The evening world., 1916-09-14

no m through the other
instrument. I guess he was waiting
Tor II TO get dark before coming
around. Listen"
II was a long-distance call from the
man they called chief. Where he was
we had no means OF finding out. but
We soon found out where he was
going.
Hello. boss" We heard come out
Of the detectaphone box.
Hello. chief. You surely got Us
nearly p'nched asst night. What was
the trouble3'
"Oh. nothing much. Somehow or
other they must have got on to US. I
guess II was when I called up the
Joint on Forty eighth Street. Three
men surprised me. but fortunately I
was ready. II they hadn't stopped at
the door before they opened It. they
might have got me. I put EN- all out
with that gun. though. Gay. I want
you to help me on a little Job that I'm
planning"
"Yes7 Is II n safe one' Don't you
think we had better keep quiet for q
little while"
"But this WON'T keep quiet Listen.
You know l told you about writing
that letter about Warrington to his
iancee, Miss winslow. when I was so
sore w the report that he'd close
mp the Forty-eighth Street Joint.
right on top OF finding that Rena
:. Taylor had the goods on the Forty
seventh Street place. Well. I was q
fool. You said so. and I was"
"You were"
II know. but I was sore. ! hadn't
got all l wanted out OF those places.
Well. anyway, 7 wan hat letter
back. that's all. It's bad to have evil
dence like that around. Why. II they
ever got a real handwriting expert
they might get wise to something II
,. they over get hold Of my own writing.
! must have been batty. Now. I've
found out from her maid that she
hasn't got It. She took II to that
fellow Kennedy. and I happen ia
know that Warrington that night
came to his apartment and put some.
thing that looked like q letter into
the safe he has there. He's got II all
right. Now. I want to get in there
while he's laid up near Tuxedo and
get back that letter. 1t isn't much OF
q safe. I think a can opener would
do the Job. We can make the thing
look like . regular robbery by 4
couple Of yegss. Are you on?"
mo. I dent get you. chief. r.,
too risky
''why?"
"Why? That fellow Kennedy Is Jus,
a. likely as not to be nosing around
UP there. I'd 30 but for that"
swell. l know. But suppose we find
that he isn't there. not In the house
has left It. That's right, nothing do,
ing II he's there. But say. l know
how to get In all right without beins
I'll tell you later. Come on
We won't try II II anybody's there
Besides. it'll help to throw a scar,
into Warrington"
"Ill tell you what I'll do. Til moe
you at the same place as we met tn,
other day-you know where l mean
= some time after IL. Well talk
over"
"Ill be there. Good-by."
And So" remarked Kennedy as tn,
little machine stopped talking. ut ap
: pears that our friends, the enemy, ar,
watching us as closely as we ar
Jatchi..g them, with tho %advantag
that they know us, and we do no
know them. except this garage fel
low
He lapsed into silence.
"A plot to rob W%arrington's safe.
! exclaimed.
"Yes," he repeated, "and II we ar
to do anything about 1t it must b
done Immediately before we arous
suspicion and scare them off. | jus
heard the BOSS = out Of the garage
They expect me around there. at War
Il rinSton's apartment. Now II l &