The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-19
THE STORY of tie THIMBLERLGGERS REVOLT

tcuupted he Young nar Yoo suddenly. -Isns from
Tho divan With an impatient movement The elder
Forbes waved toward With quick scnm.
1--WE al uHdcT he orders nf Mr.. James. he said
suavcly nm deeply gricved Bedford thar You
should clafc Undc- the restraint ia which in Justice
70 every ono. have all submitted. have asked no
more OF ou than of me- own SON and you could render
20 less
ono moment put IN Where do the servant,
ION the fourth aoo7'
'And-these two young mrlE
ON ;he :h:7d n tIe right wing Ny own room /,
!n The left. above us
Then must ask you. Mr. Forbes, 20 that no
one goes above JIc scco5d floor foT while said
A. sH:i@d buS a:y glance was not fo- Inn. / WAS
watching The tWo Young men. Ralph Forbes was pale
and 5cy@dcrcd Yoo flushed and turned toward
sharply TIde5 The prick of my plain request then BIT
The wo-d h!> toIguc 10 a succr and Hung back
thc diysD. The slGc Of the elder Forbes had grown
triumphant rs walked into thc study aud began 10y
iuvrstiCa to1S.
Il had cleaned tho MP by half.pa~5 fou7 Tho
only difficult part being the Interviews with the
wants. who were mdGlcd In their ball under The grin.
mag surveillance the chauffeur They had ali given
loticc. OF course, and sucn fearful. accord
inc to thcr natures. coaXed the missing threads of
the yarn from them with some difficulty then returned
the silent grorp 81 tho drawing room. / cnrrled a
puncured tennis bali filed with water ud
cnrelcssly. hand. !n pockets None of tie three had
changed his attitude since my departure lool looked
up nj me dcharty. Young Forbes fcarfully Tho old
chan stood opposite them 10y the fireplace. his gun lean
Inc against the wall near ut hand. took Up my posi-
tioU beside him.
"'Wc:' be asked cxpccnnjly
81 have Tho man, returned. The others sat up
tense aud rigid but Thompson Forbes only smiled and
nodded
lets hear villa, you found. he said
IT wns an inside job began, No one moved at
the announcement. II worked by some one per-
fcctly familiar with ;hc arrangements of the house
and the disposal Of the valuHbcs.' went on easily
He forced your desk and cabinet clumsily with a
clumsy tool 1t was II screw driver. and have found
IT. 1t corresponds exactly with the marks on the
woodwork
Undoubtedly The purpose Of tho amateur burglar
was 10 finish the thing up with clever touches ind-
cnte outside talent Bur he interrupted 10y IN un-
fortunate accident The whole thing was most sElI-
Iuy planned. particularly the concculmcnt the loot
which WAS carried out first Of all. have seldom u-
cartlIed more interesting case This was quite true
but IL hardly seemed To Impress them All three were
mnGnG upon my words and thc emotions OF two Of
them at least were easy TO read. l puused To light
cigarette.
The amateur went at the thing metlodIcally' 7
resumed lie clmc down stairs, secured tho vaua-
blcs and left the house by dining window the
one WINCH X now broken Owing 10 your great
IN preventing The obtcT,tion of clcwS upon which
must compliment YOU Mr. Forbes. was able 10 dis
seemingly removed from possibility oy the absence
tracks
Turning the Trick
"'1be window ledge is about four feet from ,ho
ground In The snow. some feet from the build
ing, found two Slight regular fluctuations rs II thc
"nd of small Shnglc had been thrust inIo the
face Leading from the window upon the crust was
n fnint almost mpcrCcptibc track, mere scratch.
This followed around the Of The house aud
straight across The clearing to tho woods the border
'"nniedlN stops at hollow tree oC cache In The
snow, the missing valuablcs will bc found
Dear me-. broke in Thompson Forbes cXcitedly
Nna ls the explanation or this strange track;
Skis, said, The amateur wore excellent pair
% Norwegian skis. The tracca of which would never
have been discovered Il hc had accomplished his fUl
design. Yool breathing hard Ralph had col
lHpSed weakly I'm his chair.
After hiding the plumber Mt safe place In tho
woods continued, the amateur returned to the
house over the same course. II his purpose next
Z" tie Sackng over his SbocS and trnmplc vague
duplicated trail In thc snow outside the window anC
straight down 10 the road. Had he accomplished this
no suspicion Of inside work could have arisen Bui
this was where he erred He made bridge o the
SKIS IN climbing back to the ledge operation which
accounts for the slight ndcntationS I'm the
While his weight them OF them slipped
STRUCK The pane and smashed IT,
Nou were aroused by thar smash, Mr. Forbes and
instantly sounded the alarm. Tho chauffeur ana the
chef stumbled down from the fourth floor and ioinrd
You outside your door scarcely minute later both
having heard the noise When YOU reached the dining
TeaT stairs were uuguardcd
Just word more and am done You have IN
your ho1>c. Mr.. Forbes, man whom you have reason
% dislike, whom YOU suspect OF cvil influence
Your son On the wall of the room he occupies hangs
q pair Of SKIS. The marks Of mould upon Them
prove their within few hours. In the closet of
his room ] found 4 bundle Of sacking And i'm The
pocEct of his lnckct found the screw driver
700! was across The room at me, snIrline Il heavy
curse. before had well got my last words out. lie
brought M with twchlug hands aud brawny arms
"u'strctchcd under the flash of my revolver one
moment, VT. loo!' said pleasantly i deeply re-
Fccitai. but !t was necessary. | have related cx
aciy what any hr>t class detective would have dis.
covered ana stased his lie upon the ruth Of hive
gwen you tbc details Of the cevcrcst plan II has
ever been my good fortune To observe MIR Thomp
son Forbes nddet with bow III Won can bur
GdTzc other peoples houses as well us YOU can yo,.
oWn YOU need never want
Zoo! stepped back to the side of The pale faced
Aiiph and laid hand upon his shoulder with a pro
,"c'nG gesture, and we all three stared nj the elder
f"rorS ! could have doncd my hat 10 the frosty
Old "nap Tor rhe way lie uok H.
,.., ', w uN' .hiSi lie demanded, sphltering aud
blinking What poor jest T., this Mr. James? /.
Ny own house. you snyr
'EXnctiy. rejoined 'You conceived strange
,,ld hi'er hatred against the friend your son
ul> ever nad. To wreak that hatred upon him Won
yaI'inIE prepared Il complete and ncndisll plot You
'pnor%d the E1luableS, with the skis and planted
everything as found H. Then. AT rho proncr mo.
@ n'nt yH" swung Ieadcn weight by string from
!"uF window directly The dining room and
smashed the pane. Your motive | do nor Know Inn,
YOUR '' """" "u1
NY revolver WAS lowered and hc patched tbc shot
Euu up '"Ve With my eyes before [ could move Ynol
,u Wou' Il'e sprung 20 help but the old fellow slid
n'ulU! bnc6 10 The cnbrnSuIc of Il window where be
held us al covered. "
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