The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-28

s been remodrled from dwelling houS,
s Next to 1t stood a residence which III
s march of business up the avenue ha
SO far left undiSturbed, and 1t wa
6 now rented out for bachelor apart
s mentS
One morning the papers had an itcn
5 on the front page telling how Spray
: Galland & Co, diamond importers, hat
: been robbed Of valuable gems by tn,
blowing open of safe. This wa!
= Shaw'S firm, and that evening he tolC
Elva they were entirely myStitied as t
how the burglars had entered. Their,
was Waterman on the outside who
could not have failed to see them from
the front, and the roof and back of tbs
building showed not the slightest trace
OF any forcible entrance.
About two days after this, Shaw, in
passing the house next his office, saw
n young man hastily coming down the
front steps. Something about him
caused Shaw to stare curiously at the
man. Instantly the man turned away
to avoid his scrutiny, and almost
stumbled down the remaining steps.
Shaw purposely stood in his way, and
as the young man lodged him, caught
at his arm.
"Elva Burt" he exclaimed. "What
does this mean?"
Let me go" she begged. LET me
go Quickly.'
But" he began.
Don't keep me herer she urged.
ana, freeing herself from his grasp,
she hurried on, hailed a taxi. and had
vanished before Cedric Shaw could
quite collect his scattered senses.
tie went to his desk in dazed state
OF mind. No woman except a laundress
or ScrubWOman was ever seen coming
out Of this house. For the girl whose
delicate Womanliness had first of all
appealed to him to be seen in such n
gulse, and coming out Of bachelor
apartments, was a shock from which II
was not easy to recover. He had given
her the deepest devotion, the love of
MS life. and he had meant to tell her
this. The blow staggered him. He
meant to see her again, and at least
Try TO wiring from her an explanation,
but ne felt he could not go that day.
Late In the afternoon the telephone |
rang, the senior partner took the mos
sage, and when he had hung up the
receiver he called the heads of the firm
-oSether and told them. 1t was from
ponce headquarters; they had made
III important arreSt-tWO men from
ne house next door. Shaw felt his
leart stop beating, and things running
'efore his eyes. What If one of these
men was Elva Burt? What if he had
o race her In the prisoners dock? A
etectlve was now on the way I'D. and
ney wished someone to remain. and
o with him to the cellar. Investira-
ION revealed a tunnel from the house
ext door, through which the thieves
az craWled, and which they must
ave worked, digging for some time.
ne police had not yet discovered the
ems, but they believed they had got ,
lie right men, the janitor and a Young ,,
'iloW. A young fellow" Shaw shud- .
cred at confronting him. They went
OWN 10 headquarters. The "younc fell
W was short. Stumpy, and red-hairod. :,
ld both men protested their limo :
nee. I
"Well.' announced the chief. "this :
as ahout the neateSt bit of detective .
nrk you'd pull off in a month of Sun
lys. The finding of that hole in the
liar was a jim dandy. You see. the 6
lectlve pretendS to go in there to :.
qulre about rooms, and all of q sud =,
n he shifts something, and he wells ,,
[ 10 the Janitor he smells fire, and O,
coming from the cellar. The min a
G the man unlOcks that cellar door o.
S down there ahead of him. and nos "
around to beat the band. He lights =,
DIT OF paper SOS he can look better. 4,
is 1t out, and shifts q burnt smell ;,
newhere. But he's got what he came ~.
:, the sight of hole, and bricks and -,
[ behind box, and he hasn't let on =,
the Janitor he's seen thing out of
common, and he's awful sorry he 80
ie him such scare He finds out a,
res only a terribly high-priced ~,
lrtment to rent, and is awful sorry o.,
lin, 1t being too much for his purse H..
he gets out. and down here ~
cker'n lightning. And the two fell ~
s are Jailed in just about one hour ,r,
m that time" H'
VIC
lere one of the partners asked if he n,
INT see the detective. The chief said no
supposed he might-that is, if he co
pened to be in. 60,
lie went to door, opened 1t, looked mn
and beckoned to someone. A neat Inv
dressed young woman appeared in nm,
doorway. Shaw gasped. a.,
Miss Burt" asked the chief, do sou =.
W where Sanderson is? ~,
ne gave him an inQuiring look, then A.,
suddenly saw Shaw's eyes upon o..
Official caution vanished before o.
questioning of his gaze. r
ne elder men, rushing up to her. nec
ped her hand, expressing their ure
ks and the desire to make it some tho
more substantial than thanks m.
Shaw said, as he took her hand. tho,
IS Burt is very dear friend of - -
but l never knew 'Sanderson.'r or,