New-York tribune., 1913-05-18

finally fct,r,t down 20 the nonsoamt'tl " NUNS
4 new face be- must hsy, %; and for "o weeks he had
combcd the town ~ vain. Popularity htl l'' ','"-
back. one bad continually - inI uc" props &" h''P
the th,ngirom tumhirg abou, one sears popu"ri't'-
tho nov, collar the ncH hat tho ncW shoe, KIND oi popu-
ar'v which change completely very SIX months
which h4, 20 BE- renewed and twisted about and read
iu.t,i And besides thcrc were chose younger cn"i'
away bohhirg up, "ltA fresh nFen'"n % '""'" 'l '''
unusual. new color. ~ 49,.
Ic renewed M, bitter 4rr4gamcnt Of lliI-"n ana Ai,
ballv hUuu.R.rWng. iUr unW be- "ar uic tNtl N' bH!
until ff, plftc --iu and tnc Duppcrt,c.h htr Ndi
been Fortune knocking 80 Dos door for whole week
with that persistence which She aCyori> only her aFor-
itcs often numerically And a hc bad done had 1ccn
t. .t tigit in his ,hair anil wonder vino snr ", Nt
she might pas; again tomorrow. tie would throw
for',, 10 the winds rush across the street and speak
10 her, plead with her 90 help poor dcy oi an MUS
traitor who was working Ike sixty 20 hold ms l"p, WHO
in the bc. oi times during the sale OF some Beauty
Book never made more than twenty-five 'h'''"''" "
year.
liz climbed back 20 the studio. He found the dachgI
ru,,nching the soft lead that had such funny COOL
s, taste. of the cedar there remained mo- evidences
,i,.,,,.,- Tb, uuppv growlcd an invitation tor
rofup which the artist accepted; and great time tey
had sliding over rugs banging against thr walls; p''"t
TAPESTRIES over sofas and Chdrf ani diNdu', uI III N'O
Forlce dilzv and hrclthlcs, subsldcd upon diytn.
Tn, tir,l,. rutv Jumped mp beside him and hctci ms
f1cc He wis Il very valuable dog. Only last week me-
had almost ruined superb digestion while unchinG on
a fEt-flrdTcti dollar drawing Il4tD ll' It'b' '''
carclss v forgotten 20 put back into the portfolio
The elevator bov opened the door and tossed IN the
evening newspaper Ihcrcupon FORBES hllei ms ''i'-
ba ah sought the comfy chair under the reading lamp,
and idlv went over the days events The puppy
shifting the tobacco smoke. which he thoroughly de-
tested rctrcatcd under the diyan, where be had ms
lions den OF bones, palette kmv' Gd iupe' DrnIh's,
and whatnots From time to time Forbes could near
him rattling round something.
Births, deaths, and divorce, murder, robbery ana
graft strikes wars and plague, the subject matter
never varied only the names and places could be- called
news He read with lazy interest warmcd-oycr yarn
about the clever gentleman thief who had bailcd the
metropolitan police for nearly year
4 well known amateur detective va; giving the
reporter exposition Of ms views Here was an ARTIST!
Forbcs cracked the newspaper pccvlshly: was thcTc
ANYTHING left 10 which this term had not been applied;
ANYBODY who did his work well was an artist RotD
The thief declared the amateur, was not PROFESSIONAL
He man OF infinite patience "i internal ccVeInc'S,
never took money, had made three daring raids, and
ceased further 20 apply his talents. To date, the man
had taken over Il hundred Thousand dollars worth OF
Jewels His career had begun and ended within three
months So far not 4 single part OF the loot had been
offered % the known fences here and abroad THIS was
the phase that puzzled and bailcd the police Now he
(NIr Amateur held TO the theory that the thief was
man who moved in the exclusive circles two more words
Forbes hatcd) from which the jewels had been pur-
oincd Even the police admitted that ne possessed
intimate and accurate knowledge OF the habits OF his
victims But the genius OF the man made manifest
in his ability 10 wait Was there a woman, Was there
unlucky speculation, Horses and cards! Or was IT
what ne Nr Amatcur) had stated in previous article:
simply brilliant hoax, practical Joke careless wager
by an idle rich young man. who when the time arrived,
would quietly restore the Jewels give dinner and then
search about for some new abnormaty? At any rate,
in his opinion the Bcr,ilon system would never get hold
Of the man to measure him for future Identification
In this Mr. Amateur perfectly correct They
never got hold OF the man. Almost, however only
arms length away; clutch, a distance misudgcd, and
of he went, into pace, like IN exploded atom.