The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-05
WHEN ROSSITER CUT LOOSE ~ -. :.

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You're a third rate yegg." says /.
and you've been aipped tryin' to pinch
a rubber door mat"
Here's my badge" says he.
Anybody can buy things like that
at hook shop" says /. '.You come
along upstairs till / see whether or
no it's worth while ringing up a cop."
He didn't want to visit, not little
bit, but l was behind. persuadin' him
with my knee, and up he goes
Look at what the sneak thief busi-
ness is comm to-" says I, standin' him
under the bunch light where Rossiter
could get good look at him. He
was shifty eyed low brow that YOU
wouldn't trust alone In q room with
a hot quarter.
My name is McGilty," saws he.
Even IL it want. you could never
prove an alibi with that face" says
1.
"If this young gent'u phone to his
latner. he goes on, he'll find that
I'm all right"
Don't you want us to call I'D Teddy
at Oyster Bay? Or send for your old
friend Bishop Potter? All, say, don't
look like could buy fly paper with
out gettin stuck? Sit down there and
rest your face and hands"
With that / chucks him into a chair.
grabs up hank of window cord that
mas Tor the chest weights. and pro-
ceeds to do the bundle wrapping act on
nim- Course. he does lot of talkin',
teiiin or the things that1l happen to
me If 1 don't let him go right Off.
"fll cheerfully pay all the expenses
OF damage suit. or fines. Shorty"
says Rossiter.
l.. Forget it," says I. There won't
be anything of the sort He's lettin'
Iof little hot air. that's all. Keep
your eye on him while / goes after
the other one"
coilared Number Two squattin' on
the skyiight stairs. For a minute or
so he put up nice little muss. but
after I'd handed him a swift one on
the Jaw he forgot all about .fightin'
back
Attempted larceny of a tarred roof
for yours" says /. Come down till
/ give you the third degree"
He didn't have word to say; Just
held onto his face and looked ugly.
tied him up same's l had the other
and set 'em face to face, where they
could see how pretty they looked Then
| led Rossiter down stairs
Now run along and enjoy yourself. -
says I. That pair'II do no more sleut'-
in for awhile. '.Fll keep 'em half an
hour. anyway. before l throws 'em out
| in the street"
I'm awfully obliged, Shorty" says
he.
! Don't mention it," says 1. TITS
been a pleasure
That was no dream, either Saw. IL
did me most as much good as a trip
to Coney. stringin' them trussed up
keyhole gazers.
Your names'll look nice in the pa
per- says I, land when your cases
come up at Special Sessions maybe
your friends'll all have reserved seats.
Sweet pair, of pigeon toed junk coi-
lectors, you are."
| If they want sick of the trailin' bus
mess before / turned 'em loose, IL
want my fault. From the remarks
they made as they went down the
stairs / suspicioned they was some sore
on me. But now and then / runs across
folks that I'm kind of proud to have
| feel that way Private detectives is in
| that class.
| 1 was still on the grin. and thinkin'
how real cute I'd been. when I hears
heavy steps on the stairs. and in blows
Rossiter's old man, short of breath and
wall eyed.
Where's he gomez" says he.
| Which one?" says I.
why. that fool boy of mine." says
| the old man. I've just had word that
he was here less than an hour ago.
You got straight tip" says /.
well. where did he go from here?'
says he.
'Tm a poor guesser," says 1, land he
didn't leave any word: but ii you was
to ask my opinion, I'd say that most
likely he was behavin himself, where
ever he was
"Huh," growls the old man. THAT
shows how little you know about him.
He's off being married, probably to
some yellow haired chorus girl; that's
where he is"
What. Rossy?" says /.
Honest. i thought the old man must