The sun., 1901-07-28


safe 70 come 10 town 10 Offer them b ortain
dealer. whom I, also, happsasd to know.
DURING . preliminary meeting bstvssn
TIE Major ana this dealer the negotiations.
not unnaturslly, became heated. Ths dealer
warned Orsntley not 10 BE- too stiR In his
price, for the reason that within the week Q
Hsadquartsrs man had bssn 10 him In Q
general way inquirins, and. among other
thinss, had mentioned thss hs had obtained
Q good picture Of 0rsntlsy, who wss thought
b know somethins about Tie Occidental
burglary. The Major laughed At this warn
ing st the time. Eoins away without bar
gain; but the moro he thought II over the
more psrplsxed hs was.
II he was under suspicion. II bshoovsd him
b dispose Of the stuff a. speedily - possible;
there was no better man, with greater facil-
tios and moro ready cash than this same
dealer; but yet, this detective might be
on the watch and nab him should he re-
turn. Granted that tho picture was an old
one, this might and probably would mako
him safe under ordinary circumstances. but
not u hs would 60 TO the very place thas was
watched against him.
Hence. In this crisis. what they wanted We
q keen. shrcwd man. above all else gentle
man. who could In perfect safety conduct the
negotiations for them: they wanted him 20
badly that they would pay liberal per-
centaee for his aid. and ! was the one who
exactly filed the bill.
Even In my sxhilaratsd condition. might
have hesttatsd. for knew only too well that
there 10 Q string on any good thing that
crook oners; but my hand received . quick.
magnetic pressure, and over the bubbles Of
her glaas Eleanor 0fAntleys eyes locked
Into mine. understood; perhaps this man
did not plan 10 b square with me: but Just
20 surely this woman did not plan b b
square with him. There could b no Quee-
tion q TO which one was the shrswdsr; and
90 would trust her.
4 asres. I said. pled RinR q bumper 10 tho
success Of our undertaking.. And whilc I
drank. In q yision. I seemed 10 zee Eleanor
and myvelf. with the securitiss. Of course.
fleeing far away into some unknown country
Of love and idleness leavins the Major a
hopsleeslv bshind. "A thoroughly FORGOTTEN
an smither. vaa. for instancoi
NJ -. A. a. AL, -,....
so 49,
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my o'ue's III s"v o
n"m w a.. .s..
s"e 20" -
'ooAes Nv ne' 'u' ~
ana 'hen as reassureo' ous was 700 ouSuy
ehkaseo IN pre'',ns my sun noou ni'
seh'meh@. Inc MAJOR aosence was sh 700
snor'' = nero oooeihs around 'ne corner\
OF 'ne mall ! oeheve' yes N ehose rnL"s
momeh" learned enough was oeioVeo'
BACK came 'he MAJOR lhe uoo,s meIe
iocked' out rom inc closet was orousn'
~ y,
my woru lot III vi course, mere was some
oeao "eish'' such as ress'erea oohus' ou'
hihe-'enths was as sooo as soiu 70 any pur-
cnsser IN an open n,arke. ran over
WIN an experts skill seu'ns values ana
minimum prices 10 all OF which ,'ie uranueys
gave strict heed; yet while ! ana 30, l was
considering the easo WIN which i oonid
dispose OF the various io's' mere ana .nere'
without regard lot TINS local neaier' II ONLY
Eleanor ana were irec 10 roam
a. length, 'he examination was oVer' anu
while drahtley ana ! rep"okeu .he seourNies
Eleanor win deit mana '"is,ed on .ne
wires ana OUT 'ne o"rk Oh another po'ie
ana hiieu tnree glasses 10 .ne or'm. ! can
see her now as she orousn' ,he spar A"hs
oeakeI y" me s'"''''s ss"'" '''o my eyes
oVeI 'he puooies'
heres 'he' gu, p,nn may s"ocu' .ne
announueu' anu .ne AN. enp"a a'i' VI WIG
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1,dssd ~. ~. -a.,d xs. ro,n.,
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q, ,,,, h..a =. ~ an thns. sv.,,,no thou.h,s
h.d ,vr., NV .v.s and hroIn Iooksd
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ins .hont mo in a vitchs.. danc vet wa.
mi. 20 r.od a noclsrv IN hsr anil. ,ooked
49, and 1r.v d,-zv Thar. va. no aoor.
M hottom nothing hut awful blackness
int wh,ch nIunged heodlong,
n Vas lieht. the alarins. mercil.ss lirht
NJ midday. when I came TO myself. alone.
IN I. arrange had. in a strange room For
.orn. t,ns 7 Iav counting and recountlno
~. eov.r. IN the v.Ilnsper and feeline
. .. en-. nI..s In NV ability u do .o AZ
I.ast vas not crazy. AZ leas was not dead
F,naI,x mustered mfaoient courage To
r,ss nd 90 into the adjoining room. There
r,v ..n.s ~ locality returned These we're
th. Gront,ev ap.rtments / had .iept. partly
dressed in their bedroom: and this was the
s,,t,r . room vbsre ve had counted the se-
cr,tie. and toasted our luck II had eyi-
dsnt,v bssn nut in order bv the maid: but
where we're the Grantleys and where was the
stny,
n.tinct,velv a. nm. seeks helm in time
=, trouhIs fs,t in NV coat for nv pocket
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