The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-09-25

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dinston Alsop. To begin with. the In
rpectors ~indispositicn confined him TO
MS nat. II held Nora there In the
part OF a nurse. n drew Garth. who
would have braved the most virulsnt
contasion to be near her. Most i'm
portant Of all. Il allowed the mighty
Alsop to apply for police heip with
out fear Of detection by the reporters
and agents constantly swarming at
headquarters.
When Garth entered the nat that
afternoon. he was, n~nknowtnEiy. al
ready on tho threshold Of tho strange
case; for he Ind read In thu noon eds-
tons the brief paragraph which recited
an accident TO all appearances common
enough. A man had been picked up
unconscious In the middle OF n quiet
street. Evidently he had been struck
BY an automobile. Two details. how
ever, arrested oarth's attention. Tho
Victim. Ralph Brown. lie knew rs a
successful private detective. More
over, tho outrage had occurred during
tho slack hours before the dawn. APP
parently no clue as TO It's per~petrstors
remained. Garth spoke OF that casu-
ally TO tho inspector. The huge. suf-
fering mar was scarcely intrigued.
Wrapped in an ancient dressing
Rovn, his throat smothered beneath
flannel he sat In an easy chair, facing
tho IRE, whose Goals no perpetualiy
%reproved with a frown. He Eroaned.
There wa utter despair In the rum
bling. animal-like note. Nora laughed.
Laugh away tho Inspector roared.
"bu, mako Garth forget he's a detect
i've u he can't do better thar hound
n sick man with a cheap automobile
case"
These unimportnnt things. father
ars sometimes tho most important a
all sho said "Jlm'B right. IT'S odd
no witnesses cRn be found"
As ~ there va been something
prophetic IN her words n her atti-
tude. n mufied knock came from the
outer door. Two men entered the liv-
inE room. The IN advance was
younr, with q frightened and apprc-
henslvo face Ills companion was
Older and portiier, with narrow eyes
and fen -biooded checks. And those
eyes we're uneasy For Garth they did
not quito veil a sense Of sheer terror.
It's Mr.. Aisop. father" Nora said
Mr. A~ddingtor Alsop'
Tho Inspector mad already struggled
TO rise. He conceded the Importance
OF this unexpected call lie a~poiosizei
for hts failure.
"Nora's got me wound up like d,
mummy
Alsop broke IN rapidly;
NO politeness. Inspector. NV,
spcaS IN VOC I'm up against Il
They're after me-"
ITO sat down heavily. The younr
man. whom he introduced as his sccrc-
;ary. Arthur Marvin. lighted n cigar.
cite with trembling fingers. Gartf
watched them both while tho inspecto,
explained that they might speak frcels
before him and Nora. Alsop. he know
because Of his genius for organizing
money and industry, and his uitel
ruthlcssness in dealing with thos'
whom necessity had thrown within MI
power. had made dangerous and actlv,
entmlca Tho detective could under.
siend tho hnnncicrs position. III
heath might be a cheap risk for out.
tllo fanatics TO take Co destroy hi.
leadership AGAINST the forces Of radi.
r1rsm. Tor there were few men stroni
enough 20 replace him Alsou had
newspaper In his natd low. and wa
holrinc n out 20 the inspector. whnl
wi'a his f%orchurcg he tapped tn.
paragraph which told Of Browns acct
l,n.
80 accident" he muitcrcd "Tha
man worked Tor mc-a %prccaution an
fool would take Well. he must hnv.
found out what he was after last night
and they got him and thought the.
aad E.lcd him They tell mo at Ia.
hospital he's tim unconscious"
Alsop handed Garth a crumpleI
torn. ana soilod post -cart
That came lr tho noon mail, Mus
nave been picked up 6y somebody an
dropped In a post box ! figure Brown
before they got him, threw II u q
q window. or some such thing
Garth read tho card-a single iin'
almost undeciphcrablo.
Danger tomorrow night Brown"
That means tonight Garth sal,
Had you planned nything importa'
a.. tonight"
The conference with capitalists an
politicians A. which We settle on Get
tain legislation that will nut some q
these foreign anarchists on tho skid
snatch American labor beyond their In
nu~ncc. ana give m" honest busincs
man n chance 10 mako o. fair profit n
Univ NNln INN NE'N Us ~ NNNN' 80
here. inspector I expect some I'm
por',nt men from Wall Street an
Washington tonight. ! can't let thci
wali INTO o. bomb. and don't wa.
an, nigh explosives myself"
Nasty situation I'm no political.
Fight crime. Won 500 what $50 "a,
no. It's a good hing You found Cart
here"
what 10 g. Nj Nlsop1" nc nlke
you've Humothinv ollH 20 toll Vs."
Is Ehost story he said with an r
tempt At D laugh "fIrt b.. Mary
ana and some ~ tho servants dO
haunted by 70 vailed woman ON
oul3 'oI you facts and let you iudg
d~brosay you know about ms hon.
ol the river res the city line. II
lonely for hat rclghhofhond. and wei
old rye ALWAYS heard stories aho|
q ghost. a yelled woman on the upp
noor-somc connection with the 81
eide u a beautiful Rirl long ago. Y,
know the sort NJ hin lt's alwa.
TOLD about old housos The point
saw that vcllrl woman last mis-,
and she gave mo rather too much ey
,cnco OF spirituality
WHY do you CONNECT n ghost wi
anarchists9' tho Inspector dcmaude
sfs.-.H.H 90 tIunn aurUl.-gH a.uF.rt