The Washington times., 1910-03-13
The Standing Abb Of H. StanIeigh StOrme
William Hamilton OSborne----

After a time there was another whir
and another snap.
''Number two" he remarked in a tone
of delight
Then he sprang aside.
thatg'
For he had indisunctly heard upon
the heavy moist air the steady tramp,
tramp OF man around the corner.
The man in the long coat hastily took
IIOm MS pocket a small piece of putty,
hiled the Med creyices with 1t, then with
diminutiYe pepper shaker busted the
edges with fine lead pencil sCrapings-
thls 10 restore to them a metallic ap-
pearance.
Then ne blew away the iron filings
and nOisclessly disappeared
The Watchman-fOr IL was became
around the corner. tried the front door.
then flashed his Igat IN turn into and
uDon each window.
All was well. He stood for a moment,
SIdnClnS up and down, sWOre under his
breath at the rain and the mud, shook
ms stick energeuC3lIy at thc mOtOuhan
OF trolley car that Numbered by-aud
then passed on.
Two minutes later the man In the
long coat was back az his post, and the
raSplnS sound OCEAN again. At the end
OF twenty minutes he breathed a sigh
OF relief
Number four" he was able finally TO
announce 20 himself.
He had cut two bars completely
through. both at the top and at the
bottom. lie removed them quietly and
Lard them gently down upon the pave
ment
The window also was an old-fash-
Toned one, consisting OF two sashes with
a middle catch. IL would have been a
simple thing TO force the catch, but this
man knew better.
Holding his body as a shield against
the framework, ne flashed his light
along each edge and particularly along
the middle. lie then cut two small
holes IN the glass, and, inserting an
InStrumeLt. cut a number OF wires that
ran around the sash.
iiaEed idiOts.' he muttered TO him
sell These people leave their wires
i'm plain sight This is a ciuCh-
Having cut the wires, the rest was
he slipped the catch. raised the lower
sash and entered. From the inside he
carefully replaced The bars iu their
foI mer position, Wedsed them tight
with small steel disks, filled the spaces
with putty ana busted them as before
Then he inserted the circular disks
or glass where they belonged, and. dip
ping brush in small vial, he apple
10 the CUt edges a thick, OoZiug, colon
less liquid. s bottle of this was long
afterwards discovered jan has dwelling.
T. was found 20 be- Canada balSam. "A
fluid which, possessing the same de-
gree OF refractiou ass does glass IL
OF glass together so tnat the point Or
contact is well-ulEh indistiuEuishabI BILE
II is impossible Co describe the deft-
ness or skill with which this man
Uorked-aud no worked 50 that there
were absolutely no traces Of the job he
left behind him.
He had fust closed the window and
fastened II when he was once more
startled bv a bright light which en-
tered the room.
In an instant ne realized that it had
not vet lighted upon himself, and he
threw himself face down upon tire floor
next 90 the wall There he waited
without a sound, scarcely even breath
ms. until ne heard the steady tramp.
tramp OF footsteps receding M the dis
lance
II was a policeman who bad flashed
his light upon the window. And the
policeman saw nothiuE-nothlug except
the regulation iron bars and window
pane with heavy drops OF rain trickhIg
and OOzng down Il.
The man in the long coat jumped 20
his feet.
That was narrow escape he 81 j
to himself. almost too narrow But
he was in the bank at last.