickwork az / ever saw In
the hull course OF my professional
career.
at was hollow underneath, Colonel,
instead OF being the solidest and
chilliest OF steel, hollow where IT
wasn't cbock full OF all sorts OF clock
work. There was contrivance to
cause the bottom Of the compar tment
dump whatever might be In il into a
little space below. There was "A con
trivance 10 cause the lock 10 get ont
Of order at certain time after this
had happened. The proof was too
plain for any argument; old March.
mont had been hocussed by as slick a
gang Of English swindlers as ever
struck this country for their own
good.
II must say that the old man came
mp TO the scratch without wincing.
Young Proctor, he swore, should be
got out Of quod without delay and
have his girl He would marry them
OFF instanter and set them up for life.
As for the scoundrels who had foozled
HIM, he would follow them at the cost
OF half his fortune. TO think of the
credentials they showed, he raved,
from the highest police authorities in
England At that, Colonel, which
was to the suspicious which my mad
had aroused like fire TO tow, ! got in
my fine work, and by entreating and
promising, finally persuaded the old
fellow to agree to keep quiet aud do
nothing for few days.
"Do you remember, Colonel, when
/ was telling you about my wait in
the managers Office. said that ]
noticed something, simply for want OF
anything else TO do aud with no idea
that il might be important? Yes?
Well, that something ] noticed was
that the platen Of his typewriting
machine was covered with words and
letters, caused by his writing in such
slap dash style that now and again his
paper would run out before he knew
it, and part OF what he was writing
would remain on the platen. / hadn't
thought anything of it, then, except
that it was another of the many in
stances / had known where mt.i
through very cautiousness laid him
self open to betrayal by not also TAX
ing into account and guarding against
his own little, insignificant personal
habits. Redcliife was too cautious to
keep an amanuensis; and yet, by not
guarding against his hasty, slap dash
way Of typewriting, it might be well
that he had left imprinted on the
planten some word or part Of q SEN
tence which would give u clue to what
he would most wish to hide. At all
events, Colonel, | was determined to
have that platen, and see what 1t
might have to reveal.
Colonel, it told the truth, the
whole truth, aud nothing but it, so
help mel That night had the platen
out of Redclifie = machine and was
studying it under a microscope. At
IL o'clock had made out an address.
'Moritz ct Gle, Amsterdam might
not the diamonds have been shipped
TO them? At IL o'clock was closeted
with our old firm, the good, square
partners, who had never thought me
stupid because l liked TO chat and
smoke with the boys. At ! o'clock
the cables were humming to our agents
in Europe. Oh, it was rapid work, i
tell youl Moritz e. Co. squealed, of
course; our men on the Continent
take bigger chances with the third de-
gree than we dare to do here, and
they coughed up some OF the stuns.
Redcliffe was pinched and exposed,
and got a ten-speaker for his pains.
And old Marchment kept his word,
getting young Proctor pardoned out.
and married of to Miss Leighton and
set up solid in iifly. And do you
know, Colonel, when | went to call
on the happy pair, in the bang-up flat,
blow me, if they didn't have my
picture on the pianner with big bow
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