The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

and watching us intentlv. As soon as he
saw that he was perceived he shook his
hand menaclnsly toward us and lcaped
on 2, passing street car. There was no
possibility of capturing him; before we
could have reached the door he would
have been out OF sight.
MY explanation" l said whcn our
host had recovered from the unexpected
shock, would he that YOU are the vic
Tins of an insane Syrian who imagines
that You arc keeping his property from
him and having mutilated your rug. he
now desires the dogs blanket
But he sold my wife the dog cried
Sir Arnold. And he. wants the dog as
well. Conround II all. there's no sense
In the affair at all"
Let me advise you" said Crewe.
Send the dog out by messenger boy,
with instructions that 1t is to he deliv-
cred TO the first man who asks for it"
Sir Arnold was thoroughly eXasperated.
That Is similar TO the. advice of the
police" he cried. THE dog is my prop
crty. and let mo tell you | would rather
be murdered than abate one jot of my
rights. Do you think ] am going TO be
| cheated by a dirty Syrian dog peddler?
ii that is all you can advise me / might
as well never have consulted YOU"
Then let me warn. you that your life
is in grave danger, answered Crewe,
Think the matter over and for your
wife's sake II not for your own, alter
your mind. Good afternoon" He clapped
on his hat and strobe toward the door,
leaving me the task OF modifying the
EnelIshman. which 1 did with only par
tial success.
1T would have been impossible to as
sist that pig-headed old gentleman" said
Crewe to me as we strolled homeward.
1.-The only thing to do is TO await de-
| velopments.'
DO you think that the matter of the
| rug and the blanket are connected?'
asked him.
'Unquestionably, and what the Syrian
| wants is not tho dog, but the blanket"
But he sold IL to him." ! cried, al
most as exasperated as Sir Arnold had
| been himself when uttering the same pro-
"That makes it most improbable that
the man who sold the dog was the same
man who mutilated tho rug. TO be frank
| with you. Langton. my sympathies are
| more than half with the latter. But as
| for the scoundrelly dog seller, who be-
trayed his friends confidence, IL we can
find him and have him lodged in jail
we shall not only put an end to the per-
| secution but be enabled to restore the
mutilated fragment to Sir Arnold"
| DO you suspect where 1t is?" ! asked.
At know where it is"
Then why do you not restore 1t to Its
| owner?"
Crewe stopped short and regarded me
| benignantly.
BECAUSE" he said, ''if did his life
would not be worth three days pur-
| chase, 1t is one OF those cases where
must sacrifice my reputation as detect
i've to save my client. hope that his
| dog is stolen, that the blanket is stolen
and is never found. Unless we can find
| the dog seller" he added. "rhat would
be the most satisfactory conclusion of all.
Come. let us look for him.
Where? In tho Syrian quarter"
| "As far as possible from the Syrian
quarter" answered Crewe. "You re-
member him?"
| 1 shook my head. II only caught a
glimpse of him through the window"
| protested
But you saw that he was dressed
| I'm blue that he was freshly shaved,
| and that pair Of scissors bulged in his
coat pockct?" asked Crewe with genuine
| eagerness.
| "You may have seen these things.
saw only ragged. dirty Italian looking
man, But even II you can thus picture
him. how will you locate him?"
well" said Crewe, "since the Syrian
quarter lies far down town. and he nat
urally wishes TO avoid tt
"Why should he wish to avoid it?"
| 'He will not leave that Lexington ave-
nue. car until It is well uptown Now.
since II is almost a matter of existence
! TO him to keep watch upon Sir Arnold
he will take the Lexington avenue car
| sequence, all that we need do Is to watch
| the cars. And the best way will be to
take car uptown and keep our eyes
fixed upon all cars that pass u.s."
| | could make neither head nor tall OF
| Crewe's reasoning. But / knew that he
| had his own ways OF procedure. and that.
| however uninteligibe they seemed to
| me, there was always some motive In
| them deeper than could fathom. Ac-
| cordinEly I went with him: we boarded
the next car that came along and rode