Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
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III SolH up. l III GOln Ter nave com
p'ny! De guy dat Sims works fer is
blackmailcr. see? Gets somct'in' on
| rich kids an makes 'em cough up.
When dey puts UP kick Sims comes
after me. an rocks 'cm ter sleep
an sits beside de cradle toll dcy'
wakes up an comes across. Dcy
thinks it's just a huld-np an kidnap-
pin job o mine an never gets wise
dat dc big guy is back o. il hut dey
| coughs up just de same an never
| squcals fer fear de other business will
come out; an divvy wild de main
| squeeze trough Sims"
You made use az that boathouse
| before"'
min. We never took non o dem
out % de city. an I fought it was
bad dope ter do il wild yousc. but
wchad our orders. We kept 'cm in
q loft over by dc river, Kin take
| youse DEERE
NO. Her. we are u; headquarters
you can tell the old Man where it is
| As he opened the door OF the taNi
| Odcll put Il anal question. why did
you look for Sims or his employer up
! in Niue;y-;hird Street"
| "'Causc couldn't find Sims: an
had tc. 60; ter him RICH; away an
! tell him yousc an dc other bold had
flown an Pete croaked. went up
ter dat place wid Sims moren once
an suapicioncd IL was maybe ON"
| % dc Joints where de main guy hangs
| on, when he's layiM low. never
| lampcd which bell Sims rung: bu, I
fought I'd loaf around tcrday ter
see If could gc, a fash ut one o
.'em' Tony sh!vcred miserab!y as
| his captor pilotcd him UP the broad
! stairs. rive wised yousc up to all
| ! know. honest to Gawd.'
| At headquarters after Tony was icd
away. Odcll learned thnt although no
trace had yet been discovered OF the
| fugitive. Farley Drew, his hcncfmau.
| Sims. was safely under lock and key.
| lie had been picked UP an hour before
| NJ the Grand Central station just as
| he started 10 board train for the
| West, ana so far had maintained 4
| logged silcnc. as to the whereabouts
Of his erstwhi!c employer: but Cap
tain Lewis expressed the opinion that
few hours OF the gentle art OF per-
snasion az practical by his subord!-
nates would overcome Sims reticencc,
THE chief or the bureau had one
item OF interest to impart. however;
the mysterious telephone call to the
carpenter shop on the day before the
portrait fcll had been definitely
traced - the Meade hUusc.
Odcll pondcrcd on this latest bit OF
intelligence rs he made his way To the
q. |
Lornc had not been Mt home between
3 and o'clock on the previous We'd
| neadav afternoon. II fact which could
| easily he established. then he must
! either have had a confederate in the
| house, or tho theory which The de-
tcciivc had SO carefully built WI must
! inevitably fall Ia the ground.
! Reaching the editorial rooms of TIL"
| new Spapcr. od-il sent in hastily
Surihhied card to the chief AMI was
ushercd immediately into Il Tiny ciut-
tcrcd Office. where a lanky. sandy
haired Individual united his long legs
! from about the swivel chair and
| literally fell upon his visitors neck.
Barry Odc,l. YOU contoundcd old
slcuth. whore have you been keeping
Yourself" The fellows We're all ask
| ing about YOU a; the class reunion
dinner in Juno. hut all could tell
th,m was that YOU were to" husy
| hunting crooks Ia think ot 'hc old
DAYS"
II haze hoen busy. Jim. ni,Il r"-
~rcrdcd quietly, but :, slight nrsh had
amounted t" his usually impassivc
brow. "liow are All the fellows" ia
| llkc - have seen ,her again"
Then why The deuce didn'; YOU
SHOW up? Yon ,tot the announcement
! card didn't YOU Jim Dixie pushed
his euc., into Il chair and promcrcd
! 4 hoN OF cigars which he took from
afraid to try one, they're the kind
| Keep for our advertisers"
Thanks" odcli accepted cigar
lighted il. ana settled naci, III his
.huir. Yes. | got old Whips AN
uounc, mcnt but--w"ll didn't
graduate with the rest OF YOU. you
know, and our Ways lie tnr arar,
now
1t IS you auA YOUR iusur"rah,.
| s;in n.cied pride that widcncd the
| path" Dll;c declared with spirit. -
! don't hnow why in thunder, when
| yoBt old man died ANA you had e
Iuuit the uuiversity after the fresh
man year. YOU didn't stay on instead
ana let some 81 us h"lp you through
| You could have paid il back"
| Od"il shook his head.
! Il had 10 20 20 work then" tie re-
pliod. There w"rc others TO he taken
'arc OF, YOU may romcmbrr; ana l
don't Whippl" il the head OF
| his corporation now. isn't he" l'rctty
| GOOD for Il chan at twcntX-uine."
ooh. Wei. YOU know how = fellow
| aI climb in one OF those mushroom
| Western Towns" pilkc leaned for
| w.,rd in his chair. lie IS here now
iIil call him UP. and ~ three vii
! go and have e liirlc dinner tonight
| somewhere"
Sorry. In, l can't MAKE A." obi
INTERRUPTED mEatr. "'rhc TACT is. I'm
OH cas-. just now.
g" NIGHT have known it," Duke
exclaimed ructully. You're
come 10 me for some dope suppose
What il il; Has some Wall Street
magnate murdered his mother-lu-
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