Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-10-21
SYNOPSIS.
COPYRIGHT 1907
THE soehS-HERRiII CO.

Mad" Dan Maitland, on reaching his
New York bachelor club met an attrac-
tive yoiing woman at the door. Janitor
O'Hagan assured him no one had been
within that day. Dan discovered wom-
ans finger prints in dust on his desk.
along with letter from his attorney.
Maitland dined with Zimmerman, his at
torney: Dan set out for Greenfelds. to
get his family Jewels Maitland, on
reaching home surprised lady in gray.
cracking the safe containing his gems.
She, apparently. took him for we'll
known crook, Daniel Anisty. Half-hyp-
Noticed. Maitland opened his safe. took
her. first forming. partnership in crime;
The real Dan Anisty, sought by police of
the world appeared. Maitland overeame
in her auto. He had the, jewels. She
shaith'' introduced himself as 3 detece
about to show him the jewels, supposedly
lost, was felled by a blow from 'Snaith's
cane. The latter proved to be Anisty
himself and he secured the gems. Anisty,
who was Maitand's double. masqueraded
as the latter The criminal kept Matt
lands engagement with the girl in gray
He gave her the gems. The girl in gray
visited Maitland's apartments during his
absence and returned gems. Maitland.
without cash, called up his home and
heard wOman's voice eXpostulating.
Anisty, disguised as Maitland, tried to
wiring from her the location of the gems.
A crash was heard at the front door.
Maitland overwhelmed the crook. allow
ing him to escape to shield the young
woman. The girl in gray made her es--
y later by working a ruse, Anisty was at
her side. He took her to Attorney Ban
tried in vain to wiring from her the ioca-
ton of the gems. He left her moment
and she ,phomed O'Hagan, only getting in
brass bowl" the hiding place in the lat
ter's rooms. when Anisty heard her
words. Zimmerman also was revealed as
a.crOok. He and Anisty set out to secure
the gems and leave town. The girl was
still imprisoned Maitland finding the girl
gone, searched his rooms and unearthed
the Jewels under the brass bowl; He
STRUCK Anisty's trail in big office build
Ing. where the crook was killed. Matt
land and girl in gray confessed love for
each other.
CHAPTER xvl.-Continued.
81 dunno" Hickey licked his lips,
watching with a somber eye the prep
aratons being made for the removal
of Anisty's body. I'D We give farm
IL could We caught that son of a gun
alive" he added at apparent random,
and viEdictively. "All right. Yeh be
responsible for tn lady, if she's want
ed. will yeh?
Positively"
81 gottuh have her name nd add
ress."
as that essential?"
Sure. Gottuh protect myself n
case anythin turns up. Yeh oughttuh
to know that"
"l-don't want it to come out" Matt
land hesitated. trying to invent a
plausible lie.
well, any one can see how you feel
about it,
Maitland drew a long breath and
anticipated rashly. ITS Mrs. Matt
land" he told the man with a tremor.
Hickey nodded, unimpressed. "Uh-
huh. | knowed that all along" he
replied. But seem as yeh didn't want
1t talked about =" And, appar-
emily needless of Maitlands startled
and suspicious stare: If yeh're goiu'
to see yer fren', yeh better get
,wiggle on. He won't last long"
Who? Bannerman? What the
fdeuce do you mean?"
Hes the Teller l plugged in the
elevator, that's all. Put a hole through
his lungs. They took him into an Of
flee on the twenty-first floor, right
'opp'site the shaft"
"But what in Heavens name has
he to do with this CHASTITY mess?"
Hickey turned shrewd eye upon
Maitland. 81 guess he can tell yeh
bettern me-"
With smothered exclamation,
Maitland hurried away, still incredu-
lous and impressed with a belief, firm
CT with every minute, that the wound
ed man had been wrongly identified.
He found him as Hickey had said
he would, sobbing out his life, supine
upon the couch of an Office which the
ianitor had opened to afford him a
place to die in. Maitland had to force
a way through crowded doorway
where the night-watchman was hold
ing forth in aggrieved incoherence on
the cruel treatment he had suffered al
the hands of the law-breakers. A
phrase came to Maitland's ears as he
shouldered through the group.
". . grabbed me an trun me
outer the cage, inter the hail. an ther
the shootin' begins, an jumps down
stairs t the sixteent' floor. :"
Bannerman opened dull eyes a!
Maitland entered, and smiled family.
"Ah-h, Maitland" he gasped
thought you'd come"
Racked with sorrow, nothing guess
ing of the career that had brought tn,
lawyer to this pass. Maitland Slipped
into chair by the head of the coucl
and closed his hand over Bannerman'
chubby. icy fingers.
Poor, poor old chap" he said
brokenly How in Heaven"
But at Bannermans look the word
died on his lips. The lawyer moves
restlessly. Don't pity me-" he sal
in low tone This is what l Nigh
have expected, l suppose
man of Anisty's stamp des
perate character It's all righ
Dan, my just due. -
Il don't understand, of course" ia
tered Maitland
Zimmerman lay still moment, the
continued: Il know you don't. That
why / sent for you. 'Membe
that night at the Primordial? Whe
the deuce was it? / can
think straight long at a time.
That night | dined with you an
touched you up about the jewels? w
had bully salad. you know, and
spoke about the Graeme affair.
"Yes, yes"
well :. I've been up to thf
game for years. I'd find out where tn
plumber was, and Anisty a
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