The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-01

"Hal hero he has clundered in his
BOOKS. There was a pill of six hun
dred and fifty dollars paIJ to the house
two weeks before Dowd absccuded. II
came by mail it is supposed. Dowd
issued no receipt for it. Neither did
he make any entry in the books. Now,
| two firms claim to have paid up their
accounts, both of which aggregated
! six hundred and fifty. And besides
/ laying himself open to exposure,
/ Dowd has jeopardizcd the trade OF the
4 two best customers Of the house.
The company is willing to stand
/ the loss Of the six-tifty, besides nu'
merous smaller ones, provided Dowd
| will furnish the information as to who
| paid the amount If he refuses, the
/ old man Is going TO put five hundred
/ dollars on his head
/ ooh, let up, Jones & Dock paid tho
money said the burglar, half inVol-
unfairly. Get on trail Of that fifteen
/ thousand, will your he added, an
/ grily
Il thought you could tell me about
! it," smiled Sharley, Judging by that
! yellow stain on the tip Of your ring
| finger They use a peculiar ink here
/ that Is very hard to get off ones nm
gers Wen, Mr.. Dowd, about the fif-
teen thousand Each evening before
he closed the safe, you remember, the
old man would bring cigar box down
from his private office. The box was
n large one and was supposed to con-
tain lIavanas Of superb quality.
with which he would regale fayorite
customers Indeed, there was layer
or two of cigars on top.
"Rut beneath these the old fellow
slowed away all cash profits, after
converting them into bills of large de.
nomination. No one dared to touch
the CIGARS, for the old man was jeal-
Gus OF them-as well he might be one
clerk gas discharged for pilfering one
cigar from the box Sharley lowered
his voice stlll more and pointed q
trembling finger toward the safe.
THAT box is still there"
The Burglars eyes sparklcd with
fierce brightness. He made a move
mcnt toward the safe.
wait til we finish our plan, urged
the auditor sharply, The door of the
safe must show damage in order that
suspicion will not turn TO me. This
window must be tempered with, too.
| don't want to run my head into n
moose"
Go ahead We agreed on that. We
can tend 10 the damage later"
IAN right ny the way, you are
sure that Jones & Dock paid the six.
nfty?'
Yes, and if You need 1t, there's a
list Of the other collections that fall
to appear In the books" and the
burglar produced a paper from his
pocketbook Now get out the box.
The old fool never gave me the com
binatiOu. | admire his BagaCity in
giving it to you" lie coT'd not forego
the sarcasm though he ~as trembling
with Cagerucss.
Sharlcy leaned over and spun tha
combination Of the safe. The heavy
bolts clinkcI and Sharlcy ierkod open
the door
Here it is. And we will smoke ona
Of the majors cigars to his better
health
% his cigars. Show me what's
underneath aud be quick about 1t. II
Dick Dowd was n fool. he is one no
longer You can have the cigars, the
rest is mine Hand IT over, Mr. Shar
ley"
Sharlcys lips straiEhtcned lie
scrapcd aside the top layer of cigars
and drew out silver-pated Cots
that nestled snugly underneath,
Kindly put up your hands as high
rs You can conveniently. Mr., Dowd,
and 'ohligc' me by not moving for a
moment Did | not expressly state
! that the money had been in the box
| II was taken e. tho First National this
morning and this little triHe took its
| place
While speaking Sharley had moved
slowly around the desk Seeing his
purpose. DoWd suddenly brought down
. his right hand in a swinging half cir
Gle. aiming a blow which had Il
/ landed. would have put the Colts out
or reach Though Sharlcy eyadcd the
+ blow, his aim VAS lost for a moment,
Instantly the hurg|ar spra0g toward
the counter whore lay the two rcyoL
T yors Shorley employed an old school
boy trick tGat has served many a man