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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
IMMIGRANT SERVICE
MARS KIDDIES' XMAS
Mother and Five Little Ones
on Lapland Held. Although
Father Is in Ohio.
SHIP BRINGS IN $780, 900

For'rse fve-ycar-old Hannah Wood
side. who comes from Belfast. was bort,
bird In one eye she and her four sis
,ers and brothers lost their Christmas
ashore Yesterday. The five children. who
.drGc in age from william. 3. to
FrofcnD., \. with Amelia, Wilheimiua
aad Hannah in between. came to this
cyun'ry yesterday on TIE Red Star
liner Iapland. now in the White Star
service. Their father IL IN business in
Siudushy, ohio, and has tccn in this
county some time.
Tire Youngsters kept the PASSENGER.
IN the second cabin busy for several
days during the trip with speculationJ
A. to what Christmas would bring
s'em When the biz hurricane hit the
Luland last Wednesday the children
went al the piospect of santa Claus not
t-irc able to navigate out to the liner
(; the storm continued. Friday night
the passengers pooled their trinkets
ard the five dimlnutiye Woodsides found
TIER stockings loaded with toys when
they woke yesterday morning.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-16

turn gets them from the Marshall
Field estate and State street.
we can't blame the Fields or the
Rockefellers for grabbing all they can
get when the people are too indifer-
ent to care"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-16


.E -O-O-
U. S. STANDS AS INTERMEDIARY
BETWEEN GERMANY AND G. B.
Washington, Feb. 16.-The United
States stood today as intermediary
between Germany and Great Britain.
Seeking to protect it's own commerce
and lives, this nation forwarded to
England over night the combined
German threat and compromise offer.
Germany declared it would war on
commerce to the finish if England
tried to starVe out Germany, but
would relax it's plans if England made
concessions.
At the same time this government
sent England evidence in the VII
helmina case, with a request that
Great Britain release the American
food cargo, Germany-boUnd, unless
it has evidence hitherto mdeYeloped.
Officials today declared they had
forwarded the two messages solely
in Americas interest. But it was ev-
ident in official circles that author
flies here considered both England |
and Germany in a mood to make con- |
cessions, the net result of which, |
from the United States standpoint, |
would be a benefit to American com
merce.
While the German note was for
warded without comment, the mani
fest tone Of the action was a request
to Great Britain to relax her starva-
ton plans, both in German and Amer
lean interest. And the Wilhelmina
case was a concrete evidence that
the United States desires a free path
way for her goods, destined to Ger
many.
State Department officials pointed
out that they were not concerned
with either German or English in
terests, except from a broad humani-
tartan standpoint, and that their
course was based entirely on a de-
sire to benefit. and urOtect American
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-12-24
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-FOFbea the popular a.
illustrator. sees her paas his studio every
day and her copper beech hair and milk
white complexion engage his artistic eye.
lsErupted BY Jiiison on the phone asking
hiIa to jotn poker party that evening.
When hs gets % the street the giri has
aishppeared In the evening payer he
reads u clever jewel thief who has baf-
aed the police for nearly = year
CHATTER lille goss TO Jnlson's
rooms and. opening the door suddenly,
setH no pokrf gam. " action. but instead
q man IN evening Dress. masked with his
back 10 an Upvn safe. who promptly COW
sFs him with a gun.
CHAPTER III-About this Tina an
elderly gentleman ana a charming GIRL
are returning 20 the apartments from =
tFip downtown Ia answer 70 dscoy mes
sage,
CHATTER Iv-Forbam 10 gagged and
tied 10 chair by the burglar. who then
takes = small box from tho safe and
gOea cut Forbes notices that ths bur
Eiar has newly skinned knuckie. After
a time tina elderly man and EiFi enter
OF the cpppsrrbeccb hair,
CHAPTER " Forbes maksa sxplAna-
ti0ns and they md that the burglar has
ogerloaEed siGooo. while ths Eiri captains
that the box held not Jsweis but lat
cuArTER vI-Forbca realizes that ne
bma entered the apartments one moor be-
low 1niaun's and 1ilisou h brought down
- identity him, Miss Mearsou makes
no fepat Of the robbery 20 the police
poker game above Forhea notices that
ha beet fFirnn Crawford sitting next Ia
~'s has fresh cut on bis knuekiss.
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During the last few years the expor.
tation OF human hair nom Japan has
increased to the point that the de-
mand for Il row far exceeds the avail.
able supply Especially when com
pared with that OF the average Euro
pean. the hair " the Japanese woman
ia extremely long. elastic. and strOpg
which gives Il superiority Tor CONNER,
cial purposes
The United States and France offer
the principal markets Tor the Oriental
dealers. In Europe Il Is much used
for weaving purposes. the hair being
bleached BY chemical treatment, dyed
In different cOlors. and subsequently
woven with silk into ribbon materials
and heavy fabrics suitable for dra,
peries and upholstering. some OF
which command prices OF several hun
dred pounds yard.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-12-24
CHAPTER WI.
Mummles.

Mummto9.
Haggerty kissed his wife and went
his way His journeys end was
brick house. three stories in height,
In quiet side street lie rang the
bell and wSited No one answered,
Five minutes passed. then Haggerty
went across tho street and began to
patrol the block tie smoked inces,
sanity and thought deeply, for he was
worried He was sure that yonder
lived his man, but he had never
known case like this. The pic
ture puzzle had been so wonderfully
cut and so abnormnlly interesting that
he had lot too much time go by.
There was n fine chance OF the whole
thing being Knocked out of his hands.
lie had waited because II might pos
slbly be joke; he had waited for
the man to return the jewels, and he
hadn't done so. tie must get that
thumb print tonight or tomorrow
morning at dawn on the boat.
lie reviewed the facts OF the case
msthodiCally. with his eyes directed
Nb"AAA AAit NANAA S13AA va NAAa
October night The man had thou
sands in the banks, unlimited credit.
was without kith or kim was rarely
seen In the restaurants over on Broad
way. and never with a woman, ills
cook and valet had been with him for
ten years and had accompanied him
ON his travels tie lived comfortably,
not luxuriously lie was a tine chess
player and was lucky at bridge aad
poker. but never gambled In stocks or
public places He was thirty.uine
years old. In good health, What would
draw a man toward playing at safe
breaking II not a latent criminal in.
S'nctg On the other hand, this pas.
time was known to several OF mis-
banker friends. who sometimes made
waEoTs with him. Well. we'll mis-
right or left thumb would presently
settle the whole matter one way or
the other
A taxicah cam" 'hurrins into ths
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To be continued.
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street. stopped for q moment before
the brick house, and went on. Hag-
geFty jotted down the license number
as he trotted across. He reached the
top step just as the man with the
bundle under his arm opened the
door.
Wait a moment" said Haggerty.
The man turned.
Are you Mr.. Crawford for 1t
was too dark for Haggerty to distin-
guish the mans features.
NO, sir. Mr.. Crawford is out for
the evening"
When will he be back?"
Il can't say, sir Possibly at mid
night; probably later"
Does he go aboard the Celtic to-
night or tomorrow at dawn"
The man with the bundle under his
arm withdrew the night-key and calm
ly thrust the key-ring into his pocket.
He shifted the bundle slightly.
rs your business important The
voice was well modulated, but 1t pos
sessed a crispness which spoke OF i'm
patieRce.
Rather important"
Sorry you will not be able to see
him tonight, sir"
I'm In no hurry. I'll wait till he
comes. | take II you're his valet"
Yes, sir; Mr. Mason. But doubt |
can let you in under the circum-
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loosely a new one four safes Of vaFt
GUS makes and sizes. What was the
game?
May l ask what it IL you wish to
see Mr. Crawford about?" asked the
valet. after long pause.
Hai thought Haggerty; he was hui
man after ali. "Oh, he's going L give
me something for my collection" Hag-
gerty chuckled. But what's all these
safes for?"
"A hobby of Mr.. Crawford's when
he's not at work on his brochures.
His what?"
His little books on new discoveries
in archaeology"
"Ah. What's he do with them%
Sends them to the various univer-
stiles and societies"
mo, no; | mean tn safes"
He opens them. Do you know any
thing about the French revolution"
I've heard about it" answered Hag-
gerty cautiously.
We'll, when Louis XVI wasn't tink-
ering with the revolution, he was tink-
ering with locks and clocks. 1t
amused him; took his mind on his
cares and troubles. Mr.. Crawford finds
like amusement in buying up old safes
and opening them; cracking them,
believe. is the Vernacular. He is re-
markably clever at It"
We'll, whata you know about that"
beg pardon?"
II mean. that kind of amusement
beats me. Buys safes an cracks EN-
for tn fun of tn thing! Well.
never!"
Haggerty slipped q cigar between
his teeth and began to chew II.
Smoke II you wish"
mo, thanks"
Everything open and above board /;
no mystery, no secrecy. A joke, 1t
could not be anything else but q joke,
a wager. But why all these months
of waiting to spring it? Haggerty's
troubled gaze went round the room
touched the Wallets face again, and
finally paused at the snoes. Twelve
OF them, broad-toed, comfortable, new
ly-soled ana heeled. They looked very
funny to Haggerty, marshaled as they
were alongside a mummy perhaps
three thousand years old
Funny idea"
What Is, sir?"
"Toting round Oh shoes like that. =
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tnere was a little scar across wnAt
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 GO
ing some even these days. when you
think OF IL. For weeks an weeks
nothing but blind alleys Then came
tn bull-headed luck. They were 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 bobb
up but Mr.. Thumb-print, 3 large as
life. You could have knocked me
over with a feather. Say, girl, 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
] wore out some shoe leather. All tn
time | was handling tn regular Jobs
| hobnobbed with students an profes-
sors. gum-shoed tn homes OF tn
noted aTchy--what's them?"
Archeologists,' supplemented Mrs.
Haggerty. who had gone through high
school.
BY an by I got 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
digging up tn dried ones. friend OF
tn Metropolitan directors an J. r.;
got q raft OF medals. an all that.
8 fine a looking chap as you'd want
T. see. You know. Milly, I've got what
they call tn bunch. can spot a bad
actor just as you can a woman that
amt straight. That bunch baked.
II he'd done 1t, II was as joke, for
he doesn't need money"
Have you got his thumb print? ?"
asked Mrs. Haggerty. who was think
ing of the seven thousand dollars.
There's where fell down.
couldn't get II without going at him
straight SO | settled down L study
him an his habits One day. while |
was nosing round fell ont something
that got my goat. You see, Milly,
these bugs generally play two games,
one for work an one for play. Well,
this chaps play was" Haggerty
arose.
WIFI"
Buying up oil safes an yegging
emil
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Forbes like blow between the eyes:
Crawford asking for cash. A man
whose income couldn't be the short
side Of two hundred thousand q year.
Going along, Mort? Got my cleo
trio outside. and IL won't be any trou.
BILE to drop you at the studio" Crav.
ford put his arm across the younger
mans shoulders
Thanks. Glad to go with you" To
get the owner Of that arm out of the
reach of the police was all Forbea
cared about. Once In the cab he said:
Gravity, are you pinched for money!
Punched for money!" The cab
skidded, caught itself and went on.
Good Lord. no! What put that into
your head? Oh, say, are
you in need of q few hundreds? II
this nine hundred
mo. I'm on easy street. But never
saw you take cash before. You're al
ways saying something about sending
the check when a chaps ready"
Il am going away, Mort. perhaps for
a long, long time; perhaps ten years;
perhaps / shan't come back. Who
knows?'
rs II a woman"
Crawford laughed. You're always
seeing petticoats. No. Mort. not a WON
an, only a snowImage. Why can't
you pack up and come along with me?
Naples will be beautiful now"
Too many contracts. I haven't any
income like you. earn lots of money,
but have to keep on earning II. And
just now I'm in q hole for a new
modal. BY the way, do you know the
Mearsons who live below Jillson?"
Yes"
Well, I'd give q thousand for q
chance to draw her face, to have her
pose for me-" What had CraWford's
sensation been when no entered that
room?
Sorry can't help you"
Why not?"
The truth is, we are not ON speak
ing terms"
oh, well, dare say Jillson might
speak a word for me-"
Good luck" Then suddenly: What
have you got to do for half an hour ?"
Nothing"
win you come with me while do q
trifiing errand?" The bitterness of his
tone did not escape Forbes.
Surely" Forbes saw the fifteen
thousand in bills at the girls feet,
her dull misery over the loss of the
box Had Crawford believed her jew
els to be in 1t? Oh, 1t was damnable!
They arrived presently before an
apartment building.
I'VE get out here" said Crawford,
shutting of the power. Mort, every
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-12-24

detective OF the nrBt elass rH ga
years, A. the character OF his invest.
cations somewhat removed him from
the gait zone his promise 70 his wife
was rather q negligible one. The low
cutpurse, the polished awindler, the
dishonest bank Official. all were fish
TO his net Being q man OF great phys
ical strength. courageous as all Irish.
men are who have had to fight their
way 10 a decent pay roll. and fond OF
his work besides. he was formidable
lie was well known, feared and re
speeted. lie never approached his
quarry TIL he was absolutely certain
OF his pieture.puzzle. Then his hand
fell heavily. lie was just but meFci
less. His business was 70 get the GRIM
inal. II q Jury wanted TO let the man
30, that was no concern Of his.
Some time between now an mid
night. Milly I'm going 4 put this hand
somely manicured duke on tn shout.
der OF tn cleverest crook New York
has seen In years. He's had tn force
up q tree for almost q year. Piece Of
bull-headed luck. but luck's half OF any
game"
who IL II, WillF
9Th gentiemanly jewel thief. a. tn
reporters call him"
Seven thousand dollars In re-
wards"
SIX from tn people who've been
jobbed an one from Pa Knickerbock-
or. That1l take care care OF that lit
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-12-24

Ito oil Bronx shack. an some onion
money besidss. Oh, I've got him all
right Queer case. though. an don't
understand II all yet. But | know
who an where he IL,
Tell me You've never said = word.
Hts wife leaned across the table eager.
~,
Il don't talk TN I'm sure. Milly.
II you womend only think II out that
way there'd be- lot o trouble saved.
Nell. you remember used L pooh
hooh this fingerprint business, Looked
like expert stun. / never saw two OK
ports who agreed ON anything, Hut
this thumhprlnt 10 tn real article. you
cant get away from Il, Fact When
Mrs. AfmitaEe lost her emeralds
forty thousand iron boys, including
duty-think OF Il. forty thousand for
y string OF little lrtsh green stones
well, | was detailed L look over tn
case. SHe has u whatehacallit next
& har bedroom
"houdolr"
That's t. Well. she had tn slick.
est wall safe you over heard OF Or
binary furnace register in IN wall an
back ., Il the sare New stunt. But
there's always somebody that nnds
out. Little table stands In front Of
t. Maid hadn't busted Il lately. Saw
= nice thumb print. Perfect. Got Il
photographed. an went over IN hslp
an tn folks themselves. Didnt match.
same print on a little idol In the safe.
10 | put Il away for future reference,
There wasn't any match for Il down
at Central. either New hand tn
idol was one o them Hindu things,
Chap vas interested In t. We laid
low for IN breakup OF IN Jewels.
Never came Say msbbs ~ didnt
ui1 up an take notice HaEEerty
tumbled IN his waistcoat for . match.
Every good jewel h registered. All
jewellers know something about Il.
Well. nothinE doing in Rotterdam or
Amsterdam. or any other Of N Oh
country dana tn guys was either
afraid or waiting till We forgot Hut
Ne don't forget. Miily. Then came
tn HolhsteF pink pearls ol'-lashioned
safe this trip, Easy job, OF HollistaF
had one o those Jade plates, WhAta
you think Same thumb print on that
Number three, IN Morris ruhies. Good
safe. nice job. but no visiting card
| Of anyone We knew. A Looy IN -Four
I teenth minAehure Morris says It's
worth two thousand Mr. Thumb
/ print again was getting loony, Sud
denly Il got int my COCO that tn gink
Mas interested In curios, Get me-
Mrs, HaEEerty squeezed her hands
2 together In her excitement.
Nothing more after IN Morris
rubies. That Was eight months ago
Well. ! went bug on tn thumb prin
thing. Hunted barrails. ship,raiis
sVerVwhsre you could think Of Y asa
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stances. II you will designate q place
l will telephone you the moment he
arrives.
That's reasonable enough; but I'm
going inside to wait"
Why. sir 4"
I'm a detective Mr.. Mason, an
your master an l have little matter
to discuss
'Impossible!"
IAN he wouldn't be pleased at all
II he knew I'd been here an had t
go away
oh He expects your"
Yes" Which was truthful enough,
since all criminals expect the law soon
or or later,
Your credentials?"
This" Haggerty exhibited his
badge
That's not sufficient, sir"
IAN right replied Haggerty
grimly. Suppose we both go over
TO tn precinct an have EN- identify
me there? They know me-"
Il suppose I'll have to let you in.
uAA II = at Wi 4uUCl anu uAuohN
al. Follow me"
The valet turned on the single light
in the hall, He Immediately began to
mount the stairs to the first floor.
Haggorty at his heels. The valet
stumbled. and the bundle slipped from
his arm. The wrapping paper broke,
and disclosed half a dozen pairs of
old shoes, Haggerty picked up two
pairs and the valet gathered up the
others, He gravely led the detective
into large room. Haggerty grasped
his revolver. then let go of II. grunt-
ing inaudibly What he saw in the
dim firelight were not living people,
only the shells: rows OF mummies and
mummy-cases called cartonnages.
Better not turn on the lights" said
Haggerty. "Th ire's enough, These
things give fellow the chills."
The valet deposited the shoes along
the wall and Haggerty placed his be-
the wood.box and threw on a log. A
blaze started up,
sit down. sir. This lie Mr. Craw-
ford's study" Haggerty was quite
familiar with II. but only in the day.
time You'll excuse me. sir, till
pack the shoes, You sec, Mr., Craw-
ford tramps about a good deal and
likes old shoes because they are most
comfortable. We leave for Naples.
There have been some new excava-
lions at Herculaneum which Mr. Craw-
ford 10 anxious to see.
You can pack tn shoes when your
master returns" replied Haggerty.
The valet, whether he knew anything
or not. would be perfectly justified in
warning hts master of his HagEerty 8.
presence. Then genially, to cover the
menace of his words, he added;
These oil geezers might walk out on
me II 1 was left alone with them,
Mason shrugged. He turned on the
low desk lamp and began to arrange
the books and papers ON the broad fat
desk. Some he put away In drawers
which he locked. tie then put out the
hSht and took the easy chair by the
tire mis- hack in half,vtew Here HaT-
gerty recognized the gentleman's gen.
, tleman. the servant who held himself
detached from all affairs that did not
{ concern his master personally. aud
who considered il Inbred to converse
/ with strangers of Haggerty's caliber,
/ II Was a lean serious face. the hand
/ which prupped his chin was long and
slender.
I It was half after eleven by Hagger.
tvs watch. An hour, probably. to
wait There they were four OF them
| and the one with the door hanging
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-12-24
CHAPTER X.
The Other tIouae.

So many strange things had hap
pened that night to Forbes that he
was no longer able to sense the tingle
known as excitement. He was con.
scious Of q blunted wonder, like that
OF man on q stricken ship. He fol-
lowed Crawford into the hall and up
the first flight.
She's probably asleep" said CraW.
ford; but no matter. | ought not to
bother at all" He pressed the bell.
button. Duty. II reads well, Mort,
but Is there anything else than bitter
ness in 1t? Duty. moral obligation.
Whoever said duty was q pleasure to
perform was hunting for what writers
call lines"
Moral obligations. A woman prob
ably asleep. Forbes waited. bending
his cane back and forth, like q fencer
testing his steel. Duty was bitter
What about his?
By and by q voice said slSepIly:
Who 10 it,"
Crawford. Let me in"
Just 4 moment"
Another wait She was probably put
ting on her kimono. doubtless the prea-
test one. But for the door-boy!
What's thatf" whispered Crawford.
Il didn't speak"
4 thought | heard you say some
thing"
The door swung in. Forbes beheld
q young woman, pretty once upon
time. Crawford pushed him In.
A friend OF mine. Netty; Mr..
Forbes"
She repeated the name vaguely. IL
was quite evident that she was hall
asleep.
Il am going away on one Of my Ions
trips in the morning. didn't have
time to see you today. Made up my
mind late Now, Mr.. Thane ct the
bank mas been instructed to give yOa