The San Francisco call., 1908-11-08
The San Francisco Sunday Call

franticay endeavorng apprise the latter OF wha1
was by means vested when knock at my
o'clock awakened and when at en-
dining with rebeiiion IN my
that I remembered RafHes warning against tnS
hs World U tSa a. for mai h os2 % felt wanted quite
much Donnely and Mitchell were already on nan1
and Marsden himself followed close upon my neeaSS .S
After the usual greetings breakfast served. ana
Rahies mperturbable oaciated with al eno
would guessed. when the coffee was serveu
that anything unusual was in the wind SO calmly az |
unconcernedy did he about the business ia nAliS
Somewhat TO surprise he offered me the corees nnu
supposing that for another the emoasso
off, accepted but when started in TO sip II Isis
Rallies upon me- and. glancng toward him. reau
repeated warning in expression Of his face Mean
while Marsden and theirs down -
it served and were ready for their second dos@
I move-wh-whats-th-th -th--natzer VII
To my horror fell forward in state OF ao-
sOlute collapse. and Donnelly who had risen % - ~
his assistance plunged forward and fell upon tns lus
ell he too had started to RISE but toppled backward
his chair again and slid gradually under the
them profound stupor from which al las
of awakening them under two hours at the vsry
was hopeless II at this moment that HAInoS
dropped menia mask and became the man OK
was temporarily paraIyzed with amazemens Al N"
"Csoodr' he muttered with a sharp laugh Works
how. That gives me an ample margin OF time. You
why didn't want you to tackle the '0"''
What is It, Raresr' said I. stn in more or less
"Knockout' said he. plain. every day. vulgar
Marsden's asleep. Donnelly and Antchel
n
the kitchen Just against tieup tns'
the housemaids are also dreamins In raes. act
the only ones whove got their pespers open we oars
what's going to happen" -
Holmes went TO the telephone and cameo up 1"e
BRIEF BRIEF eolIoquy colo 1'"'"' -~''-''
Good! Ought to be here in 10 minutes then ,S plo
you send four men, as told you? Fine HUSKY
den hGPSf once 80 wall Isa6 TSahh soa ssaa
He up the receiver and turned to me with tnat
srrfn atfsfac
TT is working like creased tooOggaR" gan % he SAID:
~ nuts +h a r % Esrs he rIance6 ont Of the window
No. by jingo it's herei And the imperturoanle but
ing room.
moment later he was At the door. and @ th.Is zen en-
dens. concert grand piano In Jiny they had II over
the whole thing was on the truck I sat mute and
amazing witness OF it ALL but what astonishsd more
Holmes final instructions the driver of the wagon
s that IA o. 70 ME arss Ss saIe Get
too. and be DANCED careful you don't
The truck drove of. ard Holmes after salutfng the
policeman beat. who had in measure supe.nssndsd
Now let's you and have cup Of real cons~ oid
what the deuce is the meaning Of all thiA HOlmesT-
cried -.
all for the time being could get out Of him
SO long he said you'd better look after your
shortly Wish could be here when Marsdsn dnds
out what's hit him, but your cautious general keeps
And merrily waving his hand me. the incOrriEiDls
yoIngster OF the house
Well, OF there the deuce TO pay when
along about II o'clock my host and MS guests came
dictd manifested the temper OF the hornet and when
he demanded the OF Rafnes and learned that
that treasure Of butler had vanished he immediately
Robbed like regular Rsusr" he cried
They didn't take any silver. Billie" put IN I
watched Ilp .sm like like s,1n hawk - ....
myself
rstorted.
Piano lfters." repeated That's all hey took
Well. I'll be d-dr' calculated MArsdsn. sitting
down suddenly and gazing at Jim DOnneliy with
As for Jim. he threw himself upon the rug IT.
self and went of into such violent paroxysns OF laugh
ter that feared the noise would attract the attention
And. strange to say. Marsdsn Joined him IN IT.
You Jenkins" said Raffes Holmes 6fned
together that night 1T really criminal II
take the consequences The way the thing came to
me was this It seems that pOnnsiy and Marsdsn got
the prevalence of crime in this hamlet Donnely
that nothing was safe in mans house from the
plumbing to the grand piano. somebody win be walk
said
1Marsden laughed and said he'd give q thousand dol
lars to who enough get away
with his piano. except with forged order. and
been warned against It beforehand DonnelIy, tn
are reckless mood offered to bet him two hundred ana
trick inside Of six months. The gamble appeared
Marsden as good one and me deal was closed Then
the job for ave hundred and-well. you made
good"
"Donnslly didn't recognise you might"
/
NO; the Ranes Holmes ha was . pink
whskersd mollycoddls who bore no ressSlanos what
But how did you get into Marsdsns hOzssY- as-
manded.
Easy" laughed Holmes when my brother. The
real butler. fell III note from him MArsdsn
explaining his absence and offered to Al the place
until he WELL"
But" / persisted. you told last night yOu had
brother
oh we'll that's dstsh. said RsnsA 7 savsart