The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-05-05
ANGEL ESQUIRE
CHAPTER 1x-Ccontinued.)
BY EDGAR

Vinnis was arrested. as Angel Es
4ulre put It, lin the ordinary way 0
business" Hundreds of little thing
happen daily at Scotland Yard il
the ordinary say of business which
apparently unconnected one with tn
other. have an extraordinary knack o
being in some remote fashion related
a burglary at Chaplain was remark
apie Tor the fact that a cumbersom
Mechanical toy was carried away il
addition to other booty. a street ac
cident in the Kingsland road led I,
the arrest of a drunken carrnan. Ii
the excitement of the a sneal
th.et p~ar.o!ned n parcel from the van
was chased captured. A weepins
wife at the police station gave him {
good character as husband and father
Only last week he brought my boy 6
fine performin' donkey" An alert de.
tective went home with her, recognized
the mechanical toy from the description
and laid by the heels the notorious
"kingsland Road lot"
The arrest of Vinnis was totally un-
connected with Angels Investigations
into the mystery of Reale's millions
He knew him as a Borough man.
but did not associate him with the
search for the word.
None the less, there are certain for
malities attached TO the arrest OF al,
bad criminals. Angel Esquire placed
one or two minor matters in the hands
of subordinates, and in two days one
OF these waited upon him in his Of
flee.
The notes. sir" said the man were
issued 70 Mr. Shedding on his nrivata
account last Monday morning. Mr..
SPEEDING is a lawyer of the firm of
Speeding, Mortimer & Larach."
Have you seen Mr.. S~pedding?" he
asked.
Yes. sir. Mr.. SPEEDING remembers
drawing the money n paying it away
to a gentleman who was sailing to
America"
"A client?"
so far as l can gather" said the
subordinate, the money was paid on
behalf OF a client for services. Mr..
SPEEDING would not -particularize."
Angel Esquire made a little grimace.
certainly do queer things
he said dryly.
Does Mr.. SPEEDING offer any sug-
gestion as to how the money came nto
this mans possession?"
No, sir. He thinks he might have
obtained 1t quite honestly. l under
stand that the man who received the
money was a shady sort of customer"
So l should imagine" said Angel
Esquire.
Left alone, he sat in deep thought
drawing faces on his baao.::ag. pad.
Then he touched a bell.
Send Mr.. Carter to me-" he directed,
and ! n a few minutes a bright-faced
youth, lingering an elementary mus
tache, was awaiting his orders.
Carter said Angel cautiously, ut
nus be very dull work in the finger
print department"
Il don't know. sir" said the other, a
fairly enthusiastic ethnologist, we've
got,
Garter" said Angel more cautiously
still. ARE you on for a lark?
Like a bird, SIR aid Carter, IN
consciously humorous.
y want q dozen men, the sort of men
who won't talk to reporters, and will
remain unofficial SO long as / want
ss: sa1d Angel and he un-
folded his plan.
When the younge mar had gone
Angel drew a triangle on the b~lotting-
pad.
Speeding is in with the Borough
Lot, he put a cross against one an
gle. Speeding knows 1 know he put
g cross at the apex. II know that
SPEEDING knows / know" he marked
the remaining angle. ITS S~pedding's
move, and he'n move damn quick"
The Assistant Commissioner came in
to the room at that moment.
"Hullo, Angel" he said, ~glancing at |
the figures on the pad. What's this, a
new gamer"
It's an old game" said Angel truth
fully, but played in an entirely new
way"
Angel was not far wrong when he
surmised that Spedding's move would
pc immediate, and although the detec-
tive reckoned without an unknown |
factor, In the person of old George, vet
a variety of circumstances combined to !
~precipitate the act that Angel antici-
pated.
Not least OF these was the arrest of
Vinnis. After his interview with old |
George, SPEEDING had decided on q
waiting policy. The old man had been
taken to the house at Chaplain. Sped
ding had been prepared to wait patient
~ until some freak Of mind brought
the memoir to the form of cryp-
togram he had advised. A dozen times
a day he asked the old man
What is your manner"
old George, only old George" was
the invariabie reply, with many grins
and holdings.
But your real name. the name you
q when o We're a-professor."
But this would only start the old man
off on a rambling reminiscence of his
"muniicent patron"
Conner came secretly to Chaplain for
orders. 1t vas the night after Vinnis
had been arrested.
We've got to move at once, MI. Con-
nor" said tile lawyer. Conner sat in
the chair that had held Jimmy a few
nights previous. ut is no use waiting
for the old man to talk, the earlier plan
was best.
Has anything happened 2" asked
iConnor. His one-time awe OF the law
yer had merged In the familiarity of
lconspiratorship.
There was a detective at my office
today inquiring about some notes that
We're found IN Vinnis. Angel squire
Will draw his own conclusions, and we
have no time to lose"
We are ready. said Conner,
Then let it be tomorrow night.
will withdraw the guard of ommis-
sfonaires at the safe. can easily
Justify myself afterwards
Anaidea struck Common.
..yNhyeno END another lot Of men to
relieve them? I can AK up some Of the
boys SO that they'll look like commis-
siorafres $780,
Spedding's eyes narrowed.
Yes he said slowly, ut could he ar
ranged-an excellent idea
He pacedsth room with long swing
ing strides. his forehead puckeieds
There are two reliefs," he said.
lone In the mOrnipCsSp M nna ~ tIa