The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-07-30

badge."
The other shrsv back his coat iapsi.
BE the same time tyanshxing the recall.
dtrant railroad misilon with naughty
Flare.
"Dstsctivs, chr and the aorid saf.
ba0m With which the word was repeat
"a made the fat man involuntarily look
Down at his waistcoat.
''su6erin' maGksrsli Ny shisid -
goas!"
her drawisd me sateman. with an IN
holy peal Of mirth. Detective. chr
for rubbing Il in. but Lieut. Thompson
dld not hear this last remark. He had
sushsd through the gateway and was
already oucaing the line Of hurrying
passengers from . train that had Just
come in. He had no time to think
about his own personal loss then. The
lnsOgent marauder who had stolen his
goId watch. and gathered in his silver
1alalA - . passing insult. must 20 for
the Vrsssnt. The lieutenant Wa ex-
DseteA to get" Q certain slippery Sec
end story man." who was known to the
police % the "Profeasor." although he
nsvss had yet been n their hands. He
also Was an expert safe cracker.
Private adviees from an underworld
Aueoau Of Information wero that he
WouN ~ on this tfain. ana Lieut.
1hoopoon had been Entrusted with The
( Vissioa Of bringing him in. The lieu
Qant's superior ofiicsr had told him
q Nsu,d be 'easy."
! 1--WE got to land mat guy this time.
\ 0uttssed Thompson. ~ he scanned the
y crowd, "or It'll be back to pounding the
koidswslk for mine. Old man. white
Rsir. SpectacleS, looks Ike . professor.
anA-ioiy Moses! There he is!"
He divsd into the scurryinG procession
n passengers-and was in trouble at
Snce. The shafp edge Of SUIT case cut
81 shins, . man behind bumped him
vith an old.fashionsd carpet-bag. and an
bxcited, overheated. middle-ased WON.
Ia rust missed his eye With the point
bf hss wavs-tossed umbrella. ne dodsed
back ana was hunted by . baggage
truck piled high with trunks and pro-
peiisd by three huskies In ovsralls who
yelled at him in blasph em0uS feilroadese
Dtor getting In the way
n But an earnest police ofdcer-especially
when he has had his pocket picked-iS
I not % be stopped IN thief chase By
! q ton or 20 Of wAbblinG trunks or Q
few pages Of cuss words. Lieut. Thomp-
con shot back an original oath or two
invented at Headquarters for use In the
shriveiled up and stopped their truck
70 let him pass. Thompson charged on.
The train-in from Boston-was empty
by this time, and the last of the pas
sengers were squeezing through the exit
rate, outside Of which the usual kissings
/. and hugEings and handshakings had
INJURED the usual exasperating conges-
kS1on.
N "Heilo! Good luckr'
Avhompson's eye had lighted on a GER
Ain Individual who answered generally
10 the description Of the man no was
after and who was pushing his way
toward the waiting room. a. II he wore
In q great hurry to get away fnom the
station. The iieutenant's ofiicial heart
beat high with hope as he muttersd
20 himself:
"That's the Professor or I'm darmerl
Bowed II he amt working his grafs
right now. I seen him feeling for that
boob's feather IN front Of him. He'i
. smooth dip all right. II he hadn't
Just come In on the train I'd say 1t wai
him who stitched my watch outside
there"
The person he suspected, was an elder
ly, white .haired man. whose half-open
mouth and mild blue eyes suggested
only observation-disclosures and q benevo'
lent outlook on the cold world. Hs
wore q straight brim top hat. a BLACK
coat and a string tie. All In all. he
sAoked much more IKE professor
\ ,,wildered by finding himself away
from the campus and class room-thaH
&eurglar.
Ma the more reason why YOU should
I spot him for u crook" Was what Lieut.
II thompson would have said. out Of thu
profundity Of his experience. We've
got the mugs and fnger-prints of hun
1reds Of these innocent-l looking profes