The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-05-18

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separate. as If ready for travelling.
Then he went out. ] followed, still
arguing.
IF you go, I 60" l capitulated.
That's all there is to it."
Following the directions that Mi
chael had given over the telephone,
Craig led me into one of the toughest
parts Of the lower West side.
Here's the place." he announced,
stopping acrosss the street from al
dingy Raines law hotel.
Pretty tough" objected. Are you
sure7"
Quite" replied Kennedy, consulting
his notebook again.
Reluctantly l followed and we en-
tered the place.
Il want ROOM" asked Craig as
we were accosted by the. proprietor,
comfortably clad in loud checked
suit and striped shirt sleeves. Il had
one here once before-forty-nine, II
think"
Fifty" / began to correct
Kennedy trod hard on my toes.
yes, forty-nine," he repeated.
The proprietor called stout negro
porter, waiter and bell-hop all COM
bined in one, who led us upstairs.
"Forty-nine. sah," he pointed out,
as Kennedy dropped dime into his
ready palm.
The negro left US. and as Craig
started to enter, objected. But!
Craig, 1t was fifty-nine, not forty-nine.
This is the wrong room"
Il know it." he replied. 81 had IT.
written in the book. But want forty.
nine-now. Just follow me, Walter."I
Nervously followed him into the
room.
Don't you understand" he went
on. Room forty-nine is probably just
the same as flfty-nine, except perhaps
the pictures and furniture, only 1t is
on the floor below"
: He gazed about keenly. Then he
took a few steps to the window and
threw 1t open. As he stood there he
took the parts Of the rods he had been
carrying and fitted them together I'M
til he had pole some eight or ten
feet long. At one end was curious
arrangement that seemed to contain
lenses and a mirror. At the other
end was an eye-piece, as nearly as l
could make out.
"What Is that?" / asked as he COM
pleted his work.
THAT? That is an instrument
something on the order of miniature
periscope." Craig replied. still at
work.
watched him, fascinated at his re-
sourcefulness. He stealthily thrust
the mirror end of the periscope out
of the window and up toward the cor
responding window upstairs. Then he
gaGed eagerly through the eye-piece.
"Walter-looki" he exclaimed to
me.
did. There, sure enough, was MI
chael. pacing up and down the room.
AS ! looked at him nervously walk
ing to and fro, I could not help adj
hitting that things looked safe enough
and all right to me. Kennedy folded
the periscope up and we left our
room. mounting the remaining flight
of stairs.
In fifty-nine we could hear the
measured steps of the footman. Craig
knocked. The footsteps ceased. Then
the door opened slowly and I could
see cold blue automatic.
Its all right, Michael treasured
Craig calmly. "All right, Walter" he
added to me.
The gun dropped back into the foot
mans pocket We entered and Mi
chael again locked the door. Not a
word had been spoken by him so far.
Next Michael moved to the center
of the room and, as I realized later,
brought himself in direct line with the
open window. He seemed to be over
come with fear at his betrayal and
stood there breathing heavily.
Professor Kennedy" he began, Il
have been so mistreated that / have
made up my mind to tell you all !
know about this Clutching-"
Suddenly he drew a sharp breath
and both his hands cIutched at his
own breast He did not stagger and
fall in the ordinary manner, but
seemed to bend at the knees and
waist and literally crumple down on
his face.