The morning times., 1895-11-17

you his name You probably want TO go
and put It in the newspapers, and then
there'd be pretty how d'yedo.
Detective Hickey shrugged his shoulders
and said: ''weil, I'm going in to find him
now, and advise you Ia stay right where
you are until l come back" With these
words ne crossed the street, passed quickly
through the little door in the high fence,
and tiptoed softly across the vacant lot to a
sheltered place behind a heap of packing
boxes, where glinlmer of a lantern could
be family seen.
All this time the strange woman had kept
closely at his heels and now they stood
together peering cautiously at three Men
whom they saw seated under the shelter of
SOME overhanging boxes ana talking TO
one another with much earnestness. The
light from a small dark lantern shone
upon an upturned box between them
on which stood a handsome silveI-mountcd
| drinking flask and a small cup made OF
the same metal The three men seemed
| 10 be On the best OF terms with one
another, and Kid Leery was the only one
who appear red at all disconnected when
the ninion OF the law abruptly interrupted
the little gathering.
kid, I'll have to trouble you and your
friends TO take a little walk with NE to-
night, and you'd better all of you come
quiet and peaceable for I've got two OF my
men within CALI
Whats that?'' cried the gentleman with
the iron-gray beard care we really ar
rested? Well, that is a good joke" and
he and the man who had come in the
hanson cab burst into such hearty roars
of laughter that even Kid Leery's Woe
begene face relaxed, and he Joined family
In their mirth.
We'll, gentlemen" observed the central
office man, you'll have 10 give me some
pretty good reasons for being here at this
time of night along with the Kid, who's been
wanted in Mulberry street for the past six
weeks, If you don't want TO go along with
him, too"
That's So" said Mr.. Leery, ruefully.
81 have been wanted for pretty near six
weeks, and laid low until tonight, when
remembered the dateI made so many years
ago, and come out just because thought
II might break my luck. Well, l suppose
you might call this breaking the luck. It's
| a change anyway, for I've never had the nip
pers on my hands yet"
The faces of the two strangers had grown
| grave as they listened to Kid Leery's words.
| and now the man in evening dress turned
| quietly to the detective and said:
Il think l can explain this matter to
| you, sir, though I'm afraid you'll scarce
| ly believe the story. We three men here,
| Phin Boerum, Joe Bannock, whom l no.
| tice you call the Kid, and myself, George
| Vanderhoeven, used 10 play in this vacant
| lot when we were boys at school, twenty
| five years ago, and one night about half a
dozen OF us got together here and formed
| ourselves into a secret society, and rs long
as we were at the old Grammar School
around the corner we used to meet here
| on dark nights and play that we were
robbers in a cave, When we got through
| with school we made a solemn agreement
| that twenty-five years from the night that
we formed our society we'd come together
right here, If We were living, and talk
| over old times and tell one another how
the world had wagged. From time to time
| after that we used to meet and remind one
another not to forget the date we had
| set so far ahead, and then l went to
| Europe, and Joe here drifted out West,
| while one OF two of the other boys died,
| and Phin, who was always at the foot of
his class, went TO college and began to
| write books.
''well, here we are, anyway, after "a
quarter of a century, and We were Just
talking over our old school days when you
came along and interrupted US in what
must say was q very rude manner. There
are one or two more that might turn up be-
fore the stroke of twelve, and II you've
no objection, I'd like to give them ten min
utes longer, for such an occasion as this
| doasn,t come ofrpn in a mans lifetime
and 1 wouldn't Nike to think what Will