Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02

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policeman. He never turned a hair.
He turned his light on the huddled
figure, then he Strengthened and blew
his whistle. 1t went through me like
razor. My cigaret fell out of my
mouth! The only way I kept my
teeth from rafting was by thinking
what cracking story 1 had to tell the
fellows the next day at lunch.
Well, I'll hurry over this part of
the story. 1t isn't pleasant to re-
member, and as I have to write it
at night after I leave the mill, it's
pretty nervous work. I've got my
head turned to look back of me most
of the time.
| We were taken to a police station.
and Martin told the story to about six
men. l give you my word. their faces
were funny. The lights were off there.
too, and there was lamp on the desk
In the chiefs room. But we were
cold sober. and of course thev knew
father and Martin told the thing we'll
not an unnecessary word, you KNOW,
and all that sort of thing.
Somebody hoped the running
| board of that taxi when 1t scraped the
curb" said one of the men at last
1T doesn't matter that you didn't see
him. He was probably hanging on
outside of your door. Then, when the
car turned into the side street, he
had only to reach around and"
He drew a finger across his throat.
Cad, 1t made me sick. I hated
that man. He had flat heavy lower
Jaw that stuck out until you could
have cracked nuts on it.
I'm that case" 1 said, wouldn't
the cut have been on one side or
the other? lit seemed to run
straight across"
"Hello!" he said, turning to me-
"a CLEAN of returning reason!"
Well, 1 put crimp in that man
him that night, if I'd had one.
There's one place where you fell
lows fall off every time" said. "And
that's when you think a top hat and
a derby GOV er different kinds of
| brains"
Never mind that, Ollie" Martin
Ollie?" the fellow said, grinning.
II have. He may have done 1t HIM
self"
Sure he may. 1t occurs right
along"
why don't you search the street
from the corner where we turned?"
For what ?"
For the weapon"
"Cleverly thought out! AS a mat
ter of fact, it had occurred to us also.
But, although 1t is being done, the
chances are against our finding it,"
"Why?"
Because he didn't do it himself
Whoever did this went down the
street, boarded a Grove avenue bus,
and cut the throat of a woman sit
ting up there alone"
Can you beat it?
didn't sleep that night, I dozed
off about 4. but at 1 was wide awake
again. 1 lay in bed and made a men
tai note to get rid of a case of razors
that somebody gave me when L was in
college, before I took to safety,
When I remembered the casual way
I'd left the things about it made me
shudder.
It was dark at 5, and the lights were
stlll on. About a quarter after S
they came on SO suddenly that it was
like blow in the face.
lay there and thought. And the
more l thought the more sure I was
that no one had jumped onto the taxi
when 1t scraped the curb. 1 remem-
bered looking out to see how near
we'd come. That was on the side the
driver sat on. If the fellow, whoever
ne was, had hoped on at the other
side, he'd have had to get clear around
INTO the front seat to reach his man.
/ Wed have seen him sure.
! My rooms the third story front.
L got up to shut off the lights and 7
went to the window. The street lamps
had come on and there was a gray
dawn breaking. I don't know that I
ever saw the dawn from that end
I've stayed up to it, but never rose
to 1t, so to speak. Everything looked
queer.
Mothers motor drew up at the curb
as I looked. 1t struck me that the
mater was having pretty hard time
taxing SIS about Father gets home
from ball. when he goes, which isn't
olten, and turns in at midnight. But
| 1t being sis first season, she never
wanted to go home. Even then it
struck me as odd that the mater. who
isn't soft about most things. Would
let herself be ragged into staying out
uIIil dawn: | made up my mind to
tell SIS she'd have to cut it out.
wen, there was nothing doing as
TO sleep. 1 put on some clothes and
peat 1t down the stairs. AS l passed
mother's door / could hear her talk
ing, and L decided that sis was get
tlng hers and | needn't butt in.
got a sort hat and an overcoat in
tne haIl and went out. Jove, it was
cold. But by that time I'd got it into
my head to go. over to the street
Where the thing had happened the
night before and look over the ground
Inc man with the nut-cracker law
was on my nerves. I could still hear
nun can me Mr.. Ollie" The more
thought about him the sorer 7 got
walked along briskly to get warn,
we live in the best part of town of
course, near the park. I went across
the park, past my club and past Rois-
seau s. Boisseau's is to our town
What Sherry's is to New York Won
know, and the assemblies are al,vays
heid there. Talk about the mater
ana sis being late, There were sill
cars waiting at the door!
went past, congratulating rvself
.hat "a sidestepped the show there
tne night before. Not that I wished
any trouble to the poor devil who,d
peen killed. but since he was goine
TO get ft-Jove, I nearly said .in the
neck!-I was not sorry I'd been in
at the death, SO to speak, Except
when Lottie kissed me the night he
fore, over the foots, 1 hadn't had n
new thrill in months
Well.
Just as I passed, the Inut-cracke or
came out of Boisseau's. There were
three men with him and old Rois-
seau himself. The nut-cracker saw
me and nodded.
BAD job he said.
l thought he meant the murders.
of course.
Hit your people rather hard, didn't
| Look here" I said "vor lea1-e