The Washington herald., 1915-02-14

q BASNOlr n llNlle ivory 0dnQleO pistol, ana
hired squarely at him. l saw my chance.
Before she could fire again, seized her
arm and wrenched it from her. Here it
Is"
He handed the pistol, still warm and
smoking. TO Garrick
The man WAS not armed. think. But
with Van Loan wounded, they were two
TO one against me. Hurry
A woman" asked Garrick, following
quickly WhO?"
Il think it was that Miss Gaylord-the
little manicure in the barber shop. The
man ] couldn't see very wen. But out
side, on the street. there seemed to he an
door
McCorkle," exclaimed Garrick quickly
That's the way it is. Always in these
enterprises there is a woman"
Garrlck rushed up to Van Loan. who
was weak with the shock and the loss of
blood from an ugly wound in his left
shoulder. and bracing himself gameIy
against an angle OF the now deserted
cigar stand I'm the lobby
How did it happen" he asked. tear
ing a strip from the shirt of the wounded
magnate and hastily improvisng a tour
nlquet. Here, kentOn, twist that-tight
II may stop the Cow of blood while 1 get
help"
W. SIT s-nothlng, 5roancd Van
Loan.
Garrick. with his own automatic in one
hand and the little ivory revolver in the
other advanced toward the door 1t was
locked, or perhaps bracnd from the
street. At any rate. outside he could
near McCorkle giving rapid blasts on his
police whistle. Inside was man, batter
ing and storming at the door
Let me out, I say. Let me out. This
is an outrage Let me out"'
II was Detz. the barber. With him.
now shrinking into corner. was the lit
tie manicure. Miss Gaylord.
Come" ordered Garrick. as he covered
Deitz with the automatic stop that
racket-hands uD-abOut face-now march
into that COMMENSURATE ahead-and If
you turn YOUR head or move A muscle
I'll let you have the whole business in
the back of the head. Kenton. FordyCe.
some one Just watch Miss Gaylord. She's
unarmed-but don't let her take any poi
son or anything like that. McCorkIe,''
Yes, sir" came an answering voice
from outside. They're coming. | hear
them now around the corner"
Good. Get the cars and the drivers
Then come in here. We're perfectly able
to take care OF ourselves now. BY that
time, the door will he unlocked"
'All right. Mr.. Garrick."
Garrick turned toward the barber. who
was standing sullenIy, his face in the
corner.
"Deafy Deitz" he said quickly. "I rec
ognized YOU at once this morning in the
barber shop I thought you might have
something to do with This affair bur
wasn't sure but that you might have Kept
You've been out OF Joliet a year
now, and when You came to New York /
understood you had turned straight. But
you couldn't keep straight. could you?''
The man muttered something unintel-
ligible.
Il gave you the benefit Of the doubt.
But I didn't purpose to let Sou or any
one else get away with anything more
without getting caught. II YOU hadn't
been so avaricious, if you had been con-
tented with what you had already, you
might have been free tonight"
Van Loan, in spite OF the pain. was
Glaring savagely at both Deitz and Miss
Gaylord.
street door and FOR the moment 1t seemed
as II every roundsman below the dead
line Of Fulton street was pouring into the
corridor.
Miss Gaylord was sobbing ConvulsiveIy.
Don't be too hard on Deafy." she
cried. looking about wildly and avoiding
the savage glare of Van Loan.
There was some one" she went on in
a low, broken murmur, who was a mil
lion dollars or more short in his accounts
lost every dollar in speculation. He
could not return it and it was only a
matter Of a few weeks when he would be
discovered. And so he devised plan for
his good name and at the same
time recouping his fortune. 1t was to
have the bank robbed. Enough was there.
where he could direct the robbers, to pay
them we'll for their trouble and to re-
him. Then, when the robbery
what he had hypothecated to the loss
and make it the greatest robbery since
the Manhattan bank affair.
He had heard about Deafy Deitz-my
husband. He came to him, laid the plan
before him. pleaded with him. begged
him. I told Deafy he was a fool. We
were happy-had a good business. But
the man kept on. He knew the only vul-
nerable spot in the vault-knew the way
to use cutter-burner in order to reach
Il safely-had the whole plan for making
Il seem like an inside job to the detec-
lives until the real way was discovered.
II was installed as manicure Deafy az
owner of the barber shop. Every-night
we worked. But II could not he for long.
lest some one suspect why We kept the
shop open so late when there Ncre no
customers.
AT last the tunnel was complete We
lid the trick. We were all through. To-
night We were to remove the last traces
IF evidence i'm the shop. But the tempta-
ion was too great for Deafy. He wanted
more. 7 told him that 7 suspected some
had read tho hand Of n man
who came into the shop this morning.
md that he was a scientific genius; that
suspected that man-suspected that
tome oIe was not playing fair with us.
L was no use. He took the chance. In
he midst Of il all. we heard the bolts
,houting back in the hiE vault. We crept
though and fed. The outside door was
OCked. We were trapped like rats. Who
lad done it? Who had played false?''
Suddenly Garrick turned. He under
itood it all now.
"Deafy," he interrupted, "you were not
he man higher up. This was made pos
bIe through some one inside the bank.
-FOUR wife has been loyal to you. To
ave you. she has betrayed the real rob
,er-an officer in the company who was
eading a double life
Deafy muttered something about len
enCy for his wife
Mono" cried tho former manicure.
We go together-not alone this time.
m sorry ! didn't-lSill him
She Missed out the words with a hatred
hat was inconceivablc.
It's all lie-blackmail." muttered
loarse voice.
THAT can easily be shown by an ex-
animation Of the books" ground out Gar
lex. 81 suppose l myself was picked
or the role of the young and ineXperi-
need detective who was TO fail to discov-