The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-12-24
CHAPTER vi.
A Real pessotIvs.


One OF the greatest detectives In
the world Tin hts own opinion and.
what was more remarkable STILL In
that OF his wife, sat down 10 his eve
Mug meal Ito called II supper; a.
they called II Immediately after the
stone age when man and woman be-
gan Ia form habits This supper con.
sisted OF cOrned beef cabbage and
boiled potatoes HagKerty hsaped his
plate. proceeded TO slice the three into
= coarse hash and aprinkled u hber-
ally with salt pepper and vinegar He
was not a laxative man AZ his meals,
which he thoroughly enjoyed. having
constitution far more rugged than
that OF tho United States. In that Il
was not open TO promineuoua amend
ments Nor was Mira, Haggerly tron
bled with the vapOra Of the fashion
able She ate a. silently and heartily
a. her lord and master. They finished
On the meal with quarter slices OF rich
mtnco pic. washed down the whole with
plnta OF aromatic coffee, and then
smiled across the table. Their admiFA.
ton for each other was mutual. II had
unood the acid test OF eight years OF
propluaulty.
HagEerty was q real detective. q
poRt graduate in the virtues and dolin.
queneiea OF humanity, the detective
you and / know In every day life. who
was once y policeman on our block and
who wlnked when We broke q window
playing one-old-eat Haggerty's salary
might Do called handsome, n one In
oiuded the splits In frequent rewards.
but a. the pay Of man VINO took his
life In bis hands seven days IN the
week and ftty weeks IN the year. Il
was less than meaEer
"Miliy. you've got ON all kotowing
when II comes 4 corn beef an cab
blEe Say I'm thinking OF buying that
little oil ahaek up BronG way. after
all"
sNoi"
'surs thinE'"
"Bal I don't like these mortgages,
WIN n anything happened to you.
whsre'd I boz"
"sh, lts goinE 4 Be caAh."
And where are you going 10 set
three thousand doliars3 They won't
take = cent under sin Tor the place"
Leave n L me" lilo pulled out =
thick black cigar. Had General Leo
sent = boz of them 10 General Grant
there wouldn't have been any Apo
Inaltax
~wtli. you aren't taking any % that
graft stun. after your promise TO me-
uix YearR aEo!'
"Nis on IN graft. Mlily Aint
handsome but I'm hoRest More a
that ! Amt ths Eink they think am
down al Central"
You're 4 smart man. WIN"
HAgESTty vas worth looking at lie
had = roand bead. a slEn Of eombatiye-
meas. 10 had heavy rectangular laws.
= aiEn % perseverance He had keen
blue eyes. too. With room enough BE-
tween 90 satisfy the most critical Of
phrvneioGints aud physloGnemints flor
whom the detective had the heArtiest
c0ntsmpD To ace thtnEu. to observe
and retain impressions Il ia not neees
Eary 20 held = university degree
Theory and ieEtoal deduction. a. writ.
ten. Interested HaEkvrty Just about
as much as = miaaihhAry's lecture ON
the uplift Of the sinful HottVntot would
have done Crime TO him VAS merely
q picture puzElo. there were 90 many
pieces and only one way TO put them
together When be found another
piece he tried to NJ the two together
n lhey did hol NJ he proceeded to hunt
for the other pieces By and by he got
corner together. maybe a center,
piece, Ia tbs end lhe picture unfolded
Nothing mysterious about thiN
haggerty was not brilliant. he was
only slow and sure And because OF
SNA@ ability To wait be had nov been Z