The Yale expositor., 1916-11-02


held, however, that If man kept
awake on the most hopeless job for a
sufficient length of time some clue was
sure to develop or some idea present
itself that would lead toward results.
Gard Investigated the maid who |
worked the daily short shift in the 1
quarters of the red-haired woman from
America. He found her a placid and
stupid creature who knew nothing nor
had intelligence sufficient for his pur-
pose. Incidentally he found that she
had secured her place through an en-
ployment agency located at consid-
cradle distance. He Immediately made
use of this information.
The special agent, through the
Paris police force, secured the CO.
operation of the employment bureau.
A position that paid much better was
offered to the servant of Mrs. Berliner.
It was, quite naturally, accepted. That
lady. finding herself without servant,
returned to the agency that had Tor
merly provided her with one who was
entirely satisfactory. She asked for a
second maid.
The employment bureau immediate
" supplied her demand. The woman
who was sent was, in secret, more
than she seemed to be. She was con-
nected with the Paris police depart
ment and was a detective OF some
cleverness. Almost Immediately she
took up her new activities.
Three days later she reported TO
Agent Gard from America. She had
found in her red-haired mistress
woman who led a quiet life that
seemed in no way irregular, who fol-
lowed a normal routine Of housekeep-
ing, walking, shopping. She seemed
to have no acquaintances. But one
thing irregular appeared In the whole
establishment. There was enc room
in the rear OF the suite which re-
NAMED locked. The mistress had
stated that u was storage room.
| This seemed somewhat strange, as II
must look out upon the interior court
and therefore be the most attractive
room Of them all. 1t seemed peculiar
that such a room should be used for
storage and, even so, that it should be
| locked up.
Gard put together the two facts
the locked room and the short hours OF
the servant-and drew a conclusion
IL was as the result OF this conclusion
that no asked the woman detective to
install a dictagraph beneath the table
in the sunny little dining room just
off the apartment Of the locked door
This was easy Of accomplishment dur
ing the hour Of the afternoon stroll OF
the mistress of the house. The wires
Of the dictagraph were run across the
street and into the watch tower rooms
of the special agent.
When the dinner hour approached
that evening Billy Gard sat patiently
with the headpiece OF the dictagraph
securely in place. The first sound that
he caught from across the street was
that of feet, supposedly those or the
woman OF the Titan hair, passing
back and forth about the room, then
an occasional snatch Of song while
she worked. He gathered that she
was arranging for the evening meal
the servant having gone hcme hours
before.
Ten minutes passed and then there
came over the wire a sound ina
might have been a bit surprising tC
the observer of this ultra quiet house
hold, the watcher at the entrance
through which none had passed un
seen since the day it was rented, hat
not the listener already developed
theory.
"Well, Margaret" said full-throat
| j ed mans voice, as transmitted by TN
| dictagraph. "this is not so bad.
never dreamed that you had the house
| wisaly instincts that would make !
| possible for you to arrange with you
i own hands the dainty dinners we ar
having. l am beginning to think tina
the man is lucky who cannot afor
| servants"
| "And don't you know" said won
| ans voice, 81 never enjoyed anythin
| more in my life. For almost the onl
J time can remember have defnit
occupation. l have to provide GU
| creature comforts. L maven DOSh
happy in years. l really don't car
Il how long they keep US cooped up.
. 81 will confess" said the mai
a that the novelty has worn of of tn
q view into the courtyard. But 1t migf
be worse. For a while they had M
70 thinking quite regularly of stripe
suits and the lockstep which are pal
n OF a life even more combining tina
d this. And here have you. / am quit
Ie content to wait for the atmosphere
D clear"
r, But am very sure we are still b
ID ing watched" said the woman. Il
20 ways feel that / am being follOwe
when / go cut"
lie Every likely" said the man. "B'
ID no detective will pursue fruitle'
"a quests indefinitely. Even though the
in know you are here, they will ult
Le mately lose interest in a surveillanC
~ that yields nothing. We can affoI
lie to wait. The time will come when v