Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-05
THE YEGGMAN
Continued rom Yesterdays star,
- OR a moment KAsnedy said
. nothing. Then no remarked:
BY ARTHUR B. REEVE.
Ore Of The Stars Weekend Fiction Series.
Each story eonplete in three installments.

.. safe. There. must be some
clue. After that I want to have q
talk with Mrs. Branford. BY the
way" he added. as we all rose TO go
down to Blake's car, Il once handled
q life insurance case for the Great
Eastern. made the condition that
! was to handle 1t In my own way
whether II went for or against the
company. That's understood, II It,
before I undertake the cassT
Yes. yes" agreed Blake. get At
the truth. were not seeking to
squirm out Of meeting an money ~.
signal example II it is as we have
every reason to believe. There has
been slterether too much Of this sort
Of fake burglary to collect insurance
and, as president Of the underwriters,
II is my duty and intention to put
stop to it. Come on" ,,...,r.
fear" he murmured: The truth Is
r Teh S she s SHai IT, tue '''
The Branford estate lay some as
lance back from the railroad stat'en.
BY automobile than by train, the car
mads Us Independent Of the rather
atful nisht train service ana the
local cabmeh.
We found the house not deserted BY
the servants. but subdued. The eody
Of the maid had been removed TO =
patrolling tho grounds. though OF
what use that could be ] was At
loss to understand.
Kennedy was chiefly interestsd, ,i ~
"burslar-proof'' variety. spherical u
like = miniature piece Of electrical
4 doubt II anything could have
withstood such savage treatment a.
has been given to this safe" re-
marked c :, as, e he sonslsata ., cur.
s ssss e resistsnes to high explosives.
chiefly, I believe as = result OF 'tts
rounded shape. But nothing could
stand up against such continued as
He continued to examine the safe
while we stoed idly BY. Il like to
mind" explained Kennedy, as he took
HIS time in the examination. Now.
this fellow must have stripped the
safe Of all the outer trimmings. His
next move was to make dent in the
Where the aeor At. the body. That
must have taken good many min-
utes Of husky work. In fact, I don't
see how he could have done II with
out sledgshammef and q hot ehisel.
Stin. he did 1t. and then"
leney s' .'s "a WAS in TIE house. she
would have heard and given an
For answer. Craig simply went to
a bay-window and raised the curtain
Pointing to the lights of the next
House, Tar down the read, he said.
If you can make them hear you on a
hlustery night like last night. No,
she probably did scream. Either at
this point or at the very start the
burglar must have chioroformed her.
IT, ! doubt II he expected such. =
safe, but he was evidently prepared
to carry it through. now that he was
here and had such an untxpscte4ly
clear Acid. except for the msid. He
q. ,sSs,.fsssss,s: dis.'s the easiest
Returning to the safe, he centin-
ued: wen. anyhow. ne made = fur
row perhaps an inch and = half long
and q quarter of an inch vide, and.
; hcS d. say. net over an si.h.h q .n
burgle in earnest. Under the dect
he made SORT Of little cup Of red
clay and poured In the 'seup'-ths
hitroglyeerln-so that it .would run
into the depression. Than he expled-
ed it in the regular way with 2 bat
metal at hrst- still. with the true
presidency of his kind, he probably
repeated the dose, using more and
more Of the soup until the teint was
stretched 9. little. and mare Of an
epsainE made SO that the Sour could
Again ana .sain b. must have re-
st fee e. VS. thl xo tim. e sss o sSes
door must have been STRETCHED % as
70 make Y ca. .s, 70 introduce the
use ten or twelve ouness d the stun
at . charge. Il must have been more
like taYget-prscties than s4fe-blew-
ing. But the chance doesn't often
ceme-an empty house end plenty
Of time. Finally, the door must have
sna lien .ees BIZ e sa nss ana &:
outer portion was ripped 81 ana the
safe turned over. There was still TIVE
or three inches Of maneanese steel
protecting the eentents, wedged In 80
tight that It must have scanned that
nsthins could bulge Il; But he must
wreck that we see here" and Ken
needy kicked the safe with his foot as
he finished.
Blake was all attention by this
time, while Maloney Easped. III was
in the ~, ss f. s.ad & sssissss "a
axnd 1 nee ~. ssia e Fl e. Il en- Us "a
And Mrs. Branford.
"of course yea understand" sx-
planned Blake. as We we're speeding
back, that Nest Of these cases 81
psae sssy than on .S ne e.; ss s.
amens little jewellers or ether
tradesmen. still, they are not limited
to any enc class. Indeed. it 10 easier
to foil the insYsaHeS ear,nanies when
yen git in the midst Of nnsry and
halo 81 msrsi rsctituds, NAN usdsr
eftea, rm AFRAID. We nave soa Ss
naturedly ADMITTED the unseivsd hur.
slaTy and paid the insurance claim.
The. has sss nt t. s.e9P' -, Here. ease
sIa az ss I! :. es ss;a ssa We are mistsken.
Our iniefview with Mrs. Rranferd
Was 4teut as awkward an una eftak-
lar as / have ever been Concerned
with. ImasiHA yourself ferctd te auss-
tien Perfectly stunning woman
ting 50 sssins: 9esd. and knew p .s..
yau Suspected her Resentment was ne
name for her feelings. she scsyne1
us, leathAa ~. II was emily BY what
must have bean the 4tmest exercise 81
her remarkable vii. pawsr that she
Ys.ttainsa herself frem ealltaf the
out pe6ily. That weuid have put /
bad f1eA or Il, 20 she tolerated eur
presence. THIN, Of course, the IL.