The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-01-20

In cases were displayed quantity OF
quaint vases and oriental ornaments
OF hammered brass and bronze. The
outer room was almost crowded with
rolls of carpets. In an inner room two
dusky skinned attendants were rolling
magnificent rug. which had seeming.
ly been spread for inspection by some
possible buyer
Bronson affected to be In a great
hurry. Saying that he had just come
In for glimpse Of the goods on show
and would pay another visit later in
order to give them a more detailed
examination. he passed hastily into
each Of four rooms.
All doors were open. There was no
concealment Of anything and. so far
as he could judge, no means of hiding
even dwarf. let alone man OF. All
Singh's commanding stature.
Puzzled, but convinced that Raymon
Almonte at least was harmless In
dividual. Bronson bowed himself out.
promising to call again on day when
he was less occupied. For once. how
ever, his native wit had failed him.
because All Singh was actually rolled
up In the carpet which the two assist
ants were manipulating. He hurried
away and startled Manning by sto-
~ which began convincingly enough.
but ended lamely.
As measure OF precaution It was
decided to investigate the recent his
tory Of Mr. Raymon Almonte. In
quiry ELECTED from the house superin-
tendent that the curio importer had
rented the offices on the nineteenth
floor only II week earlier, but his stock
had come from well known Fifth
that he was really bringing close to
the haunts Of men with money goods
which they could not be persuaded to
waste time over by going uptown.
| There was. however. an element of
suspicion I'm the mere location Of such
an emporium above Captain Ran
| dOlph's office. so a smart detective was
detailed to probe more deeply into Mr.
| Almonte's past. Nothing Of conse-
quence happened that day, but set Of
dummy plans were stolen from a
| pigeonhole in the Office during the
course Of the following night.
Randolph summoned Manning at
once. and a searching inquiry was be-
gun. The set of sentries who had been
on duty were paraded. and one man.
after some hesitation. made a rather
shamefaced confession.
II was on duty between and 10.
sir" he said. Its slow work up here
at night. as there is nothing to see and
no one to speak to. know that
smoking is forbidden. so took care
Il st night not to have any cigarettes
in my pocket. hadn't been on the
post longer than FIVE minutes when a
guy came down the stairs and crossed
the lobby to the elevator. He pulled
out a handkerchief and box Of ciga-
rettes fell on the floor. scatterin' the
contents in all directions. He apollo
gized and laughed about It. When he
had picked 'em up he rang for the
elevator and went down. Then I no
ticed that cigarette had rolled close
to the stock Of my gun. I'm sorry. sir
but smoked It."
did your" said Captain Randolph
grimly,
Eyes. SIR" said the man sheepishly.
whats worse. l sat down and went
straight Off to Sleep"
Randolph nodded to the sergeant
who had brought in the squad. He
had heard enough. He knew now that
even trusted sentry was not proof
against Ali Singh's guile.
by Jove!" growled Manning when
they were alone, this is Ali Singh's
handiwork without doubt. Bronson
was not mistaken yesterday"
Then Randolph smiled. and scratch.
habit when thinking deeply.
1T would be fine If we could make
a killing in this Office" he said
why not" agreed Manning. LET
US think this matter out clearly. Above
all things, We must avoid precipitate
action. I'm almost convinced that our
friend Raymon Almonte is mixed up
In the business somehow. Surely we
can devise thoroughly effective
means of watching him and at the
same time safeguarding your office"
ne eHSlHceT OmCeT Slnlleu uSd1D.
Good stuff" he cried Lets try 1t
now"
AS preliminary, Manning sum-
moned Kemp and Bronson. Later,
they called the Office superintendent
In counsel and. with his connivance.
secreted such number Of police and
detectives in the building that any
raid on Captain Randolph's quarters
on that or any other night was bound
to be defeated.
Hence when a window was raised
cautiously on the nineteenth floor
shortly before midnight the resultant
cracking set the nerves Of twenty men
on edge.
At that instant whistle shrilled |
from the interior. Kemp inserted a
key In the door. turned the lock and |
dashed in. followed by his own men
and the sentry.
The lights were full on In the inner
rooms. and a lively struggle was In
progress. Indeed. no more realistic |
scene had ever been provided by any |
criminal drama In the history of New |
York
Hong Kong, Harry and his associates