The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-14

Denny "The chief thought your
side kick here would be with you.
| could tell "A mile off, Riordan, that
You were on the Job"
He walked Off chuckling at Den
mis- discontinue and McCarty re-
marked consolingly:
Never you mind. Denny, every
man to his work and it's your own
line you'll be following tonight"
My own line?" Dennis repeat
ed. You're not thinking of starting
fire are you, Mac"
NO, but there may be bit of
wall-scalins to be done and you're
the lad for II. 'Tis hard place to
reach, though. and I've no mind to
be nabbed by pigheadcd household
ers for breaking and entering. Clan
cy ought to happen along soon on
| his beat and we'll wait for him"
But why would this fellow Hill
go back to the house first II he's got
something else on his mind?" Den
| mis- was disposed to argument.
| There's little Creveling needs of
valet now"
For an alibi; he'll not be caught
again without one McCarty re-
| piled. at was n womans voice, you
/ know that tclephoned out to the
| Waverly country place, and I'm
| thinking that tits maybe because of
woman that Hin won't open his
| mouth about where he was last
night"
1T might not be the same wom-
an, though" Dennis suggested holp-
/ fully. Perhaps the woman that
kphoned was put up to II by the man
| that killed Creveling."
THE one that killed CrevolinF put
/ nobody else up to doing any Of the
/ dirty work, Dennis" McCarty said
after a pause. Twas a lone hand
| that held the pistol. Whoever did
| the phonlng found out about 1t
| somehow. and was playing a differ
ent game. There's Clancy. now,
| coming out OF that areaway and
/ wiping the mouth Of him on the
back Of his hand! The force is not
what IL used to be when l was
| pounding my beat"
How're they coming. boys?"
| Clancy greeted them with cheer
| full grin, Thought you'd be some
whore around, Mac. and might
have known Riordan would be with
/ you. l know as well as you do that
twas no suicide last night, but I'm
glad the inspector took It out of my
I hands, it'll be a hard nut to crack"
We've been waiting for you,
/ Clancy McCarty spoke without
/ preamble. "From what we OBJ
served just now you seem to be on
good terms with the help in the
houses along here; Coatdn't you get
the cook in one of those on the next
] block To let US go through and into
their back yard? Wen probably be
wanting TO come out the same way
along about morning. but If we
don't therc'll be nothing to Kick up a
racket about, nm be lust as well.
thonGh, il YOU pick out one that
uohl know the servants at the
Crcvelngs'.'
sure, that's easy" Clancy eX-
claimed. Getting YOU through.
mean. As to Keeping 1t from the
help at the Crcvcl.nGs'. the cook at
the de Forests two doors away had
a run-in with that Sarah, the but
Iors 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 10 be
n huNom, good-naturcd person and
/ Dennis unexpectedly scored a hit
by ascortaininG 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 10 an i'm
rnaculate asphaltcd yard its low
[ fences covered with stout wistaria
vines just feathering into bloom.
III it's over the walls you want to
go, man dear, there's small, little
ladder here thatll hold the two OF
you one at time, and you can pull
+ II up after you and let it down the
/ other side" She suggested. "Youll
get no interference from next door.
/ for the house is closed and beyond
! Is the one where the poor gentle