The evening world., 1914-05-01

amid the limited confines Of this Ill
lighted neighborhood. Jack Stanton
scrutinized and studied. a. best III
might . number Of shop fronts, par.
tcularly the larger and more preten-
tious ones. Half dozen Of the lat
ter he had carefully gazed upon and
apparently to no purpose. when finally
he again stopped. A few Arabic char
acters over the entrance to this place
he made out with difficulty. but they
seemed to satisfy him to be what he
was looking for.
Casting burglarious glances up and
down the narrow way. he tried nov
tho door and found II. Of oourss
locked. The lock. though. was of
wood. and the sliding bolt, with tiny
pirs set in II. Of the same material
A modern expert in opening doors
house. or safe-would have chortled
with glee over that lock. It waA
antediluvian. palezoic. True. II
edaries. But as -people7-perhapa
II was supposed to ,"orcise q mere
moral effect upon them. stanton ap-
piled n knife: he was not an expert,
but no managed to slide tho bolt back.
The door yielded and he entered.
In the interior Of tho shop. ouis-
tude reigned. He listened. Not .
sound! Quietly he closed tho door
a nd alt oil hA hAI ~
gan TO make his way through . lit
ter OF dark objects. some hanging
and some on the Moor. when tho
woodwork creaked loudly and again
he paused. But still he heard Moth
ing to alarm him and once moro wont
forward toward = tiny streak Of yell
low. In the rear of the shop he
found a dim light a. no looked In
between low hanging drapeTtes be-
fore entering.
Drawing the curtains closely to-
gether after him. so tho light should
not DO visible to any who might psss
in front of tho shop. he ventured to
turn up the wick Of tho small hang
Ing lamp.
II cast brighter reflections upon tho
cheap drapertes and the thick rugs
in the small room and metamorphosed
dim. shapeless objects into pistol hold
ers. straps. stirrups and saddles, high
ly embroidered. heaped up. or hang
ing. An overflow Of wares from with
out
Tho intruder did not lay . pillasing
finger on this fair and goodly array
Of merchandise; indeed, he hardly
glanced at II. or saw II only as q part
OF tho whole. Yet his swift. anxious
looks swept every part OF that
chamber. He looked on shelves and
under rugs; he peered into corners;
he felt In out Of tho way places. lie
glanced In Jugs and Jars; he turned q
mibkars (perfume vesseD INSIDE
down. He shook an empty. big
mouthed water-bottle: he examined
all the cushions thoroughly; he un-
rolled a mattress and felt every part
OF 1t. lie tossed the mattress aside.
Then, having only his labor for his
pains, he sat down and looked
thoughtful.
Ills opportunity was now--he would
probably never have another chance
and yet only failure had rewarded
his efforts. since mere visual activ-
ity. supplemented by eager and MIN
bio fingers. had not been productive
OF results. he tried to reason tho
thing out, TO concentrate every men
tai faculty In tho process.
What he sought was really valuable
only to him. II meant little to them;
true. II might Do deemed . link in
the chain Of evidence against him.
but after all. II was an unnecessary
one now. II had satisfied sadi. had
served to crystalliss his suspicions.
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