The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-06
A Po,piinj;ay
By MARGARET c. DE\-PFAlv

eofher ehattiils' lley Were hh
crooks. though protest. lnaly 'bav h.a
no connection. a dapprr yugi, 81
low who looked as if he had if,>, ,o,s.
out of bandbox PASSED them,
Who is that guy" asked oLp a-,os
Hist! said the other. and VIA
till the young man had .ot lor,a,
hearing: then he added That's = ~.
kerton. run across him ole,. H.s
the slickest in the business. Id krou
him through any makeup
Whats he dom here" ASKED tho
other nervously.
II reckon he's workin' oil The Tprtb
National bank business. I've acrn h,
into 1t that the best men in the pnn.r.
ton service are on that case.
Come off. Tom; you're co!l.n mo"
You needn't believe me. Bill. il Won
don't want to. I've only given Won
what think anyway"
The crook who had received this in.
formation tried to look unroaceped
but the other noticed that he was vey
much concerned. Bill walked away.
and Tom looked after him with evident
amusement. "What Il sucker" he
said to himself. Il believe he had
something to do with that bank job or
he wouldn't have bit SO student, He's
q green one. The idea . that pupin.
jay bein' n detectives" And he >noth.
cred laugh.
That same afternoon Bill met the
popinjay again on the street Bill
looked at him so hard that he attracted
the others attention. This was prob
ably the reason why he looked hard at
Bill. At any rate Bill shuddcrol and
passed on.
Hes on TO me. sure" he muttor,d.
Il wonder if could get out o town
without his KNOWN It. I'm gon to
try makeup
When the I o'clock train pulled ont
of the station an elderly coutryman
with pair of old fashioned green sog
giles on his nose sat In n seat by him
self looking as If he had inst came
from the haying field. The door at the
front end of the car opened, and Who
should come in but the polinjay The
only seat vacant was by the farmer
and the newcomer took 1t. The farm
er's eyes being covered by the goggles
and the lower part of his tar" lay
long white beard. no one conid Sue The
Of
emily he pulled himself together and
said in q low tone to the man beside
him:
What Is there in it for me II give
up the stuff"
what stuff" asked the other sur
prised.
"Oh. I'm on to you same rs you re- on
to me. No need o fcncin. II ,ut
you on to where the money is I'd viii
you let me out o the game:
The stranger turned. i"okei the
speaker full in the face, surrri," rui!-
osity, craft and Il number Of other r\-
prcssionS struggling for the mastery
Finally he said:
IAN you turn IL over NIiH'"l ''
matter leaking ont
Il can"
"Do You want to 20 anywhere;
'Reckon I'd like to try South Amer
lea for awhile"
How much would you need
How much can you let me have
How much money have you to turn
0ver?"
"All that was taken.
The popinjay was stalled, II" didn't
like to ask what he was supposed 10
know. He concluded 10 take risk
Would five hundred do
IF you can't do any better.
VERY well. Where do we get on:
AT Winchester"
There was no further conversation
between the two till they reached WIZ
W ere they left the train To-.
gether.
"Far:" asked the popinjay as they
stood on the platform.
about two miles"
Cab
\ station cabman drove up. the two
got in and were driven beyond IN" "N''
skirts of the town. stopping AT N''''
house in bad repair. \ woman '''I'
to the door. followed by several rNI'
lren whose faces peercd from hlt'h'
her. The crook had thrown of his lis
yuise while in the cab and appeared ~
himself. The woman looked from on
man to the other anxiou>lv. III SAN
10 her: I've got tired o this business
I'm goin' to give up the stuff ana t'N'
rou and the children IL Il new country
% make new hcginnin."
I'm mighty glad o that" gaSped the
I'm dyin' with this l"ad ga
me-"
Going into the house. Bill went IL t'''
,elar and brought up package. when
lie handed to the popiniay. who open
d it and. finding a number Of ha'N
ills. counted out thousand doI'AIS
nd handed it back to Bill.
Il thought you made it $500.
II didn't know you were going u
,egin over with your wife ana chi
lren. There's 500 for you and 50"
or them. I'm no detective. You gave
'ourself away TO me needlessly. o'l'
Meeting on the train was conc
ence. I'm a millionaire. ! shall tahe
his money TO the bank and restore H.