A League of Three: Boy's Detective Stratagems — page 91: what you’re looking at

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es P + want you to stay outside, so if anything happens you can give the alarm.” ‘‘] am afraid you will land in jail yet.’ ais ‘Not le) ae ‘“You can’t be playing burglar without geting caught.” “a ‘¢But these men are criminals.”’ ii): “You are not sure of that.” : ‘‘Remember what we accomplished when we followed ‘y the Italians.”’ ‘‘Yes, but you won’t strike forgers in every house, re | member that.”’ '- ‘*1t’s Addie I am after.” ‘All right; [ll do all 1 can to aid you.” ‘‘All I want you to do is to stay out here and watch.” ‘¢Suppose you don’t show np—what am I to do?’’ ‘Notify the police. Let them come for me,’’ ‘That won’t do, Madie.”’ ‘Why not?” ‘<If those men catch you in that house they will accuse you of attempted burglary. Ill give it to you straight, if oA you’re caught it’s no use appealing to the police. I want you to understand the risk.”’ , ‘IT do.” . A ‘All right; if you don’t show up leave it to me to de- ’ cide what L]l do.” Al “*[’]] leave it to you.’’ | . Madie, meantime, made a survey of the house and finally determined to find an entrance through the basemeut door. He bad arranged for just such an expedition, and giving Patsy his shoes, he put ona pair of moccasins, fixed his | mask lantern, and stole into the areaway and set te work i on the basement door. | Wo will here state that Madie had received a great many instructions from Patsy, and he had learned how to force a door with tha skill of a burglar, and it did not take him