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shadow was deepest and a way to the
open stood closest behind me. Then
took'advantage OF that avenue of es-
cape. 1 went up those narrow stairs,
step by step. holding my breath, for
al the same time that my straining
ears caught the sound of steps ad-
Vohcing up through the house heard
otto Schoenfelds door open and the
snap of the spring lock which told
me IT, mad been swung shut again. 1
recognized the stealthy shuttle as the
Ola German crossed to the head of
the stairs and listened there for a
moment or two. But / took advan-
tage OF that diversion to scurry up
the remaining steps to the roof and
slip out through the door which
had come to know tolerably we'll in
my daily activities with Mrs. Nun
gers clothes basket.
MY attention. as l did so, was at
tracted by the winking of a fash
iisht from one of the windows of
the 23d street Office building facing
me- This reminded me of Schoen-
'eios window Sill arrangement of
piaoe frames and of the fact that
even in that uncertain light 1 might
De visible to some unknown accom-
pfce signaling from that Office build
ing. So crouched there behind a
sheltering chimney tier, in the
shadow of wall coping.
My eyes had got more used to the
darkness by this time, and. uncertain
as was the light along that broken
tier of roofs. 1 could make out what
was taking place so close to where I
lay hidden. l could see the roof deck
door swing back and the heavy figure
slowly shoulder out through it. I
knew at glance that it was Otto
Schoenfeld himself From his left
Rand hung long and narrow laundry
bag. tied at the top. In his right
hand, which he held doubled up close
TO his chest, he held an automatic,
and as he backed stealthily out
through the narrow door his atten-
ton was directed toward some person
or persons who seemed to be threat
ening him from within the house.
But that threatened interference, APP
parently. was something only of the
instant. For the next moment he
dropped the bag to the roof. swung
the door shut. and wedged it in that
position with screwdriver which he
took from one of his pockets. Then,
after pressing his ear against the
door for several moments, in an at
titude of listening. he caught up the
laundry bag again and crept along
the roof. until he came to where the
clothesline swayed in the night breeze.
The next moment I saw him cut this
clothesline away from its stanchions.
He crept back to a row of three chin
neys in one that stood at the easterly
edge of the house-roof, pushed his bag
down inside the middle chimney and
let it hang there by the clothesline,
after wedging the upper end of the
cotton rope in between two chimney
bricks where the mortar had been
torn away. Then l saw him cut of the
few inches of rope that protruded. SO
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would remain to show the spot where
he had so ingeniously but involun-
tarily repeated device which Is sup
posed to be peculiar to Santa Claus
alone.
Then my heavy footed friend felt his
way carefully to the back Of the roof.
There saw him reach into his pocket
and lift something out. What he now
held in his right hand was pocket
flashlight, and with it he was plainly
signaling to the window of his unknown
confederate. The next minute, in fact.
/ could see the answering wink of a
corresponding light in the fourth-foor
window. Then the series of flashes sud-
denly stopped and Otto Schoenfeld HIM
self crept cautiously back to the roof
door and leaned forward with his ear
pressed against it's surface For below
stairs certain more or less interesting
things were plainly taking place. could
hear the sound of sudden and shattering
blows. like those an axe would make in
smashing in door, followed by shouts
and calls, and the thump of hurrying
feet. 1t sounded to me remarkably like
police raid. tSchoenfeld was sitting on
the roof and engaged in solemnly re-
moving his shoes. This done, he pulled
his screwdriver wedge away from the
picked up his shoes and pussyfooted
cautiously across the roof until he came
to the very wall coping against which
I pressed. He clambored, gruntingiy.
over the coping, within ten feet of
where I lay holding my breath. With
his gaze still fixed on that door he
reached into a pocket and took out his
automatic. which he placed carefully OH
the top of the wall coping. ! knew bet
ter than to move.
1t was the man on the other side of
the wall. in fact. who did the moving
He had caught up his shoes in one
hand, and his pistol in the other. and
was apparently about to adventure
further along those uneven housetops
when the roof door through which he
had so recently passed swung open
with thump. A fiashlight suddenly
exploded on the darkness. a much
stronger flash than that used by the
German. 1t wavered and danced in
auiringly about the empty roof for
moment or two and then went out as
suddenly as it had appeared. And
still again I lay in my sheltering
shadow, scarcely daring to breathe.
Then l was startled by a small sound
that was made by a pair of heavy
shoes being placed on the wall directly
over my head. BY rising one elbow
could just see the tops of them. And
was hoping against hope that the
automatic would be placed there be-
side them. But the seconds slipped
away and no such movement took
place So quietly reached up and
lifted one of the shoes from ITS resting
place. Sinking down again, I threw
that shoe lightly and silently out over
the house corRice. A few seconds
later 1 could hear the faint thud of
sound as it struck the street pavement.
Then I reached up and took possess
sion of the second shoe. l was about
to repeat the process with this. remem
bering that whatever happened
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A Gamble.

NEXT to his ability to pack away
~ fried bacon and eggs. there prob
ably is nothing more remarkable
about ."Uncle. joe; Cannon than his
ability TO- keen, from, being overcome
by the gravity. Of the situation,
A group of earnest-thinking first
termers got the former Speaker in the
center of circle. at one Of the prsmi-
nent Washington clubs the othec
night and, began discussing boil
shevism. All OF them used all the
high sounding phrases they could
think Of, tied themselves in soma
dreadful mental knots and acquired
brows as wrfnkted as cross-section
Of a pair OF corduroy pants Then.
finally. the ringleader appealed to
Cannon. who Nfb~to this time had
taken no part tR the conversation. for
help. - So So
Looking very serious. the former
Speaker pointta1 the index finger Of
his left hand at tire speaker. and said:
Young man. I'll tell you what III
do" ''@ -
The crowd was -xlI attention. I.ears
ing forward. It weighed every word
as Cannon slowly added:
''Ill play YOU a game of dominoes
and gamble you a'two-bt piece on
the result
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drew that soot-covered bag up. fronG
it's hiding place. Then staggered III
through the roof door and down the
narrow steps, where Mrs. Munger was
seated on the top step of the house
stairs, weeping over the wreckage Of
her top floor rear. which looked
strangely as though cyclone had
swept through it.
But was more Interested, Just
then, in my laundry bag, and T
promptly sat down on the very step
so recently vacated by the incoherent
Mrs. Munger, and investigated the
contents of that bag. 1t held, found.
dozens and dozens of small manila
envelopes, worn cigar box filed
with small stones which glittered and
shone in the bald electric light, two
cardboard boxes filled with equally
lridescent pebbles, and a notebook
hlled with orderly rows of names and
addresses. And l knew, as I dropped
these back in the soot-covered bag.
ehat my night hadn't been an alto
sether wasted one. had won! T
had obtained what 1 had been sent
after
QUO schoenfelds door lay battered
wreck along the side wall against
"hich leaned; a showerinesof broken
lenses GlIstened along the floor: bed.
aing and boxes and clothing Law scat.
tered about; and, as though to giverar.
ticuiat1on to that scene of ruin and
disorder, Mrs. Munger's lugubrious
walls rose louder than ever from bee
low stairs.
yum come batterin' down the doers
OF decent woman" she lamented
aloud. who's always tried IN ,ear a.
oeceht mouse! You'd be working more
10 the point If yuhd arrest that young
girl up there who's stealin' and ptckin'
her hrl OF other folks BELONGINGS!
1hat's what you'd be dofn'."
what girl?" demanded a yoice
whlch made me suddenly sit up. For
knew 1t was the voice of Sloan him
self.
was still sitting there when Sloan
appeared. short of breath. with weari-
ness and disgust on his heavy-lined
face
well, this is a fine nights work.
isn't it?' he demanded, in a tone Of
wearied and unadulterated disgust.
merely sat there grfnnng down ut
him.. What's wrong with it?"
Nothing. of course" he retorted
with heavy scorn. except that you
bungied your whole job here, and
Wilkins bungled his raid, and Schoen-
field got away, and the whole bunch OF
Diamond Thieves has given the Alh-
ance the ll-night laugh again. That's
the only thing that's wrong with IT,"
Aren't you leaving something out?"
I quietly asked OF him.
WHAT" he barked.
This" I said, as swung the laun-
dry bag toward him. And Otto
Schoenfeld, who's tied down up there
on the second roof. And if you can
trust wilkins and Doyle to go to the
third Office door on the fourth floor Of
the 23d street Office building backing
on this dump. you'll probably gather
in a stick-up or two who've been gay
eating there for our German friend!
And I wish you'd order me a taxi, for
feel like welterweight who's taken
the count. and am rather longing to
get into something loose"
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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D. G, JUNE 1, 1919

SnoeieSS man would always be an easy
quarry to follow, when q grunt of Sur
prise sounded from the wall top not
three feet away from, my head. I
could hear the interrogative paving
OF hand along the coping tiles and
the crackle of the tin roof as the body
on the other side of the bricks scram-
bled to an upright position. To reach
that position it was necessary for the
none too limber-jointed German to
grasp the edge of the coping-tile The
extraordinary feature of the whole
thing was the fact that the hand
which paved for a clutch along the
glazed corner of the tile held an auto
matte pistol in it's fingers. I could not
see it clearly. but I could see it clearly
enough to understand what it was.
And in my own right hand I still held
that empty shoe. But instead of
fiinging it out into space. as l had at
first intended. did something quite
different. Holding it by toe, brought
It's heavy heel down with all my power
on the fingers clustered about the p1s-
tol-stock. These fingers. it so hap
pened, rested on the thick coping-tile
as the blow fell. AS I struck the sec
ond time l had the satisfaction OF see
ing the automatic knocked free OF the
relaxed fingers. That side blow was
strong enough, in fact, to SEND II rat
Ting to the roof tin, where 1t skiddeo
along. the gentle slope and dropped
out of sight.
Our next movement was a prompt,
even though an essentially ludicrous
one. We each rose to our feet, racing
each other across that narrow wall-top
which came scarcely to my waist. And
we each eagerly and Immediately
reached out for the other.
knew there could and would be no
half-measures in that house-top fight
with Otto Schoenfeld. And my knowl-
edge keyed me up to keep on fight
ing. fightiug like a wildcat. even aft
er we had fallen to the roof together
and the old scoundrel was doing his
best to get q strangleheld on my
throat. L became dimly conscious
that we were rolling over and over,
like two wrestlerS who have gone to
the mat. dimly remembered that
we were on a house roof. some five
stories above the street level. Then
l shut my eyes. and gave up all effort.
for I could feel my revolving body
roll off the edge of things and drop
into space.
1t dropped into space. but. luckily,
1t was only four or five feet into
space, as far as the level of the next
roof. But was uppermost when we
struck that roof and I rolled free OF
nv opponent without coming to a
stop.
Then I sat up. dared, little puzzled
by the fact that this opponent of mine
did not start in pursuit OF me. 1
scrambled to my feet CROPPED my way
to where l saw clothesline swaying
on the roof and fumblingly united
that line. Then l crept over to my
enemy and tied first his feet together
and then his hands together behind
his back. Then clambered back
across the roof. climbing the wall
coming, crossed to the chimney that
held the laundry bag. and carefully
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Continued from First Page.)

lied a training division. This depart
ment prescribes and conducts the
courses OF instruction by which the
new appointees are made familiar as
rapidly as possible with the intri-
cacies Of the law and regulations and
with the principles Of accounting and
administration which are prescribed
by the bureau These courses are
conducted in the woriSrooms fmme-
diately at the close OF the regular
Office hours Enrolment in the classes
is strictly voluntary. The corps OF
supervisors. now numbering about
sixty-fve. are qualified officers and
employees who have volunteered their
services for this work. For the most
part these Instructors are lawyers
and certified public accountants who
have. had previous experience in edu-
cational work. More than 1900 Of
the employees attend, these classes
regularly and devote much of their
time outside of Office hours to the
studying Of texts and the preparation
of written quizxes. az.
N X y ..F-S'"
... ~ , ~ &6a-
The audit division Is one Of the
biggest branches of the bureau. 1t
consists. at the present. ttmey of al
most i 900 auditors and zoo other en-
ployes. all Of whom are engaged In
the examination and verifcation of
the various kinds of tax returns sent
in from every nook and corner Of the
United States. This division is sub
divided into sections according to in
dustrial classification. For example.
all the returns of railroad companies
are handled by the transportation
section. The returns Of bankers and
brokers are handled in the finance
section. and the returns of mining
companies are handled in the mining
section. The auditors i'm these sec
tions perform their duties in an
orderly and systematic way. accord
Ing to a prescribed program of work.
Each step in the audit procedure is
,IDJ,s ~ % y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-01

As soon as 1 nA0 dressed movou
the trunk out. to test its weight. AS
I did 80 a sudden. question crossed my
mind. How was to, be certain that
1t really held, what / thought it held'
The fact that Its, lock had been SO
carefully sealed may have been only
a trick-and the man against. whom I
was campaigning had shown himself
extremely, resoyrceful ia tricks I
remembered a pair Of naA-scissors In
my suitcase. got them out aud with
them cut and. sgcuged away. the seal
ine-wax that covered tho lock front.
Once ia cleaned out that keyhole I
got busy with my spider" In two
minutes 1 had the Id open. ana the
tray of lensessand mailing boxes lift
ed away. The automatic pistol was
rome. the rows Of 'rnanila envelopes
were gone. the boxes of precious
stones were gone. and the notebook
with its orderly rows of addresses was
also gone. That tricky old scoundrel
had duped me, had fooled me to the
queens taste. And II was ten to one
+hst I'd lost AL chance OF redeeming
the situation.
I crept ont to the old Germans door.
cautiously tried 1t. and found 1t still
locked. Then stood at the head Of
the stairs. listening. + To-" '-
As l did SO I heard a sound, like
that of Il street -door Being opened
and closed. And at almost the same
time I heard a second sound. only
this one came from behind Otto Scho-
eufeld's door. -'N ''' ''''
ba OK ed away. instihctivety. until
i came TO the FOOT Of the stairs that
S>s o. i.bsi y ,.adi' 90 1'''c7
'.ss,p~ 30 - ass as% ~-nt 7 ,as"!e
III - s.ati asst On, DO ia, v
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26
BIG BUSINESS MAN
BROKE

They say the recent influenza
epidemic was largely increased by
the circulation of germs on paper
money"
80? Did you have the 'nu'?"
NO"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26
BIZ CONDO
NOT A PRACTICAL
POLITICIAN

Hewitt-Why didn't you vote yes
terday?
Jewett-Well, you see, got talk
ing politics and ] forgot all about it
until the polls were closed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26
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THE DARWINIAN ANCESTRY
AHERN

Gerald want to tell you about
my ancestors.
Geraldine don't want to hear
any monkey talk
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26

One of the ever present difficulties
OF married man is to account for
his absence from homo
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26

Everything he wants will come TO
the man who waits until he doesn't
want anything.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-04-26
READING ~ MRS. AAGAmkk

Mrs. " + Hagaman, platform read.
ef and teacher Of expression will give
an entertainment at pythian Hall
Thursday May ist at nine + VI
Admission fifty cents. children TWEEN.
ty.fiye cents
The ladies of the Nomans Mission.
airy Society are arranging for the en-.
tertalnment Half Of the door receipts
will 10 10 Mrs. lIagaman and half To
the interior Improvement Of the Mc,ho.
dist Church Light refreshments viii
be- on sale. beginning al seven In the
afternoon
Mrs tasaman has excellent testi-
uionials from Dallas. Tex, aud places
In this vicinity where she has given
readings. To attend viii be pleasure
as we'll as helping a good cause
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-04-26
Absent Friends

Elton Maekio Is expected to arrive in
the States Saturday
CLYDE MapearI has reached New
York
John Borg of I,ogalusa Is ON the
sea homeWard hound
Cecil Rsyuham has reached New
York going thence 10 Camp Pike for
discharge
News has been received that Ed.
ward Newsham had reached Charles.
ton, : c going Immediately to Camp
Pike
Brieadler General + A Winter one
Of the most eminent OF West Feliei
aniaus. and nephew of $ e Stirling 90
has been awarded a Distinguished Ser
vice medal Says the Army and Navy
Register Of April IL
hrigadIcr General i A Winter.
As chief surgeon Of the lines al com.
munieaion American Expedttionary
Forces from June to December, 1915
be organized medical units at the base
ports and in camps in France He es-
tabished large supply depots from
witch medical supplies we're distribnt.
"a tp the American EXpedttioAafy
Forces and. by keen foresight and ad
mtuistratiye ability. made these sup,
lies at all times available for our
armies"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-04-26
DEATH or LOUIS STERN

Louis Stern died Monday afternoon,
April Il, after hrtef Illness. aged
~ years and e DAYS lie was taken
III Friday night and the seizure VAS OF
sueh an alarming nature that he was
conveyed tn New Orleans. Sunday at
tetuoou. and received treatment at
Hotel Dieu. where the utmost care
and attention was laylshed upon him
10 40 avail The body vas brought
hack Tuesday morning With lnterment
in Hebrew Rest Immediately upon ar.
rival of the train
Members Of West Felictana Camp.
No is3 Woodmen of the World and
Tuuloa Tribe, No ll3, Improved Order
Of Red Men held services at their
respective lodge rooms III his honor
aud also formed an escort TO the grave
Rev Emile Leipslger OF New Orleans
performing the religions ceremonies
Mr. stern was the senior member
of the firm 81 /, 4 s Stern. merchants
Of loWcr ST Ffaneisville He vas the
third son OF Mr. Jos Stern, and be
sides his father leaves FIVE brothers
Messrs sam Abe, SOL and Ben Stern
of this place and George NJ Stern OF
New Orleans, four sisters, Misses
Sarah. Freda aud Barbara Stern an6
Mrs ] A Marks Of Baton Rouge.
lie VAS kind son and brother and
relied upon By each member OF The
family He particularly felt the strain
when hts Younger brothers went lhte
the army. but met the varied respon
ftblItes with his accustomed energy
The family, singularly united are in
consolidate over their loss,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-04-26
DISTINGUISHED BoTANisTs VISIT
WEST FELiclANA

The family at the Cottage, Mr. and
Mrs Edward Butler. Miss Louise and
Mr. Robert Butler all nature lovers
themselves and very intelligent and
sincere observers of nasure-had the
pleasure Of entertaining last week.
from Monday 10 Thursday. several dis.
tjnguished botanIsts. These were II
j Elves f. Il s.. OF Cheiteuham,
England. ] s Mitchell lieutenant Brit
tsh Navy and Prof r y Cocks of tn
lane University
The last named has visited West Pc
ilclana before and IL was doubtless he
that attracted the attention of his
brother hotanists 10 the Astounding H..
tcrest and beauty al the trees In this
parish MIR Elves is the author Of
The Trees Of Great Britain, and has
made the study OF trees his lfe-work
lie has been all over the world and Is
thoroughly familiar With the trees
everywhere, hence his remark that the
magnolias Of West Fclieiana are the
finest specimens OF that tree he has
over seen, has the weight of authority
There Is place In Japan where
be says, the maRBelias ARE very hne
bat do mol equal those here
He also admired particularly the
hickory and oak trees when IL II re-
called that other hotanisis heve eu.
lcgIzed our holIies and beeches as the
finest they have ever seen, and have
taken seedlings Of them for the Elar
ward Arhoretnm Kew Garden. London
and The Jardin DIES plantes. II will be-
seen that West Feiiciaua has good rea
son to b" proud Of its trees.
Mr. ELVES aud party left TO visit
the bird preserves at Avery island.
thence Ia the Grand Canon one of the
few sights new to him
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-04-26
SCHOOL PLAY RENDERED

The presentation Of The Red
Prince" Monday night by the high
school pupils with Mr. jacques de Cas-.
lilo In the title role was very eredita.
Bile to him as instructor and TO their
aptness as well, the play having been
staged IN dye days
There was a fairly large crowd AT
PythiaR Hail to witness the perform.
aHce, aud all enjoyed II very much
Several of the pupils were particularly
good Ia their respective parts The
fancy dances went OF very smoothly
The proceeds were divided between
Mr. de- Castillo and the Improvement
fund of the high school netting about
twenty seven dollars fer each The
young people danced for a short while
al the close of the performance
Hon Chas kiibourne vas here most
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-04-26

Miss Nancy stephens entertained the
infant class Of the Methodist Sunday
School, Saturday afternoon with an
egg hunt BESIDES these wee pupils Of
hers. there we're several children from
the neighhorhood who also enjoyed
the delights OF the hunt, which vas
arranged on Mrs Robinson's lawn. II
was a pretty sight to see the prettily
dressed children In their eager quest
Parker Daniel won the prize for find
Ing the most eggs Games aud refresh
meNts followed
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-04-26

We have received cards for the mar.
riagc OF Col r Sambola Jones and
Miss Julia de Duron. May Is. at the
American Legation. Teguicgatpa Span
igh Honduras II will be remembered
that Col Jones was named as minister
10 Honduras and went Immediately
last fall TO his post of duty That ro-
nance followed quickly is shown BY
approaching marriage TO the daughter
of Chief Justice Romulo de Duron IA
a personal friend of Col Jones. We
sincerely wish for him all happiness
In the important change he Is making
In his life