Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-22

and drew ont tho chip Ne had rescued
from Polly'a cage.
There II the identical chip wns
telling You about. ]" no remarked, Look
Ing straight at the Human Frog. ssana
you are the murderer | referred to-
The Human Frog staggered hack
from Poe In horror. slipping His I'm.
gloved hand behind hin back. Then
with = yell he lunEed at Poe, Jerking
. razor from his hip.pocket. the bafo
edge OF the wicked blade cleaning y
his grasp.
Tho hanker-detectivs side.steppsd,
and caught the mAdman's wrist.
| The door.keeper ana three shounc.
crs' from below dashed up, finally -
cured wrestling grips on the Frogs
slippery. skincreeping limbs, ana &c
last managed 10 Wreat the murderouo
razor from his hand, moor him fart,
and keep him down.
Tho proprietor had been summoned
from his favorite cafe across In
strect, and " tho time No arrived
on tho scene the Frog was down, and
ord0r was being restored.
MY 0awd!. ~ yelled. taking Id the
cause Of the trouble lii { nash. n
that FROG loose again! Nh0 worked
him mi What's tas mattsrY Who
i'm Tho proprietor 40 atraining
toward ! climax 81 towsring raes.
when Poe caught Ill arm frmly, M
scpke low In his ar. falling Hin That
the Human Frog had murdered tho
Waterman Il ths MAnhattan National
and that he wanted 10 ~ MIN o~t q
the place - soon - possible
Tho owner turnsd and 6iared "a -
cutting him % ID the mi41lo d m
sentence with, Where's your proof
that rrog's murdersrf-
"Hsrs!" said Poe coolly. etepD1ns
back out Of range o. the propsjeeesse
whisk breath. and taking IRON ~ ~
side pocket the Elass-conto6 tham&
Remove tho Giove from hia IN
hand and you'H see--but y casofnl n
DOESN'T bite you. rsplisd 70. polntln9
70 tho Human rroG. The propri4tog
ripped tho glove ~ with : brutal Jorl.
and Disclosed 81 unsightly wound.
freshly dressed.
Its his thumb III noht. agrse0D
tho gambler hesitatinGly. nut how
does that prove hs did Tor ~ MAnr
haitian National Waterman this moF1
inst ! read that the watehmau lost
: thumb. too. What's the dopef
Poe took tho proprietor asido, md
i with shrewd wink explained quickly.
In order 70 maintain hts character -
Hardy. spender and sport:
I'm doing this to keep my stand
In with one az the Manhattan diroetr
orr. see! Poe, his name u. queer
guy. doped out this theory about 10
Frog, m sent me over ID get tho
Frog out OF here without making any
trouble. ses!''
| Are you on the Ieval. Har6yf~
asked tho puffy proprietor saspi-
ciously.
/ I'm giving you tho straight oS e
~ this friend of mine doped Il" aid
Poe convincingly. He said from the
first nobody but : regular eel Ike
Frog here could wriggle through =
little window In the bank whore ~
found the glass cut ort w1s thsro
when he climbed ladder, rubbed Ais
finger over the sill Of the window, and
found little threads where tho ropo
had rubbed. He said Frog used two
ropes, one tied high up on tho nrepes-
cape next door. which bio used -
swing back to the theater on, and the
other to hold the grating and gIass
In place, and give him s0mething 10
hold on to while he slipped down 10
get Summers. who was probably half
asleep"
Poe spoke In the character IT HARDY
with such vigor that thu proprietor
drew him into Q chair. and leaned
close In intense interest.
"But the paper said IL was Summer.
thumb that was taken on. said the
gambler. "Was there two thumbs
taken orr
"Surei Listen! AT the same sec-
ond that the Frogs thumb /. taken
or. the watchman works loose from
the ropes, and turus In . burglar
alarm In the wall near BY. Frog
catches him, crushes ia bis skull with
the butt OF his gun. drags him back