Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-03-10
Copyright, 1899, by Herbert S. Stone & Co.
CHAPTER XVI.-CoNTINUED.


"a that money | was determined by
some means to possess myself, if only
"a prevent it from falling into the
hands OF either the syndicate or of the
strikers That the former would put
II 90 no good use, needs no demon
sifEai1nS- Nor-conservatiye and i'm
EHsriuliSt as | am-did | feel that it
wg0ld be much better employed in the
aEaDds of the strikers. Number Two
nad stated-and l saw no reason to
fiisbeiieve him-that the money had
hes1 sent TO England by Germany, and
for Sd sinister purpose as to prolong
Il strike, and SO to cause English trade
10 Drift irrevocably into the hands of
the Germans. In that case, by pre-
venting the money from coming into
gRss possession of the strikers, l should
0e serving the cause of my country.
& hsd often enough had to make ex-
s1:szse so myself for the means by which
z obtained money. For once in my
8ife / was in the position of being able
To steal, not only with a clear con-
csg$eDcs, but with glow of virtuous
@sE&s-rfghteousneSS The only question
chat troubled me was how | was to
50 to work. | was at first strongly
tempted TO take some one-say my
5JYpther-into my confidence, and to
sget him to undertake to switch off the
electric light at the critical moment,
so that l myself might be on the spot
when the bag was thrown out, and
wake off with it before lubbock could
Say hands on it. 1t would, of course,
be necessary to disguise myself so
Ej1at my fellow conspirator should not
recognize me, but that need not be
very difficult The meeting was pur-
tossse!T arranged to commence at nine
sTE5Dek, in order that working men of
all sorts might have a chance to be
present; and as there was no lamp in
shs yard behind the hall, and night
aVOaId by that time have fallen, l
might easily escape identification.
Thrash my brain as | would, however,
Il coUld hit on no plan for SO conceal
Eng nyself in the yard as to escape
SkIihbock's notice. The place was moth
Ing more than bare, gravelled patch,
sumo few feet square and surrounded
ny fCnr high walls so that it would
Rave been next to impossible TO find
4 shelter in which to conceal so much
rs a cat. Besides this, l was disin-
-sEfned TO broach even to a brother the
business on which | was engaged.
6Ialf-confdences would be no use in
s1ch a case, and unless one were pre-
pared to make clean breast of it, the
thing had best not be spoken about
af AL
NtNF rNf II cn nr1
%ss IL for a way out of difficulty, but
In the end / decided that the following
was the only feasible plan. If imme-
6Iateiy after turning off the light I
slipped round to the side door that led
uEo the yard, l should be in ample time
40 cat off Hubbocl's retreat. His only
way out from the back would be along
the side passage, and as the bag could
islot De thrown out of the window un-
2dI the light had been turned off and
the bomb exploded, the chances were
What should be able to be on the spot
sh ume TO get first snatch at the bag
~And even should find it in Hubbock's
i2'nsae&slon, my superior height, |
strength and weight would give him
mo chance in tussle. To have that
f5ag 1 was determined, and if Hub
Dock showed fight, so much the worse |
|, gor Ttim
Now that had decided upon my line
f'f acuon-unsatisfactor though that
1as OF action was in many respects
e1&zn to feel easier in my mind, and |
AFTER switching the light on and off |
: several times, to make sure that every
-SiaiHS was in working order, locked !
~ the hall, and went in search of |
ssIESh- Number Two had told me that
TIE ssey fle was fenGiag to me was only
n sfxTtieate, and that, as the care-taker
-22d one OF his own, l need not con-