Bisbee daily review., 1914-07-26

sauon with anyone within a tadlus ol sign of the manager, Shaynon or Mrs. Strone.
 "storyg the detective suggested at length.
 Plant retOrted P. sybarite as tersely.
 "Salted youY
 on the elevator of course"
 Tt come to me that was the way of it when he sprung that bunk stun about you coarsely loading said loot into your coat tail." admitted the de- tectlve. "That didn't sound sensible, even if you did have a skirt to fuss into a cab That wus one swell piece of goods you bundled into No. 230"
 "Whatg" cried r. Sybarite
 The detective started
 Wasn't that the number of the lady's cab-tw0-thirtyf
 Good God" eiaculated P Sybarite, jumping up.
 Whats hit youf' said the detective.
 His words were addressed to his own conscience and to the horizontal folds of the Inverness that streamed from the shoulders of F. Sybarte as he bolt ed unhindered through the Fifth ave nue entrance The little man was ex- claiming:
 "Dolt! Blockheadl Tmbeciei Idiot! Numskull. Ass! Simpletoni Loonr'
 The chin air of early morning wiped fine bIistering epithets from his lips as h5 fed like a madman down Fifth ave nle.
 Deliberately had he permitted him. self to be duped, circumvented over reached
 Why had he never for an instant dreamed that the words "two-thirty' cOuld indicate anything but the hour of some otherwise undesiguated appoint meut? Of course it had signided the number ot M0riau's carriage check, .'23O"
 If be had ere this entertained any doubts whatever ot the ugly grounds for bis fears they were now resolved, ! by recognition of Bayard's clumsy ruse. to Eeep him both out of the cab l aud out ot the way while November | ana his lieutenants executed their in- | famous commission And all that was now ten--Gfteen- l twenty minutes old, Marians car was ! gone, and if 1t had not reached the ! Plaza the girl was lost. irrevocably lost l On the way to the Bizarre from | Peter Kenny's rooms, some freak of a mind superdcially preoccupied had caused him to remark, on the south | side of Forty-thrd street immediately | east of Sixth avenue. a long rank of buildings
 or these. one building boasted the l blazing electric announcement. All Night Garage"
 Into this last P. Sybarite pelted at ] the top Of his speed and pulled up ! pulling to stare nervOusly round a place gloomy. cayernous and pungent with fragrance of oil. rubber and gaso- line. Out of the shadows behind him, ! presently. came a voice. drawing:
 "You certainly do tuke on like you'd lost a power of trouble"
 "Taxlw the little man panted vo- ciferously.
 The other yawned and stretched. "1t can't be done. he admitted fairly ''They aiut no such animal on the premises"
 With a gesture P syharite singled out the uearest car
 "Whats thatg he demanded an- grlly
 "Ten dollars an hour
 'Tu take it."
 "But you asked for a taxi" grum- bled the man rising to press button. ] Whereupon a bell shrilled somewhere in the dark backyard of the establish ment "Deposity' be suggested. turn Ine back
 ?. sybarite dlsbursed golden double eagle. and to the operator who. reused by the bell. presently drifted out of the shadows gaping and rub bing his eyes. be promised a liberal tip for haste.
 In two minutes be was rolling out ot the garage ensconced in the body of a luxurious and high powered touring machine which be strongly suspected to be somebody's private car lawlessly farmed out while It's owner slept l Self conscious and ill at ease. he pre- scented himself to the amused inspec- tion of the night force in the office of