The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03

that he asked the woman detective to
install 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 tho 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 of 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 home hours
before.
Ten minutes passed and then there
came over the wire a sound that
| might have been bit surprising to
the observer of this ultra quiet house
hold, the watcher at the entrance
through which none had passed I'M
seen since the day it was rented, had
not the listener already developed a
theory.
We'll, Margaret" said a full-throat-
ed mans voice, as transmitted by the
dictagraph, this is not so bad. l
never dreamed that you had the house
wifely instincts that would make it
possible for you to arrange with your
own hands the dainty dinners we are
having. l am beginning to think that
the man is lucky who cannot afford
servants"
"And don't you know" said wom-
ans voice, Il never enjoyed anything
more in my life. For almost the only
/ time can remember have a definite
occupation. l have to provide our
creature comforts. l haven't been so
happy in years. I really don't care
how long they keep us cooped up"
81 will Cs1fess," said the man.,
that the noVelty has worn off of the
view into the courtyard. But it might
be worse. For a while they had me
thinking quite regularly of striped
suits and the lockstep which are part
of life even more combining than
this. And here have you. am quite
content to wait for the atmosphere to
clear"
But I am very sure we are still be-
ing watched" said the woman. Il al
ways feel that 1 am being followed
when l go out"
Very likely" said the man. But
no detective will pursue fruitless
quests indefinitely. Even though they
know you are here, they will ulti.
mately lose interest in a surveillance
that yields nothing. We can afford
to wait. The time will come when wo
can steal away in safety"
when it is all over" she respond
ed, 81 do wish that we could find =
way to let those detectives know that
you were here under their very noses
all the time"
Oily Ndlu, may hOlC NC oCI w
was most anxious to learn how this
had been possible. He had followed
Margaret Berliner to the house when
she had first come to see it. He had
been notified Immediately when she
had rented it. From that moment he
had watched every detail of her taking
possession; had, with the aid of his
men, seen everything that had gone
into the house. Yet Berliner had in
stalled himself without his knowledge
and had been living there all the
time.
at would have been impossible
without Archie" Berliner was saying.
"a man in a position like mine needs,
upon occasion, someone he can trust
to do little things for him. We may
quarrel with blood relatives all our
lives, but they have the advantage OF
being safe to trust in time of trouble.
1t is a very small thing to send man
to a rent agent for a key to inspect
lodgings and to send him back with
the key after they are inspected. But
had l not been able to trust Archie alb,
solutely l would not have been able
to get in here day ahead of you and
this snug little arrangement would
not have been. possible"
1t was because of what he here over
heard that Special Agent Gard, assist
ed by Coleman of the Paris Office ano
the police of that city, considerably
waited until Mrs. Berliner went shop
ping the following DAP and were ad.
mitted by the woman detective, whe
was at the time washing the accumu.
lated dishes of the household. They
so surrounded the locked door as to
make escape impossible and then an,
nounced their presence. Gard tolo
Berliner, through the locked door, OF
the situation that existed on the out.
side. He suggested that the easiest
way was to unbolt the entrance, there.
by saving the necessity of breaking 1t
down Whereupon the customs
broker walked out and surrendered,
and very tedious fugitive case was
brought to a successful conclusion.