Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

lookout for running man, anyone who
looked suspicious.
THE trio remained by the window for a
full quarter of an hour, without eX-
changing a word. scarcely moving. Pres
emily they saw Haggerty enter the alleyway.
He climbed the fire escape and stepped into
the room He wore a saturnine expression.
well he slipped me; but that's nothing.
He'll never get out of the city. But I'm an
ornament to the office. For six months I've
been SO interested in watching you that |
never gave anybody else thought
What has he done?' cried Crawford.
"Why, the man has been with me for ten
years constantly. faithful as dog. Twice
in AIesopotamia he saved my life. What the
deuce shall do without him?'
"He's the man who stole the Armitage
emeralds, the HOLSTER pearls, an the Nor
ris rubies.
Crawford made a despairing gesture. It
was so incomprehensible! 1What proof
have your"
Haggerty dryly indicated the window.
@He saw what was coming. He knew that
if wasn't satisfied with your thumbprints
l might think of his"
"Good God!' Crawford struck his fore
head "And am the cause of it!'
"Huh?" said Haggerty, startled.
Crawford pointed dumbly toward the
Safes
Haggerty nodded appreciatively, ran his
glance over the safes, and nodded again.
"If a man could only see two ways at once!'
he mourned half humorously, half seriously.
"He was madi'
aMaybe. But listen here. At the Ar
mitage case there was thumbprint on an
idol. If tho Hn11icfarc' q nf Jade.
at the Norris on a min allure. You gave
a mummy to the museum. On the head
piece l accident'ly discovered the same
print. The guy that did all this fine work
was fond O queer things. The thumbprint
on the mummy case wiped out everybody
but you. An when | learned the way you
yegged safes for the fun O the thing-why.
I thought all had to do was to put the
darbies on you an motor to klink. But the
rest of you didn't fit in, somehow. You had
me guessing. Why, found out that your
banker has a payroll of three thousand
month that you give away to the poor. All
this mystery about detectives is bosh. There
amt any mystery: it's only addition and
satisfaction. Well, couldn't add the theft
an the safe blowing an that payroll, an get
the sum | needed. held off the thumb
print till now-an there's where fall down."
@My fault! Why, l am almost as guilty
DIS lie IS. nc uScd W WdlCH IllC LOoI SdIC-
fully whenever opened safe in sport
@Sure, he did. An, say, take it from me,
Mr. Crawford, he had good teacher. There
amt yegg in the country who can do it
heater than you-only it's amateurish.
mean, you didn't use any of the stuff used
by the professionals. Say, I've mind to
run you in an lock you up as it is. Some O
these smooth ones'l be kidnapping you an
making you do the work" Haggerty
smiled; but his heart was heavy. Seven
thousand gone to glory!
The girl reached secretly for Crawford's
hand and pressed it. To her all this was
only prologue.
@Y' see, figured it out this way. You'd
done it on wager as joke, an was kind
= waiting to hear the return of the jewels.
Say, ca1 | light this cheroot?'
go ahead and smoke, said Forbes, TAX
ing upon himself the privileges of host.
HE had never heard of detective like
= this one. The Lecocqs and Vldocqs
and Corentins of his library were invariably
men of marvellous education, chemists. BIZ
ologists, inguists, diplomats, and all that.
pedantically quoting from Montaigne and
Rochefoucauld and Voltaire and Rousseau.
He would have wagered his next ten draw
ings against that fat black cigar that Hag-