Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-02-08

HARLEY GOOD HEAvENs!"
it. Swell, eh? How big was
he? Very tall Over six feet.
Anything more that you rememberY'
There was pause, and then Bailey
turned to the detective with an acid
grin.
what eyes these silly girls have!
She says he wore dark green neck
tie" Then to the telephone, THANK
you - thank you very much" And
again to Bertrand, after hanging up
the receiver: "Well, that settles it, and
you have done great piece Of work
for me. It's Temple beyond doubt.
He must have shaved off his mustache.
Otherwise it's the man to the life. I
can foresee another painful Interview
with that young scamp"
"It occurs to me-" said Bertrand
thoughtfully, "that perhaps But I
have no right to advise in such mat
ter.''
Eyes, you have" responded Bailey.
Go right ahead. I've got some new
ideas about the value of your advice.
Let's have it, my dear boy"
II am in a fair way Of business
here" said Bertrand, looking around
the office. my income seems we'll as
sured, and besides / have made fortu-
nate investments. My little property
which you managed so we'll when I
was boy has grown more rapidly than
you would readily believe"
I'm glad to hear it, my dear fellow.
But what the deuce has this to do
with
ut is in my mind that If might see
Charlotte and speak to her as my heart
would prompt me-
There was long silence, the two
men looking intently into each others
eyes. Then Bailey suddenly stretched
out his hand
II thought Of this years ago, Harley"
said he, "when you were lad and she
child at my knee. thought of 1t
many times afterward, but somehow of
late our ways have not lain together.
But-but I feel differently today. Per-
haps I've been fool"
"You do yourself great injustice,
uncle" responded Bertrand, with
smile. "Your intellectual powers may
not perfectly fit you for the detectives
profession. but
Don't crow over me, my boy" ex-
claimed Bailey. do you know think
I should have worked this problem out
just as you did if I'd really set my
mind to it? 1t looks very simple"
Bertrand shook his head
"No, uncle, no." said he. "By one de-
tail of this affair I see clearly that you
weren't cut out for detective. Your
differences are swayed by previous
opinion, not by the reasonable probabil-
tiles" He checked remonstrance with
wave of his hand. "Let us illustrate.
The essence of this case, it seems to
me, was that Charlotte had expressed a
desire for certain picture, which was
subsequently sent to her anonymously.
Now, there are two tall men with light
hair and blue eyes, one wearing mus
tache the last time he was seen, the
other always smooth shaven. The man
wanted in this case is described by an
eyewitness as having no hair upon his
face. Moreover, a dark green necktie is
mentioned, and at this very moment
one of our tall, light men is wearing
such a tie. Again, we know positively
that Charlotte mentioned her desire for
this picture to one of these men, and
we only guess that she may have spo-
ken of it to the other.
"Yet despite all these indications you
persist in believing that the man who Is
hot known to have shaved off his mus
tache or to have worn dark green tie
or ever to have heard that Charlotte ad-
mired a certain picture Is the one who
sent that valentine. Can you wonder,
then, that hold you for very bad de-
tective?"
Harley! Good heavens! Do you
mean
Certainly, uncle. sent that valen-
tine to Charlotte myself. We had talk
about it by telephone while you were
on your way to this office. She called
me up on suspicion, to use the language
of my craft. And some words she said
to me in thanking me for my little re-
membrance raised my hope that you
need think no more of Stephen Tenn
ple."