The Washington times., 1910-12-16
TERROR NJ
Copyright. The Frank A AIunsey Coz
By
MAURICE
LEVEL
Copyright. The Frank A Munsey Coz

Then he rose. tucked his bundle under
his arm and waited Whan the woman
had baudaEed the wound and offered
to help him carry the bundle he said,
{ looking into her eyes:
Let il alone I can carry II myself
Dyer hear2
The three re-entered the shadow and
! resumed their journey, skiTting the
walls without a sound, uptOeing their
way A limb fell from q tree IN front
+ Of them. They leaped hack In fright,
clinched their fists and lowered their
heads. Barton caught last glimpse
OF the WoICsIn's red hair, the twisted
mouth Of the little man and the fright
fuI face OF the third, half concealed be
meath a veil Of blood. They gained the
terrace Of the fOrtihCatiOns and were
lost ia the night
Barton Dreamed freely again Re
Z leasing the tight grin with which ne
! had cIutched bis revolver during the
/ entire scene he began to reflect.
First Of all. ne thought that his friend
I.edOUx was right IN telling him Jhat
Z the quarter was not safe Then he
said, adopting a formula with which
I he had often ended an article:
The police were nowhere near the
{ scene Of rhe crime
He determined to hurry on 10 the
Avenue Henri Martin Why2 Merely
for the pleasure OF notifying the police
without profit or glory to hImSelf2 He
had hardly taken four steps when his
newspaper Instinct seized htn He
The worthy trio whose acquaintance
l I have just made are running away
nom something" he said to himse 4
From What2 Assault Robbery The
wound sustained by one Of them means
that there was a fight, therefore an
assault But the heavy bundle points
10 burglary II they had held up Q
man on the street they could only have
robbed him Of his money, his watch
and his Jevelry, ali OF which would not
have been very CunbrOus- The bundle
contained Siiverware and metal objects
OF some sort Besides, / heard the
mu6led Liukle Of a clocks beit- As to
the Wound2 A sCuffie following . dis
pute in dividing the loot2 A fan against
q hard body, such as a marble Dlautel-
piece or sideboard2 Possibly It's
case Of burglary, that's certain
~ nat Lnen. There are Two course
+ open 10 ne Either must reJrace sny
steps and follow the three OF 4 n1,sst
Lry 70 discover the house Wnlcl tue4
. nave rODDld-e 1 have lost ten minutes
and my three DIrgsIsL-s ale Ia 90
( % this dine GE&lLlLlg LllaL / may ma
three 10 capture them - Hogeless-
Besides. We pas tnO police To- u-aL
me problem OF lllCllIS Jne mouse IS Tar
WOrLAier OF man o. my CaLOer-
am Lhe only one who hnoEs u tbs
robbery 1 know the Oh eCUCu from
WuIcn they came can Sc about so
yarOs ii spite OF me nl5nL IL was
about a. t1aL distance ursL saw the
SHADOWS 4Ee.e4O-e vii walk so
yards without concerning myself with
sus tlling IL partlcUiaI, aid then saall
deCiGc s. nat 4 s-lIi DO
He walked OF without haste. turning
IDJlI time 10 CI-ll5 ~ estimate the 0lS-
JanCe He had covered Al eacn step
he covered Two ana q hai1 feet he
counted so steps ana halted re " a.
now IL I5-e zone o. p0ss1o+e acU0n- II
the TobJ1-y vas C0-nLlIJJ1u o. this
side OF the avenue Eenrl Martin ne
was sure 70 nnd some slsu o. II
s-rH -
walk and Eo-lOss1o LAe IRON renee OF me
BEsL house he reached - siEis--- gate
L-eLl11 a shutter I-eEe was q uSnL- de
( wasted no Iues DuL walked Oh Every
> any burglary ne DS5au 10 despair OF
- unearLnln5 anything, wnen ne LsEL
G@LLe against W-l1cn ne mad placed ais
L4nQ yIS1C under IIS pressure ana open
re looked Up. Inc house was DARK
ard quiet The silence seemed strangely
profound. he shrugged mis- shoulders
IOr2 nat Jrick IS my Imagination
playing me now Wnen 4 need al my
presence OI mind NJ hat cnance has
eft this gate unlocked 2''
The gate lad turned completely. on its
hinges he saw the little garden with
It's neatly kept flower bees and the
white sand OF the walk cleaning Ike
silver IN tne moonlight 30 stryn.z was
1is irTesOlutiOn that finally ne decided
10 proceed EOmewaTd. All this was a
nSment Of ms iDagInatiOn The Ur0vVI-
n
4IS ldDOrerS returning 90 their homes
Perhs,p ps they had been attacked nv r71r-
iails- BESIDES. what had they said To
JUS IlsSlIy nlS susniciOnsZ Had they hur-
Ll-u loo Iastg Their faces were wicket
But what about the bundfe2 S1IDn-es
II contained only an old alarm clock -
some metaE2 ~
victor Barton said aloud
You're afraid, old man
he paused and tried TO determine the
- S--e-L OI Els words upon him
sen. Not a muscle OF his bodv tvv5frT-
co EtlS hands remained rnorfov,Is-- -,
ms pockets de did not feeI eyya- +E,-+
fugitive astODishment which sIvra[-S
!oiioWS the sound OF ones voice Fas-@
~ =. 2 osep suence- BE stared straight
n tLont OF nim- Suddenly he Iovvele5
ms mead IN the white sand of fhs
walk ne saw footprints here rIaa-T,-
oelneo, there partly obIiterated bv
gate, STOPPED and picked up a hsn4f--7
OF Sano- II was dry, very fine anJ
50 LghI Ihat the slightest puff OF WIND
Noold nave tlOwn It away. Ha s0read
his fingers l. trfckIed through +l1e-, -
q c5eaT powder Then, all his doubts
tethiShed and with them his fear
Never had his mind been so clear.
never had he been so cool and cC1
lected- his brain worked ike a spIen-
ulu instrument OF precision, recording
. lInpf pfesslons and drawing concIusions
with mathematical accuracy.
What but a moment before had a.
peared chimerfcaI seemed more than
real to him now. He ABANDONED "a i51,.s e9,s
theorles Tor facts which his u1agf1s-
ton could not deny. Deduction fol-
40"eu deQucIlOn QOgicQl now. and led
MIN 70 the exact point from which Fe
started with his first Impression
Ihe sand had been disturbed and
moreoTe-, recently. The wind TfVFr gs
Il was could hardly have failed 70 -
Iaee the footprints had they been ola
Ihe men and the woman had walled
III this path They and they alone bsd
entered this house 4 mystery was -
De unTaveled IN these silent walks. An
invisible force urged him on.
He entered
At hrSt he moved cautiously, avoiding
. The footprints Although he knew fl7s.
ne siiEaSest zeohyr would obliterate
theln- they were far too frn0o-ta0r n
his eyes 70 be DESTROYED b., HE -
movements These marks were the vfs
ting cards Of the burglars. The CHM
SleS- country constable would have
'rear "a t-e-u with respect a-6 r7a5a
some G7e q them. he recalled TF7e
thousand ana one sensational .casae -
which .Eus rot nearly so -Ias- -
furnished 7 Invaluable clues ne ~e-,a-,,-
, heTed tie c2DtIre Of certain er5rnf-,ez!
years aEte- the commission Of bfs ~,~f-o~
thanks 70 q forgotten shoe. He MAJ