Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-23

glimpse the personal the old man Just
left with you"
The clerk produced 1t.
Kearney read 1t slowly: Jennie
Hawkins. Send address this office.
Want you. my wife"
The detective uttered growl of dis
appointment as he handed back the
slip of paper.
Il thought he was tipping Montgom-
cry that he was out and that the trail
would be short one" he said to him
self.
He turned to the clerk again.
"Soon as you get an answer to that
personal" he instructed the young
man. telephone headquarters and ask
for Captain Kearney. If ! amt there
the message will be delivered to me.
See?"
Hawkins moved from the respectable
newspaper end of Park row to that Sec
ton of the same iron pillared and
track covered highway which nelts
into the Bowery. He had but little
mone1, and he was hungry.
For cents he could have entered
one OF a hundred and more saloons.
had glass of beer and his fill OF beans.
bread and cOrned beef. But be had
learned his lesson from drink and he
passed these places. choosing a cheap
restaurant after carefully studying the
prices of its various dishes displayed
on frame of dirty white oilcloth in
black letters.
He found a seat in the rear of the
place facing the door.
Kearney's man had entered behind
him and was seated with his back to
him. But he faced a mirror, and he
could see every move of the old proba-
toner he was shadowing.
The eyes of Hawkins shifted about
the restaurant, taking in the dirty
walls, tawdry pictures. faded artificial
flowers and the little signs proclaiming
special dishes and their prices For
only second his eyes rested on the
mirror, but it was long enough.
"a BULL" said Hawkins to himself
The glance at the mirrored face was
enough to impress it on his mind. If
this detective was shadowing him and
not some other. man Hawkins would
know it in just little while.
He ordered a plate of ham and beans
and cup of coffee. Bread was served
with 1t, three slices. He ate with
good appetite and paid the waiter 10
cents from his little store of money.
1t had been his intention to go to the
Herald Office and insert a reply to the
personal from Montgomery. He left
the restaurant and continued his way
north on the Bowery to Third avenue.
He went as far as Twenty-third street
and turned west
At Fourth avenue he entered the
Metropolitan building arcade. which
runs through to Madison avenue and
Madison square. He had not as yet
turned about to make an attempt to
find the shadow. and Kearney's man
was congratulating himself on having
struck an easy job.
Once in the arcade building Hawkins
increased his gait until he came to the
wide Madison avenue entrance. Here
the storm doors had been put up in
heavy weather of the late fall. He
pushed through the door. but instead
of continuing into the avenue he COM
pleted the circle and was back in the
arcade. He retraced his steps, passing
and recognizing the shadow, went to q
bootblack stand and calmly took
chair.
H. -IaI nk aE-e.k
thought that this was ruse of the
man he was stalking to avoid him. but
when he saw Hawkins take the chair
he stood off and under cover told him
self that his task was still a simple
one.
AS Greek boy rubbed and polished
his shoes Hawkins pondered how best
to proceed next. Had Kearney not un-
covered his hand in the attempt to
bribe him to betray his friend he would
have been puzzled to fathom the mean
ing of this shadowing Now he under
stood why he had been released from
prison and why his steps were being
logged 1t was not mercy and kind
ness that had been the motive of his
deliverance. 1t was police craft. New
ertheless he was out ON probation and
to stay out as long as he violated no
law.
The problem before him was to gain
that probation by his own honest effort
and not by being made Judas. His
knowledge of detective methods, gain
ed in evil days, now stood him in good
stead for u good cause. He knew that
some time during the late afternoon
or night his shadow would be relieved
by another. IL necessary, the man fol
lowing him would arrest him as sus-
picious character. take him to a sta
ton and hold him just long enough to
have his relief look him over from
under cover and then follow him. That
he would not be held for long, he
knew very we'll The police wanted
him free SO that he could make his
way to his friend and guide them to
their quarry.
He was concerned chiefly in getting
in print the reply to Montgomery's per
sonal. To manage this best he would
return to his old associates of the un-
derword. Unwritten. the words of
the brief message would be passed