El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26

He nodded
well" 1 ~confided, she's a sweet
heart OF mine. There's a fellow in
there calling on her. 1 wan to find
out where he lives. Do o think you
could follow him when he comes out,
and find out where he goes-Without
letting him see yOug"
took out two silver dollars. "If
YOU find out where he goes to and get
the number and the street and come
10 the Southern hotel tomorrow morn
ing at 9 o'clock and tell me, III give
you three dollars more
The boy pocketed the two dollars.
"When's he comm outF
You'll have TO wait and see, And
don't tell any one / got you to do this.
1 don't want her to know"
"a right" he said. He IA his eyes
already fixed on the house, as if ne
were afraid that the door might open
at any moment and those three dollars
make a wild effort to escape him.
went back to Furlong TO report
progress and arrange a plant for
Judd. There was nothing amazingly
ingenious or involved in that plant
There rarely is in any Of my expe-
dents; they are usually as simple as
I hope they Will be effective.
Judd Falls Into the Trap.
Next morning the boy arrived with
Judd's address. and got the promised
reward and departed with it Then 1
went back TO my room TO wait Tor
Judd All III O'CLOCK JuQQ was an
nounced and / ordered the bellboy to
show him upstairs.
He came Unsuspiciously- / was glad
to see him-and said so. And 1 de-
scribed how 1 LAD located Miss Mar
tin, and laughed with Judd over some
details OF the hunt for her. / explained
that 1 vas trying to find every n to
WhOm the detectives claimed that they
had paid money What L would like,
1 said, is to nave you run out all
~haza others NnI give Won 4 list OF
names, and you q easily learn from
them how much the detectives really
paid them"
There can't have been very many"
Judd said. There was only Blacks
furniture store and Spindler's second
You worked for Black, didn't your
'No. 1 drove one of Spindler's
Taking out secondhand goods?"
yes. But il was after hours, usual
", that L took the things to the houses
that the trouble was about
You didn't tell the detectives. did
7 didn't tell them anything. The
fools thought / was in the game, !
guess; and they kept so busy trying
the streets after me, that they never
gave themselves a chance to ask any
thing"
How did you know there was trou-
Bile about the buses that you took the
secondhand furniture to-"
I read IL in the papers when they
burned And I could see pretty Wen
what was going on. But-Welb II
wasn't n OF my business
a Narrow Escape.
It was evident enough that, If Judd
been an innocent participant IN
the Insurance swindles. the had not
been a blind onei and in a long con
versatiOn-scoffing at the detectives
and cross examining Judd, under the
pretense Of laying out a thorough IN
vestigation OF b detectives elIls-I
drew out all that Judd knew about
the switching of the furniture.
Well" I said at last, If these fell
lows knew all you're telling me- 1
don't see why they didn't make a
''They didn't know it. I never told
'Then why can't you, in addition to
investigating the detectives. reopen h
arson case2" And Judd replied; Wen,
Mr.. Williams, II you want me to, l
guess there's no reason why 1 can't
- "Goodr' I said. "You'u need some
first class detectives on whom you
could rely?'
MOO. I don't"
Lets go to u st LOU law
yer. Perhaps he can suggest some
one And we went-tO the lawyer
whom FurIong and I had prepared to
receive US
On our way out of the hotel. I saw
approaching me a friend from column
ms whOse greeting would surely be-
me to Judd. 1 said quickly TO
Don't let this fellow see. you
with me. He might suspect
Judd walked way hastily, and did
not look back. / received my FRIEND
explained that was on a case
warned him TO address me as b. J.
Williams and made an a~ppointment
10 meet him later. When 1 found Judd
1 explained: You may run
across him in this investigaton.
want him to suspect that you
Tvere in it" And we proceeded to the
lawyers office
A sober Faced Little Comedy.
There I was received as a Chicago
attorney. representing the insurance
This is Mr.. Judd" I said 7 have
employed him TO run the eN-
and have been astOunded to find that