Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-04-05
II guess It is" she responded indlf,

Il guess 1t is" she responded indif
ferently.
Il hope you're satisfied with what
you've done by butting in" said Bar.
rett, addressing Jocelyn with a scowl.
where's Walt Barrett?" asked Ser.
geant Evans, looking upon the gather
ing In establishment.
Amt this him ?" asked Bristow, in
dicating the captive who had just
made his confession Of guilt.
Not by a jugful," answered Evans.
and the girl laughed shrilly. And
that amt neither" he added, indicat-
ing Jocelyn. "Barrett's about that
build, but he's got sandy hair"
Then who the devil are your
shouted Bristow to Lord Jocelyn and
Barrett, cycling each darkly.
III tell you," said the girl. Walt
Barrett's over the Canadian border
now and you won land him In a hur.
ry. AS for the gentleman you thought
was Barrett, he's been taking Walt
Barrett's place the last couple Of days.
You see." she continued, smiling
confidently at the detectives. Walt
Barrett and I were married the week
before he pulled off that trick on the
Bank of New Holland. Twenty-Five
thousand he got out Of 1t, and | hid
him here while we were negotiating
with the bank for immunity. But the
president was foxy. He pretended to
be willing to accept fifty per cent, and
all the while O gentlemen were
keeping watch on this apartment. You
suspected Barrett was in hiding here,
but you wern't sure, and the plan was
to wait till he'd handed his share over
to the president and hen to pull him
in.
This gentleman here. who called
himself Barrett, is an old admtrer OF
mine, and when he saw | was in trou-
BILE he came forward, like the gentle
man he is, and volunteered to take
Walt Barrett's place. Walt got away
two nights ago over the roofs while
you were watching this gentleman be-
hind this broken shade and flattering
yourselves that you still had Walt
Barrett under surveillance.
you were pretty sure you had him
watched, but you weren't quite sure.
and Walt was still being watched for
on the off chance that he had got
away. 1t was necessary to convince
you that his was Barrett. so that you
should call off the search long enough
to enable my husband to get into Can
ada. He's there now, for l got a mes
sage over the phone ten minutes ago,
and you're not likely to lay hands on
him.
This afternoon l went out to raise
some money on my furs to help my
husband make his getaway In good
order. On the way back I saw this
other gentleman following me and,
like a fool, l took him for a bull l
thought it would be a good chance to
bring him up here and have my
friend arrested, SO that you could be
dead sure you had Barrett In your
hands. l dropped that phony tiara to
bring him in-I had to take chances
he wouldn't pinch it and bolt-and the
trick succeeded. But / guess we
rather overplayed our part, for, in
stead of arresting this gentleman. he
tried to pretend that he was Barrett
as well. Three Barretts was more
than | could stand for, SO l thought
1t was time to beat 1t, and unfortu-
nately, I was Just a minute too late
When Lord Jocelyn returned to his
apartments later in the evening his
first words were: Fetch me a whisky
soda, Talbot-a stiff one"
Cad" he muttered to himself, as he
lighted a cigarette. I'm a fair sleuth,
I think-noti as the American idiom
hath it."