Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-10-23

Shave off your moustache and that
weeks growth of whiskers and get
your haircut. Then get on the trail
OF those two cops, and hold it till you
are called off. Here is the telephone
number. Report In every chance you
get; but don't come here yourself. Is
that plain?"
Il understand thoroughly, Crewe"
Either Christy or l will be here
apd nobody else ever uses the private
telephone. You can talk with Christy
as frankly as with me-"
I'm on, Crewe."
II want them Swallowed every
where they go until you are called off.
1t may be day or three or four days,
but II won't last longer than that. If
they separate, stick to Marline. He
will do the dirtiest part of the work,
If there is any"
Pincher nodded understandingly.
"They will be somewhere in this
neighborhood by seven o'clock to-
night. or about that time, and you
ought to be fixed up by then - don't
you think so?"
Remember report in here by tele-
phone every chance you get, even IL
you have nothing to report more than
the locality you happen to be in.
There are telephones everywhere"
I'm on, Crewe. I'll do the job,
even better than you think. can do
that sort of work to the queens
taste"
Crewe produced a substantial roll"
from one of his pockets and peeled
several yellowbacks from it. These
he gave into the hand of Pincher.
Fifty of that is yours, for the
services you will render; for your
clothes and for any other purpose you
care to put it to. The other fifty is
mine which I hand to you for ex-
penses. Don't spare expense in the
job you're on, but I shall expect you
to account for it just the same. Now,
beat it. Here comes a man want to
talk to-"
1t was Sindahr who approached the
bar as Pincher went out.
There was craftiness, subtleness,
even menace in the very air of the
man; they seemed essential parts of
him.
.'You sent for me, Crewe?" he in
quired in his soft, deep voice.
"Yes, Crewe replied shortly:
and my first inclination was to send
a pair of plain-clothes men after you
and have you taken to headquarters"
"Why! What do you mean? | do
not understand"
'Sindahr, you can't put it over on
me, and the sooner you find that out
the better 1t will be for you. That
cameo brooch was in the buhl cabi-
net in the brides dressing room when
you found it. There were other things
in that room and in other rooms of
the upper floors of that house, which
you also brought away with you.
81 have list of them-and / have
got your number, too. / will give you
until twelve o'clock tonight to bring
every one of them here to me, and IL
you fail, I'll have you behind the bars
before tomorrow morning"
Just few stickpins and"
"Never mind. You bring them all
to me. You disobeyed my orders.
Men who know me never try that on
more than once"
"Crewe"-Sindahr's teeth cleaned
as he spoke-"some day l shall kill
you!"
II don't think you will, Sindahr;
but some day, more than likely, shall
see you killed-in the chair at Sing
Singe; and Crewe stared into the
black eyes of the Oriental until the
man was compelled to lower them.
THAT will do for the present, Count
Sucini," Crewe said ironically. IL
want you to return here before twelve
o'clock tonight with those things; and
I want you to come here every night
between eleven and twelve until fur
Their orders.
Tonight or tomorrow night or
some night before long l will have
work for you to do-with me. If you
find that you can keep faith with me,
Just once, it will be much better for
YOU"
Work? What kind of work,
Crewe"
II will tell you when the time
comes. Beat 1t out of here, now, and
don't forget"
The front door opened again as
Sindahr turned away, and Lieutenant
Muchmore, closely followed by Bunt-
ing, entered the room. They came
straight forward toward the bar
where Crewe was standing behind it.
and Muchmore, with half smile on
htastrong, good face, said:
1Crewe, have come to make that
apology that you demanded and which
YOU had a right to demand. Does that
go?"
"Of course Il goes, lieutenant. It
never happened at ALL" was Crewe's
instant and hearty response.