Evening star., 1917-10-07

esthetic dulled the detectives pxin&ls1s
deed. he forgot his aching body ana b.
came merely watchful intellfgence.
ture before him that he had not notiel1
the fact that he was alone in the o1eo-.
Of the Congo Fibre Company. NowSHSs
realized 1t from the absolute ealAnoe-
about him and from another cirruia-
The spying apparatus had bssn lseks
focused, and on the screen beneath, hln-.
eyes, bending low behind the desks and .
creeping, Indianlike. around toward tho"
head of the stair which communica4A6
with the strong room and the apeetas
ment used by the messenger, came tic,
alert figure Of Earl Dexter.
1t may be q surprise to some peoD30s
to learn that at any time in the day.
the door of bank unguarded should
be left open. when only a solitary meo-
senger IL within the premises. yet Tor :
few minutes. at least. each evenlnE,
this happens at moro than one city :.
bank, where one of the duties Of the
resident messenger is to clean the UutsP ,
the mans absence below In Queat of :
scrubbing material to enter the bank
through the open door. ta"s
Watching. breathless and utterly fefs
getful of his own position, Bristol. sAR .
the messenger. all unconscious Of dana 5
ger, come up the stairs carrying Q bAif-
and broom. As his head reached .thos
level of the ratings the Sombrero Afgns
to the outer door and closed fti -xs:f-
Given duplicate keys and the privsts
Information which Dexter % tngentA~
91slx nngo, had S.na obtained there are nsSax
attack. Certainly. bullion 10 rarely
kept in branch strong room, INIT TIE .
detective was well aware that the heys 4
Of the case containing the slipper WsUo.
kept in this particular safei
He was convinced. and could enteFtaSn
no shadowy doubt. that at last Dexter
had triumphed. He wondered II Il hsd
ever hitherto fallen to the lot bEH-,
representative of the law thus e, ~
made an accessory to q daring folonyt =
But human endurance has weil-dennoa
limits. The fading light rendered 1hs 4
The pain oecasioned by his position 90 :
came agonizing; and uttering . sttAe4 :
groan he ceased to take an intereofs u :
the robbery Of the London County SD
Some one was breaking in at the xSas@.
of my chambers.
reused myself from q state Of coma
almost deathlike and listened TO sth0.,
blows. The sun was streaming tnnAE
my windows. ~
a splintering crash told Of ransI
broken. Then. moment later. hoard
footsteps along the passage. =,
sounded like Bristors. save that ft Tas
strangely weak and shalGy.
himself threw open the bedroom donft----
and. very pale and hsggard-eyed. stood
there looking scross at me.
mn. ceasnnss! sasnnssn rSsnR be ss'e oo6 ars ssS
alive. But" he turned-'.This WY.
Marden" he cried. 'rUntie him Quieks.
ly! I've got no strength In my arms
running. and in q minute or les fXxg7
"rve had the most awful expssfsses
OF my life," said BRISTOL You've n9FeA-
my wristsEyou know Dsxtsrs lr1okEsI
for close upon sixteen hours! I w1eut
released until Carter, IN u61ce HRys q
came on the scene this motulngt -
Very fesbiy nodded: ! esuI4 ~
.rhe strong room Sf your naax g. !
rified under my very syss lat evsa16G ~
he continued. and nve m1nntae 49,
the Antiauart.n mussnm wA9 opsa
the public this morning quite N. H.
usual number Of visitofs appeared :. -
II saw the bank managef &hes 49,
news that positively took NJ SrSssh.
minutes later and rot anotAsr dkf{6la
There in the case was the rea s1lt1or. y
hen whispered-1t hadn't
WRONG! II had, This v.s . aupasesEESII.
as Mostyn. the curator, oaW e q ElGG1U3
Some Of the early visitors-k1e1 yVfS
case. They wsrs wsesSsd. g e. :
but any number Of. orlentale 60 C. n
see the thing: ana. mort 81 80 n
the glass. Which wcul1 innme1 e1iaesl3 = u
tract attention. the authss1f1se NsleyI
unDrepared. Of course. foe any aa4o ~ = /
Any way. they were tr5ekpd =
BODY opened the case. Ihe rea1 4I3DIe Il
per Of the Prophet q Guneis q = s~s - -
That You had withdroWn ~ HStR~
II Dexter had known thaf!s 3. = 9..s''i<
.Ha.s.n cf Alsppo took tAen A6q ~
. AT .s,', night e.. AZ iast ths hssAls q
1ristoi saak Into iths sss.eaaas. sks4
EYER port = watee z - -