Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-01

what you saw him whisper, and you
shall come" So I told him again, and
he wrote It down. "Bantock, a. Harwood
Street, oxford Street"
1 believe that even then no doubted
II I had seen what I said I saw. We
went four in a cab-the two Detectives.
Mr.. Collegiate and !. We had gone some
distance before the cab stopped. Tho
London detective said
This lie Harwood Street; told the
driver to stop at the oorner-we will
walk The rest Of the way. A cab might
arouse suspic.on; you never know.
1t was street FUN of shops No IL
proved to be a sort of curiosity shop
ana jewelers. combined; quite a respect
aDle-looking place. and sure enough over
tne top Of the window was the name
"Bantock "
mat looks as II. at any rate. there
were Bantock," the big man said: Il
was quite a weight OFF my own mind
whom I saw tho name.
| JUST as we reached the shop a cab
drew up and FIVE men got out whom the
London detective seemed to recoeniza
With mingled FEELINGS.
| Ihats queered the show" h. .,.
claimed. did not know what he meant
They rouse suspicion. II they do moth
Ing else-so In We 60"
AND IN We went-the detective FIRST and
close on his heals There vera t,ro
young men standing close together be
hind the counter. The instant wa m.
peared I sew one whisper 10 tho o,har.
Give them the oflce-ring the alarm
kbel-they're 'tecsl"
I did not quite know what he near.
either. but I guessed enough TO naka
me cry out:
Don't let him move-he's going to ring
the alarm bell and give them the Office
Those young men were so startIad-
they must have been quite sure that
couid not have heard-that they both
stood still and stared; before they had
got over their surprise a detecttye-thev
were detectives who had come In the
second csb-had each by tho shoulder.
There was door at tho end OF the
shop which the London detective Opened
There's staircase hero: we'd bette
go up and see who's above You chan.
keep yourselves handy, you NAV n.
wanted-when I call you coma"
He mounted the stairs-as betors T
was as close to him as I could very
well get. On the top OF the staircas.
was landing, on to which two door,
opened We paused to listen; I could
distinctly hear voices coming through
one Of them.
II think this is ours" the London de-.
teotivo said.
He opened the one through which tho
- voices were coming He marched ,n-r
was still as close to him as could yet.
IN II were several men, I did not know
how many and I did not care; I had
eyes for only one. 1 walked right past
a the detective up to the table round
standing, and stretching out an ACCUSE
u tory arm I pointed at ono
That's the man who cut OF my ha1ri''
- It was. and we'll he knew II. HIS
caught hold, with both hands, Of the
70 side OF the table; ne slared at mo as II
l we're some dreadful apparition-and no
> doubt to him I was. It was only with
r.. effort that he seemed able to use his
: voice.
20 Good nightr' he exclaimed TITS that
" internal kidd"
On the table. right in front Of me. !
10 saw something with which I was only
too familiar. I snatched It up
% And this is the knife" cried with
o. which he did ~"
I held 1t out toward the gaping man.
20 You know that this is the knife with
~ which you cut of my hair" said. You
know It Is.
~ by the living Jingol" he shouted. y
- wish I had cut your throat with Il as
D we'll"
That was the greatest capture the DO
20 lice had made for years. In ono hau
they captured practically every member
OF gang OF cosmopolitan thieves who
=, were wanted by the police all over the
world. The robbery OF Mr.. Colegate'
collection OF { silver shrank into insis
nficance before the rest OF their mis-
deeds. And not only were the thieves
=" taken themselves. but the proceeds o,
no end OF roboerteA
20 The man who called hfrnssif Bantock
and who owned tho promises at Ii. Har,
wood Street, proved to be a we'll KNOW
~ dealer In precious stones and JeweirJ
~ and bric-aerac and all sorts Of vaiu
ables. He WAS Immensely rich; Il wa
shown that a great deal OF his mono,
~ had been made by buying and sellinl
valuable etolen property OF every sor
~ and kind. He was sentenced to a Ions
term OF penal servitude. I am not quite
" sure. but believe that he died In Jail.
>, All the men who were In that room
were sent to prison for different terms
:, including the man who cut my hair-tc
say nothing of his companion.
Every time l looked at my scantJ
locks, which took years 10 grow 10 any
thing like a decent lensth-they hat
reached TO my knees, but they never die
that again-each time ! stood before
looking glass and saw what a curiou:
spectacle I presented with my closely
-, clipped poll. something OF that old rag
came back to me which had been durini
that first moment in my heart and
~, felt-what I felt when was tied to tha
chair in Myrtle Cottage l endeavoret
TO console myself In the spirit of thu