The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18

quiet night. and. contenting himself with
a few bars, Poe flung the mouth organ
away. and proceeded TO tic his man with
stout cord he had brought along.
TWO blocks lower the bus came to
q halt, Clancy Jumped aboard and
took charge Of tho prisoner Poe leaped
down and dashed back TO the MacGregor
mansion lie pa ssed through the base
ineht door behind the servants quar-
ters and down into the cellar. There he
stationed himself beside an old Iron.
ash door near the furnace. recently plas-
There mentally and physically on tip
zoe he waited until dark figure sud
denly outlined itself In the gray light OF
the cellar, snesking down from above by
means Of a Unlicensed stairway
The dark figure never knew how IL
happened. but a. he reached for the
l's 'l nnIe OF ihe pIastered-up iron door
gunny-sack was Jerked over his head.
ana tne next he knew he was whiEzed
away IN an auto. and his eyes opened
on me Interesting spectacle OF FIVE ear
nest policemen and a desk sergeant with
pen dipped. ready To book him.
AS soon as Poe had turned this base.
,nent skuiker over TO Andrew and de-
ho hLect.vei I'VE, who took him TO the station,
ne rushed upstairs and Knocked on the
ooor OF The room In which he had left
Ilrs- Maccregor. She flew TO the door
herself, tI, and opened. it, her eyes ques-
tionlng him incisively
Come, he said. taking her IN ons
arm and Rose McDermott on the other
aho leadlng them upstairs to Mrs. Mac
Ireeors s own boudoir There he switched
on the lights and pointed 10 the ivorv-
inlaid crib "S
There lay Geordie MacGregor. richest
BOY IN the world, sleeping quietly Mrs.
Mac1resor and old Rose hurled them
selves on him together. lavine aim yith
kisses and tears ' 4N''
Geordie spluttercd and awakened.
IL you'll stop making a fuss over me
he said drowsily '''
But he was aroused out OF that state
ana soon surrounded by rejoicing
nousenold OF summoned relatives serv-
ants and detectives.
Poe took Mrs. MacGregor aside for a
moment as he excused himself TO go
home before the sensation was an
nounced Hc handed her the sheets of
| room es"'
Ihese may prove interesting ma
nnentos me 10 Geordie at some future date.
lhey are from the extensive repertory
| OF tae accordion player who bothered
your rest this morning, He renders the
| nrst few bars Of this copy OF sTentIng
Ionlgnt remarkably. He puts all his
emphasis snns haI on the ten and tonight. That
ond message from the kidnapers at ten
| tonight. On the mouth organ he can
play I've Got Nine and Hold the Fort
But don't understand. What do
| IT'S very simple, The blind beggar
was pal TO the man WHO has held GeordIe
| In captivity the past twenty-four hours
lie had a score OF tunes which he PLAYED
emphasizing certain words or titles In
such a way that. by prearranged plan,
! ne could warn the man in charge OF
Geordic just what was going on in the
outer world and exactly what move TO
make next II he had been successful
IN getting away with the money tonight
ne had arranged to play I've Got Mine
which would be the cue to his pal 10 put
Geordie back in bed where he found him
II he failed lie was TO play Hold the
F'ort ] heard him ,practicing."
But how could ne signal the man
| with Geordie from across the street, in
] front OF our very house?''
Because Geordie hasn't been out OF
The house. He has been spending his
Mdnaper, In. the turret ar the top Of the
house. In the padded cell that Bryan
MacGregor used to have for his chess
But had the door to that frightfu
place plastered up only last month :"
And you were exceedingly unfortu-
nate in your selection OF plasterers. Mrs.
MacGregor They did the work In such
way that the doors could still be
easily opened without disarranging the
plaster. They have probably looked for
year or more. having in mind all the time
splrting Geordie away to that room.
whore no one would ever think OF look
ing for him, and from which no sound
could carry, You'll probably find two
months ia ations left up there by the man
who sneaked down after receiving his
signal tonight and placed Geordie IN his
bed. They were quite prepared to hold
the fort
II remember Andrew was suspicious
OF some OF the decorator They looked
snooped around a good deal"
yes. Rose was first to inform me
Of their nationality 'Pronto' Is an eX-
ceedinsly common Spanish word, which
gar, probably on the lookout to see that
Rose was not aroused from sleep, doubt
less whispered that to his companion do
ing the actual work. before he sneaked
piastered ash door, while the other passed
through the plastered door Into the tur-
ret with Geordie."
1T seems incredlble."
'It was really so simple. though Just
casual look at the doors showed tiny
scraps OF plaster that had dropped on
the floor. The only thing that seems In.
credible is that none OF you thought OF
1t the musical blind besgar across the
way. who didn't shuttle like a blind man
when he walked and only made single
tap with his cane. while man who real
iy can't see makes about three taps TO
each step"
But how were those awful notes de-
lvered?" cried Mrs. MacGresor;,
Nothing easier, The man i'll the tur-
in each. to attract attention and
strengthen his bluff, but the real husi-
ness OF the bullets was to furnish sufh-
cient weight to carry t1e notes down 10
the porch Ia q straight line.
Copyright. 1913, by w. C. chapman.)