Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-04-18

Campbell will be IN tonight and
Simpson has been transferred 20 the
Denver Office. can have him put
back on run coming In here. how
ever. II you want him"
do 10. please. Weeks. and let me
know when he is to arrive. Don't
let him know | want him: just keep
him around for awhile"
'Ali right. colonel. I'll use him In
my once at an increased salary"
The next morning Conductor Camp
bell came In and told a straightfor-
ward story. Cheney turned the list
OF Count Rossi's friends over to Guth-
vie and Lonergan and had them run
down every clue possible. There was
nothing doing In any direction and
Cheney was beginning to believe II
was going to be a failure. and he
hated failure like his satanic majesty
hates holy water. OF course failures
had TO come sometime. but In his first
active case after the war he did no,
want defeat
Must be getting In my dotage." no
mnttered TO himself as he sat In his
ONCE one afternoon reviewing the
case. so far as was known not one
OF the Is thousand-dollar bills had ap-
peared In any Of the banks. and n
search through pawnbrokers OF the big
cities did not bring to light any OF
the diamonds. He had Paris and Am
sterdam notified by cable although he
knew II the diamonds and other
precious stones ever landed there.
the chance OF securing their return
was not one In n million.
Simpson. the porter. had been In to
Chicago. and. through the carciessness
OF Mr.. Weeks. had gore out again
without Cheney's seeing him. He had
gone out on the overland TO Frisco.
and on the way east again had been
doubled back TO Frisco from Ogden
because one OF the porters on the
westbound train was notified that his
mother was dying in Chicago. The
superintendent at Ogden had done all
this not knowing how much simpson
was wanted at headquarters. To make
matters worse Simpson got left At Og-
den by going up town on an errand
for a passenger. The superintendent
had given him fits and recommended
ten-dsy lay Oh when he returned TO
Chicago. But he had sent him west
from Ogden that nieht because they
were short handed from Frisco. All
this Cheney learned BY wire. His
talk "a Mr.. Weeks was rather more
forceful than elegant. and the Parlor
Car Official was mad clear through.
A day later Weeks phoned Cheney
that Simpson would be In that night.
JEFF" said the colonel. you be At
the Northwestern depot when the
Frisco train comes In tonight. James
Simpson is porter on car number ..
I want to know what ne does tonight
You understand"
An sho' does. kunnel." replied
JEFF.
Using Jefi was not new thing.
Cheney had used him many times be-
fore when negroes were 20 be shad-
owed. and Jeff's work was OF high
order. Weeks was posted and said he
would hold Simpson In Chicago as
long rs was necessary.
Jeff was waiting when Cheney came
down the next morning Without any
ado he made his report
simpson Is a yaller coon. kunnel.
an has a bad eye. After he wuz
through wiv his wuk at de train he
lef. and follered him down TO Lige
Ferguson's place on Dcahbo'n street.
sub. He stayed there mos the even
in. I went In an KEEP close as cud TO
him. played waz full. Simpson an
Ferguson had long talk an wuz mighty
thick. / KEEP gittin' closer TO um bofe.
and once heerd Lige say time wuznt
ripe yet, ter do somethin' and den day
went away from me. and ] heerd no
mob"
Did Simpson appear flush with
money. Jeff?"
NO. sub. not strodinary amount
No moh'n a niggah porter on long
run lax the overlan limited would
have. Yo know dat's a putty good
run. kunnel. Tips Is gently big"
) Yes. I know that. JET. Then you
noticed nothing unusual in the mani"
well. he an Lige had a good joke
crbout sumpin ovah a sodah watah
bottle. I heard Simpson say wen he
was drinkin' a brandy an soda dat
he know one soda bottle wuth mon
ten cents. an Lige he Ian and say
'dat's right OATS Jess de time dey
notes me an move on"
Il want both those coons here. JET.
only bring them separately and don't
let either know the other IL here.
You've got man out there to help
your"
Il sho' has. kunnel. Ah'll bring EN-
In. Doan' 20 ncvah feah."
The colonel didn't fear. He knew
Jef and he now felt morally certain
me was on the track OF Count Rossis
diamonds. The joke about the soda
water bottle he would use as a bait
and see what Il would bring. About
II o'clock JET brough, In simpson.
As JefY had remarked. simpson
was yaller coon and had bad eye
Ferguson was brought In few mo-
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