The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-04-14
CHAPTER VII.
THE RED ENVELOPE HELD

MY dear Angel" wrote Jimmy II
commend to you one Mr.. SPEEDING. an
ingenious man. If by chance you ever
wish to visit him, do so in business
hours. II you desire to examine his
most secret possession, effect an en-
trance into a dreary-iooking house at
the corner of Cley's road, a stones
throw from High Holly Lodge 1t is
marked in plain letters TO Let In
the basement you will find a Goa cell
lar. Searching the coal cellar dill
gently, you Will discover a flight of
passage, which burrows under the
ground until 1t arrives at friend
~Spedding's particular private vault. If
this reads like a leaf torn from Dumas
or dear Harrison Ainsworth 1t is not
my fault. l visited our legal adviser
last night, and had quite a thrilling
evening. That / am alive this morning
is a tribute to my caution and FORE
seeing wisdom. The result of my visit
Is this: l have the key Of the safe
word In my and Come and get it."
Angel found the message awaiting
him when he reached Scotland Yard
that morning. He too had spent Sleep
less hours in a futile attempt to un-
ravel the mystery of old Reale's dog
gerel verse,
A telegram brought Kathleen Kent
to town. Angel met her at a quiet res
taurant in Rupert street. and was
struck by the delicate beauty of this
slim girl, the calm. gray eyes.
She greeted him with a sad little
smile.
Il was afraid you would never see
other night" she said. "This-this-
person is a friend OF yours?"
"Jimmy?" asked the detective cheer
lily. "Oh, yes, Jimmy's by way OF be-
Ing a friend, but he deserved all you
said, n he knows 1t. Miss Kent"
The girls fac darkened momentar-
lily as she thought of Jimmy.
Il shall never understand she said
slowly, how a mar of his gifts al
lowed himself to become
But" protested the detective, "he
told you he took no part in the decoy-
ing of your father"
The girl turned with open-eyed as
constituent.
Surely you do not expect me to be-
live his excuses" she cried.
Angel Esquire looked grave.
That Is just what I should ask you
to believe" he said quietly. Jimmy
makes no excuses, and he would GER
tainly tell no lie in e~xtenuation of his
faults"
&Z1al--Dul, Sdlu halnleenxA lGWllQGr-
ed. ''he is a thief by his own showing
"a bad man.
"A thief" said Angel soberly, but
not a bad man. Jimmy Is q puzzle to
most people. To me he is perfectly
understandable; that Is because / have
too much of the criminal in my own
composition, perhaps"
Il wish, oh, how / wish / had YOUR
faith In him! Then I could abs6lve
him from suspicion of having helped
ruin my poor father
II think you can do that" said the
detective almost eagerly. Believe me,
Jimmy is not to be Judged by conyen-
scribe him, l would say that he is q
genious who works In an eccentric cir
Gle that sometimes overlaps, some-
times underreaches the rigid circle OF
the law. II you ask me as a policeman,
and III was his bitterest enemy, what
! could do with Jimmy, ] should say.
Nothing I know OF no crime with
which ! could charge him. save at
times with associating with doubtful
characters. As a matter of fact. that
equally applies to me. Listen, Miss
Kent. The first big international case
the Egyptian bank. Some e4o0. 600
We're involved, and whilst from the
outsiders point of view Jimmy was be-
yond suspicion. yet WI who were work
ing at the case suspected him, and
pretty strongly. The men who owned
the bank were rich Egyptians. and
the head Of all waa q Somebody-or-
Pasha,l as great a scoundrel as
ever drew breath.It is impossible TO tell
q lady exactly how big a scoundrel he
was, but Q may guess. Well, the
Pasha knew 1t was Jimmy who had
done the trick, and we knew, but we
dare not say SO. The arrest OF Jimmy
81 wOuld have automatically rtffued the
banker. That was where + realized the
kind OF mai I had to deal with. and !
am always prepared when Jimmy's
name Is mentioned in connection with
g big crime to discover that his victim
deserved all he got, and a little MORE
The girl gave d little shiver.