The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-07
A DETECTIVE STORY.

All. my friends is the best detective
and when these young win the chests
cropping utterly the that old sleuihs
prove my saying II is then that I-od Timothy
revenge myself that old thief
could tell you stories of my life that would make
you think that had vivid Imagination. But my
days. when there right and left
openwork socks things a rerciful future ad-
venture in its glory and the detectives a
them not and free lunch did
cination that it nowadays has them
You have heard Internal machine and the good
ship Cmbria? Yes You have the school OF
detectives their cews walls and running
water? Naturally. But have you how I-old
ohysolved problem succeeded where all 9TH
had miseraby failed? All thanks nv friend a lit
tie drink is truly grateful to the parched palate
old raconteur
Yes. it is that on this matter of
the Umbria. BY whom? 'Twould be indscreton 10
tell. Prncesses blood served in my time
and have worked where the integrity Of Eu-
involved. suffice to say that 1 was en-
gagged this Let the denouement speak for itself
First of all called upon the detective department of
this great city. 1 asked for information
But who YOU asked Head srspiciously
handed him my card. He looked at it and me with
deep respect.
DO definitely the man who made the
bomb?" I asked.
we have UP the newspaper stories on the
subject and there is nothing in them" he replied.
DO you know his name queried
Some papers say one thing and say another
he answered YEARLY Who knows what to believer"
What steps YOU takng?" I inquired
We have detective stopping every fashionable
hotel in the Union from Atlantic City Angeles
he proudly made
You have a theory"
at least fifty" he said. He pointed to pile of
that filed room. They are all
theories" he added with pride in his voice
then examined the Internal machine NV friends
am not believer in the microscopic the Ber-
tIlon system when it comes to examining cews. No.
simply examined the machine and intelligent
attention Detectives are born. Never they made.
Therefore looked therefore 1 that which had
escaped the attention of those who had perhaps
closely
From the mainsprng'o the clockwork drew a long
golden hair. 1t strand that might have fallen
from the head Asti's adorable Kate clew? The
most unmistakable of clews! glorious I arose.
ana as hastened to the street moralized deeply upon
the inherent strength of that proverb
"Cherchez Ia femme" Always the There s
getting away from her
Now. when has reason to evade Justice Justice
generally looks for him elsewhere detective look
for an invader OF justice, and a who is
looking justice in the with gaze The
bomb maker was skilled mechanic. y skilled mechanic
is of intelligence such a case a man of intel
lgence does what expected of him. My man
therefore in New pursuing his daily vocation
You follow me? Simple, is il
l Immediately to the newspaper offices and in
serted this advertisement:
IF the beautiful lady golden hair who was on
Sixth avenue last will communicate with the I'M
dersigned she will hear something vastly to her in
TREVIILE BOX es
You follow again? Sixth is a great shop
ping district. What woman does not there
once a week? 1 described her beautiful That
diately made her my 1 spoke about telling her
something that she didn't aroused her curl
osity And finally signed the of Ire
vile. Clever, say? An. my friends said
perhaps without reason that old detectives can
down a cew his Satanic Majesty would be at
loss am man of vast experience. but the number
OF women who answered that advertisement surprised
even me-old Timothy. With every them 1 made
appointment To every of them I made a few
passing remarks. and then took my watch my
plat1 Il
claimed. this watch stops once every month
1 think the handspring must be broken
With one exception. every merely murmured
TOO bad" The exception looked at the watch in
my hand with a businesslike air.
1t cannot be the handspring that is broken" she
claimed with decision in her IF the handspring
broken the watch run at ALL"
How my pulses leaped when 1 those wordsi I
dismissed her had dismissed the others. by telling
her that she was not the And then followed
At times ! compared the color of her hair with the
strand which I had found Internal machine The
match perfect She took a rode on the rear
platform Finally she descended dingy shop
on the East Side where watches and clocks were
paired Papieh was the name above the DOOR. After
few minutes 1 followed her down steps ked
for the proprietor He came. hair was long His
eyes were those of dreamer. Individually he
Il have called about bomb" I remarked as
displayed badge and to his intelligent gaze.
1t all the work a enemy he promptly re-
piled. Listen 1 Will tell you all
His aacrty surprised me. l drew another gun
Speak" l commanded 'Trine m at your peril"
Three months ago he began. II from
the Russian Inner Circle of Three they
10 lay in stock OF internal machines Why? Who
knows? Perhaps Of OF
that know nothing being only a poor mechanic. The
Inner Circle asked to submit sample OF a machine
with best export prices lots understand such
things. Perhaps I left Russia that Who
knows? 1 made my sample The work Of forwarding
it TO 81. Petersburg ntrusted Rosseau. Through
him I also made purchase of many the parts
engaged room in boarding house here where
completed the machine An The reprehensibe Rosseau
The rascally Rosseau For. believe Rosseau
approached by Balnsky Of Avenue B. who Likewise
submitting samples prices. and Rosseau played
false made my beautiful sample. X all complete
but the Illuminating He wound up the cockwOrk
and started it going. II fourteen day
a condition OF the specifications that the
machine would be started York stu be
ming when it reached Petersburg. That
And Rosseau played false He wrote that devilsh
the police Ny sample seized and Balm
skys sample alone went by the Umbria. Cussowitch-'
he exclaimed with deep emotion "DamRisky.' be added
And that ms friends away and
reached and looked hack and the clock
stn seated his counter. pouring forth passion
ate Russian interpretations upon the head Of Rossesa
the traitor.
sAad that IS the whole truth OF the OF the