The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-28
Campbell will be IN tonight ana

Campbell will be IN tonight ana
Simpson has been transferred to the
Denver Office. can have him put
back on a run coming In here. how.
ever. II you want him"
DO so. please. Weeks. and let me
know when he is to arrive. Don't
let him know | want him; just keep
him around for awhile"
"All right. colonel. I'll use him in
my ofIlcc at an increased salary"
The aext morning Conductor Camp
bell came in and told a straightfor-
ward story. Cheney turned the list
OF Count Rossis friends over to Guth-
rie and Lonergan and had them run
down every clue possible. There was
nothing doing in any direction and
Cheney was beginning to believe 1t
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 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 IS thousand-dollar bills had ap-
peared in any Of the banks, and a
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 a million.
Simpson. the porter. had been in to
Chicago. and. through the carelessness
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
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 al 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 OF when he returned tC
Chicago But he had sent him west
from Ogden that night because they
were short handed from Frisco. Al
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
4 day later Weeks phoned Cheney
that Simpson would be in that night
JEFF" said the colonel, you be a
| the Northwestern depot when th'
/ Frisco train comes IN tonight. Jane:
| Simpson is porter IN car number 3
You understand"
"Ah sho' does, kunnel." replied
Jeff.
Using JEFF was not new thing
/ Cheney had used him many times be
fore when negroes were to be shad
owed. and Jeff's work was Of higl
order. Weeks was posted and said h
would hold Simpson in Chicago a
long as was neces sary.
JEFF was waiting when Cheney cam'
down the next morning. Without an!
ado he made his report.
Simpson Is yaller coon, kunnel
an has bad eye. After he WI
through wiv his wuk at de train h
lef, and follered him down to Lig
Ferguson's place on Deahbo'n street
sub. lie stayed there mos the even
in. went in an KEEP close as | cud L
him. played | wuz full Simpson Al
Ferguson had long talk an wuz might
thick. | KEEP gittin' closer to um boft
and once | heerd Lige say time wuzn
ripe yet. ter do somethln' and den da
went away from me, and ! heerd N
moh"
Did Simpson appear flush witt
money, Jeff?"
mo, sub, not 'strodlnary amount
No moh'n a niggah porter on a Ion
run lax the ovcrlan limited woul
have. Yo know dat's putty goo
run, kunnel Tips is gently big"
1tS, l hlOW lHdl, JNlis hNh ~
noticed nothing unusual in the man?
We'll, he an Lige had a good jok
erbout sumpin ovah a sodah wata
bottle. | heard Simpson say wen h
was drinkin a brandy an soda dc
: he know one soda bottle wuth mo
, ten cents, an Lige he Ian and sa
, 'dat's right OATS jess de time de
notes me an move on
Il want both those coons here, Jef
only bring them separately and don
, let either Suow the other is her'
You've got man out there to hel
/ youH''
/ Il sho' has, kunnel. Ahll bring el
in. Doan' yo' nevah feah."
The colonel didn't fear. lie kne
/, Jeff and he now felt morally certai
/, he was on ,le track of Count Rossi
diamonds The joke about the sod
: water bottle he would use as ba
, and see what II would bring. Abol
4 II o'clock Jeff brought in Simpson.
;. AS Jeff had remarked, "Simpso
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