Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-30

Hath No Man.
Etc, Etc.
1Cxactly!'' lisped the Ladybird.
Well. tho this exchange could not
~ erected In the bank, there WAS
~ great ingenuity required to get
MoEidan to handle, perhaps only to
lifl say. pile Of the banks wrap
ping paper. from one position on q
table or desk to another. IL the un-
der sheet happened to be slightly
enneared, nnd 50 left q not too evil
dent, but still well-defined finger
print. twas, ana afraid, our friend
Meridan's great ,nisfortune! That
VAs one OF the sheets Number Elev-
- took away with him. Very good!
Meridian delivers his package to his
lAnk's correspondent In Elkhead to-
uOrrow morning. Whom the seals
are ,bsokcn, the little packages are
tonnSisto. .cpnt ain---piles Of blotting
Paper, neatly and carefully cut to the
akse- OF banl<notes! There could be
aDSTeAson for s,ispecting Meridian. the
6tiSttd employee no one would think
Gssnch thing. He had simply been
~ victim Of, y clever substitution.
II VIA entirely blarneless. Natnr-
allyl That would be the way Meri-
en- would reason. and that would be
80 WY they would figure he had
IoA0Dned when they read the letter
&om = friend that we are sending
tpnight, and which they will receive
- the morning. Meridian did have
- ample opportunity to effect the
substitution himself. The letter SIM
Nv eOUgests . close inspection OF the
Wrappers for finger prints. and d.
Iontat attention to Apartment B, on
~ ground floor OF The Linden--a
1nther fashionable abode for D young
a1d newly married bank clerk -
WHARF thel.e might possibly be found
1*Atn articles such as, say, coun-
l61ejt Of the banks seal, quantity
~ the bs.nk's spscitl dark green
wax. and some superfluous sheets OF
~ hAAEa particular wrapping pa
per"
There Wa utter silence from the
cellar below for an instant then
Alsrs Game q callous guff6w
Some plant all riaht." applauded
= voice ht,Arsely. And It was twen-
.tyTfive thousand dollars. you said.
wasn't II, chief r.
gaan that ripping laugh. soft, low
and silYs,y.
"a gsnty-five thousand dollars Is
cefect. corroborated the Ladybird.
And now, Dixer, II you fail, you'll
tpIkst0 me- you've seen all the cards.
NOmhtr Ono has Z duplicate key to
the private car. and q duplicate key
IL the bookoase cupboard. Don't en-
- th& car until you are sure Meri-
dan Hanson and the porter are
elleeps J. want caution--and I will
eSttie with the man until he will
wiSh ne had never been born who
lett our hand show in this tonight.
The car won't be moved from the
sidtng until the Eastern Express is
made up Mt midnight, but don't
touch the car while IL IL on che sid
Ing at all ~ II means taking any
chances In that case you and Num-
sber One can rot berths, In the Pull
rnan, and, with the private car right
hthtnd you, you can then make the
exchange sometime during the night.
Yol'll find Number One and the rest
of them 10 the old freight shed near
the roundhouse, and-" q
The Hawk was wrigglinE silently
back across the floor. There was no
achems on foot tonight that was
aimed at him; there was, instead,
twenty-five thousand dollars - in
,cash. He gained the window, and
Dwung to the sill. Footsteps, hur-
RED sounded from the direction OF
the cellar stairs. The Hawk dropped
20 the ground, stole noiselessly
around the rear Of the. house, and
reached the shelter OF the grove of
trees. Here, he paused, slipped his
mask into his pocket. and. for a mo-
ment q. look Of puzslsd hesitation
49, n his face: then, running again,
but making : vide detour to avoid
The @uardedasection Of the track, he
keAded for q point that would inter
1apt thi, right OF way quite close to
tho onnnores station. And, as he
IN he Jerled his watch and flash
AA8MS 11yJIA ulU pOChctUs ~ was q
quarter past nine. It was early yet,
very early, and they certainly would
not make any attempt on the car
ipNeh before midnight, but, for all
fllAkthe Hawk, who was intimately
SsAys*ant with the train schedules,
shools his head im.patiently, as he
e1e4 sslong-th there were twenty miles
bstWOsn himself and Selkirk. and the
quickest. as indeed the only way to
Get there, since. unlike Dixer, he was
not possessed OF q runabout, was
slow at best. There were no west
bound passenger trains scheduling
Conmore for two hours or more, and
he would scarcely have dared to risk
boarding one at the station il there
had baen-there remained, then, not
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he Velvet I ouchl
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