The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-11

persuaded the gracious mlin and Culp TO employ him
in the boxing department. He was LETT pretty nucn
periments In about a week he convinced that
with little squeezing shoe box carefully construct
might shield a mans body from rain and storm az
least until he outside OF the prison walls ms
conclusion in itself of seeming interest 10 any
one. illustriOus AInic<, but Ailly
displayed lively inpatience to consult the HIUsrious
SIinict in rasrd f rbeea ideas IT was lust possible
that the physician had wrong and that AIly was
tween SIiI[- and Detective Afinicx when next they
met. might have seemed 10 confirm the possibility
Cant nail the top myself; I s'pose Ttnln can
do it unless he's forgot how 10 wink said Mily-
Why he was not as fit as Timlin TO drive nail,
and wherein remembering TO wink was essential TO
"Timlin can wink said NIinicll- Possibly NLiniee
"bughOuse," too
I've thought it."
The two friends separated
The following morning Minick entered the retreat
OF Lle penlIenlS loohlus sousNL ou'AS ouI no one
be getting wise and the powers that rule per
mitted eccentrieities in dress wen in
when wisdom is the thing sought after. The season
not cold but before leaving his lodgings to visit
Mily it stands recorded that he dressed himself i'm
Two complete SUITS OF CLONES haI hour aIter ms
departure from the prison there was CONSERVATION
railroad Certain boxes from the penitentary had
been delivered, the teams had driven away and the
when crash OF splintered wood was heard and Mihy
Matches made an appearance from nowhere Inc
worl1mtn too dUmbfOUnded to do anything but
announcements INTO the railway wards and vas LOST in
the multitude of by the time the freight hands
realized that an escaped penitent had been among
them Had tbev watched closely they might have no.
uced the ilUstrous Ninick also in the neghborhood,
keeping the man from nowhere carefully i'm sight
What they could have unless they had given
quick pursuit. both men entering cab together
and driving rapidly away. For the first ten minutes
the cabby seemed perfectly TO know where he was
going. Later received directions from NIily, and
drew rein at last at the edge of wood where both
men ahghted When he had been dismissed Mlily led
the way to bit Of lake by which there stood and
stands abandoned house.
Husae nov Mirg, Silu Illrl F want lle 'iHs
over DAfre the sur people are aLleI you
They broke open the door NIily taking des
perate chances. He was sun peItectly In Mlnlchs
power. and the instant he led the way to the hiding
place Of his he had played his last card But
even in the under world the lie or business IS talth
Some NIy obliged 10 trust and he preferred
to trust MinicS. who was after all, an accompice-
The room was little and dim fun of the smell OF
the dank sawdUst and decayed wood that lay deep
where he kneIt and dug in the savdust with his
hands the end Of minute he lifted out tin box.
packages of bank notes AS he did DInick stopped
swiftly and snapped a pair Of handouts upon hrs
wrists and drew revolver
ITS all off NIilly: you're the boke that pulled Off
mat A A e r. touCh If would had that dough you'd
a touched the theayter, and between the time
Of thatget- away and the A. A & B. getaway there
wasn't anywhere else a graft O. this size. IN on
the level with YOU There's bills in them packages
that identified I've got dead. But IH give
YOU a chanst There's lot bigger stake in this for
me than your twelve thousand. I want the name OF
your pal, an you can lay to it I'm goin to have it,
Out with it; who was he? It's your one chanst; take
it or leave it, and be quick about it,
AIIlys face not good to look upon; but neither
You're putin up a damn big bluff. You dong
know what I'd touch an what I wouldn't nor where
got my pile
IF the bills can't be identified. and the fellow YOU
touched-DiprOse-wO to your mug, I'm
ditched. gamble I'm not. You take leave it."
"Nn you let moOch if I tell YOU with my half
of the STUFF
'Surei"
shorty HoOan."
Thanks" said MinicB you're easy. Now wen go
back the pen. Steady there. you idiot
NIly had given inarticulate of rage and
made break for the door Minick caught him into
sitting posture with the butt Of his revOver-Once
-twice-abOut the head
The bills were identified and Harold DiprOse did
swear o AIiIlys Shorty HOOlan taken into
custody weeks later. and once more the public
| prints pronounced Detective Minick second Old
/ Sleuth Sherlock Holmes What was of more con-
sequence both Detective Minick and really to the
future execution the law, there thrill of pride
and pleasure the bosom of Mistress Sadie, who, by
the way received in the public prints credit what
/ ever.
Il told you what you could do if you'd only hustle
for the dust" she said. Please. Mr.. Old Sleuth,
] hustle mOTeI''
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