The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-18

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Ire since I went away. Ever get up
tlat fargr
"A never have.r replied the purser as
be wondered how Uncle AbIJah had
escaped the pitfalls that must have
been set for his feet.
IF you ever have a chance. come up
and stay with me for a week. and Il
shan't cost you a rel cent. II you've
GOT wife and children. bring 'em
along. II you could come In the win
ter. I'D take you to half a dozen spell
Ing schools and we'd slide down hills
on hand sledsy own a hill over nile
long. and my old woman can make
buekwheat cakes TO beat the band.
SAY. now. Is there any danger or any
QUE stealing my package from yoRT'
Not the slightest
Because there are some suspicious
characters aboard. I've run across
four different men that / woulca't
trust to go to my barn and get a peek
measure Of oats. They call themselves
Stone, Dubois. Saunders and wilkln-
son. We've got tin peddlers up In my
state that look more honest than these
men do. I'm right on to 'em. however.
aud they can't fool me-
At least once a day during the rest
Of the voyage each OF the four detec-
tives sought out the purser and report
cd progress and planned what should
be done when quarantine was reached.
While each one had only suspected
enc another on the start only three
days had passed when each mans sus-
piclous Included the three others IN ths
quartet. Uncle Abijah bothered thcm
from the start. He insisted on buttIns
In at all times and under all cire,nn-
stances. II one detective had another
aside to pump him, the old man from
New Hampshire presently appeared
and carelessly said:
Gentlemen, hope don't lntrude.
but were either OF YOU ever up in Sock
county. N. H.T
Never" was, the reply.
Then you've missed n great thing.
We haln't got no Niagara fans up
there. but sliding down hin In the
winter beats anything you can ind
outdoors. You load up q big shed
with gals aud boys and head her down
hill and let her go. and the first thing
you know you are two miles away.
haln't got but one spare bed In the
house. but Martha and me VIII sIeep
on the door IL you'll come up
Sometimes the four sleuths would
play cards together and pretend to b.
very jovial and friendly. Before the
game was fairly under way Uneic
AbIjah would stroll into. the. smoking
room and say:
Il dunno whether any OF you felIsrs
heard about that big robbery in Lon
don or not, but 1t was a corker. Teller
walked into jeweiry store and picked
up bushel OF diamonds and walked
out ag'ln as cool as hired man going
to work. happened 10 be. right nigh
the store at the time. and I didn't
know but what they would arrest me.
The feller got away. but I'm purity sure
saw him aud would know him ag'in."
He would then. lounge. out on deck.
and the game would. soon break up and
one OF the officers, would hunt up Uncle
Abljah to get further particulars, He
would intimate that he bad seen the
robber among the passengers aboard
and that he might give. him away ON
landing. and thus the. four officers
would be further puzzled and mysti-
fed. Each one was invited up Ia New
Hampshire over and over again. and
before Sandy Hook was sighted each
one knew the old mans history from
the day be was born. No arrests were
made at quarantine. II had been LEFT
to the purser. and he bad telephonel
up. Four interviews had been he'd
with him, and as. a result four dlffcre.t
men were arrested when the steamer
made her dock The victims ws.a
Messrs. Saunders, Dubois. Wilkinson
and Stone. Uncle Abljah saw the:l
taken into custody and SMILED ami
winked. lie had also worked out u lit
tie plan.
Three hours later the four men. nc
companled by two detectives from
headquarters. boarded the Monarch IL
ask Of the purser:
What do you know of the old fellow
who called himself Barnes?"
Nice old man and innocent as
child" replied the official Say. now.
hes gone OF and forgotten his pack.
age.
III he returns for it, tie a string
around his wrist and hold him fast.
laughed one OF the headquarters men.
Hes the chap that took the dIa.
mondsr'
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