Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-12
The Triangular Scar.
Copyright by the Frank \ Munscy Co.
BY ELLIOT WALKER.

IL, too. for the growth was why and this
stranger possessed Il cleft chm.
| like To give a new man Il good job. We
BARRIERS an grill out old trade with some
impunitv. but a new man. nevcrl lie meth
er t~orgive~ nor torget~-nor. also. does he
ever return.
so worked with unusual care, and.
with my eager ewes 20 near the impressive
face. became aware Of 4 growing convic-
tion that somewhere | had seen. heard. or
read Of this man.
| say read. for read a great deal IN my
little room off the lop, selecting clip
pings for my ~crap-book.
have Il hobby Il very interesting one.
10 me al least. The undetected criminal
i my hobby.
Think of the thousands of unexplained
mysteries. murders. burglaries. assaults.
the perpetrators OF which are still al large.
unknown. free. laughing IN their sleeves Al
the b%ungling bulldogs of the law.
Undoubtedly | possess the detective in
Stinct. hut I'm u nervous person. not natur-
ally fitted 10 enter the lists with those
whose strength and courage enable them
to hound and grapple desperate characters.
1t i p~lea>anter to be a simple barber and
keep a scrapbook. amusing oneself with
dreams ~ what intelligence and Wit might
accomplish IN certain contingencies.
In my tetentiye memory rests the de~crip-
ton of dozens of williams FOR whom the
police have vainly searched for years. Rich
rewards still hold a glittering promise for
the apprehension 81 many III these worth
les. Somewhere they must abide.
What more likely. | ask. than a quiet
shop in the dull morning hours for
the slipping IN ot some wolf IN Sleeps
clothing" needed hi wool trimmed.
OF thi. | have thought much and pleas
antly. mapping many ingenious plan, for
capture without harm 10 my own skin.
surely 4 day would come and 4 man
with II. After that. cnconium~ and. |
fondly trusted, financial reward ~ high
value.
How trade would flock To- my sign. NO
the tiny shop with it, solitary chair.
N |palatial ton~orial establishment Ye~.
old Snin-fellnw would strike luck ~ last.
There were agreeable reflections.
Mind You. however. that no suspicion
haunted me. a. bent over this well dress
"a stranger; naught but a vague. slow
forming curiosity. Had | shaved him be-
"Gue>S III nave my hair cut a hit" he
bru-kly a. | anoiuied his heavy
mu~tachc.
-'Ye-. .ir. How" ! tucked the sheet III
hi thick neck.
''Oh. Just trim it. ! wear it long
Shipping ~ the back. my fingers part
iug the thick rrun. stopped for \ second.
fortunately choking An ejaculation.
4 thing had seen which made my
thump with u%ncanny horror. \ scar,
4 triangular. whire. clean scar. some three
inches from the left ear and near the
Large triangular scar on crown 1T
The words huzzed in my brain.
What else Ard old description.
~teadied and worked. striving Ia re-
my teeth clcnched. my will re-
solved 10 master the tremble of my hands.
\ similar scar wa~ associated with some
direful crime-that | knew. Whatl What,
'fivc thousand dollar~ rcwardi'
Al, my tongue ran wetly over my dry
Ye>, il was coming to me now.
''lIelght, about five feet ten: smooth
face. but beard naturally heavy; hair.
-andy"-enoughi
Before me. nodding %-lecpily III the chair.
sat the murderer at old Linus Sparkling. the
IIodgefleld r%eclu~e: wealthy. wicked old
feared. hated and little mourncd.
il wa~ murder murder IN \ Young
man taken under that unacceptable root.
No robbery. but for revenge. ~ IN the
of sudden passion. \ cracked skull
Of old Linus. = swift disappearance Of his
unknown. namclc~S. guest.
Sparkling knew him. else W. would never
nave sheltered the man. IIodgcfield
scarcely knew him; hut one individual could
him accurately. and this had com
nnnlv Interested me.
"A barber. Marrullu~ Parry. once nv n~-
,ociate IN 4 shop. had shaved the murderer
and cut hi hair the day preceding the NIGHT
If the crim~. Marcellu~ II was who bad
noticed that scar. had gwen the only de-
-rription. had even sent me the account
for my Scrapbook.
Now. with my avenging hand. who should
sheer at the barber! \ butt no long
r for cheap Jokes. but 4 man to whom So
.icty would turn for protection against
Fifteen years of escape from the clutches
IF the law to be captured by u barber.
And the reward. tn my knowledge. not
withdrawn.