The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-06

There were three men among the
1000 who were vitality interested in
each others movements, but 1t was
not until they came in from the sec.
ond heat that Mr.. William Lyman
address not found in the directory
discovered J. BROMLEY of the San
Francisco detective force standing be
fore the boards. well in front Of the
crowds aud apparently studying The
odds with thoughtful eye. II occurred
to Mr. Lyman that j. Brownley.s other
eye was keeping watch on the rear
exits.
Mr.. Lyman melted away into the
crowd like fog before the sunshine be.
ing by nature ever modest and retising
when an official appeared on the land.
scape. He wriggled his way back un.
I'll he sighted his friend and copart-
ner Mr.. Collins and retired with him
from the range Of inquisitive ears
Mickey he mumblcd cautiously
We're pnched."
He'll" observed Mr. Collins pro.
fanely, staring around him in an un-
pleasantly suspicious manner.
Sure thing Brownloy's up in
front He's done up something great,
but you cant fool me on BROMLEY
It's him sure"
Mr.. Collins expressed desire that
the immortal part of J. Irownley
might be subjected to roasting pro.
cess for an indefinite futurity. Under
stress Of emotion. MIR Collins was apt
10 be yituperative.
He's follered us all the way from
Frisco" he grumbled wrathfuly. an
three times this month we've just got
of with our necks. The only way to
get rid Of Brownley is TO kill him"
And have the whole L. 5. know we
did it? Not on your tin.typo, Mickey.
! don't throw my head away like that.
Never kill man unless you have TO.
S'pose You sneak around front and see
II the roads clear for n break"
Mr.. Collins worked his way swiftly
back to the front entrances and casu.
ally looked out One would have said
that he was enjoying the beauty Of the
cloudlcss sky, so innocently distant
and distracted was his gaze: certainly
no one would have suspected that he
saw two men look quickly at him and
away
The two men out Ide looked AT one
another, and moved closer. They were
in no hurry. j Brownley's orders
were that unless these two shy birds
could be captured together at the
track they were to be quietly and eau.
tiOusly followed to their lairs, and
there invited 10 take up their resi-.
dence in the nearest police station.
The reasons why Messrs. Lyman
and Collins were so greatly in demand
were numerous and interesting These
were versatile gentlemen. and If one
vocation proved irksome or unhealth-
ful from the legal point of view. they
could always pass on to another. They
found II convenient to change their
occupation frequently, as well MS their
post office address; 1t diverted the of.
fetal mind. and kept 1t guessing
Mr.. Collins found his partner in
maryelously short time; he was used
to it. He shook his head a trlne,
which meant that their immediate fu.
ture was not OF an encouraging nature
MIR. Lyman thrust out his under lip in
token of his displeasure as they edged
away from their nearest neighbors.
III We run for It when the crowd
goes out to the track, therell be q
million smart Alexis ready to help
EN- catch us" he unused discomfort.
eddy, Il think they mean to catch us
here II they can, or track us down to
a good place and nab u.s. But they
don't know that we're onto 'em. Wen
fool em. We might raise a big row,
Mickey, and light out in the racket
Wen stampede the crowd. that's IT,"
Mr.. Lyman radsated good nature
again, as he thought of the mischief
at his command.
Fire." querled Mr.. Collins dubi.
ously.
MN, no. Mickey; that's an old
gag. Wen do somethin original
Brownleys In front OF the whole
bunch--awful reckless to stand in
front OF a cr0wd-the other chaps are
back Of It, and well keep about three
quarters back, and save our shins
while we lose the other fellows. Chase,
Mickey it's most time for the start"
Mr.. Collins was not a man OF many
words, but his little eyes twinkled as
Mr. Lyman hastily told him what to
do. He wriggled swiftly away, lost
himself in the thickest OF the crowd
and managed to get his brown derby
knocked off. When he came up from
searching for 1t In the press. several
feet from where he had been, he had
In his hand large and rakish light
felt, which he tilted well over one
eye. He was now ready for business,
and IL there we're any investigating
gentlemen craning their necks TO see
a man in brown derby, they missed
him.
Then Lyman caught Collins eye
over the heads Of a dozen or more
men, and pulled out huge roll of bills
which ran into the thousands, flutter.
ing them over with the air of man
who has plenty more, and will risk
the whole business with all the plpas-