The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-10-29
CHAPTER XII.

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back in the Office much enraged.
Look here" he said. 'This does
not get us anywhere. My time is val
liable. l am wasting a lot of It. TIL
tell you now I've got enough informa-
ton to know this is the sort OF case
we like, a tough case. l haven't been
fooled a bit. You may not be interest
ed. Maybe no one here Is interested,
but I'm interested. Do you get that,
Mr.. Doctor. Mr.. Representative, Mr..
Fiance? I'm interested. This case Is
going to be gone into. There's q crime
concealed somewhere which will do
u agency good to discover. We
sha'n't do IL for money. We shall
do II for publicity. The advertising
will be worth thousands Of dollars to
US. Do you understand mel"
Il know you can make life very mis-
cradle for us for a couple Of days.
You viii have to use your own judg-
ment."
II can pack that lawn out there with
reporters and photographers from the
city. They'll see and talk To Mr.. Sid
ney. Take my word for that. They'll
see and talk to Mrs. Sidney and to
Miss Sidney. / can bring that down
to you by midnight"
'"The house has some projections"
I said. 'You might suggest that to
the newspaper people for their own
good"
'The shyster and that common thief
Ann Forth got In, didn't theyr'
II don't know Ann Forth"
mo, but you know Agnes Mitchell.
Well, you know Ann Forth. man. Say.
you simpleton, you don't know what
you're up against. This story just as
1t stands-copy Of sheet from manu-
Observation-Disclosures on with
Jed-theft of manuscript-death Of
shyster-Ann Forth back In house.
hidden crime-millionaire recluse-
beautiful daughter-haunted house
It's copy for every paper in the ccun-
try"
/ knew It and was appalled, By the
certain prospects.
ut would be a very cruel and use
less thing to do" I said. "but AZ I
told you, you must use your W judy
ment. We are not Interested In this
child's nursery story you are follow
ing, and / do not intend to have peo-
pie who are not well disturbed BY the
questioning Of a detective"
I knew how to deal safely with
Morgan, but the method was out Of
the question. / should indeed have
been a simpleton II ! had not known.
All / had to ask was How muchr'
We were wholly resolved against
paying blackmail, knowing that 1t was
only a gradual descent to ruin 1t
was better to 60 in M direct plunge
H 1t were fated.
Morgan looked at me steadily for q
few moments as II giving me a chance
to listen TO the voice Of reason. His
method had been perfect He was be-
yond a legal suspicion, and I knew
he was dangerous.
swell, young man." he said at last,
I'VE are both wasting time-at least
I am. But it's only fair to you to
tell you that this is not the end Of
the case. It's the kind Of a case we
like, something tough and difficult
We may not make any money out Of
II, but when we are ready, we at least
shall be paid In publicity. You
needn't be afraid Of the reporters and
photographers just now. It's too good
a ease to waste that way. There's al
ways that. no matter what we turn up.
This case is just good enough
to spend some money =. It's just
good enough to send a couple Of men
down to Moptevideo. TIL tell you
In advance that Is what we're going
to do.
wen 90 into the life Of Mr.. Sidney
with a fine-tooth comb. and wen do
Il well. We are accustomed to doing
such things well. And wen do this
well. Wen get something here " in
South America. Wen follow that
something until we know why Jed
copied two chapters Of The Moon
stone and hid them In a boz built In
the springs Of his bed.
'Then wen come back here and ask
for a little more cooperation In serv-
Ing the purposes Of the law. and II we
don't get some help. the reporters and
photographers win be svarming on
the lawn. That's all. Mr.. Doctor"
knew at first glance that Morgan's
face was m~alevolent. Now I saw II
extraordinarily so
TN have Jed show you the door,
I said.
and tell him We Dc not know
whether we take Dravada to South
America or not II win make him
happy"
Jed was scrupulously the servant as
we dismissed Mr.. Morgan
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