The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-18

with intent interestShe re-read this
! history OF little-known criminal with
| q low, mumbling accompaniment OF ex-
pressed thought, translating the cipher
! easily; occasionally emphasizing words
/ to himself and lingering over them
| fondly, as he would over a rare jewel
! or an ancient ivory.
Electrician - works alone - for
merly actor in Cambridge plays-ath-
1 MISREPRESENTATION = worked
1 in Liverpool safe company two years
I " he paused and fixed his eyes more
| soberly on the note which had caught
! his eye at first. an entry made some
1 years after the full account had been
/ written. Then he exclaimed, Yes.
! Opium! Imagination! Murder! !
feared it."
Rising quickly, he slipped the book
! into his ragged coat pocket and passed
out of the hotel without being noticed
I At the door he took a taxi as far as
I Grand Street and walked down Allen
for several blocks, slipping along as
one accustomed to the haunts of har-l
rowed souls, lodging in and out, shy!
ing at the street lights. With croueh-l
ing. haunted haste, lie SUNK into sew
eral opium dives and thieves resorts.i
in rapid succession, places where he
was slightly known in his disguise. BY
z merely scanning the faces as though
searching for a pal " he escaped sus-.
4 picion, though he did not find Burns,
or any man answering to the descrip-
/ ton of the possible bank-breaker.
At length Poe shufi1ed down the
moldering steps to an apparently de-.
] serted cellar on Rivington Street, gave
"a double rap on the door. and waited
till panel glided noiselessly back. and
rat-eyed Oriental peeped out, jang-
ling. not unmusically:
Yen she qua'
4 1t was threadbare password to Poe,
merely meaning in Chinese do you
smoke opium" He answered me-
chanically. Sui goio," the name for
the little sponge with which the bowl
of the opium pipe is cleaned.
"Fi f!' cried the Chinese watch
! man, and Poe, responding TO the COM
mand to hurry in, slipped through the
door as 1t slid open on well-oiled
hinges.
ChnfHinr bo ~ :.
sageway Christopher Poe came shortly
to the common lounging room, where a
scattering of wisps from the human
haystack had lodged and lay in LAM
guild groups.
4 On his way to the general room he
had passed the open doors to several
smaller compartments. accommodate
ing only two or three smokers. In
passing each he had given furtive, I'M
easy glances at the occupants. his
manner that of the narrowed habitue.
seeking some pal" No flicker of
features betrayed him, when he sud
denly saw in one of the small rooms
his friend Burns. eurled up with a
pipe, and on the bunk opposite.
stretched long. English-looking man.
Will sloSE-lIOPHru NulCi IoiiOV
eyes, and a dead-white face.
Though his mind was quickened By
4 the discovery. he lounged on. and. with
dull eyes, asked g Simmy." the squint.
featured Chinanar n charge, for a
layout" Findir vacant place,
somewhat remoy ON the others,
Poe dropped down aid commenced "a
roll his pill, affecting the trembling
Ieagerness of the hdbitue as he cooked
it over the little peanut oil lamp
Piercing 1t. when properly baked, he
placed the drug in the yen hop, and
began smoking But he inhaled none
of the fumes and thus escaped the ef
feet, while feigning pleasurabie
( drowsiness.
{ In short time Burns entered from
his smaller compartment. pushed Poe
aside with the rudeness characteristic
of the place and. dropping down be
side him, managed to whisper unno
ticed:
Did you see him? lie comes close
to your description, stoop and all
spotted him at five this evening; his
mouth and eyes watering for pipe
Nobody knows him He's got a steam
ship ticket to Liverpool"
- II VI he lOOhS Ink
part. Do you think we could get hin
out of here?
Not till he sails. Says he hasn'
had pipe for weeli-usually smoke.
! in Boston. Seems suspicious. Hash
been here in a year"
" You stay here" directed Poe, draw
: Ing in his cheeks as though putting
deeply. Simmy having looked TOWARD
the pair sharply. When he got an
other chance to whisper, Poe finished
I" If you hear two knocks on my pip,
. start for the door. get your gun ready
and block the passage II necessary"
! With that he rose. stretched. ant
J loafed into one of the smaller com
/ partments. From that he sool
emerged and drifted into the on
where the suspect lay alone Such wa
the informality of the place, that whel
he dropped on the lounge opposite tn
lank. white-faced man the latter hardl
looked at him. and Poe soon pre-
tended to doze off. Shortly afterwar
he awakened slowly and began toyin