The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-05-05

man in the room watching apprehen
sively. could draw a full breath. the
W. men crashed violently through
the skylight together almost on top
Of him. AS it was, they landed in q
heap on the bed. The Bat sprang at
once on the helpless policeman. 1t
would have zone hard with hira but
for instant aid from Helen. She
dropped down the open skylight,
caught the revolver from the officers
the point OF it until the policeman
could slip handouts on them. When
the two men We're secured, Helen de-.
manded the stolen money.
The man Bat did most Of the talk
ing.
Il don't know what you are talking
about he said joyially, while Helen's
accusations We're launched at him. Il
am a piano tuner, officer. | don't
know this man he pointed calmly at
Sykes. Il never saw him in my lie
till he smashed my skylight. What
do You lean. anyway, by breaking
into my room? I'll put the blue-sky
laws IN you. Who's going to pay fol
all this glass;" he demanded with an
injured air, THE landlord is going to
come after rae for it. I'll have your
whole bunch arrested the minute I
get to the police station. | don't know
anything about your money. | don't
believe you've got any money or have
had any"
What did you attack the policeman
for as socn as he dropped into the
room" cried Helen, Indignantly.
why, miss, | am near-sighted.
thought that mar was a piano tuner
when saw nina mar that's tried to
let the light into me two or three
times with a gun-it's a fact"
The officer shut off The Bats talk,
and Helen, with the astuteness OF a
detective, searched him, with the re-
suit that from his various pockets she
recovered every package Of the bills
stolen from the safe, and nearly all
of them intact.
The fat man lost non Of his nerve
when confronted with the result. FL.
declared he had been made the victim
OF a plot, that his character and repu.
tation We're known everywhere in the
clty--Which was quite true. And hay.
ing denounced all unwarranted intru,
sions such as he had been made the
victim 81, he resigned himself to e.
as prisoner with a much better graz
than his sul'en companion did. They
We're taken together to the police sta.
ton.
Helen ~telephoned Immediately for a
motor car, and, accompanied by her
friendly officer, and with the money
slowed away on her person. she
stepped into the car and ordered IL
driven in haste to Signal. Fast aa
me landscape flew by 1t did not keen
pace With Helen's impatience. They
drew Ill sight of Rhinelander's camp,
smoke still rose from where the fire
mad threatened it's complete destruc-
ton. Rhineiander and Wood, with
their men, had finally extinguished the
c~ondagration, though not until a heavy
scI OF damage had been taken by the
flames. Helen caught sight OF Rhine.
lander just as the car raced up to he
camp and. alighting, called him joyful.
~ to her. waving the money in her
great excitement, Ia her hands.
It's here" she cried. Most every
bit Of It,"
What do you mean?"
the pay roll! We've got it-~dl
OF 1.-THE money stolen from the safe.
1t is here in this package"
Rhinelander, half-dazed, could hard.
~ ask explanations Bit by bit Hau
told the story. Her foster uncle csamn
her IN his arms, money and al.
gether-the men Crowdine aroum1A
they walked with the recovered trecn,
- through the hAlt-bwned eaup.
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