Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-06-09
ed the Runaway"


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"Do you know a Mr.. Anderson, Of
Anderson & Brownlow, ship chan
Glers, of San Franciscan"
81 know him well"
"But you never heard of Hemenway
OF the Carterets or the yacht Runa-
way?'
"Never heard of them before. May
I ask what all this is about?"
perhaps these will enlighten YOU
replied the inspector. He unwrapped
a bundle of San Francisco newspapers
and handed them to Marriott.
The first thing that met the Cali
fornian's eye was large picture of
himself. Then he read the headlines
and slowly grasped the situation.
There were three pages devoted to a
gigantic bank robbery, the stealin. of
the yacht, and the adventure Of Lent
and the gambler, with pictures of Mar
riott, Anderson, the wrecked bank the
bank officials, the yacht, and the
Waterman on the deck; also OF the
box Hemenway had left behind.
In the next issue of the newspaper
there were more than two pages dc
voted to the crime and the supposed
criminals.
The following day there were nearly
two pages and so on down until at the
end of month the news, or rather,
the lack of news could be told in half
column. Ten thousand dollars re-
ward was at first offered for the cap
ture of the criminals. Later this was
increased to twenty thousand dollars.
"Whew!" said Marriott as soon as
he got the gist of things. He had
settled down to read Systematically,
when there was gentle knock at the
parlor door and the bride Of day en-
tered.
"Mark dear, aren't you going to fin
ish your breakfast?' she asked
Sweetheart, l couldn't eat any
breakfast now if you paid me for it.
Please call the girls and all of you
come in here. have something excit
ing to tel! you"
When they were all gathered Mar
riott turned o the inspector and said:
"Of course you do not cOnnec, me
in .inv way with this AFFAIR.""
Certainly not, sir; we only hoped
YOU might lie able to throw some light
on it. We have been requested By the
San Francisco police TO lend OR aid,
that is ALL"
"This is the first l have heard of
all these do;ngs in San Francisco. l
have been somewhat busy lately"--he
smiled at his wife-"and the thought
Of reading a San Francisco newspaper
never entered my mind. Suppose you
leave these papers with me. will read
them thoroughly and if you VIII re-
turn in a few hours / will be in I bet
ter position TO help you-if l eau
The inspector bowed and left the
room after which Marriott began az
the beginning and read aloud all there
was to read. Then he turned to his
young wife and said:
at looks as though you had married
into a notorious family. What do you
think of your husband now?"
This was the cue for Mrs. Marriott
to put her arms around her husbands
neck and tell him what she really
thought of him right before the girls.
There followed an osculatory demon
stration until the girls threw up both
hands. Helen exclaimed:
..Look here Elise-Pm going to call
you Elise unless you prefer to have
me call you ma-you and dad must
behave yourselves while Edith and
are around. Where do you suppose
those robbers went with the yacht?"
II haven't the slightest idea," re-
piled the father. This Hemenway
seems to be an able citizen
Lets find them!" exclaimed Mrs
Marriott.
"Oh, very WELL" laughed her hus-
band. Simplest thing in the world,
you know. All you have to do is to
anchor out in the Pacific Ocean and
wait until they come along"
wouldn't it be fun" said Edith
excitedly. She clapped her hands,
danced up and down and ignored Mar.
riott's pleasantly. $50 romantic.
Helen and would probably marry the
robbers If we caught them"
"They would have to be handsome
men, them" was Helen's comment.
Aren't there any pictures of them in
the papers?"
Il believe there are" answered
Marriott. 1.-TWO of them just about
your style, girls-regular rah-rah boys.
l would be charmed to have them for
sons-in-law. Er-would you prefer to
marry them before or after their Jail
sentence?'
Don't be funny, daddy; they
haven't proposed yet. Let's see their
pictures"
Marriott fumbled through the file OF
papers and finally about the fifth day
after the robbery, found a picture OF
the Carteret twins. 1t showed them
in football toys, sitting on the college
fence of he photograph gallery. Their
hair was nicely parted in the middle,
and Jim had his arm on Georges