Arizona republican., 1908-08-31

would go make friendly call on the Chinaman, and carry off the two prize ducks. To placate the General Agent he resolved on a liberal policy of supplanting the ducks with two white wings and also went in search of decoy duck of rubber, which when served with trimmings, he thought the General Agent would not be able to distinguish from the ordi- nary duck served in a Chinese restau- rant to the Melican man.
 Hereupon when hearing of the Sup erintendent's scheme, the General Agent exhibited strange agitation. Inexperienced and amatuer de- tectives might have jumped at conclusions from his actions, The General Agent went forth into the markets and haunted the haunts of the well known hunters, in a fruitless search for two fowls which would answer the des- cription of the missing ducks. Fortune smiled briefly He then met up with the Doctor and told him his tale of woe. The Doctor informed him that the day before friends had gone hunting and had placed for him, two fine speci- mems in the Hoffman cold storage and would give the ducks to the General Agent. Beaming with gladsome smile, the General Agent on the strength of the ducks for future delivery, bought after which he and his friend passed to the refrigerator for the ducks. Following the disclosure on opening the door for some one had swiped the Doctors ducks. the General Agent and the Doctor eyed each other with growing suspicion. The good spirits which had flowed between them were chilled. Who got my Ducks" yelled the Doctor, Did you ever have any Duck" shouted the General Agent Then the General agent Whispered a mysterious something in his ear, which no doubt was the name of the man who got inc Jucks T %'l Gini him." said the doctHr
 The General Agent later saw the Su- perintendenL saunterin5 across the to the Chinese restaurant. Suspecting his purpose he ducked out the back way and secuted up the alley and in at the back door There he did a very strange thing. He whispered a my sterious something into the pigtailed Celacdais ar. which If known might be the clew. At that moment another almond -'yed waiter popped into the kitciiCp and S:lid, Mar want hIa ducks The general Agent cytd tha first Celestial and he said, "I gless the Doctor glot them" So the other went out to tell the Supersptendent of the awful pecu
 lation, the embezzlem ,nt of two ducks, and to whisper the name of the man he was to see for satisfaction. Amatuer detectives might see herein a possible clew to a great crime in the corruption of the moral honesty of the Chinese nation. which might cause international complications leading to war, between two freindly governments. But con. clusiOns should not be reached hastily. Later the Superintendent of two abducted ducks, meet, the doctor | also having TWO duck, dadeuctcd from his stock and store, and the latter gag cd upon the former, growing suspic- cion which amounted to a conviction rose in their breasts till it burst forth in vitriolic accusations: You Got My Ducks No My Ducks"
 Then the Superintendent went into a consultation with the Doctor, an an lante Mortem was held on the imagi- nary body of the guilty party, who were he known might be in sorry plight. Investigations were pursued
 all Saturday afternoon and late last
 night, the reporter having given UT the case as unsolvable, saw a tall rather well appearing man with dark hair 6nI tanned coUncenanca, who has
 been sen wearing a cowboy hat and
 riding on motor car on the P and E. and NJ. and P, peering into plate glass windows, and into hurrying throngs
 He was once overheard to say I'm looking for the Gen." The rest was lost on the night time breeze. If any one could have heard the name of the Gentleman of whom he was speaking or even have learned the identity of the Tall Man who rides on a Motor Car, the clew to the mystery might be | discovered