The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-16

whoai" Into the room came 2 tan
dem team Of two chubby youngsters, q
boy and a girl. haraessed with
clothes.line. and driven by q laughing
bov Of about seven in tan overals
and brass buttons. The small driver
caught my attention at once; she was
a beautiful child and. although he
showed traces of recent severe Illness,
his skin had now the clear tanspar'
ency Of health. e. k-s
whoa, Flinders he shouted.
you're going to smash the trap"
Mr. JAMESON coaxed him over by
holding out lead pencil, striped blue
and yellow.
Now. then" he said, when the boy
had taken the lead pencil and was
testing its usefulness on the detect
ives cuff, now then, I'll bet you dont
know what your name is
81 do" said the boy. "Lucien WaI
lace"
"Greati And what's your mothers
name?"
Mother, of course. What's your
mothers name?"
And he pointed 10 me! I am going
to stop wearing black; 1t doubles @
woman's age.
"And where did you live before you
came here?" The detective was polite
enough not to smile.
"Grossmutter,' he said. And | saw
Mr.. Jamiesons eyebrows go up.
German" he commented. "Wells
young man, you don't seem to know
much about yourself. :
'Ive tried Il all the week" Mrs.
Tate broke in "'rhe boys knows VI
word or two of German, but he doesn'6
know where he lived, or anything
about himself
MIR. Jameson wrote something on n
card and gave II to her.
Mrs. Tate" he said, II want you
to do something Here Is some money
for the telephone call. The instant
tho boys mother appears here, call up
that number and ask for the person
whose name is there. You can run
across to the drug store on an errand
and do it quietly Just say, The lady
has come
"'The lady has come" repeated
Mrs. Tate Very we'll, sir. and hope
II will be soon The milk bill alone
Ia almost double what II was
How much is the child's board?
asked.
Three dollars q week, including his
washing"
"Very WE'LL" I said Now, Mrs
Tate, | am going to pay last weeks
board and week In advance. II the
mother comes she Is to know nothing
of this absolutely not word,
and. In return for your silence. You
may use this money for-somethine
for your own children
Her tired. faded face lighted up. and
I saw her glance at the little Tates
small feet Shoes. 7 OWNED the feet
of the gentoel poor being almost as ex-
pensIve as their stomachs.
Az we went back Mr. Jameson
made only one remark; ] think he
was laborlng under the weight OF a
great disappointment.
"Is Kings childrens outfitting
place." be asked.
"Not especially. II is a general de-
partment store"
He was silent after that, but ha
went to the telephone as soon as we
got home, and called up King g. Co. In
HE city.
J After time he got the general
, manager. and they talked for come
, time. When Mr. Jameson hung mp
the receiver he turned to me.
"The plot thickens." he said with
t his ready smile "There are -four
women named Wallace at Kings, none
Y of them married, and none over 20.
Y think shall 20 up to the city tonight
, want to go to the Chlldren's hospital
4 But before go, Miss Innes wish yol
would be more frank with me thar
o you have been yet. | want you I,
a show me the revolver you picked vi
n in the tulip bed
# SO he had known all along'
9 ut was revolver, Mr. Jameson"
d admitted, cornered AZ last, but ! can
3 not show It to you. 1t is not In m.
g possession"
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