Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-01-09
"Oh. heavens"
by Jupiter!"
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Inc XIII Will tuc ulOic 6Ot II!
81 suspected him all the time!"
Il ought to have known she was a
pickpocket.!"
MIR. Carney went of to a police sta.
ton and told the captain all about 1t.
The captain told the sergeant at the
desk, and the sergeant told the ward
detective.
she's a professional" was the re.
ply of the latter.
But | don't care what she Isl" pro-
tested Mr.. Carney. Il wapt you to
catch her and get my pin back"
You have no clew."
"Of course | have. Didn't ! say that
she had a mole on the left cheek?"
We'll, you'll have TO help me out.
You must ride back and forth on the
subway trains for a week and look for
her"
III be hanged II i do! DO you
think | can spare that much time from
my business?"
Then I'm afraid you will never see
your pin again. You see, II the mole
was on the right instead OF the left
cheek it would be altogether differ
ent."
Mr.. Carney was hardly clear Of the
station when Miss Parker arrived.
Had a scar on his chin, eh?"
queried the same detective when her
story had been told.
He had"
1T wasn't on his forehead?"
mo, nor on his heel"
SHOULD you think he had been
slashed by a negro with a razor?"
mo. l should thipk he had been
hit with an AK in he hands Of a
Turk"
That may be a clew or It may not.
You never can tell about these things"
But are there any hopes that he
may be arrested?" was asked.
Millions of them, my dear miss. 1t
is a dead-easy case"
Good! You may get him in a day
or two, them"
Il may walk out and pick him up
In fifteen minutes. That's the way It
goes in this work. However. as he
may be a cutter rascal than we thihk
he Is, | want you 10 ride back and
forth on subway train for a week. Be-
gin at + o'clock in the morning, and
don't leave off until 10 at night. II
you see the man with the scar call the
nearest officer"
You must take me for a nlnny.'
Indignantly exclaimed Miss Parker.
Not necessarily. AS | said before.
you never can tell. I've worked out a
murder case by finding that a clock
had stopped at nine minutes to
twelve"
And you should have stopped with
IT,"
Neither Mr.. Carney nor Miss Parker
had the slightest hopes OF ever seeing
the property again. There was a re-
mote chance that some day they would
strap-hang in company again. and both
decided to keep their eyes open. And
the impossible came to pass within
three days. Both victims rode up on
the same train together again. but not
in the same car. It was when they
got out at the station that Miss Parker
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walking upstairs ahead of her was the
man that had stolen her watch. For
a moment her heart choked her. She
could not have screamed out If offered
a new fifteen dollar hat for SO doing
At the top OF the stairs was a police
man. and the girl managed to ejecu
late:
"Oficer, arrest that man! He's q
thief"
Mr.. Carney whirled around at the
words and promptly exclaimed:
And arrest her! She swiped my
diamond PIN"
III take ye both, be gobs!" replied
the officer. and take them he did.
At the station they formally charged
each other with robbery. and botf
would have been locked up for the
night Of the sergeant hadn't had good
sense- He got their identities anC