The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-10-07

head negatively.
Henry Robinson, the manager Of the
Diamond interests. was Il martinez in
discipline. George Brown despised
| him accordingly and knew with IN
inson's job with one hand tied behind
him.
Brown argued thus: Henry Robin
son had supervised the building OF the
Diamond -block-What more natur.i
than he should connivc 20 have one Of
the floors sealed to public knowledge"
yea even The knowledge of his guile
less employer. and use it to his own
advantage: What sort Of work was
carried ou-secretly there? George
Brown had it all figured out to a
nicely: couuterfeiting, of course.
Robinson, the counterfeiter. What
morsel for the amateur detective 10
roll under his tongue.
But George Brown wanted to be
very sure that he was right before
springing his Information upon the IN
suspevting John Diamond. Just at this
time Mr.. Diamond was in the west.
so George Brown entered the tall
building across the street and survey
ed the I'ianiond block from the out
side and studied the Diamond block
from an upi)es floor whose windows
were on Il Level with the windows Of
the mysterious unnumbered floor of
the Diamond block.
CCuntin" raefully he found the
nineteenth lioo- gold Iettered n
dowS % '"a tfn4er Insurance conn., any
mite lien another set of win
,.olv~ g. go. closely curtained.
rhtn al" hen the Wire screened
Air@ur"~ taa diamond offices.
1aovn ~ r11.iTIeth floor.
NJ lasi tie dec; ded to consult de-
pctive
vator ll Il " five passengers
Geo :. n Alien. the detective,
and zen i'll plain clothes and
repos u the Daily Dishup. for
Brown .@Gal his triumph to
pass unr
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n,s,rr,,,r Of roicos from an adjoining
roor, hro,or, tho fra 70 q stoDds+in
hoforo =, ,.in.aa door
Tbep with ono movement tho five
,,shoa ;,tn em.u Iich+ad study
r-hor, s,+ pohin,on tho ponaoar in
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n,ond bimsoIf,
The millionaire surang TO his feet
and stared angrily at the invaders.
.What does this mean?" he de-
manded
Tbo do+oc+iro Allan vas ou;ta I'm
nus, - ..har +ho bo,,or aIo,,, IN
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Ior cd ,,,,hod hin, 70 tho front In
,,io+,,ros,rro r.ord. ba exDls;ned the
si+,,ot;on
"And this Young pinhead"-he ended
in q gasn of rage as he shook George
Brown as terrier shakes q rat
Mr. Diamond was smiling austerely
"Cent,amen he said Of LAST "this
nriyate suit of rooms is the only ref
uge of 4 man weary of the noise and
cIa+tar of tho world and the hollow
thing called society, Here I can hide
for uaoks at a time absorbed in nv
hooks and in NV governmental work
In tho laboratory wonder Now that
Won have sniad me ont I can mo- longer
remain un1ass ! have vour word of
honor that NV sacret shall remain nm
save George Brown, who was too