Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-16

as soon as I practically can do so.
think of the woman herself as well as
the man."
II don't mean to seem antagon-
istic," Reich stammered. "But like
to see where I'm going. / want to get
the thing settled. Sheldon's kept me
idle for days, and my nerves are rag
ged. II could do something"
Il would suggest that you go to bed"
said Dual
"Bed?" Reich laughed shortly. Il
couldn't sleep"
LET me have your flask moment.
colonel" Semi requested.
He took the metal cap from the top
and filled it with liquor. set down the
flask, and surrounded the filled cap
with both his hands. Raising them in
this position he held them before his
face for perhaps thirty secondhand
suddenly extended the cap to Reich.
Drink it and sleep" he directed.
what the devil!" Reich rather
drew back from the proffered draft.
"Sleep for you," said Semi Dual.
What did you put in it?" the youth
demanded.
Sleep" said Semi Dual.
mo thanks" objected Roich.
Dual smiled. Ibid put anything
in it, colonel?" he asked.
Colonel Mac shook his head.
Drink it, son, 1t amt doped," he
advised. "This amt no come-on
bunch"
Reich put out hesitant hand, lifted
the cap, and took tentative sip, roll
ed it on his tongue, and quite sudden
~ drank the liquor off. "That won't
make me Sleep" he remarked.
eff you think not, suppose you try
fighting it off," said Semi. Now sup
pose we all get what rest we can"
Reich nodded and walked out of the
room. Colonel Mac turned his eyes
from his disappearing figure to Dual
What did you do to that stuff" he
inquired.
Nothing" declared Semi. u mere
ly fastened his mind on the sleep
thought by a material suggestion.
He'll try to fight off sleep and keep his
eyes open till they tire from the strain,
trick"
Sheldon picked up his flask with a
grin.
"a lot of your old tricks are new
ones to me-" he remarked dryly.
That's the first time | ever heard OF
putting a hombre to sleepy making
him stay awake. Good night"
The rest of the trip passed without
any moment. Dual sat around and
scrubbed on bits of paper now and
then. Sheldon smoked panetelas until
/ wondered at his endurance.
Reich slept until the last call for
breakfast, and after that patronized
the buffet a little too well. spent my
time between the men. We reached
Salt Lake in due course, and Dual took
taxi to the Hotel Utah. We regis
tered there and were shown to a suite
of rooms.
1t was 2:30 p. m, and at once Dual
assumed direction. Hardly had the
page closed the door of our suite be-
hind him than he turned to me.
Gordon, take a taxi and go to po-
lice central. Interview the chief or
his representative in his absence. Re-
quest him to send a dependable opera
tive to this suite at his earliest con-
venience, then return to us here"
There was a snap in his words which
spurred me to action. / swung on my
heel and started for the door. caught
a picture of Reich staring at Semi in
a surprised sort of way, and then /
was outside striding down the green
carpeted hall toward the bank Of ele-
vator cages. had mission to per-
form. Vaguely / realized that at last
Dual had played card in the game.
caught cab outside the hotel en-
trance and directed the driver to get
me to police headquarters quickly. 1t
wasn't far, and two minutes saw us
drawing up before squat two-story
stucco structure, within whose hall /
caught glimpse of khaki clad forms.
l climbed out, told the chauffeur to
wait, and went in. preferring my re-
quest for the chief of the sergeant be-
hind the desk. / had no difficulty at
all. The sergeant called a patrolman
and directed him to take me to the
chiefs Office. He in turn led me down
the hall to lettered door and raped,
swung the door open, and left me
standing in the presence of the man !
sought.
Chief Brant sat in a large room,
furnished with desk, a leather couch,
several chairs, rug, and a cuspidor.
He raised his face crowned with heavy
hair and trimmed with an iron-gray
mustache, and silently gazed in my d.
rection as / advanced, then waved me
to a chair, and continued to stare.
lost no time in making myself
known and explaining my mission.
Brant listened until I was done and
then nodded II shall be glad to help
you, II can" he said. "As it hap
pens, there has been a good deal of
this sort of thing going on here Of late,