The herald., 1896-05-31


think that even made love to her myself.
From that l went to the love affairs Of
her mistress and found out, in no time. that
the demure and prim Miss Warren had her
own little affair; furthermore, that it was
a clandestine one; that, on account Of
some cloud which rested upon the reputa-
tion of her hero, she had never brought the
matter to the notice of her uncle, but was
in the habit of meeting her friend at the
home of her relatives in Brooklyn Maria
Flanagan, though an ignorant Irish SER
want, had been enough Of woman to find
out all about it.
"There were two little things that still
wanted. One was to find out the mans
name, and the other to get hold of his pho
tograph. Before l left, the invaluable
Maria helped me to both one and the 9th
er.
II might now have hunted the man
down in the stereotyped way. But knew
one that was a great deal quicker; a way
in which 1 also might get some valuable
evidence about his being really the person
| wanted l Immediately started out for
Brooklyn, picking up as 1 went towards the
bridge, a dirty and undersized district mes
senger boy named Johnny Carey; boy
HuU has dlueu Iu6 Ill iIlduy all llhc
this, and who, when it comes to shadowing
or watching people and making accurate
account of what he sees, is equal to any
paid member Of the force.
when we arrived in the vicinity of
2c01a Hicks street. stationed Mr.. Carey
around the corner and, approaching the
house alone, rang the bell and was shown
into a respectable looking drawing room
T Jot,, hxr H;eyy Eo
"She expressed no surprise or concern
at seeing me. l asked her few unimport-
ant questions to throw her off her guard.
then turned away and, while pretending
to look at some ornament in the further
end of the room, said:
1--WE got some news that 1 think will
please you. We've found the man who rob-
bed the bank"
I'm very glad of it, she responded,
coolly. Are you sure of it, and who Is he!
"'Oh! we're sure enough Of it, l an
swered. And we expect to nab him this
very night. His name is--you must keep
this to yourself, you know-his name is
George Carton.
"As spoke, I could see her in the mirror
though my back was towards her. She
turned as white as chalk. She swayed
| backwards and almost fell, and her hands
caught at her throat as if she were choking.
| gave her time to get over her attack; then,
| making as II 1 had noticed nothing of her
| agitation, took leave of her and left the
| house. I stationed John Carey and myself
| in positions where we could watch the
| house without being ourselves seen. I be-
| lieved that she would attempt to warn him,
| and / was right. In twenty minutes she
| came to the door of the house, dressed for
| going out and, after looking up and down
| the street, as if she were afraid of being
| followed she came down the steps and
walked hurriedly in the direction Of Allan
| tic avenue. When she reached this latter
| thoroughfare she went few steps and dis
appeared in the door of drug store.
II thought that she was either going to
| telephone or send for messenger. 1t was
| the latter In a few minutes l saw boy
with blue cap and badge strolling leis-
| urely in the direction of the pharmacy. /
Intercepted him and asked if he was sent
| to the drug store, and, on his answering
| in the affirmative, l gave him ten cents
| and told him that it was a mistake and that
| he wasn't wanted. l waited until he had
| disappeared and then, after summoning
| Mr.. Carey and giving him his instructions,
| sent him in as substitute to Miss Warren.
| In two minutes he came out and joined me
around the corner. gave me the note which
she had confided to him and told me what
, she had said. And the thing was done.
Her orders were to go, at eight O'Clock
| in the evening, to the restaurant which
| we have just visited, to ask for George
| Herbert and If the gentleman were not
there to wait until he came and give him the
note. Here is the note. You can read ii
for yourself"
I took the missive from Benjamin and
| read as follows:
II write this to tell you that everything is
known and that you may surely expect a
call tonight. have risked everything fol
| you and you have deceived me. am not
so sorry for what have done as am at
! having to give up faith in you. will nev-
er see you again but, for the sake Of the
past, put you on your guard. Take ad-
vantage of my warning at once A. W."
"There is little more to tell" said old
Benjamin. George Carton. alias George
Herbert, was the blonde fellow with the
yellow moustache. His confederate, the
tall swarthy fellow. is called Simon Car
tier, and it remains to be shown what he
did with Mr.. McKeever, after they left the
bank together.
"I haven't spoken about the difficulty ot
their getting the combination of the safe
because 1t has, all along, seemed of secon
dairy Importance. The girl probably found