Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-30

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From tho roundf,ouse II was only a
few vards to the rear Of the long.
Iov.lvin~ fre,pht sheds and. unob-
SERVED. the Hawk gained this new
shelter. He stole quickly alons. to the
further end OF the sheds: and there,
crouched down ara,n In the shadows.
halted 70 nnke n critical survey Of
his .,rround,np.
Iu.t An frort ~ rim A,yIaed or,v
hv a aort of driveway for the conyer-
fence az the teamsters. was the end
wall OF the station. and, In the end
vall-the window of the divisional
office, The Hawk slanced
to his left. The street upon which
the station fronted. an iu-sayorsd
.ec+,on of tine citv wns darl d,mlv
lighted. and deserted: the only sign Of
lifc being the lighted windows OF a
saloon on the corner of a narrow lane
that bIsected the block Of somewhat
disreputable, tumble-down wooden
structures that faced the station. To
his rirht. on the other side of the
freight shed. the railroad ward had
narrowed down 70 the station tracks
and a single spur alongside the shed.
There was no one In sight In either
direction.
,rhe Hawks ewes strayed hack IN
the navma .ter,s window TIVE station
like it, T,rronra,ng ne,yhLors wa .
mn o,d voodsn h,,,id,r .na h.,na
low and only two-storieS the sec
ond story window offered inviting
possibilities. From the sill az the
lower window. a man who was Mt ali
agile had the unner window ~ hi.
mercy. Arain.t. thi. mode ~ attach
however was the risk of heinu seen
by anyone Who might mass along tina
street. or, Nv fanv one who might
chance .,,pon J, the, end of the .station
platform. NJ ss @s.f4gs ~
"Whnt,a, the .nse," .dec,ded. The
Hawk. with an, ahrunts shrnr ~ nc
shoulders "P,a ! safe. Tbera'. : net.
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The Ha~L crert across the d,,ya.
v.v reachsd tina street sida - tho
station. reared cant,onslv arouna tbe
correr of tho h,,iIa,,a ana .as,.t,ad
frat he ,xa. ,noh.s-wsa .a-sS 49,
alonr fhe 'hn,ld,np FOR a abort ats
lance naused IN = doorwav Mood
Quickly about. MIN. nrain-and then
the door opened and closea and he
was standing in a mur,xy passa reway
that was lighted only nv q aingla In !.
candescent far back by a stair well.
He stood mot,onless. Listening.
From above thru the stiffness. came
the faint drumming OF q telegraph
key. There should be no. one upstairs
now but the dispatcher. whose room
was 1t the opposite end OF the build
ing from the Daymaster's office---and.
possibly. with the dispatcher. 4 cali
boy or two And the hallway above
he could see. was dark.
Moving stealthily forward. as noise
lessiy al a cat In his trend. the Hawk
took u mask from his pocket. slipped
IL over his face and began to mount
the stairs.. He gained the landing
and halted again. II was pitch black
here since even the door of the dis
patcher,s room, where there would
be q light, was closed. .s,5Fi5ii
And then once more the Hawk
moved forward-and an instant later.
the ,paymasters door Mt the extreme
end Of the corridor. under the dsft
persuasion of his skeleton keys. had
closed behind him.
II was not quite SO dark here. The
lights from the platform and the ward
filtered In thru the window in a filmy
sort OF way: but II was too dark to
distinguish objects in ANYTHING more
than grotesoue. shapeless outlines.
The Hawk produced his flashlirht.
and turned - ,ipon the lock- he had
Just picked. It was a spring lock.
orfcnad readily from the inside nv the
mare turning Of the door handle. He
tried Il carefully. assuring himself
that - could mt he nnenad from Tho
corridor without a kev-and then his
light swent the room. It ulayed in its
circuit upon the paymaster.s fiat
toppad desk against the wall. and up-
On the large safe in the corner. near
the window whose pol;shed nickle
dial sent back an answering flash un-
der the daring raw. hut the Hawk.
for the moment. appearad 10 he in
terested IN neither desk nor safe.
The flashlight was holding in a
kind of logged inauisitiveness upon
another door close to the window, and
directly opposite the safe.
He stepped without a sound across
the room, and, reaching this door
snapped off his flashlight He tried
the door cautiously, found it unlocked,
and very softly opened it the space OF
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