The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-05

think there'd be any harm in maL;r =
an extra few pounds out of the loan of
the Key to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. he
seemed gentleman, quite gentleman.
treasured as to his own immunity from,
serious trlbulatisn in the matter the
mousse breaker was communicative
enough. A gentleman had come to him
rev days ago, just as he was going
OH after finishing the boarding. The
gentleman was well dressed and civil.
and said he was the agent of a firm of
hide merchants who We're changing
their warehouse, and wanted a~place
Tor fortnight or so In which To stow
a few bales till the new premises were
ready. he was ready to pay C 5 down.
II ne could be given the key for the two
weeks, and the housebreaker had seen
no harm In closing with the bargain,
There would be plenty of time to do his
wrecking after the bales had been
taken away. and C made handsome
addition 10 his profit. The gentleman
had not the key of the boarding, but
the key OF the door in the side wall:i
and that was all that the house breaks
Ing contractor would say
In reply to other questions it APP
peared that the gentleman had called
hlmself Mr.. Hurner, though, as nearly
as the man could describe him, he
would seem to have borne an uncom-
mon resemblance to Hahn. And so at
last the housebreaker was let go about
his business, to his great relief WickeS
went off to make fresh mysterious ar
engagements of his own, and Crook and
Merrick went off. toto lunch.
Two days passed, and until the AFTER
noon of the second day nothing more
was heard from Wickes. Crook had
business of his own to attend to, but
found time to call once or twice at
Scotland Yard-without finding Wickes
In AS for Lyman w. Merrick, he passed
those two days in hurrying about in
hansoms, with wild notion of helping,
or at any rate, of seeing something of
the progress of the adventure, by pure
dint of rushing over as much of Lon-
don as possible between meals. Each
evening Crook dined with him and
Daisy; and all three were equally puz-
zled to account for the doings at the
old house at Lambeth; more especially.
on the second evening. for something
which Crook had learned from WickeS
that afternoon.
The detective called at Crooks hotel
soon after 4. and wished to know, first,
II he had heard or seen anything Of any
or the three men they were after, since
the visit to Lambeth. Crook had seen
none of them, of course, nor heard
news; in his turn he asked If Wickes or
his men had been more fortunate.
Well. no." the detective replied; ct
can't claim that we have had any very
great luck. By the way, you're on the
telephone here, aren't you, Mr. Crook?"
Yes, of course-in the office down
stairs"
Very WELL I'll take the number as
/ leave. Perhaps you'll be good enough
to leave message in the office when
you go out, so that we can get in COM
hunication with you without any un-
due waste OF time. It's Identification
I'm thinking about, you know. We're
watching the docks and certain other
places. and 1 quite expect one of my
fellows will be arresting the wrong
Hindus sooner or later. OF course,
we've got the landlady of the house In
Roadway street. but she only knows
JatterJi; and we haven't anybody at all
who knows the others except you"
Very well. I'll do anything you like,
OF course
Thank you. Mr.. Crook. And now
see here. Here's the stone you found
at the old house." He took the muslin
packet from his pocket, unfolded it,
and displayed the great green gem.
Here 1t is. Looks brilliant, doesn't it?'
yes, of course it does!"
Precisely. So it did when we first
saw 1T in that dirty old kitchen. So 1t
did when 1 had another look at it my
self after 1 left you. So 1t did all
along, in fact, till this afternoon, when
l put 1t beside a real one!"
"A real one?"
yes, a real one-at Wetherby's, in
Bond street. This is a colored crystal,
and nothing elsei"
"A colored crystal! Nonsense!
why"
ITO be concluded next Sunday