The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-02-01
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the idea Of keeping him under surveil-
lance than expecting any help from
him, they had permitted Vandermuth
free access to the Offices.
Vandermuth was looking dreamily
at the big building across the street
when he saw a mans face at a win
DOW several floors up.
eff that mans arm were long enough
he could reach down here" thought
Philip.
That evening he went to the Com
stocks, where he found Beverly and
told her what he had discovered. She
laughed at him. Philip explained the
thief might have fished for the papers,
but Beverly pointed out that he would
have been seen from the street
Two whole days were spent by Van
dermuth going from Office to Office in
the building across from the Westing.
He asked all sorts of foolish questions,
but he always managed to look out of
the Office windows. He got into every
Office on the sixth, seventh and eighth
floors except one. That was on the
seventh floor, with the name Steven
Skivetsky on the door.
Philip had been able to see the cap
tain's Office from every window he had
looked out Of, and from some he could
even see the safe, but when the door
Of the safe was open he could not see
the inside He figured If he could en-
for tho af43oa of CfovoY, ClyfuaAulxv ha
would be able to see the compartment
where the plans had been kept So he
went there time after time, but could
never find any one in.
He told Beverly about Skivetsky,
and when she was downtown the fol
lowing day she heard some one say
"Skivetsky."
Beverly turned around quickly. The
speaker was tall, clean shaven man
and was talking to large man with
a full beard.
The one with the beard was saying
to the other, "Skiyetsky always does
as he is ordered"
They were walking slowly down the
street, and she followed them. They
soon came to an old fashioned Office
building, which they entered. She
trudged after them up a rickety fight
Of stairs to the second floor. On a
door she read Progressive Order Of
Liberty" and as she passed it the two
men she had been following came out
She heard one say:
with those papers in our possession
we can make them do anything we
want"
Beverly went home feeling sure that
she had learned where the plans had
gone, and when Philip called that
night she told him all she had found.
He became very excited and started
for the door, rushing madly to the Sc
cret service Office. He wanted to know
what the Progressive Order Of Liberty
was.
He was informed that the Progress
i've Order of Liberty was a society of
Russians which had been watched by
the service for some time, but was
nothing but socialistic order.
The following day he went to the
superintendent of the building where
Steven Skivetsky had his Office and
made bold inquiries about him.
HE is a good, quiet tenant" said
the superintendent, "but we will lose
him, for he is going to vacate next
week."
Finer said Vandermuth. II would
like to take his Office when he leaves.
May / look through it?"
"Weil," said the superintendent, 81
will ask Skiyetsky, and If you come
around later and I get his permission
will show you through"
Philip returned to Captain Com
stocks Office, opened the safe and then
went over to the Office of Skivetsky
and knocked on the door, but as no
one answered he went after the SUI
perintendent That functionary greet
ed him with the tidings that he had
Skivetsky's permission to show him
through the Office. 1t was small
dirty place. with one desk and several
chairs.
He opened the closet door and found
hanging on hook large coil Of silk
fish line. with long barbed dart at
tached to the end.
This was what he got them with, J"
unused vandermuth. But how did he
get them on that line?"
"Ah, here it isp' he exclaimed aloud
as he picked up large air rifle with
dart in the barrel like the one he had
found in the closet. This is what he
shot them with"
"Shot whatT asked the superintend-
ent.
You'll lind out soon enough" said
Philip. IF Steven comes back keer
him here
vandermuth dashed to the secret
service Office. rushed in and yelled:
1--WE got him-the man who stole
the plans!'
"Whatv' cried the chief, springing
up. Philip hastily told his story, and
the chief, with several men. went up
to Skivetsky's office. The superintend-
ent was sitting on chair and was
covered by revolver held by tall
man with a heavy beard. A third
man was leaning over the desk taking
out bundle, which Philip instantly
recognized.
1.-The plansr' he shouted. The man
with the gun turned to fire, but in a
twinkling the men were overpowered.
"Ah, Steven, thanks for those plans!
sarcastically said Philip. And you've
found that the secret service is hard
to dodge"
Rather, tits hard to dodge you, Lieu
| tenant Vandermuth," said the chief
Congratulations on your fine detective
work Here are the plans. They are
| the best proof you have that you are
innocent"
Philip took them and drove quickly
to the Comstocks'.
As he went into the living room he
met Beverly, who. seeing the roll OF
papers, figured out what they were
She cried. "Oh, Philip, Pm SO glad?'
Beverly" he said, Ibid you ever
think took themT
mo, Philip
But your father did,"
Eyes. And. Philip, know he'll b.
proud Of the fact that you've cleared
your good name"
"That I've cleared it2 Why, Betty
you helped. Only for your faith ant
patience the task would have been i'm
possible. And, Betty" he continued
even more seriously, we've earned
| good name, haven't weT'
| She understood.
IL think we have" she replied.
And they forgot to rush immediate
10 RI Cantain Comstock with the plans