The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-18

who Is the subject Of unjust annoyance
against which no protests would avail.
On the last occasion 1t was Aimack'
newly promoted divisional dctectiVe-tn-
spector OF the Twelfth Division, who
was confident that the Goat knew. q
great deal more than he ought OF a
Weekend robbery of gold from west
End manufacturing goldsmith. He
dropped swiftly down upon the ttaI VIII
ounces of gold cannot be disposed OF IN
q hurry and he hoped by rapidity or &C
ton to catch O'Brien before he had time
to get rid of 1t.
IT took fun five hours to convince him
that wherever else that gold was. 1t was
not in the flat The Goat. with "a subtle
Irony that was not lost on the detective,
produced champagne.
you've got your duty 70 40, sentiis-
''I're been crook, but I've got enough
to live on. Txe got no call to get IN the
game again. 1 Just hate to see you
wasting your time.
shifting Of furniture is heavy work for
wen get you. Goat" he said d. ID
finitely. you're clever, own, and
you've done US down this time but we'h
gently. II believe you would If you
Got n chance" he admitted. But as 1
said. I've enough to live on and I'm SIDE
stepping all work on the cross; , II
il you'd believe me. Well, here's pro,
motion" He lifted a thin-stetmmed
wineglass and slipped lovingly. Did !
ever tell you how I lifted n parcel OF
from srb eae sat Was in the
old days. And mind you. the diamond
field police were smart men,.
He saw them urbanely off the prem
ises. even offering to send for his car
to take them back to headquarters; But
Almack was in no mood to accept fur-
Their civilities. "a 'bus'll do US, thanks"
he retorted. See you again somo other
time. SO long"
you or any Of your friends
Not until they were out Of hearing
did Alrnack say the things that were
enough To be tainted by the old man
in the presence Of his subordlnates was
worse. But worst of all was the knowl-
edge that the department would know
that he, the last created ID. D. L.. had
been ANONYMOUSLY endorsed. He swore
The "underworld"-as the motion pic
lures call it's no free-masonry society
Of brothers. 1t Is only by chance that
It's inhabitants get to know one another,
for there are no obvious signs by which
a crook betrays himself as other than
inw-abiding citizen. Consequently, when
a mildtiooklng little old man moved
slowly out through the swing doors OF
the Great Southern and Northern Bank
in Holborn and signaied a bus, Big Rufe
bad no conception that he was behold
inr In the flesh fellow crook as far
ahove him AS the stars. All that he saw
was, in his own vocabulary. possible
Times were bad with Rufe and though
his. trousers were carefully creased and
his sleek black hair was parted in tho
center as definitely as though by
sword cut. he had only five small silver
coins in his pocket. For seven days he
had sat before the same maybe topped
table at q restaurant that commanded Il
view of the portals Of the bank and
snent, most Of his time chewing tooth
pick and watching. Three times had nc
seen a feeble little man with the vague
face ctetr ad emerge from the mass Of
bak's customers: he had decided that
this was the one providence Indicated
as the Instrument which was To provide
him with the means Of life for q period.
His hand dropped 10 IL pocket. Rufe'S
limitations might have been gathered
from tho fnct that he carried Il heavy
seven-shot automatic. No big profess
sjonal criminal-in England. at least
! carries arms as q usual thing. 1t makes
a big difference In tho sentence II ono Is
found with a weapon. There arc other