The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-20

now. He went in last night. I don't know how hS is making out: The wires are down. and -. fne d fer s;ence Du' ss sa: and B6e later: "Oh, look! What is it, Mir. Callijay?-an army? They're sineing-that is what heard!'
 Everybody was looking now, and Redd'ck had sudden rush of blood the brain. TISmPin2 joy ousy down the TIC: right of way came an ap- parently countless multitude of Italians, loosely ranked and swinging along to the cheerful lit of Tuscan harvest song pouring tunetl1ly from many Leading the romantic procession was a square shoudered young man with brigandish hat on the his waist, and his calves laced in the fashion of Siennese dandy at fiesta He setting the time eordion and his clear tenor doinated the erssS chorus like the master voice in grand opera
 There was little burst of spontaneous applause and then the Prettest young woman named theI triumphant leader. It's like play out of the old wonder books, she declared He isn't man at alik he is the genius of the mountains-the Pied Piper GS one-IPaek Gqlch charming them and t taking A then procession came the top of the landslide bar. s ane onG s & sd b s sas @ "Why, ts-its HarryP' she cried; and the hand clapping vigorously renewed when the othea members of the group on the Athenia's platform recognized the square-shouldered young leader.
 In what followed the general passenger agent Wa8 merely bewildered onlooker. While the Italian rank and file were swarming into the cars of theis back to the private car with prisoner: svvartliy earrnged brgand, handcufEed and carefully guarded by four of his compatriots.
 Thereupon a dramatic little scene staged itself f8 the central compartment of the Athenia- Ordering
  the young made sign to the guarG; the pEi- soaers shirt was summarily torn open aLd oiled silk money belt was disclosed Out of the belt the searching guard rummaged string of jewels.
 My diamonds!" gasped the forid lady, flaming wrung the young mans hand and clapped him the shoulder, with: You young seaPegracei this is what
 So much the head of the passenger departmeus Tsot ,ntiI sfter The nresiden+s snecisI lad res 1 Castle Cliff, and Montgomery" otherwise Mrs at the mystery was entirely blown away.
 Iosy, MT. ReddicIy" was the way the report begans but the general passenger agent interrupted.
 that shouldn't be able hear anything else" he laughed You got the business
 confess that the 'scooping of the TIC. was only s side issue. Let tell you the story. You may have We'll I'm It-or I was; got fired from college for conduct unbecoming undergraduate and gentle that father sent me abroad-I told you I had tramped in Italy. you reTnenabeF-and when came home, though had turned new leaf and pasted the old one down good and hard I'm not boring you?
 "Well, it wasn't all veal cntlets and fine glad rags a s0T xhs pso1ga 1a thoggn the F.tS R5oas soa @ % but could he looking for siumD ia the that way oss too R Then e one @ night Mrs Mrs Van TroaP gave housewarrning and lost her string. of dIaz thief. the last person known to have seen oel handled the jewels. You see what was np againstF
 
 Exactly I had one little threadtof a cIews. The housewarning caterer was an Italian, and he had aEa got pointer from of the walters, who Lad seen the padrone Cazzetti masquerading as fellow waiter. followed Cazzetti from New York to Dem yer; he then running colony of laborers for the res coal line. He caugL onto me in Denver everything had in the world save the clothes 2 stood ln- hats how came 10 pe rieng se olIl7a didn't dp shake me so easily,
 why VOL TlaS VOf1F kl(1
 "Fit took me to see if couldn't stand on my owu feet and incidentally to prove to father that here with you and the bows, MT. Reddick-a ripping Ga2letti down ike paid detective It was oniy last Sunday that made sure he had the diamonds with him out here . and on has person Then vss ready ''You timed it right" said Reddck; -and in turn earnings of the passenger department Tell me one thing, and I'll give you your time check and an honorable discharge from the compaays service How the mischief did you manage to pull those woTImesn after yoq, like tail t9 kite after Donald had fallen down all over himselff
 The young rpan' rose, laughing.
 cheek; took the liberty of getting it ias1 11it be fore went rp the Hills. didnt know what might happen and thought it might be safer for you if went as an outsider"
 'You,5e not telling me how you managed the Ita- bit of opera bouffe-after the earthquake. But I'll grant the earthquake part of it a stroke of genius Dent you think sop
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 "A stroke of genius. It took me five full minutes to remember that had climbed over that cliff one Sunday and had remarked crevice where a little dynamite would do a whole lot of gooG And I pledge you my word, thought never should find that crevice again when went to look for it with Hefelhnger's lantern"
 Good Lordl" calculated the general passeus2E landslide yourself?"
 Sure" laughed the care-free one, shating na- hand of the department head in ieave-talxing "1ov else was to keep that re train out? Don't be too horrlhed; I've quit you, you know. and there won't be any more opportune little earthquakes. Come and see IS when you're in New York. Good night Give my love to Stanny and the boy&."