The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-12

ls,,as, WI u poitfs ii dcu i1.uby Nesp-
ld Taylor eoserfd, ti,ss VI y doof,
5shmg ii his foSkrt Jcr kry ,fptns.
3ehmd hm aud ,pl!otss aud oftiI il
hjifhaet .sliits aud iauiha,i rnfr
AlNuAEl. Wha the lsi~sicr'
ALICE. Good icNens what's hap
pciieds
ihere-4he's burglar caught him.
MICHAEL Good l.ordi
Nice. How splendid of yoa!
TAYLOR The mass erasy--don't ~
lieve him. he's a crock lp, an agers
III the United States Custonis-~l cane
here to get DENLY
DENny. That's A pretty poor pll'it.
This IS one of the men who were III
the garden tonight.
ALICE. told yau they'd break ~,
MICHAEL Good woit. DENLY.
TAYLOR ! tell YOU ! saiiie 70 arrcsl
him
ALICE. Arrest that cllarmiag ynune
MANI Whs. that's absurd
TAYLOR Absurd, ehs You won't
think SO when you learn who i am
That gill can tell you,
.ALlcs. Ethel can tell lss (Ihcy all
tp5n 10 look di her.)
llrHeL. ! never saw the man before
TAYLOR lou didn't, eh' guess
You'll remember ME when serve a
warrant for YOUR sisters arrest. lye
got it in my pocket and papers provins
that I'm working forl the United States
Government Ne reaches halid foSpard
iaside coai poekst 10 gel Msm.)
pKNpY. tPokin9. gin nndsr his nose.
No, YOU do:l't! epsnby moi'es MS hdpt
iosgard Tayiogs pocket 70 get them.
isfhei SITS on toneAl.ss Is
IAyLoR. Here don't you touch EN-
DENny. Certainly not Mr.. Harrnig
ton will &c, thenl. (Miehael crcsses n
Taylor and feels TO, fafe,s-
TAAloR. tHoiding eodf opea) In
there. (Haringtonitakes papers J,om
Yayioys pocket. starts 70 Took al Mem.l
DENnY. (Gfabbiag papers fran Har-
,iagtoas haadN Keep ont of range,
Harrington (He backs 10 DIOR. hastily
gianciHg al fdpcrs) It's alright, Miss
Cartwright Ifs alright (E-riis.)
TAYLOR Grab him, | tell you. Hes
a crook. (hie blosts sch;sRe Don't let
him yet away. (iir rms o8, Michael
.4iice and Ldmbarf after him. screaming,
dozen haH, Ethel gees np 10 door dnl
looks anriouSiy dossn bda Dfabp iIdf,
ina fooled them and disatfcctcd, r,As
81 ffoai door lefi. ioeks il lsd MonoHs
Elhci 10 follosu oilc,s)
Iii the last act we find Dcnby Of
fcring bribe to the clever customs
officer Taylor II is bride of thirty
thousand dollars. Taylor IS d poor
man and he accepts the sum in large
bills When his assistants come in, ii
is made BY Taylor TO appear that
everything is mistake. DENLY. says
Taylor is an honest man. But dis
agreeable surprise is in store for this
yery same Taylor. We learn for the
first time just who DENLY is.
DENny I'm not Dcnby--rny name /,
Jones.
TAYLOR Well, who the hell is he'
DENBy. Oh, yes--l'd almost forget
ten-you and the boys don't know who
really an--herc's my commission,
tHanding GIBBS faycamsut.j That,
my photograph-a fairly good likeness,
isn't it
DUNCAN. Yes.
Glans. Sure. Why, this things made
out TO Richard Jones.
DENBY. Wei, DO you get the initials,
,oysS
DUNCAN and GIBBS. (Reading int
iais ssif'Iom realising their sigaifeonee)
R. ].
DENpy That's me, X. J., Of the
United States secret service.
GinBs, (Shakes hands atfth Denby)
Are you really K. J.s
DESBY. am afraid am.
TAYioR. It's lie
Denny. pointing 10 pafey) You
ant get away from that signature =
Is signed by the President OF the
United States.
TAYLOR. | tell you it's a fake.
Denny. They don't seem to think so,
DUNCAN. This is on the level alright.
GIBBS. looking af il soith him, takes ~
DENBY. Taylor, for three years the
government has been trying TO land the
lg blackmailer in the customs--we set
trap for him with a necklace as bait.
he whole thing was plant = from
iarlow's tip to my dropping the neck
Ice just now--and you walked into 1t.
TAYLOR. Coming TO him threaten
igiy) Say, you can't get away with
MS.
DrNBy. Wait minute. You've been
the service long enough to know that
ne rough stuff won't go = you'll only
ct the worst OF it-so take it easy.
10 pRnean aud Gibbs; taking eoW-
iission from Gibbs) Take him along,
oys-l was mighty glad to find out
lst now that you fellows weren't III
n it--keep the necklace for me lex
ibit A-they're fakes.
GIpns. And I've been working for a
rook for two years and never knew 1t.
Gibbs aud Duncan cross oser near
audoses.)
TAYLOR (Goes dospn 10 DENLY fnri-