Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-17
story thriller from beginning Black Bag will
X Bag will meet with your approval Began Wednesdays

~ and cgregioasly asinine yet strug.
CLING, his feet trod the path 10 which
Il tempted him.
Why" he cNpostulated ,feebly, IL
might as well turn back and beat that
bobby over the head with my cane"
But at the moment his hand was In
his change pocket. feeling over that
same brass door key which earlier he
had been unable Ia account for. and
he was Informing himself how very
easy Il would have been for the SOW
creign parse to have dropped from his
waistcoat pocket while he was sliding
on his ear down the dark staircase.
To recover II meant. Mt the least. shell
ter for the night followed by n decent.
comfortable and sustaining morning
meal Fortified by both he could re-
deem his luggage. change To clothing
more suitable for daylight travelling.
pawn his valuablcs aud enter into nego-
tntions with the steamship company
for permission td exchange his pas
sage, with sum 10 boot. for trans.
portation on another liner--a most
feasible project. II temptation nu but
irresistible!
But then--the risk Supposing. for
the sake Of argument. the customary
night Waterman 20 have taken up n
trauSicnt residence IN No ~, sup
posing the police To have entered with
him and found the stunned man on
the second floor. would the watchmnn
not be vigilant for another nocturnal
.mnraudcr- would not the police now,
more than ever. be keeping n wary eye
on tina, house ~ suspicious happen
iugsg
/ Decidedly To re.cntcr Il would be TO
incur IA deadly risk. And yet unuoubt-
edly, beyond question his sovereign
| purse was waiting for him somew here
on the second flight Of stairs. while
his means OF clnndostine entry lay
warm I'm his fingers-the key TO the
4 dark entry, which he had by force OF
| habit pockctcd after locking the door
on leaving the house with Dorothy
! He came To the IIoG.in-the Pound.
It's windows were dim with low
turned gnsllghts Down the covered
allcyway Quadrant news slept IN a
dusk. but ftfully relieved by n lamp
or two round which the friendly mist
chung close and thick
There would be none TO see
Skulking. throat swollen with fear.
| heart beating like snare drum. Kirk
wood took his chance. Buttoning his
! ovorcoat collar mn To his chin and ours
ing the fact that hIs hat must stand
mt Ike chimney pot ON detached
| no, ~ IN al ha IA
| blcd way and close beneath the house
walls 81 Quadrant news; bur, half.
way in. lac stopped. comfoundCd by an
Unforeseen difficulty How was he TO
| identify the narrow entry OF No. q,
whose countorpnrts doubtless comInu
nicated with the news from every res
idencc on four sides Of the city blocki
lie almost lost his head when hc
realized that escape was already cut
OH by the way he had come. Some
one or, rnthrr, some two men were
entering the Hilcy. He could hear the
| tramping md shuttle Of clumsy feet
and voices that nIuttcrcd iudistincily
one gcemcd to trip over sot1cthlng and
~euHcd .The. other laughed. The voices
grew more load They were coming
4 hisfwsY. lie .dgrGd 10 longer vacliigte.
| lie diyed ipto the, nc0rest blQck, hole
OF pnsmRcwhy aud IN sheer dcspern-
ton flung himself. key IN hand, against
the door at the end. Mark how his
luck served him who had forsworn
! hcr lie found kcyholc and inserted
| the key. II turned So did the knob.
| The door gave inward lie fell I'm
with 81, slammed It, shot the bolts and,
painting, leaned against It's panels. In II
! pie Of everlasting night. bat saved
for the time being. at all events.