The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-09
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I~as if to make a purchase from the ped
dlers tray
Anything doing. Izzy?" he quietly de-
manded, with a side glance up the busy
street.
The only reply was a negative shake of
the grizzled head and a deprecatory wave
of two begrimed hands.
Not seen him, eh2''
Not since Nensday, Toby, the vltch
told you yesterday"
You might have seen him this morn
ing.
in witch case 1 would have told YOU"
Its cdd where he's keeping himself.
remarked Lannon. with some show 81
perplexity. Come over the way with
me. old man. for a few moments"
Over the way. Toby?
Into the building yondeT,' Lannon IN
differently explained. "Kelliher wants 10
employ you in a new way. 1t viii put
good money into your pocket, providing
you can fill the bill"
For the bare fraction of a second, Mr.
Felix Boyd hesitated. This invitation 10
enter the suspected building, the first he
had ever received. was irresistbly sig
nificant. II pointed TO the very discov-
cries he had striven hard TO avert, ana
to peTils the nature of which ne could
not for a moment doubt Yet only ior
an instant did he demur
Shall ! 90 along With you, Toby?' ne
asked with an air of uncertainty
Yes. of course, nodded Lannon, and
he led the way.
Boyd settled lower over his shoulders
the leather strap supporting his tray then
shuffled after him across the street.
No smoke-begrimed warrior ma dly
charging up a last redoubt ever inVitel
greater danger, and Felix Boyd needed
no tongue to tell him so. The lips under
his matted beard were drawn close and
hard The eyes under his beetling broTs
had taken on CLEAN seen only when the
spirit of utter desperation leaps into play
As he crossed the street, one hand gided
for an instant under his seedy coat, max
ing sure that his revolver could be easily
and quickly drawn.
Iannon led the way into corridor OF
the grim stone building. and BOYD heard
the heavy outer door close behind him.
w Where is Kelliher?' the former de-
manded Of two clerks hanging about an
office door
He just went down below" repned
one
Boyd glanced furtively at the faces Of
the two. and read I'm the shifty eyes of
both the indubtable signs of the habitual
criminal
Come out this way. old man." said
Lannon, with affected heartiness. 'Kel-
liner will talk with you downstairs. He
may be engaged there an hour or two. so
I'll not keep you waiting here. Hold on.
)Eou fellows. with that lift. It'Il save this
z old chap from walking"
Under all the circumstances, knowing
what he already knew and suspected.
a man a 1.-THE as keen as BOYD could
have seen the flimSy trap into which lie
was being invited Yet still he followed
without one thought of turning back.
knowing well that retreat involved m
evitable exposure. and hoping only
that by this one dauntless. des-
perate venture ne might secure all the ev-
idence he long had been seeking. let the
cost now he what il might
LannOn had hailed three burly fellows
about descending on rude merchandise
elevator at one side of the corridor. AND
one of them quickly stopped the moving
platform. wheTeupOn all three drew bach
10 make room for Boyd and his compan.
ion.
step aboard. old man. said Lannon
at once starting the lift downward wheT
the detective complied.
-Four to one. eh? / guess here is wher'
I am to get mine. thought BOYD. and
the suspicion almost instantly was veri
fled
With a resOUndins crash. a double ira D.
door in the floor he had just left was
suddenly closed. Then through Egyptian
darkness that Immediately filled the ele-
vator well the voice Of Lanuon fell cold
and hard on his ears.
Now, lads. get him. Look out for q
gun.
Before the first word fairly was ut
tered. Boyd felt himself seized by the
the neck while two griped his arms and
with a strip of line securely bound nj:
wrists behind him-to ali Of which he sub
mitted without the slightest struggle. vel
pleased that he had not been laid out Will
a knife-thruSt or a brutal blow with
bludgeOn.
Got him. Lannon sharply inquired. as