Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-16
The
Substitute
Millionaire
By
HUBERT FOOTNER

Heres my plan. Let your man go
TO the house where the painters are
at Work--it is No. =. East 65th street,
and let him ask the boss painter for
job. The painters are working on
the fourth and fifth floor now. He'll
be turned down of course, or referred
to the office. Now when he comes
down stairs instead of leaving the
house, let him go into the dining
room to get the lay of things. The
dining-room is the first floor rear.
The windows overlook the kitchen
and dining-room of the X house.
when he sees Mrs. Monahan go
up to the dining-room with KS
breakfast. let him slip down. stairs
and out thru the yard of the vacant
house. He will have a good five
minutes or more while Mrs NJ is ar
ranging the things, etc. He will find
plenty OF ladders. Let him plant a
short ladder against the back fence
and drop into the KS yard. He can
not be seen from the X house unless
Mrs. M just happens to be at the
dining-room window. which is very
unlikely
Il will enclose a little plan Of the
x house. Your man enters from the
yard by door "A, crosses kitchen and
goes out by door into passage;
opens door G into housemaid's closet,
where he conceals himself until Mrs.
M returns to kitchen. He then goes
up the stairs D which brings him to
hn NOV ,f,.1, Oh,
door into the dining room. In front
OF this door is tall leather screen.
If he waits behind this screen until
x gets fairly inside the room, he will
be between him and the only exit.
II x is already in the room he will
have him dead to rights.
after the accident the chances of
your man making a getaway are slim.
The entrance hall to the house lies
just in front of the dining room.
There are two stairs from the base
ment. II Monahan runs UP thru the
pantry your man may get out by the
front door, if he can open it in time,
but If M comes up the front stairs
he will meet him in the hall. How
ever, / understood from you that the
matter of the getaway was not of the
first Importance.
Up. S. / have opened this to add
to speak at the A. B. a. dinner at
the Astor on Tuesday niAht He will
stay in town. If you think my plan
Is good enough you'll have to pull the
trick Wednesday morning. The next
time x stays in town sthe painters
in the vacant house will be finished"
Jack sat scowling at this document.
Another CHASTITY assassination sched-
uled His skin crawled with horror,
How to discover the identity Of the
victim and warn him in time waS the
problem. 1t was planned for We'd
nesday morning
Suddenly Jack sprang to his feet
electrified. This was Wednesday
morning. And it must be about nine
thirty now! He pulled out his watch
with trembling fingers. The hands
pointed to twenty minutes past nine
He had ten minutes! And, he had yet
to find out whom they planned to
kill!
He searched frantically among the
other papers on the desk for a pos
sible clue. He uncovered card
which had been removed from the in
dex temporarily. A glance at it was
sufficient =,
DELAWARE, LITER DE
COURCY.
OF course! Delamare had threaten
ed to defy the blackmailers Della
mares house was on the North side
Of East Sixty-fourth street; Della
mare had been the principal speaker
at the bankers dinner the night be-
fore: Jack thought of the mans fine
courage, his humanity, his humor,
his unfailing kindness to himself,
and turned sick with horror.
II have not time!" he groaned.
He fell on the telephone book.
Delamares address was not listed
there. Like many a prominent man
he did not care to subject his home
to the annoyance of calls from
cranks and strangers. 1t is useless