Evening star., 1911-08-27

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while! Say Boy" he
took Fenton by the
arm. at may be
hard for you to believe that I'm straight; but |
prove it. OShea knows it by this time; but luckily he
darent revenge himself for trying to queer this
job with the Brewster Jewels For week I've been
trying to give him the double cross.
Fenton drew back srspiciouSy; but, despite the evil
dence against the his manner had candor 1t was
hard to believe him murderer yet it was hard too to
believe his last assertion I IA week. M don see nHm
only Yesterday
dyes; but they might have gone at any minute.
Flint and Shea have been planning to blow that safe
at the Brewster house for long while. Before they
had things ready, Brewster got away with the stuff
himself AS he left the safe door partly open of
Flint discovered it, and when that ocoroon girl brought
home Brewster's body he suspected where the jewels
must be. He sure when she phoned him about
them and promised to bring them up tonight. But
O'Shea suspicious of her-he judged everyone by
himself they too valuable to trust to her care,
at any rate. So watched her. She acted SO queer
that doubted her honesty myself and was soon con-
vnced that she was trying get away with the stuff
@Well shadowed her the fortune teler's house,
and you go into the place After the raid you
out of another house; followed you leaving
O'Shea to chase the octoroOn When found you
two together at Scheffe Hall that you had
fixed up game; fact, could easily enough
by the look of you-you were pretty scared-that you
had the jewels So didn't take any chances: OShea
and PhilIpsborn went after YOU l was half block
behind watching for the police when they got you
"Phillipsborn!' Fenton queried
sometime Queer chap, and clever He had just
about pulled off queer game with young chap named
Morgan He made up to Miss Morgan, posing
foreign Count, and got engaged to her. He after
batch of pearls they had OShea got him to help us
follow the octoroon this evening, and that
was finished Plpsborn was going back to the Morgans
as Count Capricorni and close up that job"
sBut he's dead" said Fenton. @He must be the man
/ the floor of Nallerys office in the ST. Paul
Building He drew away from Sproule with renewed
suspicion.
aThats right" said Sproule earnestly. "And it was
pretty bad piece of business too! Do you wonder I'm
anxious to get away? But it OShea that murdered
him, and OShea will go to the chair for it, safe enough
You see, we had the Jewels took couple of
stones and pawned them for ready money,
terribly short of cash. arranging to meet them and Flint
at the Bartholdi to divide up the loot. Flint wait
up at the NorcroSs here, In missed you.
"Well after got up to the Plaza for my grip
be all ready to leave town. OShea telephoned that
he afraid he was followed and asked to meet
him in the St. Paul Building, where he had his fake
Office Nallery & Co. | down there, hoping to
get some chance to get away with the stuff myself at
any rate determined that this would be my last
job with OShea. Phillipsborn stood out for full
quarter his share; but O'Shea wouldn't have it,
Phllipsborn pulled gun-and then OShea went
him with dirk like butcher. Phillpsborn went down
with OShea's knife between his ribs. 1t was horrible.
He gasping on the rug when OShea and l were
terrified by knock at the office door
at was |" said Fenton breathlessly
@Well, had to decide everything in few seconds
We hadn't money enough to get away with; the only
thing to do to get up Flnts and get him give
us some. | couldn't escape from O'Shea anyway. He
was frightened white, and he cung like leech. knew
that there detective after he had followed me
from Schefel Hall the Plaza and was probably in the
St. Paul Building. But had to take chance that he
wouldn't till had led him to the rest of the
gang he was after. He was running down New Haven
burglary, was sure-something we had pulled off
few days before. could only hope that could get
up to Flns where could get away from Shea before
the place pulled.
3Well, that plain clothes man out of the tail of
my eye as we left and we led him chase. lodging up