The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-05-02
J|MMY'S GREAT SCHEME
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pretense. One morning Jimmy read in
a newspaper that a certain Mr.. Archi
! bald, a wealthy man. was endeavorine
| TO get possession of certain valuable
! property and by advice of counsel was
refusing an order of the court TO pro
duce certain papers connected with the
case. 1t occurred to Jimmy to 10 to
! Mr. Archibald's house in the guise of
a constable and make IL search. osten.
sibly for the papers. really FOR plunder
1t did not occur to him that such pa
| pers would likely be in the hands OF
| Mr.. Archibald's attorney. Indeed. he
didn't care where they were
After executing neat piece of pen,
manship in the shape of a search war
rant and manufacturing a constable's
badge he went To the house. rang the
bell and was admitted. There were no
men in the house AT the time. and Miss
Daisy Archibald, young girl of seven.
teen, answered the summons
I'm sorry TO trouble you. miss" said
| Jimmy. but I've warrant To search
the house for certain papers in the case
Of Fairleight versus Archibald"
IF youll wait moment, III tele-
phone my father, who will come home
Immediately"
Jimmy preferred to make the search
without the presence of the head of the
house, but he didn't wish to appear 10
| force matters.
81 would be glad to accommodate
you. miss, but the courts waitn'. The
! judge ordered me to make the search
and git back before = o'clock, when II
meets after the noon recess"
The young lady pondered. Finally
she said reluctantly:
I'VE have an invalid in the house
and don't want any disturbance, SO |
| suppose ! may as well give You the
papers. II you'll wait II minute, III
go and get them"
This unexpected proposition was rath
er startling 10 Jimmy, but he was
equal to the occasion
"l'll have to go with you. miss. II
you should git away with the papers.
I'd be blamed by the court.
"Certainly," said the girl. II can
understand that You'd be very re-
miss to take such risk don't know
exactly where father keeps them, but
we can search together"
Jimmy assented to all this, leaving II
to be decided as lie proceeded what
action he should take. The young lady
led him upstairs to an unoccupied bed
room, where she began protracted
hunt. Jimmy, to show his delcacy, sat
down on n chair and left the matter
entirely to her. He saw her take u
box of jewels from II drawer and put
It back again. When she was about to
leave the room for another apartment,
Jimmy said;
"I'm sure such pretty young Indy
couldn't play game on Iuor con
stable who's only doln his duty Just
you 90 on searchin', and III wait here"
That's very considerate of you" she
said, showing two dimples and two
rows Of white teeth In smile.
Jimmy was much pleased al the sue
cess of his artitice. AS soon as Miss
Archibald departed he stepped to the
bureau, took out the jewel box. saw
that II contained articles OF value and
slipped It in his pocket
THE dear little foolr' he said IL
never met any one so soft But after
all she's only IA child"
Presently he heard Miss Archibald
call:
"Mr. Constable, please come here. !
think the papers are In the silver
vault. know the combination, and
III let you in"
What luck" remarked Jimmy TO
himself "Thngs is workln' beauti-
full"
IN tell you the combinat ton, and
you turr the knob" said Miss Daisy
when hc came up.
The numbers were given. the bolts
turned, and Jimmy found himself at
the open entrance OF vault large
enough to admit him standing upright
PLEASE 20 and get me light" he
said In order to make an excuse to
send Daisy away.
zone moment" she replied. Look me
In the face. Yes, you are honest. know
It. You see, our most valuable jewels
are In there, and | wouldn't like to let
any one In alone unless | had perfect
confidence in him. I'll bring you light
In minute
When she returned with a lighted
candle, Jimmy was IN the vault and
had Just slipped bag Of jewels In his
pocket In fact. he had finished the
Job and was about to come out, but for
appearance he took the candle from
Daisy and began to pull open certain
drawers containing silyerware. Sud
denly he beard clang behind hlm and
bolts shoot into sockets. He was u
prisoner.
A few minutes later Mr. Archibald
In his Office was alled to the telephone
Papa, dear" came the soft voice OF
his daughter. "a man came here 10
search for some papers ! locked him
In the silver vault"
"You locked man In
"Yes. Come home at once. Im
afraid he'll suffocate"
SIR. Archibald made hasty inquiries
by telephone and learned that no
rch had been ordered Then taking
two policemen with him, he went home.
The vault was opened. and Jimmy,
half dead. was dragged out.
"Ah, ha, jimmy said one Of the po-
Itcemen Caught at last, eh =
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