The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-16
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! summoned a special policeman who
was in the neighborhood.
"OLeary." he said, you know most
of the crooks in this town, don't your
81 do replied O'Leary unboastfully
well, get your gaze on that man
down in the crowd there. Don't you
see? About two rows from the car
tracks. He's standing next to letter
carrier. Do you see whom 1 mean?
The man in the brown suit"
Il see now" said the officer after a
pause.
DO you know him?"
81 do replied the special with con-
fidence.
who is hep
.swhy, that's Hughey Harrison
Whats his liner
/ "Oh. everything-he's what we call a
handy man.
We'll, I want him"
'sWhat is it for-picking pockets?''
Brooks smiled grimly.
It can't tell yet; it may be for some
thing more serious than that"
eWen,'' said the special, "I'll try TO
! get him for you.'
The two men started downstairs and
| made for the street. The crowd was
SO dense that their progress was slow.
Finally they reached the spot for
which they were bound, but their man
had quietly slipped away. They search
ed for an hour after that, but could
find no trace of the fellow. Did he
know that he had been discovered
Had he guiltily fed or merely left in
the natural order of things? There
was no answer to these queries. In
any event Brooks had his name and
his record, and that meant much.
The following day the detective To-
Gated the lodgings of Hughey Harrison.
1t was a disreputable section of the
city and the landlady, with the craft of
her kind, denied all knowledge of the
man. Brooks, well armed, haunted. the
neighborhood. He determined to per-
sonally keep watch on that particular
house. He had an officer detailed to
| assist him in case of an emergency.
| Winter was approaching and the days
were bitterly cold. One hazy after
| noon the door of the lodging opened
/ and a medium-built man, dressed in
| a storm coat, came out of the house.
The fellow had the big collar of the
| garment pulled up about his face, eff
fectively Disgusting his features. Civ
j ing the tip to his assistant, Brooks fol-
lowed the. man. They had not gone
/ many blocks when the big-coated one
f! realized that he was being Swallowed.
He quickened his pace and soon reach
| ed narrow street lined with sec
| ond-hand stores. The sidewalk was
crowded and Brooks experienced
some difficulty in keeping his man in
view. At times he was almost within
/ arms length of his prey; again the
| pursued would be half a block IN adj
| vance of the pursuer.
Presently the man disappeared in the
most unexpected manner. They were
in the middle of the block and there
were no courts or alleys in sight But
he was lost to view as completely as
if the sidewalk had opened and swal-
| lowed him. Near the spot where he
had disappeared were three second
hand clothing stores, differing in ap-
pearance only by the names on the
creaking wooden signs that were sus-
pended from the second-story WIN
| 0ONS" I@cSA one was d perfect WIlueT-
ness of old clothes. Dummies arrayed
in all the glory of checked and strip
ed suits confronted one at every turn.
Coats and trousers hung suspended
/ from hooks, making a dense drapery
which almost entirely concealed the
doors and windows from sight. barker
stood on each sidewalk imploring the
passersby to come in and purchase
clothing at prices which made the
ordinary bankrupt sales seem like the
| height of extravaganza. Brooks paus-
ed irresolute for a moment. But it did
not take him long to form his purpose.
He looked at the three stores and then
dashed into the doorway of the middle
one.
The musty-smelling shop was shroud-
ed in semidarkness, and it was some
moments before Brooks could get his
bearings. He did so by degrees A
| long counter ran the length of the
| room. At the far end, standing in a
doorway communicating with a small
| living room, were a man and a wo-
! man. Both were elderly, and the man
wore long gray beard. Something in
| their attitude struck the detective as
| being significant. Both looked startled
| and they shrank from Brooks as if he
were infected with some contagious dis
ease. He knew his people well enough