Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-02-15

The man who is IN furiOna hurry is
sure to find the most exasperating OBJ
stacles:in his path },9CI5i fi2iT :!
It has been said. that when the East
Indian seated in the New York Acad-
emy Of Music turned his head 30 that
Detective Simpson for the first time
gained fair view Of his face the officer.
nearly fell from his seat in his e1cite-
ment. ~, ,..
That view of the sepoys countenance
was q revelation to him. '1nf s2'i-
The man was, one OF the couple that
had come around the world from CAL
cutta to recover the rajah's ruby, and
that had made such q deadly assault on
the detective in the grounds Of the Liv-
ermore homestead. ftd.s
But he was not the one that had ac-
companied Simpson and Arthur Fair
child from Warhampton that day. He
was Wichman-this was Lugro.
While the two resembled each other in
appearance, no one could have fair
view Of the respective countenances and
mistake their identity. d..
This resemblance and the fact that
they were both dressed in the same fash
iouable costume led Detective Simpson
to make natural error when he OBJ
served one of them seated short way in
front Of him; but, as we have showr,
when this same subtle miscreant turned
his face into full view he committed a
fatal blunder himself, for he instantly
apprised the officer of the truth, whereas
had he but refrained from this facial
exposure Simpson would never have
dreamed who he was until the dismissal
of the audience from the building, and
then all hope would have been gone.
= Thus 1t was that the whole astounding
plot flashed upon the officer. Despite
his certainty that his own identity was
unsuspected, Wich1nan knew him and
his business, and had played q mortally
clever trick upon him. He had substi-
tuted Lug,o for himself, doing it with
such skill that Simpsons suspicion was
lulled until the moment named.
: Where was Wichman? - i.'
Where else but at the Astor House,
engaged in carrying out his astounding
scheme to gain possession Of the rajah's
ruby? sst sNt :. - 1 lss'
Aye, by means of the device named he
had thrown the detective off the track
and gained two, three or more hours in
which to work out his plot without fear
Of interference from detectives or police
officers. i.,r tss7 wow ID t7a
While Simpson was sitting in the place
Of amusement. looking at the scenes on
the stage and "between the acts" be-
slowing some attention to two of the
personages in the assembly, the arch
mover in the villainy was getting in the
finest kind of work.
The precise nature of that work re-
manned to be learned, but Detective
Simpson was convinced that he knew
what it was. ,r...y..s
At any rate he could not reach the As
tor House moment too soon. He be-
ieved that if he could be shot thither
from columbind he would not arrive
in time. In other words, the irreparable
mischief had already been done.
But there remained the possibility that
1t had not. ',s 4.
Hence the furious haste of the officer
may be understood. 1t was rare that he
became wild with excitement, but this
was one Of those rare occasions.
He was fairly dancing when he shot
out of the front of the building and fran
tically called for C. cab. 20 rfIl
y, A number were within hearing, and
instantly furious strife took place be-
tween aconplo as to which should reach
him first.
In their haste their wheels became in
terlocked at the moment Simpson yanked
open the door and plunged inside.
Finding that the vehicle did not start,
the single passenger jerkcd open the door
again and de1nanded in vigorous lam
gusge the reason why. ei,.t =.
The cabanen raid no attention to him,
but shook their whips at. each other,
called ont bad names, seemed on the
point Of coming to blows and tried to
proceed in opposite directions without
, unlocking the wheels of their hacks.
Seeing the state Of things, Folsom
Simpson, despite the fact that he was a
strictly moral and conscientious man.
uttered swear word, but let us hope
that the recording angel dropped tear
on it and blotted 1T out forever.
The officer came within a hair of
breaking his neck, owing to the abrupt
ness with which he TOOK a header out of
) the cab. His derby rolled of. He made
several desperate efforts to catch it, dur
ing which it bounded back and forth
and up and down between his hands as
o ball does when iuggler is giving an
exhibition, and then rolled under the