South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-06

'Oh, i Just brOugnt them along In
case the General became hungry"
said Poe languidly dropping into his
usual tone Of speech 10 the great
surprise OF the Sapniard and 20 the
relief OF anxious, uncomprehending
Mr. Farley. Those are poppy seeds.
the blue NAV variety, very fine seed
for small parrots as any bird
seller around town will tell you. IL
a man had "A thousand dollar bill or
twenty of them he couldn't buy bet
ter food for parrakeets than this"
Pres't Farley started at mention OF
blue NAV poppy seeds: the little
Spaniard. cords standing out in his
neck as he strained up toward Poe
and Missed through clenached teeth,
what you mean. YOU devil %"
hurried 90 obey yOHr order of Fire,
hurried 10 obty your order Of Fire.
General" at the bank this noon by
pulling the trigger Of the real re-
volver you've got in your left hand
now. and then popping out his head
and grabbing the bunch of bills
through the grating as ne had been
two blue NAV poppy seeds out of
the little feed box you rugged up in
that handy pocket Of yours"
There was "A fash Of fire. a loud
report: Pres't Farley reeled back
against the wall and Christopher Poe
threw the little SpaniarG dextrously
on his back. crying. NO harm done
Farley. you weren't shot; Re fired
the gun from his pocket as / ex
pected. the bullet only took a chip
out Of that chair. Cut that telephone
cord and well tie him down so he
can't kick while 1 pull off his boots"
Farley helped as best he could.
and inside of two minutes they had
the old fakir tied up and his for
eign boots removed.
Poe picked up the pen knife with
which Farley had cut the telephone
wire and handed it back 10 its own
er, indicating the thick sole of the
Spaniard's left boot. Suppose you
rip open those hastily made stitches
in the red Morocco cuff about the
top of that shoe and see what you
find"
With trembling hands Farley did
as directed, Poe placing a short
legged couch over the struggling
straining form Of the Spaniard, eff
fectiveIy holding him down.
A cry escaped Farley; he held
UP a quivering hand which contain
ed neat packet of one thousand
dollar bills
Poe reached over and took the
bills from the bank presidents fin
gers you found them neatly fold
ed up and sewed in between the two
thick LAYERS of leather
Yes
Look" Poe pointed to sharp
( dent which carried through the thin
package of bills and showed in
bump and a corresponding dent on
the other side
What do YOU gather from that?"
asked Farley with a puzzled look.
Gen. Phillips sharp beak left
those marks as he clutched the bills
firmly as Paying Teller Jackson
jumped back. startled by the revol-
yer report. Do YOU understand it
all now"
"Ye-es.'~ answered Farley slowly.
Il guess so. This Spaniard. prob
ably is "A regular depositor at our
bank. as we have a big Spanish
trade through Mr.. Gonzales doubt
less had seen bills lying on the pay
ing teIer's desk when he came 10
the bank. so ne schemed trained
Z 4 II
as the toy pistol and thea pop his
head out and pick up a package of
papers from between two bars;
then he just waited for an oppor-
tune moment. gave the order. Fire
general and the bird. letter-per-
! feet in its performance. did the rest
That explains everything But how
/ i'm the world did YOU get the man
/ from so slight a clue as two poppy
/ seeds. which YOU led me 10 believe
pointed toward some cocaine Grim
inal"
/ 1T was costly luck answered
Poe lightly When 1 found those
4 seeds ] remembered that they fed
/ that kind mostly TO small parrots.
) The thought of those led me 10
. Spanish fortune-telling birds. the
tricks ther perform. and I suddenly
realized il would be a good idea 10
follow up tEe tcau. I did found the
only trained birds in New Orleans.
observed i'm heir owners room that
1 ne kept a supply OF bird seed iden-
b tical with that I found beneath
f Jackson's window and saw chat he