Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20

looked more alike than the young watch
Jimmy just little while before and the
photograph which hung in the criminal ranks
OF the Rogues' Gallery
Gould MaryS lover he DR.. Lckyll and Mr..
Hyde? Jimmy dismissed his theory OF dual
slipped the photograph from the rack and
turned il about he found this record inscribed
on it:
Sam Defarge. alias silent Sam. etc:
eyes: weight l6a pounds. Escaped sing
sing 1918. Whereabouts unknown.
Mother lives at No. ll3 East cloth street"
Then he damned his hands into his pockets.
hoped would be kindly and swung along
quietly on his rubber soled shoes toward the
home of Mother Dcfargc.
1t proved to be a tiny detached cottage
surrounded by heavy shrubbcry. Jimmy Turk :
ing in the shadows a few houses away. saw
sneak up cautiously and enter tho
gateway. lie waited until he sure that
his man must have entered and then he made
running leap that carried him over the
shrubbery at one side of the cottage. For a
moment he crouchcd in silence. then he crcpt
along along close to the cottage; Kneeling on tho
cottage he managed to peek in and get q
view OF the meanly furnished living room.
1t was lighted by a Kerosene lamp, which
cast sinister shadows over the ugly little
room Heavy curtains hung across what
one side Of the table sat a wrinkled old bag
with heavy stick. on which she was leaning
in the manner OF the lame who fear TO be
separated even momentarily from their GUS
tomary support
Then she tmrno, '.s.h ar evil smile to greet
some one comm: az through the trapdoor
side Of tie room ana who blew out a
lighted candle 'iircctly he got into the glare
of the lamplight.
ton and answer which took place Jimmy
venturcd to push the window open n few
opening. wondering meanwhile if the unac.
customed ventilation would startle the peo-
pie whose conversation he was determined
to overhear
But fortune was decidedly with Jimmy, for
Silent sam evidently felt that his mother
him down into the basement lie led her
over TO the trap and guided her down step
or two. and in that little interval Jimmy
managed to push the window up, climb
through il, close il again. and rush over to
Il hiding place back Of the curtains which
all right--aint hep asked Sam.
The hag srinned affectionately ut her SON
You're better looking Sammy-you always
good looking boy and awful good to
your poor old Nom"
But how did they ge, him. sammy asked
the poor old has with an apprcca ton OF her
full
oh. Wayne, she plays her ankle game on
sleuthcd along after him till she got him
alone. Then she pretends to fan. She knows
he's just the sort thatll be sympa theiic with
lady in trouble. He catches her She pre-
tends she can't walk. and tells him. she knows
Il good doctor what lives nearby. lie says
he will help her there, and she knows we've
got him all right.
Big John is waiting inside the hall with
slungshot. and just Maymc and her
helpful friend start to ring the doctors door
bell he jumps around the corner and hits the
chap over the head. Then he picks him up
easy-like he was baby-and carries him
into the doctors office.
While our friend the watchman, ia still
asleep from what John handed him. they lay
him down on Il couch and take off his uni
form. Then they dress him up in suit of
citizens clothes and give his uniform
and badge That was some cute trck-what
do you say. Mother?"
II say you're a pretty smart boy" said
Mother Defargc.
Jimmy stood listening back OF the cur
tain He blessed the fates that had led Mary
Ryan to write me the letter telling of how
without recognition AZ soon he had
heard that the Waterman of the Bronx bank
was missing he had concluded that the man
Mary had seen was not the Waterman at all,
but some one who looked just like him.
am setting down the story just as Jimmy
good nature and slangy eXpansivcncss can
not make their way into cold type.
But this Is the way he concluded the first
part Of his recital:
Nov. the next thing this young sleuth
wanted to know was What have these De-
they seem to think is so valuable? Uncle
Jimmy had better so down and sce!"
1t seemed to me that 1t long hours
since the Doctor" had gone out and left us
TO our uncertain fate. l suppose. AZ a mat
ter OF fact that 1t was little more than a
his past life In n panorama which flashes
across his mind In second or two.