The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-06

..,;np Smith. The, colonel was
ftiPefttDmm money, of which he. had an
b. ,,. ou, was not the only thing that
lgIGa99'Ss; Kim The colonel had what
Eaeea. SI' Young DIR. Mercer, pro-
is lfisra' rheumatic diathesis; other
'srted, lied il profanity, but terms
IBrle o,te, csIte of taste. DR.. Mercer,
a ,sSsieian at the Richelieu, ad.
k1s ~, Iu IN drink one quar- day of
go aim ,nchv aud forbade him the red
'ats. inscription cost the co'or,cl CON
ia, y',y money. for the doctor IS fees
iiHDvT;;sa But the doctor is dead
rde ME- I!sa and the colonel is dead, and
az ihcn il is now less question OF
ss.atsm than Of ventilation,
I am, colonel is prostrated; he has
"a an me TO look after the thing, Will
PSI n aid a /. after telling the story,
), srankiy. I IN fioorcl, | know
..S,;no-not much-about the law of
..,,ai;ops. .i;o but III be hanged if IN
rnod at recovering stolen property.
,shno must lie done quick, IF the
- "a; y1nrs, Willis, what would you
w vmau. - replied Willis. at that
manager OF the Richelieu, "if the
I. wss nine I'd send for Whispering
rsh He loks after things like this.
iS wouldn't lose any time,
lynn would put the best detectives
II vorkii' asked anxiously.
raj would" answered Willis Howard.
|sht would put them Mt work hunt
Iv % Whispering smith,
7'bo vou mean 10 say you wouldn t
u, t6s Buckinghams on the case at
Syot till ia seen Whispering
IL s o'clock that night Willis
|:E,rd brought Whispering Smith TO
Ian, Morse, announced Willis. ad-
leasing me briefly, "this is Mr.. Smith,
1--we outlined the matter TO him,
Inn get into serious trouble around
|4'a house turn it over to Mr.. Smith.
10 would like TO hear the details -
aThsy are distressingly few, Mr.,
|sh. y said /. shaking hands with the
|sHsought Whispering Smith. "Col-
lei Fuller went this morning to
|nr some money from his safe deposit
3u and found the box empty, except
wme papers of small value. The
hi time he locked 1T up 1t contained
10000 in currency, "
TAi,pering Smith looked at me
/ "a some surprise.
| 'Mr. Morse is friend of mine, Cor
In put in Willis Howard. EI ID like
|aM you do what YOU can for him. ~
'You re Mr.. Lyman Morse OF Finch,
|hl,r, Lynde, Morse & Stetson,'' said
|Tfgering Smith, suddenly catalogu-
{l our hrm I acknowledged the di-
|story, noticing then for the first time
ID psculiarly ragged quality of voice
| d. gave Gordon Smith his nickname.
| -lHet you once before he continued,
Not to my knowledge. -
"Does Colonel Fuller drink7r he
|hd abruptly, ignoring my dis
"yoi unless you call bottle OF
N! for dinner drinking replied,
|rif appealing to Willis Howard.
NO" confirmed the manager, che
|kn't drink. Gordou.'
ANY drug habit7''
We shook our heads.
sure or that?' he persisted, We
|rus sure.
What about women?D
There isn't one in the world All
Il 'Ehlch astonished Mr.. Smith vary
|Nl Then let's 20 see him. he
|'Hosed, rising.
ne colonel lay in bed. DR.. Mercer
|R Leslie de Rode, the colonel g
leSel TO tell his story. Whispering
.llh Y, looked anxionsly about the room.
Grew the money from the West
|e National, y began. the colonel
s.lenly, Just two weeks ago. After
new YORK banks quit paying out ]
|-s'snt d have the stuff handy for a
4; and | made three checks-two
@pOVO and one for 100000. The
- was gwen me in large bills;
L1e |rN Was one package Of $4,000 in
IM cs. nlils. the rest was IN $500 and
Enp bills. ! think, m not sure
X FRAMED 81 m not sure of anything
|'4 That ! IN ruined.' -
hesnied the colonel a bit; got him
a a. 's'clioe how he put the money in
cS oos himself, and with absolute
E,%Tn!; TO explain about his keys
sno nc carried in a chamois sack
S,, S,FIaed from a cord around his neck;
P-r ae never parted with them; that
-sSay sway else had access TO his box,
h, ,oIst ~hat no you think Of itP' asked
s,i,u .u'Snel S nephew, looking at Whis-
ni,Ss onlth, who fdgcted occasionally.
SsI SI made no reply. N'What do you
aT?I aTilI NY echoed DR.. Mercer.
|sI,SSi ISits 9 OIL it?'' echoed Mr., Smith,
|ns.;in. .9f an answer and looking about
|iT,i /. i think, doctor, there a
|rds,n mere somewhere, and I'll be
II III I,nSa u L can locate it unless it s
1bpaa.. fireplace from the window.
|sIa whst do you think about the
|hl, D. asked the colonel pallidly,
b ths '%ith MIN watched DR.. Mercer look
"".u.lsspcring Smith turned again TO the
|1ii ~ I'D put n detective on IT
,.,iye iMnped gN to my fcct. ''Put a de-
,ists ,ifs on ItP, ] echoed curtIy. "Why.
Nuaa,e you here for9',
|h' I'm In the real estate busi.
b, Iooted IIo"ted at Willis Howard. Willis
dEvWa,uhg at the carpet.
Cfsnlsa an. Smith gave me that advice
airu certainly follow it, said he.
|pp ) SS'ea TO look ND these matters a
|h nes,S', ',"llnued Whispering Smith in
Eat ,e,I approach to a bland voice,
Pa Iato,,. estate takes most of my
|fou wy He looked at his watcn-
y As "s "e; catch Charles Buckingham
[tant d,ce "g now said he, naming
: :Giess' tae great detective agencies
delOctV ri have an engagement at
e Do AM. | II he going-but I want
10 Nows..11ing ! can for n friend of
,g al atSbana Sona 8; If I didn't have a sick
|nG A. I1nie d take the case up any.
INtD Tlhs., fls, J can't. Gentlemen, good