Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-25
Detective BIaCkie

muscular laced boy ~ h.
deposited tho baud luggage
of tho two travellers in the
faded hlue bus.
"iin careful ~ that black wardrobe 20
warned J Rufus Waliingfofi - lbinh
there a hinge loose"
"Al right answered the hoy deeply
rricYed- I'm write that on nay report
lie vas embcillshed with Ereou
baud % bis faded blue eap. yellow
hansicd man. Wlih q ladder under hi
arm crossed the station platform sud
ntsd 40 electric Hight bulb
Don't you So tf laughed iilnckie
/ new. ass a political loh The oih
cr one B. the Official bulb asrr ans
here comes Che official bus driver I've
seem municipal Ownership towns. Jim
hut fuls one must bo Tho limit"
That means ,hcro isu't a i've dollar
IA The hurg" regretted Walugford
and with aouo dlrfafor, hc viewed
the approach 81 The official hos driver
who wore blun band on hls mp aud
carried grin fuli ~ holes I'm afraid
1 the girB arc against a dead one this
I time"
"OoDd evening, gents aallcd the
tooth phy ouicer eot two good
seats left ia tho grand ttand." aud lac
produced pair ~ iudcd blue paste,
boards from which the printing had
long since worn away 81 reckon most
81 tho cpuncilmen hAvs sold their reg.
nlar scaia hy this time. hut THESE il
good front row. right next 10 the ~
nclal box"
/ 'w"'re Ia buck, lhu.' he, hfod hlnckir.
lnapeciinr the ppncllrd numbers on tlia
tickets and slipping them iuio hia pook
ct y was afral Me Megialt got
uents nt all liy tho way, sergeant.
what are they forT'
"liy. don't YOU know Inquired The
driver ~ surprise. ITS tho regular
Saturday night festival Why. people
come from miles around. from aii those
summer rosoris aud health cures 10 see
tho fireworks, Tho city council makes
o heap of money OF 81 'om. Tho whole
courthouse steps "a covered with
ErundsiHud. that's loft there winter
and summer"
AID what might your business bel"
asked the stakeholder. booking back
with cordial Interest
"iiushw warmed nluekio n hoarao
Whisper aud leaning forward. ho con
ndrd, We are dcfocihcsT
"no anything can for YOU" offered
tho driver w hastily that he forget 90
whisper II don't reckon there's amy.
body la town better posicd than ma +"
ilolng an official msnocior / sua
poeivd as much,' returned BIackie
kreply Interested "rhero u man Ia
ihia town who soea away every little
while. and no one knoWa where no
goes pr why"
Henry tioshyF efliunri tho driver
With a promplness which shocked
hlHctie fpr 10 had only talked at
whimsical random. forgetting TINT in
every town there Is az least one man
whose unexplained eoings aud comlngs
are an asgmvsilen and ga Insult
Describe that mann demanded
hlaekso with professional potcmplori
uraa
Well ahcycd the driver carefully
Fnd accurately, Henry Closhy ~
bachelor about ave foot nlnc. fair 10
mlddlln heavy see. dresses iike dude.
has = pink face. wears fancy eycglassca
WITH ltlls dlngns Ike spring tara
measure 20 Nlna NO the string, has
ilns elcs and shlny black hair ANA
ivafl and mnstachc Tie kccps the
general STORE"
Not the party declared Rmckie Dc.
irctcdly and With an honest impnisc
TO eieaf the unkuown cioshy from AN.
Just suspscion Thea his whimsical
nature came uppcrmpst again. and Ia
spite Of himseif he aAied. "uuless no
diseulscs"
ny Inks, ! never thought os thar
cteloimed the driver. struck by the
startling superstition "whlskers Is
the easiest disguise there "a. / reckon
A. blaekle registered at the ogncmi
hotel under the tar eye o. the oficlas
lnnRceper he glanced across NJ the Oh.
pcsite paee. which CARRIED the names
- ne arrivals - fanr days past
fhere they were, three names IN
neat arm hand {, Misthss FATTY War.
dfh, Mlss Violet Warden. Miss Fanny
Warden Rooms e.. - and "a
A. soon a. the men were straight.
card IN their own apartments they
'lli'oci along The han TO the door o.
81 nnd knoekel.
Hssi ssid iliackle as the ioor open
~ and lhe blue eyes OF Violet and the
lr0sn eyes OF Fauny Nldened with
establishment AZ they saw before them
Z lseu and hank gentleman with white
snir black mnsiaehe. yellow sldeburn,