The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
CHAPTER XXX.
Finer Details.


ting my affairs in shape, and in trlT
TO the stable. The afternoon would sec
me either q free man or a prisoner
for an indefinite length Of time, and
in spite of johnson s promise to pro
ducc Sullivan, | was more prepared for
the latter than the former.
Blobs was watching for me outside
the door. and it was clear that he was
in state of excitement bordering on
delirium He did nothing, however
save to tip me a wink that meant - As
man to man, j IN for you. was
too much engrossed either TO reproVe
him or return the courtesy. but | heard
him follow me down the hall 10 the
small room where we keep outgrown law
books. typewriter supplies and, incl
dontaIiy, our wraps. | was wondering
vaguely if ] would ever hang my, hat
on its nail again, when the door closed
behind me. II shut firmly, without any
particular amount of sound, and | was
left in the dark. CROPPED my way to
it, irrtahly, to find it locked on the
outside J shook it frantically, and was
rewarded by sibilant whisper through
the keyholc.
Keep quiet B Bl9bs Ss H., was as, saving ing
police are waiting in your office, three
Of en- m Goin to lock the whole
bunch in and throw the key out of the
window. -
''Come back here. YOU imp of
Satanl'' ] called furiously but could
hear him speeding down the corridor,
and the slam of the outer office door
hy which he always announced his pres
cnce And so | stood there in that
ridiculous cupboard. hot with the heat
o. steaminp September day, musty
with tho smell Of old leather bindings,
Uttered with broken overshoes and han
dcless umbrellas. | was apopletic with
L 4 l. tn,,x
fer the next. il seemed an hour be-
fore Blobs came back.
He came without haste, struttlng with
new dignity, and paused outside my
prison door,
"well. | guess that viii hold them for
a whilc.1 he remarked comfortably,
and proceeded to turn the key. We
cam" he explained. working with the
lock. "Gee whizl you d ought 10 hear
'em!'' When he got his breath after
the shaking | gave him, he began to
splutter GLOW d | know?'' he de.
mandcd sulkily 'You nearly broke
Your neck gettin' away Che other time
And I haven t got the old key. 1t s
LOST
"Where's it lost7' ] demanded. with
another gesture toward his coat collar
"Down the elevator shaft" There
was a glcam Of indignant satisfaction
through his tears of rage and humllla-
ton.
And so. while he hunted the key in
the debris at the bottom of the shaft,
] quieted his prisoners with the assur;
ance that the lock had slipped, and
that they would be free as lords as soon
as we could find the Janitor with
pass.kcy, Stuart went down finally and
discovered Blobs, with the key IN his
pocket, telling the engineer how be had
<n,1 1oI
When Stuart came np he was almost
cheerful. but Blobs did not appear again
that day.
Simultaneous with the finding OF the
KEY came Hotchlliss, and we went in
together ] shook hands with two men
who, with Hotchkiss; made, not very
animated group. The taller one, an
nldish man. lean and hard, announced
his erraud at once.
ga Pirtsburg warrant?'' L inquired,
unlocking nv cigar drawer.
eyes. Allegheny County has as
sumed jurisdiction, the exact locality
where the crime was committed being
spokesman, The other, shorter and ro-
tund. kept an amiablc silence. "We
hope YOU will sec the wisdom of waiv-
ing extradition," he went on. 'iIt will
save time.
'Tll come, of course, I agreed.
'.The sooner the better. But ] want
YOU 10 give me an hour here, gentlemen,
7 think we can interest you. Have a
cigar?'
The lean man took cigar; the ro-
fund man took three. putting two in
his pocket, -,
he inquired ioviallv, Any danger of
il going off again?' Really, consider
ing the circumstances, they were re.
markably cheerful. Hotchkiss, however,
was not. He paced the floor uneasily,
his hands under his coat-tails, The ar
rival of Mcknight created diversion
he carried a long package and cork
screw. and shook hands with the police
and opened the bottle with a single
gesture
81 always want something to cheer
on these occasions, he said "Where IS
the water, Blakeley? Everybody
readv2' Then in French he toasted the
two detectives.
''To your eternal discontinue, F" he
said, bowing tremendously. MAY
YOU 90 homo and never come back
II YOU take Monsieur Blakcly with you
] hope You choke"
The lean man nodded gravely. HPro
sit,' nc said But the fat one leaned
back and laughed cousumedly.
Hotchkiss finished mental synopsis
of his position. and put down his glass
pfnLlelNrH. He Shlu p0ulDDUSIN
"withn FIVE minutes the man you want
will be here. murderer caught in ne,
of evidence so fine that A mosquito
could not get through -
The detectives glanced at each other
solemnly. Had they not in their pos
session a sealskin bag containing n wal
let and bit of gold chain, which, BY
putting the crime on me-, would leave
gap big enough for Sullivan himseli
to crawl through'
''Why don't YOU say your htt!t
speech before johnson brings the otheI
man Lawrence7'' McKnirht inquired
"They won believe YOU, but it vii
help them TO understand what is com
ing
''You understand. of course tb,
lean man put in gravely. "that VIVA
you say may be used against you'
~ II take the risk, - / answered i'm
patiently.
II took some time to tell the stor,
Of my worse than useless trip to Pitts
burg, and it's sequel. They Listened
grsvely, without interruption
"Mr Hotcbkiss here I finished
"bclieyes that the man Sullivan. whom