The Huttig news., 1912-03-30

tHe ftCOuu SlI anger GfGN aIOt her ma, which he in turn hastily hid in the same way. With lightning rapdity. they went through every part of the desk. In that same Instant Bfitz felt rather than heard footetep behind him, and, jerking a glance over his shoulders, saw Sands a'vancfng upon him angrily. With a quielt Hnlift of his hand, the detective stGffed the millionaire In his tracks, and hgu drew him quietly toward the portiere and motioned for him 10 look through the hole in the leather Sands bet
 little, and then glanced wonderingly into the bedroom. He raised a face of astoni9hed inquiry to Britz He was answered by another silencing gcs- ture from the sleuth. He looked once more through the tiny -hole just in time to see the Hindoos straighton themselves from their crouehing at dtude over the desk and turn toward the window. His hand thrust itself into his coat pocket, he slipped into the opening in the portieres with lng'e stride, and, leyeiing an auto matic pistol that looked more like block of steel than anything else, he cried: Hands up!"
 The men did not turn; instead they seaped for the window. fol owed by BGitz and Sands. Quick as they were, they were not quick enough for the Headquarters man. Launching his Wiry form as g tiger springs. Britz pistol In hand. hurled himself between the foremost Indian and the open win dow and seized him in his strong grasp. Sands, almost as rapid in his movements in spite of his bulk, flung powerful arm about the throat of the other intruder, and with bis other hand closed the window with a crash,
 Britz and Sands dragged their pris- oners to the other side of the room and forced them down upon couch. Then the sleuth, slipping his ristol back into his pocket seized the Indian Sands was holding by the throat, and, more as an order than a request. ask ed the millionaire 10 bind the cap tiyes.
 T think recognize you, my dear young friends" he said. You are two of the dark jugg1ers who had fun with me in Central Park and River side Drive last evening. I think it's 1 about time for me to return the com pliment with merry little jest of my own" Turning his head to the mil ltonaire, he said again: If you have any silk handkerchiefs to spare, MT. | ,,1a These gentlemen are accustomed to silk, and I would not like to use any thing cheaper on them than they used on me. I suppose if We trussed them Hp with cotton or hemp, they'd die Of modification. ,"
 The detectives sarcasm was lost on Sands until he thought 10 recount in few brief words his abduction in the park and the struggle for lie that had followed it. Ii was evident that ia spite of the detectives coo ness. he had some feeling on the subject. Tn
 act his manner toward the now COW eriug Hindoos was more or less re- vengeful. Sands fell in with the hu- nor of the situation, and in very .ew minutes the Fasteners were l bound with silk ndkerchiefs as soft, yet strong, as any scarf they could ] have produced in the bazaars of Cal eutta or Gawnpore When the task was done, and it was done pretty neat i ly, Britz relaxed his hold on the half struggling mems threats and pushed them against the back of the sofa un- fl they half-sat, half-lay there, head to head. Then he stepped back, rest ed his hands on his hips, and eyed them mocking'y.
 You are not very clever" he said, but anyway, you're a fine looking body of men. What do you think of yourselves. anyhow? Think you'll cut out this second story game? Or will you content yourselves with the safer occupation of dips? My private advice to you Is to try heueoops for while. Cut out the big circuit. and go and get reputation.
 How much of his biting irony. if any, the Orientals understood they did not indicate. They only gazed al him in dumb misery. evidently in e. pectatiOn of an ignohle end They fol lowed Britz with their joint gaze as he paced up and down the room both pitifully watehful, and manifestly most whciesomely afraid
 You saw part of what these chaps were doing. Mir Sands" said Blitz, but what you saw was only the last of 1t. want to tell you the way they
 ent through this room was amazing 1 hope you didn't lose many valu- abes"
 Sands in his slo'v way. assured the detective that 1t was not likely the searchers had found anything he would miss very greatly; but the Headquarters man was not satisfied. The mystery of the proceeding. he was inclined to think. did not begin and end with the Orientals. It was possible, of course, they had searched Sands room simply as matter of routine in the same way that at the first opportunity they probably would search the home of everyone who might be connected in any way with i the Missioner jewel robbery Yet