Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-07-18
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Bv ROBERT NAUGHTON

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There ars certain tones Of Lawrencs
Rand's voice that are very vibrant and
tho instant sst foot n the hall Of
the Thirty.nrst street three-story
tenement heard what was sure
was his voice. gave one Of our
signals. dropping my key twice II
quick succession. a.verY distinctive and
penetrating sound. and th6n listened
carefully. still heard the same voice,
but it was not Rands. It was speech
n some badly broken dialect
II am police surgeon" L said to
. woman sitting on the stairs nursing
Q baby. "a man named Hooley ID here
and has been hurt. Whsre IL her
fright there. mister" She pointed
70 the ground floor apartment on the
right. go to the back door"
The door was unlocked and stepped
Inside, into one Of those little dark
inside rooms 20 common In cheap
Oats. In tho next room at least i've
men were talking earnestly. I could
stand where I was and hear perfectly.
= The captain IL . good sport. isnx
no. chief. Give him another drink,
Myers. No. Hooley. you got to stay
on the water wagon till the sign tho
Indian put on you wears Of" said q
drawing voice.
That's right. Hoolsy." said another
IN q commanding tone.
AL right, Chief" responded Hooley
feebly. II wish had just one to clear
me nut 20 could gtt hold Of this
here Ring-arround-arosy game. IT. Z
peach Of case"
TT IL thatl" said the cnler: '@And
We have played Larry Rand, the smart.
est man In this country. to standsttll
ct his own game. and got him on q Wild
goose chase around Battery Park this
minute. thanks to the captain. Now,
lsten. Hooley. and get the full beauty
; Of this story point By point
"Beaucoup gifts the envelope OF PUP
don's desk and take it to keen. pes
orders. till the Big Fellows asks me
to show it to the Washington crowd
and swear where got 1t. You, Myers
and Casey, keep an eye on Purdon's
moves from across the court and use
the microphone to hear all he's got
to say. BY George. that very micro.
phone Is the ono We slipped away
from Rand two years ago. Rand and
, Duncan got sent for. Rand picks up
q piece Of the silver doctor. It ID
up to us to get that piece back, 90
you fellows trail Rand and Duncan
up town and go in, but make rough
! Job Of it. You ought to be ashamed of
yourselves. Rand, the Indian and Dun.
can all chase Myers after flooring our
friend, Hooley, here and Casey and
bennett step In and cop the piece of
feather, microscope. Hooley and all
and made clear run for it. Myers
has a fine run for his money, Rand
and the Indian nearly get him, but he
falls into a taxi and gets away and
the driver being pretty fly guy, tells
Myers he saw the getaway from the
house and followed up to help Myers
out, and If there is something in it he
who can tell him lot. Say, guess
the old fellow is so far gone now that
he won't mind a little thing like that
said about him-a rotten old rum
soak who is on the inside with Rand
and Duncan. Great stuff! Myers
makes date to meet the man and in
half an hour our friend the captain
here shows up. Myers asks him to
show that he can make good. He offers
to get Rand and Duncan called back
into the case by two minutes tele-
phoning as starter. They go to the
phone, then Myers gets in touch with
Griggs and Leslie listening at the
microphone to what is going on in
Purdon's Office across the court and
they say. yes. that Purdon has just
telephoned Duncan that he wants to
re-engage them and will send q mes
senger with instructions. Then
Myers telephones me and tell him
it is worth thousand to get that
letter. The captain here says he will
show how good he Is by plucking It
out Of Rand's desk half an hour after
u
peach Of a girl brought up the letter.
That the captain got the whole
crowd away by sending in fake tele.
gram and then he and Myers sailed
IN. using false keys. and got the letter.
Casey telephones for me to come up
here and see Hooley and I tell Myers
to meet me here with the captain and
! will give him his thousand for the
letter. Have you seen the letter..
Myers?" IS
"Only saw enough to say that It II
on Purdon's stationery and Ii signed
By Purdon himself sssa IL
my, my, bet the Big Fellow win
be tickled to get It. don't know what
IL IN this one I got. but I'll bet the
second one has got cold proof that'll
nip few yards Of tuck out Of old r.
r. Purdon. Now just put your hands
lightly on tho old mans arms % that
liz cant make sudden move. boys.