The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-24

penny weight game alone, an he nlSnl
want to cut in. He'd speculate on these
sparklers in his bill, if he knew I had 'em
-beutes, amt they?'
The time had been when a ''sparkler''
had the same fascination for Richard Co
Der that it had for Lubin Cavanaugh, but
he was in no mood that evening to adj
mlre another mans plumber. A wonder as
to the previous ownership of the jewels he
could not repress-even in the Stir men
make guesses as to the origin of an IN
scheduled piece of bread-but the eti-
quette of the Under World forbds in
quiry in regard to such matters.
what you SO blue about. Buck? Dig
into that booze there, an get a brace on.
You an Nell amt been havin' u row,
have you?"
''No. It's a general case O. crouch. I
get hpped ev'ry now an then JUS as I
used to- What can do for you, Lubin?
| got to shift in a few minutes"
The two looked at each other for an
instant in that quick but piercing way
which all guns, let alone pals, have.
I'D "a let you into the Job, Buck, but
it was jus the kind O game to attract an
old single handed stiff like myself, an I
played it alone. What 7 want is ''doop
just like this one without the break" and
he handed Cober little instrument newly
broken. ''I've got to have a new one by
II o'clock tomorrow morning, an I'll be
dead obliged to you if you'll get it for
me. I'd get it myself, but I got these
symptoms, you know, an the push thinks
m out at that crib in Mexico, rollin' the
wheel. Understand, don't cher? Say,
Buck, if it's dough you need, reach under
my pillow here an you'll find a roll.
been there myself, you know"
That's all right, Lube. 'Tain't as bad
as that"
! well, take care O. yourself, old man,
an if you see any o the push, tell 'em I'm
baskin in the sun down among the
Mexies. SO long, Buck
''Wel?'' said Mrs. Cober expectantly,
when Richard paused at the close of his
account of the evenings interview with
Cavanaugh.
well! It's cuffs in Clinton Place, jail
in Akron, free rides between pints, free
| grub an lodgin' everywhere. l can't
| beef on a pal like Cavanaugh Nell. a
mans got to stick by his friends
at amt case o. beein on a pal, Dick;
it's a case O. dom dirt by me an the kids.
There amt one O. your friends has stood
by you like me an the kids; if you got
to stick by your friends, you got to stick
by US"
at won't do, Nell; a guns seen his
! luck when he turns mouthpiece. Be squire
! luck when he turns mouthpiece. Be square
with you, an it'll be the better for you in
the end. I don't even know for sure that
Cavanaugh made the touch; but whether
he did or not, he'd know I had split on
him. an heidi follow me till he croaked,"
"A woman is perfectly helpless when
she's tied to man that means to play
the fool" she said bitterly. you have
to 5e square to the push or the push will
get even with you; you can do as you
like by the woman an the kids. No mat
ter what you do, they've got to stand for
it,
This statement being self-evident, Rich
ard Cober made no reply to it; he went
to bed. Half an hour later Mrs. Cober
put on her hat and shawl and softly left
the house; that perhaps was a part Of
her idea.
The raid was one Of those ordinary man
hunts with the game at bay, the details
of which even the newspapers have long
since wearied of reporting. THE flatties"
in uniforms surrounded the place, and
into the building to face an animal rath-
er more dangerous than one of the larger
carnivora. The animal, however, was in
telligent. Cavanaugh had not the slight
est chance of escape, and knew it the
minute his door was forced open and the
detectives drew their revolvers. "They're
good" he remarked in the gamblers jar
gon. and allowed himself to be hand
cuffed. His only comment on the cap
tire lay in the words: Another case of
''neef"
The Sandys Jewels were all found in Ca
vanaugh's possession, number of them
very skillfully reset and two of the larger
very skillfully disfigured. The public
prints rang the next day with the praise
OF the celebrated Mnick, and repeated
their version of the unrecognized intellec-
tual profession, which taxes the swiftest
and subtlest powers of the mind and to
which society owes it's immunity from
crime.
Sadie Meeker drew the attention of
both Margie and Kittie to the most high
iy ornate paragraphs in praise of the cele-
brated Minick and enjoyed the proud de-
light Of fame. She had been in some
doubt until the newspapers took him up
whether she cared for him really" but
the reporters eloquence decided her. When
the ring was brought a great flush of tri-
umDh came into her face-the diamond
was bigger than Kittie's and prettier.
"Oh, Charley, there is scale in your
giob." she exclaimed, "and I will marry
you-ior your mustache!"
The "box" was as satisfactory as the
stone. and a receipted bill from Tiffany s
was even more satisfactory than the box:
but there was a number of items of which
Tiffany took no account.
The week that the marriage of Detec-
tive Minick was announced, an incident
occurred in one of the side streets of the
cltv OF Mexico. AT the city hospital,
where the injured man was taken, certain
papers and checks found in his pockets
showed that he conducted his financial ar
fairs at least over the name of oliver
Hewes, but the police were much puzzled
to find tattooed in blue ink on the left
forearm the name Buck Cober" He
never regained consciousness, and it was