"
"Why couldn't they get in through a window?" pursued Rand.
"The windows were all locked on the inside as well as the doors."
"I see. They must have been professionals."
"Then I don't see what they wanted there."
"Why not?"
"Because they wouldn't get enough swag to make it worth while,"
answered Jack,
"Swag?" questioned Rand.
"Oh, that's slang for plunder," explained Jack.
"You seem to be pretty well up in their slang," commented Rand.
"Oh, that's part of the newspaper business," was Jack's response.
By this time they had come to the building in which Judge Taylor
had his office, which was on one of the main street corners of the
town. A little description of the building is necessary here to
make the situation clear. It was an old-fashioned, two-story brick
structure, having been erected some years before. At the time of
its erection there were no other buildings near it, and there were
windows on all four sides. Some time later another building had been
put on the adjoining lot, leaving a space of a little more than a
foot between the two, thus making the windows on that side practically
useless.
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