The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31

Yes. everyone and every piece OF
baggage The train @na delayed two
hours and mol Il trace could be found."
Where can you be found, count, in
case / want o ." asked Cheney.
Found, %siguor2 Found, Dios, ! have
been delayed too long already. ] must
leave at once for italy. ! win be in
New York two days and then | sail"
Yes, but uppos We should appre-
mend the thief and secure your money
and jewels, we should want you here
10 prosecute them"
prosecute! bah, signor, I care not
Jewels and keep the money. Send
them to me at this address," he re-
piled. giving his card. A few words
more and the peppery little count was
gone. Weeks went out with him but
almost Immediately returned.
THAT count of yours must be as rich
as Croesus. Weeks, from the way he
things money around"
He is, Cheney. He was just hav-
ing a good time and j suspect some
one of his party took this money"
Whoever did it was mighty clever
about it. And this party of his has
scattered to he four corners of the
earth. These names on this list are
doubtless assumed ones. BY the way,
Weeks, who was the Pullman conduc-
tor in charge of the train. and who
was the porter on the carr"
Campbell was the conductor; twen-
ty-tive years in the service. Simpson
was the porter; been with us five years.
I've had both of them questioned; they
appear all right"
Perhaps. When they come in again
l want to see them"
Campbell will be in tonight and
Simpson has been transferred to the
Denver office. l can have him put back
on a run coming in here, however, if
you want him"
DO so, please. Weeks, and let me
know when he is to arrive. Don't let
him know l want him; just keep him
around for while
al right, colonel, I'll use him in my
office 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 Guthrie
and Lonergan and had them run down
every clue possible. There was moth
ing doing in any direction and Cheney
was beginning to believe it was going
to be a failure. and he hated failure
like his satanic majesty hates holy
water. OF course failures had to come
sometimes, but in his first active case
after the war he did not want defeat.
Must be getting in my dotage," he
muttered to himself as he sat in his
office one afternoon reviewing the case.
SO far as was known not one Of the
fifteen 81, 900 bills had appeared in any
of the banks, and a search through
4 pow llOI n VI AiiS VS. StS'NS 'Ao n.y.
bring to light any of the diamonds.
He had Paris and Amsterdam notified
by cable although he knew if the Ola
monds and other precious stones had
ever landed there, the chance of secur-
ing their return was not one in a mil
lion.
Simpson, the porter. had been in to
Chicago, and, through the carlessness
of Mr.. Weeks, had gone 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 west
bound 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 a
ten-day lay-off when he returned to
Chicago. But he had sent him west
from Oglen that night because they
Were s~horthanded from Frisco. All
this Cheney learned by Wire. His talk
to 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 ol car No. 3. ] want
TO know what he does tonight. You un-
derstand.'
"Ah sho' does. kunnel,' replied Jeff.
Using jeff WAS not a new thing.
Cheney had used him many times be-
fore when negroes We're TO be Swallowed,
and JETS work was of n high order.
Weeks Was posted and said he would
hold Simpson in Chicago as long as
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
and ! follered him down to Lige Fer
guson's place on Deahbo'n street, sub.
He stayed there mos the evenin'. 1
went in an KEEP close as j cud to him.
| played L wuZ ull. Simpson AN Fer
guson had a lorg talk an wuz mighty
thick. / KEEP gittin' closer to UNI bofe,
and once l heerd Lige say time wuzn't
ripe yet ter do somethin' and den dey
went away from me, and I heerd no
moh."
money. Jeff"
No, sub, not a 'strodinary amount.
No moh'n a niggah porter on a long
run LAX the overlan' limited would
have. Yo know OATS a putty good run,
kunnel. Tips is gently big
Yes, l know thai, Jeff. Then you
noticed nothing unusual in the man?"
We'll, he an Lige had a good joke
erbout sumpin ovah q sodah watah bot
tie. l heard Simpson say Wen he was
drinkin a brandy an soda dat he knew
one soda bottle with mon ten cents,
an Lige he laff and say OATS right
OATS jess de time dey notes me ar
move off,
Il want both those coons here, Jeff,
only bring them separately and don't
let either know the other is here.
You've got a man out there to help
you"
in. Doan' yo' evan feah."
The colonel didn't fear. He knew Jeff
and he now felt morally certain he was
on the track of Count Rossi's dia-
monds. The joke about the soda water