The evening world., 1911-05-27
'.lrow abou, MIR. Tabor asked.

"Iiow ahou, MIR. Tabor I asked.
All right. No neeu to alarm hin.
Not a BIT. I'll call him up later. II
necessary But, of course, We'll find
her at once. Hurry up u sc; started.
Always best to act at once. Sure to
be all right. Don't wait for me"
1t occurred to me as started out
that Dr. Reid did not have "a very
high opinion OF my ability. lie was
one OF those cocksure men VINO coniine
their sureness mostly to their own
mental process. We'll. we should see
and, If l found myself right. l prom.
ised Carucci q beating that would
dampen his black hand imag.nings for
some time TO come
My frst move on leaving the house
was TO call up New York from the
telephone booth at the Inn. I was
lucky enough 10 Hn5 Maclean a. the
office OF his pape-.
Say. Mac" I asked him. what did
you make OF hat dago story
"Nothin'." Mac shifted. "Nothin at
all. The gum-shoes think he croaked
his old woman, an they're waitin for
him to give himself or somebody else
away, you see? Then they'll grab him.
Course, I could have told 'em she was
alive, but then hat might have brought
you people In, an besides. those fellows
wouldn't come across for me. Reel
procity's my cry. an always has been"
well. do you know where | can find
our friend? I a 10 talk to him.
Sure. I found him myself, but he
ouldnt scare for a darn. said Tabor
hal his wife all right. and not one OF YOU
dared touch him. lou'N fnd MIR.
Giuseppe workin' on the railroad al.
the livelong day-t1at new trolley EN-
bankmert We passed on the line They
have a guinea camp back In the woods
a piece. Say. I,aurie, course your friends
are all right. an it's none o my bust
ness: bat they smell fshy to me n mile
on. II I was you I'd duck out right
now. There's some niger In this wood
pile that we don't kno anythin' ABOUT
you see?"
THANKS. Mac" said. Il know
better than that. though. There's n
trouble" ,
We'll, I'm only tcllin' YOU what !
think. That gulnea put NJ a IoAe
howl 20 NE about the old man mat l
wouldn't use and didn't more'n half ne
lieve. but ! want II see you aooui u
when YOU ono in all the s2ne'
say. you amt gorc, are you"
IAN right, old man" said l. and !
hung up the receiver.
Maclean's warning came too patiently
from his point OF view on the sinis'e'
surface Of the situation to give me me
slightest additional unees!ress: hut II
made me all the more determined Il
talk with caruccl and nj least leir1
whatever he thought he knew, eve'
though he should prove innocent 81
Mrs. Tabor's disappearance. ! took TIE
trolley to the nearest switch. and walkrd
the couple Of hundred yards betwacI
IL and the new embankment.
Construction was IN full blast. M
bout seventy-hve Italians swarmcd over
the work under the direction OF lordly
irish fore,nen. sauntered about tho
place with as much IDLE curiosity "a
could assume. stopping to watch littl.
groups. going from place 10 place. eve
making a second round: but no Carucc
was to he seen.
one or two OF the men glanced a. n,
with that I imagined was a certain su',
len suspicion. hut hat may have uec.
purely imaginary. From the emLank.
ment I EAST about fo- the Constru,to.
camp The nearest wooded spot that
could see was half a mile or so acro.s
country. and I made toward this, shir:-
ing a Nttlo swamp or so and Cl!mblng
an occasional fence.
As | went aloDg 7 made NOR" ana
more sure that | was right, for a trod
den path developed and fence-rails wer.
broken or lett carelessly out OF place.
With the ugly huddle of tln-roofcd
huts In sight. ! came upon Carucci. ~
perhaps | should say that he came upon
me. lie anne running 10 meet mo dow.
the pathway, with "A sort OF rolling