The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-01-23

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wondered wbY the villain dil not take
The money and so
Had h watcher heen concealed In
The library he might well have an.
irfstood the motives ~ Mr. Roiefick
Filzgeorge. or Mr. Jack Bihle, for
both names. amoug many others
CHANGED 10 appenain 10 the same ut.
tfaetiye gentleman No sooner Ind
the door ~ the billiard room been
closed when another form rose
siealthliy above the library window
all. stepped nolselessly inside, crossed
the room aud dropped on bis knees
before Mr. Reuwycks safe The man
was Of medium height and slender
build. wearing mask over the upper
portion Of his face Bot his chin aud
Jaw appeared beneath the band OF
black. showing a pale putty Ike com
pieXion
In his work upon the safe this sec
ond nocturnal visitor did not resort 20
force or violence He was FAR too old
a baud TO use such primitive means,
nor ltd he wish TO, arouse the house
bold by any sudden noise He press
"a practiced ear against the Iron
safe door, then turned the dial slow
~ with feather touch tn al last
be was rewarded by a faint metallic
sllck as the delicate tumbler dropped
into It's slot. BY the aid OF his cleo
trio fash lamp he made mental
tOte OF the number, indicating his
starting point. Then he replaced his
ar and reversed the dial as carefully
Is before. Again he heard the warn
ng click.
LEFT 10 sixty, right 10 thirty five,
be murmured TO himself and bent TO
bis work once more
He tried four numbers, that being
The usual combination Of smaller safes,
then confidently turned the dial to the
right He scored blank. The work
must now be done again. though not
from the beginning. for three at least
81 the numbers were known TO him.
Twice more he tried and failed both
times. but at the third attempt the
dial locked and the outer door swung
open when the nickel plated handle
was softly turned.
The rest was simple The burglar
produced bunch of skeleton keys and
In less than two minutes had forced
the lock Of the inner door, which
opened with rasp Of protest TO the
pllferer
The man with the putty-llke complex
ION uyurhaulv,i tho contents 81 ti,S
safe by tbs aid OF his fash lamp, Sc
lected such valuables as seemed TO be
the least bulky, but most important
and stored them in several capacioun
pockets. This done, he carefully closed
and locked the inner doors OF the riied
safe, pressed upon the outer door adj
iusted the nickel handle IN Its proper
place and spun the dial of the com
bnatlon lock.
For moment the burglar listened to
the low murmur OF his confederate's
voice IN the adjoining room, smiled
sardonIcalIy and slipped stealthily
through the open window Outside he
crept to point beneath the window OF
the billiard room, cried out In imita
ton OF vagrant cat, then, crouchlng,
fed In the direction Of the river, with
the cases OF the famous Renwyck dia-
monds tapping dellcIously against his
ribs.