Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-08

Half way across the intervening
space he crumpled in the chair, al
most completely exhausted. He let
quarter of an hour pass, then made
the final attack upon the remaining
distance. He succeeded in reaching
the desk, but he could not have
stirred an inch farther. The hair on
his head was damp with sweat and
his hands We're clammy.
When he felt strength returning, he
lifted the telephone off the hook with
his teeth.
Central, Centrall Call the police
to come to this number at once: Har-
greave's house, Riverdale. Tell them
to break in.'
Where's your gag?"
There wasn't any"
Then why didn't you yell for
help?"
THE thieves lured our neighbors
away from town The patrolman
who walks this beat is bound and
gagged and is probably reposing
back of the billboard in the next
block"
murphy, you watch this. man
while / make a call on the neigh
bors," said the officer who seemed to
be in authority. When he returned
he was frowning seriously. Wed
better telephone to the precinct to
search for Dennison. There's no.
body at home at either house and
there's nobody back of the billboards.
Unite the man" When this was done
the officer said: Now tell us what's
happened. and don't forget any of the
details
Jones told simple and convincing
story it was so simple and convinc-
ing that the police believed it with
out question.
well. If that amt the limit! Did
you hear any autos outsider"
81 don't recollect," said Jones,
stretching his legs gratefully.
"Why?"
",rhe auto bandits held up a bank
messenger today and got away with
twenty thousand. Whenever man
draws down big sum they seem to
know about 1t. And say, Murphy,
call up and have the river police look
out for new tangled airship. Your
master may have been rescued"
turning to Jones.
IF / were Only sure of that, sir!"
When the police took themselves
off Jones proceeded to act upon
those plans laid Gown by Hargreave
early that night. When this was
done he sought his bed and fell
asleep, the sleep of the exhausted.
When Hargreave picked up Jones to
share his fortunes he had put his
trust in no ordinary man.
A dozen reporters trooped out to
the Hargreave home, only to find it
deserted. And while they were ring
ing bells and tapping windows the
man they sought was tramping up
and down the platform of the rail-
way station.
Through all this time Norton, the
reporter Hargreave's only friend,
slept the sleep of the just and UNI
just. He rarely opened his eyes be-
fore noon.
Group after group of passengers
Jones eyed eagerly. Often, just as
he was in the act of approaching a
couple of young women, some man
would hurry up, and there would be
kisses or handshakes. At length the
crowd thinned, and then it was that
he discovered a young girl, perhaps
eighteen, accompanied by young
woman in the early thirties. They
had the appearance of eagerly await
ing some one. Jones stepped forward
with q good deal of diffidence.
"You are waiting for some one?'
YES" said the elderly woman,
coldlv.
IA broken bracelet %
The distrust on both faces vanished
instantly. The young girls face
frightened, her eyes sparkled with,
suppressed excitement.
you are 50 my father?''
mo, miss very gravely. 81 am
the butler"
'I4et me see your part ofSthe brace
let" said the young girls guardian, a
teacher who had been assigned to this
delicate task by Miss Farlow, who