The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-11

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cerned. it is but few, I b.
End, that will bear tell ,
EElIllB3t ing al any length. Not
that the others contained
49, details which even I
would hesitate 20 recount. II Is rather
tbe re-y absence Of untoward incident
which renders them useless for nv
present purpose. In point Of fact. our
piaus were 50 crsftlly laid Oby Rafies)
thar the chances OF a hitch were in
vsrisbly reduced 10 q minimum before
~ went n work. We might be dis
appointed in the market value Of our
haul hut II was quite the exception for
rs 70 find ourselves confronted by IN
fo-eseen impediments or involved IN a
really dramatic dilemma. There was
g Eameness even in our spoil, for. of
course only the most precious stones
67e worth the trouble we took and the
risks We ran. In short our most sue
cessful escapsdes would prove the
greatest WEAKNESS Of all in narrative
form. and none more 50 than the dull
affair 81 the Ardsgh emeralds, some
eight or nine weeks after the Milches-
Ter cricket week. The former. how
ever. had a sequel that I would rather
forget than al our burglsries put to-
gerher.
r was the evening after our return
from Ireland. and I was waiting at
~ rooms for RsHes. who had gone
or. rs usual. 10 dispose Of the plumber.
Rsmes bad his own method Of con
Quoting this very vital branch Of our
business, which was we'll content 10
leave entirely in his hands. He drove
tie bargains. believe, in thin but
white disguise Of the 1ashy, seedy or
der and always in The cockney dia-
lpct, Of which he had made himself a
master. Moreover. he invariably en-
plOyed the same fence" who was Os-
tonsibly a money lender in a small
bot vet notorious way and in reality
a rascal as remarkable as R8h1es him
self Only lately I also had been TO
the man. but in my proper person.
We had needed capital for the getting
Of these very emeralds. and ] had
raised 800 on the terms you would
expect from soft spoken graybeard
with an negotiating smile. an inces-
SAINT bow and the shiftiest old eyes
that ever few from rim to rim Of a
pair Of spectscles. So the original sin
ews and the final spoils OF war came
In tins case from the selfsame source,
a circumstance which appealed to US
both
But these same final spoils I was
still 10 see, and I waited and waited
with The growing dusk. At my open
window I had played Sister Ann until
the faces in the street below were no
longer distnguishable. And now 1
was tearing 70 and fro in the grip OF
horrible hypOtheSes-a grip that tight
tned when at last the lift gates open
Cd with a cistter outside-that held
ne bresthless until a well known tat
toc followed on my door.
In Jhe dark" said Rafiss as I drag
Eed him in. why, Bunny, what's
VTOng?"
'Noshing-nov you've come" said
l. shutting the door behind him in a
fever Of relief and anxiety. ''Welll
Nell' What did they fetch?'
Five hundred"
Down
Got Il IN NY pocket"
Coed nGzF" I cried. You don't
know what a stew I've been in. I'll
switch on the light. I've been think
.hg OF you and nothing else for the
Rst hoUr. IL WAS ass enough TO
thnE something had gone wrong
RATES. was smiling when the white
'@s' Alsd tNs roam. NUt for -hS
'"nos' 80 10 rarcs've rho pacl.-
.'T'rr ~ 6,s suip. D uss tsrUonsiv
''' o. DIT oOn iare FreTuorS sUd UrNS
81. -s..-i. END nv hrsI i0i0ric set was
10 Sj.L some WHISKY and squirt bhe
h'oa water an over In my anxiety to
p" Instant justice to the occasion.
NJ YOU thought something had hap
F'1-d:' ssid Rsfies. leaning back
u ny chair as he lit a cigarette and
.''alnE much amused. What should
''1 >sy II something had? Sit tight
ny dear chspi It WAS nothing Of the
'Shtest consequence. and it's AL over
-'"- A stern chase and n long one.
N'lny, but think I'm well 10 wind
ward This time"
Al0 suddenly I saw that his collar
Vas limp. his hair matted his boots
l'"S with dust.
The poiceT' I whispered aghast.
'h, dear. no; only old Baird"
haird. But wasn't il Baird who
NIX the emeraldsE"
IN was"
Then how came he 10 chase yOUF'
Ny Gear fellow. I'll tell you il you
Pc ne a chance Its really nothing