Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-02-11

that they always worked in threes.
The chief OF this clever resolute band
lail his plans. and three unknown men
proceeded to execute them
Tae breaking mp Of this trio warned
he tiiief hat Jhe first wedge Of the
secret service had been driven home.
II the 9;agrs remained surrounded
81 mystery the hunter WIS no less in
r.nehed. They were reaching out in
tae 85eA Tor eaeh other when Smead's
,eeideut happened.
Mere crossword had brought about
he discovery of The hollow crutehes
lem Smpud WIS doubtless the arch
+musgier Bat on bis side he knew
who had lrlaHe1 hm MP Smead could
-Eii p}nu tut Crawford would have to
F ga the work as3inSt men wholly
Unknown 10 him lu ether verbs
haue only would lead him from trio
10 tsIa
Couc.deHts Cranlards appearance
II Tie jewel ~aGp in the Rpe lie Ia
.aiA. his estle,ess inquiries of the jew
or
oh yes. the young gentleman was
rsi class customer. bought numerous
Jewels for the ladies' OF the opera. rs
taeir aseig, however
lie WaS q Frenchman
Immediately Crawford had lost inter
Isl Bun while having tea at the cafe
.le In paiN M hour later, he had seen
he young Fgene hlaaH again in CONVEX.
sutton with an American. The jewel
ease changed hands
Still he had no definite suspicious.
nd the whole matter passed from his
mind Two days later he ran down to
'herhourg To bid some friends bon
oxaee The American he had seen
Il the cafe de In paix was handing II
mckage 10 another compatriot.
The latter saiEed
It was one of those meXplicable fan
lies. but he surrendered to it; cableG
he port of New York to he on the
bakout for IL portly. smooth faced man
silh patch of white hair in the back
# his head. to search for necklace
If sapphires
\ chance shot in the dark hit the
5uIlSege The unknown upon arriving
II New York was held up and the
Gems eontiseated
And now they We're after him.
With the notebook in their posses
sion his days of usefulness would be
IT nm end. general apocalypse
At 5 o'clock the rain ceased. The
gale was by now brawling somewhere
off the banks.
The river was no longer crested.
Boats were 6itting to and fro, and the
sullen big freightcrs were drawing cut
from the breakwater in the basin back
of the hotel. \ gorgeous sunset Tin
ished the day, warm and promising
good weather.
The hotel was almost deserted.
1t was not summer resort. Those
who sought its charms We're fishermen.
They sent their wives elsewhere.
Crawford sat down to dinner with
four other men, two of whom he knew
to be retired business men who fished
these waters from July TO October and
then hied away to Miami for tarpon
Or to the Pacific for yelowtails.
"Reminiscences passed back and forth
Crawford learned that the season had
been exceptionally good, but that out
at South bar and Charity shoais the
sport had been the worst in years.
For some reason or other the bass
had turned those places over 10 the
bane of the sportsman. Old google eye,
piscatorially known us the rock bass.
Button bay. over the river. had prov
ed Il find One of the gentlemen had
caught four FOUNDER ut Hofnihe
dock. Bait bad been lively. and there
had been plenty of it despite the usual
August blow.
Crawford could not remember when
he had passed Il more agreeable hour.
The other two gentlemen were from
down the state.
They told how they split up a
months vacation into four weeks-one
In June. one in July, one in August
and one In September. which. if the
weather behaved itself. was the finest
time of the year to fish.
All agreed upon this point. The
small fry had by then taken themselves
off; the big chaps began to bite. and
they fought like demons.