Evening star., 1920-11-21


letting him take that telephone cah,
1t was pressing business. They had
been trying all morning to get htaa
In ten minutes the engaging sullf-
van had moved to the vacant chair
Padsses Paihhss rather gaadiIy. and
was listening to Bh6bing with . nat
terinE admiration showing In his
blush gray eyes. It developed that
Sullivan was interested in Cobalt
mines, heavily interested; In fact, he
New York mining experts. Being
questioned by Babbing upon the rat
ing of the Bonanza mine in the Bea-
YER district, he remarked that 1t was
a hole In the ground. hopeless as an
Investment It was not a mine at adj,
but merely q trap for suckers. Bah
,bing was much taken Rback.
Sullivan blossohed and expanded in
that atmosphere OF trust He and his
partners were building a hotel for the
tourist trade near their mine. He had
been working on the plans for the
the finest, II not the finest, spring OF
mineral water on the continent. And
so forth.
He leaned back in his chair, making
large gestures with his cigar and
smiling . broad. indulgent smile. He
A
10y. your nephew. A mighty bright
boy. I'd like to have 4 boy like that
In my business"
Not nnoehr' Barney said. peftly.
Pm going in with uncle"
Some of Babbfng's coffee got in His
coughed himself red In the face. Bar
ney kept straight mouth.
He exacted a promise from Ba6bing
that ne should go no further in the
matter OF the Bonanza mine until he
had come to the Office of Sullfyan's
proposition" there. Excuse me /
moment" he said" when Babbfng had
paid the waiter. "Tll just run up-
stairs and get the plans Of our hotel.
want to take them with me. I'll
meet you at the desk"
bling sat a moment. "rf he brings
down his satchel with those plans in
And. at the hfst oppostunfty. you'ii
cut away with 1t. Understand. Take
it to the ofslee. They'll have keys to
open it there. I'll get in touch with
still carrying his Chicago outf1t in
that bag we've got our casa COM
plete. Now, don't get cheeky. II
you're not careful youn stub your
toe"
A half hour later round-f faced and
sturdy youth of sixteen, breathing
hard because he had been running.
sat in a downtown express on the
subway holding . small black hand.
bag on his knees. He was struggling
with a dfmpled smile that contfAu-
ally escaped control and exploded in
q snort The other passengers smiled
at him amusedly. He retreated to
the back platform, siggling. and
grinned at his ease out the door.
He was still Erinning and still
breathing hard when he entered the
Babbing bureau at room 1855. and
hurried into Babbing's private ONCE
paper at Babbings desk. Here's
Palmers bag!"
What"
Sure! Hurry up an see what's in
1t. The chief wants to know. Hurry
up. He's got him."
grabbed the phone. Hello? Hello.
Bring me in a bunch of skeletons for
a small satchel. Quick" He caught
the bag from Barney. ''well, ri be
switched. How the hell?'
Barney wiped the Precipitation OF
haste @ from his forehead with his coat
cum we roped him at the Beaumont.
He'd been buyin' them long cigars"
Well. the old devil! How ala he
think, of thatr.
search me-" Barney srinned
A CLERK came in with the keys
Snider had. the bag opened
In 5iny. He dumped its contents on
the desk-blue-prints. cataloEues.- 4
scratch block. loose sheets OF memo.
ra anda, an assortment OF blank checks.
ana roll OF money in a rubber band,
On. Inc old mans wads' Snider exulted.
,ac, sy Ws.. Co.,. h he's got the swas back.
Hes or with Palmer. Hes roin.
20 phone you. He tor me to grab
the bag an beat it. That boob was
tryin' to sell him stock in some fake
hotel he's Suildia' some'rs. when I
snider went through the swinaaer'x
papers with appropriate remarks, and
then began thoughtfuily to paek them
here?"
Barney told the story in an excited
ded. Hes slick!" he commented
primiy, again and again. Hes pretty
We'll. how did he know the guy
was at the Beaumont" Barney asked.
"He didn't know. He took a chance.
far from the depot in the rain. Didn't
yon hear. him say it was raining hard
last night at $3.50? He just played .
hunch and got away with it.
whats he gofn' to do nextt" Bar
ney. demanded in the delighted IN
patience Of youth to- know the end
The ringing OF the telephone bell
Interrupted them with what proved
to be the answer. Hello" Snider
said. Yes. chief Yes. Yes. His
whole outfits in it. And four thou
sand of the old mans money. Yes.
Yes" He. Uttered. He shook over
the phone silently. "Ye-e-s. I'll have
them And he dropped the receiver
into it's hook ana lay back in his
chair In q grimacing sputter OF tat
laughter Hes bringing him hee-
here. He's pretending he thinks you
you've been ki-ki-kid-napped. Hee-
hee-hee-' He wiped his wet eyes
helplessly. Palmer won't let him
60 to the police station. They're CO.
coming here to get US out to find
you" He Jumped mp suddenly and
slapped himself on top Of the head
with Z comicai gesture. I've rot to
ret papers for him. Put Archibald
wise to what's coming" He darted
out the door with unexpected agility
and Barney hastened to find Archi-
Either Archibald had no sense of
humor;s or, it. was inhabited :. by a
stronger sense Of dignity. Barney's
story provoked no smile Prom him.
walt in the operatives' 'room,sS he
said drify. "1f we need you VEN can
you. Leave the bag here" The
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