The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
CHAPTER Nv.
Nora Courtney.

We sent up to the police station, ana
when the inspector came-as come he
did NEST promptly-he diagnosed the
case as one Of attempted burglary,
complimented me upon the pluck with
which I had tackled my man, gave me
valuable hints as to what I should do
TN any future engagement Of a like ma
ture, and, when he had carefully in
.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 owe
We did not enlighten him as fully as
we might have done, for I was mindful
of nay fathers warning, and so, when
the account appeared in the local pa
Der no mention was made of h Rag
,ged Thirteen. The next day we tele-
,graphed to London, much to the dis
gust of our inspector. who, however,
was so manly a fellow that 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. I made a full communication,
taking care, however, to impress upon
him that we must have no publicity.
I 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 Joh An
guish it has seldom been my lot to
meet.
He utterly did away with all my
pr%econceived notions of a detective.
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marvellous discoveries that he made,
but his advice was always sound, and
he was worth all I yer gave him, If
only for the comfort he brought us in
having him by u side in the many
difficult positions in which we after
wards found ourselves.
He interested me exceedingly by rea-
son of the clever way in which he mar
rshalled his facts, and the ingenuity
with which he strung together his the
cries: and he soon convinced me Of the
startling audacity of my hopes that,
by my own efforts, I 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,
he found that on several occasions late
~ a man hawking goods had called at
Mr.. Travers' house, and that, as he
was selling useful articles at fair
prices. the servants had dealt with
him, and had, indeed, gone so far as to
ask him, on more thar n occasion, to
Join them at their midday meal. He
had heard them discussing their mas
fer's illness, and hat there was 40 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 heard that 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 man I grappled with were one
and the same? Why. the fellow I Crap
pied with was dressed -"
Something like a DOCTOR" he inter-
tnpted. Yes! he asked his way of a
policeman up by the Town Hall; said
NE had just come as assistant to DR..
Tyler. and was strange to the place;
and added that he was going to see
MI. Travers, as that gentleman was
very ul.sSHe let himself in without
suspicion m some way or other: and
you Just tackled him II time ~.
sAWen now, Nr.@#Anguish, how dc
you suapose ne found Travers?'
s&SE. Well scAnsOnlya Gnes1$ thai. Yor
and your setlsf - iookssthrougt
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