The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-19

moment, unobserved by the workman,
he cast at Vellum's feet the page he
had written. Then he turned sharply
and said TO Slavey, with suppressed
asperity:
Come with mew
AS they strobe out of the main office
! Vellum snatched the scrap of paper
and read:
wait here till I reach you by tele-
phone. The arrest of the girl is a
blind"
Not until they reached the sidewalk
in State street did Morris Donald, grim
and dark, with seeming resentment,
address himself to the workman. Then
/ he said. churlishly:
These milk-sop sort of men make
me weary! Now, give it to me on the
| level, Slavey. Didn't you see the girl
pinch the paper?"
Siavey grinned and shrugged his
shoulders.
'On the level, mister, 1 didn't" said
he. II don't say she hasn't got it, mind
you; only 1 didn't see her"
Nor hear her open the window a bit
to- drop it out?"
'She might "a done it-sure she
might" was vouchsafed with a curious
leer. But 1 didn't see her, mister.
was at work on my ladder
| 'Well, she got it, all right" growled
| Donald. with sinister assurance. I'll
see what an hour or two in stone walls
and behind iron bars will do for her.
I'll wager 1 force her to open her heart.
Here, you, cabbie, take me to the
Ames building, then to Pemberton
square. That's all, Slavey."
He sprang into the cad he had hailed
and was driven rapidly away.
TWENTY minutes later a second "a u
took the officer and Miss Kelsey,
weeping bitterly, to the police head
quarters.
| 1t was half-past six. however. when
Mr.. Morris Donald sauntered into the
chiefs office, to say, with indescriba-
bic nonchalance:
Gibson, if you want that man
/ Crooke, slip gun on your hip and
come with me-"
This way, Gibson-cautiouslyr'
Il am at your heels"
Wen slip in by a rear door and W
the back stairs. All, here is our jani-
tor. Did VelIum leave you his office
key, my mani"
1t was approaching o'clock, and DAY..
light was just beginning to wane.
| Closely followed by the chief inspector
Mr.. Morris Donald had lodged into an
alley adjoining the building in which
/ the bankers office was located. His
eyes had feverish glitter, his subdued
voice a threatening ring, while his
clean-cut, white features were much
more tensely drawn than usual
At the door of rear entry, into which
the two quickly vanished, the janitor OF
the building was waiting.
Yes, sir; here is the key said he
in reply to Donald's question. Mr.
Vellum closed his Office and went home
at the usual time"
you since have been secretly watch
/ ing his door?"
Yes. sir. precisely as you directed"
| Donald INDUCED in a curiously dry
and subtle laugh.
"A great convenience, Gibson, the
| telephone" said he. THAT is all jan
1 itor. Follow me, Gibson, and We'll find
| cover before our quarry arrives
You appear sure they will come this
| evening", the inspector doubtfully OBJ
served, as they mounted the narrow
stairs.
"Humph!" grunted Donald. LET
/ them alone to come promptly. Feeling
/ that the move may be safely made to-
day, they will not defer it. They'll haz-
ard no delay, lest their ruse might be
/ cOnjectured. 1 venture to say they'll
show up before it's fairly dark. Here
we are. Now. Gibson, softly"
They had arrived at the door of Vel
| lum's Office, which Donald quietly
Lopened and loked behind them.
Trust CroOke to have key that will
open it," he chuckled, with a swift
glance through the silent office. It's
barely dusk as yet. This way to the
private Office, Gibson, to be under their
very noses. You are the larger, so take
-, rfr hob
this screen"
Are you positive the contract still is
here?"
Absolutely"
But where concealed?'
I'm the one and only place in which
il could have been so quickly and deft-
ly hidden" answered Donald, again
with a subtle laugh. II would have
nailed it this afternoon, Gibson, had
not wanted-the other mani"
THE other man?"
"Crooke's confederate, who called
Vellum away from his desk for a few
moments.
but where the deuce can he have
concealed"
You will see when they arrive, Glib
son, take my word for that. If we are
too quickly discovered, down the scoun-
drels on the instant. l can locate the
contract. all right yet would much pre-
fer to have Ha, BY JOve, we are
here not a minute too soon. To cover,
Gibson, and hold your BREATH
key had been cautiously thrust into
the lock of the outer door. The chief
inspector darted into the wardrobe
closet, and drew the door ajar. Crouch
ing back of the tall screen at Miss KEEL
| sey's table, Morris Donald slipped his
revolver into the side pocket of his sack
coat.
The quick, cautious footsteps of two
Tpen were falling upon the main Office
floor. That at least one of them felt
entirely safe was evinced in his obvious
unc4ncern. For he cast only fleeing
glance about the private Office; then re-
marked, with sinister glee:
"Oh, this was too easy, Blagdon-toO
awfully easyl It's like money sent
from home. Talk of swiping candy
from a kid-say, wouldn't that fly cop
who pinched the girl faint dead away
if he could see US now?'
"Silence, you fool, and get the paper
at oncen" cried his companion, in ner-
vous, hurried whispers. I'VE are not
safe till it's III our hands and We are