The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-09-25

DeftIy the Man Catcher Worked Them
Open.
range OF the ioungers on the hotel
porch an omnibus backed to the curb
to deliver It's complement OF passen-
gers from the lately met northbound
train.
Griswoid walked on until he was
stopped by the notwithstanding group
Of freshly arrived travellers paus-
ing to identify their luggage as IL
was handed down from the top OF the
omnibus. Alertly watchful, he quickly
recognized Broffin among the porch
loungers. and saw him leave his tilted
chair to saunter toward the steps.
Then the fateful thing happened. One
OF the luggage sorters, clean-limbed,
handsome young fellow with boyish
eyes and q good-natured grin, wheeled
suddenly and gripped him.
why. Griswold. old MAXWELL, III
be doggedl Who on the face OF the
earth would ever have thought OF hnd-
ing you here? SO this Ia where you
came up. after the long. deep. McNnty
dive. 10 IT." Then TO one OF his fell
low travellers: Hold on a minute.
Johnson; I want you to shake hands
with an old newspaper pal Of mine
from New York. Mr.. Kenneth Girls
void. Kenneth. this 10 Mr.. Beverly
Johnson. OF the Bayou State Security
bank, In New Orleans"
Thus cambridge. sometime star re-
porter for the Louisianian. turning up
at the cllmaxing instant to prove the
world. much as Matthew Brofin had
once turned up on the after-deck OF
the coastwise steamer Adelantado to
prove II to him.
While Griswold, with every nerve
on edge. was acknowledging the In
PRODUCTION which he could by no
means avoid. Brofin drew nearer
From the porch steps he could both
see and hear. cambridge. chserfully
loquacious. continued to do most OF
the talking He was telling Griswcld
OF the streak OF good luck which had
snatched him out OF reporters berth
In the. South to make him night editor
OF one of the st. Paul dailies. John
son was merely an onlooker. Broffin's
eyes searched the teller's face. Thus
far II was blank-a rather bored
blank
And you are on your way to st.
Paul now?" Griswold said to the news
/ paper man. Brofiin, whose ears were
skillfully attuned to all the tone varia-
tons In the voice of evasion. thought
he detected quaver OF anxious i'm
patience in the halfabsent query.
yes; was going on through to
night. but Johnson. here. stumped me
TO stop over. He said might be able
TO get news story out OF his sick
president" cambridge ratified on.
Ever meet Mr.. Galbraith? He Is the
bank president who was held up last
spring. you remember: fine old Scotch
gentleman of the Walter-Scott brand"
When did you leave New Orleansf"
Griswold asked: and now Brofin made
sure he distinguished the note OF anx-
iety.
i Two days back; missed a connec-
ton on account OF high water In the
Ohio. MiEht have stayed another IL
hours in the good old levee town II we'd
only known. Ell. Johnson" And then
again to Griswold Remember that
supper we had at Chaudiere's, the
night was leaving for the banana
coast? BY Georgel come TO think OF
II, believe that was the last time we
foregathered I'm .ther Say, Kenneth.
what have you done with your beardr
Something clicked In BrofIin's brain.
The final doubt was cleared away.
Griswold was the man he had seen and
marked when the two were saying
good-by on the banquette In front or
Chaudiere's.
Brofin's right hand went swiftly to
an inside pocket OF his coat and when
II was withdrawn pair OF handouts.
oiled to noiselessness. came with Il.
Deity the man-catcher worked them
open. using only the fingers of one
hand. and never taking his eyes from
the trio on the sidewalk. One last
step remained; II he could only man
age TO get speech with Johnson nrst--
During the trying interval Griswold
had been fully alive to his peril. He
had seen the swift hand-passing. and
he knew what II was the Brofiin was
concealing In the hand which had
made the quick pocket dive. He knew
that the crucial moment had come;
and, az many times before. the saw
age fesr-manIa was gripping him. In
the cold visenip OF Il he had become
once more the cornered Wild beast
After the Introduction to Johnson
his hand had gone mechanically TO his
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