The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06

Scarce need IL be said that after the event in
the police court there was no man along shore 80
tho barSosr sal sSilo sTp, as Capt. soreiSs Marin Ssf.
son. Everything that he had done and every,
thing esnoS tia that ANY any one one c6 bad l heard a,n' bs sSy iie spd
him say-all these things were. told and retold
with not n few additions out of thp vivid imag.
Capt. sereius was boundssto know how he stood
onions, the harbor mon, but not q whit did that
sars Ala am +. SO 9a dGF as rs any syco 1ns'o Scaas sSSi No %ilh
any ,one-not even with Capt. Jim, who did his
towing for him usually. when towing was to be
port or whenever any sailor OF Latin blood was
to be found along shore q@ Capt; Sergins MAS
away to such resorts as I" catered to what the
herbor sailors called 1.-THE Dagos." In fact, the
harbor sailors at once fell Into the habit OF
speaking of Capt. SerRius as the Dago," In
variably expressing some degree of contempt,
when SO doing, but It must be said that they were
DRY of Capt. joo's experience exercising per-
haps, a restraining influence.
In the meantime Policeman Reddy had shown
q disposition. not unnoticed by the loungors
man. just why he did so no one knew, though
Don Josc had something to do with 1t. Tho po-
li.cemnn,. of course, never offered any explana-
tion in the matter. but In one way or another her
one night when he fell in With Policeman Ma.
gan to talk: voiubiy about THE Dago,", Police.
man Rcddy was an interested listener.
Huh! The sehora Mendez was the, queen Of
as liver drew breath, that he was but che do DO
aflher exhibitin' u few Irregularities" was the
replied "Yis." with the air Of one willing to hear
more; ). -. .,.
~'..oi do" replied Reddy.
IN the yaller coon that wrastles the potsf'
".Melissei"
..Oi do"
:he. w sMSte e. o nh heF-oloan gone"
layin' to Xiii a naRur that was drowndin' not so
"YiSS. he is. It's the foino best mon you'll make
HAY. "M"I i III, d,% tel sS1'i ss,, yfTz nS It's s dead u stsniis!ht :
Of more than 5000 an a claimant at t'rows the
Alderman's. out of 1t. not to mention the silks
an Ro thIgss sw hsls FIX his hs Club medita,ively for a
"Yous wasn't afther identifyin' of them fur
Wasn't OF. theni' said Mahony. hotly. "It
was no longer. ago nor Yesterday when he was
hnvin' a bite to ate, an l said to him, says I,
'Phat might be the part Of the world where
thim's usedf l said. an he says, says he, 'them's
from Brazil, an there's plenty more where they
says. That 'ere last remark about his havin
more wasn't rightly said to me. but to the girl,
me question"
The next day this came back to Policeman
Reddy like a fash. He was standing in line
with the other men OF his squad before the
Sergeant's desk at the station house. listening
in apathetic fashion to the routine reading OF
orders and notices. when the words Consul of
Brazil caught his attention and he listened
carefully. Some one had been issuing excel
lent counterfeit Brazilian paper money and
had swindledt a dozen money dealers at one
swoOp. The Brazilian Consul would pay a re-
ward for leading to the arrest of the
counterfeiter or any one connected with him.
Policeman Rcddy's nerves thrilled, though
his face remained as impassive as usual. If
Capt. Sergius Maria Nelson could ballast the
Sonora Mendez with gold coin. either actually
or figuratively, where did he get all the money!
1t was never made in the lighteraRe business.
And they were Brazilian coins that had been
given away by the lightermaD. That was odd.
Reddy had seen a great variety of foreign
money. along shore, but never had he seen a
gold coin.
"It's gold he's givin' her. is itl' thought Red.
dy. as he considered Capt. Sergius and the col.
orcd girl. Gold. and him skecred of lettin'
any one see the inside av his cabin. Maybe 1t
Is gold an thin. maybe. it's the kind OF coin n
devil like him I'D be maxim himself.
How could Mahony know it was gold1 An IL
its gold. moron likely he got it with counter
feitin' notes."
Policeman Reddy was confident he had tho
clue that would lead tothe arrest of the coun-
wanted by the Brazilian Consul.