The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-15

Sc perfect he had correspond ents in
all the European capitals. In his
own mind he was confident Kuhn had
hand in floating the Mexican ones.
To make sure, he determined to run
him down, If he were on earth. He
wrote Cronin in Chicago what had
been done and what his suspicious
were. Then he waited. Mannheim was
some distance from Berlin, and it was
three days later when he received a
cable saying:
Emil Kuhn well known in Man
helm. Came back there two years
ago, and was married to daughter of
the burgher Health broke shortly
afterwards and returned to United
States. Letters received from him
showed he was living in Los An.
geles and painting pictures for liv.
ing. His wife still in Mannheim. Kuhn
expects to return to Germany next
spring. Health has been restored"
Pretty definite information that, -
muttered Cheney. He wired Cronin
to meet him at the Hallenbeck hotel,
Los Angeles, as soon as possible, and
the "owl train" on the Southern pa
citic that night carried Cheney on
his way south. The population of
Los Angeles at this time was het-
erogeneous crowd of consumptives
and tourists. There always was a
large number of artists, good, bad
and Indifferent, located in this; city
of Los Angeles, and the day following
his arrival Cheney began to investi-
gate them. Not an Emil Kuhn could
he find. There was German artist
named Buehlow, but he was married,
and as Kuhn had a wife in Europe,
Cheney hardly thought Buehlow and
Kuhn could be one.
Two days later Cronin came in
from Chicago, and Cheney told him
all that had TRANSFERRED since they
parted company.
Every interesting, Cheney, very in
teresting," commented Cronin, "but
nothing very definite. Your telegram
from Germany may or may not have
Deen autnentlc.
"All right, Cronin, cavil and doubt
if you want to, but I know Kuhn is
the man we want, and know Kuhn
is right here in Los Angeles. Since
I wired you to come I have ascer-
tanned that several large shipments
of Mexican silver have been made
to Trujillo, just below here. The
coin was delivered to a Dutchman
and two other men. They disap-
peared from Trujillo, and I am think
ing they brought the stuff up here
and recoined it,
Cheney, l hope you're right. Now,
what's the lay?"
You make yourself known at the
banks and find out how much of this
rotten silver is around here. I'm CO.
ing on another still hunt for Kuhn.
Will meet you here every evening"
"All right, jack
Something told Cheney to take an
other look at Buehlow. He found the
German artist lived in very pretty
little cottage on the bank of the Los
Angeles river. His wife was good
looking Mexican, and did the house
work. The Buehlows kept to them
selves, and were not neighborly at
all.
Cheney was disguised. About
three o'clock in the afternoon Bueh-
low left his house and went down
town. Cheney followed, and saw him
go to the post Office general delivery
window. There was a crowd around
at the time, and Cheney could not
hear the name Buehlow gave. In a
jiffy he was behind the door, his cre-
dentials easily admitting him.
THAT man." he said to the aston
ished clerk, pointing at Buehlow's re-
treating form, who is he?"
why, sir, his name is Kuhn.''
Kuhn, eh!" said Cheney. whats
his first name?"
Emil"
by Jove, l thought so. How often
does he get his mail here? and where
does it come from?"
The clerk was bewildered but man.
aged to stammer out: HE gets his
mail about once a month, and all his
letters come from Germany"
"Manheim?"
Eyes, that's the place.
All right, my boy. Say nothing
about this conversation" and he was
gone.
Cronin and Cheney met after sup
per and Cheney said, Jimmie, I've
run him down. I've got Emil Kuhn"
1.-THE duece you have! How-when
-where?"
Cheney Told him and continued:
NOW we go for him. Tonight we
begin spot on him." OF they went
and were soon outside the Buehlow
cottage. A light was burning in the
front room and through the window
Buehlow and his wife could be plainly
seen, he smoking and reading and
she sewing.
domestic, amt it, Jack?" mumbled
'Cronin.
"Damnably so; yes, but that may
he a blind'