The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-20

portaucc. cried the coumtNiotFatrs
TAX. ms word Tor n that my old Wo'
man has nothing 20 10 "ita ~ 90
come down - the other emu @ IL
street. We'll II tou Won 7. ! VIII AH-
uith that h rushed OF IN the othfl
direction.
But ] was after him in Al instant
ard caught him by the sleeve
Where do YOU I've said \
g ~ Lane BTtxion. ne N
sgered. But don 1t yours"H n
drawn away upon a false scent NF
Phelps Come 10 + other end 81 me
street and let ~ see II We can heaI
~ anything
Nothing Was u be lost by follow
ing MS advice. WITH + policeman
ne both hurried down. bat only -
ind the stree, full OF trafhc. many
peop!. coming 2 gong but -! eh5s
too eager - get - = place 81 @l''s
Younger who could tell Us who had
+. eS,a-
Then we returned To tho Office anu
searched tho stairs ami the passage
without result he corridor MhIeil
led to the room Wis idtd down Win :
kind Of creamy li1"l"un "htcn >l"t>
an impression very easily. Nc ~
afHti"t II 80! t.netuiiH' ~ l'uii'
no "uiith" ~ any l~'otllaih. -.
Had II been RAINING ali evening
since about seven
How = IT, then. that inc woman
Who came INTO the room ABOUT niue
left no traces with her muddy nools
II am glad you raised the point. ~
occurred to me- at the time. The char
women are ~ the haDlt OF tahi"E 'H
their boots At the commi9siohalie !
olflcc. diid putting on li9t NIippei~
THAT + very cfcaf- Ileit "''
DO marks. thcn, though thc hleh. WaS
4 vet one" The chain or events y
certainly n al cXtrftordlnary inter
est. what dad You 10 next
eve examined tho room also.
There IS no possibility ol = sec -
door. ana the are Iultc NJ
icet from lh' Sfouhu. bo>l 80 'h''i
were fastened on the he@lue- me td'-
pct prevents any possibility o. 4 lfat'-
door, and the ceiling Is Of the ordinary
NhiteWaShcd kind. ! viii pledge my
life that whoever stole my papers
could only have come through the
door"
'lloW about the fireplace
"Ih"E use none. lherc IS Il St"Fc-
z pcll-t"pe hahS# from tllv VT
just to the rlght of my desk.
rang it must have come right up ID
tIle desk to do it. But why should any
wish to ring the bell IL Is
a NEST inSOluDlc mystery.
"Certainly the incident was unusual
WHAT were your next steps? You -.
ahmed the room, | presume, to see II
the intrudc. a left any traces
IN" clsaf-ehd 81 glove =
I'dilIih OF oticl tiille
mere vas no'hih5 . Tue SUI
NO smell:
"Ncli. we never hought OF mat.
An, a scent OF TOBACCO would nave
rcen worth = great deal 70 US IN Sush
Ni'i'
! neE'i Sihohe lhS9c!i' 50 / /
5HouIu hdlc op9ccNcd 1t ; rilele =
oItil "HE Siieii - ioo"ceo. ,HoIe ~
dp5olulels no cue OF any hilid.
o!lN ldcL vas tHe cohlliiio-
sionalres Wlfe-Mrs. Tangey Was the
re could give no eApiahalloh ave
tQat II was about the uhle Wneh the
woman always went nome. inc po-
and | agreed that u best
pan would De TO selze me woman pe-
fore she could get rld OF the papers
pfcSum1nS mat she had them.
The alarm chad reached Scotland
ard by this time. and Mr.. Forbes, the
detective. came round at once and
took up the case with a great deal Of
ehe.gy. we hlfed q hal1Som' ana III
nan an houf we We're at the ADDRESS
Whlcn a beeh gwen 70 US. \ Noung
NoIldll opeliHu me doo[' VINO pIoNeu
i1eI Hlotllti lldu not come odck yet,
ana we were SHOWN into the front
room to wait
".AbOut ten minutes later = knock
came at the door. and here we made
one serious mistake for which
blame myself. Instead of opening the
doc ourselves. we. allowed the girl to
so. We heard her say. Mother.
there are two mon i'm the houeo
10 see Won and IN in
slant forwards we heard Tho
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