Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-31

o LET HIM WRITE HIS NAME
He OPPOSITE WALL"
Ing TO make a start upon. l tell them
I'm looking high and low for my ideal
model. l have the stove lit on prin-
ciple twice a week, and look in and
leave a newspaper and a smell Of Sui
U%yaps-how good they are after shag!
Meanwhile l pay my rent and am a
good tenant in every way, and it's q
very useful little pied-a-terre. There's
no saying how useful it might be at a
pinch. AS it is, the billycock comes in
and the topped goes out, and nobody
takes the slightest notice of either. At
this time of night the chances are that
there's not a soul in the building eX-
cept ourselves"
You told me you went in for
disguises," said l, watching him as he
cleaned the CRIME from his face and
hands.
mo, Bunny, I've treated you very
shabbily all around. There was really
no reason why l shouldn't have shown
you this place a month ago, and yet
there was no point in my doing so, and
circumstances are just conceivable in
which it would have suited us both for
you to be in genuine ignorance of my
whereabouts. l have something to
sleep on, as you perceive, in case of
need, and Of course my name is not
Rat11es in the Kings road. SO you will
see that II might bolt farther and
fare worse"
Meanwhile you use the place as a
dressing roa1l?"
ITS my private pavilion" said Raj
fes. "Disguises? In some cases they
! are half the battle, md it's always
| pleasant to feel that if the worst comes
to the worst you needn't necessarily
be convicted under your w name.
Then they're Indispensable in dealing
with the fences. l drive all my bar
gains in the tongue and raiment Of
Shoreditch. If I didn't there'd be the
very devil to pay in blackmail. Now.
this c%upboard's full of all sorts of tog-
| gerry. 1 tell the woman who cleans
the room that it's for my models when
l find 'em. BY the way, l only hope
I've got something that'll fit you, for
you'll want a rig for tomorrow night"
Tomorrow night" l exclaimed.
"Why, what do you mean to do?"
"The trick" said Raf1es. II intend
ed writing to you as soon as l got back
to my rooms to ask you to look me
up tomorrow afternoon. Then l was
going to unfold my plan of campaign
and take you straight into action then
and there. There's nothing like put
ting the nervous players in first. It's
the sitting with their pads on that up
sets their apple cart. That was anoth-
er of my reasons for being so c%onfound-
eddy close. You must try to forgive
me. l couldn't help remembering how
well you played up last trip. without
any time to weaken on it beforehand.
All l want is for you to be as cool and
smart tomorrow night as you were
then; though, by Jove, there's no com
parison between the two cases.
Il thought you would find it So"
"You were right. l have. Mind you,
I don't say this will be the tougher Job
all round. We shall probably get in
without any difficulty at all; it's the
getting out again that may hummox
US. That's the worst Of an irregular
household" cried Raffles with quite a
burst Of virtuous Indignation. 81 as
sure you, Bunny, l spent the whole Of
Monday night in the shrubbery Of the
garden next door, looking over the
wall, and, if you'll believe me, some
body was about all night long. | don't
mean the Kattirs. l don't believe they
ever get to bed at all-poor devils.
No, | mean ROsenthall himself and
that pasty faced beast Purvis. They
were up and drinking from midnight,
when they came in, to broad daylight,
when l cleared out. Even then I left
them sober enough to slang each other.
BY the way, they very nearly came to
blows in the garden within a few yards
Of me, and | heard something that
might come in useful and make Rosen-
thail shoot crooked at Il critical mo-
ment. You know what an !. d. b. is!'
"Illicit diamond buyer"
Exactly. Well, it seems that Itosen-
thall was one. He must have let it
out to Purvis in his cups. Anyhow, I
heard Purvis haunting hin with it and
threatening him with the breakwater
at cape Town, and ! begin to think our
friends are friend and foe. But about
tomorrow night. There's nothing
subtle in my plan. It's simply to get
in while these fellows are out on the
loose and TO lie low til lllry come
back, and IpI g"r. lf'pp's'blc We must
doctor tn" WHISKY 1al would sim
plify HE "iiol" 'hiIg. tbougIl It's not
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