The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-11-07
JIMMY MAGUIRE'S
LAST JOB
[copyright. lsos, by T. c. Mcclare.l

ing a suit case of considerable weight
and wearing on his freckled face an air
of virtue which was glaFingly artificial,
the clerk behind the desk looked him
over carefully and then deliberately
dropped N eyelid.
At McCoy's hotel, which is near the
water front. the guests are very seldom
questioned on any matter. but on this
particular afternoon there was no one
save the clerk in the Office when Jim
my entered. 1t was because the clerks
acquaintance with Jimmy extended
over a period of seven years that the.
gentleman behind the desk inquired
casually:
Anything on, Jimmy"
I'm getting my clothes pressed for
Sunday" aid Jimmy meekly.
The clerk laughed spasmodically.
Anything funny in that?' Jimmy
inquired peevishly. Cant l get my
clothes pressed for SundayT"
Course, Jimmy, course" the clerk
Uttered. Going to get EN- pressed in
town."
Maybe" said Jimmy, walking over
to a rack of time tables and spreading
out a folder.
Two hours later Jimmy Mcguire and
his suit case were speeding through the
early evening gloom on a southbound
train. The smoker was nearly desert
ed, and i'll the dim light of the lamps
Jimmy was examining a plan crudely
drawn on the back of an envelope. In
one place OIL the rough map was a
heavy cross, and near it was drawn an
arrow. along whose shaft ran these
words: ALLEY here. Enter third win
dow from this end"
Jimmy folded the envelope carefully
and placed it in an inner pocket. Then
he lay back and dozed until the brake
man called "Redpathr' Jimmy caught
up the suit case nj alighted.
He went down the dark street from
the station, took the first left, then the
second right, as the map had directed,
and suddenly stopped before a squat
brick building. In the dim light of d
~neighboring street lamp he read the
furnished gilt sign beneath the cornice,
"Redpath County Loan and Construc-
ton Company" He wen to the rear
oitu Jun lhC oAICS LCo vi IAfO
map. He also found the third window
which was mentioned. He pulled out
his watch.
Quarter past TO- he unused. "Whole
towns in bed probably. This is too
easyr'
In Il few moments Jimmy was inside
and standing before the heavy o of
a vault which he was examining crit
ically.
Dynamite nothing" he unused to
himself. ""Twon't take me thirty min
utes to open that"
Jimmy went swiftly and quietly to
work. In just twenty-six minutes from
the time he opened the suit case he
swung open the door of the vault. He
took one step forward and then stag
gered back, for ont of the vault tot
tered a young woman, who stood be
side him swaying to and fro. Jimmy
sprang forward and caught her just
as she fell.
He laid her gently On the floor, with
his coat beneath her head. Then be
brought water from a faucet he found
in the inner Office and deftly laved her
wrists and temples. Presently she
opened her eyes and sat up.
Pretty narrow squeak that" said
Jimmy cheerfully.
"Where-where are the rest?" she
asked dazedly.
Jimmy brought a chair and lifted
her into it.
81 know all about it, he said sooth-
ingly. You work here, and some one
accidentally locked you in the vault at
closing time. l confess | didn't eX-
pect to find 0 in there when l opened
it. / came of my own accord, you III
derstand, for quite another purpose"
"Oh!" she gasped and regarded him
with wide opened eyes. 1T was just
in time for me anyway. | couldn't
have lived in there much longer"
Jimmy had risen and vas putting
his tools in his suit case, after which
he shut the door Of the vault.
81 nave interrupted your-your bust
ness" she said.
Jimmy smiled. He noted she was a
very pretty girl. There was something,
too, in the way she accepted the situa-
ton that won his admiration.
hCdligt uS SdlO, L hui LII INK
mood for work tonight. If you feel
able to stay alone here for a moment
I'll call a carriage to take you home"
The girl gave him a grateful look.
81 didn't realize there were gentle
men in y%our-your profession" she
said. But | fear you'll run too much
risk in getting the carriage. You'd bet
ter not 60"
Nonsense" laughed Jimmy and dis
appeared through the window.
1t was two years from the night that
Jimmy Mcguire and bis suit case left
McCoy's that Mr.. Andrew Rider-'Si-
lent Andy" more ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a
letter in the Office Of the same hotel
and read as follows:
Dear Andy-You remember that Job you
put me next to down In Redpath. Well.
h do you think I got out of that
vault? Old boy. 1t was a wife. the best
49, Cur~1kaz% -, In the rrArIl W.