The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-07


the alley-way. He climbed the fire es-
cape and stepped into the room He
wore a saturnine expression.
Well. he slipped me; but that's
nothing He'll never get out OF tn
city. But I'm an ornament L tn Of
fee For six months I've been 30 In
terested in watching you that never
gave anybody else a thought"
What has he done?" cried Craw-
ford. Why, the man has been with
me for ten years. constantly, faithful
as a dog. Twice In Mesopotamia he
saved my life. What the deuce will
do without him."
He's tn man who stole tn Armi-
tage emeralds. tn HollisteI pearls an
tn Morris rubies"
Crawford made despairing gesture.
II was so incomprehensible. What
proof have your"
Haggerty dryly indicated the win
dow, He saw what was coming. He
knew that II wasn't satisfied with
your thumbprints | might think OF
his"
Good Cod" Crawford struck his
forehead, And am the cause Of III"
HUH" said Haggerty, startled.
Crawford pointed toward the safes
Haggerty nodded Rppreciatively, ran
his glance over the safes and nodded
again. II q man could only see two
ways at once!" he mourned, half hu-
morously. half seriously.
He was mad"
"Mebbe. But listen here. Az tn
Armitage case there was q thumb
print on an idol; at tn HOLSTERS, on
a piece o. jade; at tn Morris, ON a
minachure. You gave a mummy Z tn
museum. On tn headpiece | accident
ally discovered tn same print tn
guy that did all this fine work was
fond o. queer things. tn thumbprInt
on tn mummy case wiped out every
body but you. An when ; armed tn
thing, why. thought all had { do
was L put tn darbies on you an mo,
tor to klink. But tn rest OF you didn't
III in, somehow. You had me guessing.
Why. found out that your banker
has q pay roll of three Thousand q
month that you give away L tn poor.
All this mystery about detectives IL
bosh There amt any mystery; It's
only addition an subtraction. Well,
| couldn't add tn theft an tn safe
blowing an that pay roll. an get tn
sum | needed. held on tn thumb.
print TIL now, an there's where fall
down"
My fault Why | am almost as
| guilty as he Ia. He used to watch me
most carefully whenever l opened q
safe In sport"
Sure, no did. An say, take II from
me, MIR, Crawford. he had q good teach.
or There amt a yegg in tn country
who can do It heater than you: only
It's amateurish. | mean, you didn't
use any OF tn stun used by tn profes.
sionRls. Say! I've a mind Z run you
In an lock you up as Il In. Some o.
these smooth onesll be- kidnapping you
an making you do tn work" Hag-
gerty smiled, but his heart was heavy.
Seven thousand gone TO glory.
The girl reached secretly for Craw-
ford's hand and pressed IT, To her all
| tnis was only prologue,
~ see. / figured 1t out this way.
You'd done It on a wager as a Joke,
an / was kinda waitin' L hear tn re.
turn OF tn jewels. Sayl can light
this cheroot3"
90 ahead and smoke" said Forbes,
taking upon himself the privileges OF
host.
Ae had never heard OF q detective
like this one. The LecocQs and
VtdocQs and Corentins OF his library
were invariably men OF marvellous ed.
ucation. chemists, biologists, linguists.
diplomats and ell that, pedantically
quoting from Montague and La Roche
toucauld and voltaire and Rousseau
he would have wagered his next ten
drawings against that fat black cigar
that Haggerty had never heard OF
The Purloined Letter" On the other
hand he was real. deeply and terribly
versed IN the ways OF humanity. not q
symbollcal Javert. He was q great
detective. for here he was. a. the end
of the chase. beaten by Q peculiar
phase and not by stupidity. The pa.
thence the infinite painatAking, that
had brought him like . true hunting.
hound into this rooml
HaEgerty blew out thick clouds Of
smoke. then sucked Il IN gratefully.
"All my fault" repeated Crawford
I've made criminal out OF an honest
man"
Don't you worry about that" rSas-
ursd HagEerty Let me tell you some
thing, We're all criminals. only some
OF us go through without provOcation
r opportunity. Get mOF'
The others nodded.
Well. nobody puts hla hand int
another mans jewel-box for tn sport
OF t--unless he's a rich man like you.
Mr. Crawford. an wGnts an exciting
joke. Whata you know about Mason
before you hired him.
Crawford thought for q moment
Nothing II recall Il. he came to me
without recommendation"
I "Uh-huh." Haggerty turned round