The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-23
THIRD EPISODE
Inside Treaohery.

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The keenest disappointment to
Helen Of that eventful night was that
Buck Masters and Arnold, after their
struggle with the police In the quar-
ters Of the gang, should In the end es-
cape. To be told BY Melrose that the
Jewels she had recovered were spur
ious was a minor trial. But she now
returned to the deserted house Of the
RAIDERS where she dismant1ed and re
moved the whole overlapping appara-
tus they had f~eloniOusly installed.
When she came down stairs with this
ID her handbag the special had gone
and she started for q street car. It
was already. however, three o'clock in
the morning and she was obliged to
wait for one q long time.
Webb, all night, had been car0using.
With q boisterous party he left a mid
night cafe for q gambling house and
there was soon engaged In roulette,
when. taking hold accidentally Of the
cat lapel Of q new acquaintance he
discovered underneath It a badge Of
a ollcer. Realizing that to be caught
q such company would cost him his
position no called for his 0vercont and
Wno about to leave when q ralding
squad surrounded the place. The plain
clothes men IN the room drew guns.
Webb. hands up, backed to the wall.
His hand touched q light switch. He
turned OF the lights and in the on
fusion Jumped from the nearest win
dow into . motorcar In the driveway
below. Thee chauffeur whirled him
sway from the house. but the police
81 Z second . give chase.
Webb's driver. m expert, gave the
Oa1cers 4 long run and doubling on
them at tho drst opportunity threw
them completely on the trail. Unfor-
tunately the adroit chauffeur In look
fng hack to make sure he was no long,
e. pursued, ran squarely into an early
morning huckster's cart. No a was
hurt. but the wrecked wagon obstruct-
ca an approaching street car, the first
Of the morning. downtown. Within 1t,
Was Helen on her way home. In the
machine she NV Wetb and realizing
his condition che quickly got In beside
him % take the helpless man home. At
hls home she found. with Webs
baby, his poor wife. who had been
whiting Ill night her husbands re-
turn. The dispatcher, she told him,
had been phoning for hours but Webb,
despite her rem0nstrance and Helen's,
went to bed. Helen returned to the
ONCE alOne.
At the station. the iceman was
sweeping out his cart when he discov-
cred the package of jewelry that
Burke had unwittinsly dropped into it
the night before. he was about to
throw the gems away, believing the
g~iittering baubles worthless, when he
determined to give them to his chill
dren, and putting them In his pocket,
went on with hls work.
Narlier n the night, Frost, general
superintendent. had been called from
his bed By the dispatcher who first
reported the Nelrose robbery. This
Wns bad enough, but he then com
plalned he could not locate Morton
Webh. Frost himself. very angry,
hAste0e0 % The dispatcher's once on
n o. meet Nelroee whom he found
- : furious temper over the nights
happeolngs. 10 have his train held
- With IL threat 81 his party's being
6eoSrn - With dynamite was enough
= runs TIE Governors temple. But
~ 1ooD q hts WINS diamond coronet
onA necklaces was too much. Frost
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