Arizona republican., 1911-03-17

BY Robert Livingston Bssehsr.
Continued From Yesterday

curiously at the speaker
Why, how do you know that?
asked the man in the chair
" It's simple enough" replied Bruce
The janitress who rooms across the
hall from you hears the alarm go of
every morning regularly. This morn
ing, she didn't hear it and noted the
fact.
The Managing Editor moved impa
tiently.
What did you actually do after you
left your place." he asked, sharply
Well" replied the man in the chair,
al shaved first and, as II turned out,
that was a pretty important thing,
though | had no idea of ii then. If |
hadn't shaved, | couldn't have carried
through my bluff about being Green
ing. If there had been a two-days'
growth of hair on my upper lip-as
there was-why then this stableman
here would have seen at once that l
couldn't be the man whom he had seen
the night before with full mustache.
When I'd finished shaving.
started over to Manhattan. | bought
a paper on the way, and you can guess
what a start 1t gave me when l saw
they'd found the body OF course,
bought all the other papers then and
read all they had and when saw they
had found no clue / felt better. / saw,
however, that I'd better not waste any
time.
got to Fifty-eighth Street about
five o'clock and, as / went along the
street. | saw the janitor sitting out on
the steps. | judged he was the janitor
by his overalls.
We'll, he didn't seem In any hurry
to go and after I'd waited more than
an hour, | got so hungry-you see |
hadn't had anything to eat since seven
o'clock the night BEFORE went off
and had aAgood dinner / spent some
time over ". too. and when | got back
1t was nearly half-past seven.
walked up and down on the other
side of the street TO see If the coast
was clear and IL / could see anybody
in his rooms, and was just going to
cross over when | saw two men come
along and go up the steps"
Bruce looked up from his writing
and caught McGinnis's eye.
/ was half a block away at the
time" the speaker continued, and il
was getting dark pretty fast
couldn't see either Of you two men
very clearly; but you didn't look to
me like detectives. and yet | didn't
feel easy in my mind about you So /
waited to see If anybody was going TO
turn on the lights in that room on the
second floor. If I'd seen a light. it
would have been me 10 the woods"
Yes" said Bruce, quietly. and you
would have been perfectly safe. for
IL would have always been taken for
granted that you were the dead man
and that it was he who was in hiding.
That is, unless the head came to the
top, too"
guess that stone did its work"
said the man in the chair. The other
didn't and so I'm here. Anyway,
waited outside watching those win
dows for half an hour, and then | got
so nervous | couldn't wait any more.
So unlocked the front door as softly
as | could, didn't shut it again for fear
the clicking of the latch would make
too much noise. crept upstairs. lis
tened outside the door, didn't hear any,
thing, and went in. I'd bought a re-
volver in a pawnshop on the way over.
but | didn't really think I'd need it
not so soon. anyway.
That bathroom was so dark I
didn't recognize the janitor as the man
I'd seen on the steps. | didn't know
who he was. All | could see was that
be was tied up and gagged"
The Managing Editor stirred.
What's that?" he broke in. you
said something about a mix-up with
he janitor before. | was going to ask
about that. What was it, Bruce?"
The reporter smiled
"I didn't put It in the story" said
he, because, according to our news
PAPER ethics, 1t didn't seem to belong
here. Why, the fact is, the janitor
wanted a hundred dollars to keep his
mouth shut. Threatened to tip off
either the American or the World IL
We didn't pony up. So McGinnis and
tucked him away safely In the bath
-oom." :
Where is he now?" asked the Man.
aging Editor.
Still there, trust" said Bruce. al
lope he's incommunicado until we get
his story on the street"
How many others did you have to |
lie up?" asked the Managing Editor,
With a grim smile.
Only one other" said Bruce.
What! exclaimed his superior. |
You don't mean to say you bagged |
wo? Who's the other one?"
Faith, broke in McGinnis, twas
'nly a copper"
What! roared the Managing Edi- |
or. You two desperadoes put a DO
iceman out of business! He'll 1 |
bought | knew this story off by heart |
md | find I'm just getting started"
The man in the chair laughed a hol-
ow, hopeless laugh.
Well. it must have been a kind of
surprise" said he, to hear me yell /
ng for the police after I'd failed to /
tribe these two here to let me go. |
aw, of course, that they thought I
vas the millionaire's son, so | knew
could depend on them to convince a
of the same thing. So I
ook my chances. 1t was my last 1
nance, anyway. couldn'ts tempt L
hem with an offer of $4,000 each in !
ash and possible $4,000 more each.
o ! figured IL out that If could only q
'et policeman on the scene he might
lite.
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