Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-10

of sleep, he had himself baked, Steam
ed, chilled, kneaded and pounded into
/ shape.
The great detectives Indulgence in
that luxury all unknowingly gave to
the other side an advantage In the
race for the Missioner jewels that well
might prove fatal to his success. Long
before Britz reached the hot-air room
Of the bath, the man with the glisten-
/ ing eyes who had passed him in the
/ hall OF the tumblcdOWn loft buildini
was at the door of purlcn's workshop.
| straining the angle OF his vision TO To-
! low the photo-engravo at work. Those
| glittering eyes forcused their gaze
through the keyhole on a piece of pa.
per which Burlen had fastened with
/ thumbtacks to board. and which, in
the glare of an arc lamp. confronted Il
big camera with a powerful lens. Al
though the eyes followed Burlen as
well as they could about tho room
their owner was not 50 much interest
ed in the artisans activity as he was
in the small white sheet of paper on
|
a woman's hand. Patiently waited the
owner of the eyes He was of a rae"
that had cultivated patience through
the centuries. Soon or late. urdoubt-
edly, the man inside would go from
the bench beside that great white
light to another part of the room. a
few yards would suffice for the mar
til.
still was talking to Rawson in Police
Headquarters Burlen briskly covered
those dozen or so feet to get a chem
ical IN the row OF bottles in the rack
at the far end of the shop, The man
outside, crouching until he was little
higher than an upTeared cobra of his
native land. slipped through the door
way, crawled across the intervening
space between the threshold and the
camera, whisked the Millicent note
from tho board, and as silently made
his escape before Burlen had replaced
the cork In the bottle. BY the tim,
observation-disclosures Britt was en-
veloped In the fog of the steam room
that little note was IN the possession
of the Swami ana Prince Kananda
and those worthless were studying I
so swiftly and so profitab(y that ere
Britt took his cold plunge, the sage
: and the Maharaiahs son made
! swfter, deeper dive toward the hear
OF the Missioner mystery. 1t was al
; result Of what they learned from
2 Millicents missiye that the Swan
2 and the Prince went separately TO thu
! ballroom OF Doris NIissioners mos
. fashionable friend II was also II
= consequence of the information CLEAN
cd from those petulant feminine line
I. that the Swami found Mrs, Missioner
@ society go interesting, and that tn
:. Prince, before and after that tete-a
o teto, experienced keen curiosity con
p. corning the doings, characteristics
and state of mind of Curtis Griswold
;, The third result of Millicents littl
letter and the Fasteners Joint vlsi
. to the Fifth Avenue ballroom. wa
- their dash in separate cabs to bach
- elor apartment In side street Jus
of Central Park. where, shortly afte
II their several arrivals. they were Il
II close consultation for an hour or NOR
c with All, the supposedly devoted re
3 tainer OF the rich Mrs Missioner,
g For the second note to Curtis Girls
s void that fell into the hands OF tn
g Rindoos-the one Prince Kananda In
II tercepted at the door OF the Fifth Ave
r. nue. mansion In which tho great oa
e was held-was written on letterhea
q that revealed to Mandy and IN
l. Swami an address they very much az
d sired to know, Had that address foun
It its way to observation-disclosures Brit
IS a. soon. 1t would have saved hir