The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-09
Continued from ycstcrdayJ

COFTLY he stepped into the corr.
y dor, hi, stockingcd feet making no
sound ON tho soft carpet A thin
thread of light cut through the dark
ness, aiiordlng Just enough hight to pre-
vent his laundering into any furniture
More than once he switched off the
light and stood stock still as his car
caugh, those indefinite sounds that are
always audible in sleeping household
He reached Ncrnct'' door and softly
turned the handle As he expected ii
was locked Very Stcalrhiy he tried his
KEYS. one after the other
His muscles contracted ,nyolurtarily
as a slight click told tha, the bolt had
shot back lie stood ,uiily listening
iutcnly
Five minutes elapsed before he ven
,ured to thrust open the door and eau
tluu,ly edge his way inside He waited
for matter Of seconds tilt the deep
regular breathing from the bed reaS-
Nurcd him Then he flashed the bead OF
light ON the wardrobe and all hi,
movements quickened Whatever he
sought he had guessed the diamond
maker would carry on him during the
day otherwise Heldway would not
have waited Till now TO ransack the
room
Presently he gave an almos, uncon.
sciouS ejaculation Of triumph as he
dragged out Of a pocket a little wash
leather bag With has,y fingers he
opened it and directed the rays Of his
lamp on twenty or thirty uncut dia
moni, And then. even while h,
chuckled 10 himself the room was sud
denly flooded with hgh, He wheele,
| abruptly Ncrnet was sitting up II
| bed one hand on the electric llgh
switch the other holding a revolver, It.
muzzle steadily directed toward Held
way
stand still my friend Vernet
voice was cold and mcnacng per
haps il would bo as well It YOU pu
your hands above your head Hi, owl
hand had deserted the switch and be
gan cropping for the bell 1 see yor
have masked your face--a wise precau
ton"
Ileldway lowered his head. sweryc,
sideways and plunged forward so swift
Is that It seemed as If his movement
were simultaneous 4 quick repor
rang out and a bullet shattered tn
glass Of the wardrobe Before Nernet'
finger could compress on the triggc
again Heldway was upon him His ful
weight was behind his left as he Swun
It to Ncruets Jaw, and the man droppe
Imply back on his pillow
The detective fled lt.waS a matte
of seconds from the time Ncrnct ha
fired TIL he reached his own room an
closed and locked the door He coul
hear people rushing about and sleep
voices raised in inquiry Hastily h
tore off his clothes and tumbled int
his pajamas A thunderous knock IN
tcrrupted him before he had finishet
He continued an audible yawn the Will
he "iifiled his bed nolSelesSly to Civ
4, the appearance OF having been sleT
in, and IN his voice as he put QueS
tlon was the querulouS tone OF a ma
just aroused
Its Fleeing Wake Up. There
been burglars They've murdered Yer
net"
Good Heavens {" There was a fcrvc
that was unielgncd IN the detective
voice He had had no time to calcula'
his blow with nicely, and trusted III;
he had not struck harder than he mean
A moment later, he flung open the doc
and while Fleeing waited, put on h
slippers and dressing gown His all
was convincing
They went together to the damon
makers room. He was relieved 10 fin
that Nernet was very far from dea
though still unconscious "Somebod
has knocked him out that's all
diagnosed. Hell be all right in
little while" He turned on the grou
OF servants who had gathered in II
room Some of you men get out in,
the grounds The burglar can't hay
got far"
Hadn't someone better 60 for II
police" said the jeweler
Not worth while They can do moth
ing tonight that we can't do wi,hot
them II We don't catch the man our
selves, I'll run out to put the case
their hands myself
No ono disputed his authority. II
calculated that the iluStcrcd me
servants would make enough coniusio
in the garden to keep up the llusio
" hurglar. and he did not want