Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-02-13
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@sH frey's grasp ant slampicd II
UTJ with u bang that echoed
through the building
Anything dp!ngi" he asked as Ie
tapped the rain from his coat.
Sinmonds. tire gsi2alei veteran Of
the central office. now temporarily In
charge of the devious business Of the
"Tcnderloln." shook his head dcspond.
emily.
Not Il thing. Only" lie added. his
eyes cleaning suddcrly with apprcgia.
ton. you were right about that d..
anne abduction Gaze. IL was all
faxed up story o. .-.s fno.ler PARK,
She confessed this evening"
Il thought she would II :ou kept ut
her" said Godfrey, sitting down with
quick nod Of satisfaction. she
hasn't nerve enough 10 carry through u
thing like that: she's too pink and
white. How does 1t happen you're
aloleT'
"Johnston's gone down TO philadel
phia To bring back Riggs. the lorgcr.
Flemines got the grip. Bad night"
There was certain similarity in the
faces Of the two men. especially In the
expression OF the cycs ANA mouth
Age. however. had given u .;lmmonds'
features II trace OF stOlldliy which was
wanting In those Of bis companion. lie
had been connected with the central Of
flee for many years, was dean OF the
force. In fact. and though he had de-
vcloped no special genius in his deal.
lngs with crime he possessed matter
! Of fact Industry and personal courage
which had frequently achieved success.
In the end his chief had come to trust
him greatly, probably because the bril-
liant theorists OF the force made so
many unfortunate mistakes.
Godfrey was u brilliant thcorlst and
| something more. lie was not SO pa.
tent Ms Simmonds. but then lie was
much younger. He had more lmagina-
ton. and perhaps Ills greatest weak
ness. was that he preferred picturesque
solutions To commonplace ones. Dur
Ing his three years connection with the
force he had won four or five notable
victories. 30 notable. indeed. that they
attracted the attention OF the Record
management. The end OF 1t was that
Godfrey resigned his badge and en-
tered the Record office az criminal en-
pert, climbing gradually to the position
OF star reporter. Since then the Record
had not waited on the police: indeed. II
had been rather the other way around.
! II was with Simmonds that Godfrey
hnI Al
offensive aud defensive. The one sup
plcnIcntel the otlicr-ihe eagle gave
eyes to the mole; the mole gave tho
eagle the power OF working patiently
In the dark, Simnionds kept Godfrey
IA touch with police affairs; Godfrey
enabled SiIimonds TO make u startling
arrest now and then. Godfrey got tho
story. Simnonds got the glory, and
both were satisfied. II may be added
tlat without In the least suspecting II
the mole was considerably under the
influence OF the eagle. Brains natural
| ly lead Industry Besides, the blind
must have guidance.
! They listened until the gust OF wind
died away down the street. then God
frey arose aud began To button up his
I coat
Nevertheless" he said, I've got to
be moving On. | cant stay loaing
here. wouldn't have stopped ut all
but for the chance Of seeing you"
| "Oh, don't CO." protested Slminonds.
~ was mighty glad TO see you come In.
! was feeling II little lonesome Walt
till this squalls over anyway and have
u smoke"
Godfrey took the proflered cigar and
relapsed into his chair.
TN only human" lie said as he
struck a match, land besides there's
u fascination about you, Simmonds,
There's always II chance OF getting !,
good story out OF You. You know
more about the criminal history Of
New York than any other man living,
] think. Hello, what's thlsi'
The door flew back with crash, and
a man rushed In heavy set man
with red checks-who stopped, gasp
Ing, clutchlng at his throat.
Godfrey had flask 20 his lips in an
instant.
Come, brace up" he commanded
sternly, slapping the stranger on the
back. "Iyke swallow OF this. That's
It,"
1T seems 10 me ! know him" re-
marked Simmonds, looking AT the flush
ed countenance with contemplating
eye.
90 course you do gasped the stran
ger. I'm Higgins-th' Marathon" Ant
he !erked his head IawArd the door