The evening world., 1912-06-12

upon the great chest directly in front Of
him.
He was sitting sasDy on the eatas,
docking his legs, and ne continued just
In that attitude when the LID Of the
brilliantly nickelled revolver came cut
and covered him
I'm waiting for ~. tnstAR 0oaA-
VIM" chuc1dsd me young man.
BY some strange p0ychoiog4o frsa6
no was not In the isast dfsmayod By
tho ominous menace Of that shining
muzzle. which gradually came further
out az tho arm and head Of che picture
expert followed II.
once the thief had Glimp~ed the young
man and made out that they mad the
room to themselves ne Game out OF the
chest az lightly and noiselessly a. he
smile was gone now and in its place
there was tho wariness of the hunted
animal. still covering Gladw1n and
surveying the room he said in low. isvei
tones:
"rf You move TIN Be the last act Of
your life, McGinty."
'Murphy. sorr." purred 0ladwfn, his
face abeam.
IT like your nerve. young un."
I've Deem thKlnY 1CssOnD tTO1n VIC
man who invented nerve"
well. you don't seem anxious TO stve
the ALARM" said Wilson. toying with
the little automatic and turning Il over
in the expanse of his palm.
':No. I'm afraid It might make you
nervous"
Might make me 80 nervous that this
gun would go off. chr"
A shadow of the old smile came back
as he went stealthily to the door and
listened.
You seem to enjoy smoking" said
the peer Of art collectors. turning his
back to Gladwin.
Don't your"
Eyes"
'1Iave You time TO smoke a dgarr'
Els It a good one@'
IT don't know-it's the one you gave
me while I was officer e6a"
G1adwin tossed the cigar to the thief.
who caught II deftly and inserted II be-
tween his lips. And here's some more
OF your possessions" added the youns
man. drawing out the brfbe money he
had accepted while he masoueraded in
the officers uniform.
Thanks" said Wilson. as no caught
the money, land here's your little yell
low boy. though I wish that intellectual
giant OF a cop were here so I could
hire his uniform for q Bit"
you amaze me by your generosity"
murnured Gladwin as he pocketed the
$500 BILL"
oh" said tho other easily, while he
again listened at the door. I'm not a
regular crook-I'm In the picture busi-
ness"
"stnl. II you kept that bill It mish,
help You get better accommodations
when you reach Sing Sing"
''Tf I don't need It TIL then I won't
need II for a long. long time"
you mean you think you're goins
to escape?'
Gladwin slid down from tho table and
leaned against II. making no effort to
conceal tho admiration he experienced
for this mans supcrhuman aplomb.
And with guards all around the
house and policemen tearing thirty
rooms apart upstairs ana camping on
tho roof scuttls-yes, and more coming,
maybe"
II venture to hope TO-" chuckled the
other II admit It's close enough to be
Interesting"
"Well, I'll say one thing for YOU
tho young millionaire said earnestly,
you're the coolest chap ever hope to
meet. You're a marvel"
"Built 10 order to work In story booNs
en-? Well. TO be candid with you. Nc.
Ginty. there are times when I'm moi
SO cool as look. I'm almost human.
''Those cops will finish their work
soon-then they'll come in here" Glad.
win warned him.
I'm listening for thsm." said Wilson
softly, putting his ear to the door again
Just because your pistol prevents
ne from calling them now. dom
think"-
This gun isn't stopping YOU" came
the short reply. III you wanted TO cal
them you'd take a chancc-I've found
that out in the last hundred second.
or So"
Thank you for the compliment. but
'well, I'll prove It," the thief inter.
vened. and tossed the gun to Gla1w!n
who caught II as ~ Il were ,somethine
hot. go ahead and call them"
Glow do you know I wouldn't cal
them the young man asked, examining
tho automatic and finding It empty.
Don't he a child" shrugged the other
"You closed these doors, and you buttet
in about the Blue Boy just as that Cen
trail Office owl produced his jewelry
Yes. and You stumbled against the ches
ana knew that was in IT,"
but say" asked Gladwtn, abruptly
How did you come TO use my name p
1T wasn't safe TO use mine. and whei
7 met Miss-that girl-your name was II
my mind-I borrowed IT,"
That's the thing can't forgive 20,
for" said GladwA regretfully-"to de
ceiye her as you did. That was rotten.
II don't care for your opinion on that.
said the picture expert, warmly, ''Hoy
can n man like you understand a maj