The Delta independent., 1915-12-31
Hasserty Was Worth Looking At.

money besides. Oh, I've got him all
right. Queer case. though: an / don't
understand it all yet. But / know
who an where he is
Tell me. You've never said word"
His wife leaned across the table eager
ly.
Il don't talk till I'm sure. MiIly.
II you women'd only think IL out that
way there'd be lot O. trouble saved.
Well, you remember / used t pooh.
hooh this finger-print business. Looked
like expert stun. / never saw two ex-
perts who agreed on anything. But
this thumbprint is tn real article; you
can't get away from it. Fact When
Mrs. Armitage lost her emeralds-
forty thousand iron-boys. including
duty-think OF it, forty thousand for
string of little Irish-green stones
we'll, / was detailed { look over tn
case. She has a whatchacallit next
t her bedroom
"Boudoir''
That's 1t. Well, she had tn slick
est wall safe you ever heard Of Or
dinary 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 or
it. Maid hadn't busted it lately. Saw
nice thumb print. Perfect. Got II
photographed. an went over tn help
an tn folks themselves. Didn't match.
Same print on little idol In the safe.
So put 1t 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 II. 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 a 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. Th' guys was either
afraid or waiting till we forgot. But
we don't forget. Milly. Then came
tn Hollister pink pearls. Or-fashioned
safe this trip. Easy job. OF Hollister
had one O. those jade plates. Whata
you think? Same thumb print on that.
Number 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 Ioony. 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 more after tn Morris
Well. / went bug on tn thumbprint
thing. Hunted bar.rails. ship-rails:
everywhere 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 a hundred an twenty thou
sand, market value. Now. that's 60
ing some even these days. when you
think of 1t. For weeks an weeks
nothing but blind alleys. Then came
tn bull-headed luck. They we're put
ting in some new mummies at tn
museum. an / was detailed L watch
tn crowd for dips. ! was looking over
one O tn new cases. when who bobs
up but Mr.. Thumb-print. 3 large as
life. You could have knocked me
over with a feather. Say, girl, you
wouldn't think 1t, 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 reglar Jobs.
/ hobnobbed with students an profes.
sors. gum-shoed tn homes OF tn
noted archy-what's them?"
Archaeological supplemented Mrs.
Haggerty, who had gone through high
school.