The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-24
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Andiwe'ye got to get II In a hurry, too.
because the new trial Is coming on
in less than month. Have you got
: any money!" q
4 didn't have enough to be worth
mentioning. He drew o pink pad to
hims wrote out an order on the cash,
Ter for $50 and handed 1t to me.
Get up there right away" he said,
you can get q train every hour on
the even hour. Here are some report
forms. Write full report OF your do!
,ings every day and mail Il every even.
ing. Don't forget to make your re,
J port coser aIlsyour tlme."t, Il
Thatcwds hbH entered this bust.
Inessss q hid been. accustomed, to see.
ling thi1ssy move with businessllke OK.
IpedieneysIn other otIices, but this beat
all recofdss. Thirty minutes before I
l'had entered the office Oinqutring for
the chief I had. not seen the. chief,
had not been Questioned; but here I
was handed $50, sent out on what
seemed to me like accomplished case
OF detective work, and being calmly
told otGet full confession from d
man ] knew no more about than about
Adam. b. & Sss g. i
They are Just trying me TOUT to. see
how ! act" ] thought, as took. the
money order, Sol said:' y'All right
When shall report here, again?"
I'VE will Let Won know waa thh
answer.
caught a three o'clock train on the
New York. Central and. took seat In
the smoking car. Across the aisle
lolled tall, lanky, good.natured young
fellow whose ticket, stuck in the seat
In front Of him. showed that he was
going to PeeksviIle,' my destination.
On the chance that he lived In the
town. Or knew something about It, I
took out my pipe. stuffed It and be-
gan to search, ostentatiously, for the
matches pretended mot to have.
drew his attention first, then said,
You don't happen to have an extra
match, do your" ~ ~
Sure" he said, and began to dig.
! crossed over and sat down beside
him. As accepted the match. and
prepared to light my pipe stuck my
ticket In the seat before us, where he
could not fail to see It.
I, Going to Peeksville, tool" he said.
genially. as, ls-
yes" said. puang away. you
going there?" - I'd M.
!: Yep" he said. az live there. You
don't live there. do you"
NO." / answered.
Thought not" said my friend. SlT
know everybody there. Peeksyille Is
a mighty nice little place" Helooked
me over. was prosperous looking.
Say" he said. III you're thinking
Of buying a place up there you want
to. see Donlin by all means. He's the
agent for the best real estate bargains
In town. I'm a friend Of his, and i
know he's right"
Donlin was the man was after. /
pretended to misunderstood the name.
WHO? 'Donaldson'?"
"Donlin." he. corrected. Harry
Donlln. I'll introduce you to him II
you wish when We get up there"
! did my best TO get on friendly
basis! with my good natured young
friend, and by the time we neared our
destination knew that his name was
Daley, he knew that mine was Cor.
nell, and. we were getting along SO
well that when We stepped from the
train we walked straight across the
street to have a friendly glass Of beer.
In the barroom we ran into d short,
heavy set man, with a nervous,
twitching mouth, and restless eyes.
He was one OF the most worried look
ing men have ever seen.
"Ah. hello, Harry" bawled Daley.
Say, Harry. want to introduce you
to an old friend Of mine from Chicago.
Mr.. Cornell, like to have you meet Mr..
Donlin. Mr.. Donlin's an old pal OF
mine, too"
l. Mr.. Donlin's expression relaxed q
little when he heard that7I was ian
old friend Of Daley'e." 1T iwasq obyi.
ously relief to him to hear that l
was known by one of his pals" and
he showed It by greeting me in a
hearty manner, and by insisting on
buying drinks. : told him that I
might be interested In a house in
Peeksville. and he began to treat me
with considerable Difference. When
left him for the evening we had made
an appointment for ten o'clock next
morning TO make tour OF inspection
Of the desirable houses for sale In
Peeksville.,
We drove through the town 3,and
looked at half dozen little houses.
was not particularly, impressed with
any of them, or at least pretended not
to be- There. was onerthaf ] told Don!
lin might do-lf decided that the
town was to my liking. Il.
For the next two days no spent
about half of his time and some of his
money proving to me that he was La
good fellow. and that the town was
full Of good fellows. ON the second
day. he,iwas calling me !Sby;smy first
name, and was reclprocating. He
was an easy-going, not over.brilllant
'1rishman. who apparently was afraid
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