Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

binary burglar not using dynamite,
would be nuts to him. lie could already
hear the music Of the tumblers as they
fen into place under his inspired touch.
The owner, an old man named Cralgie,
was popularity supposed to be a mlser.
If so, so much the better; since he
would treasure the notes instead Of put
ting them into circulation. He should
say that the number Craigie now had
corresponded pretty closely With the
size Of our package, but there would be
ample opportunity TO run them over 50
as TO make the substitution exact.
Servants? All he had seen were an
old woman and an Older man; you
could knock them down together with
breath. He had heard something
about hOusekeeper, but what OF IL? A
competent housekeeper never allowed
her rest to be- disturbed, and good
rule too, for this one. II she wanted 10
save her cronRl Thus, Slim Maccles,
after q discreet process Of expurgation,
II was a go; II was sure TO be gol
We planned cautiously, we executed
bodly-two essentials to success. The
very next night we drove out to the
Craiele plantation We hltched the
team In a remote grove. we made our
way across fields 20 the house. All was
silent save for our breathing; all was
dark save for the furtive CLEANS from
the glm under Smithers skillful man
agement. Evidently the old mans
faith In the safe was supreme, Tor we
had no difficulty IN entering the library
after the manner slim Maccles had in
dlcated.
A noble room. lofty and wide, with
FREQUENT recesses ana curtalned door
ways on either side. Opposite the llre-
place, abutted the round, polished plate
of the safe set In solid masonry. sum $
fine ear was close to the steel; sum
tentaclelke fingers slowly turned the
knob. this way and that. There was
faint click. click, and the man, spring,
ing to his feet In triumph, gave q pun
and a swing and the elaborate mechan-
ism swung open.
Smithers drew nearer with the glim.
Again those marvellous senses, by souno
and touch, interpreted and betrayed the
secret of safety. The inner oompart-
ment lay exposed; It's treasure OF crisp
new twentles was at our mercy.
Count them" | whispered, and as
Slim obeyed Smithers and j, under our
breath, repeated the toll
Five hundred. seven hundred, nine
hundred and ninety-nine, one thousand
beauties in all, as fresh, as inspected
as when first verified at the treasury
department. Oh, II was wonderful the
good bills correspondent exactly with
the badl No need Of carrying away any
of the limitations so inconstant, so
tricky; no need Of leaving behind any
OF the true darlings, each OF when
was a guaranty for so much sport and
dash and fling! Quick, then, let us take
the goods the gods had provided, lest
they envy and subvert our happiness
In an Instant Slim had thrust the
good money into his pocket and the
counterfeits into the compartment A
def turn here, cunning twlrl there,
and again the polished steel eve Kept
lis futile watch In the solid masonry
We were out on the piazza, pausing Tor
a moment, while Smlthers Slipped back
into place the window bolt, and then,
Oh, then as silent as safe as shadows,
we stole through the plantation to the
grove where we had left our convey
ance. There we clasped hands and