The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
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 MGGIE gave herself over to more N cigarettes in an easy chair A sprawled out in an attitude of
 comfort never taught fn any Nn4sEfng school foz. young ladies. Soon the coming of Joe Carson, who was nsnaIly in and out of the apartment nuu1be~ cf times daily, provided wei come Diversion. Aggie explained in response to hts question that Mary had gone ont Ho keep an engagement with Dark Gf4der.-
 4.AGary has been with him 2 good d=zf Iatelys4 he ssaid. half question: ngEy-
 sTh~4ss -what,''-waas the,eurt agree Eaeut.
 -rh4rGz. sR.ess stuck,on hfm9''
 ~Why not2~ Agg1e retorted, "Bet, xOr life I'd be f9 I had a chance Hes a swell boy,- and hiss fathers got the coeu ecoS
 A tf1s the man noveds fmpat1eutfy, and h1s eyes wandered to. the window. Agaan Aagfe stud9ed hlmswith a6swift glance of lnteEFuGAt6on.
 Agoe. 1T there's anything On your mind shoot it-''s
 ''Its AERryss' Garsons explained, with some embarrassment; ~herssand young yGEdsrg"
 ''WeR1~ came the crisp question. s"Weh. somehow" Carson went on, st1n e0rnewhat confusedIy,. tT eanst see any good 0f it forsher.''
 ."whzs" Aggae demanded, in sur prise
 --onn znauzGnder.s gut-a big pun, and if he-caught on to his boy's going with Mary hs'd be likely to send the police after ugEstruDgf Believe me a4n't looking for any trip up their1ver.'' ~We~ aiRt done nothin they can GOuch us for. Mary says so.''
 's7VheEheR we've done anything or whether we haven't don't matter ,''s he objected. '-Once the police set out after yo1 they'll get you. Russ1asain't in 1t with some of the things have seen pulled of in this town"
 '+Oh, can that fraid tafkF' AgRie ax- cfaimed roughly. ''I tell you they can't get us. We've got our fingers crossed" !" A noise aS the hall door interrupted her, and she looked up to see a man, while behind him appeared the maid, protesting angrf1y.
 Never mind that announcing thing with me" the newcomer rasped to the expostutating servant in a voice that suited well his thick set figure, with the bullet shaped head and the bull like neck. He was Cassidy, who had had Mary Turner in his charge on the occasion of her Ill fated visit to Ed ward Gflder's ofAcesf four years before. Hello. Joe4S he cried famiIiarIy. sHello, Aggier' -WeI12' Joe demanded.
 -Just little friendly call" Cassidy announeed i'm his strident voice. ~Where's the lady of the house?'
 --lt" Aggie spoke very sharply -sWe1I; Joe,'' Cassidy went on, when she comes back just tell her it's up to her to make a getaway and to make it quick
 ''Say,'' Aggde Fetorted yiciously, ''you can't throw any scare into us- You hain,t got anything on us Seer
 Nothing on you, eh? Well, well, let's see" Cassidy regarded Carson with a grin You are Joe Carson, forger" As he spoke the. detective took notebook from a pocket, found a page, and. then read :.sFirst arrested in 1891 for forging the name of Edwin GoocseIi To 3 check for $1OsOOO. Again arrested June 19, 1893, for forgery. Arrested In April 1898, for forging the signature of Oscar Hemmenway to a series of bonds that were counterfeit Arrested as the man back of the Reilly EAng- h. 5aas. Arrested 1n 1908 for