The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

NeStlDule OF the mouse. He viii find IL
easy-easy indeed-to be seized throt-
tied to silence and brought here bodi-
ly. Let him but enter the net I have
spread and he is ours"
Busby smiled family at the male
Violent curtness of the speaker, whose
every word left his lips with a snap
like that of "a whip.
Yet he may not come here alone.v
said he. WHAT them?
If not alone he will not come at all
Jessie is to follow RanneS. who awaits
her with Sanders near the Woodcock.
Kelly also is now on watch, and IL our
quarry mas companion, or if any cen
trail Office sleuth is on his track 90
learn where he goes, Kelly will not fail
TO discover il. and will at once warn
Ranney and the girl. At the first sign
of danger, the game is off, and all
hands disDerse.
Suppose he sets Coleman after
Sanders?''
Then Sanders has only to give him
the slip and go home" snapped the
chief. why do you question me thus.
Busby2 Am | fool? Do you think
] have failed to head off every move
that can imperil us?'
mo. no. chief Yet
"Faugh! that is not like me. Either
we shall nail our man. Busby. and ac-
complish it safely. or the whole game
IS off, and we shall have to try again.
| have left no way open for this man
Boyd to best or fool us, shifty though
ne is. We shall safely land him, or
Ha! the buzzer. See who is there!"
The noise of an electric signal had
interrupted this chief of crooks. and
Busby FASTENED to a tube i'm the wall
near the door, and for a moment lis
tened intently.
Who is it? And what?" cried the
chief jmoatiently.
Kelly at the street door"
fOrder him here at once. a lamp
that in the bracket. Kelly here first
mat ought 90 be q good sign. Plainly,
there was no need for warning Ranney
and the girl. Either that is right. or
the whole business is ditched by some
unexpected The door. Busby! There's
his signal at the door"
These mingled commands and COM
ments followed fast upon one another.
yet this energetic chief of crooks. de-
spite his curt vehemence and a. ron
slant display of intense mental actiV-
ity, did not once rise from his seat at
the table. Nevertheless. his restless
eyes seemed alive to every shadow in
the dim chamber. and his ears alert for
the slightest sound.
In obedience TO his commands Rusbv
quickly lighted bracket lamp on one
of the walls, the rays from which ac-
centuated the ominOus grir1ness of the
place; and then ne fastened to throw
the bolts which secured the heavy
door.
As it swung open there was revealed
only a small portion of an adjoining
corridor, where not a ray of light re-
lieved the intense darkness beyond.
Yet out of this gloom there darted a
1.-THE. slender young Irishman. whose
thin face and crafty eyes wore the in
dubitable stamp of the criminal and
whose flushed cheeks and strained
breathing told of exceeding haste.
Wen. Kelly?" cried the chief. the
instant the man appeared. What
news?"
The game is on. chief" Kelly hur-
riedly answered. "Ranney is on his
way here, with Jess Dole following in
his wake. Sanders has bolted. and If
my peppers served me right he was
followed by that central office sleuth,
Jimmie Coleman Billy will give him
the slip, how ever. so little good will
Coleman get from"
But BOyd-what of Boyd?" the
chief forcibly interrupted. Haven't
you seen Bovd?"
Not a sign of him. chief. and that's
what sent me here on the run" an
swered Kelly. mot seeing him.
hardly knew what to do If I had
warned Ranney and the girl. ] stood
i'm way 10 queer the whole game.
When l saw Coleman. or a man 1 took
to be him. It led me to think that Boyd
was piping the game from some point
Yet not hide nor hair OF him could
discover. or any one like him. SO
bolted here to ask what -
stop Answer me quickly" cried
the chief, with suppressed intensity
AT what time did the girl pass Lea
ry's?"
At FIVE minutes past twelve"
Il told her twelve-precisely tweIvei
Why the devil was she late? Are you
sure2 Was it after twelve?"
Five minutes, chief, good and
strong"
'Perdition upon her, Had you seen
her before she passed the Woodcock?"
Not sign Of her"
"Or Of Coleman"
Nor Of him"
Where was Ranney and Sanders ?"
Waiting on the corner below Lea
rvs until the girl should show up"
Kelly hurriedly explained. When she
came i'm sight. Sanders bolted across
the street, and then ! saw Coleman
cross bit above and follow him. Billy
was wise TO IL, too. so I'm sure / was
right. Ranney at once started for here
and the girl followed him some twenty
yards behind"
Gould you discover no one on their
track?"
I'll swear there was no one" cried
Kelly. decsively. THE whole street
was deserted. That was what Queered
me. chief. so j made short cut for
here. thinking that Boyd possibly had
taken no hand in the job, but had
turned It over to Coleman. r."
'Faugh. that's absurd" interrupted
the chief, with fierce snarl Of per-
plexity. III you were right i'm that.
Coleman would have Swallowed the
girl. not bolted after Sanders. Boyd
certainly Is at work on some Internal
line. and our precautions must be re-
doubled. Busbyi"
Here sir
"Is the front house in darkness, and
the corridors leading here?'
ct"
with watch at the front Win
dows2"
1.-TWO. sir. Gibson and Tony Briggs"
''Is Belcher yonder?" demanded the