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here's d good deaI III Sbsunderiiiss
Z Ia your business. ism there Z? q said
8to Leonard Kelp, q detective 81 high.
standing
I 8 sss.. ell, Il reckon Eve done my share
4 of IT, he replied. The crooks study.
\ to- beat us and we study to beat them
i It's to be expected that we'll get the
4 worst OF II sonnet times. It's like other
things one has TO learn. j matter ofSex-II
\ perience " hen began got fooled
\ lots o times. The trouble with me was
that Il was too smart.
ell me about one t,f your curious
cases. q IA
One lShad only a few years ago had
L some points of Interest In ii. We got
an anony letter stating that the,
4 butler and lad s mnid at q swell house
in q suburban town would run away
on q certain nj ght carrying a lot of
plumber in jewels with them u We were
cautioned, however. against giving
4 away the inforinatio a n we were ex.:
pected 10 do was to be on hand and
Y take 'em in when they started out.
.Sst 5' Il. Well. concluded to go by the let
Il ter received. Its best not to take a;
matter Of that kind Into your own
"a hands lest you spoil it all We went
i to the place an hour before the expect
ed exit and waited till an hour a ftef5
i the time. was getting pretty tired
and was about to give 1t up. thinking
i the case was one of those bits Of false
Information detective agents get so
much Of. when i saw a figure moving.
! along the side Of the house staggering
4 under someth hing. il couldn't tell what.
Getting nearer, j saw him put 4 ladder
/ up to one Of the back windows, then
throw a handful Of gravel against the
panes.
B something white waving IN the win
dow. The sash had been put up. but
1 80 carefully that I hadn't heard any
1 noise. The next thing could distin-
guish was some thing dark coming
3 down the lad der. but it was SO, dark i
couldn' see things continuously
II heard q slight sound, which 4 judge to
I be the ladder removed from under the
window, then saw or heard nothing
more till two figures passed within 4
Few yards of where / was standing be-
& hind q tree. flowed In their wake
a and when they got Sout In the road II
could see that they were a man and a
woman, the man carrying q suit case.
Is 83ss They took the: direct ion Of the rail.
way station, and when they reached
the street leading down to it they di;
lverged, and i knew just what they
were going to do. There was only one
train leading into the city at that hour
OF the night, and they had timed their
exit to take III isss
they reached the station ten min
utes before the schedule time for, the
train, and went up on 70 the plat
form as though intending to take the
train myself. made up my mind as
soon as looked at them that i had al
slick pair. to deal with. They were
made up first class. No one, would
ever have taken the butler for any
thing, but q gentleman, and the maid
must have been 8prettier than her mis-
tress They were both in travelling rig.
and though they probably had on their
masters and mistress clothes. their
costumes fitted perfectly. 81
thought It best to take them iii
& before the train came. along, so ] walk
\ ed up to them and said to the man.
I'll trouble ron for that suit case
n There was. a scene. Of course, but u
4 had an assistant read and called him
4 took the suit case from the hands Sof
b the butler and demand led the key, He;
II gave IL to me at once. and, opening this
case. there, sure enough. we're the jew
\ els mixed III with women's lingerie.
= See here, said the elbow. this Is!
IA robb berry at an unfrequ entedS railway.
y station at midnigh hit Now. TIL make
q you an offer. e are clipping and I've
not a hundred dollars in my pocket
I'll give YOU ather than be ex posed
Let US 90 with our property and the
& money is yours. 81
s5s..I laughed at him. telling him that i
1 had been Informed Of the .eiope ments'
Il and was MOTTO be fooled by his.story;s
The lady maid was about To 30 into
Mysteries when two girls and two fell
B lows rushed ont from a dark corner.
i one ofs the Girls shouting IT'S an right.
q Mr.. DetectiVe put up Joke on
B them wrote that letter, knowing
they were going to- elope; but didn't
Il know. Kit. you'd take II 80 hard
she put her arms around the elop5
y ing girl and tried TO quiet her. which
4 was no easy job. The groom looked
4 as though he# would like to kill this
3 Joking friend who had brought her
friends with her to see the fun. s5S sS i
AS soon sas saw that It was al
genuine elopement. with "a frolic OF
& youngsters added al 4 tooks the matter
i ii good paIt pronounced It a capital
B Joke and interceded with. the bride and