El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-17

voice "One Of them was in here this
afternoon, asking me about you-hoW
you were spending your money. he
said they'd seen US together"
richardson accepted the alarming in
formation with the heaTiness Of de-
spair. He sat down. because his knees
were weak with nervousness.
What's the matter? What have you
been doing?"
I'm short in my accounts Richard
son answered hOarsely.
Great Scott! How mUch2"
Thirty five hundred dollars" Rich
ardson answered, by instruction.
Thirty five What Why, what
in --- have you been doing with itZ'
Morris Walks Into the Trap,
Wei. darn your eyes" Richardson
flared up. you got s2700 Of it,"
Morris in a blinking silence, studied
the little trap a moment, and then
walked into it. THE detectives don't
know that, do they?
IF they don't, Richardson said,
they'll find it out when they see my
bank account"
But hold on Morris cried. Il
can't be mixed up in thing like this,
Al. 1 didn't know you were stealing
that mOney-Or 1 never would nave
taken a cent of it
Where did you think I was getting
it,"
7 DON'T don't Why. look here,
Al. L can't stand for this sort of thing
You're not going to involve me In a
mess like this, are you! mis- is the
limit I've got to get married NEXT
month. II can't stand to get mixed
up in any scandal like this. Like as
not theyu-What are you going to tell
them?"
Richardson did not answer
They'll think I was in on it.
They'll Morris hurried to the shop
door and locked it against interruption,
Look here, Al You've got to square
me on it some way. AouV We got 10
You can say YOU owed ii to me-
Richardson maintained a silence that
/ looked resentfuL-
Can't you? Why. you know as well
as I do I'd never touched cent OF II
if I'd thought"
Richardson Gets His Money Back.
He stopped. He had an idea He
/ had in fact, found the funnel that
had arranged TO carry him into the
he said eagerly. These fellows can't
be sure you've taken il. He wanted TO
know If you were spending more mon
ey than you ought to- Ihey re not
sure yet. Why don't you get the mon
ey and put it back2"
Where could get it. to put it
back?"
had it, could you do it,
Yes" he mumbled. Il guess 1 coulo'
il I had it"
Morris made a gesture OF agonized
evaporation You darned, dr1vellnE
Z
He almost wept- -Itu take every cenl
] have in the WOrldf He went 10 ms
little safe and grabbed out mis- bank
books to consult them And tel
YOU" he threatened. you needn't ever
come to me when you get into the next
scrapel'
He was eloquent, he was incredibly
eXecrative. But he wrote cheeks anu
gave notes to cover the entire amount
and Richardson hurried off with them
to report to me.
That's all right now I said. you
owe him eight hundred dollars. Pay u
hack 10 MIN in small installments Of
about ten dollars a month, and ne II
not trouble you for any more black
mail"
And he never did.
a Fascinating SWindIer.
There is scarcely a case in Burns.s
career that does not show some sueh
bit of effective ingenuity, ana You
might fill book with interesting SaoI-
stories of them. for they have usually,
in their conclusions, the plotted sur
prise" Of q clever French cOnle- men
YOU ask him how he ever -IhlnkS them
up" he looks puzzled ny ne -
plains, you don't think them W on
don't have time to, generallS- You SeI
to a place where You nave 70 90 some
thing and you do It. And you DO lC
quick You have to"
I was down in one Of the southern
gulf states some years ago 1nVesugaI-
ing Cuban fill bustering cases for the
United States government and had
with me an sOld couhterfelter named
(let US say DurOc, VINO nau Iurueu
states evidence against his conIeder-
ates in a case that was then pending
His life was threatened, and the auth
critics had put him in my charge to
protect him until after the trial He
and I were under cover IN quiet
boarding house, and the government
was sending me a small allowance Tor
DurOc's expenses.
DurOc was a well educated, highly
cultured old swindler, Of dlsung ulsned
nsnnn g
toned to having plenty of money to
spend, when he was not IN jail Tor Cd
tanning it frauoulently, and he was
never done complaining or the meaSeF-
ness Of his Washington allowance, or
Of trying to borrow money from me on
every. sort of pretext. He was one Of
the most interesting takers ever met
I'd as soon spend an evening with old
DurOc as any man I've known.
ITO show you what sort of q mind he
had, he once forged duplicate Key 70
his cell Just by the gHmpSes he got OF
the one that the turnkey opened the
door with. That seems impossible
doesn't it2--When you consider how
complicated such q lock would be BE
did ii, and he broke jail He could
speak half dozen languages and ne
had knocked about the world Ior 5O
years. / could sit and listen to him Dy
the hOur-When he wasn't trying TO
coax money out OF me
Burns COnfides in n Policeman.
After we had been together about
sincerity in DurOc's pleas for money
He was as insistent as ever. but there
seemed to be false note in his manner
And, one morning, when 1 went off on
nv filibustering cases-leaving DurOc
in the boarding house, as usual
sought out the policeman on the beat,
in the manner Of a private citizen, and
said.
Now, I don't want to appear in this
matter at all, but I've seen a man going
by here every morning who looks 10
me like a fOrger that's wanted in Chi
cago. There's a thousand dollars re-
ward for him. He's dark with droop-
ing black mustache, and he wears
Panama hat" And I described, IN de-
tail a wholly imaginary man
The policeman studied me suspicious
". and I appeared uneasy, and kept
watching the street behind me as II
were afraid that I might be seen talk
ing to an officer-which, indeed was
Finally 1 said.
I'll be back here about midday, and,
if YOU want to speak to me, call to me
across the street and beckOn to me III
come across the street slowly and sort
Of hang back, and you catch me by the
sleeve and pull me VI to youths way
so, If any one sees us, he'll know it's
the first time 1 spoke to you
4 Bit of PuntOmime.
The policeman showed. by the CLINT
in his eyes, that ne could see through
the holes in a ladder Here was one
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