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- DETECTIVE BOB BRIDGER. 217 In the hall-way above the burglars removed their masks, and blew out the light in the dark lantern. It was now three in the morning, and the rain fell in torrents upon the street. There are roundabout routes known to thieves in which, upon such a night in New York, no officer will be met or seen. : One of these routes the four men took from the house, when they had convinced themselves that no “peeler” lurked in the street without. An hour later they were overhauling the pile of ‘‘boodle” heaped before them on the table in the sawdust den. CHAPTER LIV. SAMMY MUGGINS AWAKES. It was broad daylight when Sammy Muggins awoke. When he did so it was witha grunt or groan of sorrow that day had summoned him from rest. Hor years he had been little more than Moses’ slave, earning a bare living in dancing attendance upon his more fortunate brother’s whims from early dawn until he was permitted to retire for the night. It was little wonder that he relished slumber, for that had been about his only comfort. Like his niece, Rachel, he had despised the miserly methods of his rich brother, and, like her, though forced to abet Moses’ “‘crooked” work, his heart was not init. True, he had hope of future riches, as all of his race have, but his ideas ran toward gaining the coveted treasure by ‘“shtock” sales. It had been Moses’ custom to call Sammy at daylight, when he arose, and set him to work at making the fires, and other chores. On this morning, when Sammy awoke, he did not for a time open his eyes, but feeling that he had slept long and well, lay momentarily expecting to hear Moses’ call. At length, believing that he had wrongly estimated the hour, he opened his eyes, hoping to assure himself that it was still night. Perceiving that it was broad day, he started up on his cot in astonishment. | As he did so he beheld Moses’ body dangling in the door- way. ¥ Eomichbooks: (E() m