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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
: The Famous Detective William J. Burns in Hearss Magaz

tally, ran across the Chief in the hotel lobby.
(The Chief Incidentally, had been waiting in
the lobby the whole day before and up I'LL this
moment on this day for Rink to run across him
"accidentaily.'0
pretty good joke you worked on me- Chief"
remarked Rink.
"Joke?" said the detective arehfng MS eye
brows; what kind of a jokeY
Go on-quit kdding-the loaded cigar
Loaded exclaimed the Chief; with loud
laugh Get out! You're kidding"
Mkt" answered Rink. You knew darned
well it loaded.
Il did nothing Of the kind" amiably respond
ed the detective; that cigar gave you was
given me by friend of mine. 1t was too black
to suit my taste, so thought I'd let you tackle
it,"
Rink was doubtful at first, but the evident sim
certify of the detective finally convinced him.
Here" said the Chief, take this cigar.
bought this one and It'll make up to you Tor
the other You needn't be afraid or this
one exploding"
Rink took the cigar An hour later, when he
tried to light It, he discovered that the Chief
had told the truth. 1t did not explode 1t was
hoow--and in it was lead pencill
Rink now determined to play q 3oke GA
the Chief and play 1t without another days de-
lay. He hied himself, accordingly. to one u
the numerous little novelty stores where tne
detective had evidently been making his pur-
chases of "parlor tricks" and laid in q stock OF
loaded cigarettes, cigars made Of rubber, bou-
tonnieres with concealed sqcirtguns and similar
called pocket jokers. Then he proceededNte
look up the Chief
The Chief however, so they told Rink at the
hotel had left suddenly for Chicago in response
to telegram Rink smiled his doubt. But
the next day passed and the day after that and
the detective not to be seen around the hotel
or anywhere else, Rink began to believe that the
Chief actually had left the field of Toledo open
to him. What distressed Rink especially how
ever the fact that he had pocket full Of
jokers and not a chance to get even with tins
Chief. AS alternative, therefore, he made
up his mind that, rather than waste the tokern.
he would have some fun with them with HIS
comrades And that night, while hoaxing Maxy
Frumm, one of his cronies with rubber cigar
in the back room of downtown saloon, Rink
suddenly let the smile of his boyish pranksome-
fit from his face, suddenly brought his
fist down the table, gruffly told the waiter
who came UP the trot in response to the rap
to go to, and, leaning over the table close to
his friend Maxys ear, outlined to him what
had just occurred to him a superbly cunning
way to reap in some excrucatingly easy money.
Maxy smiled broadly as Rink finished his chron-
icle. Its and it's SAFE" nodded that worthy
Sure it Is" returned Rink; 'it's one of the best
little ideas yours truly ever thought out!"
Rink was not entirely accurate 1t of
the best little ideas his truly, the Chief, had
ever thought out.
The story from which the foregoing excerpts
taken will be found in full in the January
number of HEARST'S MAGAZINE.
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audible and the sole result which Mr. Gryce
obtained from this venture was a quick look
from Mr.. Van Burnam and the following
compromising words from his lips:
"If you think this young girl knows me,
that 1 know her, you greatly mistaken.
She Is much of stranger to me as am
to her, and / take this opportunity of saying
So hope my liberty and good name are not
to be made dependent upon the word of a mis-
cradle waif like this"
Meantime they moving rapidly toward
police headquarters and, fearing the sight of
that place might alarm Miss Oliver more than
well for her, he strove again to rouse her
by kindly word But it was useless.
She evidently tried to pay attention and follow
the words he used but her thoughts were too
busy over the one great subject that engulfed
her thoughts.
The stopping of the carriage reused her.
Looking UP, she spoke for the first time.
II want police officer she said.
Mr.. Gryce, with all his assurance restored.
leaped to the ground and held out his hand.
Il will take you into the presence of one"
said he; and she, without glance at Mr..
Burnam. whose knee she brushed in passing,
leaped to the ground and turned her face to-
ward police headquarters.
She gave him sharp glance; the first she
had bestowed upon him since leaving Miss AL
you are no DOCTOR" she declared. Are you
a police officer?"
II am a detective"
"Oh!" and she hestitated for a moment,
shrinking from him with very natural distrust
and aversion. Il have been in the tolls then
Without KNOWING II, no Wonuer lam Caught
But criminal, sir; and IL you are the
most in authority here, beg the privilege
of few words with you before am put into
confinement"
II will take you before the superintendent"
said Mr. Gryce But do you wish to go alone?
Shall not Mr.. Van Burnam accompany your"
Mr. Van Burnam?"
rs 1t not he you wish to denounce?"
IL do not wish to denounce any one to-day"
What do you wish?" asked Mr.. Gryce
Let me the man who has power to hold
me here or let me CO. and will tell him."
Very WELL" said Mr.. Gryce and led her into
the presence of the superintendent
"Sr." said she, IT have been brought here
account of fearful crime I was unhappy
enough to witness. l myself innocent of
that crime, but, far as l know, there is no
other person living save the guilty who
committed 1t who can tell you how or why or
by whom II done. One man has been ar
rested for 1t and another has not. If you will
give me two weeks of complete freedom will
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Woman's Inhumanity to Man

the beasts Of the field are better cared for than
women"
Here. no doubt. Miss Della Macdermott's quite
honorable eagerness to draw the line somewhere
(Which is the definition OF dogma) leads her to
neglect that logical analysis and realistic obser-
walton which are necessary In order TO draw the
line anywhere 1t certainly is not the fact, as
anyone see in the street that civilization
has cared for men as such and not for women
as such.
Some women worse cared for than the
birds and beasts; and 1t will generally be found
that their husbands and brothers not much
better Off But some women are cared for at a
costly and sometimes cruel cost even to the
beasts and birds. II is obvious that there are
women, and men also, who are hunted like the
hare or fall to the ground like the sparrow Rut
It is equally obvious that there are men whose
pleasure has no scruple about the hare. and
that there are quite as many women whose van
lily has no scruple about the birds
But barring this deeply Illogical element,
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CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY,
CHAPTER xxvI-continued.


TWAS all the more assured of this from the
~ fact that Miss Althorpes stately figure
very plainly to be at that moment, not
in the coach Miss Oliver approaching, but
In an elegant victoria just turning the corner.
MY expectations realized; for sooner
had the poor girl swung open the door of the
second hack than her whole body succumbed
to a shock SO great that expected to see her
fall In a heap the pavement. But she
steadied herself up with determined effort.
and with a sudden movement full Of subdued
fury jumped into the carriage and violently
shut the door just the first carriage drove
of to give place to Miss Althorpe's turnout.
"Humph!" sprang from Mr. Gryce's lips in
4 tone so full Of varied emotions that 1t
with difffcuity I refrained from rushing down
the stoop to myself who the occupant
OF the coach into which my late patient mad
so passiopately preclpitated herself But the
sight Of Miss Athorpe being helped to the
ground by her attendant lover recalled so
suddenly to my own anomalous position on her
stoop that let my first impulse pass and con-
cerned myself instead with the formation of
those apologies / thought necessary to the oc-
casion. But those apologies never uttered.
Mr. Gryce, with the infinite tact he displays
in all serious emergencies, came to my rescue,
and so distracted Miss Althorpes attention that
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point out to you which is the veritable man
of blood, and may Heaven have mercy on his
souli"
"She is mad" signihed the superintendent in
by-play to Mr.. Gryce.
But the latter shook his head; she was not
mad yet
81 know" she continued, without hint of
the timidity which seemed natural to her
der other circumstances, that this must seem
a presumptuous request from one like me- but
1t is only by granting 1t that you will ever be
able to lay your hand on the murderer of Mrs.
Van Burnam. For will never speak If 1 can
not speak in my own way and at my own time.
The agonies 1 have suffered must have some
compensation. Otherwise should die Of horror
and grief"
And how do you hope to gain compensation
by this delay?" expostulated the superintendent.
in denouncing him here and now before he
can pass another night in fancied security"
But she only repeated: Il have said two
weeks and two weeks must have Two weeks
in which to come and go as l please Two
weeks!" And no argument they could advance
succeeded in ecitng from her any, other re.
Spouse or in altering in any way her air Of
quiet determination with It's underlying sug-
gestion of frenzy.
You think she's saneT-
81 do"
And will remain so two weeks."
IF humored."
You are sure she is implicated in this
crme?"
"She was witness to It."
And that she speaks the truth when she de-
clares that she is the only person who
point out the criminal%
YES; that is, she is the only one who will
do it. The attitude taken by the Van Burnams,
especially by Howard just in the presence
of this girl shows how little have to expect
from them"
"Then we must accept her terms. She can be
shadowed?"
Every moment"
And, returning to where the young girl stood,
the superintendent asked her whether she felt
sure the murderer would not escape in the time
that must elapse before his apprehension.
IF any hint of what is here passing should
reach him should be powerless to prevent his
flight Swear then that my very existence
shall be kept secret between you two
will do nothing toward his apprehension--no,
not even to save the innocent"
1--WE will not swear, but we will PROMISE"
returned the superintendent. And now, when
may we expect to hear from you again?"
1.-TWO weeks from tonight as the clock
strikes s. Be wherever may chance to be at
that hour and whose arm 1 lay my
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Brand-New Type Of Fiction Story Is Devel-
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Showing the Real Methods Used in Pro-
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ice the news that at the particular time in
which Rink enters the area of our story, said
Rink ION the water wagon"
What caused Rink temporarily to forswear
alcohol at this particular Juncture is not given
us to explain. Nevertheless, when the Chief
sitting at his desk in New York, intrenched
behind the smoke belching breastwork of q per
fecto got sudden wind of the fact that Rink
was simultaneously not drinking and in Toledo
Ohio, the Chief did not even hesitate for tooth
brush on his way to the train.
But how to get Rink into jatlY
The Chief realized that the simplest thing in
the world would be to frame up Job Rink
and put him In Jail, but the Chief realized stimuli
taneously that to sequester Rink thus artih-
cay, thus obviously, thus amateurishly, would
only put Rink and his gang doubly their
guard against the Chief This would never do.
Rink had to be wesned into jail naturally-that
is. In 81 way that would convince Rink there
was no strategy or influencing hand behind 1t.
Rink in other words, had to be put behind bars
In way that would impress upon Rink as
being purely In the due course OF law There
must be odor of "frame-up." And hence the
Chief, still reading his novel, brought himself to
the conclusion that he (the Chief would have
TO devise a crime that would appeal to Rink so
poignantly. greatly, and would have to sug
gest this crime TO Rink defty that Rink
would Just have ~ tho to commit IT. This then
ing up job not on Rink but for him.
When the Chief stepped up to the desk of the
hotel to register, something caused him involun-
tarily to glance to the left He seemed to feel
someone's eyes upon him. He turned. and there
smiling at him with much insouciance, was
Rink.
Hello, Chief" said Rink still smiling; what
you doing in Toledo"
After crook, Rink" returned the Chief.
simply
who ia he?" braveiy inquired Rink
You" replied the Chief, graciousy.
"Me?" exclaimed Rink, with elegant sem
bance of surprise and shock; what have I
done7"
Il don't know yet, Rink" answered the Chief
Good byel"
When Rink accidentally" happened to meet
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

confess myself an admirer of Miss Della Mac
dermott l am much more interested In women
than In their votes; ! am not frightened of
Female Suffrage am only sick of IT. and the
proof of It is that fine feminine outburst OF
this sort pleases me now quite apart from
whether 1t comes from suffragists or ant-suffra
gists And Miss Della Macdermott really is
of the strongest things in the world: a purely
womanly woman. l have never been able to
derstand where the idea arose that woman Is
different from man In being softer or sweeter.
more mercful In the battles of principle That
II arose among bachelors is evident; but surely
even those huge bachelor clubs that were called
the monaseries never so solitary to
breed so insane a deluson-especially there
were nunneries too.
1t probably arose, limited in Scott's cele
brated lines, from the fact that women have
always been doctors and nurses. and whenever
there scarlet fever, have been on the spot,
or spots. The real greatness OF woman has al
ways been that she will abandon her guns, but
win not abandon her position II II Is neces-
sary. by some trick of logic, that she should talk
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
By G. K. Chesterton

think Modern books perpetualiy present not
the wrong answer, but the wrong question Ano
that is really fatal to all progress of thought.
just false scales or cracked lenses would be
fatal to all the inquiries of chemist. But Miss
Macdermott does allow to think she allows
us to do anything; she is jolly nihilist
Civilization Is simply that self-command by
which man can revert to the normal Anarchy
is not uproar; uproar Is all right In its place.
Anarchy is not plunging; anarchy is not being
able to stop 1t is not anarchy In house II
people sit UP all night New Years Eve. II
is anarchy In a house If this makes them SIT up
later and later every night afterward. 1t Is not
anachy in the state If men under extreme mis-
government drag down their existing rulers and
substitute other rulers and obey them. 1t Is
anarchy in a state If people come to think that
all things, small and great may, in varying de-
grees, be so resisted; that whenever the postal
service annoys me, / may break the rules OF
the postoffce. Civilization does permit outbreak;
It does not permit anarchy; and to civilization
even Miss Macdermott Gas implore her TO be-
heys) really owes a great deal
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nonsense in defense of sense, she does not mind
how much nonsense she talks-so long 1t is
really in defense OF sense. You could not get
her to say a word, even of sense, on the side
she regards nonsense
In that aspect l strongly admire Miss Mac
dermott who SAYS: Very well; let's have
archy." Seriously there is something great
about it. II makes one realize why Nature,
with her pouring winds and plunging cataracts.
always conceived woman. 1t makes
realize why the old fairy tale told by Chau
Ger truly insists that women do not want flat
terry, or beauty, or even mastery, but their own
way. But to the immediate proposal TO
abandon civilization in order to obtain the fran
chise for few fairly prosperous spinsters, there
does, perhaps, remain something more to be
said
Now OF course, Ii is cold rubbish to say that
women have got nothing from civilization
cept the loss of their liberty. The lowest slave
in the lowest slavery got something from civ
ilizaton he got his bed and breakfast, of which
many free citizens to-day are much more un-
certain, Women have got great deal from
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in many others connected with this case.
There nothing in Miss divers attitude
to indicate that she had unburdened herself
of any of the emotions with which she so
grievously agitated, there Mr.. Van
Burnams part any deeper manifestation of feel
ing than slight glow his cheek, and even
that disappeared under the detectives scrutiny.
leaving him as composed and imperturbable as
he had been in his memorable inquistion before
the Coroner.
Disappointed and yet in a measure exhilarated
by this sudden check in plans he had thought
too well laid for failure, Mr.. Gryce surveyed the
young girl more carefully, and saw that he
had not been mistaken in regard to the force
or extent of the feelings which had driven her
into Mr.. Van Burnams presence; and, turn
Ing back to that gentleman, about to give
utterance to some very pertinent remarks, when
he was forestaIled by Mr. Van Burnam inquir-
ing in his DID, calm way which nothing seemed
able to disturb
Who is this crazy girl you have forced upon
me? If had known l was to be subjected to
such companonship should not have regarded
my outing favorably"
Mr.. Gryce, who never allowed himself to be
surprised by anything a suspected criminal
might do say, surveyed him quietly for a
moment, then turned toward Miss oliver.
You hear what this gentlemao calls your"
said he
Her face hidden by her hands, but she
dropped them as the detective addressed her,
showing a countenance so distorted by pas
sion that 1t stopped the current of his thoughts
and made him question whether the epthet
bestowed upon her by their somewhat calous
companion was entirely unjustified. But
the something else which was in her face re-
stored his confidence in her sanity, and he saw
that while her reason might be shaken 1t
not dethroned, and that he had good cause to
expect sooner later some action from a wo-
man whose misery could wear an aspect of such
desperate resolution.
That he not the only one affected by the
force and desperate character of her glance
became presently apparent, for Mr.. Van Bur-
man, with more kindly tone than he had pre-
viously used, observed quietly:
Il see the lady is suffering. I beg pardon for
my inconsiderate words. l have wish to
insult the unhappy"
Never was Mr.. Gryce nonplussed. The de-
tective did not force the situation, but only
watched her and more attentively till
her eyes fell and she crouched away from them
both. Then he said:
You can name this gentleman can you not
Miss Oliver even If he does not choose to
recognize your"
But her answer, II she made one, was in
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civilization, coronets as well as tiaras, real
crowns as well real diamonds. II they were
artists, 1t was from the common civilization of
both sexes that they gained the instruments of
their art. If they were thinkers, It was by the
printed and preserved books of both sexes that
they first learned to think. II they were speak
ers. il some civilized language that they
spoke. The suffragette is quite as traditional
the anti-suffragist; indeed the suffragette
may almost be called antiquarian, for she is
always digging up the details Of old masculine
rebellions So when Miss Macdermott says that
she wants vote, and that she owes nothing to
civilization--why the answer seems fairly clear.
If she did not get the idea of vote from civ
ization will she kindly tell us which agreeable
savage had the privilege Of suggesting it to her?
Nevertheless, that naked proposition of an
archy which she has had the highly womanly
courage to offer really is an interesting propo-
siton that is proposition about which II Is
possible and profitable to think We hear much
day about modern books which make you
think" In my experience II is rather rare to
find modern book that even allows you 10
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TN the January number Of Hearst's Magazine
/ appears what is indeed brand-new type Of
detective story. 1t is written by William j.
Burns, the world famous detective, in collabo-
ration with George Jean Nathan, and Is one OF
most important series to be published In
Hearst's Magazine. It js picture Of how
real detective works in landing real crmi-
nal You will find here tracing of crimes by
cigar ashes, laborious and involved passages
OF deduction" no long-sho guesses which you
are asked to take on faith. But rather this Is
narration of how acute mind matched Its
masterful qualities against another nearly as
keen--in battle to land notorious and self
sufficient criminal leader behind prison bars
This story is based on actual experience OF
Detective Burns, and 1t details the actual facts
in one of his cases. II is the second in our
series of detective stories built around the
ploits OF this leader among the worlds living
crime hunters
The following excerpts from 1.-THE Superb
Cunning of Mr.. Rink Murphy" by Detective
William J. Burns in the January number OF
HEARST'S MAGAZINE, are reprinted here by
permission of HEARST'S MAGAZINE.
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CHAPTER XVII.
Tho PpO,fIf

1 Gryce's scheme he was and possibly I
more chagrined. He had expected, from
the intense emotion she displayed at the sight
of Howard Van Burnam (for 1 was not mis-
taken as to the identity of the person occupy
ing the carriage with her), TO find her flushed
with the passions incident upon this meeting,
and her companion in a condition of mind which
would make it no longer possible for him to
deny his connection with this woman and his
consequently guilty completely in a murder to
which both We're linked by many incrimi-
mating circumstances
But for all his experience the detective was
disappointed in this expectation, as he had been
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n rISS DELLA MAcDERMoTT, the suffra-
mi gette. has come to conclusion Her
views are formed. There is no haze or
mystery or atmosphere about her 1t is re-
freshing in this skeptical age, which is like
house where everyone has lost something and
wanders about looking for It. Q find anyone who
has found such thing final reply.
Mr.. Bernard Shaw had remarked. very rea-
sonabiy one would suppose, that IL every section
Of society acted like the sufrragettes, complete
anarchy would ensue. To which Miss Della
Macdermott replies Tin letter to daily pa
perl TO the general effect that 1t would be rath-
err fun il 1t did eusue. She maintains. with a
great deal 70 spirit and lucidity, that woman
in this sense. ought to be irresponsible; that she
is not bound to be an example, but entirely
free to be an anarchist. 1T is high time we
shed our old superstitons; civilization has done
nothing for women but rob them OF their
strength and liberty. The birds OF the air and