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"Six bells that's the top story back one of the servants' rooms. Somebody must have thought the house deserted and come in from the roof." Bang! Bang! Bang! The intruder wasn't submitting to the caresses of the crook-trap without a struggle. Also, from the volume and vigor of the racket, it was painfully clear that the intruder was a robust individual.
"Hawkins, if any one could have less curiosity about anything than I have about seeing your crook-trap in operation " "All right, stay down here if you like. I'm going up." "Suppose your burglar gets loose?" I argued. "Suppose he has a big, wicked revolver, and learns that you're responsible for the way he's been handled?" Hawkins walked resolutely and silently toward the stairs.
"Well, it won't cost a tenth of that when I'm having the parts turned out in quantities," cried Hawkins, with considerable heat. "Why under the sun do you always try to throw a wet blanket over everything? Suppose it does cost two thousand dollars to equip a house with my crook-trap? If a man has ten thousand dollars' worth of silverware, he'll be willing enough to spend " I laughed.
"What on earth did you have concealed up there?" "Aha! You'd never guess," remarked Hawkins, his ill-humor departed. "No, I don't believe I should," I mused, staring at the pile of canvas on the floor. "Did the painters leave it?" "They did not," replied Hawkins coldly. "That, Griggs, is the Hawkins Crook-Trap!" "Hawkins Crook-Trap!" I repeated. "That's what I said," pursued the gentleman.
I tell you, Griggs, when this crook-trap of mine is on every window in New York City, there'll be a sensation in criminal circles!" "Very likely. How much does it cost?" "Um well er well it cost me about er one hundred dollars a window, Griggs, but " "About twenty windows to the average house," I murmured. "Two thousand dollars for "
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