The Madison journal., 1913-07-19

aock and watching the
thronging mas Of men,
women and children as
they poured from the pa
a HI latial prison in which they
had crossed the Atlantic,
there came TO me the
Wi sieht of a sparkling pair
of brown eyes and a smile
A moment later Alice Gle
lame again from many thou-
a. miles spent in tracking Grim
a IN the foreign countries Oh hu-
vas at my side.
- are YOU going to tell me what
,ou across the ocean, l asked.
.n,led that sphinx-like little
. At hers and nodded in the mega
We had taken a taxieab Tor up
-,,e. before" she said, 81 told you
IL v.s on a secret mission, but
N n must remain a secret"
n u,cued me a bit that she could
IN me what had sent her on her
4, rim or what the result had been.
soms time she remained In ST.
Then as we left the cab and
..,,.a no Thirty-fourth street for a
s.ry,pb Office, before going to
.rhsou she looked up at me with a
~ In her eyes.
20 m stories have to be the ones
- iust happen?" she asked.
Why do you ask that?" l returned.
.p>eause i saw something back
- IN q music store window which
h1nssted me-"
ehs took me by the arm and led me
Z musical display. Before us was
k,eimer a stringed instrument used
{ ioreign countries, but little in Amer
Al gazed at it for a moment in
~ surprise. Alice Clement was
nilhg to herself and she continued
|h smile as we turned again toward
ncheon. Twenty minutes later over
| o. consomme | leaned toward Miss
| lament and fashioned a question
| s>ich | had resolved not to ask.
well" / said, "since you won't tel
| II the story Of what took you to Eu
~, would you mind telling me thu
- behind the dulcimer?"
T wouldn't have mentioned 1t II
| hdn't been ready to tell you thu
aory," she answered in that rougisl
~ which nettles one and ye
eskes the little woman who ha
tracked SO many criminals, so likable
The captain and | were sitting on
uening in detective headquarters II
ciicaso talking of nothing in particu
/ y when station orderly entered.
there's a death reported fror
NJ here on Clark street. he said
3Iolhing to 1t in the way of a case
+ Ebut the whole place Is so destitut
tAat ! thought maybe you might wan
y inst look things over
The captain pressed a button. Il
md Williams he said. Want to g
alons, Miss Clement?' he said. Your
oIvays mussing around in this slul
Slsf'
"A little time after that Williams {
~ Central office and myself were a
ending the steps of a rickety BULL
IS on lower Clark street. The gaur
hAabitants stared at us as We passe
nor after floor of the building, dod
hg IN and out of doors like rabbits
avarren. 1t was a place of misery an
heartbreak. Finally, arriving on ii
iep 6oor. we came to a room whel
: face stared upwards with unseeir
syes toward the ceiling. An emba
nssed janitor stood awaiting us.
It's just a case of typhoid
Md, moving toward Williams. TIL
uile girl came here about six weel
80 looking for work. She didn't fir
4 About two weeks ago she g
rex. We did everything We could fl
Aer but there wasn't much money ar
- couldn't find out where her foil
usre, and that's about all guess
Williams looked casually arouI
ne room and started to leave. 1 car
~ where the police department b.
nything to do with this, he. sal
Voing back, Miss Clement?'
i had stopped to regard an obje
which | had found partly conceal'
eenind q trunk in a corner OF 4
nom. | brought it forth. 1t was
Galcimer.
WHO does this belong to- ask
& the janitor.
Little Miss Perry, guess he q
swered.
The dead girl?' I remarked.
Yessum. never noticed 1t
ore but l guess it belonged to b
eecause used to hear music from
nere once In awhile
i had picked the instrument up a
sn running my fingers up and do
4 Ne strings. Suddenly l stopped a
eeected on the roughness of the
No rust was apparent. | looked clos
1nsn l took my magnifying glass frt
~ handbag and made a most m
NE examination.
"A moment later | handed the
sfrument to Williams.
Take this to the microscopic,
ofoersd, and then find out the nal
" the city physician who has be
treating this little girl
Williams stared at me.
Now what have you got up "
sleeveT he questioned.
"A murder case and a good OF
va my answer. Hurry up and