The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-09-23

ness, you re not aHected with lnSOm
mia, are your"
1--WE got it the worst way. l go
awake at 8 o'clock this morning. anC
l couldn't go to sleep again to save m!
soul. It's an awful disease. VIII
Rigby be back soonY
1T won't matter. He's engaged, >
she snapped, cracking away at hei
machine
1--WE heard there was some prospect
She's a fine locker"
"Rubberneck"
"Say, Rosie, I'm going to ask a cir
to go to the theater with me-" said
Eddie compl1cently.
Indeed. Wei, ask her. / DOM
care"
Tomorrow night. VIII you goY'
"Who? Me?"
"Sure. II wouldn't take anybody
else, you know"
"What theaterT7 she asked, with her
rarest smile.
At that instant Rigby came in. With
out a word Eddie popped up, a bit red
in the face, and followed the lawyer
into the private room, closing the door
behind him. Rosie's ears went very
pink, and she pounded the keys so
viciously that the machine trembled on
the verge of collapse. m
Gee, Mr.. Rigby, that old Droom's a
holy terror. He kept me there till after
l o'clock. But I'm going back again
soon some night He's got an awful
Joint. But that isn't what 1 wanted to
see you about. l ran across May Rosa
bel, that chorus girl was telling you
about Saw her downtown in a restau-
rant at 1 this morning She wanted to
buy the drinks and said she had more
money than a rabbit. There was
gang with her. l got her to one side.
and she said an uncle had just died
and left her a fortune. She wouldn't
say how much. but it must have been
quite a bunch. | know all Of her uu-
cles. She's got three. They work out
at Pullman, Mr.. Rigby, and they
couldn't leave 80 cents between them
If they all died at once"
After hearing this Rigby decided TO
NbAAAA OAN AfAhHNAllNA at ONlNts II nll uOl
occur to him until later that the easiest
and most effective way to drive Banse-
mer front Chicago without scandal was
through Elias broom. When the
thought came to him. however, he re-
ioiced The new plan was to SOW the
seeds Of apprehension with broom
Bansemer would not be long In reap
ing their harvest-Of dismay. Ten APP
parently innocent words from Eddie
rDeever would open Droom's eyes TO the
dangers ahead.
Young Mr. Deever met with harsh
disappointment when he came forth to
renew his conversation with Rosie
Heating. She was chatting at the tele-
phone, her face wreathed in smiles.
Thank you" she was saying; lit
will be so nice / was afraid ! had an
engagement for tomorrow night but /
haven't. Everybody says it's per
fectly lovely play. I'm crazy to see it.
What? About 7:30 1t takes nearly
half an hour down on the Clark street
cable. Slowest Old thing ever. All
right. Goodby." Then she hung up the
receiver and turned upon Eddie, who
stood aghast near the desk. "Oh,
thought you'd gone"
"Say, what was that you were say
ing over the phone? Didn't 1 ask
you
I'm going to the theater with Mr..
Kempshall. Why?"
''why2 Why, you know 1 asked
you to-
you didn't specify, Eddie, that's
all. I'll go some other night with you.
Goodby." Clackety clack went the
machine, throwing insult into his very
face, as it were. He tramped out of
the Office in high dudgeon.
"Confouud this detective business
anyhow" he might have been heard to
remark. Three nights later, however,
he took Rosie to the play, and on the
fourth night he was DrOOm's guest
again in the rooms across the river.
He was well prepared to begin the
campaign Of insinuation which was to
affect Bansemer in the end Sitting
stiff and uncomfortable in the dingy
living room overlooking Wells street,
he watched with awe the master of
the place at work on the finishing
touches of a new invention" the uses
of which he did not offer to explain.
He was without a coat, and his shirt
sleeves were rolled far above the ell
bows, displaying long, sinewy arms,
hairy and not unlike those of the
orang outang Eddie had seen in Lin
coin park
give got a new way of inhicting the
death penalty" the gaunt old man
said, slipping into a heavy, quilted
dressing gown. These rascals don't
mind hanging or the Ienitentiary. But