The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-08
BY E. W. HORNUNd.

,,;re rick of sinking the COM
1or IN the leader. And it was i'm
III, NOT to follow one who led
.r,i, II zest. You might question,
van followed first. So now, when
,., Inn kick off his own shoes, |
.t...>.g.e and was on the stairs at
fr.nre realized what an eX
way was this of approach
.-er for money in the dead
o... Hut obviously Rallies and
y... au exceptional terms of in
,.,, apd could not but infer that
pv we.e in the habit of playing prac.
NM Jokes upon each other.
Ue gr5ped our way so slowly up
oirs that had time to make more
4 I'm one note before we reached the
The stair was interpreted. The
brpgd fingers of my right hand en-
.buntered nothing on the damp wall.
Nbose of my left trailed through a
bst that could be felt on the banis-
Is An eerie sensation had been up
me since we entered the house. 1t
increased with every step we climbed.
Mar hermit were we going to startle
N his cell:
I'VE came to a landing. The banis-
h. lei us to the left and to the left
balm. Four steps more and we were
A another and a longer landing, and
shddeuly match blaZed from the
Mack. never heard it struck. Its
ISL was binding, When my eyes
ecame accustomed to the light there
rs Rallies holding up the match with
6ke hand and shading it with the other
tetwecn bare boards. stripped walls
"a the open doors of empty rooms.
'Wharc have you brought me?" |
lied. The house is unoccupied"
"Hush. Waltz he whispered, and he
4 the way into one Of the empty
boms His match went out as we
foSSei the threshold, and he struck
mother without the slightest noise
Ihen he stood with his back to me,
bmblug with something that 1 could
"A see But when he threw the second
latch away there was some other
Hi in is stead and a slight smell of
D. stepped forward 70 look over his
Boulder. but before | could do so he
BIZ turned and flashed a tiny lantern
d my face.
Whats this?' | gasped what rot
b trick are you going to playf"
4"Its played he answered. with his
4piet .acgh.
Pom me-:
Erm afraid so, Bunny
8'Is there no one in the house, them
F"N9 one but ourselves"
ESQ II was mere chaff about your
fiend in Bond street who could let us
. Bye that money!"
I"Not altogether It's quite true that
Dandy is a friend of nine"
8"Danbyw
I"The ieweler underneath
|"What do you mean?p I whispered,
fembling like leaf as his meaning
lawued upon me. Are we to get the
pOney from the jeweler"
"Well, not exactly"
|"What, Them
The equivalent-from bis shop"
There was no need for another ques.
! on ! understood everything but my
'wn density. He had given me dozen
lintS, and | had taken none. And
bere stood staring at him in that
|mpty room, and there he stood, with
'is dark lantern, laughing at me.
"a burglar!" l gasped. "You-youw
81 told YOU l lived by my wits"
why couldn't you tell me what you
gere going to do? Why couldn't you
Fust me? Why must you lie?" 1 de.
banded, piqued to the quick for all
by horror.
Il wanted to tell you" said he. ~
gas on the point of telling you more
pan once, You may remember how
sounded you about crime, though
lou have probably forgotten what you
paid yourself. didn't think you meant
+ at the time, but | thought I'd put
Fou to the test. Now see you didn't,
And | don't blame you. | only am to
plane, Get out of it, my dear boy, as
quick ak you can. Leave it to me-
You won't give me away, whatever
Else you do"
Oh, his cleverness, his fiendish
cleyerness. Had he fallen back on
threats. coercion, Steers, all might have
been different even yet. But he set
me free to leave him in the lurch. He
would not blame me. He did not even
Dlnd me to secrecy. He trusted me.
lie knew my weakness and my
strength and was playing on both with
his masters touch.
Not so fast" said I. did l put
This into your head, or were you going
TO do it in any case?"
Not in any case" said Rafiles. Its
true I've had the key for days, but
when l won tonight l thought Of
it, for, as a matter of fact,
It's not a one man job"
THAT settles it. Pm your man."
you mean it?"
"Yes-for tonight"
Good old Bunnyw he murmured,
holding the lantern for one moment to
my face. The next he was explaining
MS plans and was nodding, as though
we had been fellow cracksmen all our
days.
- know the shop" he whispered,
because I've got few things there.
Know this upper part too. It's been
10 let for month, and l got an order
10 view and took cast of the key be-