The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-02-12

months since you have looked me
squarely In the eyes. Whenever | have
looked at you you have flushed and
turned your eyes away. The detective
told me that he even had an eye on his
wife. How do | know where you goi
You tell of going down to bargain sales.
You speak of going TO evening prayer
meeting. You say you went to visit a
dying baby Do know that you did
these things?"
Mrs. Bowser was indignant. but at
the same time she had to laugh.
Mr.. Bowser glared at her and took
one more look from the windows.
Same cats-same boys.
"If you are going to keep this up
I'll telephone the doctor to come here
and examine your head. 1t must have
wheels in It, For heavens sake, don't
go sleuthing around the street or you'll
be taken for an escaped lunaticP'
"But that's precisely what propose
TO do. madam" he replied. There are
plenty of suspicious things in this
neighborhood that need investigating
I haven't the slightest doubt that rub
bed elbows with a member of the
Black Hand band when l got off the
car this evening"
"Bosh"
"And am quite sure passed a muir
derer just before reached the gate"
"Then you'd better go out and arrest
them"
She didn't believe he would go, but
he did. He went on tiptoe. He had
his hat cooked on one side and one eye
screwed up to disguise himself. The
cook saw him go from the dining room
window, and she went upstairs to say
to Mrs. Bowser:
at must be an awful toothache he's
got to put such face on him, and II
there's any danger | want to get out. "
Bowser Plays Detective.
Mr.. Bowser walked softly up to the
corner and leaned against the fence.
The Black Hand man had disappeared.
but In his place there was young man
with little mustache and little cane.
There was no doubt that he belonged
to q gang of child stealers and was
waiting around to pick up an infant.
He was carefully watched for ten min
utes, and then Mr.. Bowser stepped for
ward and said:
you skate out OF this or I'll give
you the collarl I'm on to your little
gamer
The young man almost jumped out
of his shoes and then skated. He few
on wings OF guilt. Just then a bank
robber disguised as a mechanic came
along and backed up to the fence a
few feet away and sought to open a
conversation by remarking:
Fine evening. isn't it?"
No reply.
isn't your name JonesT
No reply.
1.-THE old cock must be as deaf as a
stone" said the man to himself, and
he was turning away when Mr.. Bow
ser touched him on the arm and said:
81 may be deaf, but I have eyes In
my head. I know your face. and ad-
wise you to trot along"
"Oh. you do? Who are you that
knows my face and orders me to trot
alongr
Never mind, but trot II you wish to
escape arrest"
The man was demanding explana-
lions by the bucketful and splitting on
his hands and fiourishing his arms
when the young man who had skated
reappeared with a policeman at his
side, and, pointing to Bowser, he
lisped:
"There it'll the old hyena thath told
me to skate away!'
The officer gave Mr.. Bowser what il
known as the collar and danced him
around and backed him against the
fence and threatened him and before
letting him go read him lecture that
had many exclamation points in It,
"Where Is the Black Hander-where.
oh, where the murderer" asked Mrs.
BOwser as the amateur sleuth entered
the house.
"What In thunder are you talking
about?" he answered. 81 was out Of
cigars and had to go over to the drug
store TO get some" NJ QUAD.