Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 18??-1940, 1909-07-23

A"i eiiSi Sludy Wall lHs olu hie1Ai SAeA
fed to the instrument, lifted receiver
from the hook and applied 1t te
Ills ear.
well, well?" he demanded with that
Impotence characteristic of the Tilt
crate for modern methods of commune
cation. "Pwhat the divYle ails ye?"
"Rayspicts to ye, maam, and It's
sorry l am l didn't know twas a
Teddy"
He's not"
Wan o'clock, there or thereabouts.
Faith, and he didn't say"
"Pwhat name will be tellin' him?'
"kape ut to yersilf thin. Ills none
of me business"
IF We do, I'll not answer Sure, am
to be climbin two fights av sthairs
iy'ry foive minits-"
"Good-by yersilf," hanging up the re-
ceiver. And the divvle fly away wild
ye.' grumbled O'Hagan
AS he turned away from the tnstru-
ment Maitland managed to produce a
sound, something between a moan and
o'ioh6iou COuSH lho oio Ah"h
whirled on his heel "Pwhat's thot?'
The next instant he was bending
over Maitland, peering into the face
drawn and disfigured by the gag. The
saints presarve us! And who the
divvle are ye at all? Pwhy don't we
spake?"
Maitland turned purple; and emitted
furious snort.
"Misther Maitland be all thots
strange! Is ut mad | am? Or how
did ye get back here and into this fix,
sor, and me swapin' the halls and
polishin' the brasses fernist the front
dure iy'ry minute since ye whit out?'
Indignation struggling for the upper
hand with mystification in the Irish
mans brain. he grumbled and swore;
yet busted his fingers. In trice the
binding gag was loosed and ropes and
straps cast free from swollen wrists
and ankles. And, with the assistance
OF kindly arm behind his shoulders,
Maitland sat up, grinning with the
pain of renewing circulation in his
limbs.
Wild these two oies mesilf saw ye
lave three hours gone, SCR, and l
c'u'd swear no sowl had inferred this
house since thin. Pwhat does ut all
name. be all thots. holy?"
1T means" painting, brandy and
soda, O'Hagan, and be quick"
Maitland oftapapfod To rico I,,,4 ,ie
legs gave under him, and he sank
back with stifled oath, resigning him
self to wait the return of normal con-
ditions. AS for his head, 1t was threat
ering to split at any moment, the tight
wires twanging infnZally between his
temples; while the corners of his
mouth were cracked and sore from the
pressure of the gag. All of which
totted up considerable debit against
Mr.. Anisty's account.
For Maitland, despite his suffering,
had found time to figure it out to his
personal satisfaction-or dissatisfac-
ton, If you prefer-in the interval be-
tween his return to consciousness and
the arrival Of O'Hagan. 1t was simple
enough to deduce from the knowledge
in his possession that the burglar, hav-
ing contrived his escape through the
disobedience Of Higgins, should have
engineered this complete revenge for
the indignity Maitland had put upon
him.
How he had OWNED the fact of the
jewels remaining In their owners pos
session was less clear; and yet 1t was
reasonable, after all, to presume that
Maitland should prefer to hold his
own. Possibly Anisty had seen the
girl slip the canvas bag into Maitland
pocket while the latter was kneeling
aad binding his captive. However
that was, there was no denying that
he had trailed the treasure to its hid
Ing place, unerringly; and succeeded
IN taking possession of 1t with consum
mate skill and audacity. When Matt
land came to think of it, he recalled
distinctly the trend of the burglars
inquisition in the character OF Mr.
| Sraith," which had all been calculated
to discover the location OF the Jewels
And, when he did recall this fact, ane
how easily he had been duped, Matt
land could have ground his teeth II
melodramatic rage-but for the cir
cumstance that when first 1t occurred
to him, such feat was physical i'm
possibility, and even when ungagget
the operation would have been painfu
! to an extreme.
Slipping the grateful drink which
O'Hagan presently brought him, the
young man pondered the case; VIII
no pleasure in the prospect he fore
saw. If Higgins had actually com
municated the fact of Anisty's escape
to the police, the entire affair was likei.
to come out in the papers-ail OF IL
that is, that he could not suppress. Bu