The Washington times., 1916-01-31

others go through the building, cellar
to roof. I'm going back for another
look around the shop. It'I h" worth
while. n can find what ! want
Find what YOU want" snarlinEly
minicked Tom Dunn. when did a fly
detective ever find ANYTHING >"
'Thatll do for YOU" roarod ono OF
his captors. shaking him to ghSpIng ST.
lenCe.
I'm sorry to see You boys so rough
alumnus," reproved Max, bat I'd be
lot sorrier Il he hadn't called me a
detective My tough friend. I'm a crime
specialist. Not a
you're ali a bunch Of cSean dmbs.
Bonehcads. the lot of YOU We
quite right" assentcd Max. re-
straininG dual impulse of the police
men to manhandle the prisoner still
further. quite right. my successful
cell-Candidate. We are a lot Of bone
heads. Most human beings are. But
when l sec where your cleverness has
landed Vou-and where its going to
land you-why. PT content to keep on
being bonehead. Boneheads stay on
the right side of the bars longer than
young fellows who are too clever for
their own good. Take him along. Of
hcer. You others search the house.
A minute later Lamar was back in
the wrecked cobbler shop. He had re-
membered the shoe that had ratified
when he so idly played with 1t on his
visit to Sam the previous day. And he
set to work looking for it,
One disreputable piece of footGear af-
ter another. he picked up from the
heap in the corner of the room. And
at last he found the shoe he sought.
He recognized It by the fact that one
of its laces had three times been broken
and that the breaks had been mended
by queer granny knots" He had care
lessly noted this when he had swung it
to and fro by the end OF its knotted
lace.
With an, awI he pried loose the run
down heel. 1t was hollow. Empty
though the hollow now was, 1t CORE
SpOndod in every way with that in the
shoe. Alma La sale had been carrying
under her arm when she was arrested.
No sign of Eagan, either in this
building or the next" reported a police
man, coming in as Max stood eXamin-
ing the hollow heel.
Plenty OF signs of him here.
though" answered Lamar holding up
the shoe; I've found what l was look
ing for"
Were you just looking Tor a worn
out Shoe?" asked the officer suspect
ing a joke. why. that thing amt
worth 8 cents as junk"
Mo- queried Max. perhaps not
as junk. But. as a jewel casket. IT
has held a good many thousand dol
lars worth of gems. or | miss my
guess. Anyhow. it's the link ! needed
to connect Smiling Sam EaEan with
the series Of jewel thefts that have
been bothering you people. This old
scent blt of junk Will send Sam
over the road for a fivc-year stretch,
hen we get our hands on him. I'm
going back to headquarters. Come
along. There's no use wasting any
more time in this cage. The bird 8
flown It's up to us to get the net
spread for him"
Ten minutes later Chief Allen was
listening aItentively to Max Lamars
story Fifteen minutes later the fol-
lowing message was on it's way 10
every town in the state;
Wanted for IiurGiury and for
Pence" Work; samuel EaGan, Alias
"SmiIinG Snm."
"Wcll have the city scraped for
| him, too, of course" added the chief
turning back to lamar. but there's
not much use in that. He's too slick
to hang around here. Hen beat II
for the nearest Out-Of-town hiding
place and lio low there till it's safe
I" travel farther. ! know Sans WAYS
! bUl oul" hope is to S"Ud theE" 'd0de
"rS' arnurd. on the "hanC" some iav-
burg constable NAV r""ucnize him."
Continued TomorrowJ