The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-01-28

other inspect, and there's oni7 one pos
sible coarse Of action. You must have
personal interview with Miss War.
rem; YOU must sec her without her IA
! theirs knowledge. and you must do IL
| right away. Therefore II Is absolutely
essential chat yOu get into that house"
But | ran't break in!' exclaimed
HOllingsworth. Il can't do anything
public and make guy Of the woman
| love. Extra! EItrav Holy Moses,
can seem to hear itH'
"Ruth Warpen Is to be spirited away"
said Breck. "The housekceper doesn't
know where nor how. But II 1t hap.
pens II will be fatal. The poor girl
will suppose that you know where she's
gone: she fancies that she's writing 10
you every day. If you don't follow her
and you couldn't because you would
not knDw where she's gone"
! Ioliugsworth struck his dripping
| forehead.
1--WE got to get into that house." hs
said, even If crawl in through the
gas pipe
1
| reason i've put no job. It's queer
but the things been done dozens OF
times in New York-in fact, I've man,
aged 1t myself for one of my clients
when there was question Of serving
some papers And you remember the
case of Mrs, Wilmington, who kid.
mapped her own daughter"
Took hcr away in trunk, didn't
she?" said Hollingsworth. "But there's,
no trunk in the world that will hold
me. You might bring my legs along in Il.
dress suit case, but
"Ths Is serious" interrupted Breck
"Fvc already arranged for the trunk
! 1t will be here In few minutes. It's.
! the same one that | used in the case
mentioned just now and my clerk lived
in 1t for five hours without much inCon-
vcnicncc, BY good luck, us I've learned
from the housckeepcr, chat trunk Is an.
exact mate for one that Miss Warren.
has I'm storage. 1t won't seem unusual.
II we have t. delivered ut the Warren
house today. Come, stuart. Have you
got the sandE
"HavcIf" cried Holiingsworth. Watch
me. This is really the very best thing
that we could do 1t will settle the whole
matter. And I'll remember you, Brcck.
You shall have $1,000 If | live through
this ana $1,000 If I don't My graft.
tude will be- the same in either ease,
but If I'm dead can afford to be
more liberal. Fix mp my will. What's
that"
A sound Of shufillng feet came from
the hall, followed by a quick ring OF
the bell. Breck opened the door, and
four men entered with the trunk. 1t
was monstrOus affair and had al.
ready been stripped Of its trays and
provided with ventilating holes, sufI.
sient and not too obvious.
81 can live in 1t for week." said
Hollingsworth, 'if they set 1t on the
right end"
The two men padded the inside with
blankets and made experiments in the
matter of the most comfortable position
and the limits of movement when the
lid had been closed upon the occupant.
Then they went out and had luncheon,
for the trunk was not to be delivered al
the Warren residence before in the
afternoon. IIollingsworth suggested
that it would be awkward If the real
one should get there first, but Brock
replied that he had sent a bogus mes
sage to the warehouse countermanding
, the order.
Promptly at o'clock the expressmer
whom Breck had engaged arrived al
HollingswOrth's rooms, They were
well bribed and carefully instructed
Hollingsworth got into the trunk, anC
Brock closed locked and strapped It.
} "Now, for heavens sake" he said IL