Evening star., 1922-07-21

that he is famous English crook. but when lie
takes stcond set OF prints some time later M
they do not tally with the first. They have
leased house at Riverwood on the Hudson.
and Kennedy goes to watch it after u man IN
whose pockets Williams watch Is found Is
killed in motor wreck.
TT was quite late when we reached
Riverwood, and Kennedy hurried
along the dimly lighted streets.
avoiding the main street lest
some one might he watching or fol-
lowing us. He pushed on, follow ing
The direction Burke had given MIN.
The house in question was large
newly built affair or concrete, sur
rounded by trees and hedge, di-
rectly overlooking the river. a bltter
wind swept in from the west, put Ill
the shadow of an evergreen tree ana
of the hedge Kennedy established our
watch.
OF all the fruitless errands this
seemed to me to be the acme. me M
house was deserted; that was ap-
parent, l thought. and l SAID so;
Hardly had 1 said it when l heard
the baying of dog. 1t did not CONS :
from the house and l concluded that
it must have come from the next
estate.
Its in the garage" whispered Ken ,
nedy. II can hardly think they would
go away and leave dog locked up
in it. They would at least turn Nun
loose" MIA
night passed, and still nothing nap
pened AT last, when the moon nav
disappeared under the clouds, heh-
nedy pulled me along. we had seen
not sign of life in the house. HEs
he observed all the caution he Wouiu
have If it had been guarded. Qulckls
we advanced over the open space 10
the house, approaching in the shadoW
as much as possible, on the sue lar
thest from the river.
Tiptoeing over the porch, kenneas
tried a window. 1t was fasteheu'
Without hesitation he pulled out some
Instruments. One of them was rup-
ber suction cup, which he fastened I"
the window-pane. Then with We.
fine diamond cutter he proceeded W
cut out a large section. 1t soon zen
and was prevented from smashing
on the floor by the string ana the
suction cup. Kennedy put his nano
in and unlatched the window ana we
stepped in.
All was silent Apparently 'ii
house was deserted,
Cautiously Kennedy pressed the but
ton on his pocket storage oattery
lamp and flashed it slowly about the
room. 1t was a sort of library, hand
somely furnished. At last the beam
of light rested on huge desk at the
opposite end. 1t seemed TO interest,"
Kennedy and we tiptoed over to II.
One after another he opened the
drawers. One was Hooked ana ne saNeo
that until the last. =,
Quickly as he could he jimmied II
open, muffiing the jimmy IN Lei.
cloth that was on the table. MOST
people do not realize the disruptlNe
force that there is in simple jimmy.
I didn't until I saw the solid drawer
with it's heavy lock yield with Just
the trace of a noise. Kennedy waited
an instant and listened Nothing nap
pened.
descript collection OF useless articles.
There were number of pieces or
fine sponge, some of them very thin
and cut in fiat oval shape. smelling
of Tyson strongly: several notties.
set of sharp little knives, some
paraffin, banda ges. antiseptic gauze.
cotton-in fact. it looked like first
aid kit. AS soon as he saw 1t Ken
nedy seemed astonished. but not at
loss to account for II.
to the doctors, but ] guess he took
hand in it himself" he muttered. con-
tinuing to tumble with the knives IN
the drawer. 1t was no time to ask
questions and I did not Kennedy
rapidly slowed away the things in
his pockets One bottle he opened
and held it to his nose. I could dis
tinguish Immediately the> volatile
smell of ether. He closed it quickly,
and 1t. too, went into ms pocke.
have known how to administer an
anesthetic-probably the Wollstone
woman
A suppressed exclamation from Ken
nedy caused me to look. The drawer
had false back. Safely tucked
away in it reposed a tin box. one of
those so-called strong boxes. which
are so handy in that they save
burglar much time and trouble in
hunting all over for the vaiuables ne
has come after. Kennedy drew u
forth and laid it on the desk. 1t was
locked.
Even that did not seem to satisfy
Kennedy. who continued to scrutinize
the walls and corners of the room as
If looking for a safe or something OF
that sort.
Lets look in the room across the
hall" he whispered.
Suddenly a piercing scream Of
woman rang out upstairs. Help !.
Help! There's some one in the house.
Billy, help"
felt an arm grasp me tightly. and
>for a moment a chill ran over me at
being caught in the nefarjous work
of breaking and entering dwelling
house at night. But it was only
Kennedy. who had already tucked the
precious little tin box under his arm.
With a leap he dragged me to the
open window. cleared it. vaulted over
the porch, and we were running for
the clump of woods that adjoined the
estate on one side. Lights flashed in
all the windows of the house at once
There must have been some sort OF
electric-light system that could be
lighted instantly as a burglar eX-
peller" Anyhow. we had made good
our escape.
AS we lost ourselves IN the woods
I gave a last glance back and saw
lantern carried from the house to the
garage. AS the door was unlocked
dog leap out and lick the hands and
face of a man.
Quickly we now crashed through
the frozen underbrush. Evidently
Kennedy was making for the station
by direct route across country in
stead of the circuitous way by the
road and town. Behind us we could
hear a deep baying.
"By the Lord. Walter" cried Ken
nedy. for once in his life thoroughly
Closer it came. Press forward as
we might we could never expect TO
beat that dog.
"Oh, for a stream" groaned Ken
nedy. but they are all frozen. even
the river"
He stopped short. fumbled in his
pocket and drew out the bottle OF
ether.
"Raise your foot. Walter" he or
dered.
did so and he smeared first mine
and then his with the ether. Then
we doubled on our trail once or twice
and ran again.
"The dog will never be able to pick
IN the ether as our trail" painted
Kennedy; that is. IL he Is any good
and trained not to go off on wild
goose chases."