The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-13

now, that he Is never to be seen twice
in the same dress; that he is in the
morning perhaps just such another
looking person as you; well, the next
hour so altered that his own brother
could not recognize him, and by the
evening defy any man to remember
ever having seen him before. Only
yesterday | met him disguised in a
manner that would have deceived any
eye but mine, but he must be a deep
hand If he gets over me. know these
sneaks at the first glance, and If my
friends were as knowing as myself his
business would have been done long
ago
Nonsense. cried vidocq; every
body says the same thing of him. and
yet you see there is no getting rid Of
him"
Constantine was on his feet at once.
with an oath. He cried out:
TO prove that | can act as well az
talk, Il you will lend me a helping
hand, this very evening we will waylay
him at his door, and III warrant wen
settle the job 50 as to keep him from
giving any Of us further uneasiness.n \
Vidocq Immediately agreed. ana was
placed in the unique position Of going
out with a party Of thieves 10 waylay
himself. They actually went TO the
home OF the detective, but as may be
imagined he did not appear, and after
three hours Of waiting they gave up
the vigil in disgust.
Many days had passed and stiu
Vidocq was without the specific evi.
denee which would enable him to mt
his hand on the shoulder of Coustan-
tine and say Thou art the mani" OF
one thing he was morally certain: It
was that the erstwhile fencing master
was at the head Of band of resource
ful and inscriptions thieves. One
night after jollification at the dance
hall the crisis came.
Friend" said Constantine with n
leer, do you feel like an adventure
to-night?"
With whom?" asked vidocq.
With my lady loye-the Iocksmitb's
daughter"
"Ill join you with all my heartl"
exclaimed the detective in undisguised
sincerity.
The plot was revealed with great
attention to details. The cracksmen
had been "spotting" the mansion Of !
wealthy banker on one Of the boule-
wards Of Paris.
Come, boys cried Constantine "a
drink all around and then we1l get
down to business
On the plea Of searching for his hat
and coat Vidocq contrived 10 separate
himself from the others for a few
minutes. He wrote a hurried message
on the back OF an old envelope and
finding a gendarme in the vicinity Of
the restaurant dispatched him with
the note to the nearest prefecture. ItI
was to the point. 1t told of the place
Of rendezvous and added:
Have half dozen men on the
spot. Brighten the cracksmeD hut
make no arrests until they have been
driven to a place OF refuge"
When Vidocq returned to the table
his unsuspectlng confederates were
TO leave. In 30 minutes thew
reached their destination.
After that the chief advanced to the
gate with his brass key-the famous
locksmith's daughter To his sur.
prise it would not work. He fum.
bled with it for nearly a minute and
then gave it up as bad job.
Boys called the chief. we've got
to jump the wall and get down TO busi.
ness. We can't fool around all might
Here yOu'-to the detective-"give Ms
a hand"
Vidocq planted himself against the
wall Of the garden and, holding out his
two hands. boosted the cracksmen
over the wall one at time. Constan- |
tine was the last one up. He held his |
hand down to vidocq and assisted him
to the top OF the stone coping.
Now, Germain,a said Constantine
to the detective. you get IN the shad.
ow near the end of the wall and keen
q sharp lookout If you see the no.
lice, give low whistle. Be on the
alert, because everything depends on
you
Vidocq nodded bis head
Yes" he repeated significantly
everything depends on me"
vidocQ on the wall watched the on
sration intently What a UNIQUE no
'itionl He felt like an umpire for
iociety at that moment. The thieves
N one side of the wall, the officers of
he law on the other. And himself in
he middle. Truly everything de.
,ended on him.
Tick, tick. tick came the low
harp sound Of the metallic nstru.
nent.
Finally the shutter vas forced.