The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-30
A DEED FOR
n HALF a MILLION.
The Missing Tenant of the Building
In Which lodge Narcotics
Has His Office.

ITS this way, Judge said the janitor
OF the Aerial Building. wiping his brow
and breathing hard between sentences
as he advanced Il his point in his rotary
way; when a tenant skips his rent he
generally leaves his desk behind; he can't
very well sneak it down the stairs when
the elevator men amt looking.
why, Nv got a dozen on 'em in the
big empty Office on the top floor. We wait,
We dooes, until there amt no chance OF
his coming back or settling up and thin
when some new man comes along looking
for something second hand and cheap I
sells 1t to him; don't you sees
Il see,- returned Judge Maroellus some
what dejectedly, as he looked out Of his
window at the clock in the court house
tower. you have something for me-. as
] understand2"
Yes sir: I'll git to that presently. When
old Ridgely lit out three months ago. be-
tween two days as you might say m with
never a word. we had a chance to rent over
him right away. So I stored his stun up
In the lumber room.
1T might Of been there. too, belize for
another year; but yesterday the agent
told me sudden to pack of the whole kit
and Doodle to auction and be done with IL.
You see that top office is too valuable to
be used for storage.
SD. Of course, l set TO work polishing OF
the old traps. so as to put their best feet
for ard as unly would be right
-INhat rave you got for me9' demanded
the Judge desperately.
sTbis, sir. II was underneath the main
drawer Of old Ridgely's desk, forced out,
n ,NNnaa hv a lnf 80 NAuaNa pora hA had
damned in. There was naught else in the
desk; that's why l hadn't bothered to clean
= out before
ss1s Judge slit open the long, thin en-
velope that bore his address. As he un-
folded the typewriter legal looking docu-
ment enclosed, a little fat key fell out and
tinkled on the desk.
whats all this?" murmured the Judge
with knit brows. "A deed Of trust from
Enoch Ridgely TO me OF all the property
OF every sort contained In his safe at the
Asbestos Trust Company for the use and
benefit of Ethel Deane, now a pupil at
Mime. Aliene's school? Preposterousl And
he skipped his rent. Who was this man,
anyway, ~janitor. Some lunatic?'
"A quite old fellow, sir, with a gray beard
and goggles, never asking questions. never
interfering. They did say he specialized
en- reel estate"
. Signed and sealed in the presence Of
Constance NORTH continued the Judge
In a high dudgeon. WAS there ever any
thing more theatric2'
Sure, sir, Mrs. North has nothing to
Do with the tage-a hard working type
writer and stenographer, 90 she Is. Her
ofsce is next door to where his was.'
Send her TO me, and you needn't como
back yourself, please
TIE Judge " two impatient rings.
-9Savers," said he as his junior partner
came hurrying, you have that transfer
this morning at the Asbestos Trustp Yes?
! thought so.
well, while you're there Just examine
The property mentioned in this iced OF
s-uss- There's the key, and take the Heed
along for a voucher.
Its all tomfoolery, OF course, but I
must know just where I stand in order to
decline TO serve good and hard.
sCronkite,' he continued, as Mr.. Beavers
m passing out let in a thickset, somewhat
1tolid looking man, look over a desk that
belonged to Enoch Ridgely up in the lumber
room, won't you? BY Jove, you may find a
invocation, my man."
And the Judge gave q hurried outline
81 the business forced upon him.
Don't talk with the ~janitor, or you'll
never be Tack he called, as the detective
alipped on. in his un~obtrusive way.