The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-24

buZZer when he's ready lot you u
come in"
"All right, all rightr doomed Monk
in q deep -oice.
The buzzer sounded; Monk went in.
And right behind him was Tom. Monk,
1t was plain. supposed that he was at
tached to the office. Fisher. glancing
at Tom, paid no more attention to him.
As Tom had hoped. he supposed that
Monk had brought some one with
him.
Tom realized In a moment that luck
had favored him to an almost incredi-
BILE degree, for Monk, without pream-
ble launched into report Of the most
confidential sort.
"Well, it's all right. bossv' he an
hounced. He spoke in what he evil
IDENTIFY believed to be low, carefully
modulated voice, but every word was
audible to Tom. II brought In the
cargo all right, all right. And none Of
them smart Alexis of customs boys
was bit anxious to search the ship
not with the lions and tigers and crit
tiers of that sort the hold was full Of.
So, the Opium's all ashore and In Cru
.
ems place."
Tom had heard all that he needed to
know. Slowly and so as not to attract
suspicion to himself he went out the
door.
Fisher, meanwhile. had frowned
slightly as lie saw Tom go.
Look here, Monk" he said. 'thls
sort of thing ought to be kept pretty
much to ourselves. The next time you
have confidential report to make
don't bring any one with you"
"Whatw roared Monk. 81 didn'tw
''Then who was that fellow who
came in with your
Him? He works for you, don't he?
| He just followed me in, and when you
didn't say nothing supposed he was
all right"
They stared ut one another a mo-
ment. And then Fisher, with sud.
den suspicion. reached into his desk
for batch of photographs, which he
studied. He cried out sharply and
then handed Monk picture Of Tom
Larnigan.
That's him. said Monk.
Eyes, and he's Tom Larnigan," said
Fisher, "a government speciar>prose-
cutor or agents. spy set upon the syn.
dicate to destroy It! A fine trick we've
let him play on us!'
THE -" said Monk, with a great
deep sea oath. "pll get him or my
names not MOnkr'
You'd better tryr said Fisher satir.
ically. "If you don't he'll get us--I
can promise you that! I'll 60 to work
too. Go along now and warn Gruen to
be careful. That wild animal store
Of his has been too useful.to US for us
to let the government get on to its
real character"
Fisher. when Monk had gone. teie-
phoncd at once to Stanford Stone, tell
ing him what had happened.
"All right" said Stone after a me-
ment. II suppose I shall have to pull
US out Of the hole that you and Monk
in your stupidity have dug for US.
Fine businessr'
Stone set the wheels Of his organiza-
ton turning ut once. He sent for
Dunn, the man who served him In his
most critical affairs and over whom
he held as constant threat his knowl-
edge of a certain criminal episode of
the past.
"I'm not sorry this has happened
Fishers fool, but his folly has turned
out well this time. Larnigan will &c
to Gruen's. You can see to 1t that
when he does 50 he walks into d
trap"
Meanwhile, however, there had beer
change In Toms plans. He had
gone Immediately to the Office Of the
Independent. the newspaper which
was backing Bruce Larnigan's fight
with Jack Stevens as Its editor. There
he had found Bruce and also tele
gram from Washington ordering hin
to go at once to Rio de Janeiro, where
II was said. the consul would be abl'
TO give him instructions concerning {
special mission connected with the op
erations OF the graft syndicate.
You'll have to co. Bruce said
/ But I'm nearly well now. I'm wei
enough, at any rate, to take hold o
, this affair So there need be no chang,
, in our plans"
D And another factor was about to b,
l introduced into the case. Doroth!
: Maxwell and her chum, Kitty Rock
5 ford, were by this time, thanks I,
their more or less accidental success
: in the past in helping the Larnigans
$ convinced OF their own powers as de
= tectlves. Dorothy had been engage,
/ ! 20 nruca gtonfnpd Stnna Nvos In low
a with her. and owing TO his hold upor
I her father and his threat II she di,
+ not yield to him to ruin him Doroth.
i was afraid TO come out openly agains
i Stone. In secret, however, she wa
his enemy.
i The two girls while out walking spie,
: Dunn and. remembering him from pre-