The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-05-06

fee. Lose this letter wnere your man
Will find and read It. and your stall
as crook Will make good And Ii he
begins To show any inclination TO tell
you his own secrets, at first tell him
you don't want TO hear them: that
you've got troubles enough OF yCIr
own. Understand? And the next
time you come into the Office cover
your tracks by going through some
building with two entrances before
coming here"
went back to Peeksvlle. aul tho
next day 1 stayed in my room. had
my meals sent up and sent boy out
for some magazines to- read. | went
out for walk at night, keeping en-
tirely to the dark side streets. The
clerk eyed me rather STRANGELY as
returned. and / knew that soon DON
lin would hear about my strange con
duct
The next day did the same thing.
In the evening there was a knock at
my door.
WHO is it?" l demanded, sharply.
'Donlin," came the answer. Whats
the matter, old man? Feeling sick?"
After delaying a moment l opened
the door little. looked out, as If to
assure myself that 1t was Doniin, and
let him in. He looked at me curl
ously.
you aren't sick, are your" he said
NO" l said. Il just stayed in my
room. that's all"
He kept looking at me steadily.
Anything gone wrong?" he said
"Oh. no." l said. mo. | just got
tired OF showing myself-of running
around so much"
had never had any experience in
acting before, but let me say here
that such success as have bad as a
detective has been due more to the
fact that l possess certain natural
talent for playing parts in a way to
win the confidence OF the man | am
after. than anything else. Before Don
lin left me that evening he had fully
drawn the conclusion that / was in
some sort Of trouble, and that was
in Peeksville for the purpose CI Keep.
ing out of sight. The last words ho
said were:
Don't worry, old man We're your
friends. The bunch here is right"
Two days later the fake letter came
to me from the Chicago office. 1t
was mailed in a plain envelope and
protested to come from my brother.
1t read:
Dear Dave:
81 have been talking with Mr.. Grim
nd
ms that he only wants TO hurt you;
all that he cares bout is getting his
money back. | told MIN that lie could
take his choice, either go on and stir
up lot OF noise and discredit YOU
here forever. and get no money back,
or else get his money and l.ecp uuict.
He said Give me my money: chats
all care about then told him that
he was mistaken when he eaid the
amount you had got was S3S. 600 |
said that you had got less than $685.
600, and that in moving around the
country you had spent $1,000. so all
you had was about $22 600. lie didn't
believe 1t, but he is so greedy for
money that he agreed to drop every
thing. and sign a paper clearing you
II he gets back $4,000.
Nov. think that was a pretty fine
piece OF business on my part. and That
II is the best thing you can do. Even
If you go into court and fight him and
show him up for what he is, he is
going to show you up. and you'll be
ruined If he does If you return 1922
600 you clean up $4,000; which will
help some. My advice is that you 90
this. AT all events let me know at
once what you are going TO do.
Don't forget to burn this.
Your brother,
FIRED"
Donlin took me buggy riding TO look
at another house that afternoon. We
were chums by this time. When |
left him | managed to slip the letter,
without the envelope, into the seat
where | had been sitting without be
ing observed.
] never saw or heard of that letter
again, but Donlin found it and read IL
and ii did its work, as / discovered
later. One day just three weeks after
| came TO Peeksville. he came up TO
my room slightly more under the in
huence of liquor than usual and told
me that lie had quarrelled with his
wife. And through that / got ny
man. l had won his confidence; he
trusted me even before his Wife.
That's been my whole trouble all
the time" he said. My wife won't
let me alone. First it's one thing she's
nagging about, then another. I'd never
been In any trouble If 1T hadn't been
for her. She's always hollerng about
me not giving her enough money.
Well, here a short time ago / had
chance to put one over, and I did
$4,000 worth. And now she starts
asking me where / got the money I'm
giving her and begins 10 bawl mo
out. ! quit / Just walked out, and
she'll whistle another tune before |
go back"
The truth was that his wife was
disguised over his drinking
skip out for couple days and iet
her cool down" / suggested u tell
you what let's do; let's take a night
boat up to Albany and hang around
there for a couple OF days I'm get.
ting Kind OF tired Of this place my.