The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-18

post you check within the next
hour"
We were standing confronting each
other in the hall beneath low turned
swinging gas Jet He raised his brows
and shrugged his shoulders.
will three hundred do" he asked.
Yes. thank YOU"
Then excuse me for a moment"
waited in breathless suspense but
he returned almost Immediately. car
rying a bag OF gold and notes from
which he counted $500 into my hand
you may be sure, my left hand
kept my right behind me.
| CURLY thanked him. begged him
to excuse me. and hastily withdrew
But he stood at the door and watched
ME enter the cab.
| was therefore Obliged to give the
cabby Sir William Dagmar's address ).
Back 10 Curson-st.. l called out. AS
soon AZ we had turned the first corner.
: however | redirected the driver 20
Victoria station. and during the jour
ney SET 10 work TO alter my appear
ance as much as lay in my power.
tore of my false eyebrows. and Yig-
orously rubbed the paint from my
cheeks and brow. A mirror set In an
angle OF the hanson showed me, ~
the light OF a match. a blotchy nor
descript face that nevertheless could
not be mistaken for ny masters Bet
ter satisfied, began 10 reflect on my
position. and to my intense gratifcC-
ton I found that was no LONGER the
slave Of fear. Arrived ~ the station.
discharged the cab and found that
should have 70 wait a great while.
therefore selected n dark corner and
gave myself up TO thought.
In ten minutes | was wondering
what on earth had ever been afraid
OF. Even II Cavanagh were dead. and
/ began 70 doubt II my perturbed ex-
animation OF his body had given me
the truth. who could accuse me OF his
death? Again, II he lived. he would
infalliby. on his recovery. still believe
me a detective. He had not remotely
guessed at my identity Oh the fool
I had been, But what NEXT We're
10 fly TO France. I should give myself
away Were 70 stay 81 would prob
ably never enter my masters mind -
suspect me. AZ AZ, with patience
holiness. and n little luck | might
even yet convert the defeat [ had sus-
tanned that night into triumph. !
felt the blood bound IN my veins.
sprang to my feet Ten minutes later
noiseIessly inserted nv latchkey into
Sir William Dagmars door, ana gently
as any burglar stepped into the house.
The place was profoundly still.
hung up my masters coat and hat N
the hall and crept upstairs At Sir
Williams bedroom door I stopped, and
distinctly heard him breathing
passed on with smile OF purest JOY.
Upon my dressing table stood my
makeup box and a PROPULSION OF wigs,
boards and mustaches The sight gave
me pause I thought. Here is danger
When Mr. Cavanagh RECEIVERS and in
forms Sir william OF tonight's happen
ings-Ah,--and when moreover Sir
Charles Venner discovers that he has
been swindled What them"
I caught UP the wigs and stuffed
them into the box, which locked
Where to hide It? | must dispose CT
IL in some place not likely To b.
searched. Where then? For third
time IT. one evening I was suddenly
inspired. Seizing the box. ! stole
downstairs into my masters private
study and I bestowed II behind some
mounds Of books that were covered
with many summers dust. Heavlnp
deep sigh OF relief I returned 10 ms
little chamber and leisurely undresscd
Three o'clock chimed rs ! pulled Oh
my boots I then removed the last
traces OF my disguise with a lavish
application OF soap and water. and
last of al screwed back into It's
Mate the tooth I had removed from
nv false set earlier I'm the evening
In order 10 more perfectly resem
ble my master. After that | got into
bed Melt secure and almost happy
was I not capitalist? Under my
inflow reposed $500. and never in my
life until then had | possessed more
than a paltry fraction OF that sum
reioIced in determining 10 bank VI
ON the morrow. and slcepily assured
myself that would make IL the seed
~ great fortune. ! should have beer
quite happy save for one thing.
was already beginning 10 repent tht
magnanimity or cowardice which bad
prevented me from asking Sir william
Venner for six hundred pounds instead
OF three.
Soon after dawn / arose With a glad