The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-26

But I hated 70 fail. From the first
moment when va a Paris daucs.h hall
/ had hrcn Corhrt, tho memory of hlH
arrogant c5ucrlt had fingered with
inc I would rather rob him than
have access 90 tho vaults o. The
treasury. Ana Il n mar could out.
wit him. / would b. that man So
/ fingered that wednesday night In
tho basement arraway Of "a huure
opposite tho mansion o. Anderson.
Yesterday u3lmy atmosphere had
not fingered until toniEht no was
bitterly cold; yet excitement and the
fear q being discovered b. a passing
policeman KEEP, me warm And when
I raw tho white Eagle and bis sec.
Rotary aiirht from an automobile
and enter that Earish palace I knew.
that my reasoning had thus Tar been
correct
Now. / had made uo definite plan.
Suddenly BE- occurred q me that even
II tho White EaHio and his com.
pauion descended Tie Anderson steps
carrying Tho fruits % crime Ia their
hands, d would DO no easy matter
Tor mo % deprive them ot those
fruits. Anrr an, / WAS no highway.
man, I relied OF wit and surprise for
my Eucr'HE why. then. Was I Turk.
Ing iu tho areavayr Before I an.
svercd this question. I tried 10 put
myself In tho White Eagles place.
Ito had cultivated Audorou'a &C
qualnt1ucc Tor tho purpose o. rob.
bins the millionaire. Tina, robbery
must 0cutr tonight or be Indefinitely
postponed. II would be a robbery Of
nncEsc and BubtIety. tho White Eagle
would not rrort 20 violence save m
The last extremity. Now. n tho rob.
bfry were n " violence, tho White
Eagles departure from AndcraonH
house would DO "a pellmrn affair.
Into such an affair / would not
thrust myself
On The other hand n tncssn aud
sub,ic,y won tho battle. tho two
criminals would leave their host IN
lcisureiy fashion In that case.
where would they ro7
I could not believe that tho white
Eagle had brought with him many
o. HIS Partisan followers To do 10
would bo to court suspicion. The
French police keep In fairly close
touch with tho detective bureaus or
other countries II might DO pos.
sibls for tho white Eagle and ono or
two companions to slip quietly out
or France without attracting notice.
But II he took many Of his followers
with him he would be running an un.
necessary risk.
n was fair to assume. then. that
IN this American venture Of his. he
was working practically nlono-ln
which case he would not have many
different rendezvous where he and
his followers could meet Also. the
White Eagle. like any great general
and he wns that-prcpared In ad.
vanco for defeat. Hc would not wish
TO flee blindly In the event OF VIC.
tory: and In case Of defcat Il would
not perhaps bo necessary TO flee. In
3thcr words, II the white Eagle did
not succeed In robbing Anderson. he
would return quietly TO tho house
which he had rented. And II he sue.
cecdcd IN robbiug tho millionaire. he
would probably return to that house.
In his stay Of several months in New
York he must have acquired certain
things Of value and OF bulk, which he
would wish to take with him in the
event Of flight. And probably. un.
q"ucstionnbly, II ! knew tho man. he
would accomplish his purpose so
subtly that he would havo a start Of
at least an hour or two before his
crime was discovered.
Having no followers here to guard
other rendezvous, Il was almost In.
evitable that he would return to his
house. / was cooling my heels 10 no
purpose here.
SO ! went TO tho side.streot on
which tho White Eagle lived. Ar.
rived In tho neighborhood OF his
house. and following the same train
OF reasoning which had brought me
here, ] decided that he must have let
his servants 20 for tho night, IL he
had not, indeed. discharged them.
Nothing venture, nothing gain. !
boldly rang the bell at the scrvants'
entrance slightly below the street
Lowell | rang 1t hale a dozen times.
And then I did something which I
rarely do, but at which I ann extreme.
~ capable, | picked the lock aud
entered the housc.
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