Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-22

tmag1neS that you are keeping HIS
property from him, and. having mutt
lated 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. Confound it all, there's
no sense in the affair at all"
Let me advise you" said Crews- |
Send the dog out by a messenger |
boy. with instructions that 1t is to be
delivered to the first man who asks
for it,
Sir Arnold was thoroughly exasper-
ated. THAT is similar to the advice
Of the police" he cried. THE dog is
my property. and let me tell you l
would rather be murdered than abate
one lot of my rights Do you think
/ am going to be cheated by dirty
Syrian dog peddler? If that is all
you can advise me l 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. IL not for your
own, alter your mind. Good after
noon" He clapped on his hat and
strobe toward the door, leaving me
the task of modifying the English
man, which / did with only partial
success.
ct would have been impossible to
assist that pig-headed old gentleman"
said Crewe to me as we strolled
homeward 1.-The only thing to do is
to await developments"
DO you think that the matter Of
the rug and the blanket are connect
ed?" / asked him.
"Unquestionably, and what the
Syrian wants is not the dog but the
blanket"
But he sold It to him." cried.
almost as exasperated as Sir Arnold
had been himself when uttering the
same protest.
That makes 1t most improbable
| that the man who sold the dog was
the same man that mutilated the rug
To be frank with you. Langton, my
! sympathies are more than half with
the latter. But as for the scoundrelly
dog seller, who betrayed his friends
confidence. IL we can find him and
have him lodged in Jail. we shall not
only put an end to the persecution
but be enabled to restore the mutt
| lated fragment to Sir Arnold"
do you suspect where it is?" 1
asked.
81 know where 1t is
Then why do you not restore It to
its owner?"
Crewe stopped short and regarded
me benignantly.
Because" he said, eff 1 did SO his
life would not be worth three days
purchase. II is one of those cases
where I must sacrifice my reputation
as detective to save my client. I
hope that his dog is stolen. that the
blanket is stolen and is rcveT found.
Unless we can find the dog seller"
he added. THAT would be the most
satisfactory conclusion of all. Come,
let US look for HIM"
Where? In the Syrian quartero'
"As far as possible from the Syrian
quarter" answered Crewe. "You re-
member him?"
shook my head. 81 only caught a
glimpse of him through the window"
l protested.
But you saw that he was dressed
in blue, that he was freshly shaved
and that a pair of scissors bulged in
his coat pocket?" asked Crewe with
genuine eagerness.
You may have seen these things
I saw only a ragged. dirty Italian
looking man. But even if you car
thus picture him, how will you locate
him?"
Well" said Crewe, Since The
Syrian quarter lies far down town
and he naturally wishes to avoiG
it"
why should he wish to avoid it?'
"He will not leave that Lexington
avenue car until 1t is well uptown
Now, since it is almost a matter O
existence to him to keep watch upor
Sir Arnold, he will take the Lexing
ton avenue car downtown again thi
evening. In consequence, all that w,
need do is to watch the cars Ant
. the best way will be to take a ca
uptown and keep our eyes fixed upol
all cars that pass u.s.
| could make neither head nor tai
OF Crewe's reasoning. But / knew
that he had his own ways of proceed
/, ure, and that, however unintelligibl,
they seemed to me, there was al
!, ways some motive in them deepe
than / could fathom. Accordingly
went with him; we boarded the mex
car that came along and rode uptown
to the terminus. But though W,
passed many cars there was no Syl
: ian on them.
: We got on at the terminus and tool
a car back. Crewe was plainly vexe,
i at the disappointment
He may. of course. have left tn
car at some intermediate point" h,
: said. We'll. sooner or later we vii
have him. He will probably attemp
Q some disguise. The police will neve
y know Syrian from an Italian whe
9 he puts on a soft felt hat and a flov
{ ing tie. The matter is"
: He broke of, for a newsboy ha
sprung on the footboard of the ca
+ and showed an evening paper into OF
!, faces. Confronting me. in big, sta
e ing headlines. were the words. "a