The Twin Detectives; or, The Robbers of the Tomb — page 45: what you’re looking at

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36 THE TWIN DETECTIVES. mystery in her aunt’s life—something that she could not fathom. CHAPTER VI. THE DETECTIVE FOILED. When Bob Brierly left the cellar where the black trunk containing the body of the missing earl was hidden, he has- tened to his own room in the house he had entered on com- ing into Short’s Gardens. He succeeded in passing through the cellar and up stairs unobserved; for, with the exception of the old woman he se hointerad in the hall, the house was unoccupied. Bob was a little puzzled how to proceed. He might have gone to the corner of Endell street and called upon the police officers to aid him in making a raid on the thieves’ den. He did not do so for two reasons. ; ‘He wished to keep his identity a secret. He was known in the gardens as the jovial sport—friend of. thieves, bur- glars, and pickpockets. If he came on them with the police force in his present disguise, he would never dare to show the same face among them, and it took time to gain their confidence. Then he wanted all the credit of the discovery. He was so jealous of his professional brothers he scorned to ask for assistance. As Prescot said, he would rather lose a case than give it to any one else. In a short time he had made his plan. He left his room, and passed out of the house. At the corner of Endell street he took a cab, giving his address to the cabman. His home was situated in a quiet comichooks;com