The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-24
CHAPTER Xxx.
HOW JAMES MULLEN AND MYSELF ALI
MOST MET.


HOW JAMES MULLEN AND MYSELF AL
MOST MET
The professor was in such huge good
hunor at the success of his ruse that
when we returned together to the hair
cutting establishment he was almost
inclined to be genial, especially as
took the joke in good part and frankly
through" before. So friendly was he, in
fact, that he readily agreed to my pro
posal that | should go over the way and
bring back bottle of something to ease
his cough, and after / had pledged
Downy Tom aud expressed the inten-
tion of getting up little earlier i'll the
morning the next time meant trying
to steal march upon him and Downy
Tom had pledged me in wbat--in deli
cate allusion to recent events--he hui
morously termed pigeons milk, but
which was in reality the best Old Tom,
we fell to discussing events almost con-
GdoudGlly.
So IL is Jeanes as yer after, as I 81
ways suspected, though you ne.er
barskod questions about him direct, but
only as if by hacrident ADD q4sssss4,,s- r'It
others" be said as .ie iitf ,,,tJfe if verdi
u q hove s..,gst u lot
toi'rrfa1t eo you mean b,,-f.---. -rruU-
~" aakeA.
"Why, if I'd ave knowed it was
'eenes for certain Ia ave 'elped yer
Tor "a consideration, Of course. I only
took yer into the shop because 1 meant
TO find out who yer was after. Jeanes
amt nothink to me, but there is some
of my pals as / wouldn't have 10 'arm
come TO, not for pot of money. And
knew if | 'ad yer there | could find ont
who it was yer wanted and give i'm
the tip if it was a pal. Why, I've been
APPLYING with yer all this time--a-play-
ing hoff first one name and then another
to see if it was yer bloke. Then when
began to suspect it was Jeanes plan
HAtbe little game / played yer terday.
ha, hdSH,t yer tumble prettily? Ha,
again ino>Apd of the professor went
my expense. s3ysm of laughter at
1t suited my thrpeA
so Joined good humoredshumor him,
against myself, but as ay1afthe laugh
lbad not been quite such (. "piIsSact
as the professor supposed. Upto a Ger
tam point the scoring had been :, INV
1avor and not in his, for I had succeed.
cd not only in intercepting an imptr.
tant letter which had been sent TO hA
care but also in returning that letter
ai.er l had made myself acquainted
win It's contents--to the place whence
took 1t, so that il might reach the
hand OF the person to whom it was adj.
dressed.
But 1 knew very well that, should
'he professors suspicious be once arous.
eo-as must have been the case after
ne"e'ected me in the act of examining
the Ietters--I should not only never
again be allowed to 90 within the reach
OF the racktwhere he kept them. bn,
should in all frobability be refused ad {.
mission to his Shop. Hsnce I had no
cholce but to adopt the somewhat dar.
ing course of openly Offering him a
bride to take me into his service n be
really were Mullen's confederate. be
would already have had cause TO snsnect
my motives, but if, on the other hand
Mullen and the professor had no other
connection than that the former was
having his letters addressed to the lat.
ter's shop, 1t was quite within the
bounds OF possibility that the worthy
nr:2fessor would, for consideration no
prepaled TO tell me all he knew about
the custorer in question. That the
object of the leading questions he had
from time to timS pat to me was to dis
cover whom was IN search OF had
been well aware, although l freely nd.
init that lad tcc-. as have said. "lef