Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-30

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come out stay where you'll be till you
hear two quick bonks Of horn like
that one; or we join you, IL it's morn
ing. Understand
Right. Mac" Martin grinned at
Denny. The chief thought your side
kick here would he with you. ] could
tell a mile of. Riordan, that you were
oil the job
He walked of chuckling at Dennis
discontinue and McCarty remarked
consolngly:
Never you mind, Denny. every man
to his work and it's your own line
you i be following tonight"
" My own line?'" Dennis repeated.
You're not thinking Of starting a fire,
are you. Mac?'
scaling to be done and you re the lad
though, and I've no mind to be pabbed
by pigncadcd horseholderS for breaking,
and entering. Clancy ought to happen
along seen on his beat and we'll wait
| for him
But why would this fellow Hill go
back to the house first 10 he's got some
thing else on his mind?" Dennis was
disposed to argument. There's little
Creveling needs OF valet now
"For an alibi; he'll not be caught
again without one" McCarty replied.
1T was woman's voice. you know,
that telephoned out TO the Waverly
country place, and I'm thinking that
it's maybe because of woman that
Hill won't open his mouth about where
he was last night"
"1t might not be the same woman,
though" Dennis suggested helpfully.
Perhaps the woman that phoued was
put up to it by the man that killed
Creveling."
''The one that killed Creveling put
work, Denny" McCarty said after
pause. " Twas a lone hand that was
played last night; the hand that held
the pistol. Whoever did the phoning
found out about it somehow, and was
playing different game. There's
Clancy, now, coming out Of that area
way and wiping the mouth Of him on
the back of his hand The force is
not what IT used to be when ! was
pounding my beat"
"How re they coming boys?" Clancy
greeted them with cheerful grin.
Thought YOU d be somewhere around,
Mac, and 7 might have known Riordan
would be with you. know as well as
you do that twas no suicide last night,
but I'm glad the inspector took il out
of my hands: it'll be hard nut to
crack
We've been waiting for you,
Clancy" McCarty spoke without pre-
amble. From what We observed just
now you seem to be on good terms with
the help in the houses along here
couldn't you get the cook in one OF
those on the next block to let us 60
through and into their back yard? We'll
probably be wanting to come out tho
same way along about morning, but IL
we don't thcrell be nothing to kick up
a racket about. It'll be just as well.
though, IL you pick out one that don I
know the servants at the Crevelings'.
"Sure, that's easy" - Clancy ex
claimed. Getting you through.
mean. As TO keeping it from the help at
the Crcvelings. the cook at the de
Forests two doors away had run.
in with that Sarah. the buffers wife,
, and she won't speak to any Of them.
Her and me are real friendly and
many's the hot cup Of coffee she's given
me on the cold nights this last winter.
! She'll let YOU through on my say SO. "
The de Forests cook proved to be a
DuAOII, UVtsoh pthulS
! unexpectedly scored a hit by ascertain :
) ing that she came from the same county
as he in the old country. They took
leave OF Clancy and she led them
through the kitchen and scullery out to
an immaculate asphalted yard, its low
fences covered with stout wistara vines
just feathering into bloom.
IF it's over the walls you want to
90, man dear, there's u small, little
ladder here that'll hold the two Of you
one at time. and you can pull il up
after you and let it down the other
side" she suggested. "You'll get no
interference from next door. for the
house is closed and beyond is the one
where the poor gentleman killed him
self last night. 'Tis some one in one Of
the side street houses that you've n
warrant for. isn't it?'
McCarty nodded.
"Well. you'll find the fences ensy {;
it's good thing for you that it is not
the Creveling house you want TO get
into, for tits blockadcd at the rear like
fort, though heaven knows why.
Twas some wbim. may be. Of the poor
soul that sent bullet through his own
heart And to think" she added with
trace of awe in her tones, II heard
the very shot -
You did. :" McCarty dropped his
end of the ladder and beamed upon her.
"If the reporters knew that suppose
they'd be after you like flies around
honey, And how do you know twas
that shot you heard? What time was
it,"
AT quarter Of two in the morning.
know, for my family, the de Forests,
had come home awhile before from a
dance and walked me up; we've house
party of young folks and the noise they
made saying good night would have
reused the saints got up and looked
at my clock and l was just climbing
back into bed again when ] heard
bang like the roof was coming of
waited but nothing else happened and
made up my mind n policeman must
have shot stray dog over in the park.
1t was only when the papers came ont
this afternoon that ! learned what 1t
really was.
'Did any one else in the house hear
it. tnOf" McCarty asked.
"No: at least, none Of the help did
and the butler and footmen said that
the family talked about nothing else at
dinner and somebody said twas funny
that the shot wasn't heard--Il II be up
until near midnight writing letters IN
the servants dining room in the front
basement IL you're coming back this
way, and I've no doubt ! can find a
bit Of supper for you" she continued
Hospitality.
They thanked her and when she had
} withdrawn into the house Dennis
asked: -,
"Well, Mac, what's the game now
Lets get over in the next yard and
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