The National tribune., 1897-08-05
out wasting any time in fo-malities. "Come

out wasting any time in fo-malities. Come
along. I'll explain as we CO.
| Con tossed his whip 10 youthful by
siander. with instructions as to what to do
with the outfit, and Wat called in his wife
to care for the shop.
| Enloining them to secrecy, Kent, as they
walked along, told them of his experiences
the previous night Con became radiant
Wat almost cheerful oyer the prominence
the Superintendent was disposed to give
them in the matter
| You're sure the bloody vulture Ill come
back to his nest?" asked Wat
| I'm hopeful, and the Superintendent is
| sure
But fwhen?" asked the impatient Irish
man."
| That no one can tell The Superintend-
ent thinks that it will he very soon"
| Hand e don't want many but hus to ave
a and hin hit" said Wat, swelling at the
thought. We'll, we're a-plenty Hill take
| take care o. I'm and Jem Tile myself, hand
| you hand Con kin mind is dogs
| That is, if he don't have revolver"
| laughed Con, at which Wat gave him u cuff
81 am convinced that Ragabert will be
back here inside of q week" said the Super
! intendent when they were closeted together.
81 have had all the trains arriving from
| here at st. Paul, Milwaukee, Omaha, De-
| troit, Toledo, Fort Wayne, Cincinnati, and
| St. Louis watched carefully for the last two
days, and he has not been on one of them.
-, Consequently, / am sure that he is now
hanging around some little town within n
couple hundred miles of here, waiting till
| he thinks he can slip back into the city.
Every day he becomes more anxious to get
back, because he will have a good many
alarms from the curiosity of the people in
those little towns, who are all eyes for any
stranger"
There is one disturbing question in my
mind" said Kent, diffidently, which l have
wanted to ask you. Why didn't he go to
1913 Clark street that night, instead of
going to 4 hotel and then leaving the city ?"
I'm the first place." answered the Super
intendent, "he was terribly ratified by our
dropping on him at 945 Van Buren,. He
couldn't conceive how we got on to that
hiding place. He thought it altogether
likely that we knew of the other, too, and
he did not dare 90 near it. He saw
the necessity of leaving the city at once,
and carried out the smart, bold plan of
going straight to one of the biggest
| hotels and changing the room keys on the
sleepy bell-boy, so as to foil any inquiry
at the Office. He had himself called early
the next morning, took team out to Good
land and boarded the train there for St.
Paul. He would have gone to st. Paul if
he hadn't been seen and recognized by Con-
ductOr MOreland. Knowing that MOreland
would report him, his quick mind instantly
saw that the safest place for him was back
in Chicago while we should be looking all
over the West for him. The first thing was
b f.,1 NJ oil
He has probably telegraphed some of his
pals heTe-pOssibly someone at the Armory
for information. | am sorry we made
that inquiry yesterday at the Armory. l
shouldn't have done it if / had given the
matter a second thought. Do you remem-
Der who answered vou?n
"He signed himself lavish answered
Kent.
"Then, it's all right.n said the Superin-
tendent, much relieved. "The old Scotch
mans straight as string and mum as
clam. He's as stingy with his words as a
miser with his money. Now, want you
three to take upon yourselves the job of
watching that house every minute, without
its being known that you are watching it.
Especially, / don't want the officers of the
precinct to know it. Is there any way that
you can fix it? You. at least, Mr.. Halliday,
should not be seen around there any more
than you can help; but / believe you have
an engagement to go there this evening"
Yes" answered Kent and an idea
has just occurred to me. They are putting
up house little way above there, on the
opposite side. You can see everything from
there, for l stopped among the brick-piles
and lumber last night and took look.
suggest that either Wat or Con fix up as
laborer, and 60 there and get work"
'Hfll do hit" said Wat promptly.
"Good" assented Con. $50 home, Wat,
and put on your oldest clothes an dirty
shirt. OIL traipse around at long range an
kape an oye on the place till Oh say ye at
worruk, fwhen OIL go home an disghuise
mesilf, an come along an ask for noight
jaab as Waterman over the building ma
tayriaL Orll offer to do hit so low that
they can't help but hoire me, and we'll be
fixed. o, we're born fy-cops, we are"
The Superintendent smiled at their en-
thusiasm, and approved their plan. As
Con walked out of the office he saw an old
acquaintance:
Hello, Kerry-ye vagabond tinker
how's umbrellies to mend?"
"Moighty bad. COn-moighty bad. Not
iaab this blissid day." replied the UNI
brella-mender "Nobuddy wants their UNI
brellies done fwhen the weather's dry as a
bone. An it's terrible dhry Oh am mesilf,
too. Have We the proics av a glass av beer
about yer cloze, Comp"
An idea inspired Con.
"Here, Kerry" said he, "is dollar. Oh
want that hat an coat of yours, an yer kit
fer couple nv hours. Go into that saloon
there, an fill yer Tipperary shkin full av
Dutch champagne an wait fur me-"
The transfer was at once effected, and
Con started along Clark street, shouting
from time to time in a rich Irish baritone
"Umbrellies to mend-Oi Umbrellies to
mend-O! Umbrellies to mend-O!"
He saw nothing of note at No. 1913, and
passing up to the next corner seated himself
in u convenient shady place and began an
industrious pounding of Kerry's stOck-in-
trade, rs if there were a repairing job of
great urgency on hand. An hour or so later
a brawny English laborer, in toil-stained
garments louted heavily by him, and
greeted him with profound wink of his
left eye.
"Shplendid, Wat, shplendid," said Con in
an undertone. "If Allen Pinkerton could
only see ye, he'd ingage We on soight."
Wat louted up to the foreman and asked
for work