Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30

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Twelfth RaffIes Story

N HE square shall be nameless you
Piccadly eventually his left and
he ought to you shilings fashona-
bic but there few with finer garden while the
houses
however diugy about the the
practitioner d
thought trad er one uncy evening at the latter end
that when Theobad
bath chair which had in beginning whispered
in the green garden aforesaid and the cool smooth lawns looked so
inviting phanhropic
key. would
suggestion, when and found
him looking wfuly little
"such balconies Bunny! leg you would ber'
in
II daesay you're right sighed Rafe Rings watches
but would be hard luck them
in houses like these don't
story Stop Bunny don't III hold ings This
is good house, look the knock bell
that put in There's
silver table in the drawing the windows
Electric light, by
stop must other side of the road
in the shadow of the eafy pangs
floor windows had aight showing pretty
dinner table as could wish with at his wine at the
far end, and the back lady evening
like lantern picture thrown only
pair of them but the table was brilliant with silver and with
flowers the maid the
1t certainly seemed a good
going whispered Rafes high
element NO. onfound them they've told
her necklace
must have the festive
TO like Jacques salard But silver
enough for me-"
"Get l. in bath chair"
"But the whole squares dnner We should
feet 1t wouldn't take
"with up nd the kitchen underneathY'
He nodded leaning forward in the chair his hands
about his legs
"YOu be mad" my
word, I he light
keep an the rug" whisper Of
the road and there CULVER pure
mischief only going see
whether that woman has a silver table,
don IT.
at won't take minute"
Its madness, madness
"Then you watt
1t like him to leave that
him at his last word had
called him. and mad could declare him oath
not though the thing had They
could learn all about at the
Dr. Theobod this was Mr. Maurn of his patients
his keeper and he had
making these explanations the door
n ca as the proof while the pretty paror maid for the police
1t would be serious my charge
should lose place thing
l would answer for it that again.
saw myself conducting Rafes back his a firm
hand and thanking whispers On
% way home 1t would be the first tight place had him
cut Of and quite anxious
OF every My whole position
TOOK me to follow this illuminating train of ideas
strong that could watch Rafes without much anxiety And he
wth watching
stepped boldly softly the front door, and there he
still waiting opened appeared
in the and doubtless already
ne @ not TO ring at all and suddenly his foot the letter box
his left hand the Intel
hardened acompce with tight grip
with that left hand weight
those five fngers right upward
Its last inch and the base of the low projecting safely
caught
The maid was removing the
crumbs In the lighted and the
What blessing II the end Of the
remained in darkness looked drawing
his left leg the balcony railing
through the
Balcony and in another he
within This bad enough
he did, but the crownng folly point
IN IT. the mad thing and
he afrward reappeared
bowling like mounebank-n his
set of with the chair
old Raes explain away mask
WELL If he had not the take
difficult but burgares usually
and for the faith
had at least withdrawn the balcony
his head he peered into cabinet
like the Aida
tAneousy the dungeon below temple
In the fashion attention divided
picture Of Bas moving seahy
the husband table
repenished his glass with shrug the shoulders
pushed back her chair sailed 10
Rans standing before the fireplace
OF the framed photographs chlmneypece
suicidal length
which lady
filling his glass would hreked
Ra fatally
OF the There nothing melancholy
the bath chair and the constable evidently
all night remarked realized with
other they
uttered II horrible moment for such discovery Fortunately