The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-27

Old Man if; put youse wise ter de main squeeze in dat little game, de swell dat paid us ter keep youse out I O de way?'' Can that ode11 responded la conica1ly. You don't know where
 Ito find Himself or you wouldn't have | Who told you to look there for him I-Sims?''
 l .tYo ouse is on'' Tony drew back 1 disconsolate1y in his corner. may s me, de two O. dem! Dis aint de foist l job I done fer dat guy, but Sims was always de o-between. an | never
 laid eyes ff on sjs s tt ill he ae 1 Oats Gawd's- trut'.
 what >other jobs have you done for him? Come clean. Tony. How
 do I know you didn't dope that Wh1s- l ky to get away with Pete's roll and the rest that you were both to be l paid ?''
 "Youse wouldn't frame me?'' 1 Tony's hoarse voice rose to a whine l q kin prove dat Pete bought dat whisky off nick an de laud' mum in a drugstore in de burg near where
 right; if I'm goin' up, I'm goin' ter have comp'ny! De guy dat Sims
 works for. is a b1ackmailer, see. Gets 1 somet'in' on rich kids an makes 'eIa
 Sims comes after me, an'~I rocks 'em 1 ter sleep an sits beside de cradle till day wakes up an comes across. Dey links it's just a hold-up an kid nappin' job O. mine an never gets l wise dat de big guy is back O it; but dey coughs up jest de same an nev-
 CT squeals fer fear de other bus ness will come out: an divvy wid de main l squeeze trough Sims.''
 "You made use of that boathouse 1 before?''
 "Nix. We never took none O. dem
 out O de city, an I fought it was
 bad dope ter do it wdd youse, but we
 had our orders. We kept 'em in a
 loft over by de river; kin take youse l dere-''
 NO. Here we are at headquarters; 1 you can tell the Old Man where it is' | As he opened the door of the taxi ! Odell put a final question Why did l you look for Sims or his employer up 1 in Ninety-third street?''
 "'Cause I couldn't find Sims; an I had ter get ter him right away an tell him youse an' de other bold had ter dat place wid Sims more'n once, an I suspicioned it was maybe one
 O de joints where de main guy hangs
 out when he's Ia,yin' low. I never lanped; which bell Sims rung; but I
 fought I'd loaf around terday ter seessifo could get a flash at one O
 'enn. :" Tony shivered 1niserably as
 his captor piloted him up the broad stairs. I've wised youse up to all . l I know, honest to Gawd." AI At headquarters after Tony was led | away, Odell learned that although no trace had yet been discovered of the
 fugitive, Farley Drew, his E1enchnan,
 Sims, was safely under lock and key. ] He had been picked up an hour be- fore at the Grand Central Station just
 as he started to board a train for the west, and so far had maintained
 a dogged silence as to the where abouts of his erstwhi1e employer; but that a few hours of the gentle art of persuasion as practiced by his sub , ordinates would overcome Sims re-
 ticence.
 The chief of the bureau had one ; item of interest to impart, however; : the mysterious telephone call to the ,, carpenter shop on the day before the ! portrait fell had been definitely trac- ed to the Meade house. OdeH pondered on this latest bit of ! I intelligence as he made his way to the ! | office of the Wall Street Gazette. Ii [ 1 Lorne had not been at home between l 3 and o'clock on the previous Wed I l nesday afternoon, a fact which cou1G | easily be established, then he mus Q house, or the. theory which the de. l 1 tective had so carefully built up mus,
 inevitably fall to the ground.
 Reaching the editorial rooms of the e newspaper, Odel1 sent in a hastily y scribbled card to the chief, and wa.
 ushered immediately into a. tiny clus e tered office, where a ~1anlxy, sandy 5. haired individual united his long leg. l
 orally fell upon his visitors neck. a Barry Ode1l, you confounded o1t l. sleuth, where have you been keep1ns yourself? The fellows were all ask a ing about you at the class reun1or r dinner in June, but all I could tel
 them was that you were too bus, e hunting crooks to think of the o1t a days.'
 d sponded quietly; but a slight flush ha. Il mounted to his usually impassiv brow. "How are all the fellows? r, is liked to have seen them again. e tThen why the deuce didn't -yo II show up? You got the announcement Is Is card, didn't you?'' Jim Dilke push es ed his guest into a chair and prof .e .e cred a box of cigars, which he too a needn't be- afraid to try one; they r !, the kind I keep for ourN advertisers Id Thanks Odell accepted a ciga. m lighted it, and settled back in hi
 nouncement; but-well, I didn't grad n- uate with the rest of you. you know le and our ways lie far apart now.'' d. Ut is you and your insufferabl. I path.' Di1ke declared with spirit ( I don't know why in thunder, whe in your old man died and you had t " quit the university after the freshma
 year, you didn't stay on instead, an he let some of us see you through. To j." could have paid it back Id Oden shook his head
 ne q had to go to work then" he re ct piled There were others to t
 taken care of, you may remember ny and I don't borrow-Whipple is tn n- head of his corporation now, isn't he
 Pretty good for a chap of twenty nh nine.''
 CT "Oh, we'll, you know how a fello at can climb in one of those mushroo1 cd western towns.'' Di1ke leaned fo,
 ward in his chair. 'tHe is here nov n I1I call him up. and we three will g Id and have a little dinner tonight some M Ml where." ny Sorry, but I can't make it.. Ode
 interrupted again. tsThe fact is r, on case just now''
 To Be Continued ci- pEcU DDrccU~ en 4'A1AA>. lst To,do, r-,,, n.11