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CHAPTER XXXI.

THE SENSATIONS ACCUMULATE. OM knew that the cry of joy

Holbrook had uttered meant that new8 of Annie had been received. Just what he didn't know, but that the messenger who had brought the information would bevaluable to them he quickly appreciated. 13e hastened af

ter the lad. and as he reached the head of tho stairs he heard the pattering of bare ft-ot several flights below, going at a rapid rate of speed.

He called to him, but the owner of the pattering feet took no heed of his call, and, perceiving the uselessness of attempting to follow him, he desisted and returned to Holbrook's ofBce.

Ah lie passed the door of the elevator sh a it to is ha a a ad of passengers, and among them Tom recognized the man who had watched them in Lexington avenue.

He made uo sign of his discovery. In the same carload was the Shadow, and to him Tom gave a sign to follow.

As he entered the office again he met Holbrook going out. "Where are you going?" he asked. "Going? To help Annie. To rescue her, of course. Where else would I be going?"

Seeing that he had made an impression, Tom continued: "You want to rescue the girl, but you are going about it in away to make it an impossibility—you have taken leave of your usual good common sense. Now give me five minutes and I'll convince you."

He laid his hand upon Holbrook's arm. Tho lawyer sullenly submitted to being led into his private office. Tom closed the door after them. "I do not know but the damage is done already. The man I suspected of watching us in Lexington avenue is in the hall now. If ho was within earshot lie has heard your injudicious talk." "Point him out to me," said Holbrook, springing to the door, "and he'll never •watch any one again.i'

Tom placed himself between Holbrook and tho door, crying: "In the name of heaven how can you be such a lunatic?"

Holbrook glared at him. Tom turned the key in the door, took it out and put it in his pocket, saying: "I am positively ashamed of you, Holbrook: you act and have acted in this matter like a madman. I tell you, man, this is a ease where tho lion skin will not lo the fox's skin is tho one we want. Let mo see that note."

Holbrook handed it to him with bad grace. "Of course! Where were you going? To Mott street, three doors from Bayard," "An idiot would ktHflr that." replied Holbrook. "But which house? Th*ro are four of them in Mott street, three doors from Bayard!"

Holbrook winced under this, but he replied doggedly: "I'd go to each one of them." "That answer proves how absurd you are. Do you realize that as she is confined in one only, thorp an? three in which she is not? That the chance of your striking tho right one .first is as throe against one? I)o you imagine tho people who nlxiucted her, and who have carried out their plans so skillfully so far, are born idiots, and that you would not be recognised the moment you set your foot in Mott street? That the girl would not be spirited away before you could say Jack Robinson? I know something of that part of town. Why, man alive, from the moment you left this spot you would twe followed, and when yott turned your steps in the direction of Mott street the alarm would be gi»*e.n. Your own common sense, if you will only guns it a chance, must tell you this."

Holbnxk wai forced to acknowledge the justice of Tom's remarks, "Well. then, what would you do?" "Act immediately,"replied, Tool "but not rush up there like a mad bulL listen to nu\ The course to pursue aeems to uio plain enough. The Shadow is here now, in tho other room. I will send him

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This reply was made in atone of the Mipremest contempt. "Wait a moment. I want to have a moment's conversation with you." "Don't stop me, Tom. You've been particularly irritating today, and I am oardlj in a condition to be responsible .for my acts." "That's the truth," replied Tom, calmly, "or else you have a desire to make the rescue of that girl impossible." "What do you mean?" cried Holbrook beside himself. "Have a care. I^am in no mood to bo trifled with." "Perhaps," said Tom, looking him steadily in the eyes. "But you are in a mood to make an eternal ass of yourself. By heaven, Holbrook, if you leave that door in the frame of mind you are in this minute, I predict you will regret it to the very last hour of your life."

Holbrook looked at him angrily, but. nevertheless, he was somewhat staggered by Tom's sudden exhibition of energy.

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up to Mott street to take observations, and to determine, as nearly as he can, in which of the four houses Miss Templeton is confined. This he can probably do exactly, for he is excellent at that sort of thing. While he has gone about this business, you and I will go to a friend of mine—the head of a private detective agency, and we will get from him a force of trusty men to assist us. But the first thing we must do will be to get out of this building unobserved by the spy outside." "Seize him and tie him up." said Holbrook. "No," laughed Tom. "that won't do. We want him to remain here under the impression that we are still in this office."

Holbrook. who had cooled down considerably. thought a moment. "These offices are connected all the way through to the rear. The janitor has keys to them all, and he can carry us through to the rear hall without it being necessary to go out on the one we ordinarily use." "The very thing," said Tom. "I'll send word to him at once." "Hold on a moment," interposed Tom. "Send out a trusty clerk to hira, and let the janitor come to us from the rear hall, unlocking the doors as he comes, so that when we do leave we can go quickly."

This was agreed and acted upon. In the meantime two other clerks went out into the hall, and in the presence of the spy had this conversation: "By George, it's hard lines, isn't it?" "What's hard lines?" "Why, I promised my best girl to take her to Coney Island to-night, and here comes Mr. Holbrook in at a late hour and tells me not to go away, for he will have some copying for me to do." "Well, he'll be through by six." "Not he. Mr. Bryan and he have business that will keep them here until eight. I heard then! say so. That means nine."

So the poor spy settled himself for a two hours' watch. Though Holbrook had yielded, he still chafed.

When Tom told him that he did not think they ought to make the attempt at rescue until after dark—say about 9 o'clock—he rebelled.

Tom argued with him, and convinced him again. "I suppose you're^right, Tom." he said, "but this suspense is frightful. She is a, young, lovely girl, Tom. Think what may happen to her." "Close your mind to all such thoughts," replied Tom "and open it only to considerations of the most practical thinghow best to rescue her? That's the first thought, and wait patiently." "Oh. but. Tom. it is very hard to wait." "All tilings come to him who knows how to wait. Come, you are in a reasonable frame of mind now. and here is the janitor."

In a few minutes they had passed through all the adjoining offices, and reached the passageway which ran parallel with the rear street. To descend quickly by a corner staircase was but a moment's work, and the three were soon rapidly treading their way through crowded Nassau street.

At Printing House square the Shadow parted from them, turning to the east. Tom and Holbrook turned to the west and crossed the City Hall park. Reaching Broadway. Tom led the way to the second tloor of r. building which faced upon the jmst office.

Entering an office in the rear, a well built man, whose frame was suggestive of grout strength, al»out forty-five years old, arose and greeted Tom effusively.

This was the chief of the private detective agency. Tom presented Holbrook and said: "A word or two in private with you. chief." "This way then, Tom." They entered a small room in which there were a few chairs and a table. "I want a force of fivo picked men," said Tom. "All right. Tom," replied the chief. "Anything you want I'm bound to supply if 1 can. 1 owe you too much to disregard any request of yours. What's the job?"

Tom rapidly sketched the fact of the abduction, saying nothing, however, of the events which had preceded it. "You will see," said Tom, finishing his recital, "that we want your best men. Why can't you head the force yourself?" "I can and will," replied the chief. "Have you made any plans of attack?" "No, very few. I have sent my Shadow, he's one of your old men, up to locate the house if he can. He is to meet us hero aa soon as he has done his work. Then I thought we would be governed somewhat by what he reports. We ought not to go up them Mi red o'clock. I think."

To this Holbrook demurred as an unnecessary delay. But Tom was now supported by the chiefs judgment, and Holbrook was compelled to yield. "We can lay our plans and arrange the details when we hear what the Shadow ha.« to report," said Tom. "In the meantime, Holbrook, Mrs, Templeto&'s anxiety should be relieved. It would be a humane action to lot her know."

In this Holbrook acquiesced, and proposed to go there forthwith. Tom said laughing: "I'll go tip with you. Y6u are not In a fit frame of mind yet* and may commit aa act of indis

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cretion which would ruin us. Holbrook was annoyed, but at bottom he felt that Tom was right.

So descending to the street they found a cab and drove off. When they reached the boarding house of the Templetons, Holbrook entered, and Tom remained in the cab. A newsboy passed, and Tom purchased a paper, with which he busied himself. He had hardly interested himself in the first telegraphic item, when Holbrook dashed down the steps, his face pale, and greatly agitated. "What's the matter now?" exclaimed Tom. "Mrs. Templeton has gone.'' "The old lady? Gone? Where?" & "Annie sent for her the messenger said she had broken her leg, having fallen while out." "It's another part of the plot," cried Tom. "How could the old lady have been so foolish as to go after she knew Annie had been enticed away out of thft house by a forgery." "Do you think it's a part of the plot?" i. "I am sure of it. But tets is getting to be a deep one." "She may have been taken to the same place that Annie. was/" vflptu«d, Holbrook. 'No," said Tom, "the scoundrels would never dare two abductions in the open daylight in the same neighborhood. 1 ten you. Holbrook. these ai» no common scoundrels. They win on their lioldness, Who was the messenger?" vs "A woman—a respectable looking woman."

It's a deep laid plot. All of the legitimate heirs are gone now—the brother killed and the mother and sister abducted." "What shall we do now? Hhia complicates the matter." "No. We'll do just what we were goin£ to do. Find the girl first, and the finding of the mother will not be difficult. Find the girl, and you will find the mother and the murderer. Get into the cab and let us drive right back to Hanford."

CHAPTER XXXII. MOVING ON THE ENEMY.

N arriving at Hanford's they found the Shadow aw a it in them.

He had satisffied himself as to Ithe house in which Annie was "confined by satisfy ng himself that in three of them, at least,

there was no possible chance for her conlinemcnt He had succeeded in making an examination so conclusive that thertf* could be no possible doubt of it.

It was then, for the first time, that the thought crossed Tom's mind that the note received might possibly be a ruse to mislead them, and so expressing himself lie asked to see the slip of paper again.

To Holbrook the thought was torture Itself. He had in his possession a brief note from Annie concerning the authorship of which there could be no doubt. He made a comparison, and the penmanship was quite evidently dissimilar

Hanford, the chief, pointed out thai the comparison would be of little value. In the one instance the note was written on fine paper, with excellent pen and ink, at leisure and under no excitement, while in the other it was written on coarse paper, with a common lead pencil, and evidently under the greatest agitation, hurriedly and perhaps covertly.

Holbrook. whose high hopes had fallen on failing to distinguish any resemblance, brightened on hearing the chief's words,

The chief pointed out further that all the probabilities were in favor of the authenticity of the note that it was quite unlikely, however able the conspirators were, that they would have written a note so brief, so hurried, and which bore such evident traces of agitation. On the contrary, had it been the intention to throw any one off the scent, the latter would have tried to do more than this hurried scrawl had done, and, further, that it must not be forgotten that these hounds would scarcely seek to inform the friend who could give the most efficient help of her abduction before he was likely to find it out, as would be the case if they took that view of it, since the boy had evidently been waiting at the office from a time very close to that of their departure to Mrs. TempleIon's house, where they first learned the news. On the other side they had only the expression of Tom's shrewd fears that it might be so to lead them to suppose that it was a ruse.

The argument of the chief could not be answered, and so they fell to arranging the details.

The Shadow submitted that the danger of an open attack upon the attic in question was, that the inmates with their prize could take to the roof and make their escape through adjoining buildings. He had penetrated far enough into the fourth house without detection, to find that the stairs leading to the attic floor were inclosed and the door locked.

He suggested, therefore, that some of the party ought to force their way into the attic of an adjoining house whether the inmates liked it or not. and thus take session of the roof, while the rest should storm the apartment in the other house.

The chief strongly-favored this {dan its the on! -.• which insured success. There wcr-e «-ight in the party, and, so as not to attract attention, it was determined usat they should rendezvous at a

J,.,tring saloon, known to the chief, tv. ceding thither in couples. All were

to be well arme.i.lor resistai^f .0 be expected. On arriving, three, with Tom leading, were to enter the adjoining house nearest the corner and, rushing up, take possession of the attic, and after a signal had been received from Tom's party, the others led by the chief, well supplied with "jimmies," were to make an assault on the house where Annie was confined. Holbrook was to be with the latter party.

Holbrook and Tom went up together, find taking a cab across town were on the ground earlier than the rest.

They left the cab, after having given instructions to the cabman to station himself in Bayard street half way down the block, and there await orders. *«.

Guarding themselves as much as post-' gible from observation, they strolled into the street and located the house in question. They were slightly disguised, and thought they risked nothing.

They had passed the house but a few paces when Holbrook felt a tug on the skirts of his coat. He looked down and saw a ragged little boy whom he took for a beggar, and was about to drive him away when the lad said: "Be you goin' to trash him now? Ho ain't up dere."

Holbrook would have spoken harshly to him, so as to rid himself of the annoyance, when Tom whispered: "It is the boy who brought the note to you."

Then, speaking to the boy, he said: "Come here with me," and led the way into :i neighboring passage, where they could partially conceal themselves by the door. "What do you mean by 'trashing' him?" asked Tom. kindly and encouragingly. ••.. "De woman sed as how wen you come you'd black his eyes and wallop 'im.'" "What woman?" asked Holbrook. "De wan I brung de paper from to you. She promised, she did."-' "Where is she?" "In de nex' house. She's upstairs on de top flure. De man ain't dere. He went away just afore you come. Yer a-goin' to lick 'im, ain't yer?" "You just bet we are," said Tom. You want us to, don't you?"

"Oh, my eye, don't I?" J? "Why?" "Cos he's kicked me offen and off en." "What is he to you?" "Nothin'. He cuffs me over de head wenever he gits de chance." "Why does he do that?" "I dunno. Cos he's ugly, .Cos I won't keep out'en his hallway." "Ah," said Tom. "How did you see the lady?" "I got on de roof and talked to her tro' de skylight." "Can you take us up there?" "0T" course I kin. We live up in de attic, right here. Me mither is gone away and me facler is drunk over dere in the sayloon. Dere's nobody up dere now." "Stay here a moment with the boy, Holbrook," said Tom. He sought the chief and found him. Hurriedly telling him what he had learned from the boy, he told him to send the Shadow and two men to follow Holbrook and himself, and asked him to guard the passage to house in which Annie was confined.

Hurrying back, the five were convoyed by the boy to the attic. The youngster showed them how he mounted to the roof, and in a moment they were on it.

The passage over the roof was perilous, for it was an old fashioned high roof, sloping at a precipitous angle from a peak in the middle, both ways.

The boy, who ran over the roof like a cat, and with the agility and confidence of one familiar with the feat, showed them the skylight.

Tom put his mouth to the broken pane and made a sound. "Hist! hist!"

He heard a movement beneath. "Hist, Miss Templeton?" •'Who's that?" was the answer in a female voice. "Be quieti' help is near," he said.

A cry of joy was heard. "Are you alone?' asked Tom. "Yes, quite alone." "Stand fast, then: you'll be quickly freed.'

He pulled at the frame of the skylight. It was fast. Two of the men drew "jimmies" from their pockets, fitted them together, and inserted them under one side. "Crick, crack!" in a twinkling it was pried off. "Eh, eh, oh, gollyl" laughed the boy.

The moment the skylight flew off. a light flashed up from below. Annie had lit a candle.

Holbrook attempted to descend. "Wait," she cried. "The distance is too great to jump."

They heard a noise of something being dragged. "Now you can jump," she said.

Holbrook let himself drop, and he fell ©a the bed Annie had dragged under the skylight.

He caught the girl, who was trembling with excitement, in his arms and covered her face with kisses. He murmured and moaned over her he laughed and cried and embraced her again and again,

In tho meantime the others were tumbling down one after the other. It was not until long after, when Tom was in his bed the next morning, that he realized that no one, not evc/i Annie herself, seemed to think it strange that Holbrook should have hugged and kissed her in the frantic manner he did. %rAt the time ho was too busy. His mind was working with abnormal activity. "We must got the girl out at once," he said, -"Here, Holbrook, stop that nonsense and take the girl away ." "How?" asked Holbrook, ready for action, now that the first excitement was over. "Up through the skylight. Quick, now." "But bow can wo gat ber up there?" asked the Shadow. »1 know." broke to Annie. "Take that bed away,"

The bed was tossed *oo one side, whlla Annie ran into the next room and began

».» a liie taUtu towuru u.c rout... O.ie of the men took it from her soul carried it in, and as she directed placed it under the skylight. "There's a chair in there," she said "bring that."

They comprehended her purpose, and it was placed on the table. "Up you go. Holbrook." cried Tom. 'Quickl" ST W4

Holbrook climbed like a cat and was on the roof in a twinkling. Tom lifted Annie by main force to the top of the table and then on to the chair, springing up on the table after her. 'S®

He lifted the girl up by the waist' «f that Holbrook.could get a firm grasp of her arms.

She was then drawn up on the roof "Now, Holbrook," cried Tom, "away with you. Quick! Get the girl out of harm's way as soon as you can. One of you," he continued, turning to the chiefs men, "go with them to protect them. Shadow, run down to the chief and tell him to come up here the way we came with the rest of his men. I have an idea." y.

The Shadow disappeared. Tom was the general commanding the forces, and he did have an idea—a great idea.

He seized the candle and made a rapid examination of the rooms. He satisfied himself as to how those who came would enter, and he quickly determined how to dispose of his forces. Finding the doors bolted and barred from the inside, he unbarred and unbolted them.

By this time tho others had arrived. 7"Have you found her?" asked the chief. "Yes, and Holbrook has carried her off." "Then the job is over?" "Not by a long shot." "What now?" "I've set a trap here, and we'll catch a bird." "The man who abducted the girl?" "Yes. Have you bull's eyes with you?" "Yes, and shooters and handcuffs." "Good. Then wo can put out this light Hold on."

They were startled by a noise above their heads. fib be ContinuedJ

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