The evening world., 1915-02-09
'Ts IT. Looki" snapped the owner

Of the box.
He bounded TO his feet, rumblins.
and Indicated the front wall. A. he
came nearer and inspected Il with
polite interest Mr.. Pollard could not
repress q start.
The Spanish Brute. apparently. had
lost nerve. intelligence and every thing
else before going at the Job. One
might have fancied that he had blind-
folded himself and tried to pick the
lock with q crowbar. or that he had
donnsd q msdiaeyal suit Of armor and
indulsed In . violent At bssids Capt.
velvst's trunk.
All around the cavsrnous ksyhols
were dents and Eouges, long. narrow.
shinsing scratches and shorter.
broader, uglier ones
mo doubt about that, u thsrer"
the captain barked.
why. II would seem"-- Mr.. Pol
lard began at his very blandsst.
"Bill In his roomr"
II suppose so.'
Got him!" directed the captain
briefly. He must have heard what
ever was going on In here!"
But Ryan was not in his room.
Pollard told tho Captain that Bill had
heaEs sis. nSih'na al fight. anyway. Rossy."
said the captain srimIy. Nothing
was taken. but I'm going TO find the
man that tried to break that trunk
and ",lnn XII h,.,, him ;, Just the same"
"Yes, and nnd him quick! Just
turn him loose, Philip! Come here.
Blister!" said Capt. Velvet. a. the
man servant trudgsd up the stairs.
II sent for Blister" he explained,
bisssSsns SsssSss sii,tsr. 10 S, got big streak y
-.lHsr's,ssi9 .Y0S'rs ssIps to try tracking the
I'm just going to give Blister .
chance to pick up that scent. II he
don't do II I dunno any more about
dogs than ! do about men," said the
captain darby. "come here. Blistsri
Right over here. Nowl What dye
make Of it7"
The Intelligent animal paused and
studied the noor-yelped, and started
straight for the hall-came back
again, wrigsling enthusiasm. to tho
Dox ana started across the room and
Tor the closed closet In tho corner.
BLISTER. having travelled the four
sldes OF the closet. left again by the
open door and moved on, straight
down the side Of the room. straight
to the open window, through II to tho
versnds roof and to the edge Of the
roof itself There he stopped. and
looking backward. whined an appeal.
Capt Velvet followed with speed
ana gaxed downward. Then, turning
BACK. he called Jubilantly:
Gimme two OF those sheets, Robbyl
This 70 where he came out and
DOWN daO%pefmr tsers,s zee tho marks Of his feet
He snatched tho linen from Mr..
Pollard's startled and reluctant An
gers and knotted an end about his
ridiculous dog; he paid II out, too,
quite before Mr.. Pollard understood
what was afoot-and then he was
pack In the room. chuckiing:
Il never see q dog az bright an that
In all my born days! I let him down
ana he's waiting to start along the
tran TIL go with him. Coming3"
Ho pounded on. down the stairs
ana to the vsranda. The others fol-
The chase evidently was on now In
good earnest; for Blister. keeping
well ahead. moved In q perfectly
straight line. stopping now and then
70 glance back at his friend and yeip
his delight, darting forward again on
the same line.
They came to the edge Of the lawn
which surrounded the house itself
and went directly over the pretty
white stone wall at the further side;
streaming over II in single flle In the
wake OF the accursed Blister. They
thudded across . sunny tsn-acre
patch from which the first hay had
just been cut.
There were rocks to stumble over,
and. while Captain Velvet seemed TO
Daln than with chaPmaA fAAt Mr.