Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-11


Policemen arc but jailcrs. Detectives
are only mcn who let nature do thcil
work for them.
There was nasty staccato laugh. ]
did not ne.d To took TO know that 10
was Bopp.
"Alr. Kent seems to have Il very
observing mii.d," he sail.
Lucille looked at me rcproachfully.
rs tails true" she asked.
EYES, George Washington could
have Gone no moro.
you didn't catch herr"
NO"
Nothing more was to be said. I had
been tried, convicted and sentenced.
The telephone rang. Lucille went to
answer 1t. The rest Of us followed
more at our leisure. When we had
arrived downstairs Lucille was talking
to some one over the wire, evidently
her mother.
I'm CAD you're all right" she was
saying. land that you have had some
Cling to cat. Don't feel badly about
'"oaking the fast. No one blamcs you
Dit. That's all right We would. too,
i. We could"
y pause, during which she listened,
trown gathering on her face.
Don't YOU worry, mother. We're all
liGht-all except Tootles. She IS lost.
WHAT'S the matter? You saw some
one outside in the moonlight? A man
with whiskcrs? Nonsense. NJ one
lives there Mt this timo OF ycnr Ey-
crybody left In September. Just so
to bed and don't think about such
things"
Lucille Stiiicd Il scream.
Hello. mother. What? Some one
IS trying the door? It's openlng-hello
-hcllo--mothcr'-
Lucille dropped the receiver and sank
backward Into Vida's arms. l picked
up the telephone ana held 1t to my
ear, shouting "IIcllo, hello!"
There was no response. The wire
was dead.
When Lucille had been revived with
out rcSOrting to any OF the violent
methods suggested by the rcsourceful
Captain Perkins l cndcavorcd to ex-
plain away amy cause for fright
EVEN If She really did SEQ man,
| said, (which seems improbable, he
Is not going to murder her. Probably
he just stopped to inquire tho time OF
day"
but mother said he had whiskers."
Il Know" | continued, that is
against him, but maybe It Is hereditary
in his family"
"Mayhc she just dreamed it." Kent
offered scnsibly. Lets call her III
again. She seemed little dcnted on
top when l first saw her. BY this
time maybe the attack is over"
That seemed II fair enough sugges.
ton, and l acted on ii. l asked cen.
trail to give me IIuntingdon's island
once more.
I'm sorry" central answered, "but
I can't seem to get them. I've been
ringing on that line for the last ten
minutes. There's another party trying
to get them"
another party?" questioned
"Who?"
II couldn't say. 1t isn't any one
know. His voice sounds like he was Il
tall. thin young man from New York
Cant get them" told tho listen
Ing group. a., : 4,
What can we do now? l must "a
to help mother. I must go. I must
&c." Lucille began to get hystcrlcal.
WYATT, DEAR" Vida said. patting hel
hand. 1--WE can't go because we
haven't any boat" Turning to the
rest OF us, she asked, "Whom could We
telephone to and ask TO go over thcrc?"
1.-The sheriff is the right man, ]
should think" Bopp suggested.
He'd be plumb ticklcd, too" added
Captain Perkins. 'JIe amt had a
chance to arrest nobody since he's been
sWorc in."
"Thats 1t, the sheriff." Lucille said
feverishly. Get the sheriff and let
me talk to him."
awe don't want the public to know
about this" I objected.
what do care about the public II
my mother is in dangcr?' Lucille very
properly demanded.