Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-10-23
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FRIEND IN The DARK
BY r. J. CLARK.
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q peen waiting 10 see the nCtlce
whole year, and when saw it one
Thursday afternoon, you can just bet
it made me whistle some. And the
joke was, Td not as much as two
dollars to my name. and it felt Just
the same as If I'd stumbled ON a
gold zine
tore a generous slab out Of the
paper being careful TO allow good
! margin around the notice. pu, it care
fully away in ny pocket. and hiked
over 10 my friend and adviser, jim,
the Turk
He vas asleep, after being on, ali
! night, and Id quite Ting to awake
i tim.
Read this" l said thTusting the
piece Of paper in his hand. I'm go
| ing 20 blow his coop tonight, and !
! want you 10 come along
| Who is he?" he asked after he
had read il Don, Know him"
| Why. that's White. the banker
/ said Hes worth half a million.
| He lives ever il Jersey and has 4 reg
; u!ar So!cmCns temple OF a home
| That states he and his family are 60
| ing to attend z swell wedding in this
cid burg tonight. which means that
! he'll not be at home and that wen
| make a cleanup"
/ He shook Ills head.
Sorry, but / can't 60 along with
J you, Spotty, u: boy he said Got
! & very important engagement on hand
! for this evening, and can't turn 1t
! dowD. But cont allow that to inter
fere with you That's a chance you
don't want to let slip by. But you
want to be mighty careful You know
! them suburb jobs amt as easy as they
| always look For my part, prefer
I those at home" ~
| There was train, left the city at
II N, an ideal time, and / board.
I ed it. arrived in the Jersey town
! at 1:30 a. m.
| / knew just where the house was
located, Tor one afternoon. several
months before, I had taken a sur.
vey about to be in possession of the
facts, when the time arrived to do the
| trick
!, Well, in three-quarters of an hour I'6
| the place gone over from top to bot,
tom. I'm quick worker. and !
worked my best And I'd made quite
q haul Id big bag chock full OF
solid siiverware, and besides Id abou,
fifty dollars worth of tewelry-rings
bracelets, cuff-buttons, and breast.
pins Id run across upstairs in the diff.
ferent sleeping rooms.
/ chucked the bag Of silver over my
shoulder when it occurred to ne I want
ed drink laid it On the floor and
| went back into the dining room, where
remembered having seen a flask OF
whisky while I was helping myself
to the silver, and box of cigars on
the BUFFET picked up both of them
and returned to where I'd been, which
bom happened to be the library.
l lowered myself into a big, com.
Portable Morris chair. poured out a
good sized drink OF the whisky, and
gniped it. Then / lit cigar.
or course, I was all smiles. Two
4 hundred would put me in clover fol-
the coming month, at least. And !
was in position to enjoy the clover
Il | took another drink, puffed several
times more on my cigar, ana told my
self I'd tarried around about Ions
enough.
AS farewell drink, poured out an
other one, and was about to raise II
to my lips when soft sound behint
me broke the Quietness of the room
shot around, and found myself il
the line OF the shining barrel of &
big revolver. 1t was backed by a tail
smooth-faced, griuning individual. HI
was framed In the doorway leadiBe
into the hall
i; How do" he greeted pleasantly.
r. He'd knocked the speech clean ouI
Of me so that / didn't find it for &
/ minute or so.
We'll, guess you've got me, al
right" said.
H. Yes. Looks very much that way
he smiled. But just for safe keeping
put that bad looking pop you have
there in your hand On the table II
feel easier, besides like to have suct
things where l can easily see them
and you might be tempted to use it i
you got the Least chance"
/ didn't do his bidding right off, for
when l gave up my pop, might al
well tie my hands for him. But yhe,
he commanded me again, and made /
very plain by the way be said it tina
he meant what he said, threw il O,
the table.
Now, empty out your pockets" h,
ordered. and be careful not to leay,
anything behind"
! did without saying a word.
rs that all?" he questioned. frown
ing.
Here's my pockets" Invited &c,
through them, if you think | bay,
more
He chuckled again.
1T seems SO small, though. 7,
think they'd have more jewelry about
They're Wellto-do people, you know