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I imii't Halter myself S'i much us i 11• ■ ij t;\o (lint, .\-uy. I ailvise ynu— i !ll*v S.iy over lii-ro—to 'lav I lit us.' V"ii ••siu'i drive us injjfttlior." "Jh'iir nic, dear!" siiiil I.nily Sandi suii and liurrli.'d ai'ii-r Iht M.n r.i-ili Ini'lifd up at air George as I i» oilnn's left tin. 1 rouin. ••WfllV" • I rouldn't natch him." -\VI uV" • Tin. man who was listening at the « ill'low." "Ymrre frazy • I chased him along the terrace and Jhwii in ilie water's edge and tlicn —" •WVlir' "Then 1 lost him." ••Why?" "Itemuse a sirl got between us. T had to avoid knocking her down. The fellow got away." •'Who was the girl?" "Jtatlier not tell, sir." -Then you think she knew some thing?" - -.r. ' "I could not say." Robert Maclteth pazed at him puz zled. "What would lie want under in.v window?" . "Again I don't know, sir. But there are S lot of your men here tonight. They—l mean the gang after your payroll —may have thought you would iliseuss some of your plans. Some one wan there—and he was listening." Itobert Macßeth leaned back to study the facts again. While he did j so the band played a riotous tox true. "If you're worried about the pay ! roll," Maclteth, who had been smoking and thinking, suddenly said aloud, "the spy went empty away. Nothing said to anyone tonight about our plans." • Oood! Then we'll sleep on it. I have a scheme which I would like to | tell you about tomorrow." . A voice from the l.>• »r made them ; look up. "Tired, I>ad?" Kohertit ' asked. She glanced quickly at the ' two men. "Mas Sir (Source been scar ! ing you with his imaginary uien-be ' "Hns Sir Gesrre Been Scaring You With H i Imajiuary Men-Sebind- VVinco^.-Curtains.'' hi 1-w iiidon-curl in>? 11.-'s so ih l'-r --::;in.'d in lind u iu'.'osii-i| wilh wild i .ii •.• r.:14 | :-•••! that he sees ban : ~ im .•■ r.-n. " send billi lo >!• ii. 1 ".ii 1. r, and let his dri-ams ."!!;•• trill-." •\\ : I III!.I > I a11..11l ll?" >l:n Itetll b . from one t•« the niher. "i i| sir iieorje. ..f nil's.'," I!"! • rta l.i :ji '. "I met him v.i en he \vas •i on I.is wild -ousc . base." M.. 1 • h st ir. d. "i 'id y.ni? lie ;'l lell Ilie that, What Were ymi : . when >■•>!! slopped hini'r" ' Nut hill-." said I'obi rta. and bit her lip. Wiial a:• she w. -i Sir wmi'il he certain to I.isI•• 11 all h - silly s'!s[i.-ioi;s upon .lack! Ilov easy It woui'l l.ne beer. I" ha\e said she was I looking .it the water or waiting fur ; In ;■ daiice parin« r. 1 *,i:t la-f father had her answer i.ow and ".is it i'ver. She was sure that he \\.. Imt Satisfied, tlimuii j 1 !;.• ~.ii.j in a h'M'l voice t.> both of | ' . a:. "Hi . . f• mi iron or today. 1 rather, will lell more than we know • i.'.w. i i-"' I Hi' ivii in., thildrell. Here coin s Auu'ls!." Ihe secretary walked toward the dinii..' iiif.in door, and al'ler a niomt'iif Kolierla join. I him. She ilid not , si.i.i.ii' Sir i.'e ■ ..• moved toward t lie st, irway. Iti'.-. lit oi' ton :. i to tell. Hut you see if wasn't necessary." I ii. : know." li.' answered slowly. "I .t" s..rry you spoi.e," "W1 ' ' she eljalli'lii-'id hi 111. I!e s 'oo!; bis bead, ".lust have an ; id.-.i 11..:t it is ihe last straw —to ymir j fali.e" I 'l'n i ll.illk he will sleep ' "11. w abi ct yoi:?" "•'li. I w..ii f sleep, either. I'm ' up to .ei a club, or, as li s America. ! nia;. be i revolver, and watch his door." Iliiberia laughed. "Mow uielodra i m.itic and how unreal.' Look out oil I • s sui. eiiuntr> sid ■, still and quiet. ; Wirt • oiilti happen I'ftweeli now mill J i .layli-.'lil •" i "Nothing." Sir fleort'e said noiicoiii- j iniltally, and turned I" leave her. •iir aaytbins?" Hoherta called after | him, i lialleiiL'in.dv —and when she saw iiim safely up ilie stairs she went, swiftly out to the landing place. If | I • coiii I only uet there and tell .Tack o away before Sir ileorge came • nit a_ain oil the terrace! .lack. In. King his picturesque best in lie moonliulit on the tiny beach, was not so easy to send away, lie had soi eihiiig to lind out before he went, mil something to tell the fiirl which wins Id make his own poult ion stronger. It took hi in some moments and much .let to get ihe Information. When lie ..new at last that tomorrow Maclteth ad planned to send his secretary to ihe bank, lie reluctantly released the •icrvttus yi rl al'ler a burst uf furious : ea!oiisy, which terrified Roberta. Vehemently lie had told her that it vis because of her father's other .uesi—the cursed Knglishnian—that he bad refused to come to the dance tonight. To meet Sir (ieorge was to denounce hitu publicly as a scoundrel. Then had followed a loin: bitter tale of Sir leorge's meeting with, conquest and destruction of a certain Senorita Mercedes. What Itobert a finally gathered, was that Sir (ieorge bail met this Senorita. Mercedes on the steamer, hound for New York, had heartlessly singled her out and as heartlessly thrown her over when he found how little money she bail. The tale was cunningly told. It made Sir seem cheap Indeed, yet somehow thu story also cheapened the story teller. Roberta was glad when .Tack Navar ro finally paddled noiselessly away. She was inwardly raging at him, at Sir George, at the whole world, and she was half-sick with lack of sleep, fatigue and the fear that Sir George might find her there. The gods were kind to her. She discovered that her father and his secretary were on thd other side of the terrace. Guiltily, and vowing she would never do this a*atn for Jack THE DANBURY REPORTER . or any other man, Hoberta crept tip • stairs. , : "What's wrong with you, lad?" Mac ; Roth asked sharply. "The last thin;; • you said had no sense." [ "I beg pardon." His secretary > turned from tin* window. "I forgot for a taotnent, because," he hesitated, "be i en use lam trying to put a scheme into i words that will make you see how • feasible it is." "Well, let lite have it and I'll sort . ' out the wheat from the chaff." | The secretary looked at his chief with a cool eye. "It's almost till ! wheat." He drew a lons breath and sat down h'side Macßeth's chair. "The men you have reason to fear are after the payroll will be looking for two things: First, that the cash will travel from New York and pass through long stretches of lonely conn try in .lersey, before it crosses the ri\er here." Maol'.eili no, Hod. "i »r s nil. they will have ii •.: «'ii wirtd, through some source, of the fact that J'it have an account ;:t the lii.il bank, and although it 1 ■.ly be given "'it ili-it it's merely a house hold acci.i;!'!. they will have their - is -1 'it-lons. If -o, ihey will be lool.it g tor a car coming from the ban', it) the village to !!• •• construction cant; A_.t:n M I'd:. 11l nodded. "Well." ho s;;'i!, "Sense so far. What's your plan'." "S in! an artiii red ear from New 1 York at the usual lime only there won't be any money in that car and j the men will be armed." Madid h merely raised an expres sive eyebrow. "And in the meantime," finished his assistant, his eyes snapping, "I will wall; iiji the towpath with the inm-i In my poi-i;i-t and deliver it to Ii i.v i'.rowne i>!i time." Maclieth v. lii»tled and stared at i a. "i don't want t" expose—" "You will not he exposing any of your men." Sir G-'orge said ha- 1 y. I wouldn't for a moment propose that. It would be Well Worth the expense . f the- armot-i- 1 car. sir. if we notified t u> state police and they caught son: « uf the rascals." "lint vnii? It is of you I u i thinking." The younger man laughed. "\\ > would ln-lievo that T.eailty' Saild- ->i was doin- anything but strolling ah -• to meet a girl, or if they met t-ie higher up the river. I am. of eon- \ Indulging in the Itritish passion : ir w» liking." "The river road or the towpath;" '"The towpath. of course." "That has Intig lonely stretches. ' "Yes. but they can't be traveled '.y i motor. Their motor would have t" lie ' left on the road." Mad'clh looked at him jealous r. I "It's what I would like to do my- f. I'.nt. thinking of Aggy I hesitate to ! allow you to —" AggyV stepson frowned, "i )f co'irse, Aggy isn't to know: that would he fatal. Roberta's not to know, either. ! She's not tn know even the smallest detail, if it's to he a successful trip." "What do you nieatiV" M clletl) asked. "What I said." and Sir lour go for got his customary rr-specifMl altitude j and uncoi si-intisly assnnied a dogmatic j tune. "Nothing can or will lie done I unless In it; i of the women in this house ' are kept absolutely ignorant of what | is going on, and especially your I daughter." i Mai l'.eth lay hack mt his pillowsam) ; -ttrveyeil lhi> deli rmined young face. i"he voang fellow thinks lioherta will excited about Into. he thought. Aloud he said, "Rotiorta's not the i girl to get excited aboiir your dangers." Terhaps not," said' his secretary, { grimly, "but she's nor to know for I more reasons than one. Not," he ailu'ed, as he saw Macßeth's expres sion. "that the girl herself may not he perfectly loyal and trustworthy, hut," and i'e said It with due emphasis, "I am not trusting some- of her quaint companions." MaiTifth found he could get noth ing more from him then and Dually gave it up. ".Mind. 1 don't agree with you about lioherta." he said emphatically. "She's high-strung and determined, but she's my girl and I know I aun trust her."' "That may be. but after all sln> is young, and she picks her friends rather carelessly to my way of thinking. Is it on. with lioherta in the dark com pletely? (>r is it -.IT. and you tell the-girl the whole scheme':" Maclieth thought awhile, and I hen liclil nut his hand. "It's a good husi ness-like, workable- scheme. so. we'll sa.r it's on and all females barred." "Untie!'' said Sir George. "liny I'.rowne will meet me half way. and rvi get the money up there or bis tuutid in the canal." CHAPTER i:; The sun shone brightly on the tow -1 path as Sir ■ cargo crossed the bridge I on his way n«> the bank. lln had the small car Hubert a usually drove, she had refused, emphatically, Sir George's invitation ito join him. saying: "No thanks. I've more interesting tilings to. ilo than drive to that rotten old village this beautiful morning, with nothing more exciting at the end than the bank and post ollice." lie looked nt her tranquilly, lie knew that behind the brusque refusal lurked a determination not to accom pany him anywhere, ever. ICvidently whatever tale Hoberta had been told down by the landing had been black. "I find your vlllnge and post office quite Interesting. Anything 1 can bring you, Aggy?" She shook her head. "Be careful of vourself, laddie. Mind tlion awful turning at ' reckless." lioherta laughed. Sir George regarded her gravely. "What's the joke?" lie was always careful of Lady Sandisou's dignity and feelings. lioherta realized this and. despite her prejudice, liked it. She turned quickly to her aunt now: "I wasn't laughing at you, Aunt Aggy. but mere- ! I.v ill the thought of any chance to be | reckless in this place. What danger . could lurk between this Island and the ' post ollice?"' "You would he surprised." Sir | I ieorge said Icvclly, with a glance at j his stepmother, "how full of adventure i a countryside can be. I shall he home ! late today." he observed casually as ] he rose. "I have several matters to j look after for Mr. MacHeth. I may ' even be too late for dinner. Aggy." Aggy looked tit hint as lie went . toward the door and her expression ; was such as to cause her stepson to : wonder if Hubert Maclieth had not, after all. confided something to his shrewd little sister. "Keep yourself out of mischief if I it's a possible tiling, laddie," was all i ;l.at she said, however. As for ! Ilnhcrsa. she allowed a slender eye j brow to raise itself ever so slightly, j lie was irked by t lint eyebrow, how ever, as he went down the steps to the car. livery thing that he was about to j i'o seemed somehow silly ami nielo- J ' dramatic, in view of that lifted eye- | j brow. What a danger signal the girl was anyway. There was no keeping ! her out of mischief. Sir George went down the river road i toward the bank, going over and over j in his niit'd his carefully laid plans, ; which, despite his sober thought fill- j iiess. still seemed somehow theatrical j and a hit unreal in this setting. How j linger would laugh if he ever knew. j He parked his car near the bank. I It was early and there were few cars j about. After a careful look about | lull), Sir George went into the bank. I lie had seen nothing unusual when he entered. Two ears only were parked in front of the hank. When he went inside, business was going on as usual. I lie went directly to the bank man- 1 ager's room. It was divided off from ! the front and the rest of the bank ' (■dices by a partition of wood and glass. The upper part of this parti- 1 tion did not reach all the way up to [ the old-fashioned ceiling. It was only 1 about eight feet high. The hunk manager was ready for Sir George when lie entered. The payroll money was on the desk, al though the ordinary observer would not have known it. as it was in a liar oiiskin package. Sir George roughly counted over the money, and then pro ceeded to put ir in a safety belt about hi- waist, securing the package by safely pins. The putting of the money ill lite bell was accomplished, without fear of observation, by the simple ex pedient of going behind the desk and I pulling open the door of an old fasii- , lonnl cupboard so that it formed a j screen between him. tile windows, and Ihe door to the private ollice. At the ' other side of this screen was a lioavv : steel tiling case. Sir George t'liisbed i stowing the, money a-.vay and was jusi j about to- step out of Ids retreat, when j he heard a curious sound from the manager and immediately afterward the words; "Hands up!" lie colli# scarcely believe, at tirsf, that he had heard the long-dreaded words, lie thought his imagination had tricked him. Screened as he was. he stood motionless and peered out of the crack of the door. He saw the manager Ily pale, his hands in the air. Slowly approachim: him was a man with ;v pistol in one hand. There was a most uncommon ami a deadly silence in the main ollice. Instantly »nd noiselessly Sir George lowered himself. He had remembered he was six feet-three, lie gradually let himself down on the floor, still hidden by the desk. He slowly stretched himself out. The putnlyxeil bank manager was standing motion less while the Intruder gathered in what small amount of money lay upon Sir George Crawled Noiselessly and Slowly Behind the Desk. the do: k. Sir George crawled noise lessly ami slowly behind the lies'.;? lle joiclng for once In ids height, he stretched out a long arm and caught the thief, whose back was turned to him, by Ids ankles. fie came down with a crash. Ills head struck the desk and his pistol fell from sis hand and went hounding along the floor toward the closet. The man Iny stunned and still. Sir George, as the bank manager turned, |)ut Ids tinker to Ills \ a and Indl cated that lie wns to sit on the fallen | bandit and tie him up. SI ill keeping himself b-low the glass of the partition and away from | the doorway. Sir tieorge picked up the | pistol and crawled on the desk nearest I the main ollice. Again thanking his ! stars for his height lie stood erect and I peered over the partition. Paralyzed l>y the sudden appear ' a nee of three men without warning. I the clerks had bccji hacked up against | the wall by one robber, while the second thief, who also had si pistol, ' was rapidly sweeping the money, i stacked near the teller's window, into > his pocket. This man turned swiftly as though j lie had eyes in the hack of his head. I As lie turned he lired. The shot struck ! the partition a very little to one side, las Sir (leorge ducked and lired. Ilis | bullet hit :'ic man's pistol hand ami i as the pistol dropped and the man I reached for it. Sir (icorge winged hint again, this time in the leg. The third man near the door swung his pistol away from the clerks ami clients lie was holding lit bay, but Sir (leorge lired first. The fellow yelled and ; dashed outside to a waiting machine. 1 Sir (leorge jumped down from tin 1 desk, ran through the doorway into tin' main bank and hurried toward the doorway. I»ut the men in the car had started, and a« lie emerged, one of them tin l. The bullet went through Sir ] (Source's coat sleeve. ! The car started across the bridge, , ! racing dangerously, despite the shouts j of the few people oil I lie street. From j the had; of the car came a succession I of shuts that discouraged pursuit. Sir t'cnrge hurried baek into the batik. The manager and the assistants j were still dazed —hardly able to be ! iieve that what happened had hap pened—despite the wounded men and i the blond oil the tloor. [ lie managed to caution the niati i tiger: "Not a work to the police or I anyone else about the payroll." before a small crowd came in. Presently the wounded men. still tfiieonscioiis, were in a heavily guarded motor, going to the nearest hospital, while Sir (leorge was making his way up the river road at top speed. Once across the bridge, he whistled, and as arranged, August. Macßcth's chauffeur, came and took the car. "I'm not coming in yet. I'm going for a walk up the towpath. Tell Mr. Macßcth that." "Yes. Sir leorge." said August, and gazed after liini so Intently that Sir fieorge had to check his inclination t> fee! his waist and see whether the licit was blilginc. What was wrong with August? lie could not possibly guess hi- errand. August, who had ben instructed early that morning by Maci'.eth that ln> was to take f! e car at once, and say and do not hint: to delay Sir I leorge. \\ sis too ;■ .v'est ruck to tell liitll that a wild tale 01 adventure had come over the An excited neigh bor, who had bee,i down at the drug store and had si en the police arrive, had called up t>> assure I.ad.v Saudi son 11 in r In r stepson was all right and described the ligli:. as icportcd ill the village. As it bet nothing iu the re porting and nothing from Aggy's in dignant reciln 1 , Hubert Mad'-cth laid listened with some anxiety and Roberta with open umiisetnent. "Think shame, ilohefa," said her aunt, indignantly. "The lad might , have been killed." "Hut he wasn't." Roberta reminded her, "and if you think I believe any- 1 thing like that happened in this sleepy ! place, you're mistaken. Somebody's J 'having' you. There isn't the slightest J doubt il" that. Aunt Agg.v. Sounds like I one of Roger's romances, and we'll | have T.eaury' Sandison himself satin- ! tering in to join in the laugh." Her aunt glared at her. "It passes me, Roberta," she said, with a sudden sweetness that made her brother oh- , serve her carefully, "why you go so | far our «f your way to belittle the ; lad. rt's my private belief that you're as fond of hltn—its the rest of the lassies." ltoherta flushed, an ugly dull flush, hut she looked steadily at her aunt. •"No auntie, you can take your long legged laddie safely back to hoitnie Scotland as soon as you like lor of me." To be Continued next week.) Try an ad in the Reporter. 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