Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-12
Copyright 1915 BY The star Co. All For
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DETECTIVE BLAcKIE


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DETECTIVE BlAcKIE
s,T-RgNK- CHECKS dsmsnded MUSCULAR
luggage OF the two travellers In the
BE esrssui Of that black wardrobe" warned
Rufus wallingford. Il think there's hinge
.,.sAh right answered the boy. deeply srlevsa.
Hs wns e sss ia nay w Tegost h.ns - ~,
f sSsSr S ,l,S cap yellow.bs9dSd man with a
form and nssd an electric light bulb. '''O" p'~''
EnEforda who wants &C read about my trunk
sihs spanslervills city council I'm the Of.
,1pOn't ycs set itf" laughed Biaefis Daws.
Tis political lob, The other one ls the
driver. I've seen MISUNDERSTANDING towns.
jim 1sr, but this ON. must be the limit"
burg. sesretted v i,llngford. and with some dis.
driver So oe ,ne ssnS Or the Sc a sgs
carried grin full OF holes I'm straid the
ohht,r, y gel two good seats LEFT IN the grand
RSSSfp P Sr e 1 Ssa Ss
ssn ~S Sa sod Tse r.r5 os; % the f.
zine pu5 . rsss J. good front row, rlsht next
we're IN luck. Jim declared BlsckIs. In
speeding the penci,ed numbers on the tickets
srraid ws ypiSn Est s sas pccks Nv w S
way. Sergeant. what are they FORE"
q, ny ,,s don't SyCg know INQUIRED The driver
ssstval Why. people come from miles around.
10 see The f-eworSs ' The city 1 councl makes
heap Of money on OF en- The whole COURT
s sh seps y covered wIn Frands'And that's
"Dcn's people ever have business in the court
.,.yhs driver Paused q. help the Iugsags-earrlsr
so II by The sn back sS' door n. briefly
lido we get ics-eresm son.sr" demanded
Anything You want" asserted tina onicsr
largey THE city council aint overlookin any
They must pc the leading Industry sur
They're . tight pert lot" assented the OF.
nelai dryer, as the muscular boy approached
council fifteen years I've held once nee tweiSs
sS ~ysst S Muf 18th s s q money n the
ford walled eagerly for the answer 20 BlaoiSis's
aNigh onto hundred thOusand dollars r.
The siik.hattsd strangers exchanged pleased
.S me lssI trunk VA. s,lsmmsc On the bus ne r.,
. sHs De s SS1 a herr skins sSss s *.
the osicsh'dsr iockins back with Cordial IN.
.liush r wainsd BIaclle in hoarse whisper.
and leanlpg forward. he eonhded; We are
YOU don't say sot- responded tho shocked
driver. in the same brsathiess fashion Who
.;ssisyes yep can help Us. went on nlAeEle
sglsehsnsion ~ the proper party VIM be suit
no anything can for yous offered cha
don't reckon there's anybody IA town better
aRsaps an of1clAl susPecter / suspsetsd @
There ~ man in this town who goes away
every little while. and no one knows where he
Henry cioshy :" afArmed the driver. with a
promptnsss. which checked Blaekie for he had
that IN every town there Is At least one mai,
whose unexplained golngs and corHinEs are an
sr5 70 Know sPq e nc not, '1 why not nave
psscrle. that mar I" demanded Biaeiis with
We'll" eossyed The driver carefully ana &c:
IKE SV dude has pink face wears fshsy eye eye
glasses with Qttle dipgna ike . spring taps
srS Sns black hsr az ssd sssFd ana mus
II. ss:ps the General store 49,. s.,..,..,..
and With 80 honest Inpulss q clear the W.
k9eMa e,eshy from unjust suspicion. Then hi az
% sPiss o. Himself he added 'Unlsss Ss de
,sUs shs s2 D. A.s,Ily !n.s,ss ssssI:
'hf e'I sns ssS walIinSfolS struggling be.
TWEEN amussment and .annoyance the mar
.Tht STiysF ~ s,lisq,y thOSEhssi e. .hEs:
ss S,oe s1s ~ We'll. Henry SSsS'oS rn'gm DC
A. Blaclrie registered al the ofhciai hotel
under she nat eye OF the ofiical inu-keeper, he
Rlarced across AZ the opposite page which car
fied the names Of the arrivals of four days
past There they were. three names In a neat
firm hand y Mistress Patty Warden. Miss Violet
Warden, Miss Fanny Warden. Rooms twenty.
Sevens twenty and twenty-nino
Al seon as the men were straightspsd n thslI
own apartments they up-toed along the hall q
The eoo! Of twenty -seven, ard Knocked
the blue eyes Of Violet, the brown eyes Of
Fanny. and the gray eyes Of aunt Patty,
Widened with aStonlshnent az they saw befort
them lean and lank gentleman with whit,
hair, black mustaehs. yellow Hids6urns and {
HlseEist p Ea.pse violet. rsSsiplnE her breath
and shaking hands deilghtedly With him, Whlli
big Jim Wailingforc TUNED 70 Fanny WaTdsI
With the warm ffiendinehB which had beer
growing between them since the men had Voi1n
teefsd % recover the lost fortune Of thu bsauti
fui Warden orphans IA.
Before We leave this iowa little VI vel
collect the forty thousand dollars which the eitl
Of HpanfierFiIIe stole from your estate" and
violate blue eyes softened as he looked In a
I'VE were out ana looked AZ IN. .prOeers,
which GpapGlerville eonnacnted for Mr.. Fall
and his clique. right after the death OF M
Warden." observed Aunt Patty Indignantly. II
mus " serth huhhred thousand doliars q
4 " Sc, tAs original valuation Of fort,