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2GRINSTEAD'S GRAPHIC
from the roof. In order to make assur-
ance doubly sure, Red sat down on the
floor, so he wouldn't stumble over any-
thing, and well out of Whalen's way.
Whalen crept to the door that opened in-
to the corridor, opened it a crack, and
peeped out. The hinges were on the left-
hand side, and that gave him a clear view
down the corridor to the head of the stair,
where a dim light was burning. There
was nothing remarkable about the place,
except that all the ventilation the rooms
had was through transoms over the doors,
all of which were propped open.
As Whalen stood peeping out, and fix-
ing the geography of the place in his mind,
someone came up the stair. He narrowed
the crack in the door, but kept his eyes
glued to it. The arrivals were a man and
a woman. Just under the light, at head
of stairs, they stopped for an instant, and
Whalen recognized Thraillkill and Marcia
Mackensen!
If he had needed a tonic to enable him
to carry through the work he had under-
taken, Horace Whalen had it now. He
didn't like to be laughed at, nor did he
like to be openly and flagrantly deceived
and played upon. Marcia Mackensen had
evidently done both, for she was smiling
as Thraillkill flashed a light on the door
of number three, opened it, and the two
entered. Presently, Thraillkill came out,
and Whalen could see the dim light of a
candle through the transom over the door
of number three. Mr. Flannigan's lodgers
used litle light, and candles were all he
furnished.
Thraillkill came on down the corridor,
and entered number ten. Flannigan had
told him that no one was in the house, but
that twelve had a window through which
some prying eye might get a glimpse. Mr.
Thraillkill was very chary of prying eyes
just then, so he chose number ten.A few minutes later, still watching the
corridor from the crack in his door,
Whalen saw Old Leon Peltier and another
man enter the corridor at the stair-head,
and walk noiselessly to the door of ten.
Thraillkill admitted him, and Whalen's
door closed. He bolted it, and stole across
to the door between ten and twelve. Ap-
plying his eye to the keyhole, he saw
Thraillkill, Peltier and the other man, who
vwas a stranger, seated at a small table,
with a candle between them.
It was just a few minutes after twelve
o'clock. About this same moment, Chief
Rahlmann was swearing in all the lan-
guages he knew, and regretting that he
had neglected the linguistic branch of his
education. Promptly at midnight, a note
had been handed to him. It read:
Chief Rahlmann: If you insist on
turning prisoners loose to hunt their
mates, like a boy with a lost marble, you
ought to watch them closer. The fifty
thousand dollars taken from the body of
H. H. Waite, when he was murdered, is
going to be divided in the parlors of your
friend and pet, Dutch Flannigan, about
midnight. If you fail to pinch the joint,
you may make ready to quit your office,
for I'll put you out.
-Horace Whalen.
Rahlmann was beside himself with rage.
If he could have gotten hold of Whalen
just then, he'd have murdered him. Still,
he must obey the order. This man Whalen
was uncannily shrewd. He undoubtedly
knew what he was talking about, but the
mention of the fifty thousand dollars
stupefied the Chief. It was the first knowl-
edge he had that Waite had been robbed.
Rahlmann sprang from his chair, called
half a dozen special officers, and instruct-
ing the patrol wagon to follow he sprang
tc his seat in the big red car.12
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Grinstead, J. E. (Jesse Edward), 1866-1948. Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 4. Number 11, November 1924, periodical, November 1924; Kerrville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth498254/m1/14/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Schreiner University.