New-York tribune., 1920-07-25

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"Whatl"
"surei Hurry up an s.. =.
in It, . The Chief wants to ~
Hurry up. He's got him. A'''
snider dropped his pao.r ]
grabbed the phone. "Helloi ny
Bring me in bunch of skels..ss 10y !
a small satchel. Quickw Hs~.l''
the bag from Barney. "well ss1 ~ |
switched How the hellm
Barney wiped the persn;rs..
haste from his forehead w;.s .''' I !
coat cuff. ave roped hin, M -
Beaumont. He'd been bpv;,, =.
long cigars" Rss
"Well, the old devil, Ho,. ;.
think Of that" VIC
Search me-" Barney ,.;
a clerk came in with the !.
snider had the bag opened IN ~
He dumped its contents on y. !,
-blue-prints, catalogues.
block, loose sheets of memorsnS. 's|
assortment Of blank checks -,
roll of money in a rubber band % ~sI
old mans wadl" Snider e,D,..
by Jove, he's got the sws. ~
too! Where is he?"
"He's off with Palmer. He, Il
to phone you. He tol' me to srsSs :,
bag an beat 1t. That boob w..
ing to sell him stock in Bonn. -
hotel he's building some'rs WI
, dropped off,"
snider went through the ,,.,|
dler's papers with appropria,s ]
marks and then began thought,s]
to pack them in the bag. "Vs-|
did you~go from here?n
Barney told the story in 81 j
cited incoherency. Snider nod.1
and nodded. Hes slick." bs y
mented primly, again and sn1
Hes pretty damn slickw
"Well, how did he know II. j
was at the Beaumont" P..1
asked.
"He didn't know. He TN,
chance. He figured that PAIL
wouldn't go far from the dsDo.
the gain. Didn't you hear him s,,l
was raining hard last night at Al
He just played hunch and i
away with it."
whats he goin' to do neyt,s,
ney demanded in the delighted !,
patience Of youth to know the ens,
the story.
The ringing Of the telephone n
interrupted them with what n,,y,]
to be the answer. "Hello?" Spdl
said. eyes, Chief. Yes. His Tbl
outfits in it. And four Thousand
the old mans money. Yes. ys|
He Uttered. He shook over N
phone silently. "Ye-e-s. I'll hal
them" And he dropped the recsa
INTO its hook and lay back in
chair in a grimacing sputter Of
laughter. Hes bringing him
here. He's pretending he thhI
you-you've been ki-ki-kidnaup
Hee-hee-hee." !" He wiped his Il
eyes helplessly. palmer won't |
him go to the police station. They1
co-coming here to get us out to id
YOU He jumped up suddenly u
slapped himself on top of the ha +
with comical gesture. "Iye ga
get papers for him. Put Ard {
bald wise to what's coming"
darted out the door with unexpea]l
agility, and Barney hastened IN IA
Archibald.
Either Archibald had no sense
humor or it was inhibited BY (
stronger sense of dignity. Bang
story provoked no smile from hsI
wait in the operatives room, !
said dryly. IF We need you vi!
call you Leave the bag here" u
operatives room was a large IND
Office fitted up with desks I'd
showed inky evidence of long use
, typewriters that rattled loosely an
battered filing cabinets. Two nj
were getting out reports on thaI
typewriters; a third was searchlsl
the pages of a telephone directed
page after page, slowly, as if he
been at it for hours and expected
continue it for hours. Barney
down IN a corner and waited.
call came for him. He imagined
scene between Archibald, Babns
and Mr.. Thomas Sullivan, when ta
should put the swindled swinasi
under arrest; but he had to taa
out in imagining. The operaas
came and went as busily as reFS
ers turning in their copy, but rs
spoke to aim.
1t was nearly midday when Bs,
blng appeared, and Barney s"'
up smiling to greet him. 1!
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