Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-23

ike expert SUN. never saw TWO ex-
perts who agreed on anything. But
this thumbprint is tn real article; you
can't get away from 1t. Fact. When
Mrs. Armitage lost her emeralds--
forty thousand iron-boys, including
duty7think of It, forty thousand for
q string Of little Irish-green stones
well, l was detailed Z look over TIL
case. She has whatchacallit next
t her bedroom"
"Boudoir''
That's It. Well, she had tn slick.
est wall safe you ever heard of. Or
binary furnace register in tn wall an
back OF it the safe. New stunt. But
there's always somebody that finds
out. Little table stands in front Of
1t. Maid hadn't busted 1t lately. Saw
q nice thumb print. Perfect. Got it
photographed, an went over tn help
an tn, folks themselves. Didn't match.
Same print ON little idol in the safe.
So put it away for future reference.
There wasn't any match for 1t down
at Central, either. New hand. tn
idol was one o. them Hindu things.
Chap was interested in it. We laid
low for tn breakup of tn jewels.
Never came. Say! mebbe We didn't
sit up an take notice" Haggerty
fumbled in his waistcoat for match.
Every good Jewel is registered. All
jewellers know something about it..
Well, nothing doing in Rotterdam or
Amsterdam, or any other Of tn OIL
country dams. tn guys was either
afraid or waiting till We forgot. But
We don't forget, Milly. Then came
tn HOLSTER pink pearls. Or.fashioned
safe :A!s trip. Easy :o5. or I I11o!!!!:s:e:
had one o. those jade plates. Whata
you think? Same thumb print on that.
three. tn Morris rubies. Good
safe. nice Job. but no visiting card
of anyone We knew. A Looy tn Four
teenth minachure. Morris says it's
worth two thousand. Mr.. Thumb
print again. ! was getting loony. Sud-
denly 1t got int my COCO that tn gink
was interested in curios. Get me?"
Mrs. Haggerty squeezed her hands
together in her excitement.
Nothing moro after tn Morris
rubies. That was eight months ago.
Well, I went bug on tn thumb-print
thing. Hunted bar.rails, ship-rails:
you could think Of. Y see.
there was . little scar across what
tn wise ones call the whorl. That
was his photograph. TIL swag mount.
ed up to . hundred an twenty thou.
sand, market value. Now. that's go
ing some even these days. when you
think OF It. For weeks an weeks
nothing but blind alleys. Then calne
tn tbull-headed luck. They were put
ting in some now mummies at tn
museum, an ! was detailed t watch
tn crowd for dips. was looking over
one o tn new cases, when who hobs
up but Mr.. Thumb-print. Q large as
life. You could have knocked me
over with a feather. Say, GIL, you
wouldn't think It, but there's three
thousand bugs In this little oil New
York who don't do nothing but collect
things. furniture. rugs, china, weapons.
foreign things an mummies. Say, but
I wore out some shoe leather. All tn
time was handling tn, regular Jobs.
hobnobbed with students an profes.
sors. eum.shoed tn homes of tn
noted archy--what's them?"
"Archeoloxists.' supplemented Mrs.
Haeserty. who had gone through high
school
"By an by I rot rid OF two thou.
sand nine hundred an ninety.nine of
the bugs. An Number Three Thou.
sand had me swallowing my Adams
apple. / couldn't connect him. A
millionaire. Milly: spends thousands
TIL Metropolitan directors an J. r.;
8 fine a looking chan a. you'd want
t. see. You know, Milly, rye got what
they call tn bunch. / can spot bad
actor Just a. you can woman that
amt straight. That bunch baked.
II he'd done It. It was as Z Joke, for
he doesn't need money
Have you got Ills thumb print %
asked Mrs. Haggerty. who was think.
inR Of the seven thousand dollars.
There's where / fell down. I
couldn't get It without going ct him
straight. SO / settled down t study
him an. his habits. One day, while /
was nosing round / fell ont something
that rot my goat. You see, Milly,
these bugs generally play two games,
ysf-La NY