The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-01

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On dear no WOW rr uuf tho houss
detective tho urce lpokin' woman nrnkc
m on no. ipsi like a. Il she va. sayir inat
she ildn'f consider the weather chilly ~ all
! am quit" well acquainted with tho house
detective. havin' lived here for some Years
You are iIst a thief. aren't you'' and sav.
the way she hesmed on me and smiled ~
me vhlle she was savin' H.,
The quick drlll stun for Won. pal' the
little voice was savin' 10 me then. hut lust
"a the voice inside - mo vas sayin' that the
pretty woman in the brown travellin' dress
lifted the magazine from her lap. and there
she had hold ~ the cutest silver mounted
gun, no pellet wadder. ei,her, but u ~. in
her right INIT, and in a fash she had IL
p1nte'i ~ my middle works. and she was
just smilin' and smilin' az me.
We'll. any man feels like n mutt when
he's stuck up thar away bv a skirt. but
ordinary there's always a chance thar the
piece ~ calIcon drop the gun or faint or
somethin'- bat this one wasn't any dropper
or fainter; ~anybody couid get hep Ia that
with half a peek
just a thief. she reyeated in that low
sweet q hat sounded like u hriar bird
ia a wistarla vine, and q liar. too. naturally
enough but certainly not an ingenious liar.
are youf' and the little hand hat held the
gun had no more shake To II than there in
Ia u sleeping longshoreman's mitt.
We'll. I never was much on the gab when
] was nailed with the goods. and 80 lust
leaned with my back ag'in the door and
Thought il ont.
wow the pretty woman with the cute
silver mounted gun Went ON. 4 am going
10 let you go. For a thief you have an
h,nast face. and . ata,lv .n,. AL ,...l.-
You will arrive at yourself some time and
10 better. But IL IL fortunate that INV
friends from Honolulu left me in their
apartment during their absence. Now.
go. You are II guest OF this house | have
seen YOU about the place during the last
few days, You must not be a GUEST here
half an hour from now. You may 20
Il guess that wasn't swell or nothin'.
ell? | guess II wasn't the SWEETEST cold
storage stun that "a skirt ever handed out
10 a gun since guns and skirts first was?
: l stakes the pretty woman in the
brown tray elling dress TO as good a bow
as ! could make Of it, turned the knob and
just vamped. Half an hour later I was
packed and on the Oakland ferry to take
the overland for the Fast.
Il bought the mornin' Dapers when the
Tram was sothew mere IN southern california
the next forenoon, and the first thing | sea
in big type o N the first page Of 'em IL a story
Of how IA well known and wealthy Haywayne
family from Honolulu had been frisked
at the Palace Hotel for So. OOO worth of
glitterers On the night before. during their
absence from the hotel TO attend 10 a re-
ligious duty. and q long and detailed yarn
o. how when they got back TO tho hotel
from church they'd found their SCOT ran
sacked and the whole shiny works lifted
down TO the spark set in a baby ring bought
in San Fran for n H6vwaync christenin'.
"Gettin' a line ON II now. are vou9
Nv ell. | didn't get II worked out till n
year later, when | met her in Paris, trainin'
with "A swell mob. Met who2 The woman
in the brown travellin' clothes-Sophie
Lyons,
That's who she was Sophie Lyons.
I'd been hearin' about her as the crack
skirt crook % the States and the world for
years. and here ! butts into her, TO know
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