Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-05


Miss Mazuret Greeted Them With
Nervous and Eager Relief.
transmit over little wires to listeners
miles away every syllable of a whls-
pered conversation in the opposite cor
ner.
All Of these changes in the neighbor-
hood occurred within few hours after
Miss Mazuret had entered the house In
Greenwich village; also one or two
men dropped in to call on her in the
course Of the afternoon and evening.
The next day there were other call
ers on Miss Mazuret, and finally, early
In the afternoon. the four-Mrs. Martin
and her three lodgers-left the house In
a body. Thereafter there was no caller
until nearly Z o'clock in the evening.
when night had fallen. These were
unusual visitors. There were two of
them. and, though they had never en-
tered the house before, they produced
a bunch Of keys and fitted one into the
front door The younger of the two
men carried a wOman's hand bag par
TALLY concealed under his coat Miss
Mazuret met them In the hall and
greeted them with nervous and eager
relief. They were Mr.. Kayton and his
I lrrepressible assistant.
The assistant had shortly before clev-
erly possessed himself of Mrs. Martins
bag and the keys while the party lei
surely dlned.
The girl plloted them upstairs through
the empty house to the attic, where
Kayton unlocked the door with key
Off the same bunch that had enabled
them to enter The house.
A rather large work table was be-
tween the door and the fireplace and
between the fireplace and the table,
but backed against the wall opposite
the windows, was a low lounge A
folding bed stood between the win
dows To the right of the door was
another door which evidently opened
into closet Kayton tried the handle.
II was locked.
I'D like to search this rat hole" he
muttered. Then, where's that dicto.
graph. Joe?" he demanded suddenly,
looking up Manning produced the lit
tie square box that had caused one of
his pockets to bulge. Connect It out
of that window" ordered his chief,
indicating the one that opened on to
the fire escape.
Manning gently opened the window
as Kayton shut off his fashlight. He
groped around in the dark, and after
much grunting and swearing to him
self, reappeared from the outer dark.
ness with two little wires Deity and
swiftly he scraped the insulation off
the ends and twisted them on to the
wires that protruded from the dicto-
graph Then he fastened the little box
securely in the angle Of the window
frame in the corner where it came out
several inches from the wall. Only q
search with the foreknowledge that
the little betrayer was somewhere in
the room could possibly have unearth.
ed 1t.
When he had finished Kayton walk.
ed out into the middle of the room
and Manning again thrust his head
out Of the window.
IF you get this" said the chief In O
low voice, "wave out your window"
A moment later Manning drew back
ITS all right, governor" be said
They're waving"
At this moment a cat in the dark
regions somewhere outside the house
walled plalntively.
Here they come, governor" said
Manning, and he started to close the
window, but Kayton stopped him.
"You hustle right back to the Other
house by the roof" he ordered, "ant
get on the dictograph. Don't leave Il
for a second until you get my orders.
"All right governor" nodded the
young man, and the next instant the
darkness Of the FIRE escape had swal
lowed him mp.
Aren't you going with hlmT' asked
the girl quickly, speaking for the first
time since their entrance into the
room.
"I'm going to stay here with you
was the quiet reply. Miss Mazurel
gasped and Kayton felt his pulses
quicken.
"oh, don't-don't!" she protested II
real terror.
He smiled. 1--WE heard that befo"-
Steady as were the great detective'i
nerves the word was wiped of bis lips
and be started like race horse as al
angry buzz burst Just over his head
"oh! What's that?" Rasped the girl
both hands at her throat. Kaytor
threw his light above the door and dis
covered the "buzzer"
THAT'S their warming" he explained
softly, Fastening her toward the stairs
They've got the front steps wired
There's some one at the street doc
now"
The girl hurried down distraetedly