Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-30

| me on this divan. bound and gagged. by
courtesy Of your friend. Mr.. Antsty Now
| when was with you in Harlem?'
AT seven o'clock, to the minute, yer
comes
Never mind At ten minutes to sever
I took cab from here to the Primordia
Club. where dined at seven precisely.
And what's more" interposed the cab
man. eagerly. II took yer there: sir
THANK you. Furthermore. sleuth. Fot
| say that you followed me around LOWE
| from seven o'clock until-when?
| Il said" stammered the plain-clothe.
! man. purple with confusion.
NO matter ] didn't leave the Prim-
ordial until a quarter to eleven. But al
| this aside. as l understand it. you are
asserting that. having given you all this
trouble today. and knowing that you were
after me. l deliberately hoped into cal
| fifteen minutes ago. came up oth avenue
| at such breakneck speed that TINS omcel
thought il was a runaway, and finally
jumped out and ran upstairs here to fire
a revolver three times. for no purpose
whatsoever beyond bringing you gentle
men about my ears?"
Hickey's jaw sagged. The cabby oeten'
tatiously covered his mouth with huge
red paw and made choking noises.
Pass it up. sarge. pass 1t up ne
whispered, hoarsely.
e, Shut yer trap" snapped the ,d det esaay.
eleven sno s What What b do the This kbesh
bN'.,oS'A =
him this time. Lemme alone He
squared his shoulders. clustering to save
his face. II don't know why yeh done
Then III tell YOU" Maitland cut in
crisply IF you'll be good enough tc
listen" And concisely narrated the events
OF the past twenty-four hours, beginning
at the moment when he had discovered
Anisty in Maitland Manor. Save that he
| substituted himself for the man who had
escaped from Higgins and eliminated all
mention Of the gray girl, his statement
was exact and convincing. AS he came
down to the moment when he had called
up from the Bartholdi and heard mys-
FERROUS sounds in his fiat. substantiatine
his story by indicating the receiver tina,
dangled usless from the telephone, even
Hickey was staggered.
But not beaten. When Maitland cea SEQ
! speaking the detective smiled superiority
to such Invention. Very pretty" he con-
coded. "Yeh en- tell 1t all to the magis-
trate tomorrow morning. Meantime yeh'l
have time to think up a yarn explainin
how 1t come that crook like Anisty
made three attempts in one day to stea
were they all this timer
I'm safe keeping" Maitland lied man.
fully. with a furtive glance toward the
alcove.
"Whose?' pursued Mr. Hickey. trucu.
lently.
Mine" with equanimity. Seriously
sleuth!-are you trying TO make charge
against me of stealing my own property?
"Yeh done 1t for a blind. Nd that's
enough. Ohicer, take this man to the
station: I'll make the complaint
The policeman hesitated. and at this
iuncture OHagan put in an appearance
Juggling heavy brown-paper bundle.
beg pardon, Misther Maitland
wen. o'Haganc'
The crowd at the dure. sor. is dish
persed,'' the janitor reported. "A couple
av cops KEN along an famed 'em
They're askin fer the two av yees.'' witt
careless nod to the policeman and de-
tective.
"Yeh heard what I said" Hickey an.
| swered the officers look.
I'm thinkin','' O'Hasan pursued. calm
ly ignoring the presence Of the outsiders
"thot these do be the SCOT that domned
day. sor. A la-ad brought ut at eyelever
o'clock. sor. wild particular rayquist tho'
ut be daylivered to We at once. The pa
per's tore. AM"
"o'Hagan.'' Maitland ordered. sharply
undo that parcel. I think 1 can satisfy
you now. sleuth. What kind OF sui,
did your luncheon acquaintance wear?''
Gray" conceded Hickey. reluctantly.
AN here ut is O'Hagan announced
arraying the clothing upon a chair. 'Iv'rJ
domn' thing. aven down to the socks
-" And a note for We. sor."
AS he shook out the folds Of the coat q
square white envelope dropped to the
floor: the tantor retrieved and offered II
Give it to the sleuth," nodded Matt
land.
Scowlng, Hickey withdrew the Enclosure
barely glancing at the superscription.
(To be continued tomorrow)