The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-06-01

! man who had most of the block neal
the Hotel Republic, and he usually paiG
a visit to the back gate Of the Watson
clearinghouse once or twice DURING
the course of his rounds.
He verified all that the buxom cook
had already told, since he himself had
watched proceedings from dark cor
ner a little further along the alley, but
his account was amplif1ed and mere
definite as to detail.
Ibid you," asked Langdon, "know
who resided In the house into which
the girl was lifted by means of the
rope swing?"
"I did, sor," he answered. "Tt was
Barker's, the gamblin' place, you know,
sor They KEEP it dark In the back and
in the front. but it was bright enough
inside, begorra."
"Were you Waterman for that build
ing?"
"No, sor. They had their own man
DO keep an eye out for the bulls, but it
was that very night they were pulled.
Tim, the policeman at the corner, had
wised me up to it only an hour before.
"'Stick around Denny says he.
'there'll be big doin's soon. They're
goin' to raid Barker's,' seq he, and I'll
bet we pull a few big bugs, or my name
is mud
$50 I was kind of hangin' around
waitin' when I see this other fellow
posted in the alley. First off, seq.
he's plain clothes man. Then looks
at his feet and I says nix, hes a gum
shoe crook, and then the girl comes
down the fire escape"
when the girl had disappeared into
Barker's, what did you do"
81 joined Katie and says to her. said
I, it's goin' to be big night. and that
girl has jumped out of the fryin' pan
into the fire. And begorra. sor, I'd no
more than said it, then heard the sig
nal blow and saw the bluecoats march.
in up the alley and across the street
at the end surroundin' the place
Good night to Barker's,' says I; and
we watched 'em batter in the door and
Aarch up stairs. It was then that /
felt the other man tuggin' at me arm
'The other mann, It was more an
exclamation than a question and Den
mis- nodded.
"Sure the Teller that had been stand.
in some place in the shadows 'Wot
are the perlice after?' he says all
hoarse like. Who are they lookin' fer
the girl" Not on your life says 1.
they're raidin' Barkers' 'Barker's?
says be. as If he'd never heard of the
place. I-I-thought the trouble was
In the hotel. I-I-heard a shot
Then says l. you've got one on me,
fer with all these auttymobiles hangin'
about. the man that kin tell a bullet
from a tire has some ears You're
right says he, 1T was probably a tire
And he laughs; then he skunk away, as
if he didn't like the perlice even if they
weren't DOM anything but raid gam
blin' joint
"Can you describe that man?"
mo. He was kind Of fattish, and
short. He looked like the sort of fell
Ter that hits 'em up considerable. but
didn't take particular notice. sor."
"E%1 you and Miss ONeill remain in
the alley after he had gomez"
Eyes, fer the police had run up the
shades and We could see right into
Barker's place. Then l seen the girl
again.
'Do you mean Miss Pager
Eyes. sor; leastwise, / suppose 1t was
her. She was standin' with her hands |
over her face. and one Of the police |
men jerks 'em down and turns to an
other one and says, says he. rs this
the girl" could hear plain even down |
in the street, but the other bull seemed |
puzzled 1T looks like it might be- he |
says. especially the glad rags. but she |
amt got Maggie's ear marks. Then |
he grabs the girl by the arm and says. |
'Wot's your manner But she didn't |
answer, just means. and at that he
laughs and says. 'Playin' dumb, eh?
Same old game. Now I'm dead sure
you are Maggie Hale that buns around
the restaurants and hooks the suckers.
Well. if you won't talk to us, you can
tell it to the judge And with that he
her away where we couldn't
zee her"
"Just a minute. Mr. Gallagher" in
terrupted Langdon. Lets return to
that fattish man in the alley. Did he
come up the street with the policeT'
mo, sor. He was alongside O. me by
that time
"Then he came from the other end of
the street?'
Dennis scratched his head.
mot as I seen, sor." he admitted.
"Would you have seen him had he
come from the corner beyond the Hotel
Langdon's voice was vi
brant with eager excitement and the
spirit of it swept through the coart-
room in q shivering whisper.
Eyes, I'd a seen anybody comm from
either end of the street. I allus could
when I stood at the gate with Katie,
Ter there's big arc light they have to
pass under and you can see them p2ain
as plain"