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clipnoose. I drew it tight, and;. the
rest. evasaasye, Thd'ase4f towels
gaga was unneeeseety.
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And a few minutes later I decided
that it had not been necessary even
to bind then). In fast, my prOsrenee
here was unneeessary., Fr -.the An-
derson jewel -box could tot be found
in the expansive overcoat pockets of
either of theme Nor had they left it
in the hall downetairs, or in the
drawing -room, or anywhere eisein.the
It must have .been delivered to a
confederate waiting outside the mil-
lionaire's house. Yet, this I did not
believe. The White Eagle. was not
the sort who lets some . one else take
charge of the. 'spoils of. his warfare
against society,
"Peehaps," said Cochet as I return-
ed from my fruitless search of the
premises, "monsieur is readyto
apologize."
In truth, I was.. From my pocket
I drew a packknife. I opened it and
placed it on the floor.
"It will take you perhaps fifteen
minutes to saw your bonds," I told
Cochet. "And despite monsieur's af-
fable manner, I fell that I need a
quarter of an hour in 'which to dis-
appear."
Cachet smiled; but behind .that
smile lay deadly menace. Always,
t from now on, a more dangerous enemy
than the police would be at my heels.
Thoagla he smiled, Cachet would never
forgive this . indignity.
"Bon sob!, messieurs," 1 said. I
had failed, but I tried to carry off
rny failure with a .good •grace. I am
not your vulgar crook who descends
to threat or torture. Mi reasoning
had been sound. I did not believe that
the box had been surrendered to a con-
federate, but what is belief in the face
of fact?
"You will have time to escape from
this house," I said, "before the police
arrive here, • provided that there is
profits, eh, mon vieux? They are- morelsome element of truth in the jests I
important than the glory, and you will 'heard you exchange.' Because I have
have your share of those. But we been unfortunate is no reason that I
must not stay here. That lady whom should wish you ill fortune. Again,
youhave so justly termed vulgar may good evening, gentlemen."
desire to see her jeviels once again this And then I saw a gleam of triumph
on the delicate face of the hunchback.
Now, one cannot succeed at my pro-
fession unless one has the quick intui-
tion of a woman. And to that intui-
tion must be coupled the logic of a
man—not of an ordielary. ntana
the sort of man tfiat 1ain.,
I remembered how insensitive the
cripple's hump had been to the rough
-would unquestionably earne. But mfortnight." touch of the bully whotteI liad knock -
the study was a decanter of -wine andi I flatter myself that it was a line ed down. I tried td -VisualYze • the
Certainly sleight of hand by which the box had
with that been extracted from Anderson's safe
dramatic even as the millionaire locked its door.
Where had the box been hidden?
I remembered the affair of the one -
eyed men, and how a pearl had been
secreted in a glass eye. The jewel -
box was too bulky to bze placed in the
pocket of a dinner jacket, and both
of these men wore evening clothes.
And the cripple wore a look of tri-
umph. Also, his hump was not sen-
sitive.
Oh,. Arraand Cochet is the White
Eagle, but I ani John Ainsley! Shall
I add more, or shall I let the modest
narration of my deeds speak for ane?
I bent over, tare the dinner jacket
from the body of Lotier, exposed the
carefully contrived false hump,' and
from that artificial deformity I took
the jewel -box.
I waved them a mockinegood-bye.
With the box under my arm beneath
my coat, I sauntered out of the lease,
over to Fifth Avenue, and taxiedelike
any law-abiding citizen,
to my apart-
ment overlooking -the Park.
Five minutes later I was examining
the ' contents of the casket. I was
rich. I could abandon forever the life
to which necessity had -driven me. At
lest, on that April evening I thought
that I could. I did not know that
Sometimes there is truth in old saws.
I had forgotten ane of "Once a
thief—"
(To be continued.)
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THE JEWELLED CASKET
BEGIN HERE TODAY a profiteer shows us his priceless box,
John ' eley, a man t•on opens it and lets us behold the riches
and breeding, becomes a master erook jewels of his so vulgar that
—preying upon other thieves. One gleam within it. And then, as. he closes
afternoon on Fifth Avenue he knocks the safe door, I distract his attention
down a man whom he sees abusing a and you snatch the box even as the
hunchback, and then runs. door is being closed."
At an auction sale he sees newly In my hiding -place I nodded approv-
rich Marcus Anderson buy a golden, inglye This was sleight of hand that
jewel -studded box for $65,000. Later
ht be matched against my own gift
he Ben Anderson in the •campany of
the hunchback and a, crook known as of legerdemain.
The hunchbacks voice was depre-
the White Eagle. The White Eagle
lives in a modest private residence on eating. "I have the trick of the fine
the upper East Side, posing as a gers, monsieur, but whet are the me -
duke, with the hunchback as his secre- chanic's hands without the artist's
tary. Ainsley sets about to find out brains? To you goes all the credit."
in what -way the White Eagle is en- Cachet laughed merrily. "But the
deavoring to rob Anderson. He picks
the lock of the East Side residence
and enters.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
I went over that honse from cellar
to servants quarters on the tap floor.
In these latter rooms I found no evening. One never knows in what
clothing. The servants had been dis- direction a woman's whim may lead
charged and had left with all their her."
belongings. Two floors below, I enter- "As always, my master, you are
ed a study. Behind it was the chief right," said the crippk. "I will tele -
bedroom of the house. I knew that itiphone for a taxicab; we shall disap-
must belong to the White Eagle. And !pear. In a -fortnight we shall land in
in that bedroom were packed suitcases. la belle, France—"
To that room, then, the White Eagle "But so much may happen in a
eigarets. If I knew my Cochet, there worthy of the situation.
would be at least one cigaret smoked Cochet and Lotier greeted it
and ene glass of wine drunk in cele- stark amazement which
bration of his latest coup. In this
room, then, behind a great leather
cauch, I ensconced myself.
But before I went into hiding I took
half a dozen towels from the bath-
room adjoining the bedehamber, and
from the latter room teak a score of
apparently discarded ere vats. I tested
each one of these and found thein
satiefactery. They were no longer
beautiful, but I was certain that they
would prove serviceable. And behind
the leather couch I knotted them into
four stout thongs. I had finished. when
I heard the trent door open.
Occhet bounded up the stairs with
an activity which I envied. I hoped
that I, when I attained his years,
would be as eupple.. He entered the
room where I was hidden, snapped on
the lights, filled two glasses from the
decanter on the table, and lifted one
high above his bead. The hunchback,
less active, now entered the room.
Cachet greeted hirneloudly.
"Drink, mon brave!" he cried.
"Drink to the genius of the White
Eagle, who sees and sweeps and. rises
triumphant?"
"Genius is too weak a word," said
the hunchback. "You work miracles,
my master." •
He, too, took the other glass from
the table and drank eagerly. Cochet
filled the glasses again.
"And of a simplicity. Raoul," boast-
ed the White Eagle. "This pig -dog of
Look for
it on the
dealer's
counter
Mor
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money
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ISSUE No. 29-00
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From that artificial deformity I
took the box.
speeth should arouse. I assure you
that I have never enjoyed a moment
as much as I have enjoyed this one
now as, an automatic pistol in my
hand, I followed my words into the
room from behind the couch.
Cochet recovered his self-possession
first.
"This is an unexpected honor, Mon-
eieur," he said.
I shrugged. "The more honor, the
more surprise to a modest man," I
grinned. "Messieurs will kindly ele-
vate their hands and keep them in
the air."
The hunchback flashed a lightning
glance of question at the White Eagle,
But Cochet knew that behind my lev-
ite lurked grimness.
"Obey, Raoul," he ordered. He look-
ed at me. "Does monsieur care to
expleit ?"
I doubt if I could have carried my-
self any better than he, in such a
situation.
"The Anderson jewel -box and its
contents, monsieur," I said. "If mon-
elan will kindly give that to me, I
shall bid him bon soir and bents
chance." I held out my left hand,
The White Eagle einiulated amuse-
ment. I cut short his laugh.
"I have overheard your conversa-
tion," I reminded him.
"Morreieur lacks,a sense og humor,"
he retorted blandly. "He accepts idle
jeste as solemn. truthe."
"The box, please" 1 insisted.
"if monsieur's sad lack of humo•r
persiete, what can we do?" asked
Cachet,
"Nothing," I snapped. "But I can
do something, I can wealth you."
111.0 t.:1.11.e was ready to fight but
the W Ito Eagle was a wary old eatn-
• et He believed that I wail
the hunchback to obey. At alio muzzle
of rny piste/ Lotier hound, with the
impromptu ropes that, 1 had manufac-
tured from the neakties, the hands
littd gasik.90.41.moster, Von 1 made
flre, and so he sharpli &gain order
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Figuring
When an,,elePhant has attained
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•alephaut. Decal the parcel post would,
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and there was some hullabaloo be-
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ousii it
was too far for an
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The chief difficulty was found to
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A Matter of Taste
Leeds Mercury: People who go to
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I them hundreds of decent people who
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Why "Glow -Worms" Glow
To refer to a "glow-worm" Is to use
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The light it gives out is admitted-
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Although scientists know compara-
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A to -why the glow-worm should
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Commonwealths"
The Roadbuilder
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OUR LORD'S VISIT
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