Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-13
CHAPTER Nv.

We sent up to the police station, and
when the inspector came-as come he
did NEST promptly-he diagnosed the
case as n of attempted burglary,
complimented me upon the pluck with
which / had tackled my man, gave me
valuable hints as to what / should do
In any future engagement OF a like ma
spected the. premises, departed to set
his men on the track of the house
breaker. assuring me that he would
have him by the heels before the day
was over.
We did not enllghten him as fully as
we might a done, for I was mindful
OF my fathers warning. and so, when
the account appeared in the local pa
per no mention was made Of the Rag
ged Thirteen. The e day we tele-
gIaphed to London, much to the dis
gust of our inspector. who, however,
vas SO manly a fellow hat he gave us
all the help he could in securing the
services of one of the best men of the
day; and to this man. when he ar
rived, / made a fun communication,
taking care. however. to impress upon
him that we must have no publicity.
/ retained him for our exclusive SER
vice, and we were enabled to make a
friend of him, for a quieter and more
g~entlemanly man than this John An
guish 1t has seldom beer my lot to
meet.
He utterly did away with all my
preconceived notions of a detective.
My story does not hinge upon any
marvellous discoveries that he made,
but his advice was always sound, and
ne was worth all I ever gave him, IL
only for the comfort he brought us In
having him by our side in the many
difficult positions In which we after
wards found ourselves.
He interested me exceedingly by rea-
son of h clever way in which ne mar
shalled his facts, and the ingenuity
with which he strung together his the
cries; and he 500 convinced me of the
startling audacity of my hopes that,
by my own efforts, / should be able to
bring to book men whose tenacity OF
purpose was so pronounced that they
would still have their revenge. in spite
of the years they had waited for it.
AS a result OF the inquiries he made,
ne found that on several occasions late
iy a man hawking goods had called at
Mr.. Travers' house. and that, as he
was selling useful articles at fair
prices, the ervants had dealt with
him, and had, indeed, gone so far as to
ask him. on more than one occasion. to
join them at their midday meal. He
had heard them discussing their mas
ter's illness, and that there was no re-
gular nurse in attendance, and no
doubt mention had been made OF the
way In which the invalid turned up his
gas. but i suppose" said Mr.. An
guish, that he never heard hat young
Mr.. Travers sat UP with his uncle. and
of course he didn't know you were in
the house, and that was why he made
his attempt when he did"
but do you think that the hawker
and the mar ! grappled with We're one
and the same? Why. the fellow / Crap
pied with was dressed -1
Something like a doctor" he inter
rupted. Yes! he asked his way Of a
policeman up by the Town Hall; said
he had just come as assistant to DR..
Tyler. and was strange TO the place:
and added that he al going TO see
Mr.. Trayers. as that gentleman was
very Ill. He let himself In without
suspicion In some way nr other, and
you just tackled him In time"
We'll now, Mr.. Anguish, how do
you SUPPOSE he found Mr.. Traverse
"well. i car only guess at that. You
and your father didn't look through