Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-03-10

MESH Street, In tn
UM city Of Phila
delphia, ev
IDENTIFY engaged in some importan
business with the many brokers an,
banking houses which line both side
of this, the Wall Street OF the quie
city.
lie has been calling upon a numbe
of the sharks who lie in wait to COB
BILE UP the unsuspecting ant
their money, who promulgate schemes
.'well-paying investments" they claim
True: we'll paying them. and then
alone.
The active man is our friend, Fl. o
Talser; Hot Takcr," as he is called
and he is not upon the track OF one h
believes guilty OF crime.
An investigating man is Taker. A
man who thinks; never taking an,
thing for granted for the simple rea
son that it looks PLAIN enough, hui
diving down deep below the surface Il
see what IL is that produces the out
ward show.
He has cen the three-car monte mar
rob his victim. II looks plain enough
to the guileless countryman, who
thinks h. can beat the little game o.
the swindler, but it is not as plain as Il
looks
so he has been thinking, Investigate
ing, diving. with much more Interest
than he would ordinarily have dis
played. for the very good reason .ha'
Il is in the interests Of Il friend that III
Is now working. 4 friend whom HI
loves as much as It Is possible for such
4 man to entertain affection
The testimony heard by him at the
inquest has rather astonished him. In
the first place, that Franklin Dyke
should go TO his brother Cor assistance
"a brother whom he has not been on
good terms with for years-rather than
appeal to him. 1T NAV shave been
pride" he says, but doubtful pride to
me-" In the second place, that the
brother, man OF reputed wealth, own
ing vast and valuable property, should
refuse 10 grant the paitry amount
ASKED for, even resorting to abuse.
whica brought forth the desperate
words O.. the other, the words which
are so much against him.
Why should this man of wealth, sur
rounded by every luxury, refuse his
poor devil OF q brother such a paltry
sum-forty dollars-giving him only
five?
He would scarcely miss such an
amount. He would certainly not
cherish such spirit OF animosity to-
ward his unfortunate brother Ms TO see
him want "There must have been
something at the bottom of this" he
thinks. perhaps he was short Of
funds himself"
He determines to get ut the state OF
Adrian Dyke finances: as nearly SO as
possible. He knnws lie is reputed q
man OF wealth. He looks SO upon the
surface; he will look beneath. And SO
we find him among the brokers.
He knows that the man speculates.
Has learned that much from Franklin,
who has at times given him fragments
of his family history, but he has not
told him in what particular form Of
stock gambling that Adrian Dyke In.
vests his money. Perhaps he has not
known. He is busy for several hours
He learns much; SO much, in fact,
that AS he enters the palutial estab-
lishment on Chestnut Street. near
Third, where q stylish-looking and
handsome young lady dispenses that
Philadelphia beverage known rs
Rover Mead" that he smiles COM
placently and INDUCES in two glasses
Of the foaming and cooling drink, and
has his shoes shined, paying the boy q
quarter of q dollar. &c." he NUT
ters, as he hurries up Chestnut
Street within the past two years,
Adrian Dyke has lost nearly five hum
bred thousand dollars. His property
and wealth all told, cannot be much
more than that II he has sunk this
money land have reason to believe he
has), he must at this moment be living
on appearances only. Perhaps he had
good reasons Tor refusing to aid his
brother. must investigate further.
I will call on the real estate people in
his own town. They may know some
thing"
He goes to his lodgings, makes some
changes in his dress, aud catches the
train, which brings him to West Ches-
ter at few minutes Of three.
At ten minutes past he Is sitting in
the Office of Foggs & Misty, real estate
and insurance ayentS
''You wish TO ascertain the value Of
the properties controlled by us?" asks
Mr.. Fogg, Q middle aged gentleman
with long side whiskers.
Something to that effect ! will
explain in fun. lam engaged in COM
piling q work In which Is published
the list Of the men of wealth In the
various cities and towns Of the State.
In this is stated the amount of
property, real estate and 20 forth, pos
sessed BY each, It's value, and all mat
tiers pertaining TO same. i usually call
upon the leading real estate agents, rs
they can furnish me with the most ex-
act figures; so called upon you"
Mr.. Fogg smiles blsndly. He viii be
only too proud to be OF service to the
affable gentleman, who has seen fit to
call upon him-one Of the leading real
estate dealers and agents in West
Chester.
He dwells at some length upon the
various properties in the county, all Of
which the detective marks down In .
notebook In shorlhand-apparently.
He fnishes He has not mentioned
Adrian Dyke. The detective aslrs q
question:
II understand that there In . certain
Dyke property here Can You give me
any information concerning it7"
Mr.. fogg frownA
1--WE have no dealings with ths