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1 lightes/tools with us when We 80 | ont do that,” he whispered, for | © 10 represent. It was easily and
> out.” § getting the order not to speak unless | Teadily adjustable, and even more
= “Didn’t he let drop nothin’ slept spoken to; but Crewe seemed not to | ©28ily removed.
2 H Bax‘er demanded. hear. He passed quickly on into an He rolled it into a small compass
a “No; so help me, he didn't, Just adjoining room and snapped on more and tucked it into a pocket of his
< 3 that, But you have promised me, lights. waistcoat.
z Pax, and you, too, Marl, that if ever It was the dressing-room of a young He listened agaim at the door tors
b 4 I could frame it so’s to get anything | woman; a glance revealed that fact; | an instant, then crossed the room and
I on Crewe, you'd let up on me. Well, | jut Crewe did not so much as glance | disposed of the blouse behind the
& here is your chanst. \ toward the articles it contained, al- | frame of a large painting that hung
¥ By VARICK VANARDY., “Crewe’s goin’ to do something to- | t},ough Rickett found time to slip sev- | against the wall; first, however, hav-
$ Author of “Missing—$81,500.” night, °r he wouldn’t have made that | eal gold-backed toilet articles into | ing removed from its “swag’ pocket
z : iw date with me, would he? I Jou two his capacious pockets. the greek hat that it contained and \
& bulls can’t trail along an nd ou Crewe led the way through a gener- | the little book that he had gone there i
I Copyright by the Frank A. Mua what is it, after what I've told you— | ous bath-room into a bedroom beyond | lo get. The Kind Yeu Have Always Bought, and which has been t
i sey Co. that ain’t MY fault.” it, where he snapped on more lights. The cap that he had been wearing in mse for over ‘30 ycars,. has bernc the signature of
3 : “What do you think of it, Marl?” | Then he pointed to a small, square | went behind the frame with the A a:d has been made’ under his pere i
es Baxter asked his partner. door, breast high in the wall at that | blouse. 7 scnal supervision since its infancy. !
—— “It looks good to me, Bax,” was the | side of the room nearest the bath: From his mouth he removed a deli- Allow no one to deceive you in this.
CHAPTER XI. reply. “It’s workin’ out fine. We'll | room. cute framework of gold wire which AHL ‘Counterfoits, Yinitat: ions and ¢¢ Just-as-good ’’ are but
The Delicate Hand of Crewe. get Crewe tonight, and get him right. “Tackle that, Bobcat,” he said | had entirely altered the character Experiments that trille yrith and endanger the health of
The following night was a busy one | say, Rickett, can’t you stow one of | shortly. “It is made of steel, although | and appearance of his teeth; which Infants ‘and ‘Children—Experience against riment
for Crewe; also for officers Baxter | us away somewhere? I'd like to hear | the veneering is wood. It is fastened | liad made them appear as if they were | T Tt
and Marline; likewise for some oth- | what Crewe’s got to say When he gets | with a double-key lock; and it won't | about half of gold and ‘the rest gold- Wh at is C AS O 2 ! A 4
“= ers in whom we are more or less in- | pere.” be easy. Tackle it, and- be quick | filled.
i terested. The stool-pigeon’s eyes “ailated with | ghout it, too.” : . Then. he opened the door again to Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor ¢ a, Paree
a 5 The “business” part of it, so far| tcrror. 3 The Bobcat “tackled” it, and he listen. The men, all of them appar- gorie, Drops and Soothing Syrups. Ti is pleasant. It
1 ) as we are concerned, began a few “I wouldn't dast,” he replied in-| was an expert at his profession. It ently, ‘had passed ‘inside of that other contains neither Opiuin, Morphine nor otlicr Narcotic 5
.." | minutes before twelve, when the front | stantly. “I'd rather chuck the hull | wag surprising, even to Crewe, how | room. The galléry, for the motfient, substance. Its age is its gunnrantee. It destroys Worms
door at Crewe's opened just a little | thing right now than do that. And | swiftly and how deftly he worked. was deserted. and allays Feverishness. For more than ihirty years it §
13nd the sinister visage’ of Sindahbr, | anyhow Crewe won’t say any more to We need not describe the process | ‘All that he had accomplished had bas hoon in Sonstant ve Tos We relief of Aes ipation, t
- the miracle worker, appeared in the | me here than he said in his own bar- nor his methods. In a marvelously | occupied hardly a moment. He could Dia, ency, in olic, a eething Troubles and
3 * > - rrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and ‘Bowels,
aperture, his black eyes scanning the | oom. short time, considering the difficulties, ||, hear the officers rapping against the assimilates the ¥ood, giving healthy and natural slee
face of every person in the place. “I won’t know where we're goin’ | the small steel door gave way before | dressing-room door. ‘Phe Children’ 8 Panacea The Mother’s Friczd id
+4 o
\ Then he glided swiftly to tie bar be- | til we get there. That's a. cinch. | his efforts and fell ajar, mutilated, but Hare, was his opportun: held out
f hind which Crewe was standing. And f'r the love of Pete, get out now! | not beyond repair. to him.
| “I don’t want those two cops to | He’s likely to be here any minute. He turned Ds an expression of Birge Moreaux — he had, at quite GENUINE CAS 1 ORIA ALWAYS
3 come in and find me here,” he said | Ie’s always ahead of time; that is his | pride in his eyes, but Crewe shoved | finished ‘the restoration p' % ~ss ‘as ’ a
rapidly and uneasily, long suit. And say! if he should find | him ruthlessly aside without com- | Yet—was as familiar with th®% terior Bears the Signature of i
|! “Go into the back room and wait | you two bulls here with me—" ment. Then he peered into the com- | of the Delorme mansion as } his Ee 8
there,” Crewe replied.’ “I will bring | Words utterly failed the stool | partment, the interior of which had { OWN studio apartment at the“. p of , ts
your cordial to you presently.” pigeon. Terror at the very thought | been thus disclosed. the tall building an Blank Street. i
“lI brought those 'stick-pins and | of such a climax appalled him. THere were many things there, some He had been a constant visitor Fa
/ things to you last night. You weren't The two officers could see that he | of undoubted value. Rickett, peering | there, as a boy and man, ever since {i
here. I gave them to Christy, Did | was trembling and they grinned in ap- | over Crewe’s bent shoulders, rubbed | it Was built. His father and Richard o g
he tell you?” preciation of the fact. A policeman | his hands together and licked his lips | Pelofme had been partners in many : 13
“Yes.” despises a stool-pigeon almost as in-| sxpectantly. financial ventures and steadfast 3
Sindahr glided into the back room | tensely as a fellow crook ates one. H . c hist ah 1 friends. nl Se or ver ears
and, sloued the Joos Suro im, They nodded to each . other and sly but to Rickett's rk # I Se tema : The Kind Y H Al B
# Crewe selected ‘a glass larger tham | moved toward the door. Vos a small book, bound ‘in silver out upon the gallery was the third . e in ou ave ways ought
A £he one from which Sindahr usually “We'll' be there, wherever it fs, with a locked clasp, that he selected,’ one from the room in which the offi- THE © LNTAu COM A NEw ea
\ drank his native cordial. Into the bot | about as soon as you are, Bobcat” instead of the noe valuable articles ‘cers and Mr. Delorme had disappear- iE $
J \' tom of it he dropped two small white | Baxter said, and they passed outside. that he might have taken. Then he ed. or
i \ pellets. Then he filled the glass to the Pincher, on watch in a doorway op- | turn ed around and, holding the little Perceiving his opportunity, Mor :
| brim with the cordial, placed the bot- | pc.iite, sow (hem stop at a drug-store. | pook tightly in both hando: said eaux glided like a ghost to the door of | 10m where the small safe-deposit
—-: tle itself upon a tray with the filled | Marlire waited while Baxter went in| wporce that clasp for me, Rickett® Lhe Bext room beyond, whicn st00d il | yvailt had been brokem open, but
‘my plans: « “where Riekett lived; and-he..did-not.|-}/€'ve Bot the house surrounded.” It| after all, the badly blemished face | out of his daughters room, and.®é
“Pincher just telephoned again,” even glance In the direction of where | ¥©5 unmistakably the voice of Mar-| ang thé shaggy mane of hair and the | went toward him eagerly and vith}
Christy remarked. be supposed Cracker miglit be hiding, | !-'® 8. bushy eyebrows were the chiefly no- both hands extended.’ A
“Well?” He knev that Baxter was some- Co you are a stool-pigeon, are you, | ticeable individualities of the saloon- “1 am Bo’ ‘glad’ ‘that you are hers, ‘at the lowest prices
“Baxter and Marline have just | where near, watching. He knew that | Dobcat?” Crewe said to his com- keeper—those, and the mouth filled Birger he said quickly. “A” most as- {|
gone into Bobeat Ricketts hide-out, in | Baxter was called an expert “shad- | Danion in a voice that could not have | with gold. % | tontibing thing has’ happened. Bur || We have a good stock on hand and
Fourth Street.” ow”, and would follow closely after | Pecn heard ten feet away, but which| The two personalities milght have | glars hive béen in ‘the house. I sup- | | prices willbe higher lis this is sold, 41
“Good. ‘It is working all right.” Rickett and himself when they should | Was yet distinct. “Stool-pigeons are| 5u¢ in the ssme foom together, if that | pose all that newspaper: telk about also Spouting.
“He and Cracker are both on the | appear—and that was precisely what the lowest criminals alive, and s were possible, without. oi, gusting: ¢pm: | the. presents must have attragted Write Bi
watch.” he most desired. bo kept locked up. aoa you oo ment i i apiured. one of thot | Hs Adon :
“Good again”. A faxi--the samme-can: hes hud. used. of to this play.- tol AP won 1. y at. ot} te nay Bailrosd Satien is
vi Oe: at. Bickatt’s.; TiS outs: as the precéding evening — had’ followed | \xter .'n? . Db, for Ee ; ? se dia ‘they got’ geidets 1 Wek 14)
"CHristy had ‘called it, the yegg had | him to & point a hundred feet from sake, Crewe, do ot by boss lights 4nd | reaax inquired. He wished J. S. : Ed i
been waiting since the early after | Rickett's doorway. When be RN unopet up ove snapped off the | desconded the Barrow stiirwey Yo te time until Muchmore asd Baie : b 2: i f
! 2 8. {zom ‘the n gecompanied by, gli 1S’ as small entry. - The side . doer, - whi should arrive "7 MEYERS ALE, z . «PENNA. La
, HAR bi trepidation | tho Soe bosssssain sooo in it and en bo’ wove evirly sway thom Ye upon ; upon the. ls gon he ppened. 4.22 Must a’; had 8. duplicate. key to Sp —— fi
had increased with eac oyr were, arly en y. away. acid Da . , inch at a time gently. Two | | front - rn." Marlins ae oT Gn Ss . o +
od, because of the fn nid Tu officer Wetting” “had anticipated a's cloued Stl 106ked’ ihe’ dot’ after pforyed 5 2oln ws rs Sash probe himaeit forward. CATARRR CANNOT BE Ci i
ten and posted wie on Bia way 3 _— such an emergency, and was seat: | hid. There he again turned um 'the $ - “This man; — Delorme with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, a8 they 5
: . from Crewe's, because of the certalnf¥ | ed in another one, half a block away. | NEhS, Dasked ou tite: te Bethiroom, read ult’ adr: wa x sive doward the hd RISKGHh tha) fn Fy A Hal TOR A i }
Sat Baxter, to whom the letter had | Baxter joined him instantly. The lookl the} EL , and thé’ oné’ nish et’ the ‘motaént; 6’ Was dlone. But thesé men--1 SApaS foach Ah ‘seat of the HY
addressed, wold appear there to | driver had already received. his i eh fio fousid Minisell adn In He dtepped outside and = passed | féiant Buiter andl {He dhetti a 848, s. blond sor DR
pe Mui because Baxter PoéR | airdctions’ i win Lorhid ‘Delortieé aad 5088 the walk 18.11 curs; him ihsist that {here wire two. A 1 disgese, and inorder to. 0 B
Suet 4 s long time in replying to it In | The taxicab containing the two | OCcuDIed slice’ hes infancy, : SPSIr ruck 4 ateh mad aps | parently nothing has béen stolém My | 708 ESt take fnternal remedies. i
; as had beon requested, and | officers followed he other one which He moved qujckly Wcross' ft to as: | me tae © rette. daughter's strong-box was ‘broken | Hall's, Catarrh, Cnpe is. takes infer 4
pr tha dire’ conseens nes a held Crewe.and they Yoggman. Bure hele | That" the © dbor Which hea ar and saW the | open; byt mothing: appears to.-bave ; Rally - 8nd, acts directly on. the blood io
follow if Crewe “ Their destinatipn we already know. ry EE aa. the yide: and’ pation 64 Sater and turned; ‘been, distished inside; of it. A few of |and mpoous surface. Hall's Catarrh
: while Baxter was there and a them Likewise the fact that the owner of 3 matics Was ap- | ber smaller Sollet articles have been | Cure, is ont a gusex medigle. Jt was
together. | the hoiise aithudln & banquet we we 3 ulihus " pup. 89 Fedwgom 49 tho Dou- | prescribed by ome of the best physi
And Bobeat felt certain that Crewe | and so was. Hie turned the gl, 6 80.04 gor door Hells! What's up, ofiser?™ the 4 cians in this country for fe
would show up that night, since he | a crack, and listened. artist inquired of the one nearer to. “¢To bs Continued.) nt yen and §
had not done so the preceding one. CHAPTER XII a fittle and rélocked the Tet him. Linol L a regular prescription. It is compoe 2
Baxter made his appearance shortly The Hoyacbreakers. 'Alréady Bobcdt " Riekett had “ad-| “Burglars lmside—or just a scare, elm ogic ed of the best tonics known, combin- 4
after midnight, and Marline was wk Crewe entered” the house at the mitted oe rong to that other dom. | maybe. - ‘S&y, where did you come ed with the best blood purifiers, set- 3
him. front door, using one of the keyes e cou heat the yeggman endeavor | from?” : trectl 6 mucons serdides Se
They ascended the stairs softly, which. Christy had procured for him, | ing to explain a ‘possibly’ the| “Burglars®™ exclaimed. ing 4 y un he = 5
Baxter scratched against the door tn | = Rickett wondered why he had been The perfect combination of the two fa- i
‘dshx” he
‘comfort
: ing the
glass, and carried it into the back
room. :
“I shall be busy for a time, Sin.
Ae paid ‘as ‘he put the tray
down on ‘the table, “but I brought the"
bottle of cordial, in case you should
want more before I return. You will
be entirely safe in here.” :
% The kéy he gave to Chri, with a
few whispered words of explanation,
the closing Words of which were: ‘Jt
"$s entirely harmless, Christy. He will
wake up tomorrow noon without the
least sensation of having been doped.
1 had to ‘do’it in order to carry out
a peculiar manner with his thumbnail,
ck Joma you Bs yess Ye Huy ‘your
se
side #::d used a telephone.
‘Y hat he said when he called up
po.ice headquarters was told to Mo-
reaux the following day by the ‘one
official down there whe knew his true,
character and works but it is worth
repeating here. :
“We have always wanted to get our
ing all ‘the same, when I tap the ‘wire :
’ Muchmore an1 Bunting were not at
. headquarters at the tifme, 80 they did |
not receive the telephoned informa-
| tion—which fact evidenced the deli-
cacy of Crewe’s scheming. -
At ten minutes before one Crewe
“pasted into the, hallway of the house
taken along, since there seemed to be
*| seized his companion by the wrist
Bobcat did so; and Crewe, without ;
so much as glancing again at the
book, dropped it into one of his pock-
ets. -Then he returned his attention
i t6" the «compartment, handling each
article that he touched delicately, and
restoring each to its place after he |
had examined it.
smote ‘upon their ears;
and dragged, rather tham led, him
through the bathroom and across the
Gressi ing room into the boudoir.
There, outside, somebody was rat-
ting the doorknob; a second person
was rounding upon -the door itself; a
voice from the opposite side of thé
decor was saying:
‘You'd better open up, Crewe. You
can’t make a getaway this time.
disappearance of Crewe.
And much to Crewe surprise, he
vitingly ajar, and he passed inside,
‘elosing it gently after him.
This room, which he entered, was
the private, working library of the
steel magnate, and Moreaux knew rer-
feotly, well that. there was another
way ou ut Lit bY a narrow stairvay
to the ground ‘for, where a narrow
a. tongrer : aSebivet
| weré removed, ving place to his own
straight black ones. The riotous mane
of half gray. hair which Crewe always ;
wore pompadour, the now parted in
the middle and combed it down |
' | stoothly: toward, and. parted over, his
temples, smgothing if into place with
his hands. >
It was amazing what a difference
these few changes made in the ap-
pearance of the man.
There was no longer even a Bug-.
gestion of “Crewe” ‘about him; : for
Why, it's Delorme’s
I believe Ill go in.”
“You rt say!
house! By Jove!
from which, so far as could be no- |
ticed, nothing had been removed.
“We got here just in time, Mr. De-
lorme, » Marline was saying as Mo
reaux drew nearer to them.
CHAPTER XI1l.
The Discomiituic oi Tiree Crooks.
time in foiio ving its directions.
wefore ‘his listening
|
|
the ~opening and closing of the great |
front door, and he knew that the two: Se . 0
officers had arrived
He also felt assured that they would j
follow the directions he had left for
theta with Comiskie and ascend the
stairs slowly ‘and quietly; and if they
did that he knew that they would wait
as Quietly until they heard more be-
fore they would show themselves,
Mr. Delorme discovered the pres-
mw a
Joseph L. Tressior
Funeral Directo and Embalmer
Meyersdale, Penn’a.
He went out again—but at the end | claws ‘nto Crew,” he told the man in door opened upen a small entry, A block and arhdlf is not far for . iy
%, of twenty minutes he returned to the | charge of the desk. “The chance has wa Be Salta the 1a of ‘whieh, in turn, gave upon the side | two men to go whonare eagerly in Hoskins" d that
\ back room and found the miracle | arrived. Bobcat Rickett has been Sma i on sive Bris from Tt: ott jstrest ana at the street level. haste. The teiephone Ynessage trans- | 309 North (rest 22¢;
|. “worker soundly asleep. with his head | playin’ ‘stool’ for Marl an’ me, but | pV too =e _ : m3 by artist switched on - the lights. | mitted by Central, as Worcany had [RI keonomy ; hone. A 4
\presting on his arms upon the table. | the snap is too big for us to play it it i bin ge : bgtors the mir | arranged, reaciied Aue re tt Ci,
; C Fe elc if you'll be on tap down Lc Pa ps She _Decessary | Bunting speedily, an they lost no! =
= LHe ream
em in need of : first-class’ Slate
Roof, write to J. S. WENGERD
as we have
No. 1 Bangor or Sea Green. Slate
fk 3 Voy and can give
# opened instantly, and they passed | no need for bis “liglitest kit.” The also heard the voice of Mr, Peta. He hurried around the corner to the wonderful results im curing Caterrh. :
inside inte utter darkness. Nobedy | time was approximately a quarter Crewe had dressed himsel __Wwith |: avenue entrance and rang the bell. Bond for tow A i
uttered a sound. past one; at er an early hour for | great care in preparation for this’very | The door was opened without delay ond. for testimonials freq.
Baxter struck a match and lighted
the gas; It revealed Bobcat Rickett
standing with his back against the
burglars to get busy.
Inside the house, when the door was
closed behind them, Ricketts impa-
moment, which he had anticipated,
and for which he kad planned.
But fer. the _absoluie necessity of
and be mesced Jmpida
“What fs ‘the matter here, Com-
iske?” he demanded of the butler whe
Send for testimonials
F. J. CHENEY, & Co., Toledo, O
Sold by all Druggists, 75 cents pur
deor, 'haifiérouching, ' white aad | tience got the best of him; and he | securing the small, silver-bound book | admitted him. Every servant in the | bottle.
frightened. © | ‘demanded: from the safety compartment im Lee | house had bees aroused by that time. ; 3 ;
“What time. is it?” he demanded “What the blazes did.you want of | ha Delorme’s bedroom, he might mot “Burglars, sir,” was the calm reply. (Jake Hall's Family Pills for Con
before either of the officers could | me an my tools for, when you've got | have undertaken it. But the book was | Comiske would have said murderers + High Grade Merchandise sipation. " ad
| speak. the keys?” Crewe put his lips clese | necessary, and only an .expert yegg | in the same tone. 3 € - re
‘®t's a quarter past twelve, .or
maybe a little more, Bobcat,” Mariine
to the yegg’s ear and whispered:
“If you utter another sound unless
could. have forced the small door be-
hind which it was hidden.
“Burglars, eh? 1 say,
go into the Hbary to the telephone
Comiskie—
The policy of stockin
merchandise is back of
tion’ of
only high-grade
our recommenda-
How to Cure a La Grippe Cough.
Lagrippe cougns aemand instant
x replied. “We've got time enough, | youre asked, I'll choke you into si- ‘While passing through the reoms | and tell Central that Mr. Moreaux 9 :
We'll get’ out before he comes. Say, | lence and leave you here.” after he left Rickett, he tore off the/| wants Mr. Bunting at once. Do it | Armstrong S Linoleum treatment. They show a serious condt
you're the yellowest stool-pigeon I | There was a dim light in the foyer. | blouse he had been wearing. now. Central will do the rest. Two | Careful investigation carried conviction. tion of the system and are weakening
ever knew.” Crewe led the way up the wide | Tne act disclosed a Tuxedo coat and | Sentlemen will arrive together. Ad. | All materials dre tested and every inch is | pooemanter Collins, Barn N
AL. “I ain't either. I'm only dead | stairway, going forward, Rickett | o Gide expanse of immaculate shirt. | Mit them, and teil them to go quiet)y | 1ssperied before it haves ho fasts. CT loth Woles's ' 32 egat, N. J.
A seared of Crewe. So are you, and 2 jucugky, as I he ‘were familiar with front. While he listened at the door | UPStairs. Do not forget my imstruc- | Strong in br fait 3 thy fot 2 ey Honey su) Tar
§s Baxter, If anybody should ask you, his surroundings and 80 came pres- that gave upon the gallery he picked, tions.” every room in the house. Compound for a violent lagrippe !
was the quick retort. ently to a door which opened at his | wip » shapelv fingernail, at the wp: Then he ascended the stairs to the | ~~~ ~~~ | oueh that completely exhausted me i
“Well, drop that. Bax got yeur | touch. Passing inside the room, Crewe per edge of the bl emish that se di gallery, arriving at the top just at the | : i
fetter only about an hour ago, 'r we'd | closed and locked the door, and then figured one side of his faces. moment when Baxter, Marline, two | | and lean than a half bottle stopped the
3 Where's | snapped lectrics, flooding the | Tt cam 2% oF : alled orm, Mr. | cough.” Try it. Sold everywhere
night.
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