Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-01-02
CHAPTER XII.
The Counterfeiter's Don.

VIM EN- ~.
The Counterfeiter's Den.
HE neighborhood Of Washing.
ton square. like one or two
other older sections of New
York, is essentially medieval.
Individualisme is its most salient char
acterisdc. Even the many who live
there to think thoughts of social broth
erhood insist on adhering to their own
particular thoughts, and thus. as In
the middle ages, when a man enters
his dwelling and bars the, door he is
free Of all danger that his neighbors
may intrude on his privacy.
Mrs. Martin recognized that this COM
munity was the ideal n for her
"rooming house, No n would or
could inquire as to the character or &C.
equations Of her roomers No one cared.
Beyond a little printed sign above the
bell pull that protruded from the dingy
brick wall by the door she made no ef-
fort to secure dodgers. The few who
came were told that the house was full.
She had three lodgers-all men. These
three came when she took the house
and remained always. No new dodgers
were added to their number and these
never left her house.
They occupied rooms on the second
floor. 1t was q. two story and attic
house, with a dining room and kitchen
in the basement. They we're not often
in each others rooms. but they met
frequently in the garnet. which was
scantily but innocentiy furnished. But
by the manipulation of certain boards
In the floor and sliding panels at the
backs of closets and cupboards these
men could instantly avail themselves
Of the tools for a printing trade indus,
try that is most severely frowned upon
by the treasurer of the United States,
But that there was no possible &C.
casion for her to appear in the upper
rooms Of the house, Mrs. Martin would
never have consented that Miss Mazu-
ret should become a lodger. She had
q back parlor bedroom on the first door
in which she lodged the girl and felt
that she was as much out of the way
as If she had been In q Broadway
hotel.
Immediately thereafter events moved
with great swiftness. An organ grind.
er began haunting the block at all
hours of the day and night. There
was a new mar at the newsstand on
the corner across the street. The sa-
looms at either end of the block began
to do a surprisingly good business and
the attic of the house next door to Mrs.
Martins was rented by a couple Of in
ventors who wanted to work secretly
on a new electrical appliance that
would make a stir in the world. This
new appliance was the photograph. the
greatest Of eavesdroppers. which has
already made a considerable stir in va
rious quarters Of the United States.
This photograph is a fearsome device.
It is so small and ~unpretentious that 1t
can be concealed In the barest Of rooms.
It Is a telephone produced to the ult1-
mate power of constituencies. Placed
In 4 corner Of the door behind the
dresser Of a great chamber it win
transmit over little wires to listeners
miles away every syllable Of u whis-
pered conversation in the opposite cor
ner.
All Of these changes in the neighbor-
hood occurred within q few hours after
Miss Mazuret had entered the house in
Greenwich village; also n or two
men dropped In to call o. her in the
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