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a costore and news-stand next door He explained shortly

to his companions that he had to stop and buy a road , and crawled out into the rain At the open doorway

of the garage he turned and looked at the car No, it certainly did not

look in the least like the machine he had driven down to the Oakland

and of the san it gave of being occupied Foster

and Mert evidently had no intention whatever of showing thestore, reed with apaper which he rolled up and put into his

pocket He had glanced through its feature news, and had read hastily

one front-page article that had nothing whatever to do with the war, but

told about the daring robbery of a jewelry store in San Francisco the

night before

The safe, it seeht of the street

croith the lights full on in the store A clever arrangement of

two movable mirrors had served to shield the thief--or thieves For no

longer than two or three hts had been off,

and it was thought that the raiders had used the interval of darkness to

that the

crime had been carefully planned in advance Furthermore, the article

stated with some assurance that trusted employees were involved