Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07
The Argyle Case 0E y, 2 M Et Be" w P@1'''
BY w M CoNAUGHY

Yes SIR said the manager, and hur-
ried ont pa Manning returned.
Joe, D.. careful with that woman or
oercd Kayiou
'Is & the mother" asked Manning,
eagerly
Kayton rruu'ea. cant you see the
family IN 'he face"
Gee" exclaimed the young man wrig
/ Cling with delight
/ kayton went TO the door Of the little
| office where Miss Mazuret was concealed
and invited her 10 come in.
Miss Mazuret." he said abruptly. as
she turned on him an inQuiring look, -
have found a woman who was in the
room when Mr. NrEyIc was Killed"
: Miss Mezuret 'Irrcd white rs chalk.
/ - woman size FaEped
! Kayton nodded grimly II have abso-
! lutte proof Of IT here in her finger prints"
"The Woman In the Room"
| He led her TO his desk and pointed to
/ the blotter beside which lay one Of The
/ Photographic records of tho finger prints
on tho table IN the Argyle library Even
20 the girls unframed eve they were
/ identical
OH she gasped. we must tell
! Bruce
Not yet" returned Kayton decidedly
Nov. listen to me He looked down
into the girls eyes. Her bosom was stilI
telling its tale Of the effect OF his an
oouncement bat the eyes were calm and
courageous the eyes Of brave and 10y
al woman.
Tho other man was much younger.
! fiashllS dressed IN the extreme Of mas
culine fashion His face was 1at and
pasty. lie was small boned and under
Isfr sf,I e..
and tie were Of the same shade Of laven.
der His suit was a light check and he
wore }ow-cut shoes with ornate caps on
the toes. His hair was slicked down
and cigarette hung Imply from the cor
ner Of his mouth
Worry About the Keys.
lie chose to be known aR Simeon Gage.
| The older man was known to the secret
| service ard a number OF municipal po-
lice bureaus as Friedrich Kreisler and
with certain heroism of crime he
scorned an alias He calmly lit the gas
while Mrs Martin drew the curtains.
IN" Younger man stood IN the middle Of
/ the room ana fldgeted
Doctor Ven have to have an those
locks changed don't YOU think" he in
CURED nervously, In high pitched voice.
| mat was almost a whine. we might as
well go to bed with the front door open.
There was nothing in my bag to show
what mouse the keys were for" Mrs. Mar
tin reminded him, quietly.
II know, Mrs Martin, but I'm no, for
taNin any chances" declared the Young
man The crook that got your KEYS
might see you comm out o. here
some time or he might pick you up
IN The street and follow you home. This
| Ia
entertain sneak thief in. is Il? He'd
| blacltmah us for life "
kreisler emerged from the closet fy-
ing tho strings OF "a workman's apron
! about his waist
| You've got too much Imagination for
/ this business. Gage" he said. with a
slight but unmistakable German accent.
! II was the English ~ the highly edu-
Gated German. You ought to go back 10
your confidence games"
Seeing hts friend thus attired FOR bust
ness, Gage Invested himself of hat and
topcoat, but continued to protest
Well, I've been uneasy lately-ever
since that girl came" he confessed. II
thought I was being followed yesterday"
You're always being followed" com
mented Kreisler. You must have a bad
conscience"
II think perhaps I'm gettln' too many
cigarettes, admitted Mr.. Gage ,"I don't
Know though, now We must be get
tin pretty easy II people can come and
PICK our pockets. ! don't think We ought
TO have that girl here, Some cheap d.
vovce case detective win be roundin' ms
up next Who is she anyway he de-
mauded suddenly. turning on Mrs. Mar
tin. Il called up Hurley and asked him
about her. Why doesn't he know any
thing about her."
Il haven't had "A chance to tell him
yet, replied Mrs. Martin. iudttTerently
She came only Yesterday"
| You've had lots OF chances TO tell me
grumbled the young man.
ITS none Of Your business. Gage" Mrs
Martin informed him
/ Well he whned, with & sort OF pro
testing helplessuess. = feel as nervous as
a rabbit with a strange woman around"
! kreisler meanwhile had lowered the
/ folding bed and produced from secret
| crsnnies in the mattress and structure
divers bottles marble slabs. shallow pans
and the usual parRphernalia Of a pho-
! tographer From hidden recess OF the
closet camera made its appearance
Gage eagerly offered to assist him. but
the older man waved him aside with
cunning smile
You never let MS help At anything but
the bleaching he protested. 81 notice
you're keepi~g everything YOU know un-
der YOUR mt some day You'll 80 OF
TO scotland with Your money. like ANDY
Carnegie. and leave us all workiu in the
mills
What I know / know" returned the
German, grimly.
Yes, doctor" said Gage, but 1 get
tired sttin' around here waitin for Won
to pull off your masterpieces
Krelsler haO seated himself at the ia
Bile and slipped 81 bill IN a bleaching
solution. At Sage's last words he threw
back his head ana h.s eyes hlazed with
| a fine anger.
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