The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-12

All his Care and Skill.
the success Of this venture. u took
him ten minutes 90 crawl from the
summer house 10 the veranda. aud 10
have detected this approach Jones.
had he been watching would have
needed a searchlight Beggs Rugged
the lattice work for another ten min.
utes and then drew himself up and
wriggled TO one OF the windows. Here
was an operation that needed all his
care and skill 70 lift this window with
out sound Hut he was an old hand
and windows with ordinary locks we're
! playthings under his def touch. He
raised the window. stepped over the
sill into the library. and crouehed
down. He did not close the window
/ house thieves never do. They leave
windows and doors open, because
sooner or later they have 20 make
their escape that way.
Presently he stood up. flashed his
torch. found the library shelves. aud
tiptoed toward them. He her selected
three or four volumes. opened them
AZ random and laid neat packages OF
money between the leaves. Il was
not real money. but only a bank clerk
could have told that. This done, he
moved toward the window again.
stop said Jones quietly.
spider neggs Easped u Was so
unexpected but az the same time al.
most instinctively he plunged head.
long through the window, and the bull
let which followed shipped a lock OF
his hair. lie threw himself on the
veranda and scurried across the lawn
gigzag fashion. But no more bullets
followed
Jones turned on the lights and IN
yeatigated the room. but he could not
hnd anything disturbed. and naturally
came TO the conclusion that the IN
truder had been interrupted before h
had begun his work. He turned Of
the lights and sat Up the major par
OF the night Nothing more happened
Florence came down. but he sent hel
back TO bed. explaining that some ont
had attempted TO enter the house ans
he had taken = shot az him.
spider" Beggs had a letter 10 write
He WAS In high feather Ne ha.
tackled a difficult Job and had com
aWay without a scratch. But he ha'
the misfortune to write his letter q
the secret service oiiciaE In a hots
often frequented by Norton. And u
Jim. on finishing bis own letter. bl0tte'
II and casually glanced AZ the blotter
A single word caught his eye. BeinI
an alert newspaper man, always on IN
hunt for stories. he examined the blot
ter with care. II vas an easy matte
for him TO read writing backward
having fooled aRay many an hour Il
the composing rooms. The word whiel
, had awakened the r%eportorial sens
IN him was counterfeit lie he'll
|, the blotter toward the mirror an
read enough 10 satisfy himself tina
] the Black Hundred had become actis
once more. And this was one OF tn
best ideas they had yet conceived.
Hargreave had always been sOm'
+ thing Of a mystery to his neighbour
p Where he had lived In other days "a
: unknown: neither had any one the n
J hottest Idea FROM what source hi
riches had been obtained. And moth
ing vas known Of Jones Or he daugl
; ter. ID was . very shreWd metho
OF clearing every one cut OF the hous
, aud leaving n 10 be- examined al lelI
ure. And ne had fallen upon mi
I thing: he. Norton. all because nj
tailor Had written him a sharp NOT
about his bili and he had been PR
voked 10 reply In kind COuuterfe
money. Thers was quite a furry thes
: days over certain issues Of spuriou
paper. II was 90 good that only e
perts could detect Il, There we're O.
, plates. n for a ten and another for
twenty. For q while be Was pulled b
: tween duty and love. Well Il wouI
only add another interesting ehapt'
: 10 the general story when he publishs
2 a. he started out 20 Rlverdale 10 a
. quaint Jones with the discovery.
. -Humphi" said Jones: mos a BE-
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