Gunnison news-champion., 1917-01-19

Leave Il & ~ He pallsd ct .
tAiek baaek cigar. Hal 0soeral Loe
oeoe . boa a then 70 0eassal 0saAe
tAao wouldn't have bssa any AD0o
0AetoG
"wm. yes arsar taking say q tAas
gsa1s stuR. altse yo1S Deo0iss - -
elx ysass aoef"
-Ntx % u ssals. Mnly. ! ant
AaA1soos bae In heaesG Moro y
that. ] aint he giak tAsy tAink -
6eva q Ceat1al."
"Yeafs . smart naa. wul.
Haggsety was worth looking a. He
had roanA hsaa. . sign of co0hative-
nssa- He ha1 heavy rectangular javs.
. sign of peeDeveeaAea. He he'd kooa
blue eyes. too. With room sooagA ~
tween 70 satisfy the NEST critical of
pArsoologists and physiogno0ists (ese
whom the detective had The hsaFtisst
coats0ps). To - thinss. 70 observe
and retain impssssioas. Il u not necss-
sasy TO hold . university degrees.
Theory and logical deduction. - writ
ten. interested Haggerty Just about
~ much - . missionary's lecture on
the uplift Of the sipful Hottentot would
have done. Crime TO him was merely
. picture-puzzle: there were 20 many
pieces and only one way to put them
together. When he found another
piece he tried to ut the two together.
II they did mot fat he proceeded u. hunt
for the other pieces. BY and BY he got
. corner together. maybe . center.
piece: In the end the picture unfolded.
Nothing mysterious about this.
Haggerty was not brilliant: he was
this ability to wait he had now been .
detective OF the flrst class for six
years. A. the character Of his investi-
cations somewhat removed him srom
the graft xone his promise to his wife
was rather negligible one. The low
cut-purse. the polished swindler. the
dishonest bank ofacial. all were nah
to his net. Being man Of great phys.
ical strength. courageous ~ all Irish
men are who have had to fight their
way to . decent pay roll. and fond OF
his work besides. he was formidable.
He was well known. feared and re-
spected. He never. approached his
quarry till he was absolutely certain
Of his picture-puzzle. Then his hand
fell heavily. He was Just but merci.
less. His business was to get the Grim
inal. II jury wanted to let the man
90. that was no concern OF his.
Some time between now an m1l-
night. Milly. I'm going { put this hand.
somely manicured duke on tn shoul.
der Of tn clevefest crook New York
has seen in years. He's had tn forcs
up tree for almost . year. Piece OF
buil-headed luck. but luck's half Of any
game"
'Who II II. Wtl?'
tn gentlemanly Jewel thief. - IL
reporters call him"
Seven thousand dollars In r.
wards!"
"six from tn people who'vs bssa
jobbed an one from Pa Knickerbock.
o.. 1hat1l take care care Of that lit
tie ol' Bronx shack. an some onion
money besides. Oh. I'vs got him all
right. Queer case. though: an don't
understand It al yet. But I know
who an whore he is."
Tell me. You've never said word. !"
His wife leaned a0Ross the table eager
".
Il don't talk TIL I'm sure, Milly.
II Jon women'd only think Il out that
way there'd be . lot o trouble saved.
Well. you remember used & pooh.
hooA this 6nger.pgint business. Looked
like expert stu1. never saw two q.
parts who agreed on anything. But
this thumbprint 10 tn real article; you
can't get away from II. Fact. When
Mrs.. Armitags lost her emeralds-
forty thousand iron-boys. including
duty-think Of II. forty thousand for
. string Of little lrish.green stones
well, I was detailed e look over th'
case. She has . Whatchacallit nsxt
Z her bedroom"
-Boudoir"
That's H. Well, she had tn slick-
@t wall safe you svsr heard of. Or
4lnary furnace register IN III vail en-
hack Of Il the safe. New stunt. But
there's always somebody that finds
out Little table stands In front Of
It Maid hadn't dustsd It lately. Saw
nics thumb print Perfect. Got It
photographed, an vent over tn help
an tn folks themselves. Didn't match.
Same print on . little idol IN the safe.
SO put It away for future references.
Thsre wasn't any match for It down
at Central, either. New hand. IN.
idol was one O them Hindu things.
Chap WAS Interested IN It. We laid
low for tn breakup Of tn Jewels.
Never came. Say! mebbe we didn't
sit mp an take notics." Hasgsrty
fumblsd in hin vaistcoat for . match.
cTo BE coNTINUEDJ
No Daeeesia In Old Deelep.
There - virtually mo danger Of
disease being spread hy the hooka IN