The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

Swallowed you-would you know him
again II you saw him7
| ] shook my head doubtfully.
I'm afraid not" l admitted, you
see"
Don't bother to explain. You either
would or wouldn't. and that's all we
need to know now. There's old Mr..
CASTOR and his wife. It's queer about
their ducking out so suddenly and
leaving no address. but maybe they're
only scared. Let's see who else is
there--the Bradford servants and the
old mans. the old washerwoman--
and the families who live In the house.
We've got the circle pretty well COW
cred. haven't WEI"
More and more had begun to ap-
preciate how valuable the services Of
an experienced detective would be
likely to be In helping to solve the
mystery.
Look here. German" said. "why
can't you take charge of this case for
us?"
whats In it?" he asked.
Wy luct lcll, anu NY culuuSlhsiu
died sudden death. Once more l
was confronted by the specter of my
poverty. OF what use my talking
to high-priced investigator like Cor
man when all the money I had In the
world was less than two hundred dol
lars. out Of which had to live until l
found employment. Yet l must serve
Barbara Bradford.
IF you clear up this case" I an
nounced, "Tll give you every cent I've
got In the world"
He shook his head.
ut amt enough. II take this case,
It won't be for the money that's In It.
For that matter I can get all l want
from old CASTOR for getting his pearls
back. That'll be enough"
"Then you will take the case" /
cried jubilantly.
"On one condition. That you'll prom
ise to keep everything away from the
police"
'I'll promise that for myself and
Miss Bradford, too. That was the
one reason she advanced against my
telling you about things. She was
afraid you'd call In the police"
"Never fear about that There's
nothing I'd like better than to put 1t
over that bunch Of young reformers
they've got down In Center street. This
hotel work don't suit me, anyhow. I've
been thinking of opening up an Office
OF my own. The recovery of the Gas
ton pearls would be nice feather in
my cap to start with"
II see" l replied, but you'll need
money for expenses and that sort OF
thing, won't you? l have"
Leave that part of it to me-" he
retorted with quizzical smile
after all the years I was on the po-
lice force l amt exactly broke by q
long shot. All you've got to do is tc
keep your eyes open and let me know
all that goes on In the apartment
house. I'll attend to the rest Don't
do anything, though. without consult
ing me first"
''Tll gladly promise that"
"Good enough. We'd better arrange
then to meet here every day at three
sharp. It's as good a place as any"
''rn be here"
They may try shadowing you again
"Who do you mean by they?"
asked eagerly.
"Them that trailed you yesterday
replied German with a grin. IF you
don't know. don't know either-yet.'
From his manner I was confident
that he already had shrewd suspi
| cion as to the identity of some of the
miscreants. The maze In the center
| Of which he had placed Miss Bradford
and myself meant far more to him
undoubtedly. than it did to me. More
than likely his vast knowledge Of the
methods OF criminals and his acqualnt
anceship with others like Lefty Moore
had given him clues enough as tC
where to look for the plotters. / real
lied that 1t would be useless to ques
ton him further. He would admit
suspecting no one until he was sure
of their guilt. quality | admired
greatly.
"You can count on me-" | repeated
"Ill be here at three tomorrow"
Yet how foolish 1t was for any OF
| us to predict what we will be doing OF
where we will be twenty-four hours
| from now. Seldom do things happier
in the routine of our lives as we had
anticipated. | was not there the mex
day at the time appointed. By no pos
sibility could have been there, how
ever much | might have wished to
Many things had happened in quicI
| succession.
| How II came about that my promis,
| to meet German went unfulfilled car
best be explained by narrating thu
events of the evening After returned
! TO the Granddeck. II wss nearly fys
when l left the detective. l strollet
leisurely down town and had dinner II
the cafe where on one occasion I hat
seen the scarfaced man. ! fingered
there for q long time over my cofre,
hoping in vain that he might appear
I even ventured to cautiously question
the waiter and head waiter, describing