Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-07

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 Jones passed them along to the gro- cer and butcher. And then there was the arrival of l the stfan2e man. He took back
 room upstairs without beard. He was
 n Ms loss sssss ssd sf sS h: ns s ss not sS ts ioc erage roomer for that quarter-he 1 was above them. He had plenty of | money. and paid q week in advance, besides assurfng Mamny that he did and he was given the room. It was was two days before the detectress caught .iGht of him, and then she said to
 Your IT. Bennett is . crook" Hes, conhdence man. or a wire .Gst the police at once,". And from the way he drags his right leg should say he was ac- quainted with the ball and chaini" / Then he'll rob and murder usi" No. he won't!" replied Miss Gra- cie in a firm voice Am not here? Isn't it part of my profession to run down crooks ?'ss
 Not a word to them-not a hinti When have got this man in my tolls HI communicate with police head quarters I'll shadow him and have a line on him within three days. You
 
 en the bird away
 The stranger seemed to slink out and tn- He asked no questions of anybody, and if he gave any of the people in the house more than a pass ing gfance it was the stenographer. evenings she found him in her hall when she came up from her dinner. She had taken the precaution to lock her door. and had no doubt that he had tried it
 "Ah, ha, but I'll set . snare for the bird!n she exclaimed to herself. 1t did
 not take two minutes to invent the snare.
 When she went down to dinner, the next evening. she left her door un- over. she rose from the table and tip toed upstairs. MT. Bennett wasn't visible, but she passed along and opened her door with a bang Mir. Bennett was on his knees before her open trunk
 Three yeIls into. the hall of ssHelpi" sMurder!" Police!" and then she grabbed the crook The room filled with boarders in a moment, but MT. Bennett didn't seem very much em- g.T caught him going through my l trpnk!" explained Miss Oracle.
 'Yes,'' he calmy replied. N"Then you are a sneak thief de- Clared Miss Gracle.
 ''Oh, mo-" smiled MT. Bennett. @1his l badge will show you that I belong to l the government secret service" Hes a crook. tell you!" shot back Miss Oracle.
 q was in my line of duty looking 'Counterfeit money.' gasped all in | the room.
 Just so. It's up to you, Miss Hol- 1 lands, to do some explaining why doesn't somebody telephonei" she demanded,
 locked up," replied MT. Bennett. twill you kindly tell me where you got | those five two dollar bills you handed out the other dayT. Why-why-"
 Every one of them was a counter
 felt! I came here looking for a plant, I did not want to ask for . warrant for you. Miss Hollands. until sure of my case
 The next half hour was as full of
 explanations as a chestnut is full of l life. The police were not called in on 1 the, one hand and on the other it was l tearfully admitted that MT. Bennett was not a crook. The next day he had the good luck l to capture the man he wanted, and ! it was only natural that he should come around to the house to make i his report. Then he called again to l ask Miss Gracies forgiveness and ! again with some other excuse. and 1 finally without making any excuse at all It was during one of these calls i that he suggested that Miss Oracle l give up the detective business She | promised to, and then he suggested
 that she give up K. & K. She also promised that, and when Mammy | Jones heard of it she exclaimed: Whoever heard the hkesi" Isn't 1t | funny how some girls get husbands ?'' t-Buffalo Courier.