The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-08

SAT DOWN BEsfDE ME AND FELr NY PULSE actrate that swlndle he had had a nar- row escape. and he realized that in a way he was still under the surveillance lf the police. but l put him down as Q man not Co be easily frightened. ] found l was right In this. When I had stated my crmnd. he laughed In my face and called me a fool Between ourselves he did not deny the swlndle. On the contrary. he blasted of the slick way In which it had been worked. He had furnished the brains, and John Saunders was the catspaw. He had sc- cured fl9O0O of the money and escap- ed the law. while his partner had ned to a foreign land with the remnant and lied among strangers.
 My dear sir" be said as he smiled and rocked Co and fro, you were a dolt Co come on any such errand. You have papers. but I would not give you the price of a dinner for them. | am solid. md you can't disturb me. Go to Scot land Yard go to the attorney, do what you will. and l shall only laugh at you"
 Neither Scotland Yard nor the attor- neys could help me In the ease. While it couldn't bc called blackmail. it was m attempt to squeeze money out of a swlndler The one interview satisfied me that my mission was a failure. and | bade Mir Smallwood good day with ls much courtesy as l could assume. tt was about lunchtime when ! left his 1fiice and ! dropped Into a modest res turant for a light meal had scarce ly got seated when a stranger who had . seedy-geuteel look about him asked permission Co take the opposite side of the table. saying he had some informa- ton to give me. When we had begun on our meal, he said:
 q saw you leave old Smallwood's of. Ice and followed you. Has he done you l bad turny"
 l did not give my case away In rc- plying. but gave him to understand that the money lender had refused to do the square thing by me.
 Hes a eur. a cheat. a swindler and an that's mean and contemptible" con tinued the stranger. with a good deal Df feeling. "He has cheated and wronged me. and can get no satisfac- ton. Today. however. I learned of an Incident in his past life that will give me a good hold on him. l must go to Liverpool to complete my information. II you will go along and become re- sponsible for expenses. win share the information with you"
 For awhile 1 was chary of the man, thinking he might be in the pay of Smallwood. but finally decided that could lose nothing by trusting him. Smallwood had once lived in Liverpool under another name and had been guilty of a crime for which be had Co Zee to Brazil and remain for several years. This man. who gave the name of Dun. proposed to go down and look up the matter and put the police on the scent. He was going to do this out of revenge. but in my case I had no re- venge to gratify. l thought lt might hr a good thing 10 hold over Smallwood as a bluf, however, and l promised to reward Dun if anything came of it. ID the course of couple of hours re- turned to the money lenders office. He greeted me affably and laughingly said'
 T have heard that you Yankees are a persistent race. but in this case you are simply wasting your shoe leather. suppose you have come to make new OfterT'
 q have come about that Liverpool afTalr." l replied. and l went on and stated the nature of his crime and the