The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-23

f slIPsttes a. 'P Sls S niger sse en sdha' He told Black Con
and Con drank himself into EN- and cashed in
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the rules at all it can be the thing. Some
O"fhis Is no RomSny patter. either" said
King. turning to the soIiloquist. iii not pen
Thu man came straight up out Of his chair.
THE very words" he cried. You're one OF
EN-, then" and he made a curious sign with
N use trying to work that hobo's guard on
me. my friend.F said the Lieutenant calmly,
mfor I'm not one Of them as A. you }u,t call han #. cr II !
would do you any good. You hobos are a SUI
pc.rIstitious lot" v,..,
puzzled. 50 let up on him and tell us where you
Synthetic deduction" insisted King. tri.
see. 'Tba1l'is all, For instance. | Gaa ten That
that he's Dinky Bill strane-has on a shirt
bearing another mans initials; that in his
carries the tobacco from which he rolls his
own cigarettes. a peculiar stringy tobacco. IN
h hsnd hte nS9Gaig and Gl Snst w mIsht " be se rssa SaR%r as a
pair Of brass knnckles. Ask him"
oh. come, King" demonstrated the MAJOR.
l uHGu t cant ms expect me to take in all this lisa
Too muchW cried the peddler. grabbing u.p
his Jacket Ol coat ndIlReIS. les. ny NOu, u
ISL, and he dashed out of the door, leaving be-
hind the two sample hangers as spells to the
King said Major Barry curiously. after
the sound Of footsteps rapidly descending the
stairs had died away, Iwhat was a, i that hap
Blessed II ! know said King, ,.,u,
pnYour departed friend j n seems TO- Q I'll zen. said
If not positively fatal. But you're a grand de.
ductionist or a most ingenious fakir. suspect
llnrh and liGtnp whila Won nYnlaln "
So the APOSTLE OF Sherlock Holmes explained.
and the incident was. regarded as closed over a
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renee Lieut. King had occasion to go to Brook
aware Of the attention Of two rough-lookins
characters who stood near him and talked in
low IT. tones mes kIIng,s ea nSt are HSry very good and 6o he
versation OF which he was the subject:
That's the guy, right there"
" INT fse 81 sh %Ss 6H %'S H Il f liz ls Rdfs sls'"
"Him2 All. he don't look like it
But he is. tel YOU, He's got the sight,
bye t'ink he's making play wild It'll Is he
can look into you and tell what you had for
At this point the subject of the discussion
turned sharp around and. recognizing the
burse him for the two he had loft behind. Of
which the Lieutenant had made use. But at
the motion the peddler wheeled and fairly ran.
Lieut.. King laughed to himself. though It gave
him an uncomfortable feeling to think that he
was an object Of probable dislike to such char
acters. His discomfort was materially in
creased on his return from Brooklyn. when he
went to the Post once to mail a letter, There
he saw the hobo who had been with the ped
dler at the bridge point him out to three COM
panions. who took good stock of him but
promptly departed when he turned toward
them. One Of them. however, accompanied by
q City Hall Park beggar. atterward followed
him part way up Broadway.
Now. every time, Lieut., King sees a hobo or
negear or d9untiHl aRpearins person io9k ms
and II he will finally become an object OF
national note to all hobodom. There is one
greatness thrust upon him. he says. and that ia
That If he ever ,'ocides to Join the vast tramp
ing fraternity and take his turn at padding the
hoof he will have a ready-made reputation to
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