Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-05-19
CHAPTER vi
The Vault in the Woods.

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We found Currle waiting for us in
one Of his large cars, with his chauf-
fer. There were few cars on the
road, and in very short time we ar
rived in Saratoga.
We left the car before one Of the
hotels and followed BARLEY to the
public library. BARLEY spent several
moments glancing through the card
catalogue before he crossed to the
loan desk, and asked the pretty young
librarian for "Griffeth's Mysteries of
Crimes" She returned in a moment
with two volumes, bound in red cloth.
Barley opened one to the place where
the date when a book is taken out is
stamped There was only one date
on the white slip, and BARLEY copied
Il in his notebook. Then, turning to
the librarian, he asked her how they
had happened to buy the book, and
II she knew who it was that had
taken It from the library the one
time 1t had gone out.
Looking through her cards. she told
Him that the book had been a gift,
and that the only person that had
ever taken it out was James Brit
feur, BARLEY raised his eyebrows in
surprise but did not ask her anything
more.
As soon as we were again on the
street he told us that 50 far as he
knew the only account of the Edling-
ham burglary, other than the one in
the rare pamphlet that he owned, had
been published in the volumes he had
been glancing at. Currie, of course,
did not understand what he was talk
Ing about; and BARLEY gave him the
details Of the English crime, and
ended by saying that, from the very
first ii had been his opinion that who
ever lad faxed the burglary at Sykes
had read the account of the English
crime Then, with a little rueful
smile lie added that the one person
Who had taken the book from the
library was Sykes chauffeur.
He might have said more had we
no5 reached Currie's club just then.
We sat and talked until about eleven
O'Clock; then we started to walk
home.
AS we We're leaving the club, we
met young man whom Currie intro
ageea TO US as Captain Lowe, com
han-ar of the local branch of the
state police As lie was going in our
direction, we fell into step together;
aa- DE told US of his work and how
ne state troopers had reduced crime
s. much that farmers wives now had
sense of security, even in the most
remote country districts. The great
s' trouble they had at present, he
't.l us with a laugh, was with the
smuggling Of whisky. not only into
Saratoga hut even as far as Albany
aAe Troy Though they knew nat a
so.f deal of whisky was getting
%. -b, they could not discover who
@as running it, At the barracks he
saae us goodnight
as W. passed the driveway that led
~. -ae Slyke grounds. Currie told US
go. :. ran through nearly a mile of
woods before Ii reached the
Gae We were about a thousand
5- Beyond the entrance when Bart
'sg suddenly stopped.
aats thatg" he asked in a low
7aiee
listened moment. but the only
1s could hear was the horn Of a
~ automobile.
Barley continued. Il thought I
- a car in the woods. there on the
a who was a few feet in front
laughed John" he said.
bearing things. No car can
those woods. Those are the
fol see from my house, and
stretch for some miles without
Slyke owns this part Of
You could not have heard
sy placed his hand on his
N'sas' shoulder. sThsrs what !