The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
CHAPTER I.
Ix-ROuntl.utnn MCthrty Mixes In

was taking uuu 81 the nocturnal
strolls so habltual with him ag 60
havo become almost instincuvo
since the far-off days when, as OF
ficcr sos and ono ~ tho fineSt. h'
had pounded hi beat
II was Il soft Aptil night. Htarlo"'
for the Ny was still overcast from
"a recent shower. ana tho udof ~
wet earth and frceh. springing green
things from tho park across ih'
avenue blended pleasantly With th'
smoke Of tho cigar which tltod up
ward from beneath his short stub
by. sandy musin'h".
NJ Cnrtys m"ditnii'ns were pl'''
ant. too, tor o1rlior I'm tho evening
hc had como OF victor In Htfrn
uous dchAt" with hts only rrouy.
bcnus EiotdHu, ot the IN" depart.
mont over Old versus ne" ponce
met pds, ana the memory ot "
made his broad shoulders hcaVe In
n soundloss ,hu"klo.
Al ~ once he paused In hts m"nH-
urod. rhyihWi" tread, his '"etn
Ol1mpcd down upon tho cigar ana
his keen, twinkling blue eyes Tar %
rnwcd. A block ahead OF MN, Keep
iur well iu shadow, thorc Hlouch"d
% figure whose typo had been wen
known TO him In tho old dave ana
among whose fraternity his own
nam" had boon mentioned bias
phrWpuHly nut win hht"d br'a'h.
Tho figure was that Of an under
sized, narrow framed man VINO
moved with the slow, crouching
polso NJ -lt He wore no coat.
hut what appeared In the uttcrmoM
llWits ~ tho rays OF n street lamp
% he % swcntfr ana his cap was
pulled 40 fnr Forward over his eyes
that tho back ~ his small. bullet
shaped head was plniniy visible.
McCariy clutchcd his stout um-
hrrlla moro firmly and without oh
Iourly qulckcning HIS pace no nov
orthelcss narrowed tho distance be
tween the sllm, sinking figure and
himself with every yard. Forgotten
was the fact that he had long ago
retired from the force To live on
the comfortable inheritance from hia
saloon keeping uncle: no wns once
again following his beat and there
before his eyes was crook out 10
pun or iohl
Tho houses on the broad avenue
which faced the park wcro vcTitablc
miniature palaces. each one oCcu-
pied by a family whose rank In tho
social and financial world was Of
almost national reputation. and he
fore the richest Of these In the CON
ter Of tho block ahead the figure
paused.
Instantly McCarty flnttcncd him
self as much as his glrth would nj
low against the wall OF the house
he was passing, mentally nnathcmn
thing the newest style OF American
Easements. which admitted Of ne
protecting high entrances or area,
ways; but his simple strategy had
suffircd. for whom he cautiousl,
trancd his neck around the shghtl,
projecting cornico the figure had
dlsappenrod
Save for the rumbling and hghti
OF "A bus approaching from the op
poslto direction the avenue was de
serted and II wns inconcclvablc tha
In that instant the crook would hay,
made off around the corner.
Moving with almost miraculous
speed ana silence. McCarty sped I,
the house before which the figur,
had paused and one glance showed
tho meaning OF his sudden disap
pcaranrc The houEp was of whit,
stone, wider and moro impusini
even than It's ncighhora but lik,
them, with n low. broad cntrauc,
door sunk three steps below IN,
lcvcl of the strcot. "A smaller trades
mons entrance some distance ava,
and between them "A row of wide
ornate windows.
The second ono from the mali
entrance wns open slightly, ius
enough for hit ~ tho heavy Lac,
Of tho curtain to have been cnugh
in the crack and for the tinicst "a,
OF sihducd light to Green through
''ThC CnrplcssnCss Of HIM" MCCar
" grumhIcd To himself In disgust n