Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-04


er wake up for thousand dollars"
But see here, miss, IL don't want
your rings and Watches" the blushing
and confused young man managed to
articulate.
Flush: Not SO loudr' she cautioned
as she raised her hand and entered her
room.
He stood there, feeling and looking
like a polite idiot for the next two
minutes, and then Betty reappeared,
held out the watches and rings on her
palm and whispered:
''These are ALL l have been very
honest with you. We are not keen for
jewelry:. Now won't you please got"
"Will you tell me whom I'm speak.
ing tor was asked as the girl contin-
ued to hold out her hand with her ear
bent to hear If her mother was stir.
ring.
I'm Miss Hardin"
"Great Scotts!' with gasp Then
you must be Wills sister. Let me say
| to you that am
Flush! You are Raf11es-Mr. Raj
fes, Of course. Please, please go away.
| I wish we had twice as much to be
robbed Of, but you will have to be sat
ished. Here-1'll put the things in your
coat pocket. Now go on tiptoe. You
may leave the lamp burning after you
get through robbing downstairs. and
III come down after it. Hush! Softly!"
| Young Archer wanted to stop and
explain but she laid one hand on his
shoulder and urged him along, and the
first thing he knew he was at the foot
Of the stairs and white hand was be-
ing waved to him from the top. Where
should he go? What should he do?
There was an awful mistake, but how
was it to be rectifed?
VIII had said that he would be back
on the o'clock train. He had missed
1t, but might be expected at any min
ute now. The first thought was to 60
outdoors and wait for. him The Sec
ond was to turn out the lamp and sit
down in the library and wait for Will
or daylight or something or somebody
to come along and befriend him.
This second decision was final. He
stood in the hall, turned the light out
and somehow he felt that eyes were
upon his movements Ensconced In 8
big leather chair, he had passed away
half an hour in calling himself names
and hankering after his chum's scalp
when he heard faint rustic outside
the window near which be sat
He cooked his ear toward 1t, and a
moment later he knew that some one
outside had his hands on the sash.
Sixty seconds had not gone past when
the catch was thrust over with click,
and the sash was carefully and slowly
raised
Young Archer was excited, but he
was game. 1t looked as II kind
Providence was sending a Raf1es to
help him out Of his fix He rose and
stood beside the window with his pis-
toll in hand He meant to shoot the
intruder if he stepped into the room,
but sudden thought made him
change the weapon end for end The
report Of the pistol would arouse the
whole house and he had tacitly prom
ised the girl upstairs to keep very
quiet The man who had raised the
sash waited thirty seconds and then
stepped over the sill to meet blow
that dropl,ed him like log
He had just fallen when Will Hardin
opened the front door and entered AS
be scratched a match to- see his way
upstairs he noticed the lamp on the
hai tree and lighted it, and next In
stant his sister Betty came running
du"HStairs to gasp out.
Oh WILL We had to come home
AID on didn't meet us-and mother is
'r I'D an Rallies has Lreu here
al ~ ,t-,. Tie house-and"
4, interrupted the brother
-,Ht II >ure> was Rallies called
him Nj l:aEes. and be didn't deny his
't":-ut gave him all our jewelry
sanG then be came down for the plate
T. acted real nice on mothers ac
.ount
The library door stood partly open,
and of course young Archer had heard
al Now was the dramatic moment,
and he came forward and showed him
self As the girl uttered an exclama-
ton and shrank back he said
Will there has been a comedy of
errors. with something like tragedy
to end up with If your sister will 20
upstairs and you will come in here,
think that all can be satisfactorily ex.
, planned
And all was. 1t was done in Sec
tons and methodically. AS a first
move the arms and legs Of the man
on the floor, who was beginning to re-
vive. were bound. When the mask
was torn from his face, they saw that
he was indeed the Raf1es who had ter.
rorized the manor houses for long
weeks
Then Miss Betty was brought down
and formally introduced to Archer
By this time she had exchanged her
wrapper for something more appro.
pirate for receiving company Then
the stolen jewelry was restored. Then
the nearest country police station was
teiephoned ITO and Raf11es was re-