The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-13

even tried to picture one of my myth
lcal detectives engaged in the search
for Mr.. Overalls. In vain. l merely fell
into that dreamland which is the limbo
of such faculties of mine as might
have been practical under better con-
ditions
With no clear idea of what l hoped
to accomplish l left the car and went
into the business office Of newspaper,
where | arranged for the insertion Of
small advertisement offering reward
of SO for the man who had been eX
| cluded from the Museum Of Art had
It put among the washerwomen in the
two classilications Help Wanted and
Situations Wanted" on the vague the
| DRY that women know the news and
tell it; that they are sharp to see a
chance to earn dollar; that Mr.. Over
! alls was probably out of work and his
wife taking in washing.
Having accomplished this mastery
detective stroke, l went home and read
book till it was time to go to bed.
On the way down to the office the fol-
lowing afternoon l called for answers
to my advertisement and was amazed
to find that one had been received 1t
was a brief and somewhat illiterate
production signed "Mrs. Mary Collins.
3 flure. back" and it contained the in
formation that the writer had "sus-
pishuned' for two days that her JAM
tors brother was the man in question.
Gle denize it," added Mrs. Collins,
taking considerable trouble with her z,
''but it's him.
l called messenger boy, to whom
gave So and Mrs. Collins address, with
a brief statement of the facts in the
case and Il command to bring the JAM
tors brother to the Office Of the Citizen.
Suppose he won't Gomez said the
boy.
| The same idea had occurred to me. |
would have bet weeks pay that he
would not come for my asking, but
these messenger boys are smart.
: Don't talk nonsense" said l. Bring
| him"
At the Office found Bond and Wilde
| together in the latters private room.
Bond seemed to be considerably excit.
| ed. Wilde was laughing in that silent
and secret fashion which Is peculiar to
him.
"Have you got him?" asked Bond.
"I've sent for him." replied.
"Goodw said Wilde "That will make
the round Dozen"
This statement was presently eluci-
| dated, and perceived an extraordinary
| condition of affairs. 1t appeared that
Wilde, seeing the offer of $50 reward in
the morning paper and supposing it to
| be the work of a rival, had offered 500
| in an afternoon addition. Eight men
| had responded. Every one of them de-
clared that he was the original and on
| ~ genuine Mr.. Overalls. AS the circum-
| stances of the case had been fully de-
tailed in the newspapers, there was no
| difficulty in telling perfectly straight
| story But there was very great diff
| ficulty upon our side of the matter in
| determining who was telling the truth.
| In addition to the eight who had an
swered the advertisement the three pri-
vate detective agencies presented one
| candidate apiece, and, as Wilde had
expressed it, my man would make the
| round dozen.
| 1--WE must have the fellow identified"
| said Bond, land the doorkeeper must
come down here to do it,
There were several objections to this
proposition. 1t was not the regular
doorkeeper who had been on duty when
this crime against the liberties of the
plain people had been committed, but
] an assistant named William Washing
ton. This man had been kept out of the
way since the event, and only one re-
porter had succeeded in finding him.