The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-11


quick eye that If an agile man wer
TO run out rapidly, not giving IN
, ladder, much time in which to descen
: wonderfully dcNtrous OF limb. fall fla
forward from the end OF the descend
Ing ladder and catch at the ledge op
posite, thus spanning an apparently un
Having assured himself that thi
was possible. Christopher Poe climbed
the four tS i'ights Of fre-eseape ,s. stairs
roof; There he Inspected the doc
leading below. and> found it securely
locked from the inside. Then no mad,
circuit OF the roof space, searching
everywhere for certain traces he HOPED
to discover, but finding nothing. II,
seemed disappointed In. this. and mad,
a second careful search, but that, too
Without further loss OF time he hur.
ried down the fire escape, entered by the
and asked the janitor to take him up tn,
! inside stairway. The man did SO, and
Poe examined the paddock on the trap
door opening to the sky,
No My woman opens 1t Mondays
to. hang. her, washines out up there and
boss boss" takes ' his friends up" '
~ see You live in the building,
them"
nearby door, and pointing into a
| bare hall with three or four rooms lead
Ing off II
As Poe looked in, harsh voice cried
'TIelloi What are you up toy
Tracing the raucous voice TO a huge
wicker cage sitting in one corner. the
banker saw n sedate, grlm-faced par
rot blinking at him from it.
MAKE a good Watchdog. that par
rot" he observed.
"Oh. amt much need OF him here
ai1t 0T11u n a
people in the buildin'. an none OF the
lofts Is rented
"By the way. I was going, to ask
where you keep the key to that roof
ooh right here" smiled the janitor.
In reply to the abrupt question:, point
ing to a nall on the kitchen door on
which hung several keys, IT'S the top
one; them other two Is misfts, MY
woman keeps It handy to hang out her
clothes"
fore the corner cage to say. Hello
''HeIlo yourself and see how, you, like
It! oh, you kdn Polly cackled back, -,
Pom mt PAY to o9 attenor nsfTasv TO e him don't
mean nothin' by It.; Some OF the boys
''Che boys? What boys do you mean?"
asked Poe.
"oh, there's some always hangs on he
hind the stage, sir. There's Billie that
used to do a song an dance. an Pro-
fcssor Hertz that walked on with an anil
ali old friends Of mine In manner OF
speakin' They belong to the buildin'
as much as I do; most OF 'em seen bet
ter times an they can't get away from
here fer can o. beer an little friend
ly game O. pinochle- It's happy lucky
place, sir"
'.1 see Play poker, too?" asked Poe,
Swgx l. Ill ~Irt~
white poker chip along the bottom OF
Pollys cage toward the wires, Polly
snapped at the chip with her beak, but
finally Poe managed to extract 1t, and
hold 1t up for the janitor TO see, Polly
screaming:
Hello! What are you up tor"
mo. They amt none Of EN- plays
poker here" The janitor scratched his
know where she could "a picked that up.
1t weren't here yesterday. That's the
trouble OF keepln' birds where folks goes
an comes as they pleases."
You're sure that chip wasn't there
yesterday"
"Yes; cleaned her cage"
DO any OF the bows you speak of
play. poker anywhere?" queried Poe
quickly,
".oh, ! ss'pose SO. Some OF 'em amt
for instance: he ain't had an engage
ment In twenty years
stepping to the door, and making a
mental note Of the relative position of
the parrots cage and the key hanging
on the wall. He slipped the tanitor q
down the stairs
On the street again Poe walked up
Broadway, and entered saloon near
Forfy-second street, well known as
rendezvous OF the sporting fraternity
..sivers" Poe beckoned aside a fiac-
cld-taceu man, with n confidence beeet-
ting iron gray nustache who was lean
'hs Iaga,nsI the bar chewing a toothpick
house In the neighborhood bowed, and
hurried TO Poe's side. glanclns up at him
IN the swift, anxious manner OF a for
shn .hno toSso%sr seeming something In the
the poker chip he had rescued from Pol
lv's cage. and held IT toward sltyers IN
ths t,roI,a.a palm OF his hand It was quite dis
looking. with three minute rings ~ 20
in the center " 'eu
What house uses this STYLE chimp.
queried Poe. 'A'p'
Slivers took II in his hand and ,ool.d
ar II highly conservative formal nd
ludtcious length of time, TO assure Pna |
II was quite a balanced professional veye
dict he was forming
They use those at the Judges an, Doo
likely this came from the judges Mo'
think there's only one ring on 'ern at
seven pennyweisht OF so fighter and |
cost about 80 cents a box less WIN
Thinkln' of openin' a little quiet hotei
game? Don't want the services Of an |
No thanks! I'm In q hurry You've |
saved me some trouble. Buy the bows a |
drink, replied Poe. pocketing the chin,
and slipping small bill into the thirst. |
trernbly hand OF Slivers.
Hurrying over to his rooms tust off |
Fifth avenue and Fifty-ffth street poe
found small. neat package awaiting
him II was the thumb from Doctor
Robinson. the bruised skin nicely re.
placed, and the whole covered with a |
glass-like substance which made II easy
TO handle and much less disagrees bic
Poe dropped down before a study table
and turned on the strong electric light |
above. He held the glass-lnca scd thumb
In his fingers. and studied II carefully,
finally tracing an outline OF the digit on |
q piece OF paper. and turning through 1
great Index OF photogra phs Of Thumbs
md other fingers. comparing several
prints and copies in the vol
ums 70 the sketch he had made OF tho
specimen under observation
Below the drawings he made a few
notes. as follows, before adding II TO his
collection of reproductions:
Classifcs stion-Clubbod thumb
Cha ra ctertstics. on compariaon.
Wilful. brutal. unrea soDinc nm