Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-30


 ~ which We were both c0n-
 cerneG. it is but few, find, that will bear tell 4IIItIM ing at any length. Not GfSgN,SA that the others contained a'zze64 AA details which even I would hesitate to recount It is rather the very absence of untoward incident which renders them useless for my present purpose. In point of fact our plans were so craftily laid fby RatfleSJ hat the chances of hitch were in |ariably reduced to minimum before Ee went to work. We might be dis ppointed in the market value of our aul, but it was quite the exception for s to find ourselves confronted by uu- breseen impediments or involved in eally dramatic dilemma. There was sameness even in our spoil, for of purse, only the most precious stones re worth the trouble We took and tue sks we ran. In short. our most sue essful escapades would prove the FeateSt Weariness of all ill narrative
 
 flair of the Ardagh emeralds, some ght or nine weeks after the AIilches- IT cricket week The former, how Ter, had a sequel that l would rather rget than all our burglaries put to- ether.
 It was the evening after our return om Ireland. and l was waiting at r rooms for Rallies, who had gone as usual, to dispose of the plumber. hf1eS had his own method of con tcting this very vital branch of our tsiness, which l was well content to i've entirely ill his hands. He drove E bargains, I believe. i'll thin but fbtle disguise of the fashy, see y or and always ill 1he eoeliney dia- t, of which he had made himself a ester. Moreover. he invariably en- byed the same fence " ho was o>- EsiEiy money lender in q si.l;,Ii
 vet notorious VA aaz3 isl rocli1% fascsl as rene. ..'Ilahle as Is9t.'es hn #. Only lately also had been to
 man, bHt ill nlJ ffe.et person. had needed capital foi, the getting these verr e...ena.e.s. and l had sed 1eiG1 T t'.a ta.'ias you would beet from q soft spoken er2yheard th an ingrat;at.as smile. an inces ht bow and the $hif1:est old eyes t ever flew from rim 10 rim of ! r of spectac!cs Sc tIv oyigiil". sill s and tnn liIai spells of war cam. this Cd f.'9.II ,..s. se...@s,.::...e soti'nv, eircuMst:Ece which ai pe..!es. to C~ h.
 But these same fHa! sfoilS WE l to see. and I waited and waite h an imuat cnce that grew upon H." Il the growing dusk At my oNett hdow l had played Sister Ann until
 faces in the street below Were Fl ger dist:nGlisnat.e. .'.aG ION ! tearing to an3 fro in the sip e rible hypothe"es-a seesi., that t.1,2t Id when at last the lift gates o"@H with chatter outsile-t,.2t hl.5 breathess unt7i well known tat followed on my door. fn the dark" said Rallies as l drag
 him in. "Why, Bunny, whats bng?'
 l Eething-now you've come" sait! :! Shutting the door behind him in Ter of relief and anxiety. Well: II: What did they fetch:' Five hundred"
 I Down."
 1, Bot it in my pocket"
 Eood man." l cried. ''You don't w what stew I've been in. I'll tch on the light. I've been think
 of you and nothing else for the
 hour I-I was ass enough to
 something had gone wrong
 bffles was smiling when the white filed the room. but for the I hent did not perceive the pecul- ty of his smile. was fatuously
 of my own late tremors and pres I. relief and my first idiotic act was Spill some whisky and squirt the
 water all over in my anxiety to Instant justice to the occasion
 b you thought something had hap
 Ed?" said Rallies, leaning back y chair as he lit a cigarette and | Ing much amused. What should 1 say if something had? Sit tight. ;. dear chap! It was nothing of the htest conSeOuence. and it's all over
 A stern chase and long one. by, but think I'm we'll to wind this time"
 : hd suddenly l saw that his collar ! limn his hair matted his boots [ with dust.
 [ he police" l whispered aghast.
 b. dear, no: only old Baird' - aird! But wasn't it Baird who .v. the emeralds:"
 md ,Nas."
 rig Nh how came he to chase you?" Iins ' dear fellow. I'll tell you if you ',s ss be chance. It's really nothing ,;ts in the least excited about. Old nd has at last spotted that I'm not 1o the common cracksman l would
 him think me- So he's been doing It to run me to my burroW."