Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-13

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Pete Morgan was Z criminal whoes
normal state seemed In jail rather than
at liberty. He had served . term fcr
burglary, was rearrested on another
charge. brought into court tried and ac-
quilted for want Of evidence. While
waiting for the papers in bis case to
BE- made out hs heard the prosecuting
attorney say to messenger:
go to my house and ask my
daughter to look in . tin box marked
Schneider q Co. in the vault, get out
| . dsed she will nnd there, give It to
you and bring Il back to me-"
~Are you In hurry, sirr" asked the
messenger.
'why do you askr'
because I'm to 90 on another esrand
that's very important"
every well. You may DO that one
drst. won't need the deed bef0ro
this aftsrnoon."t
Pete knew tho name Of the prosseut-
Ing attornsy very well. Indeed. hs Ind
been made familiar with 1t By the fact
that Mr.. Wilkinson had arranged fsr
| his lodging In prison on divers occa-
sions. Moreover. Pete had great per.
csptfve faculties.
A. soon ~ Pete left the courtroem
he sought q drug store and In . fow
minutes was turning over the leaves
ola directory hunting for Mr.. Wilkin-
sons homo addresa Upon finding it
he proceeded to that gsntlsman's
house, rang the doorbell and called
for "11iss Wilkinson" A young lady
came into tho hall and asked Pste
what she could do for him.
"Your father sent mo for q deed IN
ATTN box marked Schneider & Go. In
the vault miss"
"oh." said the young lady. II sup
pose he means the silver and, Jewel
vault believe he keeps some law
papers there. I'll 60 and and them"
Miss Wilkinson tr1pped upstairs to Z
recess in the upper hall and began to
turn q knob on q vault door with
view to getting inside. Pete's original
idea was while the young lady was OF
looking for the deed to help himself to
any article Of value in small bulk he
might see and get away with It. The
mention Of the silver and Jewel vault
opened up new possibilities.
Peter was hesitating whether to fol-
low Miss Wilkinson and force his way
into tho vault when his heart was glad.
dened by hearing her call from the
landing above:
Il Hnd two deeds in the box. Did IA
Their say which one he wantedr
II think" said Pete, I'D know 1t II
was to see it."
Come up. please"
Pete sprang up the stairs with alac-
rty. Here was the chance Of his life.
the jewel and silver vault standing
open with no protection except q girl.
He might not have to do any open
work at all. His wits were sharp, and
1t was quite possible he could make a
pretext to 60 into the vault and slip a
few gems into his pocket without being
detected. He found Miss Wilkinson
standing BY table on which was an
open tin box full Of papers. She show
ed him two deeds and asked him which
he thought her father wanted. He ex.
amined both very knowingly. vher, the
girl. noticing the name ON the bog. az.
claimed:
This isn't Il at an This n mSrkeA
Parker q Trsusdale CO. TN set the
other one.
Couldn't I DO II for you, missr~
II wish you would. It's dark In
thara. and I have trouble Win INV
eSes. Thers ara several hoxea an fhs
shelf. Look for the one married. echnel.
dor 4 Co and bring II ont intn the
uehtw
Yea. mis-. NV eves m, Arst rata
JQuite hsside htmseaf VIM 1oy NJ this
1nexpected advantasn pets ver+ A
thu vault entered and. inst,eA az look.
ine for the boxea. esst his ~. arout
for the valuabyea. rher. ne nothine
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