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. | have > said, I wanied you to tandie the rf Ca Se alone and I wanted to see how you id did it. ” } “Iwas not long in seeing that you e* trying to pick a man’s pocket, and } aS Ithought over your theory of the case, | tal mcluded that you had seen your man , take away from the Johnson house some- ; t ae bng that might prove to bea key to the = 1 hoped you would succeed, but when _ tsaw Barber pull hiinself astioad in his - chair, and hatch up his coat, 1 knew that eS That was cake I started the fight.” “TIT thought at the time that it was a sy ‘Most fortunate thing for me,’’ said Dani. So“ Ves 1. supposed that you would take = “advantage of the racket to get what you Sr **Those fellows kept me pretty busy a minute or two, but when I saw eh, rt back toacorner I felt pretty ain that you had got what you wanted at didn’t go far away for I knew that it ere e would be something more to nay a “Ts Bec lof | course ‘that: ‘you were ; to shadow one of them, and I had eup my mind to shadow the other, 1 they pitched into yot. “ ‘It looked for atime as if you were zy to do them up and so I didn’t in- ere pane ub tae yot Pee down. Then i, : 22 at ‘what the scheme ne uld be best 'to as yours we iad i : ABI ed them at hee miieiita: » 1 Tet them get away from me and | l near just long - nough to make cer- ere not seric usly hurt. a sy for _ = ts find them : ze Sa ac - N ICK CARTE or they took it from hin when he came and entrance by i ae examrer 3 a ao e: R WEEKLY. 31 trouble in satisfying myself that my theory was just as good as yours.” “I begin to think,*’ said Dan, Sg there was something in my theory, after all, but I would like to know what yours is if you don’t mind telling.” , “Of course not. My theory is simply a continuation of yours. ‘I think that Kelly was a member of the gang. Whether he meant to have any hand in the fire or not, I don’t know, but I ouess not. ‘*Probably he showed his nibcitilicast*s letter to these fellows and told them he wouldn’t have anything to do with it. ‘Then he either gave them the letter and went abuut the job without his help. ‘What Kemp found behind the mop- board was undoubtedly a key to the Johnson treasure. ‘“They managed to get that away from you and put Kelly’s letter in your pocket so as to make you arrest Kelly. ‘‘Betore the day is over they will know that Kelly is under arrest and they will suppose that you won’t pay any more at- tention to the Johnson house, ‘*So they will go there to-night for the purpose of finding the treasure. “We'll take a hand in that operation. Meantime you go home and sleep. <a to me > here at six o’clock this and make a rattling good Yon ‘ve done splendidly , Dan, will undoubtedly detective.’’ Dan went away much happier than at six o’clock sharp he was again at Nick Carter’s house. Nick did not think necessary to use any disguises As soon as it was Rack they went to the Joh nson house and concealed themselves in a room next to the kitchen As Nick had expected the treasure- hunters came early. | This time, as before, they made their going through the plumbe s shop in the puerag at the back ~ When had come to t they opened the slide of a een ‘hat one of Sheer