The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-06-24
with a cry and seized the gun.

| NOT Hall So InuCu concerned ABOUT The
automatic that yawned at him as
about the anxiety of the pretty girl
who had interviewed. The too eager
plain-clothes man lowered the gun
sheepishly
Sturtevant Martin was a typical So
ciety business man, quietly but richly
| dressed.
In the excitement glanced about
hurriedly.
Directly in front of me was a sign
tackled up on q pillar, which read:
This store will be closed at noon to-
/ day. Martin & Co."
All the customers were gone.
Martin himself was evidently very
nervous and very much alarmed. In
deed, no one could blame him for
/ that. Merely to have been singled out
by this amazing master criminal was
enough to cause panic. Already he
had engaged detectives, prepared for
whatever might happen, and they had
advised him to leave the diamonds IN
the counter, clear the store and let
/ the crooks try anything, if they dared
Just back of US, and around the cor
ner, as we came in, we had noticed a
limousine which had driven up. Three
faultlessly attired dandies had entered
a doorway down the street, as we
learned afterward. apparently going TO
a fashionable tailor's which occupied
the second floor of the old-fashioned
building. the first floor having been
renovated and made ready for renting
Had we been there q moment sooner
We might have seen, | suppose, that
one of them nodded TO q taxicab driv-
er. who was standing at a public hack
stand few feet up the block. The
driver nodded unostsutatiously back
AT the man
In spite Of the excitement, Kennedy
quietly examined the showcase. which
Ezs- Indeed verirable treasure store
Of h-lIliz1ts
SIc~Iy The hands Of the clock came
nearer together Il ncCl
Weau gathered a1out stshCwcase.
with 5-s ztirterz1z hoard Of wealth
forming circle Il = respectable diz-
tznca
In 6eep-luzga5 tones the cIack
plsyed the chords written, believe.
By Handel Thea Il began striking
Nothing had heppe1s1-
We al b-ea1ha5 = sigh q relief
We'll 4 Is SIM theEe.~ exclaimed
Nsr-io- rsa5az5rg IL tts zhCwezze with
: torpsd laIxn
SUl1eIEtF CAME re1dz1g and crash
ing Buugn1- Z seensd "a Z tie very
fooc III wi1ich We sesnG wzz giving
WHY
Tine showcase w'fa al frs pr5celeaz
contents Efss1r smashing MN the eet-
lar befesw
The ffpGy-Ie 3saezfd lie gaas had
been cIu through
An crowded Sp-Tsaf,. ssfziug AZ tn
Z black Fav'rltIg sare-I
Down besfw 1rsss nf1,. eigverz6
with EueeEE ant 1lesr 6sess hidden
{ By masks. had agIGe8ssf tde 1rsDs
away tErEIu rrs ceiling ~ fl.s salar.
which EasF nat efvaf s.suasD gfrsuss1
al their 3eIsIre 7ad Tle showcase hs6-
landed eag1r ~ ssn seas se9pws ss4p~
cred iDso z raspasad 1fes
A vo1ler - astset paasae.z .sss -
sand anoEae-, wa0e @Ee e-scx wa
hastily ssaHng Ene sglasiS xeafsa u
i jewels irto 4 Drfsg ssg gss eGaess
had drawn. reFc1rers aa6 we're Grsag
up through sae Ecle 81 the socr Ter,
perately-
Look ogtt~ Grief scmeoae beafa6
us before We epgl6 recover srara or
first surprise and Eeesrn sae FIRE.
One Of the oeSDer@eoes hs9 taken 4
bomb from under fgs smoek, lighted fl
and thrown # uD through Ne hole Gn
the floor.
1t sailed up over oar heads AMI 1zn6~
ed near our little groEp. o. fhe Goar,
the fuse sputtering omtnouety.
I heard an exclamation u fear from
Elaine.
Kennedy had pushed his way past
us and picked up the deadly internal
machine in his bare hands.
I watched him.. fascinated IA near
as he dared, he approached the hole 70
the floor. still holding the thing on at
arms length. Would he never throw
| it?
He was coolly holding it, allowing
the fuse to burn down cloger to the
explosion point
1t was now within less than an inch
of sure death.
Suddenly he raised It and hurled the
deadly thing down through the hole.