El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

-, +a1lrin'. And stealth a main maSs
is like stealin' that MOner LlZer M9uiE
he he saws, because 1t can De ny Lo1F
detective could find that picture IN n LLlIl
an hour, and m 1usI U.s.. Qe ~ I'm goin'
to find that main mast ana N HO-15
- do ftp So he turned AROUND ~
started to walk off and trlppeu G'{ +I,ot
bior sort of peeled plnetree II uIlh d, x &c
was layin' on the aech. ~ III bSIegin'
savs iumpin' UP and down anu HI te-l2
90 . TOE Where did that come from
Who left that here on deck = b11f
,neasrer' saws the POrIuRee SdliOI ;se,tS,-t
mate wouldn't near no NO No Some de-
mn he says, I'm gOin' TO 90 SONS to he
tac+iVe work and L don't want TO DC
bothered. " ut r,ain mast
was" said Sim Perkins
At be+ I know. too" said Uncle ASH ASH
ia ssSoca11sa that sort of peeled pine
tree trunk the mate had rlppeu -,
was it 1t was an awful mess Csrs
main mast was-au riggtn anu ST. 4a5
and sails and every thing an spt d 49,
o1-er fine deck-and it interIereu C5
siderably with the mate Wnen ne ~ III NJ
TO find it. 1t was consldeIdDtS - - -I-as
for him to climb over II WHeH ~ ON If
buntin' for cIeWs. He used 10 81 u III
whilst he was thinkin uD cleWS ~ Aol7
Ter. One of the best cleWs ne I'm
was a button with a piece OF CIQtH 80
cIinein' to it. That's one OF me -
sort of cIews, and the mate toleIed 'i IF
two weeks, until he found II vas 81
his own pants, and then he SIOppe!Gt -
Ierin' it and seWed 1t on W4eL9 ffi,eTer
10nged. And then he found IlI me-
print cIew. That's good KIM VI ~
too"
.rWbose finger-print was it, an, ana
where did he find it," asked sim q
kins. .zt
Id asTd he found it on a butter ball
The mate said that if he couIu ~ ~,
meet a couple of links he'd solve I4e
mytery in no time. All ne HeeT tS,I++eT
do. he said, was to connect NJ I9 49,,
hail with the main mast somen0W; 81 81
find out how the POrtugee pTlD5u -
cook and what in tunket ne OILDGu
him for, and what the dickens d 49,
fer ball had to do with a main mas mas
o~7-11ov- and WHY the POrtugee stole
the main mast, and what ne uAu " e
it, and what he did that win II LII, -
he did 20 and do that Win IT, WI. Ia
ever if was So first OIL ne tOOh q
I-nife ana cut Open the butter ball 10
see if the main mast was ma IN H. 49,
if wasn't and he said that loOkSu
mighty suspicious 1t snoWGu 'HSc g, IL
main mast was SOmeWne mere eIsg- ~ -
started in to shadow the PortuEee' "
see if he could find out Where Inc
main mast was hid
"And did he?" asked Sim Perkins;
Gle did, said Uncle AshdoG a a.
first it looked as if he WouIon - I NJ
kent runnin' around behind the FOrIu
gee. and fallin' over the main mast;
and skinnin' his shins on II ~ aLI+
bumpin' his knees on it. and don
+ hnG it hadn't of5 ' been for the Portqgee for
the mate wasn't a story book de It1co
tive. He was French detective t9St1,. NE
those that tried to find the MoneE LIZ I1o-
P %6ere Z nohow. But the Portugee was a
hot tempered teller. and he got mao az
befn' folIered like that. so one uay ne
took the mate by the back OF the hsCh,
10 ben+ him down over the main mast
a ana rubbed his nose into it Then he
fbrowed the mate down and thToWe9S5
the main mast on top Of him. ID. Hei4 10
saws the mate, I've detected where the
TSsin mast Isl And a fine piece or de-
tective work it is saws he -e..,7--
ssYVeu" said Sim Perkins scornIully'
.N-otbi1'l only. that's how them swell
French detectives found the Moner
Tizer picture. '-Copyright, 1914 by me
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate