The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-16
HIS BROTHERS KEEPER

gone straight back TO Philadelphia with
the bonds and told his storE2
Why had he te!eETaphed to Brock
some mysterious message Glat had not
only warned the latter Of my own sud-
Gen return from Boston bus had also
apparently made arrangement for a
mutual trap 10 Baltimore
Since Vaughn had come straight
through 90 Baltimore fr0..r Boston.
meeting BrOeck by arrangement, On the
train. one OF ire two friends must have
the package o. bonds on his person
And both mon were, possibly still in
Baltimore Fnere2
Again read the Franklin street ad-
Dress A1- sudden resolution pos
sessed me
Without stopping to outline or even
10 aualyze my plan. I got 10 NY feet
capped on my hat. and slippei Silently
from the house.
Into Howard street L hurried and
down 20 Franklin As I entered the lat
yer tloroGshtare my pace slaCkened-
II was already midnight Most of the
HOuSes-aI OF The shopS-were dark
: In a dozen steps 7 had reached the ad-
I dress / sought 1t was a boarding
piace-alrnOSt hotel In Importance
stood irresOlUte before it.
Then. across one Of the two only
. blinds from which light sJiu shOue, a
The window was that Of a third floor
. 'front.' room i recognized the silhouette,
grossly dlStended by foresEoTteniug as
/ II was The figure was Brock
AGAIN without stopping 10 reason.
ran up the steps The front door had
been LETT on the latch-aS I had hoyed-
-or the benefit of any late arrivals. I
entered Inc house as quietly as I could
l found the stairs by the dim hall IfEht
ana dsceuded 10 the third floor
A light was shining through the ran
som OF the night hand front room I
tFled- nolseleSSiy, the room door. Il
I was locked. I raped softly
Why h'lior old man heard
Broeck call IN manifest surprise.
81 flrnE- Z
keE was turned and thrust Opeu the
door stepped into the room and closed
/ the door behind me.
| Brock. IN his shirtsleeves, recoiled IN
/ Grass wonder at sight Of me Ny gaze.
/ sweeping the room behind him. noted
that We two were its sole cCC71us MS
4 On the table lay a litter Of papers on
/ top OF the rest was a bulky envel-
lOpe-
/ Ny eyes and Broeck's fell upon il
at the same instant And. instautaue-
usly-not a word having beeen spoken
we lesped for IT He was acnead OF me.
] As MS fingers closed about the pack
age, my left nst caught him under the
ear de fell SPRAYING heap, TO the
/ iOOsened fingers.
| 1 snatched il up. thrust II into my
/ pocket. and at a bound was out OF
: the room and on the stairs.
| Help" TOared BrOeck's voice Eoe-
hind me. stop thief--'
/ From every room along the passage.
I % seemed came an answering CRY.
1 Yes, from the rooms below
I cleared the top flight of stairs with
/ a rush. BrOeCks bowels filing she
! house, doors staining and other voices
Joined in the alarm.
/ ran along the second floor landing,
! barely passing two or three doors be
1 Tor their half-clad occupants flew our
( into the hall
[ down, reCkieSsIv three steps at a time
J the nue. ana CRY alter me; crossed the
J uiaTbied front hal! ar a jump. flung
/ open the front door and dashed
! Straight into the open arms of a fat
{ policeman.
! Ny impact was too great for the DO
( iceuanS balance He was swept of
/ MS feet Locked in each others IN
/ loVlaS embrace we rolled down the full
/ lensJh or the long flight OF front steps
: 10 the street below
/ Luckily I landed on ton As We sfr71rIz
I the pavement And the force of my
/ weight knocked the breath out of nv
/ plump CaptOr's body.
/ WIN wrench I was free and upon
/ my feet Hatless, coat torn, I ran at
/ TOD speed toward Howard street
! 1 glanced back only once In that
staggering to his feet, revolver in one
nSiFnr a police whistle in the other 7
also saw an avalanche of people in "a
F Fls STAGES Of undress gush down the
'front.' steps of the house.
IN front, as I bounded into Howard
street. a trolley car, south bound.
"AlIleu across my line CT vision. I
grabbed madly for its back platform
rail
/ With a jerk that nearly tore nv arm
from its socket ] was yanked aboard
At the same moment rose the ven
Stop. thief" through the stiffness of
the night And a revolver shot shook
the echoes between tie nigh house
I walls
The car was empty. for it was long
after midnight The conductor. however,
stood on the back platform. One look at
my dlSheveied state was quite enough
for him As a second revolver shot Re
echoed from behind us h caught me-
roughly by the collar with one hand
With the other he pulled the ''stor" sig
nal on his bell
4 second policeman. dgbOuching at q
dead run from around the opposite cor
uer. caught sight of US
Here he is. officer EIeefulIy yelled
the conductor.
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