The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-26
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the criminal end Of the business.
never liked It. and since the strange
case Of the man Ii lower ten, ! have
heen a bit saueamish Given case
Ike that. where you can build up q
network OF ciews that absolutely i'm
rriminatc three entirely different pee
pie, only one Of whom can be guilty,
aud your faith In circumstantial eyi,
dense dies of overcrowding never
see a shiYering, white-faeed wretch in
the prisoners dock that I 10 not hark
back with shuddering horror 10 the
strange events on the Pullman car
Ontario, between Washington and
Pittgburg, on the night Of September
3, last.
Mcknight could tell the story a
great deal better than |, although he
cannot spell three consecutive words
correctly But, while he has imagl-
nation and hnmor, he is lazy
1T didn't happen TO me. anyhow,
he protested, when ! put it up to him.
And nobody crres for secondhand
thrills. Besides, you want the un-
vanished and ungarnished truth. and
I'm no hand for that. In lawyer
So am |, although there have been
times when my assumption in that
particular has been disputed am
unmarried, and just old enough to
dance with the grown-up little sisters
of the girls used TO know am fond
of outdoors, prefer horses to the aiore-
said grown-np little sisters, and with
out sentiment cam crossed out and
was substituted, Ed and com.
plctely ruled and frequently routed by
my housekeeper, an elderly widow
In fact, of all the men Of my ac-
uuaintance, was probably the most
prosaic, the least adventurous. the
one man in hundred who would be
likely to go without a deviation from
the normal through me orderly pro
cession Of the seasons, summer suits
TO winter fiannels, golf to bridge.
So ii was queer freak of the de-
mons of chance to perch on my un-
30-year-old chest, tie me
UP with crime, ticket me with a
love affair. and start me on that SEN
sational and not always respectable
Journey that ended so surprisingly less
than three weeks later in the firms
private Office II had been the most
remarkable period OF my life. would
neither give it up nor live it again
under any inducement, and yet all
that lost was some 20 yards off my
drive,
II was really Meningitis turn to
make the next journey, had a
tournament at Chevy Chase for Satur-
day, aiid short yacht cruise planned
for Sunday, and when a man has been
at statute law for a week, he
needs relaxation. But Mcknight
begged off Ii was not the first time
he had shirked that summer in order
to run down to Richmond. and was
surly about it, But this time he had
a new excuse.
4 wouldn't be able to look after the
If did 90 he said He has
a sort OF wide-eyed frankness that
makes one ashamed TO doubt him
I'm always ear sick crossing the
mountains. It's fact. Lollie. See
saving over the peaks does il. Why
the Allegheny mountains has
the gulf stream to Bermuda beaten to
a frazzle
So gave him up finally and went
home to pack. He came later in the
evening with his machine. the Can
nonball, to take me to the station. and
be brought the forged notes in the
Bronson case.
Guard them with your life, he
warned me. They are more precious
rhan honor Sew them in your chest
or wherever people keep
galuables never keep any. I'll not
be happy until see Gentleman Andy
ioing the lockstep."
He sat down on my clean collars,
'ound my cigarettes and struck
match on the mahogany bed post with
one movement.
Where's the Pirate2" he demanded
The Pirate is my housekeeper, MSs.
Klopton. a very worthy woman. so
abeled-and liheled--because Of fe-
'ocious pair Of eyes and what Nc
Knight called a bucaneering nose. |
quietly closed the door into the hall.
Keep your voice down. Richey.r /
laid She is looking for the evening
paper to see If It Is going to rain. Che
las my raincoat and an umbrella wait.
ng IN the hall
The collars being damaged beyond
'epsir, he left them and went to the
window He stood there for some
iuhe, staring AZ the blackness that
represented the wall Fl the house
lext DOOR
Its rslning now. he said over his
and flHqs the window and
he shu4ers lsshnStbHg IN his voice
made me glance up. but he was watch
ne me, his hands idly in his pockets.
Who lives next door? he inquired
n perfunctory tone, after a pause.
was packing my razos
House is empty returned absent.
y. II the landlord would pot Il In
ono sort Of shape"
Did you put those notes in your
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