The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-10
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would telephone the combination OF
the safe to the mayor Of ReutQn. Car
gan and Bland sat IN the. once watch.
ing for the fash OF light at the tele-
phone switchboard. while you and L
were Max's prisoners above. Some
thing went wrong. Hayden heard that
the courts would issue anltpjupc tion.
making ordinance 30. 45 WORT less,
! So, although the c6uuEii obeyeds AR
cams instructions aud pissed the bill,
Hayden refused to give the mayoEthe
combination"
/. The old man paused and shook his
head wonderingly.
"Then melodrama began in dead
earnest" he continued. II have al
ways been a man of peace. and the
wild scuf1e that claimed me for one
OF its leading actors from that moment
win remain in my nembry as long as
live. Carganl dynamited the safe
Kendrfck. held him up You held mp
Kendrick. / peeked through your win,
dow and saw you place the package of
money under 9 brick in your IRE
place
..YOu-the curtains were dow b, z. in
terrupted Magee. ss
II found a half inch OF open space,
explained the old man. Eyes actual
IL lay on my stomach in the snow and
watched you In the morning for the
first time in my life committed rob
berry. My. punishment was swift and
sure. Bland swooped down upon me.
Again this AFTERNOON, came upon the
precious PACKAGE after a long search
In the hands of the hermit of Bald
pate, l thought we were safe at last
when / handed the package to Ken
drick In my room tonight. but 1 had
not counted ON the wild things youth
like you will do for love of a designing
maid"
Twelve O'Clock: The civic center OF
Upper Asquewan Falls proclaimed it.
NO" said Mr.. Magee. answering
aloud his own question. You are
wrong, sir. l do not know just what
the motives OF Miss Norton were in de-
string this money. but / will stake my
reputation as an honest holdup man
that they were perfectly all right" -
.aPerhaps." replied the other. quite
unconvinced. "But what honest mo-
tive could she have? ] am able to as
sign her no role in this little drama ~
pardon me- broke in Magee. but
would you mind telling me why Miss
ThornhiI came up to Baldpate to join
in the chase for the packageF
Her motive replied the professor.
"does her great credit. For several
years her father, Henry Thornhill. has
been forced through illness to leave
the management of the railways at
fairs to his vice president. Hayden.
Late Yesterday the old man heard OF
This nronosed bribe-on his sick bed.
He was very nearly insane at the
thought of the disgrace it would bring
upon him. He tried to rise himself
and prevent the passing OF the pack
age. His daughter. brave. loyal girl
herself undertook the task"
.'Then,'' said Mr.. Magee, Miss
ThornhilI is not distressed at the loss
of the most important evidence in the
CASE
Il have explained the matter to her.
returned Professor Bolton. There IS
no chance whatever that her father
name will be implicated.
Ibid Miss Thornhiii and Kendriek
meet for the first time after his exile
upstairs-in No. 7?'' Mr.. AIagee wanted
to know.
YES answered Professor Bolton.
I'm one Of his letters long ago Hayden
told Kendrick he was engaged to the
girl. Ii was the last letter Kendrick
received from him"
There was Il pause.
..The important point now" the old
man went on lis the identity OF TINS
girl to whom you have made your
prihcely gift out Of the goodness OF
your young heart. propose to speak
to the woman she has introduced as
her mother and elicit what information
/ cam
He crossed the door. followed by Mr..
Magee, and stood by the woman
chair. She looked up. her eye. heavy
with sleep. her appearance more INV
dry than ever in that faint light
.'Madam' remarked the professor.
with the air OF judge trying case,
your daughter has tonight made her
escape from this place with large
sum of money earnestly desired by the
prosecuting attorney OF Reuton county.
In the name of the law L command
you to tell me her destination and
what she proposes to do with that
package OF Ereenbacks.
The woman hlfpked stupidity in the
dusk,
She ain't my daughter She reptAe 'l.
and Mt. Magee's heHrt leaped M. u
can tell you that much. keep
boarding house in Reuton, and Miss
the girl you speak about-has bean my
boarder for three years. She brought
me up here as sort OF chaperon.
though don't see MS I'm old enough
for that yet. You don't get Hsthing
.!sei ont Of me. except sttiat s'a IS
perfectly lovely young worhal. and
our money. couldn't he safer with the