The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-09

Young Collingwood, that was morse
of another color.
What ON earth WAS the preSl-
dents nephew doing, rroWIlns aro''""
Major Hendricks house after eleven
O'Clock at night. Juggling il piston ana
uprkin. into windows! | couId see
him quite plainly now. he hau po'h
hands on the sill and was trying 10
pull himself up SO that he could see
into the end of the room where the
fireplace was.
Just for the moment, there WASH
any danger of hlowup. Unless he
should break the glass in the window
he couldn't get line on either the
boss or Mrs. Shcila--if that was what
he was aiming TO do. All the same
kent him covered with the auto
matte, S,cadyiny i, against the door
jamh.
While the strain was at ITS worst
with tho man outside tlat1enln@ his
cheek against the winOow-pane to "e'
the SidewiSe slant, | heard the h"SS
oct ont of his chair and say: I'm
keeping you out of he'd. as uS'lal
look at that clock III 20 and WAKE
Jimmie, and Wen vanish.
Just as he spoke, two things nap
ppned: taxi chngged UP to the Sa'
and stopped. and the mans face dl>
appcared from the window. near
a quick padding of feet as OF some
body running, and the next mll'l'
came the rattle Of a latch-kcy an
voices in the hall to tell me that IL
major and his folks were gel|!l
home. | had barely time to po'K'
the pistol and to drop into a cha
where | could pretend to be aslee
when felt the boss hand on II
| shoulder.
| "Comp Jimmie" ne said. ITS TN
. wp wore moving along,' and IN 4 III
4 utc or two, after he had said GOO
! night to the major and Mrs. kendr!t
! we got out
1 At the cate we found the taxi dr'V
| doing something to his motor. WI
v the scare from which was sill 81;
;, ING TO make my legs wohble. | grabo
at the chance which our @ood an
was apparently holding for US.
Lets ride susgestcd; and WI
I we cot into the cab, | saw n
stroll up from the shadow of the ST
lis walk cot,onWoods and say some'h
to the driver; something that got
an invitation to ride to town on
~ "a. front seat with the cabhy when
80 car was finally cranked and starr
''' 7 had sight of our extra fares I
when he climbed up and put his b
; ! to us, and | knew it was Tarbel'.
"' Mr., NOrcr0SS DIDN'T.
VII When we reached the Billiard
~ boss went right up to his rooms, b
Ae' had little investigation to make,
''u- I STAYED in the lobby to put 1t q
wv w, On the open page of the hotel regis
''''' in the group Of names written
'''e' after the arrival Of our tram I
NV fine West at 80, found the sigma
II" that | was looking for, "howard
'se' lngwpod y. Y" Putting this
'"l that together, concluded that
81" Young rounder had come in from
u /" West-which was bit puZZllns,
V II left the inference that he W
y" direct from New York,
Waiting for a good chance at
l'': night clerk. ! ventured a few
!, u u tons. they were answered pro1
!" !, enough. Young Mr.. coIIingwood
''"' come in on the 1880. But he had
'ne in Portal City a week earlier,
w.. v"' stopping over for single oay :,
A'se' he was alone, now, but he hadn't
one m thp other occasion. There Y
lid" man with him on the earlier
saw over, and he, also, registered
ny New York. The clerk didn't re
JUNO her the other mans name, ID
obIgingly looked it up for me
'ntlS' older register. 1t was Bullock,
u'r Bullock.
'' WV | suppose it was up to me 10
JUS, bed. 1t was late enough, IN al
war;" M, science, and nobody knew better
tne did the early.rising, early
aA"'s onening habits of Mr.. Graham
Fous" cross G. NJ. Just the same, a
'ooN had marked that Mr.. Colllng'
was room.key was still in its box
way over to corner Of the lobby a
s''e down, determined to keep my
Omen if such thing were nj
'hu'" possible, until our rounder
,.o. show up.
o' .ho Finally my patience, or WI
a YOU care to call it, was rev
"". Just after the baggage porter h
umboo 'sheo '''e ''e a.hornd nv ma
taught .'s"' eHp',""
"a w.. w. When he rushed over to the
. s and began to talk fast to tn
p0 clerk, | wasn't very far behll
| - oS He was telling the clerk to
- a ~ grips down from the room, ad]
10 ~ quick. While the boy was =
" that
E isn't 81
6 ear