Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-15
The
Substitute
Millionaire
By
HUBERT FOOTNER

Certain sure! But it was a peach
sof a makeup. l wouldn't OF rot on
10 1T, only he didn't walk like q fat
man. He didn't lean back far
enough to balance his load If it was
bona fide"
Pretty good" said Jack. II never
thought OF that
w ell, l took after him again, but
he give me the slip at Sixth Avenue.
1hefe was a car waiting for him
there-bis black limousine"
know it!'' said Jack ruefulIy.
! He hoped 1t, and went off down
town. There was a taxi there too,
but the shower only laughed at me,
when | want to hire him BY the
time satisfied him l had the price,
the black car, was out Of sight" y
Il Went back to the house on For
ty-eishth. There's a lady's hat store
IN The basement and a beauty par
Tor on the first floor. Upstairs is
mixed offices and unfurnished rooms.
It's one OF those old style walk-u
houses that you can go in and out
of, without being noticed. l made
out to be looking for Mr. Webster.
BY asking round l found out the old
man has the third floor rear. There's
no sign On the door nor nothing. The
other tenants thinks it's a traveller
that Just keeps his samples there.
None of them don't know him"
CHAPTER XNXIU
With a brief stop at the Madagas-
car for the purpose mentioned, Jack
and his diminutixe assistant were
carried to the house on Forty Eighth
street. Tommy led the way to the
third floor rear. Above the parlor
floor no changes had been made in
the old fashioned residence, beyond
letting a few panes of glass in the
door panels to light the hall. But
the door Tommy indicated was of
the original solid wood Jack knock
ed without receiving any answer.
There was no sound of any move
ment within.
Jack had made up his mind that
Inc boldest way of entering would
be the simplest. He therefore sent
Tommy in search of a locksmith
while he remained silently on guard
In the hall. When the workman
appeared Jack explained that he had
Inadvertently locked his keys in his
room, and instructed him to pick
the lock. When the man set to work.
Jack privately dispatched Tommy
down into the yard to keep an eye
on the rear windows.
Opening the door was no great
task. Jack looked, inside with a fast
beating. heart. His first general im-
preston vas of "a ssimply furnished
office. He dismissed the locksmith,
and recalled Tommy by signal
from the window.
The principal object in the room
was an old fashioned flat topped
desk so placed between the windows
that the light would fall over the
users shoulders. The desk was COW
cred with papers. and the merest
glance was enough to show Jack
that he had here the conclusive evil
dence that he had been so long in
search of. He decided to call in Of
ficial help now. There was a tele-
phone on the desk, but he hesitated
trusting his secret to it. Instead, he
wrote a note to the Deputy Commits
sioner, asking for two plain clothes
men to be sent him at once This he
entrusted to Tommy, instructing him
to take 2 taxcab to police headquar-
ters.
The door was fitted with spring
lock Of the usual pattern. 1t had not
been injured, and when the door
closed it locked itself. As soon as he
was left alone Jack set about making
a careful examination of the place.