Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-12-28

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speedy examination before the magis'
trate. and he was certain that unless
their failure to report 10 tho Swami
should alarm that gentleman sooner.
sters would be taken In the morning
70 have the prisoners produced In
court They were sure 10 be arralgn.
ed In Jefferson Market at next days
afternoon session. II not earlier. Britt
felt that. once in their presence. the
Swami. though he might be separated
from them by the length OF the room
would find means 10 learn all they
knew, TO the last microscopic detail
lie must Ind Millicent that night
That done. he had little doubt he
would be close to the Missioner Jew.
els and probably to the person who
had taken them from their snug har.
Dor in Mrs, Mlssioner's library.
I'm send for the copies. nurlen."
BrItz said. rs he slipped from the
stool and started 10 the door. but
don't let the original leave your hands
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The detective was so absorbed In
his thoughts as he walked down flight
after flight Of the dark stairs that he
! did not see pair az eyes cleaning
from one OF the lower halls. Those
eyes were as black as the darkness
that formed their background. and the
Headquarters man would have been
even more than ordinarily on the alert
II he had seen them Gllsten.ng In the
remote recess As the detective passed
on toward the street the eyes ad.
vanced along the dusk OF the hall. and
in the faint glow OF n lowered gas Jet
at the foot Of one Of the higher fights
OF stairs. there became visible behind
them man who, IN most respects.
was a counterpart OF the TWO Oricntals |
AZ that moment detained in the West
Thirtieth Street station The owner
Of the eyes. while Brifz walked down.
stairs. as quickly and far more quietly |
went up.
Rritz turned his steps toward 500 |
Mulberry Street In his own Office,
after glance into Manning's room |
that showed him It was empty, he call. |
cd Or. Fitch on the telephone and |
made an appointment TO meet him in
two hours in the bar OF the Holland |
House
IT'S one Of the qu!etest places In
said the detective. and
want 10 talk TO you very privately
They are not likely to know ne
there"
9ritz pushed button. and when a
attendant appeared,
sent him for the Central Office man.
whom. next TO himself. he trusted
most.
Send down 10 Burlen's place in an
hour and a half. Rawson." said Brtz
TO the other detective He'll have a
hundred facsimiles OF letter signed
Millicent Have as many men as pos.
sible get busy among the hotels.
want 10 trace the woman who wrote
that signature They will have TO look
through every register for a year past,
It's got to be done thoroughly. and
want II done quickly. Here. III give
YOU list" and he hastily scrubbed
the names OF half.hundred obstetrics
Of a class such as he thought the fair
Millicent might patronlze
What time will see your" aSked
Rawson.
II I'm not back in three hours. I'll
call you up said the detective,
Then. having arrived az a pause in
the pursuit OF the Jewels, he FASTENED
to Turkish bath. where being a lit.
tie weary from much metropolitan
iourneying and muscle-bound from loss
Of slesp. 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
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Ing eyes who had passed him In the
hall Of the tumble-down loft building
was at the door of Burdens workshop. \
straining the angle Of his vision to fol.
low the photo-engraver 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 .
big camera with powerful lens. Al
though the eyes followed Burlen as
well as they could about the room,
their owner was not so much interest.
ed in the artisans activity as he was
In the small white sheet OF paper on
which he could discern lines traced In
D woman's hand Patiently waited the
owner Of the eyes. He was Of a race
that had cultivated patience through
The centuries. Soon or late. undoubt-
eddy. 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 man
with the eyes, and even while Britt
,till was talking to Rawson In Police
Headquarters, Burlen briskly covered
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