Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-01-04
CHAPTER vi. lContinued.)

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tographs Of the dead man which he
had previously sent me. Apparently,
they sufficed to remove whatever
doubts he had at first entertained, and
he gave a very audible sigh of relief as
he handed me all three photographs.
With just a brief look, l passed them
en- to Mr.. O'Flynn.
.'This gentleman" I explained, rep
reseEts the solicitors Of the deceased
AYE! deceased he Is, sure enoush!'
broke in the old clerk, III there's any
truth In a camera. And murdered, too,
didn't you tell me? Lord be good to us
all! But London's an awful wicked
place.
.May I ask the name OF your late
CLIENT" queried the inspector, ignoring
this reflection upon the depravity of
the metropolis.
"Luke Arnc"ooi Of Arnewrod Hall,
In the County Kildare" replied AR.
O'Flynn.
"That tallies exactly with the initials
tattooed on the left arm" remarked
the detective, In a sort of aside" to
me. I'm fact. / suppose we may almost
take it for granted that the dead mans
identity has been established"
'Yes," / assented, 'bey ond all doubt,
1 think. Che Chapter of Accidents has
supplied the clue, after all, you see.
And, WHIT is more, / can give you some
particulars of this Luke Asnewood's
antecedents and movemes is, which
sbonld help you materially towards a
satisfactory solution Of the whole
case
Inspector Trails eyes sparkled.
you're a good fellow, Weston" he
said, warmly. '.and you have done me
a TURN In this business | shall never
forget. just give me the main outlines
now, and let me come down upon you
for the details later on. BY the way,
does anyone else know Of your discov-
Ary ef
Only MI. O'Flynn," I told him. low
ering my voice, and I expect he's dy-
ing to rush or to telegraph Office to
notify his principals In Dublin.
every likely he whispered back:
shut / can't afford to let him do so un-
til I've made out my W report first.
MI. O'Flynn," he added. In his natural
voice, II must ask you, in the inter-
ests Of justice. to give very careful at
tention to n statement which Mr. West
on Is about to make and which may
need your confederation"
Faith. Ill corr0borate anything in
rayson," was the reply. sif ya(l Just
wait tin I let Mr.. O'Brien kndKs.-1'p
after finding Mfr. Luke"
Mr.. Trail gave me a significant look.
This queer old freshman was quite pre-
pared to claim the discovery as his
own, and thereby reduce the credit due
to Scotland Yard to a minimum.
Hold hard a bit there" he said,
rather sharply. I'm the first place. de-
spite the resemblance of the portraits,
the IDENTIFY cannot be regarded as es-
tablished without further proof. And,
secondly. l don't exactly see where,
your claim to having found MIR. Luke
Gas you put IT'D comes In at all. The
credit Of that lies with Mr.. Weston, I
take It,"
".And, sure, isn't he employed by
O'Brien & Grudgery. in this business.
the same MS meself?' retorted the old
Man. testify. ".And, for the matter of
that, didn't we find it out between us?
Where would you both be now but for
the picture / Showed him of Mr.. Luke,
taken in Cooktown? Answer me that,
phase"
Inspector Trail looked somewhat
nonpiussed at this home-thrust, as, in
deed, he very well might be. What the
old clerk said was perfectly true. But
for this photograph, the identity of the
murdered man would still have re-
manned n mystery. But the detective
1Nnccnccad nnn Oraat nttn1ftu - hca1tytr
self command--in a very high degree;
and it was by no means his wish to of
fend the astute Irishman.
"Ccme, come, Mr.. O'Flynn," he said,
suavcly, 'syou really must not take
what ! said in so invidious q light.
only ask you to listen to Mr.. Weston's
statement, and to add thereto any re,
marks you may deem. relevant. After
that you may send what messages you
please to Dublin"
Mr. O'Flynn a~cquiesced, a little sulk.
lily. as though sHspecting some plan ia
outwit him. However, he followed my
remarks with great attention, and oc
~casionally interiected hints very much
to the point. Indeed. by the time !
had concluded. he had risen consider
ably In my opinion as "A very willy ole
fox; and / could see that Mr.. Trail
treated his suggestions as of the ut
NEST value.
THANK you, very much, gentlemen
he remarked, as he pinned together thu
slips of his report. Il think i can rs
sure you that, i'm this case, any reaso1
able claim you may choose to send IL
for your time and trouble in comm.
her, will be allowed. Meanwhile, yol
must let me offer 700 a whisky ant
soda. l shall be back in two min
utes.'
The two minutes had heightened (,
five before a constable orderly made hi,
appearance with the promised refresh
ments, and a request from Inspecto'
Trail that we would help ourselves
pending his speedy return. O'Flynn',
Impotence to be Off had, meanwhile
reached an acute stage. and 1t was onl,
by dint OF a judicious admixture o
Difference and firmness that the tact
ful constable succeeded in d~etainin,
him until his superior cfIcer reap
peared.
SORRY to have kept you waiting
little longer than I anticipated" ex
\ claimed the Inspector, cheerily.
"Begorra. you're not half so sorry a
ann rpforfnd Mr. O'ly1vun oaiy;n,