The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01
Copyrighted, by Philip Little.
. .By Reginald Lang
CHAPTER J

..you lie. 1 never killed a man while IN
D tnWeii. nass said you did. Don't get
q grouchy. Z. :,
81 ii amt grouchy. you fool. II Rags
said 50 he lied. and can prove it, I We '
been too long in this business not 70
Il know that simple breakin' and enterln
& amt nothin' to KILN man. No first
class man in the profession would thlhk
s. OF dom such a thing. see!
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, said n thlrd'
4akine his pipe out OF his mouth. pray
cease this useless wrangling. shorty5
3 6 satisfied In his own mind that he has
never broken through the etiquette OF
E Ills profession, and the word OF gen
.lomnn Is sufflcient. Shorty. sit down.
1Seecan. DO seated. Such quarrels or
discussions simply take US away from
the subject In hand.
a "Iord. don't he talk like book Say.
London where did you get 1t all?'
"By ALI suppose you refer to my
education. You needn't think That am
going to regale you with the story OF my
life, for am not. Suffice it to say that
! am not what appear to be- was
4 not educated as a professional house.
7 breaker, as you can guess.
20, that's dead easy to see. You are
as we'll, as any knows that Didn't
see you at Del" q.
smut up, 'E1lOTlSp w ! - ~ y" SAasS
mug down your throat and wicked
CLINT Of the eyes made the man addressed
+ nc shorty duck his head and remain ST.
lent.
that was educated at Oxford. Do you
know where that is? No? Well. 1t is
n greater university than either Yale or
Harvard in this country. and very much
older, It is In England, and takes the
az, oil adiicn iOna1 as we'll as re-
s, lgious matters
V .tGosh, amt nc great, Keeg?"
II thank you for your admiration but
TO continue and conclude supposed
myself the heir TO title and fortune
as my older brothers. wife promised to
be childless and | was the next OF kin
when suddenly she took 1t into her head
to produce n fine boy, and my chances
were blasted. left q crop OF debts
and came here
'Then you were Knocked out OF being
lord and gettin' the DOODLE"
'"rhat is about it., Shorty though |
have hopes. The child was stolen when
4 five years old, and my brother died from
1 broken heart, whatever that may be-"
"Well, why don't you step in. old
1 man?"
I'm not an odd man, and object to
i your familiarity 5s
i 14"Gee, amt lie groat!"
ut Is not because of any snobbishness
on my part, assure you Shorty but II
should happen to become n lord, as I
may, could not associate with you any
II ltsger, and do not wish to foster( any
Of future Intimacy in your guile
,reast."
p, what are you gIvin' us2 Do you
expect to be q lord2 Is that
~ ht?"
It is. as you term It, straight"
"N on do you expect to be hloomin'
.aTh.lt also do not know, Ny nephew,
/ Is occasionally sent that he will be kept,
and not returned until he Is 25. unless
previously killed by accident"
5'nSay, Amt that q fairy story?"
"Dn you suppose that l would waste
NV time inyentlng such yarn as that
10 tell you?"
20, ! don't know. You beat all when
1 YOU get on your war paint
"Perhaps so. but this Is q most un-
pleasantly true story. assure you. NOW,
lei us talk business When are we 70
do the Van Nostrand house?'
t'Right away, quick. Reddte Virgins
IS comm here this mornin'. FIark!
/ 1jere are steps on tbs stairs now, that's
him. All, there, Redde, got the boy
With you, ] see, Send him into the other.
room while we settle things" S7E'
eco In there. Bobs," said the man calls
4 ed Reddie, pointing to the door at the
end Of the loom, you'll find books and
/ papers to amuse you, and you needn't
listen through the kcyhole.5 Z t B. M a
s. u he boy looked MT him without answer
~ 2. and then walked to the. door. opened