The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-11

luCs he USSld1CuJ oSAuigg Lily
and dandy. / take of my hat to yeh,
Dan Anisty. may be a bad actor, all
right, but yeh got me beat at the
post"
Then turning to the policeman: II
got him right. Look herei" Drawing
a folded newspaper from his pocket.
he spread it open for the officers in
spection 'eYeh see them pictures?
Now, on the level, is It natura1?"
The patrolman frowned doubtfully,
glazing from the paper to Maitland.
The cabby stretched curious neck.
Maitland groaned inwardly; he had
seen that infamous sheet.
Now listen" the detective ex-
pounded with gusto. 'Twict today this
here Maitland, or Anisty, meets me.
Once on the stoop here, nd he's Matt
land nd takes me to luuch-see? Next
time it's in Harlem, where I've been
sent with hot tip from the c'mmis-
s'ner's Office to find Anisty, nd he's
still Maitland nd surprised to see me,
l amt sure then, but I'm doin' some
heavy thinkin', all right. lets him
go and shadows him. After a while
he gives me the slip nd chases down
here, waitin' for him to turn up. Com
ing down on the car l buys this paper
md sees the pictures, and then I'm
on. See?"
"Uh-huh," grunted the patrolman,
scowling at Maitland The cabby
caressed his nose with a soiled fore
finger refectively, plainly bit pre-
JUDGED by Hickey's exposition.
Zone minute" Maitland interjected,
eyes twinbng and lips twitching.
How long ago was it that you began
to watch this house, sleuth?"
Five minutes before yeh come"
responded Hickey, ignoring the insult.
Now"
took you a long time to figure this
out, didn't 1t? But go ca, please"
well. I picked the winner, all
right" fiared the detective. 81 guess
thatll be about all for yours"
Net quite" Maitland contradicted,
brusquely, wearying Of the complica-
ton. You say you met me on the
stoop here. AT what o'clock"
One; md yeh takes me to lunch at
Eugene's."
"Ah! When did leave your"
81 leaves yeh there at two"
well, O'Hagan will testify that he
left me in these rooms, in dressing
gown and slippers, at about one At
four he found me ON this divan, bound
and gagged, by courtesy of your friend.
Mr.. Anisty. Now, when was with you
in Harlem?"
"At seven O'Clock, to the minute, yeh
comes"
Never mind. At ten minutes to
seven 1 took a cab from here to the
Primordial club, where / dined at
seven precisely"
"And what's more" interposed the
eabman. eagerly, 81 took yer there,
sir"
Thank you. Furthermore, sleuth,
you say that you followed me around
town from seven o'clock until
when?"
81 said" stammered the plain
cloe.es man, purple with confusion.
mo matter l didn't leave the
Primordial until a quarter to eleven.
But all this aside, as / understand it,
you are asserting that, having given
you all this trouble to-day, and know
ing that you were after me, / deliber-
ately hoped into a cab Is minutes
ago, came up Fifth avenue at such
breakneck speed that this officer
thought it was a runaway az naI,z
Jumped out and ran upstairs here to
fire a revolver three times, for no pur-
pose whatsoever beyond bringing you
gentlemen about my ears?"
Hickey's jaw sagged. The cabby os-
tentatiously covered his mouth with e
huge red paw and made choking
noises.
Pass it up, sarge, pass it up" he
whispered, hoarsely.
Shut yer trap" snapped the de-
tective q know what I'm dom. This
crooks clever all right. but l got the
kibosh on him this time. Lemme
alone" He squared his shoulders,
clustering to save his face. q don't
know why yeh done it"
"Then III tell you Maitland cut in,
crisply IF you'll be good enough to
listen" And concisely narrated the
events Of the past "a hours, beginning
at the moment when he had discov-
cred 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 CON
Yineing AS he came down to the mo-
ment when he had called up from the
Bartholdi and heard mysterious
sounds in his fat, substantiating his
story by indicating the receiver that
dangled useless from the telephone.
even Hickey was staggered.
But not beaten. When Maitland
ceased speaking thS detective smiled
superiority to such invention. Very
pretty he conceded. ''Yeh en- tell it
all to the magistrate tomorrow morn