Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-06-05
Continued from last week.

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heightened by tslephoning to his New
York representatives. making an ap'
polntment with them for later during
the day As be had plunged straight
for the telegraph Office. he neither sa W
nor was seen by hr. Jacob Renwyck
when that gentleman, accompanied by
two plain clothes men. got on the rear
car OF the same train. rushed across
the platform. jumped into waiting
surrey. the only carriage that happened
to meet that train. and drove rapidly
away. Nor did he hear several people
inquire OF the station agent for walk
Ing directions to Mr.. Renwyck's place.
First there was well groomed. some
what pompous. Official looking English.
man. with n red face and white side
whiskers. evidently man OF author
ity and Importance. Next there was
a tall, blond young woman. with a
tripping" figure. who expressed sur
prise that no vehicle was there to meet
her And finally there were an excited
old farmer hard featured man In
plain clothes-also with an of1cia; look
and a fussy little representative Of
a motor company, If one could Judge
by his cap and general automobile rig
In despair Of carriage all OF these
walked slowly up the hill In the dlrec'
tlon Of Restmore, although In the fact
that, save the farmer and the plain
clothes official, each pursued sss way
alone, holding no communication with
the others. was conclusive proof that
their simultaneous arrival and thelT
common destination were merely coin
cidences. Mr.. Renwyck and his com
panions arrived long before the others
With the two detectives he went i'm
mediately into the library, where he
met his wife and Mr. Corrlgaa, The
safe was wide open, showing the tum
bled contents just as they had been
found when the door was unlocked
two hours earlier by Uncle Michael
In utter silence the two sleuths made
an examination, but beyond one tiny
scratch near the keyhole OF the inner
door the safe showed no evidence OF
having been tampered with. Besides
Mr. Renwyck. there was no one else
who knew tie combination except the
old butler, who was confined to his
bed with rh ,umatlsm In Il small vii
lage several miles away and who was
quite above suspicion anyway. Clear
ly. then. ths thief had in some way
learned the combination or else he was
an experlenc d cracksman.
on hearing OF the robbery the first
thought that flashed into Mr.. Rea
wyck's mind was his curious meeting
In the library with his English guest
at 3 o'clock In the morning. with the
window open and the burglar alarm
turned OF. The prowler's explanation
had been quite simple. Mr.. Renwyck
had honestly striven to persuade him
self that II was entirely satisfactory,
although be could not drive away a
snenklng suspicion that everything was
not just right, In the light OF present
Developments his mind recurred TO this
suspicion with added force Then there
was that draft which the earl had so
inexpllcably refused to sign after first
Offering 10 do so, small matter In
itself, yet coupled with the strange
nocturunl wanderings OF gentleman
who wished to seek for book at a
quarter past 3 o'clock in the morning
well, II troubled Mr. Renwyek not n
little. All the way TO lrvngton he had
turned the matter over In his mind,
yet on meeting Lord Croyland ON the
front veranda he was forced TO admit
that the frank appearing young man
looked as little like burglar rs him
self
Mr. Corrlgan was the first to give
his evidence. He explained about the
tramp with cast In his eye and told
how he had first observed the man on
the train coming from New York, then
how the same man had come 10 Rest.
more begging lie offered to bet his
hrothcr-in-law Il thousand dollars to
five hundred that the cock eyed fellow
was the robber. but Mr., Renwyck cold
ly declined 20 take the wager.
Mr.. Corrlgau described the appear
ance OF the man with enthusiastic mi
at which the foremost of
the detectives smiled an oily smile
"Wcl, 10y md" he exclaimed iuic.
cately. m that doesn't hit Jack Bbhs
then I'm hutchman, II Jacks got
your sinners, Mr.. Rcnwyck, you'd bet
ter whistle for en-"
why as ,ed Mr.. Corrigan,
Because he's the sllckeSt crook IN
seven states returned the sergeant.
noddug vigorously. Hes Il hundred
and drU miles away by this time,
SURF"
"Um" said Uucle Michael III You
had listened to we Jake, instead OF
trying 20 bo humorous. YOU
"Oh, shut up. will youT srowled Mr.
RonwycA "rhls is uo time Tor rccrim.
uuuon You'd argue the sun, moon
and stars out ot the Sky togother IL
you found amy one 90 listen 10 you"
Nov. who ever saw sun, moon and
stars I'm the sky at the same timer"
queried the irrepressio'e Michael
There you go" retorted his brother.
lulaV "Nour story of the tramp IL