New York by Night by Nellie Bly

Author:Nellie Bly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sordelet Ink
Published: 2021-11-28T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XXVI - A Clever Trick In A Tight Place.

“Oh, it’s you, is it?” Ruby said, startled, for Danger was the last person on earth she wished to see at this especial time.

“What are you doing out alone at this hour?” he asked tenderly and solicitously.

“You must not ask questions,” she replied evasively. “You know my standing rule is not to tell anything about my patients.”

“Are you on your way home?” he asked.

“Yes, after I send something back to my poor friend,” Ruby responded. “How is the case developing?” she added, hoping to turn the conversation.

“Beautifully—beautifully,” was the cheerful reply.

“Oh!” gasped Ruby, a little stunned at this disclosure. “Then you have caught the thieves?”—questioningly.

“So near that they are just as good as caught,” was the confident reply.

“Won’t you trust me—won’t you tell me who they are? You know how interested I am in the case, and how willing I was to help you,” Ruby coaxed tenderly.

“I trust you, child—I would trust you with my life,” he answered stoutly.

What man would not trust the woman he loves?

“One of the thieves was Admiral Great, the most cunning and clever rogue in the world. Mame Dillon, the stenographer, was the woman in the case, and I hope by to-morrow night to have Great behind the bars and then it is only a question of hours until I get Mame Dillon and burglar number three.”

“I have promised her dear old father—I will save her at any cost,” Ruby thought. “I can’t let all this trouble come on him.”

“So you no longer suspect the girl with a ring on her thumb and the son of her employer?” she asked.

“The girl, yes, the son, no,” he answered.

“You know I have been working a little on this case myself. I am sure Miss Dillon is innocent. My suspicions rest elsewhere, as you may know by the company I have kept of late,” Ruby explained carefully.

“Do you suspect Ed Diamond?” Danger asked bluntly.

“I would not dare say so since you do not,” she answered evasively. “By the way, did you know he leaves for Europe at four o’clock in the morning?” she inquired casually.

“No. When did he decide to go?” Danger asked in surprise.

“Suddenly, this afternoon, I believe. Sails on the Augusta Victoria. Miss Maud Dick goes a week later, I understand. All on the quiet, you know, so please don’t betray my confidence. Miss Maud is going over to bid him farewell in the early morning. If I had the power—Oh, what does it matter, you are working this.”

“Do you suspect them?” Danger asked.

“Well, how do you think this thing looks?” she asked in turn.

“Very suspicious.”

“Yes?”

“I fancy it would not hurt to get a warrant and detain them for awhile,” he said.

“My idea exactly. Only you see I have no power to act,” she said joyfully.

“I cannot take you home, Ruby. I am going to headquarters to see what is to be done about this.”

Ruby was only too happy to be freed, and with a few more words, they parted.

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