Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-07-25

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held his cigar seemed to me to have
| grown thinner and firmer, with almost
a tension at their corners, and the set
of his fighting chin had, too, taken on
new angle.
Under their heavy brows his gray
eyes brooded. He looked like a griz-
zled veteran waiting the call to action
which he knew was about to come.
From him my eyes travelled to Reich
almost feeling of pity.
After all, thought, the lad had lost
far more than any of us who judged
his erratic temper, and his protests
against what must have seemed to his
| youth like inaction.
| And surely he seemed to have suffer
ed. He was worn, his face pallid,
drawn, almost haggard, and there were
| darkening circles beneath his eyes. I
noticed that the hand on the arm OF
| the chair in which he sat twitched
now and then as against his volition.
His brows were knit in brooding
| thought, his chin sunk on his breast
Sheldon fose and walked to win
dow. standing thee with his hands
claspcd behind hit1. gazing out over
| the lights of the city. l crNr""l I'D
Joined him where he stood chewing
upon his cigar which had gone deal
.Sne'S SImc' cit''." he, ~ tie ID,
nodding his grizzled head at the i..iles
of lights. "SOme city to 60 out into
an find one leetle gal tucked away to
fn11 ;r, D,,&
Dual kin do it, an if he does, he's a
wizard. Ny Lord, I'll be glad to see
Lilly again!"
"He will do it." I whispered assur-
ance.
II amt doubtin' it, son." he made
answer. when that Lucille girl gets
back reckon the fireworks will begin
to sizzle. I reckon you an l know
Semi Dual"
Well, his was the faith of soldier
in the general who had sent him to
victorious action. / thrilled at his
words, and laid hand on his shoul-
der. He turned, and his lips twitched
into slow, grim smile.
Again footsteps sounded from the
passage. The door opened and Miss
Foote entered in company with man.
He was a small and somewhat
shabby person in sack coat of brown
tweeds and trousers to match. His
face was thin. nervous and incisive;
his hair, when he took off his derby
hat, was dark and close-cut auburn,
and he walked with a shuffling stoop.
We all turned to face him on his en-
trance, and in so doing looked into
pair of cool blue eyes.
Gentlemen" said Miss Lucille,
"this is Mr.. McKabe, of the China
town plain clothes squad"
McKabe nodded his head and
perched himself on the edge of chair
fiddling with his battered derby.
9TH young lady has given me the
lay" he began. Now just what'jer
want to do?"
Dual, who had lifted himself to at
tention, upon the entrance of the de-
tective, Immediately answered:
eve want to find this girl and as
sure her safety, and we want the as
sistance of your people, and as time is
an important factor. we want to act at
once. If you already know the main
details, you can suggest the proper
moves"
McKabe frowned, placed his hat on
table close beside him and locked his
wiry fingers about one knee.
"From what Miss Foot told me ]
reckon the best bet would he to try
and glimpse this Greek Annie, whom
you think brought the girl from Salt
Lake. If we can cross her trail most
like il will strike somewhores pretty
close to the girl. There's just two
places where l think we'd be most
likely to pick her rp-one is the Pa
cific Avenue dumps-what most folks
aall the Barbary Coast, an the other is
the Chinatown District.
"The last is the hest, because right
now most of the avenue places is pret
ty quiet, an they amt pullin' much
rough stuff over ther4 But the chinks
always have KEEP us guessing, an ]
guess they always will. Lately these
white slave people have been maxim
a good deal of use of them, too. Only
last summer we dug out six girls what
chink was holdin', an sent them
back to their people, an at that we
couldn't git conviction. The chink
brought dozen Witnesses to prove the
girls was boardin' with him, an we
couldn't prove it wasn't so. OF course
we knew all right, just as we did when
we grabbed three girls feller was
shipping out to China often vessel.
| That's the way they work it. Girls
what lays down easy they keep here
and send out over the country. Them
as won't they're beginnin' to send out
of the country"
"But how do they git by with that
sort of thing right under our eyes?"
inquired Colonel Mac.
Under our, feet would be better
way to say it, my friend" said Nc
Kabe. Were wise it's goin' on, but
Stonnin' it'S like tho old recina for ra H.