The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-27
CHAPTER XVII.
(Coatinaed).


(Continued).
BY the time l had shaken mysen
into so much common sense, the al
ternoon was far gone; and AFTER
very early meal, l set out again ior
the East Side with the strained CAIN
ness OF a man who walks into the
laws of a crisis TO escape the devhs
that dance with their shadows DC.
hind him. There was mockery oi
evening freshness In the air, though
the heat still poured upward recent
lessly from the sun-baked uncieahn-
ness underfoot. The streets were SO
crowded with weary turmoil OF re-
leased workers, that | made my way
against the stream with some din
Guilty: and as l neared my desuna'
ton the difficulty increased. An eddy-
ing mass OF humanity filled the mar
row sidewalks and overhowed INTO
the street among the rumblins orays
and trampiing, scrambling horses
gangs of workmen with their TOOLS
nervous and preoccupled business
men, pallid clerks and stenograpners.
and droves OF factory hands, men ana
women together, clamoring In very
Babel Of languages. j noticed Out
one other man going toward the wa
terside-a heavily built fellow with
Ia red handkerchief about his neck,
some yards In front OF me; and pres
emily, as he turned sidewise TO avoid
being jostled into lamp-post, l saw
Il was Carucci. There could be no
mistake; 1t was he, In his best clothes
apparently, and alone. q dozen blocks
from his own street Sheila was no
where In sight: however, he had be-
come separated from her, with or
against her will, II was my business
to follow him. Here was my chance
for a talk with him alone: and as he
passed his own corner and still kept
on his way southwark, II began 10
look az IL should be killing two
birds with one stone.
found II no very hard matter 10
keep him In sight; for the peculiar
brightness of the handkerchief at his
neck marked him q block away.
There were other Italians, TO be sure.
but none SO gorgeously bedecked.
nor whose gait was SO wondrous a
com bination of q roll, stagger, ard
strut To overtake him. however,
among that crowd was not so easy;
and / was afraid besides that coming
suddenly upon him from behind
might spoil my whole opportunity
by making him angrily suspicious.
followed, accordingly. as best
might, for some distance: andA y,Aen
at last, with a swagger Of grimy mag
nihcence, he pushed through a pair
Of swinging doors, thought that my
chance had arrived. waited q mo-
ment outside, that I might not seem
too patiently to have followed him /:
and az I stood there, precocious
small boy came up and looked me
over.
"Yu're fiy cop, amt yu?" he ven
tured, after familiar inspection.
smiled, and shook my head, some
how vaguely fiattered.
Jaw come of, y'are too. j watched
yu trailin' de guinea fer de las four
blocks" |
"shhh!" whispered melodramat
ically.
Sure ting. Yu cant fool me. wot'a
de game, havin' yu're pal chase along
so far behind?"
You can search me-" said, frank.
ly puzzled. lis some one else follow
mgr"
"Surest ting you know. He's right
on de job"
looked the youngster over; he
seemed TO be telling the truth. But
the detectives, | knew, we're of the
case; and besides them and Sheila,
who could have the slightest interest
in Carruci? He might, 10 be sure.
have committed crimes OF which |
knew nothing; but then. the police
could have known nothing further
against him at the time OF our en-.
counter In the field, and he could
hardly have done anything since. /
glanced In the direction in which !
had come. and saw the unmistakable
jerky figure Of Doctor Reid coming
around the corner.
Without stopping for second look.
! plunged inside. II was one of these
really enormous halls which are scat
tered through the lower East Side,
places half saloon, half musIc-hall,
where tables fill a great floor space,
where dusty, dyed palm trees yauIt
degraded splendor about the walls,
and upon low stage at the far end
OF the room, rouge-smeared slatterns
dance In dreamy stimulation of a long.
departed youth and mirth. A very
fat and fiabby woman was upon the
stage as / entered, and the smoky
air Quiyered to her raucous sing
song and the jangle OF a battered
piano. Carucci was seated near by.
watching the stumbling fingers OF
the pianist with the greatest interest
and amiability. lie pleased me vague.
~ that the woman did not interest
him. Even when she had finished
her crime against harmony, and
clambered from the stage to beg for
treats about the room and SO swell
the bar receipts of the house, she
only received grinning and good
natured negative from Carucci. He
seemed much pleased with the place,
nodding and marking time to the
music, and plainly pulled up at the
grudging attentions of the waiter.
/ had seated myself In an obscure
corner near the door, where a per.
son entering would pass me by un-
noticed and where Carucci must have
turned full about TO see me. II Reid
had really been following me, he
would have appeared by this time;
yet | could hardly imagine what othe..
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