The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-13
HEARD AT THE CRIME CLUB
By FRANK FoERsT
X-CRE EPING JIMMIE.
by the
By FRANK FOERST

! cleared. No bloodhound could hold more
tightly to Il trail than Grenfell.
AS the engine gave a preliminary
cough. Trelway and the chief constable
! SItuntsrcd up. Everything going smooth,
l hope" said the latter.
Quite thanks" said Adhurst Well,
good-hy. MIR. Livrey. See you tom"r-
row." The train glided out, and he turn
ed to the chief constable. Il have Il car
waiting outside. sir. You've got the
map"
Maj Brodep pulled an ordnance sur
it. This is the thing" His foreiinger
traced the course of q line In red ink
that hand been run along one Of the
roads and stopped At cross. There we
are. I think. 1t won't be long before
we're able to test your theory. What
times this Spccial?'
Adhurst looked 1t his watch. "A mat
ter OF ten minutes now. l think I'll be
moving. We don't want to hold up traf-
fic more than we can help
With 4 rod he strobe away to where
Cody. the chauffeur. an alert little cock
ney-. was waiting with Livrcy's--or rath-
or Shret's-car. To til" chauffeur he Of
fercd Il map marked in similar fashion
to that which the chief constable had
possessed
There. Cody" he said. pointing to the
cross. That's where we've got to make
for. How long il is going to take u.s."
''Stoners Cray. That's twelve miles.
It's bad road. sir. and the tires on this
old jigger are none too good. Mr. Live
rev has cut EN- about something awful
this last day or two. z don't Know
'ow to treat decent car, an tha's 4
fact If I may say so. sir.
We'll. do your best. and take the last
mile or two easy.
Il was 4 picturesque drive. but tho de-
tective had no eye for scenery. Just ut
that time his mind was on hard bust
ness. EGe had achieved that perilouS
thing in detective work. a theory. and
h had pinned himself to work it out.
They stopped at last at point where
the road for matter OF a couple OF nun
dred yards ran side by side with n rail-
way line. Clumps Of bushes and grass
grew on the open strip of waste lanl
between the roadway and the line. and
over this strip Adhurst quested to AMI
fro like hound at fault. Presently he
called Cody to desert the car and aid
him.
The keen little cockncy. though he
had no idea of the ultimate object ut
the back OF the detectives brain. join
ed enthusiastically. and presently gave
tangle OF brambles and furze.
Good boy" said Adhurst, and his
eyes roved swiftly oyer the ground in
the neighborhooG. HI; gave, SUBJ
dued chuckle as he observed a foot
marked. "hn virtuous and Providence
will always be coed to YOU. Neither
You nor l made that footprint"
lis It a clue sir asked Cody
hreathless!y This adventure with .
real live detective was thrilling him.
'Somethng Of the sort. Put the box
over it till wore able 10 take plaster
cast"
4 puff Of smoE" warned Adhurst
that the special which held the local
police was coming. IT advanced very
slowly and Adhurst waved a handkcr-
chief. The sisral was answered and
he dropped behind clump Of bushes
and sighted along his stick as though
it were I rifle. Then he rose. and,
taking a ball Of Irvine from his pocket,
fastened one ent to the bush. and.
carrying it forward, tossed the ball to