Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-22

time. Surely that was stealthy foot.
step in the little hall. Surely the door
was opening. He was out in fash,
just in time to see the figure of O'Keefe
as he darted into the street.
Mrs. Malone was little more per-
turbed than she had been ten minutes
earlier
"What was that fellow doing here?"
| OGorman demanded in wrathful
wonder. "'Twas that blagyard
| O'Keefe"
can what wouldn't it beT asked
Mrs. Malone. Wasn't 1t in his moth
er's house I tux me first service in
| Dublin? Many's the time 1 carried
him in me arrums."
"What was he here for?" O'Gorman
asked.
"That's his saycret," said Mrs. Ma.
| lone, coolly.
"I'll not have him here" said O'Gor-
man, "and, above all, I'll not endure
that he shall sneak into the place in
my absence and go out again like
thief"
Hes not likely to trouble you more"
said Mrs. Malone. Hell be out of the
country tomorrow"
He'd the look Of fugitive upon m"
said the outraged O'Gorman. "I'm
not saying that 1 don't appreciate your
position in the matter. I'm not blam.
ing you for remembering the time
when that bad egg could be warranted
new laid, and you were his infancy's
companion. But l object to his clan.
destine presence beneath my roof"
"'Twill not happen again." said Mrs.
night, OGorman. when he came to
think about 1t, being rather disposed
to sentimentalize over abiding affection
which could find q resting place even
In the heart of so uncouth representa-.
tive of the softer sex as Mrs. Malone.
He was rather full Of work just then,
and he was up early. His servitor
brought him his morning cup of tea,
and announced that the household was
out of sugar.
"I'll not be ten minyuts in gettin' It,"
said Mrs. Malone.
He was setting his palette for the
mornings work, and only half con-
sciously heard the hall door slam be-
hind her. Then he raked his color box
in search of a special tube
"Now, what the juice did do with
that veridian?" he asked perplexedly.
"'Tis the very thing that I'm in need
Of. know" He darted upstairs and
entered Mrs. Malone's bedroom.
There should be a little handful of
things here" He gave little tug at
the handle Of the right hand upper
of toilet table and chest of drawers.
and stood like one petrified; for there,
under his nose, was a set of shaving
tackle-razor, strop, bowl and brush,
all complete-and it was plainly to be
seen that they had been used that
morning, for the brush was still in a
moist lather And while he was still
staring and wondering what on earth
the portent slgnified there came triple
knock at the front door and an almost
simultaneous ringing of the bell, and
when he ran down to answer the sum-
mons, behold Mrs. Malone in the GUS
tody of two gentlemen in plain clothes
with n policeman In uniform behind
her. And, to add to the strangeness of
1t all. n growler cab at the curb, with
one uniformed man beside the driver
and another inside keeping ward over
O'Keefe.
"We'll come inside, with your leave"
said the nearest man in uniform to
OGorman. He set steady hand on
Mrs MalOnes broad back and impelled
her into the hall. you'd better bring
him this way n minute, jim" the
speaker added, turning to the police
man in the cab
The amazea O'Gorman recoiled back
ward step by step, and the whole six
crowded into the hall, O'Keefe and
Mrs Malone now seen to be in hand
cuffs
"I'll take Off your bonnet for you,
ma'am," sale one of the plain clothes
men.
He suited the action to the word,
and Mrs. Malone's respectable head Of
hair went with the bonnet.
An Enthusiastically masculine counte-
nance was revealed, with the appear
ance of an Enthusiastically masculine
crop of very red hair, cut as close as
that of n convict.
"In the name of Heaven, what is it?"
gasped O'Gorman.
ITS a little case of making and ut
tering false coin. SIR" said the official
spokesman Of the party. "This Is
O'Keefe, alias Mitchell, this is. This
one Is Moriarty, alias the Lord alone
knows what. Had one of 'em under
observation for month-the other
ever since I've been in the force, to say
the least of 1t. If you'll be good enough
to show me the lady's room, sir, I'll
take look at her belongings"
O'Gorman, still feeling as if he were
in q trance obeyed, and in the first
place indicated the shaving kit
81 had just found that" he said,
"when your party knocked and rang.
80, had you" asked the officer.
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