The Washington herald., 1919-01-23


on your way uptown and find out the
exact temperature changes last night
What ! want you TO get is a record
Of every Quarter-hour, 80 as TO show
when the early, packed snow in Stock
bridges yard froze solid. The UNDER
erustH'
That's right. You'll probably fnd
the trouble-hunter's and one other
set Of prints The other set 10 cw
mans"
What size feet did the trouble
hunter have?"
"Smali-sbout six"
"All right chief. I'm OF"
Wait a minute" Drew studied a
sheet OF paper. After you get the
temperature data, Delaney" he said
After you get that end the plaster
casts OF the footprints 20 into the
house and stay there. Watch Mlss
Loris. Don't talk to Fosdick's men.
/ Tell her TO be careful. Tell her that
she is in grave danger. Remember
/ that the same man who threatened
Stockbrtdge over the wire, also said
he was going TO get her. Remember
1 that Delaney
J "Good-byI''
Get shave" shot Drew out
through the closing doorway.
]
echoing back with a hearty chuckic
Now. Harrigan." Drew said shuf-
/ fling the slips OF paper like a deck
OF cards. Now, were closing IN on
our man or men See II you can find
| Frick at the prison. Phone FROM
the booth"
| Harrtgan was back within three
minutes. He leaned over Drew.
Prick was with the warden" he
Whispered tersely. He WAS easy 70
get He SAYS that Morphy has been
| trying 10 telephone"
WHAT
''Trgin' to telephone. chief
What has ne got to do with the
( telephone? What right has an in
mate OF a prison got to phone? un-
! less-UnIess the warden thought
/ the case was jUstiied-Iike in sick
ness or important business"
: Maybe the warden allowed him
/ chief. didn't ask Frick"
Get out there and ask hIrni
| Quick"
Drew waited with every muscle
/ tsut. He drUmmed the table with
! impatient fingers. He thumbed the
sheath OF papers he had collected
on the Stockbridgs case. He
wheeled in his chair ana stared out
| through the frosted window with
unseeing eyes. The vision came TO
him OF pompous old man in prison
! gray, strutting about the front Of
/ fee with silk socks and a Havana
I cigar. Drew mad no sympathy with
a certain kind OF convict The mis-
| gBided safer blower or house prowi-
er might be excused for a great
many things. The piCkpocket was
4 a professional who took his chances
/ as they ran. The gentleman bank
] wrecker. with his overextended
tale Of Voc and his bid for the
" orld : sympathies. was the one the
| detective detcsted with all his soul.
Such men. he believed. were beyond
/ the pale. They knew better. Nor
/ ply, for instance. had not only got
| ten away with much OF widows
! and orphans money. but he hsa
wrecked a score OF homes and
! dragged down many with him at the
I final assizCs.
SO he uses the 'phoncr" Drew
! repeated like an Indictment 'weni
! WclI' Well"
HarrI-an stepped IN through the
l door. Drew turned away from the
| window and stared at the assistant
/ manager. What do you hnd7' no
snapped.
= found enough. chief, Prick
/ says that Morpfy Is the whole thing
| UP there. They call him the assist
7 ant warden IN Jest The Welfare
3 League wont have anything TO do
with him. They got him down for =
4 sQuealinE 'rat'
You can't fool tho Gray Broth
erhOod,' said Drew. Their rooms
{ are too close together. hat about
. TINS telepnouinEo Who was il to-"
a telephone booth in the subway
I station at Times Square.
Good Cod"
Prick says II was, He tried to
! listen hut Norphy came out and
/ looked around twice"
] The detective rose from his chair
Z and Erasped HarriEsn's narrow
/ shoulders with fingers OF steel.
Get out there he ordered
through line-dTawn lips. Get out
; there and phone from the sound
, proof Booth. Ask my friend-thc
/ vice president OF the telephone com
! pany-to find out for US whether
Morphy or anybody else in the
prison telephoned at four minutes
i past twelve this morning. Get that
That was when Stockbridge was
/ shot wasn't IT, chief"
/ 1t was" exclaimed Tri-Ey Drew.
CHAPTER Y.
"a Woman Calls
Z The business of a modern detec-
! tive agency rs managed in much the
/ same manner as a corporation or a
large firm OF corporation lawyers
/ Its tentacies or operatives, are
spread over the globe. Its news and
as Cnmeuts come in via wire. It's
! telephone and telegraph bills
amount TO thousands OF dollars
/ every wear. In no other wsy can
+ satisfactory results be secured.
Drew had started his agency on
a shoestring and ran IL into a
[ 'tannery." in the parIsnce of the
/ street lie had made many mis-
takes. lie had once, TO his l1nowl-
edge. sent the wrong man to prison.
This mistake had been so costly. he
never spoke OF IT. II was soon after
+ the conviction OF the innocent man.
that Drew gave up circumst&ntiaI
evidence and got down to hard
work, wherein the evidence accuTnu-
I lated was tempered with some de-
/ gree OF fact and common sense
The first Stockbridge case had
been in connection with an sb-
sconder. This man. Drew brought
back in person from Adelaide. The
work so pleased the milliopsire that
when Morpny broke under the finan-
cial strain and robbed everybody,
right and left Drew was called in
to bring the promoter TO the bar OF
Justice II WAS a long fight frsurht