Good-bye."
The plump, round gentleman at the other end of the wire heard
this amazing message in the utmost confusion and consternation.
He frantically rang the telephone again and again but could get no
answer from the Garners' home so he put on his hat and walked the
short distance to Miss Minerva's house.
Jimmy was waiting to receive him at the front gate, having
again eluded Sarah Jane's vigilance.
"Hush!" he whispered mysteriously, "he's in the dining-room.
Ain't you bringed nobody else? Get your pistol and come on."
Mr. Algernon Jones, feeling safe and secure for the next hour and
having partaken of a light lunch, was in the act of transferring
some silver spoons from the sideboard to his pockets when a noise
at the dining-room door caused him to look in that direction.
With an oath he sprang forward, and landed his fist upon the nose
of a plump gentleman standing there, bringing a stream of blood
and sending him sprawling to the floor. Mr. Jones overturned a
big-eyed little boy who was in his way and, walking rapidly in the
direction of the railroad, the erstwhile plumber was seen no more.
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