eleven o'clock
This was the phrase which he had arranged in his mind as the probable head-line of the article . He had so convinced himself of the efficacy of his own precautions , that he anticipated the same pleasure in reading the comments upon his exploit that an author whose incognito is assured enjoys in reading the criticisms of his anonymous work . He was at first disappointed in seeing no allusion to the affair in the usual local columns ; but at last discovered in a corner of the paper this double-leaded postscript : `` We stop the press to state that an appalling crime was last night committed in Algonquin Avenue . The mansion of Arthur Farnham , Esq. , was entered by burglars between ten and eleven o'clock , and that gentleman assaulted and probably murdered . `` Full particulars in a later edition . '' `` LATER . Captain Farnham is still living , and some hopes are entertained of his recovery .