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"'Exactly so, answered the dad. 'I didn't ask for a burglar's companion, did I? I didn't say I wanted a dog who'd chum on with a burglar the first time he ever came to the house, and sit with him while he had supper, in case he might feel lonesome, did I? And my father recounted the incidents of the previous night. "The man agreed that there was cause for complaint.
'Well, then, said Jane and a thrill of joyful pride ran through her 'perhaps you know how to milk cows? 'Perhaps I does, was the burglar's cautious rejoinder. 'Then, said Jane, 'if you will ONLY milk ours you don't know how we shall always love you. The burglar replied that loving was all very well.
The chaplain then asserted that, as the property of the Prince Abbot of Berchtesgaden, the house and garden were under ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and committed the further disposal of the burglar's fate to the Dominican whom the almoner had placed there. For the present he might remain in secular custody.
It was an immense block of iron and steel, cold and stern in appearance, which could not be forced open by the ordinary tools of the burglar's trade. But Arsene Lupin was not discouraged. "Where force fails, cunning prevails," he said to himself. "The essential thing is to be on the spot when the opportunity occurs. In the meantime, I must watch and wait."
However that was, there was no denying that he had trailed the treasure to its hiding-place, unerringly; and succeeded in taking possession of it with consummate skill and audacity. When Maitland came to think of it, he recalled distinctly the trend of the burglar's inquisition in the character of "Mr. Snaith," which had all been calculated to discover the location of the jewels.
The burglar's eyes gleamed in their deep caverns, "Back, Will and cut through them," he cried and out flashed his long bright knife.
He opened this and gazed fondly at the finest set of burglar's tools in the East. It was a complete set, made of specially tempered steel, the latest designs in drills, punches, braces and bits, jimmies, clamps, and augers, with two or three novelties, invented by Jimmy himself, in which he took pride.
I said nothing to Sarah about it, for fear it would upset her nerves, but for months I considered every method that seemed to have any merit, and that would avoid getting a burglar's blood or mine spattered around on our new furnishings.
"I am entirely serious. My loss of to-day will prove my gain, tomorrow. I look for incalculable benefit through study of your methods. My own, I confess," with a contemptuous toss of her head toward the burglar's kit, "are clumsy, antiquated, out of date.... But then, I'm only an amateur." "Oh, but a woman " he began to apologize on her behalf. "Oh, but a woman!" she rapped out smartly.
He wanted to learn the burglar's point of view. Incidentally, he reflected with amusement, as he recalled his wager, he might pick up a few useful hints. The man on the floor sat up, and rubbed the back of his head ruefully. "Gee!" he muttered. "I t'ought some guy had t'rown de buildin' at me." "It was only little me," said Jimmy. "Sorry if I hurt you at all.
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