If Taylor is
there with others, he will hardly leave them in the place when he
goes. What I want is to be sure that the coast is cleared of
people at that hour. Then I will make an investigation into his
papers and other matters of interest. Can I count on you?"
A reproachful pouting of the scarlet lips was the only answer.
Shirley left, this time hurrying uptown to a certain
engine-house,
whose fire captain he had known quite well in the old reportorial
days.
It was beginning to snow once more. And as Shirley slipped out
of the engine-house, carrying a scaling ladder which he had
borrowed after much persuasion from his good-natured friend, he
thanked his luck for this natural veiling of the night, to baffle
eyes too curious about the campaign he had planned. He knew the
posts of the policemen on this street, and sedulously avoided
them.
The Warren apartment faced the Eastern side of the structure, and
when he reached the front of the Somerset, he sought for a way in
which to use his implement.
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