Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-02

Mazuret met them in the hall and
greeted them with nervous and eager
relief. They were Mr.. Kayton and his
irrepressible assistant.
The assistant had shortly before clev-
erly possessed himself of Mrs. Martins
bag and the keys while the party lei
surely dined.
The girl piloted them upstairs through
the empty house to the attic, where
Kayton unlocked the door with a 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 a closet. Kayton tried the handle.
It 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 flashlight. He
CROPPED 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 of
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
several inches from the wall. Only a
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.
III you get this" said the chief in a
low voice. wave out your window"
A moment later Manning drew back.
ats all right, governor" he said.
They're waving"
At this moment q cat in the dark
regions somewhere outside the house
walled plaintively.
"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, land
get on the photograph. Don't leave 1t
for a second until you get my ORDERS
Gall right. governor nodded the
young man. and the next instant the
darkness Of the fire escape had swal.
lowed him up.
"Aren't you going with him?" asked
the girl quickly, speaking for the first
time since their entrance into the
room.
"1'm going to stay here with you.''
was the quiet reply. Miss Mazuret
gasped and Kayton felt his pulses
quicken.
"Oh. don't-don't!" she protested in
real terror.
He smiled. "I've heard that befo"-
Steady as were the great detectives
nerves the word was wiped OF his lips,
and he started like a ace horse as an
angry buzz burst just over his head.
ooh! What's that?" gasped the girl,
both hands at her throat Kayton
threw his light above the door and dis
covered the "buzzer."
"That's their warning" he explained
softly, Fastening her toward the stairs.
'They've got the front steps wired.
There's some n at the street door
now"
The girl hurried down distractedly.
"What shall we do?" she whispered.
fright into your room" he ordered.
They were barely concealed from view
before the other four members Of the
household came in the front door.
As they passed the, door Kayton
could hear them talking uneasily in
undertones and. now and then catch q
word such as "don't like 1t" and IAN
the locks and he smiled to himself.
He knew they we're discussing Man
ning,sstheft Of the bag.
On the second door tho party broke
up and their voices died away. The
woman and the older of the three men
went on to the attic. followed q min
ute later by the youngest. member Of
the eonfederacy.
They were q strangely assorted trio.
1.-THE leader and brains Of the conspara.
q against the currency Of the land
WAS the -strangest' OF the three. BE
M1sa-man Of about NIFTY years, but
one TERRIBLE experience hS1 taken TIL
sttnening out Of As spine and the col.
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